Gay Gamer Turns Down EA
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yeah i was thinking the same thing, he wanted to fly this big huge flag on how EA had discriminated against him and so forth and it ended up backfiring and he came in second so now he has to eat a whole pile of crowAlone Disciple said:
the funnier part is getting your picture with a guy is considered a big sin according to Dante's Inferno, since i do believe the Sodomites had their own level of hell
so his clever plan backfired for him and now his foot is placed firmly in his mouth and it becomes a very funny story
yea, they volunteer to do this job. Its like the people who ***** about Walmart all the time. If they were being so disrespected they wouldn't work there. If the girls didn't want to be dressed in mini skirts and knee high boots with v neck shirts they wouldn't be there. What about the Maserati(or any for that matter) girls at the Detroit auto show? Same thing, different product. Now sense Detroit is run by the most P.C people in government I wonder if that will change.Jarrid said:
It does seem like it was less "random" and more "EA not wanting to be seen as homophobic and evil", though the guy who sent in the picture did seem like he was doing it just so he could jump out and write a controversial article about how EA did not accept his entry out of thousands and so must therefore hate all gay/black/disabled ect people and are a scourge on the planet.
I do believe that shirt is a good bit too short on him. But I know if I express my views the mods will jump on me.Malygris said:Gay Gamer Turns Down EA
However I do believe that going with what EA named the contest this dude wins over anything. I'd want to see what was first place because it must've really been horrible.
What a waste of time for both him and EA. Did he do that purely to be able to give them a slap in the face if he won?
Boycott would have been more logical.
Personally, I would have entered the contest, then made my "Wild night out with two booth babes" a leisurely coffee at a cafe followed by the museum and a ballet. Something intelligent.
Boycott would have been more logical.
Personally, I would have entered the contest, then made my "Wild night out with two booth babes" a leisurely coffee at a cafe followed by the museum and a ballet. Something intelligent.
I don't see why EA can't just have an obviously stupid promotion without every fucker out there pointing out how stupid it is. It's not like they had a big display for a thought provoking and intelligent contest of photography, no they wanted some stupid pictures of some gamers with girls that dress sexy for money, just let people have fun with it.
Gaymer..Has a nice ring to it.
Nice going, though. That seems like a pretty stupid contest..And I really can't see how it ties in with Dante's Inferno. Would EA have found it amusing if people brought along religious effigies and started to deface them?No, probably not, for some reason.
Nice going, though. That seems like a pretty stupid contest..And I really can't see how it ties in with Dante's Inferno. Would EA have found it amusing if people brought along religious effigies and started to deface them?No, probably not, for some reason.
While you're correct that the booth babes do sign up for the job, I guarantee you that they had no part in designing this contest and therefore never had the opportunity to say they'd rather not take part. They agreed to do a job -- stand in a booth, hand out pamphlets -- and found out that they'd been made part of a "sin to win" contest. Pretty shabby treatment, in my book.JWAN said:
Ummmm its interesting pictures with booth people, the interesting part anything but generic mental grouping of the image.
When will people grow up =0-o=
When will people grow up =0-o=
I would like to believe that EA made the decision to take the wind out of the sails of some self-righteous joker.
How is this "mysogynistic and demeaning to anyone that doesn't follow the hetero-normative ideal"? It can't be mysogynstic against males (by definition), and it can't be mysogynistic against transexuals or lesbians, because they're allowed to engage in this, too.
It's not like EA went out and said "do things to booth girls against their will." They're just encouraging something that already happens. You're telling me that a bunch of nerds at conventions with hot girls DON'T try to hit on them?
And since when is an "act of lust" demeaning in the LGBT community? What, they can have it both ways now? Lust can be demeaning if it it means that we're encouraging straight lust, but when we discourage gay lust, that is politically incorrect? Someone explain this to me, please.
Seriously, what the fuck? I mean, I completely support non-religious gay marriage, and I lean more to the left than right, but I definitely can't support this sort of hypocrisy. It just makes me angry. All this dumb ass proved is that EA is not discriminating against anyone, and that he is a whiny little *****. It isn't a twist. He should have graciously accepted the award, bowed his head and bought some new games.
It really bugs me when people shout prejudice any time a company decides to focus on their target audience. People whined about the District 9 contest, because it was only open to males. Tough shit, there are contests only open to women. There are contests only open to gays. Even if this contest played out exactly as advertised, I don't see what reason people have to complain.
It's not like EA went out and said "do things to booth girls against their will." They're just encouraging something that already happens. You're telling me that a bunch of nerds at conventions with hot girls DON'T try to hit on them?
And since when is an "act of lust" demeaning in the LGBT community? What, they can have it both ways now? Lust can be demeaning if it it means that we're encouraging straight lust, but when we discourage gay lust, that is politically incorrect? Someone explain this to me, please.
Seriously, what the fuck? I mean, I completely support non-religious gay marriage, and I lean more to the left than right, but I definitely can't support this sort of hypocrisy. It just makes me angry. All this dumb ass proved is that EA is not discriminating against anyone, and that he is a whiny little *****. It isn't a twist. He should have graciously accepted the award, bowed his head and bought some new games.
It really bugs me when people shout prejudice any time a company decides to focus on their target audience. People whined about the District 9 contest, because it was only open to males. Tough shit, there are contests only open to women. There are contests only open to gays. Even if this contest played out exactly as advertised, I don't see what reason people have to complain.