Almost anything they don't like involving women or minorities in lead roles is woke now.
And the anti-woke crowd are demanding safe spaces in gaming.
They have become the SJW's of the 2019's.
There's no equivalent to the anti-woke community on the other side.
The "woke crowd" are not review bombing games for having male/white/straight leads.
I don't recall a single thread complaining about a white male lead. But we've easily had hundreds of threads/articles complaining about females, etc.
These over-reactions are not at all proportional to any issues that are actually there. (And there are some)
This is mainly because grifters want money from engagement. They will invent problems with rage-bait, so they're not missing out on that sweet $.
This got notably worse after Twitter allowed monetization.
And now it's gotten to the point where "Ciri is woke".
Example of someone that's been drinking too much of the anti-woke grifter brain rot from Grummz (who scammed his community out of $300 000) and the usual suspects:
| Paatar said: For me, something is woke when it has DEI funding/agenda behind it. Unfortunately, what’s happening is that type of medium has gone overboard, and now when things are made like Ciri being the next Witcher, people are beginning to loose sight of what a problem is VS isn’t. |
The problem is constantly making accusations with no actual evidence. It's a waste of time for everyone.
A series with 3 games as a male lead = perfectly fine.
1 game as a female lead = "woke"
*Slight ending spoiler*
Being mad at The Witcher 4 starring Ciri as a Witcher has got to be the funniest way of exposing that you never played these games.
— Synth Potato🥔 (@SynthPotato) December 14, 2024
The most common and popular ending of Witchet 3 is Geralt retiring and Ciri becoming a Witcher, she’s even using this sword in the trailer! pic.twitter.com/P2XKW2YhUm
Witcher 3 was largely set up for Ciri to be the next Witcher.
And even if it wasn't, that would be fine too.
There are people who simply prefer female leads (me), and 1 out of 4 games is less than fair. If we get to 4 vs 3, then there would be some validity to your wishes for another male protagonist.
It's fine if someone says "this isn't for me" and leaves it at that. But unfortunately that's not all you guys are doing.
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