Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3

[MGlBlaze]

I'm going to have to agree with her that it's damn annoying when somebody does something like that, but it just seems some people are constantly looking for excuses to complain about things.

Annoying? Frustrating? Juvenile? Idiotic? Perhaps breaking the TOS?
Absolutely, 100%.

Sexual Assault?
No.

I don't doubt the guy was annoying, and she shouldn't have to quit or log out due to harassment, and obviously Sony needs to do something in terms of moderation of avoidance of these things (I recommend an 'ignore' Feature that makes the offending player and the 'victim' invisible to each other), but to call this 'sexual harassment' is a step too far.

These two posts pretty much sum it up. If you are going to do anything online, a certain level of thick skin is a prerequisite. Griefers happen. They are incredibly annoying and a whole lot of other much nastier words, but... sexual assault? I don't think so.

Sony could give the harasser a ban, but beyond that... I don't see what the problem is. Hell, look at all the people who get Teabagged in Halo. equally as annoying and juvenile, but no hype about that, now, is there?

Unacceptable behaviour like that is up to the company to deal with. A ban is in order for the guy, but taking it further is a bit over the top, if you ask me.

My advice to this woman is to contact Sony to report the behaviour and get the guy banned, and then grow some somewhat thicker skin so it doesn't get blown out of proportion. I have no doubt that she was deeply insulted, but as far as the law goes, I doubt this is really going to go very far.

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I disagree with this. Your avatar is a digital extension of yourself to be sure but we cant start confering human emotions and capabilities on them, your avatar is no more capable of sexual assault in say Home than he is of murder in an FPS. Griefing has been around for aslong as multiplayer and so long as people can have anonymity and interaction your going to get assholes. So somebody followed her around and made a crouch gesture, to call it sexual assault to me cheapens the term and is an insult to women who have been sexually assaulted. Imagine this woman showed up at a support meeting and claimed there she had been sexually assaulted the people would be disgusted.

As I understand it, it's the room mate who called it assault. I wonder how you all would have reacted had he said 'harassment' rather than 'assault'?

Come to think of it, if it was labeled as 'harassment' then I would be more inclined to agree, but it's still something Sony needs to deal with and ban the douchebag. It falls under Home's TOS in either case, and in either case the guy deserves a lengthy/permanent ban; it would just seem a bit less blown out of proportion.

That's my opinion of it, anyway.

 

[Torrencore]

They should just put in sex emotes and be done with it. /rape

 

[Susan Arendt]

[HEADING=1]NOT THE CROUCH EMOTE![/HEADING]

Seriously, this isn't sexual assault. This is some douchebag being an idiot and thinking that he's funny.

I tend to agree. While I think it's entirely appropriate for her to report the behavior (I'm not sure if Home offers such a function, but I have to think it does), this isn't assault. If you can get away from it simply by pushing a button, then it's an aggravation, nothing more. If this guy was searching her out every single time she logged on, then it would escalate to harassment. But sexual assault? No, sorry.

 

[Ankhwatcher]

Help! help! I'm being sexually assaulted by a pre-pubescent.
Seriously.

 

[CommyGingerbreadMan]

I'm going to have to agree with her that it's damn annoying when somebody does something like that, but it just seems some people are constantly looking for excuses to complain about things.

Annoying? Frustrating? Juvenile? Idiotic? Perhaps breaking the TOS?
Absolutely, 100%.

Sexual Assault?
No.

I don't doubt the guy was annoying, and she shouldn't have to quit or log out due to harassment, and obviously Sony needs to do something in terms of moderation of avoidance of these things (I recommend an 'ignore' Feature that makes the offending player and the 'victim' invisible to each other), but to call this 'sexual harassment' is a step too far.

These two posts pretty much sum it up. If you are going to do anything online, a certain level of thick skin is a prerequisite. Griefers happen. They are incredibly annoying and a whole lot of other much nastier words, but... sexual assault? I don't think so.

Sony could give the harasser a ban, but beyond that... I don't see what the problem is. Hell, look at all the people who get Teabagged in Halo. equally as annoying and juvenile, but no hype about that, now, is there?

