When left to write their own rules, ERP communities tend to mirror their real-life counterparts: kink-positive but with a double standard against women, heteronormative and full of casual sexual harassment (even in-game, a male avatar can pursue a female one relentlessly). Once exclusively the purview of Japan and the skeezier elements of Newgrounds.com, dating sims have long since broken out of their ghetto and found some limited mainstream success, even critical acclaim. Many online nicknames fell in the conflict, and it was finally the Supreme Court who stepped in and settled it stating "The reliability of the Wikipedia is paramount. Those who take it up rarely put it down, just as mothers-in-law are addicted to nagging and Congressmen are addicted to misstating their opponents' record. Bio Ware’s received a lot of criticism from straight male gamers for its romantic plotlines and openly gay characters (in one especially harrowing part of the game, a male character flirts with the player even if the player has chosen to roleplay as a man).
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