News EA wins accolade for LGBT working conditions

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  1. Meanmotion

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    /troll.

    In all seriousness I think this is really great. But also to be expected, because lets be honest the gaming community I'd say is fairly welcoming. Going to the I-series you see all sorts, and even within Bit-tech we have a fairly broad group.

    Well done to EA, and hopefully we will continue to see the gaming industry push forwards on being ethically brilliant.
     
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    have you played any games like LoL, DOTA2, FPS games as well etc. Those communities are as toxic as it comes. There's even a thing in LoL where a kid got arrested for the things he said in game. I also get kicked from BF4 servers a lot for being in a jet and being good at it.

    Although, in fairness to the topic, those toxic people don't discriminate on who they're being an ass to. I guess that's progress?
     
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    Yeah I have played FPS games and LOL. I am quietly happy with Microsoft for putting in bans for people with bad language over public chat on games because of the amount of headset warrior 12yo's out there.

    I think that generally though the people who are hurling abuse don't actually give a damn, they're just shooting abuse, which is different to having actual hate. As you said in the 2nd paragraph its non-discriminatory abuse for psychological competitive reasons.
     
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    As a PC gamer, the best thing I did was find a well moderated clan. No no-nonsense, perm bans for abusive behavior after 2 warnings. Every one has a bad day ;)
     
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    If insults are based on gender, sexuality or age there should be no warnings. Your mother, on the other hand, is fair game. :naughty:
     
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    There should always be warnings but they should come from their mother and at the age of 3...

    P.S. I never found 'your mother' to be fair game as her prices were extortionate. :)
     
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    Ooooooooooo Shirty he dissed yo mama.

    (have we derailled this thread?)
     
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    The last time I turned on the heaphones and microphone in an online game I had to open a firefox urban dictionary tab to decode the amount of horrific abuse I was receiving.
     
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    We've gone from "Won't somebody protect the children" to "Won't somebody protect US from the children"
     
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    What's that? One more reason to avoid EA produce? Jk
     
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