The revised code of conduct has potential for benefits and for concerns. I won’t elaborate on the possibility of selective enforcement, because any legal system of Earth can have that.
I’m not sure if this could work, because simply making a rule against it doesn’t mean people will obey that rule. It needs active and even-handed enforcement from GMs to make the most of it. And then there’s the rules themselves. While there is a good reason for rules in and of themselves, some of these rules are worryingly vague. I also hope their definition of “abusive talk” doesn’t include constructive criticism.
Eg; The part about ability could be to condemn ableism, and while I’m glad that’s prohibited, I hope the open wording won’t lead to abuse of the system. It’s also curious how religion isn’t included in that list “including negative comments that target another player’s identity”; so it’s prohibited to call people names but not to burn/diss their holy books? smh
In-game, there’s various religions with writings relating to their teachings. In real-life, there are followers of numerous different religions who play WoW.
I personally believe the only thing that should against TOS or code of conduct is hate speech aka racism and openly being cruel towards sexuality… I think everything else is just non-sense and pandering.
So basically calling someone old? If they’re handicapped, I mean how would anyone know these things if they aren’t telling ppl these things. I believe that is non-sense.
I mean discrimination based on that, such as slurs (which is not the same as merely calling someone old) and derogatory remarks related to age or whether they’re handicapped or not. People do tell each other things, and some things can make people jump to conclusions.
Played with a few color blind tanks as guildies. The shenanigans that took place during the green & yellow orbs of Tomb of Sargeras’ Maiden of Virtue fight were great.
Can’t imagine what that would be like for a color blind person in a pug environment, though.
I don’t care about slurs… not in the least. If they decide to tell people they’re handicapped or in their elder years, that’s on them. People don’t have to know anything about you that you won’t tell them. If some pathetic punk online wants to trash someone because they’re handicapped or old… I’d hope people who aren’t some mindless creature to kinda step up for them. That’s kinda how friendships and community is built.