Fallout 76 players permabanned for anti-gay harassment

Fallout 76 players permabanned for anti-gay harassment

5 years ago
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/30/18120237/fallout-76-permanent-ban-homophobic-slur-video

Multiple Fallout 76 gamers have received lifetime bans from the game, following a harassment incident littered with homophobic slurs that went viral over social media.

As reported by Eurogamer, Bethesda Softworks originally handed out a three-day suspension to at least one player, shown in the Twitter video, a day after Fallout 76’s Nov. 14 launch. As the ringleader of a group of harassers, he peppered the target with things like, “We have come to eliminate all gays,” and anti-gay epithets. Later on in the game, the group tracked down the three players, ambushed and killed them — even though in Fallout 76’s PvP, another player’s attacks only do minor damage if fire is not returned.