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Forums - General Discussion - I'm tired of this overemphasis on diversity spilling into our entertainment.

Rogerioandrade on 28 May 2018

Let me just say... that I agree with you.



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RuiOrey on 28 May 2018

So if we have again more white male protagonists in games and stop this female/gay trend, the problem is solved?
Balance is restored to the force?



DonFerrari on 28 May 2018
SpokenTruth said:
DonFerrari said:

But please explain to me what does a katana do in a battlefield against RPG launchers?

What does a knife do against them?

Are we going to compare weight and praticity of a bayoneta versus a katana? How many times do you see someone running with a knife in a  WW2 battlefield?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari on 28 May 2018
Ka-pi96 said:
DonFerrari said:

Are we going to compare weight and praticity of a bayoneta versus a katana? How many times do you see someone running with a knife in a  WW2 battlefield?

Less often than you see somebody running with a katana...

Katanas were actually pretty common. Not being used by the Allied forces or in the European part of the war, but still.

That is because Katana is cultural identity to Japanese, but not really usefull in trench war.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari on 28 May 2018
SpokenTruth said:
DonFerrari said:

Are we going to compare weight and praticity of a bayoneta versus a katana? How many times do you see someone running with a knife in a  WW2 battlefield?

I said knife, not bayonet. 

You use knife to cut things, can be useful in the trench... Katana is made to cut people in katana combat no to cut wire or other knife use.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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DonFerrari on 28 May 2018
SpokenTruth said:
DonFerrari said:

You use knife to cut things, can be useful in the trench... Katana is made to cut people in katana combat no to cut wire or other knife use.

You seem to have forgotten your own question.

DonFerrari said:

But please explain to me what does a katana do in a battlefield against RPG launchers?

So please explain to me what does a knife do in a battlefield against RPG launchers?

Katana are used for combat (so it measures against other weaponry) Knife have varied use. Unless you think Katana are practical small tools.

And going for coherence... Knifes are usually caried by soldiers in real war and also something probably "all" soldiers on the game use. The katana? I don't think so.

And about the other points of suspension of disbelief, they are made like that because the gamers want since they wouldn't want to play with a single weapon and be stuck on a trench.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari on 28 May 2018
SpokenTruth said:
DonFerrari said:

And about the other points of suspension of disbelief, they are made like that because the gamers want since they wouldn't want to play with a single weapon and be stuck on a trench.

So you accept a suspension of disbelief so long as it enhances playability?

Well, perhaps having a more diverse cast of characters enhances playability for those represented by the diversity.

Yep I do.

And no I don't care if the cast was made exclusively of black transgender women. If you read the thread again I complain about changes to characters droven to please angry mobs and  the like.

I watch plenty of shows that have almost only black people and even knowing that doesn't represent demography on USA I know the reason and it doesn't affect me liking the show.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Aeolus451 on 28 May 2018
Smear-Gel said:

Pretty surprised this thread is still going on tbh. I mean the Battlefield trailer probably revived it. But there's like 50 different topics now so oh well.

the-pi-guy said:

Women do have different preferences.

But most Liberals will argue that the reason for those different preferences are largely due to cultural influences.  

Do you think having a boy grow up with Barbie's would probably have differences from a boy who grew up with toy cars? 

This is true. Nature vs Nurture is a rather classic sociological debate and the answer is somewhere in the middle. But discounting the absolutely massive influence socialization has is pretty premature, to put it lightly.

It's not somewhere in the middle and I linked sources saying as much. Men and women are biologically driven to like and dislike certain things, to gravitate towards certain roles or tasks. It's how nature ensures we reproduce, raise and protect our kids, feed ourselves as a family unit, etc. Sure, people are individuals and can be the outlier but they still have the same impulses or instincts as anyone else.



MrWayne on 28 May 2018
DonFerrari said:
SpokenTruth said:

So you accept a suspension of disbelief so long as it enhances playability?

Well, perhaps having a more diverse cast of characters enhances playability for those represented by the diversity.

Yep I do.

And no I don't care if the cast was made exclusively of black transgender women. If you read the thread again I complain about changes to characters droven to please angry mobs and  the like.

I watch plenty of shows that have almost only black people and even knowing that doesn't represent demography on USA I know the reason and it doesn't affect me liking the show.

So you don't have a problem with the women in BF:V because there isn't a sign of an angry mob anywhere near Dice's studio.



Kaneman! on 28 May 2018
SpokenTruth said:

So you accept a suspension of disbelief so long as it enhances playability?

Well, perhaps having a more diverse cast of characters enhances playability for those represented by the diversity.

Oh come on, are you serious? Are you saying that if Lara Croft were a dude instead, it would enhance playability for all the men who've been playing Tomb Raider?