Marriage Quest finally on the horizon! Yay!

[KhalidTheGreat]

With all the sensetive issues of same-sex marriage and all, it's funny that they chose to actually go through with naming it that way.

I think if they only changed the name to something like "the buddy system" or "partner system" or whatever, it would have saved them a huge chunk of bad press, and the same-sex thing wouldn't even exist. But right now if you think about it, they're gonna get hated on either way they choose to go.

[Dreamer]

With all the sensetive issues of same-sex marriage and all, it's funny that they chose to actually go through with naming it that way.

I think if they only changed the name to something like "the buddy system" or "partner system" or whatever, it would have saved them a huge chunk of bad press, and the same-sex thing wouldn't even exist. But right now if you think about it, they're gonna get hated on either way they choose to go.

Changing the name wouldn't have made any difference in how it was perceived.

[Razzle]

Changing the name wouldn't have made any difference in how it was perceived.

I think it surely would... Of course for a bigger effect needs to do more things like not force the wedding cloths on the quest etc, but changing the name alone will make a diff if even the tiniest...

[Tule]

I think it surely would... Of course for a bigger effect needs to do more things like not force the wedding cloths on the quest etc, but changing the name alone will make a diff if even the tiniest...

I doubt it. Even if it worked for some people, other people (like me) would have thought it was a cop out. "Buddy system" really? Its a marriage system.

Maybe if they created their own word that fit in the lore of the game. But not just buddy system or partner system.

[Razzle]

I doubt it. Even if it worked for some people, other people (like me) would have thought it was a cop out. "Buddy system" really? Its a marriage system.

Maybe if they created their own word that fit in the lore of the game. But not just buddy system or partner system.

Yes, really. There are already games that get away with renaming the system. Maybe on people like you and me it won't work, but it will make a differance to others who will see the system for the first time (and seeing as the majority dont frequent the forums, I believe the majority will see it in game the first time without even hearing about it before).

Soul Mate system where two players can become Soul Mates. If one Soul Mate is offline, the player can help to level up his soul mate's character. Experience will be stored for the Soul Mate that is offline. Soul Mates also have access to special skills available only to them.

That's a quote from a real MMORPG
Replace the "Soul Mate" system with "Marriage/married/husband/wife" system, and can clearly see which would annoy ppl that are against SSM more.