That's not the argument. They want you to play as them. They want to be the 'cool kids' for a change and are now trying to limit your choices and force you to constantly deal with undesirable character types. That's why there is no compromise to be had with them. Outright dismissal is the only necessary response.
Character creation within the new Dragon Age is a perfect microcosm for what leftists want for the whole industry. They want you to “choose” only from a narrow range of androgynous tranny freaks, cunty dyke girl bosses, and effete soy-glazed men.
If we were given these options alongside conventionally attractive feminine women and masculine male characters, 95% of players would “choose wrong”. Then the devs would be forced to question whether or not they can afford to spend precious time and resources on character options almost no one is using.
It mirrors communism, really; it doesn’t work if alternatives exists anywhere else. The “muh representation” argument is really just a crypto communist argument with the end goal of enforcing degenerate freak leftist aesthetics. If the boob slider only goes up to “small A cup”, then your character creator isn’t inclusive.
Recall that Larian expressed disappointment that so many players opted for straight white dude characters, but the game still gave you that option. That’s why BG3 was massively successful while people mostly hate Veilguard.
Honestly, most of Aydin's video essays are worth a watch. She is really good at what she does and breaking it down, to the point I will even overlook her being an unironic Monarchist in the year of our lord 2024.
My only complaint I have about Aydins' stuff is 1) It's typically a solid block of information with no pause(not a bad thing, but...) and 2) I would kill to have a proper essay/transcript so I can reference everything she brings up later as need be.
I wish Youtube Essayers as a whole would just write their shit down so I can read it.
(Also, what the hell is it with Monarchists popping up as of late? I could venture a few guesses there...)
Also, what the hell is it with Monarchists popping up as of late? I could venture a few guesses there...
At least from what has been the case with most of them I have seen (including Aydin and one of her cohost Aristocratic Utensil), it is because they think that democracy is a scam and something that will only ever lead to tyranny, and that an absolute monarch will take away the "chaos" of a system by making all of the choices for their citizens. And they will inevitably have the best interest of their citizens at heart since they dont have to worry about being popular enough for an election.
I dont think I have to point to the many examples in history where that is almost exactly the opposite of what actually happened. And more than that they seem to ignore that pretty much every monarch currently in Europe are the ones pushing woke and are usually wildly more woke than any government (you give King Charles unlimited power and the Brits would be begging for parliament back within the week), and ironically I have found many of them dont know history like they claim. Like when Utensil tried to make the case for an American monarchy, and made the argument that the Founding Fathers were just uppity aristocrats who lead the colonials astray and put false ideas of "freedom" into their heads, and that if they had an enemy it was Parliament and they should have appealed to the King if they felt they were being oppressed.
Pretending that, you know, we didnt try that. And that it didnt have decidedly...negative results.
The beauty of dealing with someone who is actively pursuing the scientific method, is that you don't have to worry about their retarded personal choices from time to time, when you have data to compare.
Most women I knew in WoW played Night Elves, and that was especially true for the ones playing hunters who would then complete the old meme just to collect "cute" pets, normally a cat.
My first gf literally mained a NElf hunter from Vanilla to Wrath retail, although she was adamant about playing as Survival instead of any other spec which would actually do damage 🙄
I'm not someone who demands realism in games I mean it's a game but I prefer if the characters in the game are not completely unrealistic.
All the characters in horizon forbidden West were fatties but I was suppose to believe they could run from robot dinos and climb cliffs to loot old tech, bullshit. The only realistic group of survivors was the African tribal group that were too dumb to save themselves and needed the white person to save them.
These people were suppose to be running around all day fighting machines, smashing forges, crafting gear but they had fat on them? Yeah fucking right.
The first level is getting up the stairs and out the house. The tutorial is getting out of bed and cleaning the room to reach the stairs. The first boss is the shower.
As I've said before, the only reason anyone needs to literally see themselves in something is to help small children develop self-image, such that they are better able to understand themselves in the environment in which they live. What these children need for their psychological development is for them to look like their parents (so they can better associate with them) and for them to understand what they look like and who they are within their peer groups. But that's basically it.
Adults who say they need to be physically represented in the game are Narcissists.
Copying my reply from yesterday:
If this were not the case, then why would people keep playing as Dragonborn characters in Baldur's Gate 3? Is it because these players are actually interdimensional, shape shifting, alien, reptiles that rule over our civilization, or is it because the whole premise of this hypothesis is wrong? Perchance they are all other-kin?
