johnnybleu said:
I can't conceive of any reality where my virtual character touching your virtual character in any way could be considered sexual abuse. Even if there was a "grope" animation. If teabagging was enough to get someone convicted of sexual assault in real life, then we'd all serve multiple life sentences for the countless murders committed online. I mean, the act was clearly unwanted and there was a violent tone to the act.
Not sexual assault. Sexual harrassment. Theres a big difference between the two. The former being an actual attack on a person. However the latter is usually far more sublte. Usually in cases of sexual harrassment the victim sues the company assuming they were complacent in allowing it to happen (usually after the purpetrator has been reported a few times). It could be argued that allowing and even encouraging teabagging could be allowing and encouraging sexual harrassment opening the company up to legal action.
This could be something Sony is scared of but if Im being honest I dont think its going that far. For a long time the people working on Planetside 2 have been trying to stamp out toxicity and harrassment of their players (which is good) and I think this is just one more step toward that.
Finally unlike a lot of people in the thread Ive actually played planetside 2. Most cover is big enough to stand behind without needing to crouch.