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jackblack2323
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States71 Posts
August 01 2011 20:16 GMT
#1

Hi TL!

On wendsday in going to be attending at a panel discussion Negro pride (African American festival) and talk about norms videogames. I work as a esportsreporter for several American media channnels and i am kind of going to represent gaming, especially esports.

So what i would like your opinion on is:

There are very few black characters in videogames, compared to the white ones, and also quite few Asian characters. However there are a lot of Mexican and Black gamers out there and they are not represented in any way. How does this affect the way we look at Blacks etc? Does it affect us at all?
Does if affect how WANTS to play, since they might feel uninvited and excluded?

Would it diffucult to admitt that you are black say when playing online or in gamersociety? Would such person be treated differently? How would you react if a good progamer came out as black?

Do we need to change they way we portrait norms in videogames? Does it affect how we perceive reality?

What kind of ethnicities and values are advocated in games?

id like to point out that the questions are not necessary representations of MY thought, but the questions i was asked to think and analyse about. The black comunity in America however does think it is important enought to discuss.


Thx for every answer ^^ Anyone in LA be sure to show up! On Wednesday, 14.15.

User was banned for this post.
LegendaryZ
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1583 Posts
August 01 2011 20:17 GMT
#2
Was this really necessary?
rea1ity
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom385 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:19:29
August 01 2011 20:19 GMT
#3
I f**king lol'd but this is still a bit silly.....incoming ban...
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couches
Profile Joined November 2010
618 Posts
August 01 2011 20:20 GMT
#4
Go play that GTA game to get your jollies.


dawg
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 01 2011 20:20 GMT
#5
What does race have anything to do with online gaming?
abominare
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1216 Posts
August 01 2011 20:23 GMT
#6
=D I almost dont want to ruin the fun in hoping this thread gets to masquerade as a legit thread as well
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:27:08
August 01 2011 20:25 GMT
#7
I'll be there for sure.

There needs to be more representation.
paradox_
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada270 Posts
August 01 2011 20:26 GMT
#8
you could have made the same point in that thread
Sated
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
England4983 Posts
August 01 2011 20:26 GMT
#9
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DarkEnergy
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands542 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:47:02
August 01 2011 20:26 GMT
#10
ow you ....
almost got me reacting genuinely to this bs..
gg

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Thats right stimmed marines can outrun aeroplanes.Tasteless
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
August 01 2011 20:27 GMT
#11
Whatever -_-
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
thekibk
Profile Joined April 2010
United States116 Posts
August 01 2011 20:27 GMT
#12
lol. God this was so great. Please keep this up on the headlines of the genreal thread
Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!
hmunkey
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom1973 Posts
August 01 2011 20:28 GMT
#13
This would be a decent topic to discuss if you weren't all being obnoxious assholes about it. Yes, modern gamer culture does seemingly exclude groups of people. Thankfully, the SC2 community doesn't seem to be one of those.
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
August 01 2011 20:28 GMT
#14
On August 02 2011 05:20 zulu_nation8 wrote:
What does race have anything to do with online gaming?


omg you are so racist.
rea1ity
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom385 Posts
August 01 2011 20:28 GMT
#15
black or not

that makes no difference for me i guess

i dont think i would care at all if some progamer would is black or white and i would say most of the community wouldnt
EDIT: at least i hope
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DaCruise
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark2457 Posts
August 01 2011 20:30 GMT
#16
Oh man,,,,,I understand why you made this thread, but I dont think its very constructive.
YourmumisEZ
Profile Joined July 2011
Romania22 Posts
August 01 2011 20:30 GMT
#17
this is just troll ffs compare this to
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=250223
looks too much the same
first god created dota then he randomed lucifer:|
hemipepsis5p
Profile Joined January 2011
United States57 Posts
August 01 2011 20:31 GMT
#18
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rea1ity
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom385 Posts
August 01 2011 20:31 GMT
#19
On August 02 2011 05:30 YourmumisEZ wrote:
this is just troll ffs compare this to
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=250223
looks too much the same


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tdynasty
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada220 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:34:20
August 01 2011 20:32 GMT
#20
troll thread.

On wendsday in going to be attending at a panel discussion Negro pride

Jesus fucking christ.
Where in you're mind did you figure this was funny?
It's actually not funny, but just assholeish.

I'm hoping for a Thread Lock asap because these kinds of threads are fucking immature as fuck, and most inteligent people that show up to teamliquid don't want to read about stupid shit.
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