Or... or... hear me out... let's assume that the premise here is true, and society burdens certain demographics with negative stigma, and as such we need to make people feel represented. But what if society is so negative towards a demographic, that that demographic learns to self-hate and disassociate to such a degree that they have to actually pretend to be animals. So, let's say, a white male kid chooses to play as the anthropomorphic character because he's been taught by society that being white is worse than being a reptile. Should we go with that line of thinking?
You're right. They're clearly the interdimensional alien reptiles.
I don't choose a character to represent myself in the game, I choose a character to represent myself IN THE STORY of the game.
This is the part the DEI cultists just cannot get, the story drives the game not the characters, and DEI people universally suck at writing a good story. Their books suck, their video content sucks, their games suck, all for this same exact reason.
Larry Corriea has made this point over and over again when it comes to books, that woke books have shit storytelling, and it shows in the one metric that matters: No one buys them.
So it goes with woke video games: no one buys them.
And pandering to groups who don’t play video games in high numbers is dumb. Honestly, if you have to be represented in everything then there are deeper issues
The entire "self insertion" concept for media has always baffled me. Unless the character's own identity is so irrelevant to the story that they have a character creator, I just want to see a story about someone interesting who is explicitly NOT me (and really, I rarely make a character who's anything like me even when given the option to do so). I've already got the real world for experiencing a story about me personally...
Because it's made by childless, nagging, cat-lady, harpies that normally make your ears bleed in real life; given limitless funds and institutional power.
In goldeneye I played a tranny before it was cool. I used the mustachied swarthy thug head on the annie lennox blue dress body and we all thought it was hilarious.
In most games I play the girl if I have a choice because I would rather look at her for 40-400 hours than the guy. Though post gamergate I'm picking guys because I don't want to, even in this minor way, reinforce the liberal myth and men and women are equal.
In fallout I make the oldest black guy I can with a combover and roleplay as uncle ruckus.
That's not the argument. They want you to play as them. They want to be the 'cool kids' for a change and are now trying to limit your choices and force you to constantly deal with undesirable character types. That's why there is no compromise to be had with them. Outright dismissal is the only necessary response.
Character creation within the new Dragon Age is a perfect microcosm for what leftists want for the whole industry. They want you to “choose” only from a narrow range of androgynous tranny freaks, cunty dyke girl bosses, and effete soy-glazed men.
If we were given these options alongside conventionally attractive feminine women and masculine male characters, 95% of players would “choose wrong”. Then the devs would be forced to question whether or not they can afford to spend precious time and resources on character options almost no one is using.
It mirrors communism, really; it doesn’t work if alternatives exists anywhere else. The “muh representation” argument is really just a crypto communist argument with the end goal of enforcing degenerate freak leftist aesthetics. If the boob slider only goes up to “small A cup”, then your character creator isn’t inclusive.
Recall that Larian expressed disappointment that so many players opted for straight white dude characters, but the game still gave you that option. That’s why BG3 was massively successful while people mostly hate Veilguard.
Remember when troons complained about being on zoom calls because they hated seeing themselves on camera, because they're ugly freaks?
TL;DW; but you should.
Honestly, most of Aydin's video essays are worth a watch. She is really good at what she does and breaking it down, to the point I will even overlook her being an unironic Monarchist in the year of our lord 2024.
My only complaint I have about Aydins' stuff is 1) It's typically a solid block of information with no pause(not a bad thing, but...) and 2) I would kill to have a proper essay/transcript so I can reference everything she brings up later as need be.
I wish Youtube Essayers as a whole would just write their shit down so I can read it.
(Also, what the hell is it with Monarchists popping up as of late? I could venture a few guesses there...)
At least from what has been the case with most of them I have seen (including Aydin and one of her cohost Aristocratic Utensil), it is because they think that democracy is a scam and something that will only ever lead to tyranny, and that an absolute monarch will take away the "chaos" of a system by making all of the choices for their citizens. And they will inevitably have the best interest of their citizens at heart since they dont have to worry about being popular enough for an election.
I dont think I have to point to the many examples in history where that is almost exactly the opposite of what actually happened. And more than that they seem to ignore that pretty much every monarch currently in Europe are the ones pushing woke and are usually wildly more woke than any government (you give King Charles unlimited power and the Brits would be begging for parliament back within the week), and ironically I have found many of them dont know history like they claim. Like when Utensil tried to make the case for an American monarchy, and made the argument that the Founding Fathers were just uppity aristocrats who lead the colonials astray and put false ideas of "freedom" into their heads, and that if they had an enemy it was Parliament and they should have appealed to the King if they felt they were being oppressed.
