Comment on Silent but Deadly: I met some of my closest friends through multiplayer games. Then a strange happening turned everyone (literally) speechless.

Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It truly is a shame that this behaviour is considered acceptable in many games. I still report racist comms, but it’s sometimes hard to manage as (a) it’s near impossible to report 5 people chanting n****r all at once (b) they rarely get banned when you do.

  It is incredible to me how little imagination these people have, acting like primary school children who just learned a bad word and now use it all the time.

  In the EU, it is primarily russians and americans who engage in this behaviour (as far as I can recognise the accents). A downside of the sanctions is that many games no longer have russian servers.

  I would like to see some legislation that “encourages” large multiplayer game server operators to police their online environments properly.

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  • UselesslyBrisk@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is incredible to me how little imagination these people have, acting like primary school children who just learned a bad word and now use it all the time.

    Many of them are and dont understand the power or history of the word. And some just never mature past HS.

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• Halosheep@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Where are you from that just speaking would be enough to know your race? Similarly, what are you playing where this occurs? Just curiosity since I’ve never experienced this (from either side).

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  • Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m from the US. Some standouts where this occurred are battlefield, cod, counterstrike, and overwatch.

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  • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I presume it’s due to African American Vernacular English (AAVE), there is a cultural aspect there that is detectable through voice

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  • 3dogsinatrenchcoat@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’ve never heard of an accent?

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    • Halosheep@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      An accent isn’t exactly a perfect indicator for race.

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      • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s an indication of ethnicity which is good enough for racists.

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      • 3dogsinatrenchcoat@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s not perfect, but it is an indicator. I mean if I heard someone talking with say a chinese accent I’d probably assume their race is asian.

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