Reporting people for stuff said in a private discord is so stupid and is just gonna stop people from wanting to play RGL. What is even more ridiculous is asking for permanent bans for slurs. “Hate speech” is free speech and making any other distinction is a very dangerous path towards just banning wrongthink.

I think that private discords are exactly that, private. What happens in them stays in them. Who really gives a shit if a couple of basement dwellers decide to say a couple gamer words in a private discord? How would you even find out unless you are actively searching for those gamer words? I mean come on, people have a freedom to say what they want in explicitly private groups.

I even hold the personal belief that you should be able to say the n-word and such in-game, since in the end its just a word, granted you aren’t using it as a slur and just a replacement for the word “dude” or anything casual like that. But do I really care? Not really. In the end its just a word, any power it holds over you is only because you let it hold that power of you.

The current rules are absolutely fine. The vast majority of people do not care about some people in private discords saying some funny words or whatever, and this is just stepping wayyyy over those boundaries of encroaching on free speech.

To the original poster of this and whoever agrees with him (and I do not mean this as an insult or anything of the sort): grow thicker skin. Stop letting things that barely affect you hold power over you, and you will both have a better time in RGL and in real life.

Have a good day everyone.

@cyclowns Yes, that forum is private. Pug discords are private. Team chat channels are private too. Anything that is officially run by RGL is public I’d say.

@cyclowns RGL scrims are moderated because, I imagine, they are official RGL scrims taking place between RGL teams. A notable yet fair exemption to that rule.

@cyclowns I agree with this. Let’s put it to a vote. See how many people would actually support such an overreach like policing private discords. I guarantee the amount of people supporting this would get pummeled by the amount of people voting “no”.

Then maybe afterwards we can have a vote to relax slur restrictions. After all, they are just words.

@nabla just block someone if they say a slur, its not hard. you dont have to see what people type

@Xenagos How so? You are restricting the speech of those in PRIVATE discords. What people say in their FREE TIME, completely separate from RGL. I understand the whole “private organization” argument, but I don’t really follow that ideology and just think it is an excuse to be able to restrict speech.

@LiaRein a shitty song that only uses buzzwords and doesn’t present any real points isn’t a valid argument. in fact im not really sure what your point is exactly.

And I’m sure he doesn’t mean slurs is the opinion himself, more so opinions like being anti-lgbt, or things like that. Or perhaps the opinion that one should have the ability to say slurs at your leisure.

@Kawaiyi hate speech is free speech and also being able to play a video game in a league isn’t a platform

@Kawaiyi I like how you are just blatantly ignoring the points in this thread to make broad, general statements and virtue signal

@Kawaiyi 1. It is a right
2. We are defending our right to have privacy in our own private groups and not have rgl overstep it’s boundaries

none of them

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@hedaeoh yes. Hate speech is free speech

@sigafoo praise the lord for we are saved

@hew hey you know what else isn’t required? you typing that post. I personally do not like what you typed to I am going to do everything in my power to get you banned for typing something I don’t like. Thanks and have a good day.

@Teapot consider the following: if someone has a private discord with their friends, and these friends tf2, and they decide to run their team through this discord, is that discord magically a team discord?

If it’s not run by RGL, it’s private

@vibeisveryo Hmm, almost like real life

@Kawaiyi i was making a point that showing just because someone is offended by what you say doesn’t take away the right for you to say it. People are always gonna find some way to be offended at what someone says and guess what? We don’t take away their right to say it. Anti racism is not more important than freedom of speech

@hedaeoh as someone has said before, I don’t go to a bar, find a group of racists, and automatically think that bar is only populated by racists. just doesn’t make sense lmao

@Kawaiyi you know your posts are offending me. Why can’t you respect me by refraining from posting?