Use for what? Referring to people that care about social justice and caring about people of color and the lgbtq + community? The term I think you were looking 4 is decent human being
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Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account makes transphobic joke (READ OP)
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Use for what? Referring to people that care about social justice and caring about people of color and the lgbtq + community? The term I think you were looking 4 is decent human being
I ceel like we can have a new bingo board for these kinds of situations. I vote for "you were not going to buy the game anyway".
You know the community manager in charge of their twitter account that he was being super fucking slick with that tweet.
Here's a tip: Your game is poised to challenge ideas of transhumanism and explore the depths of what it means to be human, in society, enmasse, in order to have a greater conversation about humanity in general. DON'T LEAD WITH SHITTY MEMES BEING USED TO BELITTLE AN ALREADY CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK SUBSECTION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CHOICE IN WHO THEY ARE!
Why is that hard to understand?
Whoever is in charge of their Twitter account seems to be trying too hard to fit in with "Internet culture" and not trying hard enough to learn about the various ethical implications of what they are doing, this is true, but I hope the game itself will be better than that. Concerning Indian representation, we don't know if that scene will remain in the final product or if it'll be improved and/or removed.
What a weak ass apology.
They've done stuff like this before?
As an aside, kudos to the mods who deal with threads like these. ResetEra has an incredibly dedicated moderation team.
If only CDPR had similar for their tweets!
Between this and their reticence to discuss gender fluidity options in the character creation, they are treading on thin fucking ice. Get it the fuck together.
It's a shitty move on CDPR's side from hurting the user base of the game, yes body modifications to Android or human being is a thing in the future. Their customer base/core audience, including those of race, sexual orientation, etc should be respected at all times.
It sucks that the official account for Cyberpunk tweeted that response to the individual who asked the question.
I just hope that the game (the product itself turns out great after all these years of waiting)
If this was a racist joke told in the same manner would you expect a similarly low-key apology?
Well some users will boycott the game, here is one quote:
All we have to go by right now is what we were shown. What we were shown doesn't strike me with any confidence.
Mods working overtime.
This is a bloodbath and people still won't read the OP or learn.
I was however surprised with one one account having 8k+ posts.
On topic, that was not even a apology. I feel like they are sorry that people outed them. I don't think they still get it.
Woo boy that follow-up Tweet. Yeah, CDPR doesn't know WHAT THE FUCK they're doing. Just another shitty game company for shitty gaming culture.
They posted a Gamergate meme on Twittter like a month or two ago.
Lol i know the praise geraldo thing is a joke from that sub.
That take is so spicy. Please quote the post you are responding to.
I recently spent the day watching a co-workers 2 children. They were ages 10 (girl) and 15 (boy). Both of them are very much into internet culture... memes, Fortnite references, etc. We were getting pizza after a trip to Microcenter (we were building a PC for the older boy) and I had an exchange with the younger girl because she was acting goofy where I said, "You crazy girl." She responded with, "Did you just assume my gender?" I honestly didn't know how to respond... I just let it go. I have no kids of my own and didn't know how to break down the politics of what she just said to a 10 year old.
Now she 10 but on the internet these phrases have a way of becoming their own thing, spreading and being used in a context not intended by their original hurtful means. It reminds me of the whole "Do you know the way" meme that Razor didn't realize was a racist reference and made a tweet with the phrase. It doesn't surprise me that people are being honest in coming here and admitting ignorance to the impact of the phrase. I think rather than thrashing those who admit this here, we can use this as a teachable moment to spread awareness.
Also, I feel some here who dislike the Witcher series or CDPR are using this as an opportunity to link this with the dev team. Social media accounts do not develop the games. The Tweet was stupid, the non-appology was horrible and deserves all of the response it's receiving. But remember there is a large team of people that develop and create the games and the social media accounts don't speak for all of those people.
Also, big shout out to the mod team working overtime in this thread.
Now she 10 but on the internet these phrases have a way of becoming their own thing, spreading and being used in a context not intended by their original hurtful means. It reminds me of the whole "Do you know the way" meme that Razor didn't realize was a racist reference and made a tweet with the phrase. It doesn't surprise me that people are being honest in coming here and admitting ignorance to the impact of the phrase. I think rather than thrashing those who admit this here, we can use this as a teachable moment to spread awareness.
