As hilarious as the Concord catastrophe is, I expect the only shift in behavior we'll see is the companies tripling down on the only Woke strategy that works - Trojan Horsing popular IP's with an established audience.
Yep, this just means less original IPs and especially less live service games with disgusting designs. They will just turn beloved characters into abominations instead and say "It's canon!" or if they were more competent try to hide it under the surface.
You'd think someone would wake up when the things they want to slip into the product can't be printed on the box or it will kill interest in the product.
Like buying a bag of chips and seeing crickets on the package. Sounds great if you're a lizard, but imagine trying to change all the food in the supermarket just so that lizards can feel good about it.
Here's what I need help understanding. Okay, so the reasoning used to normalize transgenderism is that the person is simply "in the wrong body", and they're identifying instead with the "gender(s) they really are."
These characters were programmed and textured from scratch. There literally isn't a way they were mistakenly put into the wrong body. The character was intentionally programmed to have characteristics that don't match each other, and just as intentionally not corrected in any way. There was no opportunity for it being "in the wrong body". It by definition defeats the argument that "trans-[insert gender] are real [insert same gender]", or the character would have been programmed with matching characteristics, just like the non-trans ones.
For the left, neither needs to be true because the truth is not the point. Every talking point is a form of consensus building for establishing in-group and out-group identifiers.
Take JK Rowling for example. She was a darling of the left while she bent and twisted to their whims, changing characters and plot points to please them even though none of it made sense, until she stepped out of line by not loudly and enthusiastically supporting the then "current thing" of transgenderism. Now, they hate her and wish her dead with her years of faithfully following their lead essentially forgotten.
So the point is not a logical outcome, it is to show that the devs behind this mess are still good leftists who deserve continued employment in this field because they made a game that tracks with current year leftism.
They also say they are a real woman, so why can’t they just pick woman? Why do they have to be an ugly turd of a woman. If I’m creating myself as a man in a game, do I not make myself a little taller and more muscular? Do these “real women” not desire to be attractive? Create that character
I think the answer is it’s all just to piss us off, that’s their objective.
There are plenty of bad shoots by cops every year, but BLM rarely if ever picks up on those. Instead, they champion cases where the perp is violent, belligerent, and entirely deserving of summary execution by cop. Why? Because BLM is an agitation operation with intent to foment political and cultural strife.
The less it makes sense, the more outrageous it is, the more contentious it is, the better it serves as a filter and identifier.
A good example is the deaths around BLM (with credit to slatestarcodex): People on the back-the-blue and conservative side could all agree, or were somewhat sympathetic, or had reservations about say, the case of eric gardner. The man was choked out for the suspicion of the crime of basically tax evasion by selling loosies. And contrast with the knee on shoulder of 'saint floyd', the chokehold used on Eric was actually not taught and not allowed. By reasonable logic, this should make it an even better case, you even have the libertarians and many on the right on your side, this was unjust, we could all agree, or at least there was enough on the right that did. So the BLM riots should be about him you'd think.
But that's what makes it far less useful to the left except to maintain and increase rage. You can't signal that you are a true communist believer by marching for Eric, because even the right agrees that that one was at least iffy. No, they need someone awful, someone who had just robbed a place and who points guns at pregnant women, and someone who died from routine police treatment from a heart issue because he was overdosing on drugs. Only a true believer would riot for that cause.
This is similar, you're looking at it all wrong. It makes no sense for there to be trans rep in this futuristic setting? "Good, because fuck you, by putting it in anyway I further prove how dedicated I am to the communist trans cause, how much of a trans-ally I am."
It not making sense is even more of a reason to do it. Both things not being able to both be true is a feature, not a bug. Engaging in this double-think is how you prove loyalty to the party.
I've pondered this and I'll try to sum up the best I can:
Concord is a best case scenario win for the woke.
They designed the game for the LGBTQIAP++ crowd. Gamers at large noticed. They spoke out. The community asked how they were supposed to relate to the themes in this game. They were told "this game is not made for you. If you feel that way, don't buy it."
The gaming community accepted this. The game was a legitimate safe space for the communities it was made for, and bought only by allies of that community. By their own standards, everything about the game was acceptable and nonoffensive. They had everything they ever asked for.
That the game was considered a commercial failure is solely upon the shoulders of the LGBT. The money invested and selective marketing were a result of ignoring the force majeure that is the gaming market in favor of catering to a fraction of a percent. A niche product that sold accordingly.
So the old adage is now a proven empirical result: get woke, go broke.
As hilarious as the Concord catastrophe is, I expect the only shift in behavior we'll see is the companies tripling down on the only Woke strategy that works - Trojan Horsing popular IP's with an established audience.
