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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6179591" data-attributes="member: 8835">The trick is, everybody's looking at the middle.  I'm looking at the beginning "over PA's response to those who were offended" in this case.PA never would have reacted terribly had somebody actually passed the reading comprehension part of the test in school.As some chunk of the male population learned, "Never start a fight.  Always finish it."Somebody threw the first punch because their neural network couldn't fathom a valid point about crappy MMO quest design was not an insult to their sacred cause, and in fact, was effectively in support of it. I don't know.  Since somebody was falsely accused, all bets are off the table on how they'll react.  It's kind of like being upset by my reaction when you say I'm crazy and try to get me certified.  Ever notice how that trope always leads to the accused acting in ways that might be seen by others as "crazy"To me, the story hits my pet peeves:false accusersmisinterpreted messagerallying a mob over a silly comic strip while real injustice remains undealt withturning an ally into an enemy over an imagined slightFrom what I can tell PA was making a valid point that MMOs were guilty of dismissing of Rape Avenging/Prevention as not needed for quest completion, thereby setting the tone that the MMO didn't think it was a big deal.PAX apparently went out of its way to be less of a sexist booth babe cleavage fest.But instead, because a few people can't read, the PA guys are Rapeaholics.i think I'd take a few cheap shots at those people as well.</blockquote>

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