Okay I am old, slow, and a mediocre player that has been playing blizzard games since the inception. I love the game. It was created by brilliant people. The thing I miss most about this game is the inability to freely communicate with other players in the community while I am waiting to play a game. No one talks and it is a very dry environment. It seems to me that everyone is terrified of being politically incorrect. The game site appears to be autocratic verses the old freewheeling flux of old. Freedom of expression is squelched and staid. Because of the abuse of the few we are subjected to being placed in a very dark environment of silence. There has to be a solution so people can communicate freely. Please donât ban me for observing that Blizzard is indoctrinating people to the idea that silencing freedom of expression is okay because it puts us in a safe space.
Uhm⌠What?
First of all, freedom of speech does not apply here or in the game, Blizzard/Microsoft has the right to control (and in some cases, legal responsibility to) what you can and canât do on their platforms.
Second, no one is being squelched, no one is afraid of anything, people just donât chat in the lobby because they have no reason to. Your observations are based on false premises but you havenât broken any rules, so I donât see why youâd get banned. But your post makes no sense, the lack of chat in game has nothing to do with any restrictions. Nothing has changed with the game from old to new. Your notion that people are afraid to talk is false.
ok bozo have you seen how many people use slurs on bnet
Just because someone has the right does not make it right. Slurs are part of life and the act of controlling speech is repressive and autocratic. Rejoice that slurs are slung because that is a celebration that freedom and liberty is well and good.
Virtually every game on the market with online chat has filters for cursing. This is not a free speech issue. If you make a game you can absolutely control what people say on it, and in fact many countries have laws that obligate you to control such things, especially if minor children are able to play. This isnât unique to Warcraft III and this forum isnât a platform for political silliness.
And even if free speech laws did apply in this environment, just becuase you can say something doesnât mean you should.
And in no context in this universe should we be celebrating that âslurs are slung.â Again- Just because you can do something doesnât mean you should or that it is ârightâ to. Itâs also not a matter of repression. I donât feel ârepressedâ because someoneâs hate speech is filtered. The only repression occuring this game is when you repeatedly click on Peasants while playing the game.
nah this is dumb as hell
A slur upon your family
And a delicious dinner
Now, have I hurt you by using my freedom of speech?
Just because you have the freedom doesnât mean you donât have the responsibility associated with it. And enforcing that responsibility through anonymous channels like the internet is exceedingly difficult.
Paradox of Tolerance says hello. To have true freedom, one must know what is not acceptable. Slurs are one such thing. If your only response to something is slurs and insults, itâs better you donât say anything at all.
What does âfreedomâ even mean if youâre saying I am also obligated to only use the freedom how you want?
About a year ago, when I was forced to use Microsoft software for something where I wanted to use a different program instead, I opened up the YouTube video with ID NaFd8ucHLuo and then I listened to this video on loop while I thought about Microsoft and how I feel about their company. Whatâs the problem with that? Do you want to take away my freedom?
They only want freedom for themselves, to heck with anyone elseâs.