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Pluvia said:
I've brought up twice that you said "every once in a while" you're still ignoring the fact that you've said that. This would be the third time you've haven't acknowledged the fact that you've said that.

I said dismiss and ignore, in your case leading more towards dismiss. So You've only ignored one (Tomb raider) and you've dismissed 4.

Also skin color and sexual orientation sexual orientation hardly has any bearing on creativity, especially when in half those games those characteristics aren't important.
 

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To be honest, I couldn't care less about all of this stupid drama that's going on in the gaming industry right now. I'll play the games I want to because they are entertaining and interesting to me. I don't play games for others and I certainly don't play games to fill a quota for those dumbass Feminists who are never pleased by anything. Case in point, just like with all forms of entertainment or consumable media, you can't please everyone 100% of the time. There's a reason why all entertainment industries are so diverse in terms of what is produced and who they market to. Personally, I hate female characters in games because it seems to me like they're trying too hard to "fit in with the guys" by acting tough and masculine or trying too hard to be witty. Characters like Bayonetta and Samus I can get behind because to me, they're a character first and a gender second, and in the case of Bayonetta, she's not afraid to say "Yeah, I'm sexy, but don't stare too long because you'll regret it". She would rather use what natural assets she has to her advantage instead of shame them and try to hide them or replace them with other non-natural characteristics just to try and say to female gamers that "women are tough too".

If anything, these people are focusing WAAAAAAAY too much on just one branch of this industry. It'd be like complaining that the Mona Lisa looks like crap if you only focus on one small corner of the painting, or how the Sistine Chapel is a complete waste of time if all you ever notice is a stain on the column next to one of the paintings. Feminists and SJWs are bitching and moaning so loudly over games that they probably don't enjoy anyway, and don't bother to take into consideration that a majority of the female gamer demographic doesn't even care about or doesn't even like the games they are constantly moaning about. So instead of constantly bitching and moaning about wanting things changed in a genre that doesn't even interest you, why not find what you like and stick with that? Everyone wins then. But then again, Anita wouldn't be laughing all the way to the bank if she actually was an honest person now would she?
 

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Pluvia said:
Islandbuffilo said:
Pluvia said:


I've brought up twice that you said "every once in a while" you're still ignoring the fact that you've said that. This would be the third time you've haven't acknowledged the fact that you've said that.

I said dismiss and ignore, in your case leading more towards dismiss. So You've only ignored one (Tomb raider) and you've dismissed 4.

Also skin color and sexual orientation sexual orientation hardly has any bearing on creativity, especially when in half those games those characteristics aren't important.
Yes every once in a while. The list happened to include, with Tomb Raider that was being acknowledged (but keep trying to make things up, how else will you make me look bad eh), 2 white girls and a black guy. Funnily enough there's more groups than white people and black guys out there, I did actually acknowledge "every once in a while" immediately..
The only one who's made things up is you, you accused me of saying there were dozens of triple A games going to be released, when I never said that.
When exactly did you immediately acknowledged that you're criteria had been fulfilled? And if you did why are you still going on about lack of diversity? 2 out of the 5 games you mentioned have it, plus Tomb Raider 3/6 plus monster hunter, dynasty warriors, Bloodborne, evolve, and life is strange making it 8/11 triple A games with diversity. Now you're going on about there's more groups than white people and black guys, which brings me back to my previous statement, only certain kinds of diversity are accepted, but you know what you're right, in fact White and Black, aren't even a singular group, they're made up of different groups themselves. With that in mind, the game industry is super diverse, so that list changes from 8/11 to 9/11.
Feel free to name all the other triple A games coming out this year that fulfill the diversity criteria then. I want to see your list.
Is this your proof that you immediately addressed your "Every once in a while" statement? Because if it's not, I don't really see the relevance of it here, and if it is...How exactly is that an acknowledge meant as opposed to an unrelated request?
..though the main point I made was about how under represented games are that "white girl" is an example of representation.
Representation of who? For what? Also my point was your point was moot, you've only provide a small fraction games, only accepted a small fraction to be presented as evidence, and even then the odds contradict your original statement pertaining to diversity. You're also ignoring the primary demographics for these games.

But sure, lets address "every once in a while" again. List the big games coming out this year and the groups represented.

Also, don't forget you also have to list all those diverse triple A games I ignored. Lets see if you can get higher than one.

Spoiler alert, you wont, you're going to snip this post and hope everyone doesn't notice how you're avoiding answering questions, then you'll make something up about what I've been doing and hope no one notices that either.
Your idea of bringing addressing your "Every once in a while" statement is completely changing the context of the statement to one that is barely similar? Yeah I don't need to make stuff up to make you look bad. First it was "Just a bit of diversity" now its "Just a bit of a specific type of diversity (called it) in big games only (called it)"
Also you've misread again, this time after I pointed out you did so.
So you're asking for two list:
One of which you changed the criteria for and the other I already gave you, along with what I actually said, yet you're still making things up.

