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Post by canticleofshartan on Jun 28, 2017 13:51:15 GMT
According to your humble self. The writing did a lot to establish a good characterisation. Just over the whole game, not in one sentence. Well,for me Krem as a character was instantly forgettable,which is surprising considering Krem's background......but again it's about the SJW fair representation mentality........Krem represents in terms of meta data (tick box) but there's no substance there.........and with out substance,you can't achieve quality It is strange that nobody complains about how forgettable Skinner, Rocky and the rest of the Chargers are seeing as they serve the exact same narrative purpose: being background characters and friends of the Iron Bull. why doesnt anyone hold up Rocky as an example of bad writing? hes one of the only dwarves in the inquisition, poor guy, and his only line is about how hes from orzammar (just putting it in our faces, such blatant checking of tick boxes) a cardboard cutout to fill the quota of dwarves for the sake of diversity. But when adding a trans background character suddenly we need to hold them to such a high standard of writing? Hes no different than than other background characters, most people wouldnt even remember his name. I say bioware should just write characters as they see fit and if they want to sprinkle in some LGBT folks in their main characters or even in their background characters, then all else being equal it isnt suddenly a sign of poor writing.
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Post by canticleofshartan on Jun 28, 2017 13:55:35 GMT
One last stab before the thread gets locked..... Andromeda has some dark and interesting quests,dealing with subjects like..... Growing weed.... Cannibals.... Inter species sex.... Murder/crime... My issue is with the way it's all handled,it's generic and avoids all the substance needed to address such subject matter.....so why go generic? Having played the game from start to be finish I personally didn't see any so called SJW propaganda at all......however the SJW mentality (to me) would explain why the game is so generic,the SJW mentality is about equality and fair representation for all.....and Andromeda mimics this mentality perfectly. For me,I don't really care about gay,black,drug etc issues in general,I'm interested in quality writing and direction....making me very inclusive as long as the subject matter is handled well.The way I see it,the SJW mentality presents far to many restrictions and limitations in an attempt to not offend or fairly represent.This in turn starts to dictate creativity and design choices......which inevitability results with "play it safe" generic content. My concern is with Biowares ability to produce narrative with substance,sticking gay,straight labels on people isn't really good enough,their generic approach to content demeans every thing Bioware is known for,making Andromeda a mighty step backwards in terms of quality. At the end of the day,Andromeda is done,no debate will change it but going forward I hope EA/Bioware learns from Andromeda......seeing A possible Dragon Age affected by the same creative limitations would be the last and final nail in the coffin for Bioware (for me). Id be interested to hear how you might have written the story of Andromeda differently if you were bioware and were free of SJW mentality. just an example or two would be fine, how might the story be improved in this way?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 14:00:46 GMT
"Andromeda is a powerful example of propaganda art, and a true masterpiece of the Social Realism revival trend in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. It critically examined the cultural biases of the second decade of that troubled times, mixing the imitation of the late twentieth century cinema dialogue with the character background design inspired by the hardworking IT professionals from the underprivileged backgrounds. Of particular note is the satirical examination of the wet dreams of the society of the day. As you emerge yourself in Andromeda, you are bound to notice tentative integration of the expanded sexuality understanding that was a controversial cultural idea at the time..."
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Post by abaris on Jun 28, 2017 14:09:28 GMT
But when adding a trans background character suddenly we need to hold them to such a high standard of writing? Hes no different than than other background characters, most people wouldnt even remember his name. You get a lot of solid if not outright good writing when actually talking to him. At the party the chargers are throwing. You can investigate a lot about background right there and then. So I wouldn't even mention Krem in the same breath as Skinner, who's only got one or two lines, if that.
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Post by canticleofshartan on Jun 28, 2017 14:15:53 GMT
But when adding a trans background character suddenly we need to hold them to such a high standard of writing? Hes no different than than other background characters, most people wouldnt even remember his name. You get a lot of solid if not outright good writing when actually talking to him. At the party the chargers are throwing. You can investigate a lot about background right there and then. So I wouldn't even mention Krem in the same breath as Skinner, who's only got one or two lines, if that. So hes got *more/better* writing than most background characters? well good, then thats a bonus! but I just want to be clear that people who complain that krem is a shallow, cardboard cutout were expecting too much from a character who is neither companion nor advisor and has no bearing on the story. And if straight background characters can get away with being shallow then it is not a sign of SJWs causing poor writing when LGBT background characters are also shallow.
