Stabby McSter
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Girl virtually sexually assaulted in Playstation Home
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Sohter.Nura
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Lost Fragment said:
Same here.
You might have studied psychology a LOT MORE THAN I DID, but I'm sorry mrs., this doesn't make any sense what-the-fuck-so-ever.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
This is in Aus.
I am disappoint.
As long as there is an America that will never be the case.
I am disappoint.
Wii said:
As long as there is an America that will never be the case.
Only in Australia :lol Really how can someone complain of rape in Home? Really? There is like no physical contact except a bunch of pixels? How can you be violated?
One thing though. Its posted on the US Playstation boards, yet the article is Australian. Are we really that against gaming and online in Australia? More fuel for the Australian Government to use to block our net and ban our games. And over nothing.
Maybe, but its not fucking me. Its a bunch of pixels. How can you feel raped, by some dude doing the lawnmower behind your online character?
One thing though. Its posted on the US Playstation boards, yet the article is Australian. Are we really that against gaming and online in Australia? More fuel for the Australian Government to use to block our net and ban our games. And over nothing.
Maybe, but its not fucking me. Its a bunch of pixels. How can you feel raped, by some dude doing the lawnmower behind your online character?
Gaz Pwnage
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MechDX said:
sombody arrest this rapist!
Castor Krieg
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KaYotiX said:
South Korea and their mandatory user registration (tied with real Korean ID) because couple of high-profile actresses killed themselves over virtual hate campaigns says hi, you giant douchebag.
Castor Krieg
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Jenga said:
Both are purely virtual, besides these type of things tend to escalate fairly quickly.
NemesisPrime
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Class_A_Ninja said:
Fixed
Castor Krieg
Banned
Jenga said:
I don't want to argue what is obviously a no discussion. You think it's a bunch of pixels, etc., etc. Fine.
No I'd have to say they are completely different. One is a complete mass personal attack on the real person just through virtual delivery directed at and from a real person.Castor Krieg said:
The other is just a real person controlling a virtual character and not even performing assault but acting it out through fake gestures in a virtual world on another individual interacting with that world. Basically this is saying if I knew the command to crouch (never logged into home) and went up to a girl and said "circle circle circle" it would be sexual assault if we both knew what it meant. Dancing would be sexual assault. Just in Home their are no social consequences to doing these things. Like if a girl didn't want to be danced with she would go up to some friends, throw a drink in the guys face or get punched.
Night_Trekker
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DMPrince said:
The Crying Game. Rated M for Mature.
JustAnotherOtaku
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Lost Fragment said:
This. x 1000000.
Ha, I get harassed by one guy even using my guy avatar. He'd try to gimme a blow job by crouching in front of me when I sit down. Mocked and reported him and he's gone. In fact, the whole lot of us there reported him at the same time. That should get him banned from PSN.
If I use my woman avatar, people automatically think that I'm a guy and leave me alone. A few tried to approach me, but after I told them I'm a guy, they left.
What surprises me most about Home are the female gamers there. I spoke to quite a few, and they are pretty pleasant to talk to. Haven't been to Home long enough for quite some time now though.
If I use my woman avatar, people automatically think that I'm a guy and leave me alone. A few tried to approach me, but after I told them I'm a guy, they left.
What surprises me most about Home are the female gamers there. I spoke to quite a few, and they are pretty pleasant to talk to. Haven't been to Home long enough for quite some time now though.
Revolutionary
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You can crouch in Home??
speculawyer
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EatChildren said:
Jive Turkey
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Sadly this event coupled with your comment just tipped the scales in Australia's favor.ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
Well, I don't buy the reasoning of "it's just virtual / pixels, so it has no real-life effect". Why do people complain about ethnic and homophobic slurs on Live? They're just words by anonymous idiots directed at your virtual game character. But even so, they can be insulting, hurtful and really suck your enjoyment out of a game. There are also plenty of ways to harass someone over the Internet (emails, IMs, etc.), and I don't know if you can really draw a line between text-based harassment and someone who's using more visual stuff to harass you - someone who makes a point of always following you around, puts up graphic images, tries to do sexually suggestive stuff to your avatar, etc. - it can be disturbing and unsettling in real life.
