Yeah I think this is why I love the SEA community so much. I played one game on NA yesterday and the way I was spoken to by my opponent made me log off and back into SEA so I could play without being messaged constant abuse about how girls shouldn't play games and how im a bitch etc etc.
Whether a word is meant to be racist/sexist etc or meant to be insulting doesn't matter. There are plenty of ways to insult or BM people without lowering yourself to being racist/sexist/discriminatory. At the end of the day you gotta take what people say pretty lightly, unless they are harassing you on a regular basis and just shrug it off knowing its going to clearly affect their game being in that mindset.
I guess we have it pretty damn lucky that not only is this behaviour frowned upon in the SC2 community, but also that it is discussed and those who do continue to discriminate are effectively ousted by the community entirely.
I just wish people could embrace how awesome it is to have all sorts of people playing this game regardless of their ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, I have met amazing people and learned so much about others lives from this game and community and it has made me realise how much I want to travel and experience different cultures and ways of life.
Dear people of SEA, I love you for being a welcoming, tight knit community who support each other and don't stand for any bullshit, it really really does make this game so sooooo much more amazing
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