Nightmareisalive
Well-Known Member
Shhh... If someone gives you petty, logic-devoid rep you have to sit there, shut your mouth, and take it. If you say it out loud, that's against the rules. Wouldn't want to hurt the feelings of the brainless, spineless rep giver, yeah? Being able to hide and avoid all criticism is the point of the system. That's what people use it for, anyway.
Maybe the fact that I want to be able to discuss an issue rather than receive baseless criticism which I cannot respond to is a fault in my own character, though.
I am similar to you in that way. I would rather discuss something than actually listen to baseless criticism which I can't respond to. It helps no one out and makes people on the other side sound foolish if they aren't willing to actually talk about the subject. The only problem I had with it was they told me to stop. Again no reason given and I just can't help but fathom what person would tell someone to stop debating about a subject while at the same time give nothing to the subject.
The fact that people are willing to argue that there is sexism in a game developed, marketed, and sold with E for Everyone in mind is a sign that the claimant is willing to argue anything to prove sexism is an issue. If anyone on this site or anywhere can show gaming to have a specific role in female discriminatory gender stereotypes, I would love to see it. Until them, Sarkeesian is just whining because she knows it makes her money.
My only problem with people who point out sexism in video games is that they are attempting to find it in every little game they see. I'm glad they point it out when it is there for all the world to see in a game but when you start nitpicking about the subject it feels like they have run out to things to talk about or that the problem is not as big as they made it seem if they have to try to twist things around to make it sexist. I don't think the whole gaming industry is out to dis-empower women but that they are just being lazy with games and following the ideas that sell. You can't complain about that not when the gaming industry is just that an industry which aims to make money. You can complain though when they have a game that will sell no matter what and still go along with the same ideas. They will still make a profit so they should be more willing to try something different.
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