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Wait...THIS is what Tom was freaking out about?QuoteKKK witches" --> "ACQ witches" This is the most egregious change IMHO, and is one that I kind of turned into Senran Kagura censorship debate: the sequel. The original was a parody of "NKK switches," a Japanese light switch manufacturer based out of Akihabara. I personally felt "KKK witches" was pretty funny for its shock value, but when I mentioned it to my coworkers, they... were not as amused. For various reasons (some of which do include legitimate localization concerns, but most of which involved personal offense, worries over offending others, or worries over stores not carrying the game due to this "controversial" inclusion), they were insistent upon the name being changed. And of course, I fought this as best as I could, since I saw the forceful change of this as an act of censorship (minor though it be, and even understandable though it be). In the end, however, it was Acquire themselves who voluntarily changed it to "ACQ witches"... sort of. We only ever got as far as emailing them to let them know that the KKK is a well-known abbreviation for a hate group in America, and asking them if the name "KKK witches" had any specific meaning in Akiba's Beat, and the conversation never progressed beyond that point before Acquire simply changed the sign text and sent us a new build. Because of this, calling this an "act of censorship" is indeed rather questionable -- though not unwarranted, I feel, since (1) we would've asked them to change it if they hadn't done so voluntarily, (2) our email did not directly ask them to change it, but... I mean, how else were they supposed to interpret us asking about it at all? And (3) the Japanese version still retains the "KKK witches" moniker, with the change only made to all English versions. It is due to this change, and specifically due to my initial misconception that we'd directly asked the devs to change it, that I asked to have my name removed from the credits of Akiba's Beat, and thus -- in accordance with company policy, which I was well advised of beforehand -- removed from XSEED's company credits altogether, meaning I will not be appearing in the credits of any future XSEED title. Ken was willing to let me post about this publicly, as with my previous grievance regarding the removal of character ages in Senran Kagura, but he insisted I cite the policy in question so you guys know exactly why my name will not be appearing in XSEED titles from here on out:
KKK witches" --> "ACQ witches" This is the most egregious change IMHO, and is one that I kind of turned into Senran Kagura censorship debate: the sequel. The original was a parody of "NKK switches," a Japanese light switch manufacturer based out of Akihabara. I personally felt "KKK witches" was pretty funny for its shock value, but when I mentioned it to my coworkers, they... were not as amused. For various reasons (some of which do include legitimate localization concerns, but most of which involved personal offense, worries over offending others, or worries over stores not carrying the game due to this "controversial" inclusion), they were insistent upon the name being changed. And of course, I fought this as best as I could, since I saw the forceful change of this as an act of censorship (minor though it be, and even understandable though it be). In the end, however, it was Acquire themselves who voluntarily changed it to "ACQ witches"... sort of. We only ever got as far as emailing them to let them know that the KKK is a well-known abbreviation for a hate group in America, and asking them if the name "KKK witches" had any specific meaning in Akiba's Beat, and the conversation never progressed beyond that point before Acquire simply changed the sign text and sent us a new build. Because of this, calling this an "act of censorship" is indeed rather questionable -- though not unwarranted, I feel, since (1) we would've asked them to change it if they hadn't done so voluntarily, (2) our email did not directly ask them to change it, but... I mean, how else were they supposed to interpret us asking about it at all? And (3) the Japanese version still retains the "KKK witches" moniker, with the change only made to all English versions. It is due to this change, and specifically due to my initial misconception that we'd directly asked the devs to change it, that I asked to have my name removed from the credits of Akiba's Beat, and thus -- in accordance with company policy, which I was well advised of beforehand -- removed from XSEED's company credits altogether, meaning I will not be appearing in the credits of any future XSEED title. Ken was willing to let me post about this publicly, as with my previous grievance regarding the removal of character ages in Senran Kagura, but he insisted I cite the policy in question so you guys know exactly why my name will not be appearing in XSEED titles from here on out:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1365025
I mean, isnt that mod bot post or attitude a perfect reflection of the sentiment of this thread?
A transphobe can claim even handedness or that they're just sharing their opinion but that kind of ideal and support of similar rhetoric results in policy and laws that destroy trans rights, encourage hatred and lead to deaths.
Across the ocean, in Chechnya, LGBTQ+ are being incarcerated, striped from their families and murdered for an identity they didn't choose. I can't take transphobia as a simple different opinion. It's born from a gross ignorance of the world. By all means, people are free to argue for their humanity but something has already gone severely wrong if that is an argument in the first place
On some level, that heineken thread is neogaf not understanding normal social interaction, so they disbelieve an ad that goes on the idea that people can humanize each other by interacting.
It's because conversation alone isn't enough. The problem with simply talking with someone who wants you dead, thinks you are an animal, or wants to actively go against your civil rights is that there's no reason for them to care or change.
The only reason to drink a beer with a fucking nazi is so when you're done you can smash the fucking glass over his empty ass head.
I'm pretty sure no one in that commercial is a Nazi.
How Nazis went from ultimate evil to hordes to get mowed down in games and something you call strangers who don't like the same brand of jeans as you is the weirdest shit.
