Posted on 01/11/2022 10:02:14 PM PST by yesthatjallen
A Tabletop Simulator review bomb is underway after a trans user was banned from the game's chat. The user alleges that the devs banned her because she's a gay and trans woman, and many of the negative reviews point to this as the reason behind their score.
Why is this Tabletop Simulator review bomb happening?
Over on Twitter, user Xoe details her experiences with Tabletop Simulator. She shows screenshots that show her being banned by one of the game's mods after she declares that she's gay. She then takes to the Tabletop Simulator Discord to discover the reason behind her ban. The mods tell her that Tabletop Simulator chat is not a place to discuss "sexuality, fetishes, politics". Xoe then asks if that means the mods view trans identity as a fetish or as political, to which she does not receive a response. After this, she re-enters the chat as a different user, talking about being straight and cis, and isn't banned or even cautioned. However, upon mentioning an actual sexual fetish, her account is banned instantly, thus suggesting that trans identity is indeed lumped in with sexuality as an umbrella issue by the Tabletop Simulator mods. You can see Xoe's document with supporting evidence here.
In response to the situation, there's a review bomb underway on the game's Steam page, and frankly, it's a mess. Several negative reviews have been submitted showing solidarity with Xoe, with one reviewer saying "bigotry is not welcome" in the gaming industry and another describing developer Berserk Games as "transphobic and homophobic". However, there's also something of a counter-review bomb underway, with users submitting positive reviews supposedly in support of the mods (although many of the reviews are themselves transphobic and homophobic).
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That d@mn car put me off automatic trannies for three decades after that.
Obviously, that picture is of a nice red one made a few years after the one I drove, which was patchy gray and falling apart. The photo is only for illustrative purposes.
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So do my cats
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I happened to have a large sheet of foam board that I started putting over games with several blocks strategically placed so as to not move the counters when the cats decided to sit on it. Worked like a charm.
Don’t have the house, plywood, nor cats now. :( Miss the cats.
I work for 3 cats, which is nice.
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