Unacceptable behaviour like that is up to the company to deal with. A ban is in order for the guy, but taking it further is a bit over the top, if you ask me.

My advice to this woman is to contact Sony to report the behaviour and get the guy banned, and then grow some somewhat thicker skin so it doesn't get blown out of proportion. I have no doubt that she was deeply insulted, but as far as the law goes, I doubt this is really going to go very far.

I don't see what the problem is with logging out, seriously just do it for 5 min and there, problem solved. Your getting ragged on by a 10 yr old in CoD, ya mute him. Ignoring someone is the best way to deal with him online. They can't do anything real to you.

 

[GodsAndFishes]

If that counts as sexual harrassment then I've been raping my friends constantly on Halo 3...Oh God I'm a monster!!!

 

[Kajt]

Meh, it's called logging out. Not that hard to do. Home sucks anyway.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

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[Sir_Tor]

I laughed, thats all I can say ^^

 

[Woodsey]

a) I don't think she'd class this as sexual assault if that then happened to her in real life

b) He was probably doing it for the same reason people teabag in games:

ITS FUNNY.

 

[Kuliani]

Yeah, the guy that did that should be suspended or banned from Home for that, but I'm putting the blame for any grief caused on the people responsible for the emotes. Seriously, have they NEVER been on the internet or participated in any online 3D game? If there is an emote that can be used in a sexual way, the players WILL USE IT. If they put in an emote that does any kind of crouchal movement, they need to be fired.

 

[Americow]

This is kind of like people complaining about Facebook all the time.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T USE IT. While you're at it, can you try not to ruin it for the rest of society?

 

[MGlBlaze]

I don't see what the problem is with logging out, seriously just do it for 5 min and there, problem solved. Your getting ragged on by a 10 yr old in CoD, ya mute him. Ignoring someone is the best way to deal with him online. They can't do anything real to you.

Yeah, pretty much. Of course, sometimes it isn't entirely possible to ignore them depending on what they're doing, but logging out/leaving a server is generally a better way to deal with them.

 

[Bob_F_It]

It's amazing have teabagging has now spread to "social" spaces. I know that Home has crashed, burned, and someone is continuing to dose it with petrol, but I don't expect it to be on something social.

Yes, it's not real and crying "rape" is overkill, but I'd rather lambast the arses who start it in the first place.

 

[Volucer]

I agree, I'm constantly being sexually harrassed in video games. Eg. Halo *wipes away tears* sometimes when I get killed, my attacker comes up to my prone body and...and....they crouch on my face *bursts into tears* I feel violated...

 

[Chaos scorch NL]

first of al I'd like to say: playstation = sheit

but anyways it happens in certain mmo's sometimes too but it's just retards making a joke if this will already stop you from playing u'll eitherway have to be a pretty big douche to be scared from a random twat making crouch gestures behind an avatar that you designed and since it has to be pretty it probably wont look like you at all. and probably she wouldn't have liked it anyways.

and what's the worst that could happen if someoen crouch's behind your avatar it's not asif he's touching you hot spots irl

 

[esperandote]

I wouldn't feel sexualy harrased but i can see somebody feeling like that

to people saying that in that case killing in games would be murder, in FPS's you're in consent that you're in a killing contest. Sexual harrastment or abuse is all about taking free will away.

I also think that they are right that by allowing this they could lose members wich will cost them money, even if they're just a few.

 

[Epitome]

As I understand it, it's the room mate who called it assault. I wonder how you all would have reacted had he said 'harassment' rather than 'assault'?

Ah your right I read a little too fast I was under the impression the roomate claimed she had been assaulted and the writer had told everybody. If he had said harassment over assualt it would have taken me a couple of minutes more to dismiss him. Sure its irritating and if she was being followed every time she logged on then maybe it could be harassment, as it is though she just ran into a dumbass on the internet. Who hasnt been tea-bagged, or had a torrent of abusive language thrown at them or been repeatedly team-killed at some point in multiplayer. It would be nice if none of this happened but of course it will and over-reacting to it just seems pointless.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Well, it's annoying and certainly not conductive to a good atmosphere, but I don't know about "sexual assault".