Yeah I got time today....
What a pathetic situation overall. I've been monitoring and watching it slowly devolve into the shitshow that's currently taking place over this game on this forum and it's nothing short of embarrassing.
I've been listening and reading and now I'm ready to speak.
There was nothing difficult about finding a solution to the origin of this fallout. The problem is that some of you just don't fucking care. Everyone involved would have a much easier time if the actors involved would just admit that instead of putting on this fake as fuck "ally" mask charade and then turning it to a victim complex.
It's annoying as hell because the solutions were so easy, the fact people listed them in this thread proves it didn't take a speck of brain power to come up with them, just an ounce of actually giving a damn.
1. Start the OT thread with a "A Word from Kyujii/TransERA. You already reserve posts in the an OT thread to set up your graphic formatting, right?
Oh so you have space.. put a goddamn forward to frame the situation. If you can't write it, someone from TransERA would have no problems doing that for you. Add a link that goes back to Kyujiis thread for reference. This is completed in one fucking PM
2. Ask a mod to add a Staff Comm with a brief detail that can link back to the OT Forward and Kyujiis Thread. This is completed in one fucking PM
What is so damn difficult about that? Why could it not be agreed to on the first ask? That's why this all blew up, because it was the most basic bottom line olive branch one could do and it was met with political non answer bullshit. That shows character and intent. It's clear as day that something so small bothered Chamber so much, but yet some wanna come after the fact and say this was always the plan.
Theres 0 reason why it couldnt be agreed to in public outside of just lack of interest. It's a goddamn Video Game OT, not some NDA contract with barred info till release day like BC wants to pretend it is.
And then people want to parade his "effort" like it's some hard job requiring sacrifice. Get real. You're a fan on a forum like the rest of us.
CDPR isn't over Chamber's shoulder beating him with a stick to make a hype train. Let alone the fact that if he didn't do it, it's not like it would never exist seeing this is one of the biggest releases in a long time for the industry. He chose to do this on his own. And the reality is, he chose to do it for a game in which both the game and the developers have a shit track record towards TransFolk. You can't just ignore that. It's baked into the product. So I'm not understanding why the thought process is "La La La, I wanna enjoy the game"
The game marginalizes and exploits Transpeople for its setting. This shit doesn't exist in a bubble. Far too many people base their shitty worldviews off media they consume, and damaging portrayals of TransPeople only helps to further that marginalization and discrimination they already face.
It doesn't even make sense from a self preservation angle. This game will be parsed through with a fine tooth comb. If there are more examples of Transphobia or even Racism.. this little nerd party definitely won't have a pot to piss in nor a leg to stand on in regards to criticism. (One could argue they already don't)
Why in the hell would you not try to jump in front it? Why not acknowledge the problems that are there and pledge to create a dialogue to counter those issues? That's why this shit blew up, because some just dont fucking care
The victim complex being developed over this is fucking laughable.
"I wanna enjoy the game!"
You already are and it's not even out yet. You comb every fucking site for every speck and crumb of information for this game. You watch every video. You joined your CP Discord server (which that's where y'all will be during the Launch Day OT Ban, you're most likely complaining about this situation now in there) You preordered the Collectors Edition, You preloaded the game. You will obsess over the Review Scores, and whine endlessly about outlets that score low...
Where the fuck are you not enjoying the game?
Oh, it's when People remind you about CDPRs shitty behavior and conduct, that's when you feel not allowed to enjoy the game.
What a fucking joke, that's transphobic as fuck to even dare make that statement. To even try to simulate oppression over being reminded that a video game you enjoy has shitty hurtful elements.
So many posters in this thread come across as baby shit soft. TransFolk live their lives on a daily basis with constant threats of outright Violence and Murder, Fetishization, Lack of Access to Medical Care, Discrimination, Ostracization not just from greater society but their own racial groups even. Quite simply damn near hated by everyone..
but y'all have the gall to whine about your entertainment being ruined over a real discussion?
A lot of you clearly wouldn't last a fucking day in the life of a transgender person.
Im not Trans. I don't have to be to fucking give a shit about their plight. I don't subscribe to this "ally" bullshit y'all love so much. I'm a part of the fight. I'm a part of the struggle for TransPeople to be seen and heard. I listen when I need to listen, I will speak when I need to speak. I don't talk over or talk for TransPeople, I echo them. And if one day I ever get it wrong, I will damn well make sure I don't ever make that fucking mistake again.
My only suggestion to TransERA, if anything, is that they are being TOO NICE. They spoke too obvious off site trolls at face value and good faith. They have constantly controlled their language to make the discussion more tolerable. They reached their hand out and some of you spat in it. You actually tried to take them for fools. And some of you had the fucking nerve to even go ahead and try to tone police them further. Absolutely utter bullshit.
I'm incensed over this shit, I hate seeing bigotry and the apathy over it with every fiber of my being. It's this lack of giving a fuck that leads to these situations in the first place. And the Gaming "Community" is full of this shit.
Gaming is not a little white boys club anymore (it never was). The industry and its patrons will continue to become more and more diverse. If studios and game products don't want to account for that, expect more "criticism" and "outrage". That "duck your head and stay in your lan bullshit is over. People will speak out. This entire forum is based off that concept but clearly for some it's a pick and choose thing. Y'all wanna scream about game pricing and dlc controversies, but bury your head in the sand over shit that affects real people
Fuck all of that.
It's situations like this that make people not want to associate with being a "Gamer". There's just too many people who portray themselves with infantile understanding, obsessive consumerism and absolute lack of empathy to make any association with that word appealing.
When will y'all actually mature into adults? Call me when that happens
Everyone is welcome to do so 💯