P.S I'm only snipping to save space and time, I've got nothing to hide especially considering you proved my first point almost immediately, allegedly agreed with my second point immediately, and are now moving the goal post.
 

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Good thoughts.

As a pc gamer the games i played were never about saving some girl. I had to destroy my enemies capture opbjectives complete quests. This damsel in distress is old and the funny thing that certain women you reffer who is a conartist and everyone knows it, is an actual damsel in distress despite believing her to be a strong independent woman. I saw the video on positive female cahracters and what she said was basicly to make characters that are blank and dont appear like women but generic characters. Due to those certain groups being ANNOYING online, having a female character is a no no for devs to avoid the critisim and shaming. Also how can games talk about complicated issues if every time they do people get OFFENDED and demand those things to be removed from them? These "progressiveness" starts to appear more like puritanism or people who run so far away from their parents that became them. This is not progressive, it is being afraid of having your views challenged and your feelins hurt so you lock yourself in a "safe space" It is pathetic.

As to why most games have strong male characters? In the past games had more imagination due to be sold to kids, now they are usually modern games in which you have a spec ops dude or something along those line, so more or less the kind of characters you will have will be the same. Say what you wish about me, but running around in the next cod as a transgender asian fat guy who identifies as a pony doesnt make any sense. You got saints row for that. All those individuals that want to be "represented" have issues with their identity and gender politics, personally i could be playing as a robot for all i care, it is about the gameplay not the character you play. How many games the last few years actually had good characters? Did remember me had a good character? Was ajay from far cry 4 a good character? Would sniper elite v3 be better if you played as a lesbian radical femminst? What if someone told you the character of velvet assasin is just that, would it change your opinion on the game? Hey guess what? one of the new characters in re6 was gay, did that change anything? One of the older ghost recon games had a gay character, did that change anything?

Finally in conclusion you have to ask yourself who buys those games? I know very well who buys the gtas and the halos and cods, so do the devs and publishers. If those certain groups want to be represented in gaming, they first need to prove that there is a market for it and instead of whinning, they should go and make games. I want specific kind of games, but they dont happen because there isnt a market for it. Infact look at mass effect, only 14% play as women despite how much effort and time and money bioware has put. Look at cod ghosts, it had female characters and despite that the game sucked.

So what is the point in conclusion?
 

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I sometimes think people overthink the issues at times, but thats probably just me. Y'know, straight white me, who has no relevance in the matter anyway whatever my own internal identity might be. I want games to be fun, I want more diverse games yes. I want more depth of course. I want more risk taking in the industry. I've no idea how to get the devs to do so. I don't have an answer. My voice just echoes off these walls.
 

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maybe i'm just crazy or old fashioned but when i play games i don't look at people of gender / race / etc as being a character trait or a nessessity, good characters come from good writing and if they happen to be an all male white cast and they're the next shakespear of works i'm not going to dismiss it
 

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I'm not gonna comment on "diversity" as far as gender/race/ethnicity goes. As long as their characters are well-written, by all means, include whoever who wish.

I will comment, however, on the demand for things like "body diversity" and more "unconventionally attractive" (ie ugly) characters. To that I say a firm "NO". Whether you like it or not, people like to look at attractive characters in games. I can honestly say I wouldn't mind if every single character in games looked like a 10/10.
 

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silversnake4133 said:
Feminists and SJWs are bitching and moaning so loudly over games that they probably don't enjoy anyway
Does even wanting diversity qualify someone as an "SJW" now? The bar is getting dangerously low.

Riotguards said:
maybe i'm just crazy or old fashioned but when i play games i don't look at people of gender / race / etc as being a character trait or a nessessity, good characters come from good writing and if they happen to be an all male white cast and they're the next shakespear of works i'm not going to dismiss it
Neither is anybody else.

Would you say that writing can offer the same number of different perspectives/ experiences if it limits itself to certain demographics?

someguy1231 said:
I will comment, however, on the demand for things like "body diversity" and more "unconventionally attractive" (ie ugly) characters. To that I say a firm "NO". Whether you like it or not, people like to look at attractive characters in games. I can honestly say I wouldn't mind if every single character in games looked like a 10/10.
Do you want the same for literature and film?

If so, you would be excluding a huge swathe of some of the greatest art there is.
 

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Silvanus said:
Do you want the same for literature and film?

If so, you would be excluding a huge swathe of some of the greatest art there is.
Literature is a non-visual medium, so it's a moot point there. Words can never do justice to a character's attractiveness. Film? Sure. As Hollywood says, "Beauty is Money."