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Post by abaris on Jun 28, 2017 14:18:06 GMT
"Andromeda is a powerful example of propaganda art, and a true masterpiece of the Social Realism revival trend in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. It critically examined the cultural biases of the second decade of that troubled times, mixing the imitation of the late twentieth century cinema dialogue with the character background design inspired by the hardworking IT professionals from the underprivileged backgrounds. Of particular note is the satirical examination of the wet dreams of the society of the day. As you emerge yourself in Andromeda, you are bound to notice tentative integration of the expanded sexuality understanding that was a controversial cultural idea at the time..." I grew up being biased against LGBT people. It was the 70ies and while we never outirght hated them, we found them good for a laugh. One would think, literally 40 years later, with all that has happened in between, people would have grown up to perceive LGBT people as people and not abominations or threats to their own red blooded malehood. But no, the internet and social media has just opened up new avenues to hate against "the other". I still maintain that Andromeda features the single worst writing of any Bioware game. I often mentioned Gil, whom I perceive to be a joke at the expense of gay people and ultimately an insult to them. Because he's just a checklist being ticked off instead of a real character. At least when it comes to him being gay. His banter and frenmity with Kallo are exempt from that judgment.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 14:40:09 GMT
"Andromeda is a powerful example of propaganda art, and a true masterpiece of the Social Realism revival trend in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. It critically examined the cultural biases of the second decade of that troubled times, mixing the imitation of the late twentieth century cinema dialogue with the character background design inspired by the hardworking IT professionals from the underprivileged backgrounds. Of particular note is the satirical examination of the wet dreams of the society of the day. As you emerge yourself in Andromeda, you are bound to notice tentative integration of the expanded sexuality understanding that was a controversial cultural idea at the time..." I grew up being biased against LGBT people. It was the 70ies and while we never outirght hated them, we found them good for a laugh. One would think, literally 40 years later, with all that has happened in between, people would have grown up to perceive LGBT people as people and not abominations or threats to their own red blooded malehood. But no, the internet and social media has just opened up new avenues to hate against "the other". I still maintain that Andromeda features the single worst writing of any Bioware game. I often mentioned Gil, whom I perceive to be a joke at the expense of gay people and ultimately an insult to them. Because he's just a checklist being ticked off instead of a real character. At least when it comes to him being gay. His banter and frenmity with Kallo are exempt from that judgment. I grew up barely having an inkling of what happens at all, let alone variations. My sex-ed was basically contained in a sentence of "for a man it's basically like needing to pee" . I have to credit my mother with finding a 100% successful propaganda slogan for pro-abstinence. I do not get the chronic aversion to happiness propagated by the information boom. Gil gives me an impression of material being reducted from romance. Just like Cora and Liam, the character itself is scetched well, but fits badly in a video game. His overall inability to process and respect others' feelings, lack of decorum, chronic workaholism, convoluted friendship that mixes camaraderie and primal sex radar that gets overridden by cultural bias, it's all very good, all very real, and puts him well ahead of many a simplistic Mary-Sue with a tragic background in heaps that we get in Bio games. But translating his spontaneity and outbursts of self-expression in romantic context backfired, because, at least to me, his romance ended up disjointed. The writing is good and consistent overall imo, except the two actual romantic scenes and the procreation theme that became too central due to the overall lack of content and was not a game one material to start with. This however has has no relevance to this thread, if this thread has relevance to anything but a comment on the times and mores, and overall ineptitude of humanity in using their best assets.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 14:48:52 GMT
One last stab before the thread gets locked..... Andromeda has some dark and interesting quests,dealing with subjects like..... Growing weed.... Cannibals.... Inter species sex.... Murder/crime... My issue is with the way it's all handled,it's generic and avoids all the substance needed to address such subject matter.....so why go generic? The moment they insert any additional "substance" into the narrative wrt these (or any other controversial) topics, they're accused of preaching. So they chose to present them in a neutral light and instead allow you to think what you will about them.
