Are you saying this in-character? Because we're only taunting your empire. Not you. Your in-character empire. It's a game.

I'm sayong this in both. I don't give a crap if it's annoying. What did geckos ever do to you guys? We aren't like the geckos of Earth, we ain't small, we have very sharp teeth and we have a very aggrassive temper!

Yes, yes...That's all good and well. Now, how about that stereo?   

Hahaha are you actually upset cause some people on here made fun of a fictional lizard? I and many others in the Tyranny have said far worse things about Kzinti and his little hair balls and he just retorts with a smart comment and we move on.


It's all in fun and if you cant understand that, or handle it, then perhaps you should refrain from saying things yourself.

Now im off to enjoy some fried gecko and a bottle of Kzin Blood!!!

Grow up.

Dude, chill.

You've been quite vocal (in character) about your empire, the MV and galactic politics. It's only natural you get some taunting.

Sounds like my wife!!

  



Same here. While I'm straight, some of my friends aren't. They can generally let it slide off their backs, but it gets annoying to those of us who are in association with them.

So...back to the stereo. Is it up for grabs or not?

I've also had alot of "non-straight" friends. Mostly girls though because everyone knows lesbians are Cooler.

I know alot of bisexual girls. let's drop the subject.

"And we are out of here"

Friend, many more posts like your first and the great devs of the sky are likely to enforce it the hard way. One thing that has been noted is that the mods and devs here do not like seeing posts of that nature in these forums regardless of their intention. Please take this as a friendly warning only. But in all seriousness you really need to reel it in a bit..

pndrev - calculator may be out but iPod should be up for grabs

I seriously doubt that anyone was offended by you. It might help your own sense of belonging to seperate yourself from the character you're portraying though. They really have little to do with each other. You're not really a lizard and I may or may not actually be a demon.   

Being a gaming forum, we like to poke fun at each other and equally enjoy it when someone gets in a good zinger on us. There are limits, though and just remembering that you aren't really the avatar that you portray can help you see where those limits are drawn.

Please continue to post and enjoy the game.

And above all, BE EVIL!   

i would be that out-and-proud gay member of the ToE. i don't personally take offense to using the word 'gay' to signify something kinda lame. language is all about context. historically, 'gay' simply means happy (for example, The Flintstones theme song concludes "we'll have a gay old time" - though that might be before your time, sethpenguin).

words change over time, c'est la vie. i personally think the important thing to attend to is intention and effect. i rarely think someone using 'gay' to connote that something is undesirable intends a homophobic meaning, though often enough the usage is rooted in a deeper cultural homophobia. moreover, communication online is very tricky. 90% of communication is non-literal; in other words, a great deal of a person's meaning is communicated and understood outside of the actual words. inflection, social context and setting, posture, facial expression: far more of our brains are devoted to analyzing these facets of communication than actually parsing the meaning of words. therefore, online chatting, where those parts of communication are unavailable, can be a much trickier venture. i personally err on the side of cautious language, but that's my choice and style. ultimately i think, to quote Charlotte Bronte, "Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs."

cheers,
nik