POLL: Male vs Female Player count

True, I'm definitely both.

 

Wtf no, do you think I'm some kind of weirdo?


I have no patience whatsoever.

 

Heh, Geti quoted one of my posts - now I've just gotta get a Like from him and I can die happy. o3o

 

Didn't realize how heated this thread could get people. I was legit just interested in the demographics lol

 

same counterslashing gives me rage.

Spoiler: stuff

If girls dont play games because of a skimpy lady armour character then frankly im glad they dont. Grow a thicker skin or gtfo. This is the same thing with the "old boy's club" comment where i assumed you were talking about women being herded out. When you really meant that you were happy that girls were able to somehow survive in our circlejerk toxic environment(atleast i read it as that way). Diversity means nothing to me personally you dont have to have conservatively clothed characters to make it accepting of everyone(games will still be successful eitherway and it being "problematic" is just stupid imo).

>check your privilege

Took you long enough for that.

I mean......what. I dont exactly see the issue here. It just makes sense to me that if a company is catering to a group then they should continue until it is less profitable to do that. As for the problematic stuff, what exactly is problematic? Catering towards perverted boys with 1/2 naked girls? Then is the entire adult "film" industry problematic? Or is the issue that all the popular games or cool games are "made for boys"? Anyone playing games has to have thick skin and if a skimpy little armor chick makes a girl not want to play that game then fine good riddance. I generally dont care how any character is dressed in future games but changing old games or altering them to fit a new market is stupid imo(and probably disrespectful to the fanbase). I see no point in changing, say, the women in mortal combat to make it less "problematic" though i wouldnt give a crap about someone making a non-problematic game. I just dont see the need for changing what already exists so im probably in favor of the second school of thought. Think about it to make the adult film industry more even you wouldnt change the content for males youd just make better female content(sorry for the adult film industry analogies but it just fits better than anything else i could think of. I think i just confused your issues with gender biases and stereotypes as wanting to change things instead of making more "appealing" content to women. I got this out of context more than an assumption though(your defense of linkle ect.)

 

that quote+ your profile picture.

Spoiler: ranty

It's just how the world is. Like if i said be careful if youre heading into a bad neighborhood, the internet is a very unfriendly place at times. Difference is words for alot of people on the internet are pretty meaningless. I remember listening to a good analogy towards this topic actually. The person was explaining how words didnt hurt and he didnt care if you flung insults at him. He'd have a snowball fight if he was in the mood but the ice hitting him is alittle annoying, but please do not throw rocks at me that hurts. We learn at a young age that "sticks and stones make break my bones but words will never hurt me" but for some reason as time goes on words are harming people more and more. Being able to ignore insults and control your emotions is a good thing and i feel like that is something you should value.

What. I thought we literally already established that it was just a toxic place for everyone regardless of genitals?

Unless youre pushing forward the idea that woman feelz makes it harder for them to survive the toxic cesspool that is internet gaming then i think we can both agree it is just a fucked up place in general.

I can certainly be sympathetic if something bad is happening to someone and i see it. But that isnt what is going on here im talking to you about something and youre saying it is bad because there arent any woman protagonists in video games and i should be for that even though i personally do not care about the gender of my character. Im not gonna be against something just because someone with my own "privilege" tells me i should.

I dont give a single individual fuck towards diversity of gender with the way crap goes down in my country. We have a democratic president pandering to abunch of idiots saying"women deserve to be paid more than 77% of a man" while quoting a bogus stat. We have people pandering saying we need more women in office when women are the majority voting. There's all this invisible oppression and frankly it has turned me off of the idea of needing "diversity". That doesnt mean i give a single fuck about the genitals of the person im playing or who im playing with, it just means i dont like the idea of "for diversity's sake".

Hey remember when they said that violent video games were harmful and that was proven wrong. Hey remember when they said porn was problematic but rape went down since it became a viable market. Hey remember when people complained about pokemon go dehumanizing dog-fighting. And people wonder why others are so insensitive towards the word "problematic". Im all for talking about it aswell just dont get irritated with me if i become irritated at buzzwords because im human(i can make mistakes too and can make links and get overly offended at innocent links).

 

I have lost track of what they are arguing about now, maybe they will just keep going until someone wins?

 

Spoiler: Potatoe

That's exactly how a discussion works you call the other person an incessant troll so you can make an excuse to not take him seriously("why am i even responding to this""he'll just keep talking until we stop" then stop no one is forcing a response out of anyone)

Trying to convince jackasses not to be jackasses is literally impossible. Try talking sense into copper40(or any future version of him). Hell atm we are all dealing with the biggest prick in kag history right now(the ddoser) and i know that atm there is no way to stop him. Im not legitmately upset at anyone i just think whining about how a product does not fit your ideal, or about a feature in the game, is not productive and wont accomplish anything(and tbh shouldnt be accomplished). If you want to make something better or support something that you think is better then go for it but dont try to get a successful product, with a fanbase, changed to accomplish your goals. This is also an issue with non-creators trying to censor or change someone elses creation(not saying anyone here is in favor of that but it is a valid point).

Right. Like part of the women in America are being turned away from STEM even with being prioritized in colleges and having more scholarships? You arent discriminated against just because abunch of people like you do not enjoy an activity. Anyway im sure there are some games like you describe but that is because there is a market for that.

Nothing is wrong with being welcoming, but since when is trying to have already existing characters changed welcoming to anyone in your fanbase? Again im not against any P.C fun games or "Un-problematic" type fun but im certainly not in favor of changing anything already created.

i remember when someone made a thread like this about age years ago. Dont remember it much tho.

 

*Internally screaming from multiple emotions*

Cheers brah. :v

 

I just assumed you identified as an Almond & White Chocolate cookie.

 

Spoiler: On the subject of female armour

Introducing females into a video game as tightly dressed, show too much skin type characters continues to reinforce gender stereotypes and sexual representations. It is not simply a fact of "grow thicker skin".

Continuing to introduce the characters like this affects the image of a real world girl. Even though it is in a video game, females are then expected to wear or act like their video game counterparts in real life. This will just continue to reinforce the gender gap.

If every female in a video game was represented like that, shouldn't we as males be represented as bloody thirsty masochists with by muscles and guns?

TL:DR it shouldn't be a thicker skin issue.

 

maybe apache helicopter?

 

Did you just assume my gender? (I'm back in business, more kag needs to be played).

 

Furai is a cookie monster, he lives, breaths, sleeps, and prays to the king of cookies. If he had feelings for a hooman, that would be an offense to act 669 of the cookian code:

Therefore Furai is neither male nor female, but a cookarian.

Spoiler: Off topic question that needs to be answered

if normal people are straight, then what are homo people? Bent? Curved? Wavy?