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Post by warrior on Jun 28, 2017 15:33:19 GMT
"Andromeda is a powerful example of propaganda art, and a true masterpiece of the Social Realism revival trend in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. It critically examined the cultural biases of the second decade of that troubled times, mixing the imitation of the late twentieth century cinema dialogue with the character background design inspired by the hardworking IT professionals from the underprivileged backgrounds. Of particular note is the satirical examination of the wet dreams of the society of the day. As you emerge yourself in Andromeda, you are bound to notice tentative integration of the expanded sexuality understanding that was a controversial cultural idea at the time..." I grew up being biased against LGBT people. It was the 70ies and while we never outirght hated them, we found them good for a laugh. One would think, literally 40 years later, with all that has happened in between, people would have grown up to perceive LGBT people as people and not abominations or threats to their own red blooded malehood. But no, the internet and social media has just opened up new avenues to hate against "the other". I still maintain that Andromeda features the single worst writing of any Bioware game. I often mentioned Gil, whom I perceive to be a joke at the expense of gay people and ultimately an insult to them. Because he's just a checklist being ticked off instead of a real character. At least when it comes to him being gay. His banter and frenmity with Kallo are exempt from that judgment. 90s kids as a group said "gay" pejoratively until we grew some brains & hearts (e.g. "that's so gay"). Maybe we were the last gen to consistently do that (don't know kids today, really, because I have none).
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 28, 2017 15:44:26 GMT
I grew up being biased against LGBT people. It was the 70ies and while we never outirght hated them, we found them good for a laugh. One would think, literally 40 years later, with all that has happened in between, people would have grown up to perceive LGBT people as people and not abominations or threats to their own red blooded malehood. But no, the internet and social media has just opened up new avenues to hate against "the other". I still maintain that Andromeda features the single worst writing of any Bioware game. I often mentioned Gil, whom I perceive to be a joke at the expense of gay people and ultimately an insult to them. Because he's just a checklist being ticked off instead of a real character. At least when it comes to him being gay. His banter and frenmity with Kallo are exempt from that judgment. 90s kids as a group said "gay" pejoratively until we grew some brains & hearts (e.g. "that's so gay"). Maybe we were the last gen to consistently do that (don't know kids today, really, because I have none). Some turned to the word ghey in an attempt to absolve themselves of any responsibility.
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Post by warrior on Jun 28, 2017 16:03:58 GMT
90s kids as a group said "gay" pejoratively until we grew some brains & hearts (e.g. "that's so gay"). Maybe we were the last gen to consistently do that (don't know kids today, really, because I have none). Some turned to the word ghey in an attempt to absolve themselves of any responsibility. I sort of remember that. I went to Catholic school K-12, so not many people came out until afterwards. Not a friendly place to be lgbtq. :/ I recently saw on FB that one of the priests at my high school came out, left the church, and married a guy. like, in his 40s. When you grow up very Catholic, it can take awhile...you internalize a lot of shit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 16:06:25 GMT
I grew up being biased against LGBT people. It was the 70ies and while we never outirght hated them, we found them good for a laugh. One would think, literally 40 years later, with all that has happened in between, people would have grown up to perceive LGBT people as people and not abominations or threats to their own red blooded malehood. But no, the internet and social media has just opened up new avenues to hate against "the other". I still maintain that Andromeda features the single worst writing of any Bioware game. I often mentioned Gil, whom I perceive to be a joke at the expense of gay people and ultimately an insult to them. Because he's just a checklist being ticked off instead of a real character. At least when it comes to him being gay. His banter and frenmity with Kallo are exempt from that judgment. 90s kids as a group said "gay" pejoratively until we grew some brains & hearts (e.g. "that's so gay"). Maybe we were the last gen to consistently do that (don't know kids today, really, because I have none). I can affirm that "gay" and its harsher term were still in regular use well into the '00s, but not so much in the '10s. Teenage girls would even sling those terms. And they didn't like it too much when asked if they had any gay friends (they always said they did) and then asked if so why they would use one of the most important things in their friends' lives as a weapon against others. That shut them up.
