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Bojji said:
I agree, and why is that? People are very cynical because those cunts were forcing this shit for almost a decade now. Someone counted "minority" characters in Netflix creations:

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71.4% is now "unrepresented". And yet some people claim that this shit isn't happening...
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Where do these Netflix shows take place? Do we have that breakdown? Caucasians only make up 10%(they are the worldwide minority, sorry dawg) of the world, so this isn't telling us much. The world is woke to your eyes. Sorry if this info offends you.
 
ecosse_011172 said:
I didn't say it's never spoken about, just that in my social circle, it isn't.
So you went to bars and shops in Spain and other countries and local people just started about the evils of wokeism?

No idea why our experience is different? I just spent 4 nights in Valencia, met both UK friends and locals, Spanish and South American and no one spoke about wokeism, what they did speak about was the cost of living rises, the huge rent increases, that inflation is hugely outstripping any wage growth etc.
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Well i don't have a "social circle", i just speak to people, all people, and make friends with anyone, no matter what they do or who they hang out with.
I was in Alicante for almost 3 weeks and I met many Locals (it was their holidays so they all were at the beach) and met a shit ton of expats from all over the world, and the majority of the time someone would start by making a tongue-in-cheek joke at the ridiculous nature of things, and the conversation would move that way towards wokeism and/or DEI.

Cost of living is an issue globally, but i promise after the two sentences of conversation that subject brought the topic and life moved on. I wouldn't say that is all Europeans could talk about but again, I clearly don't move in your social circle, Just random drinks with random people.
 
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StueyDuck said:
Well i don't have a "social circle", i just speak to people, all people and make friends with anyone no matter what they do or who they hang out with.
I was in Alicante and i met many Locals (it was their holidays so they all were at the beach) and met a shit ton of expats from all over the world and majority of the time someone woud start by making a tongue n cheek joke at the ridiculous nature of things and the conversation would move that way.

Cost of living is an issue globally, but i promise after the two sentences of conversation that subject brought the topic and life moved on. I wouldn't say that is all Europeans could talk about but again, I clearly don't move in your social circle, Just random drinks with random people.
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Interesting.
I've spent the last 25 years going to Alicante multiple times per year as my partner is from there, her family live there, friends etc.
I know the city and region inside out.
I've never had a single conversation about wokeism, albeit I mostly know and have met locals.
Maybe next time I'll go to the bar and the waiter will say "Buenas tardes, I can't believe Naughty Dog aren't going with a busty blonde for Intergalactic, wokeism, eh" 😆
I have no idea why your experience is so different from mine, not suggesting that there is no anti-woke sentiment, but that you were awash with it and it doesn't get to me, is odd.
 
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ecosse_011172 said:
Interesting.
I've spent the last 25 years going to Alicante multiple times per year as my partner is from there, her family live there, friends etc.
I know the city and region inside out.
I've never had a single conversation about wokeism, albeit I mostly know and have met locals.
Maybe next time I'll go to the bar and the waiter will say "Buenas tardes, I can't believe Naughty Dog aren't going with a busty blonde for Intergalactic, wokeism, eh" 😆
I have no idea why your experience is so different from mine, not suggesting that there is no anti-woke sentiment, but that you were awash with it and it doesn't get to me, is odd.
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I mean, if that's how you communicate with people, then I'm not surprised.

also im not talking strictly in games, you do understand that.

And again, you are getting too hung up on Spain. The point was that the world is talking about these issues and saying "the vast majority" isn't, is just a complete fallacy.

Pretending like these topics don't exist or that people don't talk about them doesn't make them go away.

I've had people that i would never expect to have an opinion on such things come out with strong stances on the subject, stronger than me even, and i hate wokeness and DEI.

The only reason I knew about the Charlie Kirk incident was because all the "normies" on my FB were posting about it, again, the vast "majority" as you would put it.
 
