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gideon
Feb 26, 2001, 10:07 PM
We've all seen the truly deviant behavior displayed by many people online these days, including cheating, looting, and the rest. One item that hasn't been singled out so much is explicit verbal harassment.
Here are a few thoughts on the issue:
1. Many of those online are minors.
2. Many of those online who are not minors have no interest in being referred to in an explicit sexual manner.
3. PSO is not a 900# Phone Sex service or anything else of the sort, it is PSO.
4. Many players of female characters are male (ask, you might be surprised).
Today I saw a male android character called predator harassing a female character who pretty obviously did not have a male player from their reaction. This is unacceptable behavior, and I told him so.
I'm not telling you not to make typical male/female comments to female characters online. I am saying that you should treat female characters online in the same way that you wish your younger sister's boyfriend would treat her, not the way that truckers treat lot lizards.
Think about what you say, and let people harassing characters online know that their behavior is unacceptable. It could be your female character being harassed next time.