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Post by sil on Jun 28, 2017 16:19:49 GMT
When I first saw Peebee I thought she was quite ugly, but she isn't really, she is just different and after a mission or two I began to see that she looks pretty good.
Cora though.. a great example of a poor hair style making a character look stupid.
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Post by xujparisipc on Jun 28, 2017 17:48:36 GMT
I don't even know if it is a good idea to start this thread. It probably isn't in all honesty but of all the criticisms leveled at this game (some valid, some not so much) this has to be the single dumbest simply because it isn't in the actual game itself or at least not anything really noticable. Yet the derp brigade insists that there is some sort of "sjw conspiracy" going on with this game yet they never offer proof to back their crap up. Usually it is something like "herr derr I don't like how default Sara looks" or "the cc was deliberately designed to stop me from making a hot chick" or some other dumb crap like that. I am generally not a fan of sjws but I suspect some of these idiots have a much broader definition of "sjw" than I do. Fortuately it isn't as bad here as even those that don't like the game usually don't fall back on the "it's sjw" routine (though they do pop up once in a while). Yet we have all run across these idiots in different parts of the internet. Youtube for example is infested with them. What I want to know where is the damn actual proof that this game in and of itself is "sjw propoganda". 1. It's not good idea especially when you are so biased. 2. It is not clear if changes in the series are made to affect players or to match the market. But they are there. Gender roles are changing and media and entertainment business made major impact. (is it coincident that way more left movement people are there? well not statistical proof but we are not dumb kids too) 3. SJW are just a label, probably used not so accurately everytime. People from real SJW community usually aren't very smart and usually in useless studies which will never provide them normal income, so they just blame anyone who has something better. SJW are one of the most racist and sexist groups I've ever seen (from those who aren't banned officially). 4. You clearly don't understand how wide term propaganda is. Anything what is designed to affect people thinking is propaganda. 5. Youtube is probably widest open chat in the world and saying it has nothing to do with what majority are thinking isn't very smart. Facebook groups/bubbles or forums like this never represent "right thinking" as they have people with same interests. Eventually these little bubbles just create ignorant people. Everyone must listen to different opinions to understand what is right and what is wrong. 6. Calling everyone who thinks otherwise an idiot and then pretending you want to have proof is just typical ignorance. There are plenty of things told about this game and if you can't find anything, then maybe it's you, but not the lack of proofs is a problem.
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Post by kotoreffect3 on Jun 28, 2017 18:04:36 GMT
I don't even know if it is a good idea to start this thread. It probably isn't in all honesty but of all the criticisms leveled at this game (some valid, some not so much) this has to be the single dumbest simply because it isn't in the actual game itself or at least not anything really noticable. Yet the derp brigade insists that there is some sort of "sjw conspiracy" going on with this game yet they never offer proof to back their crap up. Usually it is something like "herr derr I don't like how default Sara looks" or "the cc was deliberately designed to stop me from making a hot chick" or some other dumb crap like that. I am generally not a fan of sjws but I suspect some of these idiots have a much broader definition of "sjw" than I do. Fortuately it isn't as bad here as even those that don't like the game usually don't fall back on the "it's sjw" routine (though they do pop up once in a while). Yet we have all run across these idiots in different parts of the internet. Youtube for example is infested with them. What I want to know where is the damn actual proof that this game in and of itself is "sjw propoganda". 1. It's not good idea especially when you are so biased. I am pretty middle of the road which probably makes me an sjw in your eyes. The truth is everyone has bias one way or another no matter what the issue. Anyone that claims otherwise is lying. In this particular case my bias isn't even political.2. It is not clear if changes in the series are made to affect players or to match the market. But they are there. Gender roles are changing and media and entertainment business made major impact. (is it coincident that way more left movement people are there? well not statistical proof but we are not dumb kids too) No it is not clear so people should stop acting like it is.3. SJW are just a label, probably used not so accurately everytime. People from real SJW community usually aren't very smart and usually in useless studies which will never provide them normal income, so they just blame anyone who has something better. SJW are one of the most racist and sexist groups I've ever seen (from those who aren't banned officially). A pretty dumb label at that (one I myself have been guilty of using). It is often used as a silencing tactic to discredit the opposition. Of course there are ones that take it too far but that happens with every ideological alignment. It is not something that one group is exclusively guilty of.4. You clearly don't understand how wide term propaganda is. Anything what is designed to affect people thinking is propaganda. And where do you make the disctinction between what is propaganda and what isn't?
