I Maine segrade demokraten Colleen Lachowicz i kampen om en plats i delstatssenaten. Lachowicz är 48 år och en hängiven fan av World of Warcraft, där förstås mer känd under sitt nickname Santiaga - en orkkaraktär på level 85 (Jag själv föredrar andra spel, så jag kan inget om levelsystemet i spelet).
Just att hon spelar WoW blev dock en het fråga i kampanjen, där hennes republikanske motståndare - den sittande delstatssenatorn Thomas Martin Jr, anklagade henne för att "leva ett dubbelliv", och Maines republikanska parti slog till och med upp en hemsida, colleensworld.com - där introt lyder:
Colleen Lachowicz is a Democrat candidate for Maine State Senate. In Colleen’s online fantasy world, she gets away with crude, vicious and violent comments like the ones below. Maine needs a State Senator that lives in the real world, not in Colleen’s fantasy world.
Sidan innehåller sedan diverse citat från Lachowitz' spelkommentarer, där man betonat kommentarer som för väljare kanske kan anses stötande. Ja, ta en titt själva.
Colleen Lachowicz kommenterade anklagelserna:
“I think it's weird that I'm being targeted for playing online games. Apparently I'm in good company since there are 183 million other Americans who also enjoy online games. What's next? Will I be ostracized for playing Angry Birds or Words with Friends? If so, guilty as charged!"
Hon fortsatte sedan:
"What's really weird is that the Republicans are going after my hobbies instead of talking about their record while they've been running Augusta for the last two years. Instead of talking about what they're doing for Maine people, they're making fun of me for playing video games. Did you know that more people over the age of 50 play video games than under the age of 18? As a gamer, I'm in good company with folks like Jodie Foster, Vin Diesel, Mike Myers, and Robin Williams. Maybe it's the Republican Party that is out of touch."
Nu visade det sig dock att väljarna i Maine hade fler än en gamer i valmanskretsen, så republikanen ifråga förlorade och Colleen Lachowicz vann i tisdags, och förklarade då att hon var glad över att folket tagit avstånd från personattackerna:
"I’m so glad people were able to reject the negative personal attacks that have no place in politics," she told NBC News by phone Wednesday. "It really should be about talking to people about what they want in their government. Not the negative stuff. No one needs that."
Och vidare:
"So many people in the district were just appalled," she said. "And a lot of the people I talked to were young, first-time voters and they seemed to be the most incensed by it. They saw it as a personal attack over something that is a normal activity these days — to play video games. And I heard some people say, 'Oh they're saying the same thing about me.'"
Här är ett nyhetsinslag om hela kontroversen:
Och här ett bra inslag om en gigantisk amerikansk gamer-mässa:
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