Everyone "excludes a huge swath" of media anyway, since no one but the most dedicated critics can possibly have enough time to watch/read it all (or even most of it). We all just have to pick the types that appeal to us, and what appeals to me is media with characters I find attractive.
 

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If you want something done, do it yourself. If you want to try different character types in games, start writing a few that you have both not seen before and that sound interesting. Then go to the various developers and pitch the character and story. Keep in mind that a game works best when it's interactive. So unless you can find a way to combine character development, with interaction the character's attributes are little more than window dressing. If after several tries you fail to get anyone to give your characters a go, than learn how to mod an existing game and go nuts! If you're more ambitious, determine what type of game you have the time and money to learn how to make and make it yourself. Just a warning, even with the best intentions and a good budget you may make the video game equivalent of a fan movie. I enjoyed the Atlas Shrugged movies. I know that only the first one had genuine theatrical merit. I do not pretend the other two should be easily enjoyed by anyone who hadn't already read the book. For another example consider the story of D.W. Griffith. After making a ton of money off The Birth of a Nation he was criticized for being racist. To combat this he made Intolerance. It was critically acclaimed and his detractors said that they were wrong about him. Too bad everyone else hated it and he had so little money left at the end that the sets couldn't be dismantled. They remained as a hazard to pedestrians for years afterwards.

So have fun and do it yourself! Unless of course you don't actually care/only want fiction to fit your pre-concieved notions of how the world should work. In which case you're a terrible person and should stop ruining everyone else's good time. Or at least you could admit that you're acting like a bigot and don't really care about diversity.
 

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someguy1231 said:
Literature is a non-visual medium, so it's a moot point there. Words can never do justice to a character's attractiveness. Film? Sure. As Hollywood says, "Beauty is Money."

Everyone "excludes a huge swath" of media anyway, since no one but the most dedicated critics can possibly have enough time to watch/read it all (or even most of it). We all just have to pick the types that appeal to us, and what appeals to me is media with characters I find attractive.
Well, if you're limiting your point to personal preference, that's absolutely fine. I find it a fairly awful measure to use, but I can hardly preach on matters of taste.

Y'did sound as if you were dismissing others for wanting something different, which is why I commented. If that's not the case, I'll be quiet.
 

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Pluvia said:
I don't really know how you managed to do this, but somehow you managed to miss me actually quoting the part where I immediately addressed it so you wouldn't miss it. Your rant here falls flat because you managed to miss me quoting myself so you wouldn't miss me showing you where I adressed it. The only thing I can do here is repeat myself, so maybe you should re-read my last post and reply to it so I don't have to repeat it.

As for literally all of those games, they've been addressed. If you want to then address the argument I put forward about them, you're avoiding it so far.
You quoted you're request of a larger list of triple A games that met you're criteria, that is not addressing in the slightest the fact that the game's you listed meet your "every once in a while" criteria, the only on avoid the point is you. Do those game not provide the "every once in a while" you asked for? Yes or now, it's as simple as that. I and John also DID give you a larger list like you asked, so I don't know how you came to conclusion I'm avoiding anything.

See above. And a request relating exactly to what I said is the complete opposite to an "unrelated request". Like, the complete opposite.
The above is claim based on you're lack of understanding of what the word acknowledge means. How exactly does asking for more triple a games after being told that 5 original ones you brought up related to your quote of "every once in a while"? Before you do anything else answer that question.

Minorities. My original statement hasn't been contradicted, nice try though but you're going to have to elaborate on things you say rather than just trying to pretend it has with no follow up information.
Oh the irony. Minorities is a vague term which can be applied to a lot of video game character's almost every regard. So a minority in what? profession? ideals? race ("whites" have the smallest population globally)ethnicity? Gender? (Males are the minority in that situation). So what do you mean by minority?

You're actually bouncing back and fourth here between things I've said and things you've said, yet you're equating them all to me. For example your "specific type of diversity" statement is something you've said, as I've repeatedly asked for all the diverse triple A games, and games that I apparently haven't bought. All. You "calling it" is just you calling something you made up.
Is English your first language? Because it seems like you have a foreign grasp of the language. I'm not bouncing back and forth between what you said and what I said. I'm illustrating the point that you changed what you originally asked for, and now you're asking for specific type of diversity, which I knew you would. I'm calling what I said you do and you did.

Big games only is yet another thing that you first put forward when you said "just games with hype" and "remove their hands from the side of their eyes and turn their head a few centimetres". That suggests you want me to ignore triple A games for literally no reason. No reason whatsoever. I even asked you what makes other games different, which takes us right back to you having to list the games I've apparently ignored.
What? I said people who complain about diversity have tunnel vision and only look at big games, which you are. I said if they'd looked at gaming as a whole they'd fine plenty of games with diversity. How in any was is that me putting forward the sentiment of "Big games only" Talk about making things up. It takes us back to the 3 lie you've made so far, I never said you ignored any game, besides Tomb raider, which you did. What I said was
The fact that people (like you) ignore/discount their diverse games.
The only thing you're really ignoring is 50% of that statement.