5. Youtube is probably widest open chat in the world and saying it has nothing to do with what majority are thinking isn't very smart. Facebook groups/bubbles or forums like this never represent "right thinking" as they have people with same interests. Eventually these little bubbles just create ignorant people. Everyone must listen to different opinions to understand what is right and what is wrong. And how many of those opinions come from a place of willful ignorance? If you really want to educate yourself you have to dig and do research that includes more than just listening to someone that thinks they know what they are talking about spout their opinion.6. Calling everyone who thinks otherwise an idiot and then pretending you want to have proof is just typical ignorance. There are plenty of things told about this game and if you can't find anything, then maybe it's you, but not the lack of proofs is a problem. Nothing ignorant about expecting proof. They make the accusation they need to back it up.
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Post by xujparisipc on Jun 28, 2017 18:31:49 GMT
I believe the only proof you would accept - the developer admitting it. Only other proof would be admitting "buying" propaganda. It is not possible to proof that other way. Everything what was said on social networks are guesses because of that. It silly argument. I believe the game works as propaganda. If it suppose to be is the thing which isn't so easy to say and nearly impossible to prove. I studied advertising btw and this game is really "working" on gender roles. I don't care about romances and who you can sleep with, but proportion is questionable. Biggest problem is terrible writing and story. Then lack of interesting characters. It;s like playing something opposite of Shepard. So yes game deserved everything it got on social networks. Ofc that can't be all accurate as it comes from thousands of people. But not so much wrong in there.
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Post by kotoreffect3 on Jun 28, 2017 18:42:41 GMT
I believe the only proof you would accept - the developer admitting it. Only other proof would be admitting "buying" propaganda. It is not possible to proof that other way. Everything what was said on social networks are guesses because of that. It silly argument. I believe the game works as propaganda. If it suppose to be is the thing which isn't so easy to say and nearly impossible to prove. I studied advertising btw and this game is really "working" on gender roles. I don't care about romances and who you can sleep with, but proportion is questionable. Biggest problem is terrible writing and story. Then lack of interesting characters. It;s like playing something opposite of Shepard. So yes game deserved everything it got on social networks. Ofc that can't be all accurate as it comes from thousands of people. But not so much wrong in there. The game got hyperbole dumped on it on social networks.
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Post by dmc1001 on Jun 28, 2017 18:43:15 GMT
"Andromeda is a powerful example of propaganda art, and a true masterpiece of the Social Realism revival trend in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. It critically examined the cultural biases of the second decade of that troubled times, mixing the imitation of the late twentieth century cinema dialogue with the character background design inspired by the hardworking IT professionals from the underprivileged backgrounds. Of particular note is the satirical examination of the wet dreams of the society of the day. As you emerge yourself in Andromeda, you are bound to notice tentative integration of the expanded sexuality understanding that was a controversial cultural idea at the time..." I grew up being biased against LGBT people. It was the 70ies and while we never outirght hated them, we found them good for a laugh. One would think, literally 40 years later, with all that has happened in between, people would have grown up to perceive LGBT people as people and not abominations or threats to their own red blooded malehood. But no, the internet and social media has just opened up new avenues to hate against "the other". I still maintain that Andromeda features the single worst writing of any Bioware game. I often mentioned Gil, whom I perceive to be a joke at the expense of gay people and ultimately an insult to them. Because he's just a checklist being ticked off instead of a real character. At least when it comes to him being gay. His banter and frenmity with Kallo are exempt from that judgment. Maybe it's where you lived because I also grew up in the 70s and didn't have this experience. When I came out in the early 90s no one seemed to care. Not family, not friends, not workplace. I guess I could have been lucky on that front but to have everyone around me think it was 100% okay is a lot. I don't see Gil as a joke. I just see him as being underwritten. If you take out the baby/Jill stuff, there's almost nothing there. There's barely anything with that baby stuff. The "joke" would be, I suppose, that BioWare took a fling and tried to pretend it was full romance.