Pretending that, you know, we didnt try that. And that it didnt have decidedly...negative results.
The beauty of dealing with someone who is actively pursuing the scientific method, is that you don't have to worry about their retarded personal choices from time to time, when you have data to compare.
Aydin has so many self-inflicted problems but strangely enough for an e-celeb, they aren't really acts of selfishness. She's kind of pitiful.
Look at how many little old ladies play hulking Tauren hunters/warriors in WOW.
Power trips, not guilt trips, that's what gaming's for ...
Most women I knew in WoW played Night Elves, and that was especially true for the ones playing hunters who would then complete the old meme just to collect "cute" pets, normally a cat.
My first gf literally mained a NElf hunter from Vanilla to Wrath retail, although she was adamant about playing as Survival instead of any other spec which would actually do damage 🙄
Horde wise was similar but with Blood Elves.
Young girls, sure. I'm talking Hell's Grannies types
I have never once felt represented in a video game and I don't think I want to be.
But playing a overweight basement dweller would be so much fun!
I'm not someone who demands realism in games I mean it's a game but I prefer if the characters in the game are not completely unrealistic.
All the characters in horizon forbidden West were fatties but I was suppose to believe they could run from robot dinos and climb cliffs to loot old tech, bullshit. The only realistic group of survivors was the African tribal group that were too dumb to save themselves and needed the white person to save them.
These people were suppose to be running around all day fighting machines, smashing forges, crafting gear but they had fat on them? Yeah fucking right.
You want the world and characters to be believable in the context of that world. That's what's missing from most modern (mainstream) media.
The first level is getting up the stairs and out the house. The tutorial is getting out of bed and cleaning the room to reach the stairs. The first boss is the shower.
I always create an obese black guy in my golf games
"Be the ball."
"Not like that!"
It's rare that games let you play as tall handsome engineers with genius IQ and expert marksmanship but I still manage to have fun anyway.
As I've said before, the only reason anyone needs to literally see themselves in something is to help small children develop self-image, such that they are better able to understand themselves in the environment in which they live. What these children need for their psychological development is for them to look like their parents (so they can better associate with them) and for them to understand what they look like and who they are within their peer groups. But that's basically it.
Adults who say they need to be physically represented in the game are Narcissists.
Copying my reply from yesterday:
If this were not the case, then why would people keep playing as Dragonborn characters in Baldur's Gate 3? Is it because these players are actually interdimensional, shape shifting, alien, reptiles that rule over our civilization, or is it because the whole premise of this hypothesis is wrong? Perchance they are all other-kin?
Or... or... hear me out... let's assume that the premise here is true, and society burdens certain demographics with negative stigma, and as such we need to make people feel represented. But what if society is so negative towards a demographic, that that demographic learns to self-hate and disassociate to such a degree that they have to actually pretend to be animals. So, let's say, a white male kid chooses to play as the anthropomorphic character because he's been taught by society that being white is worse than being a reptile. Should we go with that line of thinking?
You're right. They're clearly the interdimensional alien reptiles.
I don't choose a character to represent myself in the game, I choose a character to represent myself IN THE STORY of the game.
This is the part the DEI cultists just cannot get, the story drives the game not the characters, and DEI people universally suck at writing a good story. Their books suck, their video content sucks, their games suck, all for this same exact reason.
Larry Corriea has made this point over and over again when it comes to books, that woke books have shit storytelling, and it shows in the one metric that matters: No one buys them.
So it goes with woke video games: no one buys them.
And pandering to groups who don’t play video games in high numbers is dumb. Honestly, if you have to be represented in everything then there are deeper issues
True
The entire "self insertion" concept for media has always baffled me. Unless the character's own identity is so irrelevant to the story that they have a character creator, I just want to see a story about someone interesting who is explicitly NOT me (and really, I rarely make a character who's anything like me even when given the option to do so). I've already got the real world for experiencing a story about me personally...
Why is agitprop so agitating?
Because it's made by childless, nagging, cat-lady, harpies that normally make your ears bleed in real life; given limitless funds and institutional power.
In goldeneye I played a tranny before it was cool. I used the mustachied swarthy thug head on the annie lennox blue dress body and we all thought it was hilarious.
In most games I play the girl if I have a choice because I would rather look at her for 40-400 hours than the guy. Though post gamergate I'm picking guys because I don't want to, even in this minor way, reinforce the liberal myth and men and women are equal.
In fallout I make the oldest black guy I can with a combover and roleplay as uncle ruckus.
I mean, obviously? What is with modernity we have to run through all these convoluted arguments to explain common sense.