My sister just complained about this same thing today. She ended up just getting a happy meal because she couldn't find the value options. Win win for me because she gave me this neat Luigi toy when I saw her tonight.
400k $ is incredibly modest
This is the last Tropes vs. Women episode
Beefsoda? wtf? Edit: Oh, it's a voat thing . How would he know that if he didn't post or browse voat?
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Surprised there are so many posts left in that booger thread taking bout it. Must be hard to delete them via irc*. *where the cool adults with jobs hang out during the day.
I don't get how people get scared by videogames like that one dude on neogaf and Bloodborne. I just don't get it at all. It's just polygons. Grown adults avoiding games out of fears of the monsters in them..
Cache, please?
Wonder how Barr feels about Sarah Gilbert coming out?
roseanne was such a good showi can't believe mark is dead
Quote from: octopushover on April 28, 2017, 03:30:14 PMroseanne was such a good showi can't believe mark is deadHe didn't die. He went to college and is now Leonard on the Big Bang Theory spinoff. Shit, even Becky's aunt and sister are there too.Maybe it's Becky who died.
Quote from: 213372bu on April 28, 2017, 03:04:13 PMHouse Democrats are keeping a 2016 autopsy secrethttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=235043905Quote from: ChumleyQuoteQuote from: man i thought this was about a dead bodyIt is.It's about the Democratic party. Terrible post.Quote from: jack_package_200QuoteThe Democratic Party publicized its biggest failure from July 25 - November 9th.What part of voters chose Hillary Clinton do you not understand?I don't understand why the same PoliGAF people do damage control over every minute joke/comment, but seeing new mental gymnastics is hilarious. Just let the thread get buried as opposed to continuously keeping it as the top thread.Because the jokes are rage inducing.Edit: also, no one wants to concede the forum to Buster shit heads.
House Democrats are keeping a 2016 autopsy secrethttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=235043905Quote from: ChumleyQuoteQuote from: man i thought this was about a dead bodyIt is.It's about the Democratic party. Terrible post.Quote from: jack_package_200QuoteThe Democratic Party publicized its biggest failure from July 25 - November 9th.What part of voters chose Hillary Clinton do you not understand?I don't understand why the same PoliGAF people do damage control over every minute joke/comment, but seeing new mental gymnastics is hilarious. Just let the thread get buried as opposed to continuously keeping it as the top thread.
QuoteQuote from: man i thought this was about a dead bodyIt is.It's about the Democratic party. Terrible post.
Quote from: man i thought this was about a dead bodyIt is.It's about the Democratic party.
man i thought this was about a dead body
QuoteThe Democratic Party publicized its biggest failure from July 25 - November 9th.What part of voters chose Hillary Clinton do you not understand?
The Democratic Party publicized its biggest failure from July 25 - November 9th.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1364689Polygon is the Bobby Roberts of video games
Again, the article is pretty clearly referring to the stage production where an all-white group introduced the game and waxed lyrical about the importance of diversity. The fact that nobody stopped to ask why not one of the presenters reflected the diversity they were talking about suggests that they think of it as important to their customers, but that it's not something they're particularly self-aware about.So yes, the presentation was somewhat tone deaf, and that what the article is about. It's quite possible that the product and development team are a very different story. The article also acknowledged this, at least in terms of the forthcoming product. The headline is the real cringeworthy part. It's definitely in the click-bait category and misrepresents the point of the article.GAF is an embarrassment on a more regular basis than Polygon, and isn't particularly self-aware about it.
The marketing in COD WW2 actually isn't diverse at all, at least so far.This is dumb, though. Let's wait until the game comes out before we accuse it of using halfassed or ultimately regressive examples of "diverse" characters as nothing but a marketing gimmick.That said, the nothing-but-WASP American protagonists are extremely disappointing. There were tons of non-white men in the US Army, like Italian Americans or Japanese Americans. Imagine a game following the 442nd Infantry Regiment, a unit composed almost entirely of Japanese American soldiers, who became the most decorated unit, for its size and time of service, in the history of American warfare. That unit, over the course of its service in WW2, experienced a replacement rate of 250%, which is goddamn horrifying.Also, how the fuck hasn't there been a game about the 442nd Infantry Regiment already?
Waiting for EvilLore's photos from there.
Quote from: Jack Remington on April 28, 2017, 04:22:36 PMQuote from: 213372bu on April 28, 2017, 03:04:13 PMHouse Democrats are keeping a 2016 autopsy secrethttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=235043905Quote from: ChumleyQuoteQuote from: man i thought this was about a dead bodyIt is.It's about the Democratic party. Terrible post.Quote from: jack_package_200QuoteThe Democratic Party publicized its biggest failure from July 25 - November 9th.What part of voters chose Hillary Clinton do you not understand?I don't understand why the same PoliGAF people do damage control over every minute joke/comment, but seeing new mental gymnastics is hilarious. Just let the thread get buried as opposed to continuously keeping it as the top thread.Because the jokes are rage inducing.Edit: also, no one wants to concede the forum to Buster shit heads.Are you talking about supporters of the most popular politician in the country?