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Post by abaris on Jun 28, 2017 19:01:05 GMT
Maybe it's where you lived because I also grew up in the 70s and didn't have this experience. When I came out in the early 90s no one seemed to care. Not family, not friends, not workplace. I guess I could have been lucky on that front but to have everyone around me think it was 100% okay is a lot. I don't see Gil as a joke. I just see him as being underwritten. If you take out the baby/Jill stuff, there's almost nothing there. There's barely anything with that baby stuff. The "joke" would be, I suppose, that BioWare took a fling and tried to pretend it was full romance. In the 90ies it wouldn't have been a problem where I live either. But I finished the 70ies being 16, growing up in a hetero environment where papers and a limited selection of tv channels were still the rule. I don't know how you think of movies like cage aux folles, that was the time, and when I watch it today, I think it's insulting to gay people.
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Post by warrior on Jun 28, 2017 19:21:28 GMT
I don't even know if it is a good idea to start this thread. It probably isn't in all honesty but of all the criticisms leveled at this game (some valid, some not so much) this has to be the single dumbest simply because it isn't in the actual game itself or at least not anything really noticable. Yet the derp brigade insists that there is some sort of "sjw conspiracy" going on with this game yet they never offer proof to back their crap up. Usually it is something like "herr derr I don't like how default Sara looks" or "the cc was deliberately designed to stop me from making a hot chick" or some other dumb crap like that. I am generally not a fan of sjws but I suspect some of these idiots have a much broader definition of "sjw" than I do. Fortuately it isn't as bad here as even those that don't like the game usually don't fall back on the "it's sjw" routine (though they do pop up once in a while). Yet we have all run across these idiots in different parts of the internet. Youtube for example is infested with them. What I want to know where is the damn actual proof that this game in and of itself is "sjw propoganda". 1. It's not good idea especially when you are so biased. 2. It is not clear if changes in the series are made to affect players or to match the market. But they are there. Gender roles are changing and media and entertainment business made major impact. (is it coincident that way more left movement people are there? well not statistical proof but we are not dumb kids too) 3. SJW are just a label, probably used not so accurately everytime. People from real SJW community usually aren't very smart and usually in useless studies which will never provide them normal income, so they just blame anyone who has something better. SJW are one of the most racist and sexist groups I've ever seen (from those who aren't banned officially). Rude.
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Post by BioWareMod02 on Jun 28, 2017 19:24:12 GMT
This thread would never have made it this far on the old site.
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Post by vonuber on Jun 28, 2017 19:42:27 GMT
People from real SJW community usually aren't very smart and usually in useless studies which will never provide them normal income, so they just blame anyone who has something better. SJW are one of the most racist and sexist groups I've ever seen (from those who aren't banned officially). Also, Peebee is pretty (especially if she lost the black stripe):
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Post by warrior on Jun 28, 2017 19:49:26 GMT
People from real SJW community usually aren't very smart and usually in useless studies which will never provide them normal income, so they just blame anyone who has something better. SJW are one of the most racist and sexist groups I've ever seen (from those who aren't banned officially). maybe time to utilize a baby Drake in Degrassi gif
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Post by leadintea on Jun 28, 2017 20:02:28 GMT
I grew up being biased against LGBT people. It was the 70ies and while we never outirght hated them, we found them good for a laugh. One would think, literally 40 years later, with all that has happened in between, people would have grown up to perceive LGBT people as people and not abominations or threats to their own red blooded malehood. But no, the internet and social media has just opened up new avenues to hate against "the other". I still maintain that Andromeda features the single worst writing of any Bioware game. I often mentioned Gil, whom I perceive to be a joke at the expense of gay people and ultimately an insult to them. Because he's just a checklist being ticked off instead of a real character. At least when it comes to him being gay. His banter and frenmity with Kallo are exempt from that judgment. I grew up barely having an inkling of what happens at all, let alone variations. My sex-ed was basically contained in a sentence of "for a man it's basically like needing to pee" . I have to credit my mother with finding a 100% successful propaganda slogan for pro-abstinence. I