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DavidGzz said:
Where do these Netflix shows take place? Do we have that breakdown? Caucasians only make up 10%(they are the worldwide minority, sorry dawg) of the world, so this isn't telling us much. The world is woke to your eyes. Sorry if this info offends you.
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They don't take place in Africa/India/China or SE Asia - believe me. Most of them take place in USA that has composition:

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Or UK, that has even higher percentage of Caucasians:

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You are also ignoring how it went from 25% to 72% in 5 years - "organic and natural growth", lol. And it was lower than 25% before 2018...
Now they decide what sexuality and races they want in the movie/tv show and THEN make the story, that's why most of the stuff sucks ass. If you want more proof than that here is also this:

www.statepress.com

Opinion: Forced diversity is ruining your favorite forms of entertainment - The Arizona State Press

Misrepresentation in media does more harm than good for marginalized groups.
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People that deny that there was a major and forced change in entertainment (games, tv shows, movies etc.) remind me of this:
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StueyDuck said:
I mean, if that's how you communicate with people, then I'm not surprised.

also im not talking strictly in games, you do understand that.

And again, you are getting too hung up on Spain. The point was that the world is talking about these issues and saying "the vast majority" isn't, is just a complete fallacy.

Pretending like these topics don't exist or that people don't talk about them doesn't make them go away.

I've had people that i would never expect to have an opinion on such things come out with strong stances on the subject, stronger than me even, and i hate wokeness and DEI.

The only reason I knew about the Charlie Kirk incident was because all the "normies" on my FB were posting about it, again, the vast "majority" as you would put it.
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The ND example was intended to be humorous, anyway we can just leave it.
Even if I encounter a bubble everywhere I go, I don't believe that everyone is obsessed about it (outside the USA) the wayside people in this forum are, that was my point.
 
ecosse_011172 said:
The ND example was intended to be humorous, anyway we can just leave it.
Even if I encounter a bubble everywhere I go, I don't believe that everyone is obsessed about it (outside the USA) the wayside people in this forum are, that was my point.
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I never said obsessed, i said it's coming up more and more in conversation where you are saying it never does and all your friends and family and strangers and literally everyone on earth never speaks about it

which again is just a fallacy
 
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Bojji said:
You don't get it? When kill bill was released no one forced that shit into movies and tv shows, and even if they did it was tiny procentage. Kill bill was successful because it was a great movie.
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Yes, they absolutely did, all the time too. And a movie having an agenda doesn't mean it cant be a good movie. Id argue many good movies have an agenda, but the problem is when you dont agree with the agenda that you find an issue with it.

Besides, the very notion of a female character defeating a bunch of male characters is called an agenda now is a modern thing. It wasn't always. There was a time people understood they were watching entertainment and didn't expect it to confirm all of their worldviews, or otherwise oppose them.

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Now everything is agenda driven, you can clearly see that on this chart, this is not natural - but force
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This isnt the result of soemthing being forced. This is the result of things no longer being forcefully restricted to one or two main demographics. Its far from perfect, but it adds much more dynamism and variety to the arts. And thats something sorely needed.

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More and more people are seeing this
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People will see things where they want to see them. Like this GOY game for example. Attacked by several parties from day one, because it has a woman lead.... when last I checked high profile action games have had many iconic entries led by women for over 30 years. If it wasn't an agenda when it was was Joanna Dark or Lara Croft, it's not an agenda now.
 
This is the part where we get a bunch of obscure sales figures, or even fake ones, and people start pretending the game was a success based on them? This is the play now, just post nonsense over and over again until people believe it, or until it floods search engines with the fake news? I mean, I guess it works, there are still people pretending that AC:S was a huge success even though we've literally not seen a single sales figure from that game since it's release. Call me when it's not a Chinese fake, Christopher Dring gushing over 40% less physical sales in the UK, or some small town in Japan excited because the game takes place there. Show me some actual, tangible numbers, not all this smoke and mirrors bullshit. The fact is, games that are great successes don't need this type of reporting. Maybe it will be successful, maybe it won't, but the fact that the usual suspects are starting the sales discussion with this same type of shit doesn't bode well for it.
 
Amazon UK - It still says 10k bought in the past month.

Amazon US - Increased to 30k bought in the past month from 20k.

I checked web archives on Amazon.

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 - PS5
12 days after release - 10k bought in the past month. | This game is also on PS4

Assassin's Creed Shadows
7 days after release - 10k bought in the past month.

Astro Bot
6 days after release - 6k bought in the past month

EA Sports FC 26
Today - 2k bought in the past month (400+ on PS4)

Ghost of Yotei
Today - 30k bought in the past month (1k for Limited Edition bundle)


It's hard to find a lot of data through archives, but this is only a sample size.
 
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John Wick said:
What's woke about Yotei?
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No need to ask, they don't even know what WOKE really even means. It's what happens when they steal a word and try to frame it as something else. It went from being about racial bias in the justice system to now being anything they dislike.

