World of warcraft social contract
World of Warcraft Introduced a Social Contract to Avoid Toxicity
World of Warcraft has introduced a new "Social Contract" aimed at making people nicer to other gamers while playing the MMO. It first appeared in the PTR a couple of weeks ago, and now it went fully live with the release of patch 9.2.5 on May 31.
The "Social Contract" appears after installing the update and it reads that "every player deserves to have a world where they feel safe in." As a part of the contract, players are asked to be friendly, play as part of a team, help those in need, and whenever possible answer newcomers' questions in the chat.
The contract also has restrictions including hate speech, in particular when it comes to players' race, gender, and gaming skills, harassment, threats, abusive language and behavior, and spamming and advertising. If players violate any of the contract's rules, their account is said to be suspended.
Everyone get this social contract when logging in?
Benet-gnomeregan1
Just curious why this just came up when I tried to log in.
Everyone else get it as well?
1 Like
Aceheart-moon-guard2
6 Likes
Benet-gnomeregan3
Thanks. I was out all weekend and just logged in for the first time.
1 Like
Allendor-hyjal4
The social contract is just a dumbed down version of the actual terms of service. We used to have to regularly reaccept the ToS, which no one could be bothered to read. Now they spam us with the social contract, which I still can’t be bothered to read. It’s funny that anyone needs to be told what’s right and wrong. Bots bad. RMT bad. Cheating bad. Multiboxing bad. Be nice to ppl.
3 Likes
Lilithia-nagrand (Lilithia) 5
On a broader societal level, a social contract is an agreement between man and man; an agreement from what must result is what we call society.
Broadly speaking, we cede some of our individual rights, so in turn, others will cede theirs. This seems logical enough, if everyone could just go around shooting people they don’t like, it would be a jungle, and human life would be war of all against all. So in obeying laws, citizens remain
World of Warcraft is testing a ‘social contract’ for its players in 9.2.5
“For the love of the Titans, please be a decent person to your fellow players.” That is not what the new social contract in World of Warcraft says verbatim on the 9.
04 Sep 2025World of Warcraft retunes Legion Remix while Pandaria Classic readies its Landfall patchMassivelyOp ︎04 Sep 2025Tencent is unceremoniously sunsetting its MMORPG Tarisland in NovemberMassivelyOp ︎03 Sep 2025World of Warcraft has finally released a Midnight infodump on everything from damage meters to dungeonsMassivelyOp ︎30 Aug 2025Blizzard files copyright infringement lawsuit against World of Warcraft rogue server Turtle WoWMassivelyOp ︎29 Aug 2025The Soapbox: What Mists of Pandaria Classic’s Warlock can teach us about modern WoW’s class designMassivelyOp ︎29 Aug 2025World of Warcraft remixes Legion Remix after contentious testing as players ding the Midnight revealMassivelyOp ︎26 Aug 2025Gamescom 2025: World of Warcraft talks Midnight’s Haranir race, raid content cadence, and Devourer specMassivelyOp ︎26 Aug 2025Guild Wars 2 is having a moment with a new Steam concurrency peak ahead of its 13th birthdayMassivelyOp ︎25
The Results of World of Warcraft's Social Contract, One Year Later
Like many online games,
World of Warcraft
has had its share of community challenges over the years, especially with regard to players’ behavior. Although in-game moderation is a never-ending debate,
World of Warcraft
tried to curb the toxicity and harassment within the platform by publishing a social contract in June 2022. It forbade player behaviors that involve abuse, harassment, bullying, and spamming, reminding gamers that a community is only as good as its members.
One year later, it seems that players have divided opinions on exactly what
World of Warcraft
's social contract was intended to do, and more importantly, whether it actually had any lasting impact on the game since. Blizzard’s intent seemed to focus on reducing in-game toxicity by making players aware of the rules if nothing else, which at the very least might make a few users think twice about their behavior.
RELATED
: World of Warcraft's Latest Controversy Highlights the Pros and Cons of One Dragonflight Feature
World of Warcraft's Social Contract Hasn't Appeared To Have a Lasting Effect
When the socia