I mean, if it had no effect at all, that kind of stuff wouldn't be bannable. Is it the same as a real-life assault? No, and I think equating the two diminishes the trauma of real-life assault. But that doesn't mean virtual harassment can't be really disturbing.
I agree an isolated incident isn't much to get up in arms over, and there's an expected level of douchebaggery on the Internet that comes with the territory. But if there were a pattern of some creep who was focused on just me instead of being a general idiot to everyone, etc., the option to flag and ban the person should be there (and is probably the best response 90% of the time), and if it begins to bleed over into disturbing territory (constant threats, stalking, etc.), yeah, might be time to call the cops.
I mean, if it had no effect at all, that kind of stuff wouldn't be bannable. Is it the same as a real-life assault? No, and I think equating the two diminishes the trauma of real-life assault. But that doesn't mean virtual harassment can't be really disturbing.
I agree an isolated incident isn't much to get up in arms over, and there's an expected level of douchebaggery on the Internet that comes with the territory. But if there were a pattern of some creep who was focused on just me instead of being a general idiot to everyone, etc., the option to flag and ban the person should be there (and is probably the best response 90% of the time), and if it begins to bleed over into disturbing territory (constant threats, stalking, etc.), yeah, might be time to call the cops.
Honestly, the way the article is written makes it sound pretty stupid, but as a woman when you have to put up with unwanted bullshit from guys on a pretty much daily basis the last thing you really want is to experience the same shit when you're just trying to relax with your hobby.
I mean, I know this is GAF, lolz, but guys in the thread acting like they have any idea where she's coming from because they've had shit said to them in an online environment too are either deluded or just being very disingenuous.
I mean, I know this is GAF, lolz, but guys in the thread acting like they have any idea where she's coming from because they've had shit said to them in an online environment too are either deluded or just being very disingenuous.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Jive Turkey said:Sadly this event coupled with your comment just tipped the scales in Australia's favor.
Na bra, na.
Night_Trekker
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stupei said:
:lol
This isn't worthy of the label "sexual assault" in any sense. That it happened to a woman who "probably" has to deal with similar "unwanted bullshit" on a daily basis doesn't change that.
Just do what my wife does...... Don't talk on xbox live, it's dumb she has to resort to that but we all know how guys react to hearing a girl/womans voice online.
The fact is it's the Internet and it's full of asshats and morons who think just because they are anonomus they can act like idiots. IMO the " sexual harrasment" of an avatar and being upset over it enough to quit is kinda going overboard. Report the guy , block him/ ignore him or log off for a few. But that's just me....
The fact is it's the Internet and it's full of asshats and morons who think just because they are anonomus they can act like idiots. IMO the " sexual harrasment" of an avatar and being upset over it enough to quit is kinda going overboard. Report the guy , block him/ ignore him or log off for a few. But that's just me....
Night_Trekker
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selig said:
In what way? As ridiculous as this story is, I'm not seeing it.
blame space
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Early contender for best video game story of 2010.
This... awesome
it's hard to comprehend
This... awesome
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FoxMcCloudDS
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happens to my GF every single time she logged onto home. Funny shit if you ask me. She just laughs and talks about how "gamers have no life"... boh
This article losses me off. Not so much for the actions of the idiot who harassed her, but calling it sexual assualt. I'm sure she felt like crap when this happened, but real victims of sexual assualt do not have any control while being assualted and are subjected to disgusting actions. This girl was lucky to be in control and could walk away or turn off the machine the second the idiots crossed the line.
ChackanKun
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Home jail would at least be funny :lol
Night_Trekker
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stupei said:
The point is she's overreacting. That an article was written about this specific incident (and not about all in-game harassment, which would have been borderline acceptable as a discussion topic, if not as a "news" story) is preposterous.
Nobody has the right to remain unoffended, as douchey as it may be to go around trying to upset people.
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