The roommate of a female player claims that her avatar was "sexually assaulted" while inhabiting thePlayStation 3's free social space, Home.
On December 22, 2009, PlayStation forum member Whoef posted a story describing how his female roommate was harassed while she was participating in the puzzle games associated with Home's Winter Wonderland event. The unnamed harasser followed the woman's avatar around incessantly near the Festive Tree and used the crouch emote, ostensibly to position his avatar near her backside. Whoef claimed that this behavior was sexual in nature and demanded that Home have some way to combat such behavior. An Australian newspaper picked up the story today and opined that just because such attacks occurred in a game, that doesn't mean that they aren't real.
Wow.... what the hell?! :Q
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: BeautifulShy on January 21, 2010, 11:23:59 PM
When I first read the title I thought a girl was being sexually assulted in real life. In any case this is wrong and disturbing.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: Crimm on January 21, 2010, 11:29:14 PM
This stuff happens a lot. A news story about it is funny.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 21, 2010, 11:42:29 PM
I almost posted this in the Funhouse NEWZ thread a day or so ago.
"Oh NO!!!!! stop humping my avatar!!!"
next we will see people filing sexual assault suits over teabagging in Halo3.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: ThePerm on January 21, 2010, 11:45:08 PM
lol.....thats like what me and my brother did to people immediately when we downloaded home, so much for inverse kinematics, and boundary boxes.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: ShyGuy on January 22, 2010, 12:02:58 AM
Teabagging is molestation.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: oohhboy on January 22, 2010, 12:22:43 AM
It's not sexual assault if the person you are teabagging is DEAD.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 22, 2010, 12:42:05 AM
sexual desecration of a corpse?
but the dead can't file charges.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: Mop it up on January 22, 2010, 12:49:51 AM
This is why the PlayStation network needs friend codes.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: ThePerm on January 22, 2010, 12:55:15 AM
Wouldn't this classify more as sexual harassment than sexual assault? This is more like saying something really crude to a girl. I wouldn't consider it assault unless you were spying her in a state of undress or touching her.
And if you started charging people for crimes against avatars then we're all getting arrested for murder. ;)
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: Shaymin on January 22, 2010, 05:44:38 PM
Clearly she should've responded with a fine Quincying (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/12/how-to-perform-quincying-in-playstation-home/).
Warning: Not safe for workschool humanity
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on January 23, 2010, 06:03:05 AM
I'm the e-rapist in the original post
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 23, 2010, 06:37:11 AM
::blows the whistle::
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: D_Average on January 23, 2010, 04:52:25 PM
Thats it. I'm deleting Home. Can't take any chances!
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: EasyCure on January 27, 2010, 08:43:08 PM
So much worse happens in Animal Crossing its not even funny.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: MoronSonOfBoron on January 28, 2010, 03:24:29 PM
I wonder whether cyberspace will continue to be regarded as personal space in the future, or whether the zeitgeist will accept that privately controlled virtual space meant to simulate an alternate existence separated from our own universe with its own imagined ruleset and conduct is not entirely within the jurisdiction of real-world ethics.
Noobs should go play WoW.
Title: Re: Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on January 28, 2010, 04:37:41 PM
