| Paatar said: Yes. This is what my original post said. I just edited to be clearer. Of course it’s a problem for people to automatically assume something is woke because there’s a female or minority lead, BUT can you blame them? The amount of money that goes into DEI is insane, and  a lot of the big investors in the world right now are requiring DEI if a project wants to be funded, which is wrong. |
I'd have to blame them because of 1.) how often it turns out to be unsubstantiated and they don't learn from their mistakes, and 2.) how often it causes problems for people getting caught in the crossfire when they just want to have fun discussing videogames, and the thread gets derailed.
This is from the same crowd that say "keep politics out of my entertainment", but they're the ones bringing it into everyone else's entertainment (disccussions).
I understand if you feel (whether its correct or not) that the devs did this to you somehow by putting something into a game, and that you want to respond to that.
But the people in gaming communities didn't do that. They're not involved. But they're always the ones paying the price when the threads get derailed.
I'll give an example of something that happened here (and elswewhere online).
When Street Fighter 6 was revealed, all the characters had design reworks for their outfits.
Cammy already wore next to nothing (a leotard). You can't exactly go from that to wearing less. So naturally now she has leggings.
Likewise, Zangief who only wore shorts before now wears pants as well.
Immediately people were complaining all over the internet about Capcom "going woke". Including on this forum.
Just hours later it was revealed that Cammy's original outfit is actually unlockable for free. Same for every other character.
Whops, right?
The responsible thing to do here is to learn from this and not jump to conclusions next time.
But no apology. And they just throw spagetti at the wall next time as well, and hope it sticks.
Grifters perpetuate this problem because their primary concern is making money from this.
That includes beating others to the punch with the ragebait, so they will say things that are wrong even when they would know this by simply making a 10 second Google search first.
Another example:
He's insinuating that the person on the right is the new handler. But that's incorrect.
He could have just gone to the official website, and clicked on Characters before making that comment.
He at least admitted to his mistake (only after getting community noted and torched in the comments) but the damage had already been done at that point. And he got his engagement quota from both posts.
But usually there's no definitive evidence one way or the other.
The percieved problem for the anti-woke crowd becomes a lot bigger than it really is when people can monetize from it.
I think the Ciri thing is an example of how being in that bubble can easily warp people's perception.
She's older.
It's a new engine with more realistic models.
And she's set up in W3 to be the natural successor to Geralt.
A good game is never going to become bad from having "woke content.
Nor can a bad game become good from having it.
It can make the game a bit better or worse. Like any other factor.
But a lot more important things go into what makes a game good.
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