Friday, August 11, 2006

World of Warcraft’s online game community

This entry was originally published at Techstickle



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World of Warcraft\’s online game community, which draws more than five million players worldwide, has found itself in the middle of a big gay controversy. A player, Sara Andrews of Nashville, Tennesee, was threatened with expulsion from the virtual Warcraft world after she sought to recruit others into her gay-friendly team. An uproar ensued, spurring the game\’s maker to review its treatment of gay players. Blizzard Entertainment, the game\’s maker, apologized to Andrew, saying the warning was a mistake and that it will make some changes to prevent a repeat. Of course Andrews\’ attorney from Lambda Legal may have had something to do with that too.

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