Also, I feel some here who dislike the Witcher series or CDPR are using this as an opportunity to link this with the dev team. Social media accounts do not develop the games. The Tweet was stupid, the non-appology was horrible and deserves all of the response it's receiving. But remember there is a large team of people that develop and create the games and the social media accounts don't speak for all of those people.
Also, big shout out to the mod team working overtime in this thread.
What? I never said someone has said it. It's my takeaway from most situations when a developer writes something idiotic and dumb on social media.
Check the news. The Cyberpunk related news being reported is the new screenshots they released.
It's already been forgotten by some, and a lot of people probably didn't even know it happened at all.
I agree with you, I am pretty down on CDPR in general and this stuff just reinforces my issues with them. I can't wait for that day as well. It can't come soon enough.
Yup at least once before if not more.
It's that horrid leftist agenda of... empathy and tolerance that makes their blood boil!
Of all the threads, of all the news during gamescom week, this "joke" and that "apology" are the most discussed thing here.
gg CDPR you just played yourself
gg CDPR you just played yourself
Strawmanning? I don't get it. Im simply saying that if one developer writes something shitty in a tweet I will not stop wanting to buy the game because there are many other developers too and not buying that game will feel like Im punishing every developer of that game for something 1 dev did.
Thank you. I'm not well versed in social issues. Probably because I have never had to deal with anything like this.
This is where I'm at right now. Was super excited for the game, but I agree with Phantom Thief that this "joke" might indicate the CDPR team don't fully appreciate some of the ideas that are central to the CyberPunk setting.
I'm really curious if Mike Pondsmith is going to comment, since he wrote the CyberPunk setting and is working with CDPR on the game.
I know this is going to piss off a lot of people.....
But i honestly didn't know that statement was used or being used (and taken) as an offensive joke.
You might be overestimating how long people's attention spans are on the internet.
But i honestly didn't know that statement was used or being used (and taken) as an offensive joke.
You might be overestimating how long people's attention spans are on the internet.
Yep, it is sad how there are still young people who hate people different than them. That cant handle racial and sexual diversity in their lives and games.
It's honestly depressing. Young people are supposed to be accepting and open.
You don't need to punish them. CDPR does that already with their shitty employee standards
It was a shitty tweet but I doubt it will affect sales. The sad truth is that most gamers don't care about these issues anywhere near as much as the average resetera member does.
I know. From what I read, their working conditions are terrible.
Yeah, i was honestly a bit shocked. I know Eddy spouts his stupid hot takes (about vegans for example) from time to time. But this is just wow... told him what a "Depp" he is.
Where did they resist?
This was their comment
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/art...mmit-to-gender-fluidity-in-cyberpunk-2077-yet
I think it's a stretch to hate this unreleased game you have no real info about and a development team based on a Tweet sent out by one person who may have been ignorant towards how offensive that tweet truly was. I don't think any sane person would tweet that out in this day and age with malice as intent on a company account.
I'm glad there is some sort of an apology albeit a shitty one...
Generalizing is never a smart thing. For all we know there are trans people in the studio who are currently taking action about this or others in that office that took issue with said tweet. This is not the mistake of CDPR. This is a mistake of one employee who probably didn't mean any harm and didn't understand the joke. Let's be aware of the harm and power our language can hold and be a little more cognisant of what we say.
I'm glad there is some sort of an apology albeit a shitty one...
Generalizing is never a smart thing. For all we know there are trans people in the studio who are currently taking action about this or others in that office that took issue with said tweet. This is not the mistake of CDPR. This is a mistake of one employee who probably didn't mean any harm and didn't understand the joke. Let's be aware of the harm and power our language can hold and be a little more cognisant of what we say.
Why would that piss people off? It's fine if you didn't get it. I don't get everything all the time either, sometimes until after it's explained.
And that's fine as long as you're able to step outside your comfort zone and learn about others and their experiences. I was personally a transphobic and homophobic little shit when I was younger but it was conversations like this on forums back then that started opening my eyes.
I don't think calling for the firing of the social media guy is a reasonable response to this. That's someone's livelihood over a poorly executed attempt at a joke. I don't think what he said is enough to infer that they're transphobic or that it was meant with hate in his/her heart. Tone deaf, maybe, but not hateful.
I think talking with him and educating him saying "hey, we have a wide ranging audience that may get offended to stuff like this, don't do that. Stay away from these kind of topics. Period." is fine enough.
I think talking with him and educating him saying "hey, we have a wide ranging audience that may get offended to stuff like this, don't do that. Stay away from these kind of topics. Period." is fine enough.
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