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Originally Posted by karmarein
I have yet to see anyone provide any substantive arguments that challenges the notion its not a game.
It has all the elements of a game:
- Players
- Competition
- Strategy
- Winners and Losers
All you're doing is talking about women. By this logic literally any thread on any topic can become a "game" just by having a vote at the end on whose posts you like the most.
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I find Sheep offensive, as a family member of mine died in a horrible sheeping accident. Let me create a thread to bitch about it and allow the division and your unfounded accusation of irrelevance to merit banning of the game.
Maybe we shouldn't allow irrational butthurtness to dictate the games we allow in this forum?
oh the old "you can't be offended by anything because i can make up stuff to be offended by"
if you don't see why a thread about men rating women might legitimately make some women a little uncomfortable, then i guess end of discussion because i have no idea how else to explain it
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And as per usual on this subforum, no one takes the effort to challenge the substance of my posts.
I've written a lot about feminism, fairness, and the benefits of freedom of choice in this thread, and instead of challenging the merits of my prose, you're basically just trolling me.
Pro-tip: Games INHERENTLY cause controversy. If this bothers you, maybe you should try reading, coloring, or pottery.
Do you have any idea how many werewolf games have caused all sorts of controversy, infractions and bannings? Do you watch sports or competitions at all? All kinds of controversy, rule-breaking, challenges, and arguments about fairness and legitimacy. If you don't like controversy, dont ****ing play games.
Apparently soah thinks this is a good post.
trollololol
There's a big difference between controversial rules, mod decisions, etc... and the subject matter of the "game" itself being controversial.
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I don't understand how people can't just ignore threads they don't like
Cause it's on the front page every time someone posts in it?
Like let's say you're a woman who wants to play at a board game club, but the club has mostly men
On the wall there is a bunch of stuff about board games, but also a poster for a "discussing and ranking women" group
If you tell someone the poster bothers you, and that it seems out of place for a board game club, they call you an SJW fascist and that you should just ignore the poster
Is this really what you consider a welcoming environment?
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It's not just about one thread, it's about the fact that this kind of stuff appears constantly in male-dominated spaces. Like yeah a woman can ignore one thread, or one slightly sexist joke here and there, but it gets tiring having to do that every single place you go. It's the constant barrage of this kind of stuff. It's easier for women to just ignore places where that kind of stuff is allowed. If you want to advocate renaming this to "Men's Puzzles and Other Games", then fine, but don't pretend this isn't something that repels some women from participating.
Personally the thread doesn't really bother me, it won't make me stop posting here. But if it does make other people leave, that would bother me.