Do Gays Not Exist in Bioware's Star Wars?
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I don't think that BioWare is adverse to homosexual options in their games. Look at Jade Empire. Hell, you could be straight, gay, or have a 3-way! THAT was new territory.
Wow, no homosexuals are allowed in Star Wars? That's not offensive at all (/sarcasm). Atleast Hitler had the decency to acknowledge that the Jews existed before killing them all.
Well I do always make a point of bringing Hitler into conversations. But I don't think that detracts from them. Quite the opposite, I find references to Hitler, Nazi Germany, or the Holocaust as extremely useful tools with which to make points by comparing them to the topic at hand.Undead Dragon King said:
Nice tag-team.cainx10a said:
But honestly, the censoring issue? Who gives a crap...I'd prefer that they didn't apologize, as that just seems to be a bs move to me. I don't like that they did censor the words, as I think that is a stupid thing to do, but I can respect the decision made by the people in charge. They just need to deal with the situation.
No. It just doesn't. If you compare everything that you disagree with to Hitler and Nazi Germany, then it detracts from your argument itself. Saying that BioWare not catering to the desires of a portion of a small minority who may or may not be even interested in playing the game compares to the organized murder of over 6 million people is simply childish. Think of something else to compare it to. We'd all appreciate it.ElephantGuts said:
Seriously? this man has it. Right now we have quaint little categories, but once the galaxy is populated by hundreds of species and sexes going at it, do those categories make any difference?T-Blade said:
So "Bioware" is synonymous with the one guy who was tasked with handling this problem on the community forum?!CantFaketheFunk said:
I've been administrating a forum for years and one of the biggest challenges is the fact that bad trends in existing threads usually don't get reported. People just take it into their own hands to "correct" the problem by firing off ever-more-aggressive insults. By the time this comes to the moderator's attention, it's usually so bad that everyone involved deserves to be beaten over the head with the banhammer.
It sounds like Dahlberg panicked, which is understandable given the circumstances.
Depends on where you are from. A little history delving will show you that there has been tragedies on the level of the Holocaust and greater that recieve a mere fraction of the attention. I have noticed that depending on where you are from and what schools you went to, the Holocaust and its insidious details are more stringently taught than others.ElephantGuts said:
And back on topic, the issue at hand is actually very minor in how it applies to the Star Wars universe.
In the canon fluff, there are few, if any mentions of the sexuality of the people of note. Even then, the only time it actually seems to be of concern is when the offspring of Commoner W and Jedi B ends up becoming Jedi/Sith E. I think it's a situation that sorta precludes the universe Star Wars takes place in, and would twist the vision of it for someone's selfish goals.
On the other hand, many game devs have realized that you can't exclude an idea on the simple basis that someone might not like it. Homosexual relationships do exist, and whether or not you agree with them, you will not prevent them from being there, and to explore the idea of a role-playing gtame, you need to present the most amount of options to make the characters player truly represent themselves and what they want.
I couldn't give a rats ass if they put beastiality into the game, and given that bioware is pretty open minded about same sex relationships I honestly believe it to be a mistake, since some use the words as insults, and it's nice that they changed it though.
Why's that? What is wrong with homosexuals appearing in games? KotOR, Jade Empire and Mass Effect had some sort of same-sex relationship. Need I remind that KotOR is, in fact, Star Wars?That Dude With A Face said:
Oh, and since when is apologizing wrong? I think what Microsoft did was quite admirable after that fiasco generated by a bigoted, childish, homophobic adolescent. Which is what, it seems to me, you are.