Just because someone hasn't thought about shitty behavior doesn't mean they don't indulge in shitty behavior. These aren't people who are living isolated from the rest of the world. We're talking about people who have access to the internet and are exposed to shit daily, whether they intend to be or not. Racism, sexism, homophobia, harassment... These aren't US exclusive problems.
It's why I have under 300 posts here, I don't come here for other media, mostly I'm here for the canadian deals thread.
I feel like it's gotten worse. I keep seeing in different games people actively campaigning to get devs fired cus they don't like some work in the game (and I'm just talking they don't like the writing or the gameplay, not sexualisation or shitty stuff like that). I can actually think of about 5 different times I've seen it in the past year. It's horrible.
I can understand why you would think something I didn't say wouldn't be helpful considering I didn't say it.
I dunno if you've watched this, but you should as it addresses most of what you're saying:
You think there's no audience for games about knights and castles in the dozens of countries that actually had knights and castles?
Yeah. And one of the worst parts is that this anger is completely misdirected! Devs should not be at the forefront when people get mad at these aspects, ya' know? The vast majority of the time it comes down to upper-level management decisions or crunch.
You did say that.
Or just that making a game is hard! It doesn't always work out. I don't really see why if you don't like a game, people can't just write a review over what they don't like if they want to and then move on. There's a lot of games out there. No need to waste energy on one you don't like.
Yeah. I agree. It's not all bad, but sometimes I find the level of discourse quite depressing - it makes hard work of threads.
While I agree with this in general, I do think that we have a tendency to make the worst possible interpretation of what has been posted and dogpile away. Obviously I'm not talking about stuff that's immediately ban-worthy - I'm assuming the mods will just deal with that.
Gaming is not a bubble. Nor is the culture it propagates. You seem to not understand this.
This is not really true. You (and all of us here, tbh) are just more immersed in the gaming culture than any other, so the problems of toxicity in the culture are more readily apparent to you.
Yeah. I think what it really comes down to is just how easy it can be to dunk on a thing. And like, dunking on something can be in good fun and all, but some people can take it too far and that's problematic.
I get where you're coming from, but these things need to be addressed. I'd say that it's a good thing that you're seeing it "every other time you visit a gaming page on the internet" because that's at least a sign that awareness is being raised. Also, if we can't talk about this issue here, where are we supposed to talk about it?
I wasn't trying to say "straight white cis men cause all our problems." Sorry if I was more reductive then I meant to be.
You work with Dragonvale, I'm sure you hear all about toxicity in gaming from your Customer Service Team.
The solution is for corporations to give up future sales of microtransactions by banning assholes.
you are the one that identified yourself as a white cis male...
Please quote where I said that you're evil for being born a straight white cis man