do not get the chronic aversion to happiness propagated by the information boom. Gil gives me an impression of material being reducted from romance. Just like Cora and Liam, the character itself is scetched well, but fits badly in a video game. His overall inability to process and respect others' feelings, lack of decorum, chronic workaholism, convoluted friendship that mixes camaraderie and primal sex radar that gets overridden by cultural bias, it's all very good, all very real, and puts him well ahead of many a simplistic Mary-Sue with a tragic background in heaps that we get in Bio games. But translating his spontaneity and outbursts of self-expression in romantic context backfired, because, at least to me, his romance ended up disjointed. The writing is good and consistent overall imo, except the two actual romantic scenes and the procreation theme that became too central due to the overall lack of content and was not a game one material to start with. This however has has no relevance to this thread, if this thread has relevance to anything but a comment on the times and mores, and overall ineptitude of humanity in using their best assets. Yup. I get people's complaint with Gil, but I honestly thought he was a better, more interesting character than Dorian, who felt a bit too Mary-Sueish for my liking. At the very least, Gil doesn't have a fanbase that treats him like the best thing since sliced bread and turns a blind eye to all his negative traits while creating excuses for them. And regarding Gil's romance, I actually rather liked it and the only negative thing I have to say about it was that it was poorly paced. I liked the fact that Gil was able to put aside his selfish nature to actually think of having a kid with Scott and I feel like it was a chance for Gil to have something to live for while also giving Scott a chance to be a better father to his kid than Alec was to him. If it just had a few more scenes expanding their relationship before a kid was brought up, I'd have enjoyed the romance much more, but I'm perfectly fine with what we got.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 20:10:19 GMT
I grew up barely having an inkling of what happens at all, let alone variations. My sex-ed was basically contained in a sentence of "for a man it's basically like needing to pee" . I have to credit my mother with finding a 100% successful propaganda slogan for pro-abstinence. I do not get the chronic aversion to happiness propagated by the information boom. Gil gives me an impression of material being reducted from romance. Just like Cora and Liam, the character itself is scetched well, but fits badly in a video game. His overall inability to process and respect others' feelings, lack of decorum, chronic workaholism, convoluted friendship that mixes camaraderie and primal sex radar that gets overridden by cultural bias, it's all very good, all very real, and puts him well ahead of many a simplistic Mary-Sue with a tragic background in heaps that we get in Bio games. But translating his spontaneity and outbursts of self-expression in romantic context backfired, because, at least to me, his romance ended up disjointed. The writing is good and consistent overall imo, except the two actual romantic scenes and the procreation theme that became too central due to the overall lack of content and was not a game one material to start with. This however has has no relevance to this thread, if this thread has relevance to anything but a comment on the times and mores, and overall ineptitude of humanity in using their best assets. Yup. I get people's complaint with Gil, but I honestly thought he was a better, more interesting character than Dorian, who felt a bit too Mary-Sueish for my liking. At the very least, Gil doesn't have a fanbase that treats him like the best thing since sliced bread and turns a blind eye to all his negative traits while creating excuses for them. And regarding Gil's romance, I actually rather liked it and the only negative thing I have to say about it was that it was poorly paced. I liked the fact that Gil was able to put aside his selfish nature to actually think of having a kid with Scott and I feel like it was a chance for Gil to have something to live for while also giving Scott a chance to be a better father to his kid than Alec was to him. If it just had a few more scenes expanding their relationship before a kid was brought up, I'd have enjoyed the romance much more, but I'm perfectly fine with what we got. The excessive spontaneity of the romance aside, the only thing I was not Okay with in Gil's romance was that when player says "let's take it slow", Ryder counts to one and a half and considers it good enough. However, given that the remark takes place that late in the conversation, I am just assigning it to the same unorthodox romance progression as describes the whole romance. Maybe it is not a bad thing, that it is not ye olde ride from point A to point B to point C, but pont O and point sigma and you pick out of the cloud of random data.
Still, I would restate again that as a character, Gil is excellent.
Dorian is a terrible Mary-Sue, but by golly, he's a terrifyingly good one
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