EPTOn August 02 2011 03:31 Slaytilost wrote:
I fail to see how someone's sexual preferences are in any way related to gaming.
I fail to see how someone's sexual preferences are in any way related to gaming.
My thought exactly.
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bLooD.
Germany470 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Drteeth
Great Britain415 Posts
Screaming look at me I'm gay and proud, so what? I'm straight and proud. I don't shout it from the rooftops. Gays are accepted in most circles now and those that don't accept are uneducated cave men that need to evolve. I dont say Hi, GLHF btw I'm straight, why would you want to say Hi GLHF, I'm gay, the internet is a place full of stupid people with anonymity. All that will happen is a twat gives you shit, OR, someone will say so what, why are you telling me? If a pro player I respected came out and said he was gay would I like him any less? Nope. But sexuality to some is a private thing. So again, it doesen't matter. | ||
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On August 02 2011 03:53 Chairman Ray wrote: Why is having gay characters in video games beneficial? In fact, why is representing any minority something that's beneficial in video games? When I'm playing video games, the last thing I care about is my character's race or sexual preference. I think Race is pretty significant part of gaming. Racial Traits are pretty important in some RPGs and stuff and in RTS well .... | ||
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
On August 02 2011 03:54 Blasterion wrote: I think Race is pretty significant part of gaming. Racial Traits are pretty important in some RPGs and stuff and in RTS well .... Yeah, like Elves and Orcs... -_- | ||
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Belgo
United States721 Posts
On August 02 2011 03:53 Chairman Ray wrote: Why is having gay characters in video games beneficial? In fact, why is representing any minority something that's beneficial in video games? When I'm playing video games, the last thing I care about is my character's race or sexual preference. Because a characters race/sexual preference/species what have you ends up tying into there background. Which is highly important in a very story driven game. | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
dude wisp form is totally OP | ||
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Retgery
Canada1229 Posts
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StorkHwaiting
United States3465 Posts
 We should have a conference about this, especially since Asian gamers dominate the entire competitive scene. | ||
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
On August 02 2011 03:54 Blasterion wrote: I think Race is pretty significant part of gaming. Racial Traits are pretty important in some RPGs and stuff and in RTS well .... What RPGs have "White guy: +45% obtain job chance, Black guy: +1m jump height, Female character: +50 points in Seduction vs male characters"? | ||
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
...no really, who cares about sexual orientation of player characters? It's only interesting when it's a relevant story element. Games don't have to be (and are not) an accurate reflection of real-world norms, values and population statistics. | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On August 02 2011 04:01 Bibdy wrote: What RPGs have "White guy: +45% obtain job chance, Black guy: +1m jump height, Female character: +50 points in Seduction vs male characters"? The closest to that... Age of Empires | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
On August 02 2011 04:02 Dagobert wrote: has to have a snack The Sims take a shit The Sims takes the time to rub one off.. You've honestly got me there, but there's probably some Japanese game out there... Maybe the Sims should take it all the way.  | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On August 02 2011 04:03 Chairman Ray wrote: I can totally see the storyline for the SC2 Protoss expansion: Tassadar and Zeratul are bum chums Screw that, Selendis X Kerrigan (Yes SxK, no KxS, Selendis dominant Kerrigan submissive) Yuri for life! | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On August 02 2011 04:04 LegendaryZ wrote: The Sims The Sims You've honestly got me there, but there's probably some Japanese game out there... Maybe the Sims should take it all the way. Believe me it exists, let's take an example....School Days .... and... Actually that's all i remember. Every other game has some 1 rubbing it for him | ||
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Magenta
Sweden113 Posts
On August 02 2011 04:03 Chairman Ray wrote: I can totally see the storyline for the SC2 Protoss expansion: Tassadar and Zeratul are bum chums which would be really awkward, since Tassardar is dead.... | ||
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
On August 02 2011 03:59 Belgo wrote: Because a characters race/sexual preference/species what have you ends up tying into there background. Which is highly important in a very story driven game. Would you say that anyone has even done it successfully with sexual orientation? Bioware is really the only company actively trying to cater to the gay crowd through their romance options, but they're so utterly hollow they've lost all meaning. They were a surprise and very cool in BG2 and Planescape: Torment. But, now it's been done to death. Just like real life, nobody but you should give a shit if you're a gay captain Shepard, or a straight captain Shepard. Am I crazy, or are there people that want to take that trivial little gameplay element and turn it into a badge of distinction? | ||
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Simberto
Germany11629 Posts
On August 02 2011 03:35 Chargelot wrote: It's not that there is a lack of gay characters. It's that we don't care what said characters do with their NONEXISTENT penises. No one asks if Rory Swann is gay, because no one cares. If blizzard went out of their way to overly "gay" him, it would only hurt gays who want homosexuality to be integrated into the hetero-normative society. Exactly. The vast majority of characters in games is simply of nondefined sexuality. For example, in SC2 we pretty much only know that Jim Raynor is hetero, and that only because he is hot for Kerrigan. As far as i know, neither of the other characters makes any statements whatsoever. Now, i might be wrong on this, but asking for token gay characters seems strange. I am usually not interested in the sexuality of characters in games if it does not influence the story. I don't think that the sexuality is the main defining characteristic of a person, and as a result it does not require overproportional amounts of attention. Maybe Gordon Freeman is gay, maybe not. The important fact is that he runs around killing combine, not if he does not have sex with a man, or if he does not have sex with a woman. | ||
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