LORDAdolf: *Moded, please do not post any content related to discrimination.
What was it that was so bad? Was it just saying one doesn't like LGBT in their games or something worse? Can someone sum it up in a PM to me? (I am genuinely curious now)
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dtgreene: (Also, adding a third gender to a game in no way affects the first two; rather, it serves to expand, rather than limit, the player's options.)
True, and more options are always better as long as devs aren't forced to add such in to placate anyone or be seen as PC on today's world via the news outlets/etc.
I just don't think every game needs such....just make one blank slate character and let everyone make it the way they feel, and in older games people can "roleplay" a bit and pick the gender that most closely matches how they feel if they want to still play such.
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InkPanther: Edit: oh, and that avatar of yours... Please leave to cause problems somewhere else.
Eh, if staff is ok with people using avatars of serial killers or political things I see no reason why he cannot use that one.....it's mostly tame compared to what some use.
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Flyingfluffypiglet: That's OK as long as this stays on original track and I won't have to regret it. Allow me to point out though that you want to be careful not go so much on the offensive in some of your replies, especially reports threats. That's a sure way to get shot down.
Agreed...saying one will report every post that is just people replying to the thread isn't going to win OP any favors or cast him in a good light.
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jonridan: I'm seeing that people just don't tolerate anything outside of their confort zone. Yeah, you can't expect a fan of a book series to accept that a character is suddenly gay because reasons, or they change every single (or realistically some but not every) piece of art to be inclusive. I don't have a problem with Wonder Woman being a woman, so why do women have a problem with Batman being a man. Just create a super heroine that can match Batman, instead of just "switching him" like they did with that series. And if you criticize the series as a series, you still get lectured on being a supremacist or stuff like that. And then you have people like the OP who just can't accept anything that is not "conservationist" (or at least that's the way I see it reading his comments).
You want inclusion? Just accept EVERYONE, male, female, or in between, can be and will be wrong with a lot of things in their lives.
Just wanted to highlight this bit as I agree with people now wanting to do things in gaming or not outside their comfort zones, but the post was very on point and decently written so kudos.
(Like that bit about playing a pregnant woman and that alone in Cayne, etc....I also just play as characters and don't try to "find myself" in them or make a mirror image of myself in every game.....I usually play to get away from the world for a bit & try things/be people I normally can't IRL)