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jayteecork · 27-07-2012, 06:38

Anyone amazed this ethnic slur is still in the game?

It doesn't offend me but it's on par with the "n" word to blacks as far as Irish travellers are concerned imo

I posted a topic about it on the steam TF2 forums and it was taken down within minutes.

**EnterNow** · 27-07-2012, 10:53

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Originally Posted by jayteecork

Anyone amazed this ethnic slur is still in the game?

It doesn't offend me but it's on par with the "n" word to blacks as far as Irish travellers are concerned imo

I posted a topic about it on the steam TF2 forums and it was taken down within minutes.

I won't be losing any sleep over it

BopNiblets · 27-07-2012, 15:47

The Sniper voice actor was a British lad anyway... in Oz they might say Bogans or something, not sure what the equivalent would be, or even if the travelling community ever made it as far as there!

TheChrisD · 01-08-2012, 18:36

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Originally Posted by BopNiblets

The Sniper voice actor was a British lad anyway... in Oz they might say Bogans or something

Well, Bogan is in the game too: http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/image...r_taunts02.wav

SeantheMan · 06-08-2012, 09:41

Doesn't bother me in the slightest

Genghiz Cohen · 13-08-2012, 14:56

In a game that rewards you for:

Setting people on fire.
Smashing their face with baseball bats.
Blowing them to little bits.
Pumping them full of lead.
Theft.
Pushing them off buildings.
Taunting them over their corpse (What's left of it)

You worry about the word 'Pikeys'.

jayteecork · 13-08-2012, 15:29

Yeah I know but the liberal bleeding heart brigade are always getting into a hissy fit when anything remotely racist is stated.

I'm not worried anyway, I'm just amazed it's left in what is pretty much a family-orientated game

**EnterNow** · 13-08-2012, 22:04

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Originally Posted by jayteecork

Yeah I know but the liberal bleeding heart brigade are always getting into a hissy fit when anything remotely racist is stated.

Leave them to it sure, the last time I checked 'Pikeys' were still the same race as us.

The PC Brigade, more often than not victims of their own ignorance.

Davidius · 15-08-2012, 04:27

For what it's worth he says 'Pikers' not 'Pikeys' which might be construed to mean something different in Aussie slang.

27-07-2012, 06:38	#1
jayteecork Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Mushroom Kingdom Posts: 5,941 Adverts \| Friends	TF2 Sniper saying "Bloody Pikeys" Anyone amazed this ethnic slur is still in the game? It doesn't offend me but it's on par with the "n" word to blacks as far as Irish travellers are concerned imo I posted a topic about it on the steam TF2 forums and it was taken down within minutes.

13-08-2012, 14:56	#6
Genghiz Cohen Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: A Room With a Moose Posts: 5,588 Adverts \| Friends	In a game that rewards you for: Setting people on fire. Smashing their face with baseball bats. Blowing them to little bits. Pumping them full of lead. Theft. Pushing them off buildings. Taunting them over their corpse (What's left of it) You worry about the word 'Pikeys'.

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27-07-2012, 15:47	#3
BopNiblets Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The crater pockmarked world known as "Kildare" Posts: 3,261 Adverts \| Friends	The Sniper voice actor was a British lad anyway... in Oz they might say Bogans or something, not sure what the equivalent would be, or even if the travelling community ever made it as far as there!

06-08-2012, 09:41	#5
SeantheMan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,978 Adverts \| Friends	Doesn't bother me in the slightest

13-08-2012, 15:29	#7
jayteecork Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Mushroom Kingdom Posts: 5,941 Adverts \| Friends	Yeah I know but the liberal bleeding heart brigade are always getting into a hissy fit when anything remotely racist is stated. I'm not worried anyway, I'm just amazed it's left in what is pretty much a family-orientated game

15-08-2012, 04:27	#9
Davidius Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 45.9091 Posts: 4,853 Adverts \| Friends	For what it's worth he says 'Pikers' not 'Pikeys' which might be construed to mean something different in Aussie slang.