Admins for the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Facebook group have outlawed the laugh reaction and are actively banning members who use it.

The entire gaming world is laughing at Dragon Age: The Veilguard. From the game’s cringe-inducing writing to cartoonish visuals, to the horrific sales numbers and cratering concurrent player count, the game has been the butt of many jokes. However, laughter in the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Facebook group will get you booted and banned.

“Please remember that using laugh reactions on posts or comments that are not intended to be funny will lead to removal from this group, as we aim to maintain a positive atmosphere,” Admin Ezra Wren said to the groups twelve thousand members. “If your intention is to troll, promote negativity, or use reaction emojis as a weapon, we cannot guarantee that you will be allowed to stay. Feel free to laugh react this too, so I can weed some of you out now.”

A screenshot from Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024), BioWare

The post then quickly amassed thousands of laugh reactions.

It’s even listed in the group’s official rules. In the rule, the mods go as far as to call people laugh reacting bigots.

The official rules for the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Facebook group which bans laugh reactions – Facebook

“LAUGH REACTS will get you BANNED. We’re not going to tolerate ANYONE laugh reacting to a personal post of someone when it’s not meant to be funny, and you’re only laugh reacting because you’re making fun of them or being a bigot!”

The higher ups at EA certainly weren’t laughing in the wake of this game’s release. The troubled title shipped 1 million copies to retail locations, but quickly garnered a massive return ratio.

The game’s trade-in value plummeted down to just $22 after 12 days. As of this writing, there’s less than 16 thousand concurrent players on Steam. The game failed to reach 90,000 players following its release, with an all-time high player count of 89,418.

A screenshot from Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024), BioWare

Veilguard also received only one nomination at this year’s game awards, and it wasn’t for one of the show’s larger categories. The only award Dragon Age: The Veilguard got a nomination for was accessibility features, which elicited quite a few laugh reacts among the gaming community.

The public Facebook group banning an emoji reaction is just the latest shot fired in the ongoing battle between the game’s infinitesimal fanbase and the gaming community at large. Many angry gamers were once BioWare fans looking forward to a new Dragon Age title for many years.

How do you feel about the Dragon Age: the Veilguard Facebook Group banning the laugh react emoji? Does it make you want to laugh or do they have a point? Sound off and let us know your thoughts!