Dear Blizzard!
I have written letters, emails and contacted GMs over the last 6 months, still with not a single answer. I have now decided to post an edited version of my letter here on the general forum because I am sad and disappointed in the lack of response:
Complaint against sexism in World of Warcraft, more specifically “Love is in the air”, Noblegarden and Worgen/Goblin emotes
A man uses chemicals to drug women and then takes advantage of them, it sounds like something from a crime series, but no, it's from the new main storyline of the "Love is in the air" event in World of Warcraft.
This event went through a drastic change this year, and almost everything with it is new. In the new main storyline we are introduced to a goblin male who uses chemicals on women to make them "fall in love" with him.
I was appalled that Blizzard found it appropriate to use a serious criminal offense, %!##, in one of their storylines and to treat it so light-hearted. The goblin in question faces no consequences of his crimes and is let go of the person doing the storyline quest chain (the player).
Blizzard ought to change the "Uncommon Scents"-storyline from the Love is in the air event, more specifically the part regarding Marion Sutton/Roka and Snivel Rustrocket, as this depiction of drug related %!## has no place in a PEGI 12+ game.
In the event called Noblegarden there is an achievement titled “Shake your bunny-maker”, as if the achievement itself isn’t sexist enough it is followed by the text: “Use Spring Flowers to place rabbit ears upon females of at least 18th level”. Shake your money-maker is slang for prostitution as I am sure the persons responsible for making the achievement is well aware of, is it common belief with Blizzard Employees that it is ok for women, not men, over 18 to sell their bodies?
Worgen female flirts“Being #%!*!y is in my blood, don’t pretend you don’t like it”, “I just want someone to pat me on the head and tell me I’m a good girl” and “You can take me home, I’m house broke”, all of which are sexist and submissive.
And then we have the male goblin /silly: “He told me to tie her up, and do whatever I wanted to her. So I took her stereo.” A %!## joke. There is nothing funny about it, but apparently Blizzard think it is.
What is Blizzards view on these issues? Do you agree that the points mentioned can be considered sexist and offensive towards women? What kind of mechanisms do you have in place to reassure there is no sexist and offensive content in the game?
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Although there have been some genuine concerns that have been voiced by some people in this thread, we have seen many truly nasty and despicable posts from others. The worst posts have been removed and quite a handful of people have been banned from the forums, but alas this has not helped to get the discussion back on track. We still see plenty of reports coming in about people posting offensive or extreme comments, which is something that we cannot allow to continue. We deem this thread as derailed, and it is therefore time for it to be locked.
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