drama for ya mama.. I found something..

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After that the subject changed and it was not brought up again. They being a gay guild was never mentioned. I'm not too worried as reading the rest of the forum I got the impression that they are not in anyway homophobic. I just can't help but wondered what he meant by drama.

Some people just love to cause drama. Every game has them. They will use anything and everything to cause it because they can (ie. Internet animosity)

I don't know about Taint because I don't really know anything about them. If someone is being a troll, it's best just to ignore them and not let them ruin your otherwise awesome gaming experience. :laugh:

Taint is the largest Horde LGBT guild on the Proudmoore server in WoW. They have over 6,000 members and 24,000 plus toons. Their membership is spread out over 10 or 12 different guilds. (I lost count of the guilds they created to hold everyone)

I was a member of taint and would tend to agree with the poster.

There are a lot of LGBT individuals who like the atomsphere. I myself do not, also I never felt like I was part of guild only a number in a bucket.

It's true if it becomes to much you can always ignore.

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After that the subject changed and it was not brought up again. They being a gay guild was never mentioned. I'm not too worried as reading the rest of the forum I got the impression that they are not in anyway homophobic. I just can't help but wondered what he meant by drama.

Some people just love to cause drama. Every game has them. They will use anything and everything to cause it because they can (ie. Internet animosity)

I don't know about Taint because I don't really know anything about them. If someone is being a troll, it's best just to ignore them and not let them ruin your otherwise awesome gaming experience. :laugh:

^^^^ This.

Remember...the greatest invention ever created was the wheel. The second greatest? The 'ignore' button. :)

Taint does have a unique history and a very different type of atmosphere than we provide.

They are the same Taint from WoW. Pretty much all Taint and for that matter Rough Trade guilds are members of the Rough Trade Gaming Community.

I also was in taint for a couple of years and they are nothing to be afraid of....

They were so large that they were in fact many guilds in one and thus had many many raid teams. They also had their own addons for chat across multiple taint guilds(too large for one guild), and in game member pictures. They were also well know for their Xrated members pics forums section.

The guild leadership took a very moderate approach to discipline and as such guild chat was very explicit which some enjoyed and some didnt.

As always with anything, people always have the choice to be part of it or NOT be part of it.

It did seem that a lot of their members were in the guild more for companionship than the game.

Personally, for this game I prefer a smaller guild than Taint and a focus on game content in an enjoyable and social manner( think i said that right)

Lastly

Its easier to not go looking for drama...

Gotta admit that some folks' concerns about sharing a server with Taint are a little disappointing to read.

:(

Yes, Taint (Empire) & Rough Trade (Republic) are one and the same. Yes, the launch membership is largely comprised of folks from the Rough Trade Gaming Community's established presence in other games, including The Spreading Taint in WoW, Rough Trade in Rift, etc. Although these various guilds share similar core ideals, each has its own leadership and charts its own course. If interested, here is the SWTOR guild's charter:

Taint & Rough Trade Charter

I've really enjoyed my time with The Spreading Taint in WoW and have been particularly impressed with the very bright, devoted, and professonal leadership. The sheer size and diversity of the guild can be a bit overwhelming, but it's also opened my eyes to some things. Unfortunately, as with any microcosm of the LGBT community at large, there will always be individuals who bring their own drama.

The Spreading Taint leadership speaks highly of its Alliance-side sister guild, The Stonewall Family. I actually stumbled across Knights of Stonewall while searching for whether The Stonewall Family was expanding to SWTOR. I was so impressed with your website and community, I decided to kind of lurk here and hoped I might bump into and adventure with some of you in game [strike]whenever I tired of kicking Jedi butt and taking names[/strike] errr whenever I played my Republic characters.

:whistle:

I was a member of Taint a few years ago. It was fine. Like any glbt guild they spoke up about homophobic players and chat comments on the server. That could be the "drama" that guy was talking about. Guild chat did get a little steamy at times lol. Eventually I just got tired of WoW.

I was also in Primsatic Order for a few months after Rift released. And joined Stonewall Fleet but didn't STO much. So far all of them have been great with their own character. But I'm really liking Knights of Stonewall.

Taint & Rough Trade are/were one of the largest and first well organized LGBT gaming groups. I worked with them closely when I was a founding member of one of the largest Ally lgbt guilds on Proudmoore. almost all their drama was self contained, and just due to the sheer overwhelming size of the guild. The first year's Proudmoore pride march was the biggest fight they had as far as I can recall, but they did it and the event grew into a cross faction festival.

the only other outer guild drama was when they got a self hating homophobe who snuck into their guild and started posting private info and stuff from their Xrated forums. the same jackwad did it to every LGBT guild that would let him in by changing servers and names.

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That first comment was taken from another "non-gay" guild's forum.

ya I found the original source and didn't recognize that guild by name. I was happy to learn so many of our allies/adversaries were placed on the same server but also a bit disappointed to learn some other folks might not be quite so excited to see some of us. I'm not interested in judging anyone let alone an entire guild based upon some individual member comments, but I hope that guild will extend Taint/Rough Trade the same courtesy. If I'm still a little butthurt when I bump into them in game, I might accidentally Force choke a few of them, but nothing serious.
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I just think the name Taint is gross.. :P

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I just think the name Taint is gross.. :P

Would you prefer "Perineum"? :laugh:

Chode!