Wanna be a GAY5n1p3r? Dunno if you can...

[MrVicchio]

Author Topic: Sony hates gay ?
Eye2Gay4U
Station Member
Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-27-2003 03:16 AM user search report post
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About 2 years ago I had my in game handle for a sony station game changed because sony staff hate the word gay and changed my handle for me and would not let me use it.
All I have to say is it better not happen in PS.

Well...

SporkfirePS
Station Admin
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-27-2003 11:36 AM user search report post
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A couple of things here.
First of all, the naming policy is not yet completed, so things may change. I won't say which way, mainly because I don't know. But don't consider anything either off-limits or permissible just yet.

Also, let's face it: the word 'gay' is loaded with ideology. If it wasn't, why would we be discussing it? It would be irresponsible to create a naming policy without considering what to do with the word.

Victor Wachter
Community Relations Representative
Many questions can be answered by reading the PlanetSide Game Info and FAQ

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/p...ML/003270.html

[BigGayAl]

I would be... How do I put it...

Extreamly annoyed. Everyone on the planet knows me as BigGayAl. Had this nick since college. Used it for Tribes, Tribes 2, Half-Life, yada yada.

Who do I need to petition?

[The Eternal]

I'll Sign it

[�io]

BiggayAl = ok


Gayssuck, 2Gay4u, Faggy,etc =

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Yeah, BigGayAl is a name representing a character, which is mostly innocent, but I would think naming rules without rules against those sorts of names would be a very poor decision on Sony's part. Sorry Al.

[Tobias]

Some names do not need to be in the game, we know what kinda names these are, and I hope we can trust sony to make the right choices on the naming policy.

[Pilgrim]

For me something like BigGayAl is nothing, it's a character (And a funny one at that)

Saying GaySniper... unless a statement about the sexual orentation of said sniper is ussing the word Gay as a derogatory, somethign that many people (myself included) find offensive and unnecessary.

I hope that Sony creates a naming policy that will allow the satirical and funny ie. BigGayAL while not allowing the offensive or insensitive...

What I'd almost prefer from Sony is instead of setting down Draconian naming policies... allow people to use the Apeal system. I see GaySniper I can appeal, and perhaps a few others would... then Sony does something about it... To me this is a far better sollution and will allow the community for all intents and purposes to police itself for content.

[�io]

Also they need to let peeps use certain special ASCII characters, more to the point, i want my �.

[mikkyT]

Sorry Al, but naming policies in game are not intelligent enough to disallow gayhomofaggot whilst allowing biggayal.

You disallow one you disallow them all.

In EQ if your name did not go thru the naming filter, you could petition a GM who would take your desired name and check it. So maybe that will happen here in certain cases, who knows.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Originally posted by Dio
Also they need to let peeps use certain special ASCII characters, more to the point, i want my �.

Sorry Dio, but, no way in hell
If you have ASCII, if you ever send a PM, you have to type the characters name, in ASCII. It is going to be bad enough even with the 1337 names, no need to add ASCII in

[MrVicchio]

BigGayAl Is a character, he's gay, thats promoting Gay lifestyle yes?

Now what if someone went in as BigStr8Bob? And then someone complained that that was hateful to BigGAyAl?

Sony isn't EVEN gonna play that game, so I would bet moneyt that BigGayAl aint gonna fly. Cause if you allow "Positive, good Gay Names" Then you have to let "Positive, Anti-Gay Names: and in this day and age, that isn't gonne happen.

[mikkyT]

MrVicchio are you running for office? :E

Yeah I wana be BigStraightBob !!!

Nah how about LesbianLover, or PetitieLesbianSusan.

Yep, with this reasoning BigGayAl should not be allowed, as people can take it the wrong way. This is not a statement of sexuality, we all know Gay means Happy!!! Al is just stating he is happy.

Im really p***ed off about the abuse of the word gay. Gay means happy, period. Somebody way back in the mist of time took a perfectly well meaning English word and added a sinister sexual twist to it so that it becomes offensive to even utter this word.

Al is just saying that he is happy. Hes Big Happy Al. Oh why cant the world be frivilous and gay just as it once was.

[mikkyT]

Just as a side issue... WOOOOOHOOOO that last post made me a vet! Yeeha.

[Havs]

If Sony is going to behave anything like they currently do in EQ, which I think they will, they're going to be relentless with their naming policy. As it stands currently in EQ, they'll change your name in a heartbeat if its the least bit offensive. I don't see anything with the word gay in it making it past the character creation screen, and if it somehow does, they'll change it the first time someone petitions that they find it offensive. A guy in my guild in EQ has made it a hobby to petition names he doesn't like, and they ALWAYS get changed. Sadly, I'd start thinking of another name if I were you

[�io]

Originally posted by OmnipotentKiwi
Sorry Dio, but, no way in hell
If you have ASCII, if you ever send a PM, you have to type the characters name, in ASCII. It is going to be bad enough even with the 1337 names, no need to add ASCII in

Do it the smart way, kinda like Raven shield, player name = whatever he wants, player ID = given by server.

So if you want to send a message to Sn|p3r_M0mm� you just type in console listIDsquad or something and it shows his ID along with everybody else in your squad, something like that.


That would be cool but sadly i know it won't happen, bye bye �.