Community ManagerYou may have posted in the wrong place, does your query relate to another game, possibly The Sims 4?
Any LGBT content available in our games is optional so you can choose to not play that type of content if you wish.
Thanks.
Please,
cancel the city name “STOP LGBT”, and change it for “No hate”.
Thank you!
To address this concern please file out a ticket through the in game help section.
Just a side note, perhaps this individual simply chose this name to be attacked in the war game...I do not know. The benefit of the doubt goes a long way in establishing tolerance and eliminating hate.... Good luck to you.
I don't see a problem here. People are free to have their own opinions and feeling about this issue. There is a little thing called free speech. Just because you don't agree with what someone says doesn't take away their right to say it.
Free speech is clearly limited in EA's games by their user agreement. You can read the full user agreement on the bottom of this page.
It says in chapter 6:
When you access or use an EA Service, you agree that you will not:
It is my understanding that EA encourages free expression in this forum especially when nothing inappropriate, abusive, harassing, profane, threatening, hateful, offensive, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, defamatory, etc. has occurred in this thread. Patience and tolerance are key, translated there is no need to bust in like a shopping mall rental cop with your plastic bayonet drawn - that’s the Community Manager’s job (no offense intended to the CM’s). All individuals see things from their personal perspective and my simple suggestion is to be tolerant and let the CM’s do their jobs as needed and just move on...
A city name "STOP LGBT" in upper case letters is more than just a opinion. This is the type of content I have problems with, too.
Crewldude, I apologize to you - this mayor’s anger is obviously directed toward me and I’m sure has little to do with this issue.
As shared with the Mayor that actually expressed the concern “To address this concern please fill out a ticket through the in game help section.”
@Crewldude schrieb:
@SuperpraesiNone of us has a right to not be offended. We all have a right to free speech and expression. A name that promotes LGBT is just as offensive to some as one denouncing LGBT is to you. Free speech is not a one-way street.
I have the right not to be offended because I'm from Europe. Many democratic countries have a right to free speech and expression that is limited by other higher ranked laws. Calling someone a "Stupid cow" can easily cost you $300, showing the middle finger to someone can easily cost you $4000.
As far as I know, US people have the First Amendment that protects you from the government punishing or censoring or oppressing your speech, but it doesn't apply to private organizations. So if, say, Twitter or Facebook or EA decides to ban you, you can't make a First Amendment claim in court.
My understanding is:
EA has the right to fill their games with any content they want as long as it doesn't break any laws in the countries where they distribute it. And EA also has the right to not allow user generated content they don't want in their games, even if it is a one-way street.
Really, $4,000 fine for an obscene salute...over here you’d probably just get a broken jaw especially if you found yourself south of the Mason Dixon line. Probably be cheaper and less painful just to pay the fine or better yet quit giving folks the middle finger...time to move on from this thread and give these good folks a rest.
Community Manager@PinnacleValley @Crewldude @Superpraesi @Melencsovics
This thread has run its course. Closed.
