You could always watch it, give yourself some time to cool off and consider it rationally, and then write a reasonable and informed response. But ain't nobody got time fo' dat.DVS BSTrD said:I think clearer when my emotions aren't involved, and I'd rather have the cliff notes then watch the whole thingLetalisK said:
IceForce said:
It might well be that it's YouTube's content ID system that took it down just now instead of trolls, due to the quickness that it was taken down. All she has to do is appeal and it should be up again relatively shortly.LiquidGrape said:
It seems like you want to disagree just to disagree, not because you actually have a point to make. This is besides a second-hand retelling runs the risk of being a misrepresentation, particularly with how information, example, and disclaimer dense this video is, and thus possibly making your entire argument a strawman through no fault of your own. More importantly, it'd be a second hand retelling of a 25 minute video. It's already at a bite size consumption level and there is no reason to run that risk. Even if you find her completely unlikeable and the very sight of her makes your blood boil, if you can't watch her video, walk away until you've calmed down, then come back and make a decent post, then you should save yourself the pain and ignore her. It's just not worth it.DVS BSTrD said:I think clearer when my emotions aren't involved, and I'd rather have the cliff notes then watch the whole thingLetalisK said:
And yet, it it mostly daughters. You could say that the reason why is that the player character is usually male and there is that "father and daughter" bond thing but I don't really see that being the reason.JoJo said:
Yes, that would be a shocking scene for sure.wombat_of_war said:
A fair point, while there are exceptions (e.g. Heavy Rain) there definitely is a lean towards daughters, possibly as young girls are stereotypically considered to be more vulnerable and sympathy-eliciting than young boys, which I suppose is a form of sexism itself, so I will concede that. Still, I don't think it's a perfect fit with the whole "women need protection and saving by their men" angle that Sarkeesian was criticising since part of the role of a parent is to provide protection to one's child and so it isn't degrading for that sort of relationship to be common in games, as opposed to the man always having to save or avenge his (supposedly equal) significant other.dragon_tail said:
It made me think "Maybe that developer making the comment about how they put Lara Croft through so much physical pain so that the male audience will care about her is not so far off the mark". Now I think a good question to ask is if such a course of action is justified or if it's an unnecessary relic in game writing. Do we really need to go to that extent to get the audience to care about her or is it just habit? Or possibly it was an honest attempt at character development and to break the mold of how protagonists are established and had the "unfortunate" circumstance of happening to a female protagonist. I would like to assume the latter.wombat_of_war said:
Surely, this could've been easily avoided and such a thing would've never happened if she never closed her comment box and stifled all discussion in the first place!Ronack said:
I'm not under the impression that closing comments is a violation of the terms of service and thus a reason to take the video down. I mean, obviously, if it was then YouTube wouldn't even give the option for that!Tohuvabohu said:
Yes, I think this is pretty much what Anita said herself and I agree.Tohuvabohu said:
