{"id":82008,"date":"2024-07-16T18:05:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T18:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/the-boys-roleplayers-plunge-dc-discord-server-into-chaos\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T18:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T18:05:55","slug":"the-boys-roleplayers-plunge-dc-discord-server-into-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/the-boys-roleplayers-plunge-dc-discord-server-into-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys Roleplayers Plunge DC Discord Server Into Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">On July 15, the DC Official Discord server (not to be confused with the DC Comics Discord server) launched, promising \u201cexclusive content, community events, giveaways, and so much more.\u201d The server was almost immediately overrun by <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/W1NGTIPS\/status\/1812885055196512533&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/W1NGTIPS\/status\/1812885055196512533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">people pretending to be Jesus<\/a><\/span> or roleplaying as comic book characters\u2014just maybe not the ones you\u2019d expect. For hours, the DC Official Discord was full of people pretending to be characters from the <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/warzone-super-powers-season-4-reloaded-the-boys-update-1850636608&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/warzone-super-powers-season-4-reloaded-the-boys-update-1850636608\">controversial comic-turned-Amazon-Prime-series <em>The Boys<\/em><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 gRtQsx\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 gMcPqd instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 crfeiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"196923,196922,196918\" data-current=\"196923\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 gnGtru video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"196923\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"Kotaku\u2019s Hopes For Spyro The Dragon\u2019s (Reported) Comeback\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"355\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>Kotaku\u2019s Hopes For Spyro The Dragon\u2019s (Reported) Comeback<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196923\/196923_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196923\/196923_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196923\/196923_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196923\/196923_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/22494.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1812879340880707968&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1812879340880707968\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The DC Official Discord launched at around 11 a.m. ET on Monday, July 15, and it currently has nearly 10,000 members. One member, who goes by Shrimp Blimp, told <em>Kotaku<\/em> the roleplaying kicked off a few hours later and lasted until around 6 a.m. ET, after moderators repeatedly stated that roleplaying was banned. As one might expect from a newly opened Discord server, the chat was also peppered with racist, sexist, and homophobic language, edgy memes, and even an allegation of grooming, but its primary function, at least for a while, was as a space for <em>The Boys<\/em> cosplay.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 jXybyg align--left js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" id=\"\" data-id=\"1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"280\" data-height=\"347\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A screenshot of the DC Official Discord.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" style=\"width:280px\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:280px\" data-alt=\"A screenshot of the DC Official Discord.\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:123.9%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf lazy-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_490\/1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A screenshot of the DC Official Discord.\" data-chomp-id=\"1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8\" data-format=\"png\" data-height=\"347\" data-alt=\"A screenshot of the DC Official Discord.\" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 fPOdhF no-caption\">Screenshot<!-- -->: <!-- -->Discord \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/1b93e38219e63896e51fd6a180f8f5c8\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"280\" data-height=\"347\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A screenshot of the DC Official Discord.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Though there were certainly members pretending to be other fictional characters and real-life people, including one person claiming they were the Green Goblin who implored people to buy his <em>Fortnite<\/em> bundle, and another with the username OJ Simpson, by and large the DC Official Discord was a <em>The Boys<\/em> roleplay session for over 12 hours. This is at least somewhat appropriate considering the comic is published by DC, but was taken to the extreme by the server\u2019s members. Dozens changed their names to characters from the series or variations of those characters (including \u201cgay Homelander\u201d) and sent messages in the chat as if they were actually those people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">A Billy Butcher roleplayer (played by Karl Urban in the show, but probably not the Discord) wrote out all their words with an obvious Cockney accent, while someone pretending to be Kimiko (a non-verbal character who communicates via her own version of sign language,played by Karen Fukuhara) sent only hand signal emojis in the chat. Someone pretending to be Frenchie, the character with a close relationship to Kimiko and the only one who can understand her signing, occasionally responded to her with hand signal emojis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">At one point, a Homelander roleplayer quoted a line from a recent episode from <em>The Boys<\/em> in which the evil-Superman-coded character demanded one of the other superheroes fellate the other. \u201cVought [the evil in-universe corporation tied to the superheroes] will now take control of this server. Do not worry, America. The Seven will safely moderate this server from here,\u201d wrote another Homelander at 4:52 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 rlnFM align--center js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" id=\"\" data-id=\"f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"618\" data-height=\"306\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A screen shot from the DC Official Discord.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" style=\"width:618px\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:618px\" data-alt=\"A screen shot from the DC Official Discord.\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:49.5%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf lazy-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A screen shot from the DC Official Discord.\" data-chomp-id=\"f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e\" data-format=\"png\" data-height=\"306\" data-alt=\"A screen shot from the DC Official Discord.\" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 fPOdhF no-caption\">Screenshot<!-- -->: <!-- -->Discord \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/f7e2de72370baca484d5bb0a2bdd000e\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"618\" data-height=\"306\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A screen shot from the DC Official Discord.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">At around midnight ET, a moderator dropped a message in the general chat that read:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-type=\"BlockQuote\" class=\"sc-8hxd3p-0 cfcqyq\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u201cHi everyone!<br \/>-No inappropriate memes\/jokes are allowed<br \/>-No RP or Parody accounts are allowed<br \/>&#8211; We\u2019re muting\/banning people who do not follow the rules<br \/>-Please notify the Mod Team of anything weird<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Someone replied, \u201cHalf the server is getting banned.\u201d Another member, who appeared to have been cosplaying Frenchie at one point, sent an approximation of the word \u201cFrenchie\u201d spelled out in American Sign Language along with the message, \u201cwe aren\u2019t allowed to roleplay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Despite the warnings, the roleplaying continued\u2014at 6 a.m. ET, a person pretending to be <em>The Boys<\/em>\u2019 vice presidential candidate who can explode people\u2019s heads with her mind, Victoria Neuman, asked \u201cwhere\u2019s Homelander?\u201d A Butcher cosplayer replied, \u201cwith me,\u201d while several other users claimed the flying hero \u201clanded at home.\u201d Several people changed their name to \u201cNot Homelander\u201d or \u201cNot Billy Butcher\u201d in an attempt to circumvent the anti-RP rule. Not Homelander had a profile pic of his actor, Anthony Starr in-character with a mustache Photoshopped onto his face. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The anti-RP message was shared around a dozen times by more than one moderator, the latest of which was sent at around 11 a.m. ET. As of the time of publication, the roleplaying has almost completely ceased, but many are unsurprised a DC-focused server would descend into chaos so swiftly. <em>Kotaku<\/em> reached out to an Official DC Discord moderator for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/official-dc-discord-comics-server-roleplay-ban-the-boys-1851595010\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 15, the DC Official Discord server (not to be confused with the DC Comics Discord server) launched, promising \u201cexclusive content, community events, giveaways,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}