So again, the only thing you're calling is the thing you wanted me to ignore and didn't because hey, I'm going to need more than zero reasons to ignore something.
That's a lie, or ignorance. I stated that you can't judge the entire industry on a few games especially when you ignore smaller games, which you did, for no reason, so that statement that you won't ignore something for zero reasons is bunk.

Please, I "proved" your first point by ignoring your arbitrary and meaningless restrictions on what games I'm allowed to look at. Heavy emphasis on your. My goalposts are "Games they play", which shock horror includes triple A games, and "Every once in a while", which shock horror is any length of time I wish to define.
I gave you no restrictions, just suggested that you broaden your horizons when judging the entirety of the games industry, and you didn't. As for the games they play? It might include triple A for some, but considering you yourself didn't know much about a lot of the triple A game's brought up, I wouldn't hold my breath that a significant amount of those people play the games the complain about. D-Did you latterly just say "every once in a while" is predicated solely on what you define it as?

I actually never defined it, instead I repeatedly gave you the option of doing so by listing games, but you've repeatedly refused. So here I'll define it for you, "Every once in a while" means every 5 games. There we go, no longer vaguely defined.
Actually you did, the moment you gave me your list. Presented 5 games 2 of those 5 have diversity in them, every once in a while would be if 1 of those 5 had diversity in them. Even if you didn't define it, you would still have a 9/11 ratio.

Spoiler Alert What you're going to do here is try to say that the thing I said, every 5 games, doesn't count.
I'm not going to said that, as I never did, but you might misread it as such as you've done this entire time. [/quote]That somehow my statement of"Every once in a while" is subject to what you want it to be, and not what I, the person who said it, says it is.[/quote] "Every once in a while" means not often, not what you want it to mean. And as shown, diversity is put in games quite often.
Then I'll ask you to make a list like you've been too scared to do for the past few posts, then you'll refuse to do so (again). Also you're not going to address my argument for the dismissal of those other games because you can't.
But you have your list. You want me to list the 11 games again? the 5 games you brought up, the one I brought up and the 5 John brought up, there is your list, again. You mean your accusation that I said you ignored a bunch of triple A games? But you can quote me on saying you only ignored Tomb Raider. Or the fact that You actually dismissed Bloodborne Monster hunter, Dynasty Warriors, and Life is strange, plus the smaller games industry as a whole? Or are you going to continue to be delusional?
You don't want to tackle why the western gaming industry is different, you want to avoid and ignore it.
Its really not, especially considering you're only looking at the triple A games, and completely ignoring the double A market. Even then 9/11 games are pretty diverse.
 

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Pluvia said:
There are reports of multiple publishers wanting to change the main character to male though, which shows how bad the industry is at representation and diversity that publishers actively fight against it.
But they are not fighting against diversity. They are fighting for profit margins. And that includes "safe" protagonist. And white male is safe. You can even make him an asshole, abuse him in any way or include any kind of bad writing, and no one will protest. And this stereotypical protagonist is not simply white male, it's much more rigid than that. Changing the genitals or color of protagonist's skin changes almost nothing. Until protagonist mold and chain of tropes plot get broken, writing in games will stay stale. Sexuality is an entirely different matter.

Diversity for the sake of diversity is stupid.

Errr yes there is. You name me a hollywood action movie with a female protagonist and I'll name you five (hell maybe ten or fifteen) hollywood action movies with a male protagonist. Your premise is falling apart.
There's more diversity than 50% of Earth, and our comparison wasn't Hollywood with Hollywood, it was Hollywood with low budget or far eastern movies. The only difference tends to be budget, all 3 movie industries tend to have quite good diversity, in stark contrast to games where even you admit that people need to look towards the far eastern or indie industry if they want diversity in them.
But games and movies are different. Games very rarely allow for more than one protagonist, movies can handle more. And if you only consider main protagonist as the only one in movies, diversity becomes significantly less apparent. At the same if you upgrade the status of inner circle of support cast in games, suddenly, there is much more diversity.
 

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GladiatorUA said:
Diversity for the sake of diversity is stupid.
How is it worse than genericism for the sake of genericism?

Diversification will at least lead to a wider range of perspectives, experimentation, and a higher likelihood of innovation.

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But games and movies are different. Games very rarely allow for more than one protagonist, movies can handle more. And if you only consider main protagonist as the only one in movies, diversity becomes significantly less apparent. At the same if you upgrade the status of inner circle of support cast in games, suddenly, there is much more diversity.
Except in sexuality. There's still just the single example, then, AFAIK.