Originally posted by Yonatan Kamensky:
What's the REL here?
For Competitive, one of the examples for USC-Minor is “A player uses excessively vulgar and profane language.” I'd say referring to something as “gay” is a derogatory manor qualifies. USC-Major requires that the the slur be directed at a person, I believe.
For Regular, refer to the recent JAR update blog: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/regular/2014/09/23/khans-of-tarkir-jar-update/
“Regular REL is many players’ first experience of tournament Magic, so ensuring a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere is important. A player whose behaviour may be upsetting others or making them uncomfortable should be educated and asked to stop immediately.”
There's some leeway with language use here, but using slurs casually (and yes, the same word can be a slur or not depending on context, intent, and usage) is certainly over the line.
Originally posted by Shawn Doherty:Reading things is good.
When a question is asked in the Regular REL forum, we can assume that the
question is about Regular.
Originally posted by Daniel Pareja:
However, everyone within earshot was a regular at the store and nobody appeared uncomfortable at the use of the word–in fact, I imagine I would have taken some flak for calling a judge on my opponent for using the term.
Edited Eric Levine (Oct. 16, 2014 02:36:06 AM)
Originally posted by Eric Levine:
I'd be surprised if at least one person wasn't concerned about the use of “gay” to describe something in a negative fashion. It sounds like at least one person was, actually - if you weren't, you probably wouldn't have posted this! You will occasionally get flak for calling a judge (or at least saying “Hey, not cool”) in a situation like this, but honestly, know you're doing the right thing when you do it.
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