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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:23AM (Unverified) said

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This shouldn't be such rocky ground as it is. You ban the people using it in a derogatory manner, and allow people having a genuine conversation about it to continue. Anything less certainly constitutes descrimination.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:30AM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said

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I think people were more taken aback by the "those terms don't exist in [the Star Wars universe]."

Remind you of anything?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_3RUwAJ_MI
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:33AM copa said

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To be fair, getting laid in any way does not exist in the universe of Star Wars videogame players.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:34AM TheDarkWayne said

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holy crap he really is like a hairy jake gyllenhall
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:34AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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copa might have a point there
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:36AM MystileArmor said

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Maybe If George releases a special edition of the final cut, it could go something like:

LUKE: Obi-Wan Kenobi? I wonder if he means old Ben Kenobi?

C3PO: I beg your pardon, sir, but do you know what he's talking
about?

LUKE: Well, I don't know anyone named Obi-Wan, but old Ben lives out
beyond the dune sea. He's kind of a gay old hermit.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:17PM Roto13 said

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@ copa: That doesn't mean they can't fap to Han Solo.

And who wouldn't?
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:23AM (Unverified) said

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*sigh*
Here we go again!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:36AM MarkezJM said

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Strictly don't ask don't tell in the Empire, but they still 'dabble'

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SZcjZyLEcFw/SKtbR3igwpI/AAAAAAAAAGY/7bL84Du2OKo/s400/star-wars-geek.jpg
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:26AM R Planteer said

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Term may not exist, but the concept certainly does.

Ive never heard the word poop in star wars either. Be sure to filter that out.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:33AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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poop was said in one of the books...
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:36AM R Planteer said

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The word OMWERGJERHNBIAWEUGHFBRG

isnt mentioned in any of the star wars lore either, dont forget to censor that.

(excuse me for not having read all 5 bazillion of the SW books)
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:37AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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ROFLMAO!!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:39AM TheDarkWayne said

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they probably replaced it with a star wars swear word like Krif or Droyk or stang
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:27AM vidguy said

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Maybe he meant what he said and said what he meant - whether or not those terms "exist" in Star Wars has no bearing on whether the conduct would be allowed or policed. The terms were filtered to prevent derogatory commenting, not mature discussion of homosexuality. Obviously communities should be open to different lifestyles and opinions, but it was a private area after all.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:31AM Boffo the Sock said

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Yeah, because there are heaps of mature conversations regarding homosexuality on internet forums.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:10PM Master Bruce said

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I'm not exactly sure why the SWTOR board would be an ideal place for having a "dialog about sexuality" or whatever it is people do these days on forums.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:19PM Roto13 said

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I skimmed the thread in question yesterday and aside from the occasional mouth-breathing basement-dweller, it was mostly pretty civil.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:27AM PedoJokerBear said

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pretty sure JAR JAR was gay.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:33AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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no no no...the fall out from that was they gave him "Jamaican" traits and if that wasnt racist enough they just made him dumb and clumsy as fuck
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:32AM Mr Khan said

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It was a very unorthodox way of handling the situation, i'll grant that.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:06PM (Unverified) said

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from a certain point of view.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:34AM David Black said

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I guess this guy is one of those people who they invented sensitivity training for...
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 5:06PM (Unverified) said

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No, they invented sensitivity training for everyone. Anyone of us could commit thoughtcrime at any moment, after all.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:35AM (Unverified) said

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That was ridiculous. That ass should be fired. Period.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:39AM NaeemTHM said

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Recently, Star Wars: The Old Republic's Community Manager Sean Dahlberg stated that he'd filtered out words like "gay" and "lesbian" from the game's forums because "these are terms that do not exist in Star Wars."

