Tirbo Ratcatcher is mocked for having Turrets' Syndrome?!?

[___________Codewitch]

Tirbo Ratcatcher emote:

"Tirbo Ratcatcher laughs loudly and seems to have forgotten you altogether. You realize that he is probably missing a few pages and has replaced them with a sizable Turret Syndrome chapter. It would be smart to leave before he regains his focus..."

How is that funny Funcom...IT ISNT. I cannot believe you let that go into the game...What's next, you gonna laugh at your customers who have Leukemia, Cancer, Arthritis, Scizophrenia, etc...?!!!

I want an answer on this.

[Kissysuzuki]

My what a large horse

[___________Codewitch]

Why is it, all disabling conditions are relative to the sufferer, aren't they? I was simply posting comparisons that are more familiar, and therefore why this may have been overlooked.

[_______________Vydas]

As far as I know, Tourette's Syndrome is a neurological disorder, a disease, a chemical imbalance in the body. It is sort of hard to imagine that a medical disorder with different symptoms would be the subject of that sort of in-game reference, but maybe it's possible. To me, it's in poor taste.

[___________Codewitch]

Well well, turns out Tourette Syndrome is the correct spelling, so what...that excuses the thinly disguised reference in the game, Funcom? I saw it for what it was immediately, as Vydas pointed out:

It is sort of hard to imagine that a medical disorder with different symptoms would be the subject of that sort of in-game reference, but maybe it's possible.

Well I checked online and Tourrette is the only one that fits.

*shakes head in bewilderment at the audacity*

[Mneuromancer]

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sheesh

[_______________Vydas]

Originally posted by Shaleste
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sheesh

Heh, thanks for that contribution. BTW, this disease can be inherited. There but for the grace of some entity, go you.

[Cz]

I'll look into it. But, please take this kind of issues through e-mail though, as I simply don't have a chance at reading the entire bulletin board every day. Only reason I saw this was that somebody reported a post in the thread.

Closing the thread.