How would that work in this case? Other than wearing a wig not much has changed and they did that before to a degree anyway, not like it's a LGBT+ focused channel. Is it literally people reporting it as "adult" for no real reason?
I heard about that years ago, i kinda thought that it improved, seems i was to optimistic.
This has been the go-to argument for anything critical of gaming since I was a wee child. What is the end goal of what you are trying to get across here? Because the end goal doesn't improve anything for anyone anywhere, I'll tell you that much. Anita Sarkeesian accomplished more change with calling out sexism in games than the gamers telling her "it's not just us, tho!"
There is an issue with the general gaming community and racism, misogyny, transphobia and other bigotry though. It is distinct from a lot of other communities across hobbies and is a lot more prevalent to come across. The discussion around that is frequently held in tandem with discussions around broader issues. Both are important.
The gaming community is a cesspool as a whole. We are on a gaming forum and I'm sure anyone criticizing the community is aware that not every individual is bigoted. But keep in mind for a lot of people here, this is the first online gaming space where we aren't afraid of saying who we are. That's how bad the gaming community is and the only one I've had to worry about that for. I can't speak for trans people and their experience in other areas, but there is a very gamer branded type of transphobia, that can be adressed at the gaming community's feet and, yes, that includes you and me, even if we aren't the source of the problem.
Think there's a tendency for some folks here to gloss over the years Sterling spent dressed in Nazi regalia for their videos, satirizing the popular "Angry X" rightwing youtubers of the day. And to ignore some of the rightwing fans they almost certainly picked up during that time.
I think there is some truth to this. There is a genre of gamer outrage videos that really appeals to reactionaries (see for example Angry Joe and The Quartering). Obviously Jim has always been smarter than the rest, but that audience did cary over somewhat, it seems.
It's the combination of followers leaving, machine learning based on the change from being more traditionally male-presenting look to a more female-presenting look, and bad actors probably flagging the channel regardless of its actual content.
We're saying that the hobby does have a distinct issue with various forms of bigotry.
There's a load of answers but the most recent one to mind would be CD Projekt Red and a significant number of their fans.
So transphobic people. Let's not sugarcoat this.
Sure, but colloquially speaking I don't really see the affront in saying that the gaming community has an issue with various forms of bigotry. There was a longer response prior to that one but we're talking about someone repeatedly trying to shine the spotlight away from the community's issues so I was being brief more for my own benefit than concern for reiterating the nuance again you know.
As long as "the hobby" fails to include, promote & protect minority voices, the hobby itself is a problem.
Nobody is saying your console is beaming transphobia into your head (I think?). But if our trans friends are telling us that there's a problem, I think it's better for us to listen and see what we can do to help, rather than try to justify or dismiss the issue as not being a gaming issue.
