Look. Even though it is not a joke I cannot stand political correctness past saying "Pass the NaCL, Mum!" once every 3 months. It is a sad reality that we live in a politically correct world.
And there is a reason for the @ symbol to be white, Against the black background that most Roguelikes share a white symbol shows up the best, It sticks out from the coloured NonPlayerCharacters (And no, This does not mean racist violence) so you allways know where you are.
Quoting: Rola
Also we may suspect that the current player character is heterosexual by default. Darn you, homophobes! We want gay marines, too! We're strong in numbers! (approx. 7% of the population acc. to some research). Make the @ pink, darnit!
I am fairly certain it is possible to turn white into pink in WinXP.
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Quoting: Rola
We hope you yeld to our demands and code those changes on first priority basis! So next time we enter the Phobos base we can see a message text like:
Welcome to Doom Roguelike. You're black female gay left-winged Buddhist marine with 20% disability. You feel a scent of death in the air. [more]
Remember what young Luke Skywalker said? If not:
"
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
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Congratulations, Your post has finally shown me the meaning of true evil.
Heck, The book of Vile Darkness seems like the diet coke of evil in comparison :-)