What the hell?

morbiddez · Post by **morbiddez** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:44 pm

After browsing through the RPG section of the boards ive come across something very confusing.. I am a 1 week noob so please clear up the confusion of I am wrong.

I came across a topic called Army against "Negros" Is this a racist RP? Or is there some sort of dark entity that bares the same name as a completely innapropriot racial slur?

Please clear things up, I found myself quite angry when reading that topic. (till it sounded more and more like a creature of some kind)

Thank you

~morbiddez aka Dren~

Ku 'Agor · Post by **Ku 'Agor** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:45 pm

Negros is a drow.

I found the name humorous myself, and no it isn't racist.

Skaalib Drurr · Post by **Skaalib Drurr** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:49 pm

I can't see how you can find the name humourous, unless in an ironic fashion. But I do think it was a bit short-sighted of whoever created these Negros, and definately not very PC.

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:49 pm

xD Negros is a character's name.

Brendan made me laugh a while back on MSN when he left.

"Negros
What an unfortunate name"

xD

NirAntae · Post by **NirAntae** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:51 pm

I believe the person who created Negros was a German speaker and likely not even aware of the slur.

Kevin Lightdot · Post by **Kevin Lightdot** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:51 pm

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:57 pm

Twas Markous wasn't it?

Ku 'Agor · Post by **Ku 'Agor** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:27 pm

AlexRose12345678910 wrote:Twas Markous wasn't it?

Still doesn't lessen how freaking funny it is.

S:Governor Stephen Rothman: DAMN YOU NEGROS!

J S · Post by **J S** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:50 pm

If it was Markous, he speaks english better than I do.
So I think he just didn't think about it the racist way..

Japheth · Post by **Japheth** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:53 pm

I don't think it's funny whatsoever and continue to find it offensive and incredibly shortsighted on the creator's part.

Nalzaxx · Post by **Nalzaxx** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:54 pm

Negros =/= Negroes

J S · Post by **J S** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:00 am

Still sounds pretty much the same.

NirAntae · Post by **NirAntae** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:03 am

I always automatically read it as 'Neh-gross', as opposed to 'nee-grows'.

::shrugs::

Theon · Post by **Theon** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:04 am

Does the word Negros actually mean something relevant in German, or was it just that the person who thought it up didn't realise what it might imply in English?

J S · Post by **J S** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:07 am

www.freetranslation.com says Negros doesn't have a meaning in german.

Post by **Nitram** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:12 am

Negros is nothing more then a name in german. Not refering to anything else.

Ntiram

Miklorius · Post by **Miklorius** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:13 am

I never think of something racist when hearing Negros yet. As I german I did not know "Negroes", although there is the german word "Neger".

But its far from being some kind of racist. Otherwise you have to think/check every name if in some language it could mean something bad.

J S · Post by **J S** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:14 am

Nitram wrote:Negros is nothing more then a name in german. Not refering to anything else.

Ntiram

Ntiram.
The great Nitram did an error.
*chokes*

Misjbar · Post by **Misjbar** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:14 am

Bruineanjer

Arameh · Post by **Arameh** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:15 am

J S wrote:
Nitram wrote:Negros is nothing more then a name in german. Not refering to anything else.

Ntiram
Ntiram.
The great Nitram did an error.
*chokes*

I think its the first time I see him making a typo in the forum

Post by **Nitram** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:16 am

Fooser · Post by **Fooser** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:44 am

Nitty!!!!

The first time I heard someone shout about "NEGROS", I thought it was some noob that got in game, because it was a bit after the account system removal, but I found out it was a villain lol

Irania · Post by **Irania** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:59 am

I find nothing wrong with the name and when I first heard it, it did not sound at all racial to me. Then again, racism doesn't really exist in my world and I like to keep it that way.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:07 am

I kind of took some offence from it. Like when people say let's kill negros and shit..

Garett Gwenour · Post by **Garett Gwenour** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:35 am

lol, to say that negros was not a play on words is like saying "hellbriar" wasnt such a thing

And its even better that Negros is drow lol.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:37 am

Ku is an idiot, I'm pretty sure Negros is just a ghost that floats around. He went into Grant once.

Ku 'Agor · Post by **Ku 'Agor** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:05 am

Grant wrote:Ku is an idiot, I'm pretty sure Negros is just a ghost that floats around. He went into Grant once.

What the smile do I have to do with that statement? Or are you just being an ass on purpose?

Poots · Post by **Poots** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:35 am

Ku 'Agor wrote:
Grant wrote:Ku is an idiot, I'm pretty sure Negros is just a ghost that floats around. He went into Grant once.
What the smile do I have to do with that statement? Or are you just being an ass on purpose?

or don't feed the forum bickering and deal with it in a pm.

what if the drows are a symbol of black people? hmmmm?

J S · Post by **J S** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:41 am

Ku 'Agor · Post by **Ku 'Agor** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:43 am

Poots.. Drows are evil elves. They are not african elves.