Yup! I'll get to work on changing it.
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Yup! I'll get to work on changing it.
I see, thank you. Poor choice from Warner Brothers though. I have not played the game, but I have watched the Story mode on Youtube, and indeed, she did a terrible job at voicing Sonya.Name recognition. Plus there's a lot of confluence between gamers and combat sports (MMA/Wrestling) fans. Just look at how huge our Wrasslin threads are.
I mean, allies? These industry "allies" are probably the same people who didn't give enough of a fuck about a large game publisher doing an AMA on a child porn site visited by dangerous terrorists to cover it for more than a day. Yeah, sorry but the games press has shown itself for what it really is.Still, I wish it didn't have to be queer folks speaking up. Where are our allies on this?
Maybe I wouldn't mind it if she was good but her voice acting is so bad. There's literally no good reason for the casting decision.
I'm no fan (of the woman or her performance), but it makes sense for marketing reasons - particularly to the MMA/WWE crowd.
Yeah that's the thing, I didn't notice any marketing with her in it. All the TV ads I saw around launch didn't mention herThe problem is that they didn't really market her inclusion outside of the initial reveal. That happened and that was more or less it. I was expecting them to do a lot of cross promotion where Sonya might have a Ronda in-game costume or Ronda might wear some Sonya-inspired costume at a big WWE event (like Wrestlemania). But it never happened. Her inclusion makes no real sense. Even people who're unaware of her horrible views don't like her inclusion because she's by far the weakest link in the voice cast. And this sticks out in a big way because of all the characters, her role actually calls for the most range in emotions.
Kinda Funny is getting more flak for not going in on Notch and PDP in a youtube video than NRS for hiring a Sandy Hook truther and transphobe to promote Mortal Kombat.
My friends it's time to read the article. or at least the OPWhy didn't they write these articles when it was first announced? Why wait until after the game is out and review copies have already been sent...oh right.
I didn't write anything sooner because I thought that maybe I wouldn't have to be the one writing this. As this piece was in the middle of being edited (I've been writing this over the course of two days) my peer Danielle Riendeau at Waypoint published an article about Rousey's involvement, which is heartening. Still, I wish it didn't have to be queer folks speaking up. Where are our allies on this?
That's uh... not the point.I thought her voice acting was fine honestly. I really enjoyed MK11's story
I'm no fan (of the woman or her performance), but it makes sense for marketing reasons - particularly to the MMA/WWE crowd.
If Netherealm Studios knew about this, shame on them. If not, they need to patch her out of the game pronto like Jontron.
So you value your conspiracy theory over lending a shred of authenticity to the voice of the LGBT community in games journalism. Great talk.It is very telling that they wait until after they receive their free review copies and post their review before posting an article like this.
She was announced as starring in MK11 on January 23rd. There was plenty of time for the big news sites to write this kind of article. It is very telling that they wait until after they receive their free review copies and post their review before posting an article like this.
I didn't write anything sooner because I thought that maybe I wouldn't have to be the one writing this. As this piece was in the middle of being edited (I've been writing this over the course of two days) my peer Danielle Riendeau at Waypoint published an article about Rousey's involvement, which is heartening. Still, I wish it didn't have to be queer folks speaking up. Where are our allies on this?
You know what I want to do? Play Mortal Kombat 11. But I would have to be wild to consider it. I'm not obligated to let bygones be bygones, and I'm just not going to. Rousey's presence in Mortal Kombat 11 is unacceptable. Sonya could have been played by any number of capable actresses, but instead, NetherRealm stunt casted someone whose very presence makes many of my friends feel completely uncomfortable playing Mortal Kombat 11.
Tl;DR, this sucks.
Clearly you didn't read the article.She was announced as starring in MK11 on January 23rd. There was plenty of time for the big news sites to write this kind of article. It is very telling that they wait until after they receive their free review copies and post their review before posting an article like this.
It's entirely possible they planned all of the above but scrapped it once they realized they fucked up with the casting.The problem is that they didn't really market her inclusion outside of the initial reveal. That happened and that was more or less it. I was expecting them to do a lot of cross promotion where Sonya might have a Ronda in-game costume or Ronda might wear some Sonya-inspired costume at a big WWE event (like Wrestlemania). But it never happened.
If the press spoke up about this sooner this could have been a bigger issue and potentially force Warner Bros to act and make changes. We certainly had threads speaking against this why didn't the press?
Kinda Funny is getting more flak for not going in on Notch and PDP in a youtube video than NRS for hiring a Sandy Hook truther and transphobe to promote Mortal Kombat.
If you don't understand, then why even post?This is a issue lol
My lord. I don't understand this outrage at all
You can't see why she might not want to be the first person to go "An actress in this game is a TERF/general piece of shit and it lowers the quality of the game"? Gaming culture has a shitty history with LGBT issues and given that she's trans on top of this, it just puts a target on her back.Waiting for other people to speak up before you do is not a good enough reason.
We had a pretty sizable thread on it when it was announced. It's not like this article is the first time someone has brought it up.
please elaborate my dudeThis is a issue lol
My lord. I don't understand this outrage at all