Anti-Gay Email Campaign Floods Electronic Arts

[Corporal Yakob]

Didn't you hear? Gay love scenes caused the Reaper invasion.

Now, if you said "caused the Mass Effect 3 Ending," you'd have support. >.>

No that was illegal Quarian immigrants.

They come into our space, they bring their Johnny Foreigner cultures, they take our ship parts.....

 

[Zeckt]

They call themselves "the family association" and with that name alone they spread their hate as if their group name excuses their evil intentions.

 

[daniel the immortal]

I'm always glad to see important issues like fake gay marriages in a fake universe get the attention they deserve.

you sir have made my day

 

[Strazdas]

Alright then- Family values nutters, time for a Lesson in the economy.

When you DO NOT BUY THE PRODUCT TO BEGIN WITH you cannot boycott it. If i disagreed with the giant pink dildo company, i cannot boycott them because i do not buy the products. Similarly if you do not buy games you cannot boycott them.

actually a lesson in economy to you: by not buying the product that you otherwise would you are boycotting it automatically.

 

[Leg End]

Funny how this happens just after they are declared the worst company in America.

I see you EA. I see you.

 

[zenoaugustus]

For once, thumbs up for EA. I've hated on EA for as long as I can remember. Not just because of all the bullshit lately (the DLC, the project $10, etc; I'm sure you all are aware). I think a lot of the games they release are pretty garbage (not necessarily Bioware, just EA in general). But I'm glad they are sticking their ground with ME3.

 

[wiiwiieddie]

mass effect 1 got flank for just having mild sex cutscenes, and there was no trouble for mass effect 2, yet both games have guy sex in them. there is only one main difference in ME3: male on male relations. idk if its a double standerd, or if they just didn't realize that gay relationships were available in ME2, but it must be pretty offencive to gay people

 

[paislyabmj]

if this is genuine (which it most likely is) then I can say nothing but wankers gonna wank.
but i am reminded of that ea marketing scheme for dantes inferno were they hired fake protesters to pretend to be offended by the game. I wouldn't put it above ea to do the same again.but if this is genuine they can go and fuck themselves.

 

[tehroc]

I'm sick of Bioware shoe-horning a gay romance into everyone of their games.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

For some reason these "Family Values" activists give the impression they're the type of fat lazy parent who just sits their kid in front of a television all day.

 

[Steinar Valsson]

Religious parental groups... One of the many tumors of society.

 

[Simonoly]

Alright then- Family values nutters, time for a Lesson in the economy.

When you DO NOT BUY THE PRODUCT TO BEGIN WITH you cannot boycott it. If i disagreed with the giant pink dildo company, i cannot boycott them because i do not buy the products. Similarly if you do not buy games you cannot boycott them.

Why is their point of view any less valid than that of those poeple complaining about the ending of ME3? I don't I agree with it, but they are as just entitled to express to their point of view as anyone else. How do you know the private opinions of other players, have you empirical data saying only liberals buy games? My experience of online play seems to suggest that there is rampant homophobia amongst hardcore gamers. I don't think there has been a day when I haven't heard some sort of homophobic insult when playing online.

Because last I checked no-one could really associate themselves with being a disappointing ending, whereas plenty of people can associate themselves with being gay, because they are. By trying to get the gay part removed, it's setting a clear "no gays allowed" sorta vibe, whereas changing the ending, or adding bits on after doesn't have any such connotations

I was waiting for someone to try and draw parallels between the controversy with the ending and this. I knew it would creep up somewhere, just maybe not on these forums.

I was hoping that it wouldn't be here too, but plenty of people just don't get why people are angry at the ME3 ending, and so assume that their anger is as valid as those of bigots. All I say is listen to the arguments made, and you'll see the difference.

We can only hope to educate ;-)

You should see the Gamespot forums regarding this very same issue. It's very funny if not slightly worrying.

 

[orangeban]

I'm sick of Bioware shoe-horning a gay romance into everyone of their games.

I know right! The only thing worse is the way they keep forcing hetero romances into their games, there's one in ,like, every game! Geez Bioware, way to cram your straight lifestyle down our throats.

 

[kasperbbs]

Somehow they missed the mass murder part of the game, but they got upset over 30 seconds of same gender characters kissing. For the record i don't mind either of these things in a game.
Fuck off Florida Family Association.

Captcha: think twice. hmm..

 

[Phlakes]

Ladies and gentlemen, your Worst Company in America, defending same-sex relationships.

 

[Master Kuja]

Convenient that this "flood" of anti gay emails comes now.
Funny to see EA on full damage control mode lately.

 

[Daaaah Whoosh]

Sounds like those anti-gay groups don't think being gay is a choice after all. I think they're afraid that they're gay, and that's why they're boycotting the games.
Which isn't really something to be too afraid of, but I'd like to see how they'd react to such an idea.

 

[Shirokurou]

I think I should write a letter to EA and BioWare specifically and express my increasingly growing concern with what the company is teaching our children.
My friends, those who played Dragon Age or Mass Effect should know this by now, but...
They have sex with their clothes on...