Oh yeah then what do you call this?!?!

http://kswolff.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/ziro.jpg
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:40AM TheDarkWayne said

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GET IT AWAY!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:43AM MystileArmor said

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No no no, he was a pimp, I'm pretty sure.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:57AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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Hey Ziro isn't gay....him just confused....
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 11:46AM (Unverified) said

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It's Bioware's game they can do whatever they want with it. Do you all really have the burning passion to run around screaming: I'M GAY!!!!!!!!!!! It's not like Bioware has a history of hating on the homos; did you guys even play Mass Effect?
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:21PM Roto13 said

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You don't actually know what's going on, do you?
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 10:45PM original fred said

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He probably just wandered in here by accident.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:06PM kmcroc said

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it a fictional world , so what if all the petty bullshit in the real world is not included it . maybe it's bioware way of wanting to see the universe , come who does want a world where your personal life is your own . plus we all know those words that they tried to filter will be used in demeaning ways .
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:08PM The Wicker Man said

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"filtered out words like "gay" and "lesbian" from the game's forums because "these are terms that do not exist in Star Wars." ... And the internet gasped."

Has he not seen the films? The sequels are very ghey.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:20PM Roto13 said

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^^^ This right here is why they were filtered in the first place.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:14PM logicbus said

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Did I miss a clue in KotOR suggesting that Juhani is a lesbian?
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:40PM Geebs said

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I believe there is a tiny subplot between female!Revan and Juhani that heavily implied that, if you wanted to go there.Too bad I usually just kill her on Dantooine when I do the initiation mission.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 1:24PM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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I thought it was a glitch. A sexy glitch.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:22PM Roto13 said

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The glitch was the Juhani could end up with a dude. It was patched to make her 100% lesbanim.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2009 8:22AM (Unverified) said

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How could you miss it? It was pretty obvious from the start...
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:41PM (Unverified) said

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And once again gay people and internet are overreacting. Words gay and lesbian are banned because the likehood of them being used in a non-offensive context on an internet forum and an MMORPG game is very fucking slim to absolutely fucking none.

You're acting as if the manager suddenly made a public announcement that these words are banned because homosexuality doesn't exist, while the truth is, they implemented the filter for the reasons stated in top paragraph, trolls started complaining at which point the mod(who most likely doesn't actually know much about Star Wars or the game) simply gave them a throwaway 'because it is so, now fuck off' line.

Sure, that reply wasn't very well thought, but I'm pretty certain that Mr.Not-so-subtle-Mod didn't expect the gay community or anyone in fact to digg this up and make such a big fuss out of it...

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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:51PM (Unverified) said

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he'd filtered out words like "gay" and "lesbian" from the game's forums because "these are terms that do not exist in Star Wars." ... And the internet gasped.

Well all i can think of here is that he said it meaning, there is no real differenciation from man love, woman love, same sex or however you want to put it, in the star wars universe (as they're technically dealing with various species n races) .... so in order to prevent silly and uncalled for, abuses of the words, he filtered them, now i really don't see anything wrong with that, though gays or lesbians might see it differently, but seriously, is there a need go on a STAR WARS forum broadcasting your sexuality, unless it's for spammage??
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 12:55PM Mabui said

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I liked Mass Effect more then the mythos of Starwars.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:36PM Michelobius said

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Blasphemy. I liked the Mass Effect mythos a lot, but saying you like it better than Star Wars is like saying you like fish living in a fishbowl better than fish living in an ocean. The two hardly register on the same scale to me.

Besides, biotics vs the force? Yeah right, not even a conversation. Not to mention lightsabers. Lightsabers, man. Literally swords made of concentrated light.

Class dismissed.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2009 2:09AM (Unverified) said

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And the Firefly Mythos trumps them all.


Screw han and Greedo, Mal shot first and that guy didn't even have a gun.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 1:20PM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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Why apologize? It is true that such terms are not used in Star Wars. It's not like he owns the damn franchise. But, hey, at least we know this terms will be used completely respectfully and never derisively in the game!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 1:33PM Crusty Magic said

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Juhani always did look like a future lesbian.

Gays do exist in Star Wars!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:23PM Roto13 said

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She WAS a lesbian. She liked ladies.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:42PM hey buddy said

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C-3PO. Filter that.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 3:30PM Ovy said

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Nice pic. I completly forgot about Juhani being a lesbian. It seems ironic now that bioware would be having issues with homosexuality in star wars after designing such a character!
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