Yep, this just means less original IPs and especially less live service games with disgusting designs. They will just turn beloved characters into abominations instead and say "It's canon!" or if they were more competent try to hide it under the surface.
You'd think someone would wake up when the things they want to slip into the product can't be printed on the box or it will kill interest in the product.
Like buying a bag of chips and seeing crickets on the package. Sounds great if you're a lizard, but imagine trying to change all the food in the supermarket just so that lizards can feel good about it.
Kratosina is one hell of a mom.
They will double down. For sure. Hope sony playstation division should seppuku themselves.
Here's what I need help understanding. Okay, so the reasoning used to normalize transgenderism is that the person is simply "in the wrong body", and they're identifying instead with the "gender(s) they really are."
These characters were programmed and textured from scratch. There literally isn't a way they were mistakenly put into the wrong body. The character was intentionally programmed to have characteristics that don't match each other, and just as intentionally not corrected in any way. There was no opportunity for it being "in the wrong body". It by definition defeats the argument that "trans-[insert gender] are real [insert same gender]", or the character would have been programmed with matching characteristics, just like the non-trans ones.
Both things can't be true.
For the left, neither needs to be true because the truth is not the point. Every talking point is a form of consensus building for establishing in-group and out-group identifiers.
Take JK Rowling for example. She was a darling of the left while she bent and twisted to their whims, changing characters and plot points to please them even though none of it made sense, until she stepped out of line by not loudly and enthusiastically supporting the then "current thing" of transgenderism. Now, they hate her and wish her dead with her years of faithfully following their lead essentially forgotten.
So the point is not a logical outcome, it is to show that the devs behind this mess are still good leftists who deserve continued employment in this field because they made a game that tracks with current year leftism.
They also say they are a real woman, so why can’t they just pick woman? Why do they have to be an ugly turd of a woman. If I’m creating myself as a man in a game, do I not make myself a little taller and more muscular? Do these “real women” not desire to be attractive? Create that character
I think the answer is it’s all just to piss us off, that’s their objective.
Strife is the goal.
There are plenty of bad shoots by cops every year, but BLM rarely if ever picks up on those. Instead, they champion cases where the perp is violent, belligerent, and entirely deserving of summary execution by cop. Why? Because BLM is an agitation operation with intent to foment political and cultural strife.
It not making logical sense is part of the point.
The less it makes sense, the more outrageous it is, the more contentious it is, the better it serves as a filter and identifier.
A good example is the deaths around BLM (with credit to slatestarcodex): People on the back-the-blue and conservative side could all agree, or were somewhat sympathetic, or had reservations about say, the case of eric gardner. The man was choked out for the suspicion of the crime of basically tax evasion by selling loosies. And contrast with the knee on shoulder of 'saint floyd', the chokehold used on Eric was actually not taught and not allowed. By reasonable logic, this should make it an even better case, you even have the libertarians and many on the right on your side, this was unjust, we could all agree, or at least there was enough on the right that did. So the BLM riots should be about him you'd think.
But that's what makes it far less useful to the left except to maintain and increase rage. You can't signal that you are a true communist believer by marching for Eric, because even the right agrees that that one was at least iffy. No, they need someone awful, someone who had just robbed a place and who points guns at pregnant women, and someone who died from routine police treatment from a heart issue because he was overdosing on drugs. Only a true believer would riot for that cause.
This is similar, you're looking at it all wrong. It makes no sense for there to be trans rep in this futuristic setting? "Good, because fuck you, by putting it in anyway I further prove how dedicated I am to the communist trans cause, how much of a trans-ally I am."
It not making sense is even more of a reason to do it. Both things not being able to both be true is a feature, not a bug. Engaging in this double-think is how you prove loyalty to the party.
damn, shit's bad when even zerohedge is talking about vidya...
No videogame should cost that much. On the expenses alone they should've known it'd be a disaster.
I've pondered this and I'll try to sum up the best I can:
Concord is a best case scenario win for the woke.
They designed the game for the LGBTQIAP++ crowd. Gamers at large noticed. They spoke out. The community asked how they were supposed to relate to the themes in this game. They were told "this game is not made for you. If you feel that way, don't buy it."
The gaming community accepted this. The game was a legitimate safe space for the communities it was made for, and bought only by allies of that community. By their own standards, everything about the game was acceptable and nonoffensive. They had everything they ever asked for.
That the game was considered a commercial failure is solely upon the shoulders of the LGBT. The money invested and selective marketing were a result of ignoring the force majeure that is the gaming market in favor of catering to a fraction of a percent. A niche product that sold accordingly.
So the old adage is now a proven empirical result: get woke, go broke.
it's a game not a innocent street.
Stop feeding the troll.
yessir