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I'm a bit disappointed with dragcave. I don't know exactly what is going on, because these kinds of things are not usually divulged to the person who reports them, but...
There are at least two dragons with names involving 'Tarbaby'. I reported them for having racist names. Nothing has been done so far - the two dragons still exist with the names. I do understand that a tarbaby is a trap for Bre'r Rabbit. I also know that a tarbaby is a painful racial slur for black children, because aside from being condescending, it carries the implication that no one wants to touch them, that they are somehow oily or dirty (and dumb, because even Bre'r Rabbit's tarbaby 'jes sat and sat, and didn't say anything', which was how Bre'r Rabbit got stuck in the first place, because the tarbaby was disrespectful & didn't say 'good morning!' back - yeah, I have some familiarity with Bre'r Rabbit... he bears a striking resemblance to a certain Someone I know).
In fact, here they are:
The leetle dragons do bring me a modicum of generally harmless fun, a time waster, a forum decoration or two. I've fiddled with spriting myself, and developed an appreciation for the art form. Without a computerized drawing pad thingy, there is no fucking way I could do it, although dragons are similar enough in design to horses that I can draw dragons from time to time.
Anyway, I'm tempted to quit DC because the poorly-named dragons still exist in their present forms. I just don't know if it would matter to anyone. Obviously DC has enough supporters that my one-person protest would go unnoticed, and I know from experience when people threaten to quit games like this publicly, they get a lot of "can I haz ur stuffs?" responses.
I guess what I'm wondering is if I should just quit, quietly and anonymously, because it's the right thing to do, or if I should post something vocal on the forums, make my opinion known (because, as we all know, internet protests is srs bsns)?
There are at least two dragons with names involving 'Tarbaby'. I reported them for having racist names. Nothing has been done so far - the two dragons still exist with the names. I do understand that a tarbaby is a trap for Bre'r Rabbit. I also know that a tarbaby is a painful racial slur for black children, because aside from being condescending, it carries the implication that no one wants to touch them, that they are somehow oily or dirty (and dumb, because even Bre'r Rabbit's tarbaby 'jes sat and sat, and didn't say anything', which was how Bre'r Rabbit got stuck in the first place, because the tarbaby was disrespectful & didn't say 'good morning!' back - yeah, I have some familiarity with Bre'r Rabbit... he bears a striking resemblance to a certain Someone I know).
In fact, here they are:
The leetle dragons do bring me a modicum of generally harmless fun, a time waster, a forum decoration or two. I've fiddled with spriting myself, and developed an appreciation for the art form. Without a computerized drawing pad thingy, there is no fucking way I could do it, although dragons are similar enough in design to horses that I can draw dragons from time to time.
Anyway, I'm tempted to quit DC because the poorly-named dragons still exist in their present forms. I just don't know if it would matter to anyone. Obviously DC has enough supporters that my one-person protest would go unnoticed, and I know from experience when people threaten to quit games like this publicly, they get a lot of "can I haz ur stuffs?" responses.
I guess what I'm wondering is if I should just quit, quietly and anonymously, because it's the right thing to do, or if I should post something vocal on the forums, make my opinion known (because, as we all know, internet protests is srs bsns)?
