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Everquest calls new raids after a terrorist army.

WaterlilyWaterlily Member UncommonPosts: 3,105
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I have no words for how understaffed some communities of SoE are. How this happened I can't say, but it's so far from anything tactful.  Silly things for one person mean a lot for someone else.

Any debate about it from players was immediately locked by SoE.

 

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  • lupisenparislupisenparis Member Posts: 185

    bunch of retarded idiots just trying to believe in a ridiculous conspiracy theory

  • jmd10222jmd10222 Member Posts: 427

    Wow , they REALLY didn't think that one through.

  • neschrianeschria Member UncommonPosts: 1,406

    Ouch... Not good. You'd think someone would have stepped in and suggested something without that kind of baggage. I'm pretty sure that most Americans are aware of the IRA (even if their first reaction is "individual retirement account?")

    I went over to EQPlayers because I thought this had to be a joke or a hoax. Nope. That's really what they called it. It's not even my country or my history, but it seems in poor taste to me.

     

     

    Originally posted by lupisenparis


    bunch of retarded idiots just trying to believe in a ridiculous conspiracy theory



    What conspiracy? I am sure most people think it was a mistake-- a stupid mistake that they aren't allowed to talk about on the official forums. It's the total lack of thought that's really appalling. I am perfectly willing to believe that noone even realized that it might be a problem before it went out the door.  I guess we'll have to see if they are going to express any sort of awareness of the offense they may have caused. To ignore the controversy and not attempt to make some sort of correction would show stupidity and a real lack of sensitivity to some of the community.

     

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  • lupisenparislupisenparis Member Posts: 185

    you guys are gonna get bent out of shape over an abreviation to a monster that you have to kill?  sheesh this community sucks bad.

  • neschrianeschria Member UncommonPosts: 1,406

    Well, I won't disagree with that. (The "sucks" part)...

    But I am not actually part of the community. I just hang around here for the free popcorn.

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  • BuzWeaverBuzWeaver Member UncommonPosts: 978

    A coincidental acronym, if it were called Sinn Fein IRA then maybe there would be more cause for concern. IRA is used a lot here in the US to describe Individual Retirement Account(s), so its a common acronym and was most likely over looked.


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  • tfox2k1tfox2k1 Member Posts: 215

    Wonder if it was called the KKK, what the reaction would have been?      Very poor taste on SOE's behalf.

     

     

  • PhaethonPhaethon Member Posts: 43

    This game has thousands of items and mobs... Its a game of acronyms.

    The world has thousands of organisations etc, all with abbreviations aswell.

    If they want to make sure to not offend anyone, the should call it not I.R.A. but Generic_BossMob_0A22993/1

    Yea, you can see something bad in everything.

     

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  • Anti-FanboiAnti-Fanboi Member Posts: 188

    I know a lot of Irish folk who consider the IRA to be freedom fighters trying to reunite Ireland as solid nation island. Then again WTF has this got to do with some lame raid boss in EQ1?

  • JimmydeanJimmydean Member UncommonPosts: 1,290

    On behalf of the Council of Confederate Knights, we are enraged.

  • ZDPhoenixZDPhoenix Member UncommonPosts: 218

    'Round these parts, The I.R.A. stands for The Ike Reilly Assassination. Never even thought of the terrorist connotation. And it'd be pretty juveniule to not get over it.

  • AdamantineAdamantine Member RarePosts: 5,094

    As a german, I've seen so many things that where abbreviated "SS" (such as "Soul Shots" from Lineage 2) or "SA" (such as "Special Abilities") that a single monster from some game thats abbreviated "IRA" doesnt really bother me.

  • GoldknyghtGoldknyght Member UncommonPosts: 1,519

    If this thread proves anything it proves that the stupidity of the human brain is astonishing. Even if it was named after a terrorist group who cares.

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  • DrowNobleDrowNoble Member UncommonPosts: 1,297

    I can see how someone from britain may be offended.  The IRA (not the mob) is a recent memory for many of them and can bring back negative feelings.  Being american it doesn't bother me as much, though if the mob was abbreviated KKK then yeah that would bother me.

    It's all a question of where you are and what culture you grew up in really.

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