Women - woke
women with tits out - not woke
women with no tits out - woke
Any race other than white - woke
gay ? - woke
straight- not woke
hate nazi's - woke

0 rhyme or reason. There's nothing wrong with Yotei just like there was nothing wrong with AC: Shadows
 
I mean, replacing your male protagonist that had a story reason for a sequel for a californian born asian LGBT antifa member is definitely something that would draw woke accusations. Had they replaced Jin with someone (I dont know, maybe someone who is from Japan, maybe even from the area the game takes place in?) not like who they chose, I am sure things would've gone over better in the "woke accusation" area.
 
CentralScrutinizer said:
I mean, replacing your male protagonist that had a story reason for a sequel for a californian born asian LGBT antifa member is definitely something that would draw woke accusations. Had they replaced Jin with someone (I dont know, maybe someone who is from Japan, maybe even from the area the game takes place in?) not like who they chose, I am sure things would've gone over better in the "woke accusation" area.
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This is the Japanese voice actress.
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Fairouz Ai - Wikipedia

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Just like with GoT, there were two voice actors.

An American from California
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Daisuke Tsuji - Wikipedia

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And from Japan

Kazuya Nakai - Wikipedia

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DavidGzz said:
Where do these Netflix shows take place? Do we have that breakdown? Caucasians only make up 10%(they are the worldwide minority, sorry dawg) of the world, so this isn't telling us much. The world is woke to your eyes. Sorry if this info offends you.
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Netflix is bringing a LOT of Korean and Japanese content these days. K-Dramas in particular have gotten massive over the last 5 years.
 
CentralScrutinizer said:
I didn't know the japanese voice actress was the literal and figurative face of the game. You didn't say anything to negate what I pointed out.
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And in GoT, an AMERICAN voice actor from LA who went to UCLA was also the face of the game. Now, he wasn't a moron saying stupid shit like that dumb cunt, but if you are going to draw contention to being a) American and not from Japan and b) being from ground zero blue haired lunacy of the USA, be consistent in the argument.

- Both are American voice actors of Japanese decent living in ground zero lunacy region of the USA.
- And both games provide Japan born and living Japanese actors for the Japanese voices (the right way to play the game).
 
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mckmas8808 said:
This dude is truly a cancer to gaming. That tweet of his is full tin-foil hat BS.
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There were A LOT of paid people on x.com trying to hype up the release of GoY. Not saying everyone who did it were paid, but astroturfing is like marketing 101. Most companies do it as it's very effective insted of just using official channels. They try to steer the online discourse to create hype for the release.

We see this also with politics and other products than games. There are also sophisticated tools I've seen that can alert a company when they are talked about online.
 
I love how Nintendo can slap together a game bundle with 2 games one of which was in its last bundle, charge a premium, put it out in a few days, and sell 1/3 of Ghosts of Yotei.

I'm not being sarcastic. I do actually love it.
 
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DeepEnigma said:
And in GoT, an AMERICAN voice actor from LA who went to UCLA was also the face of the game. Now, he wasn't a moron saying stupid shit like that dumb cunt, but if you are going to draw contention to being a) American and not from Japan and b) being from ground zero blue haired lunacy of the USA, be consistent in the argument.
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What the fuck are you talking about? I flat out said people accused the game of woke because of the female they picked. Was the root of the accusations based in sexism? Probably yes, but it was made way worse knowing they picked an outspoken american-asian who is lgbt and antifa. All of those identifiers go together. You'd have a gacha on me if Jin's actor fit all of those same criteria minus gender. Nowhere in my post did I separate being form america and being lgbt antifa being the cause for the accusations. Those characteristics were all lumped together.
 
CentralScrutinizer said:
What the fuck are you talking about? I flat out said people accused the game of woke because of the female they picked. Was the root of the accusations based in sexism? Probably yes, but it was made way worse knowing they picked an outspoken american-asian who is lgbt and antifa. All of those identifiers go together. You'd have a gacha on me if Jin's actor fit all of those same criteria minus gender. Nowhere in my post did I separate being form america and being lgbt antifa being the cause for the accusations. Those characteristics were all lumped together.
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My fuck dude, you don't even remember your own argument.

CentralScrutinizer said:
I mean, replacing your male protagonist that had a story reason for a sequel for a californian born asian LGBT antifa member is definitely something that would draw woke accusations. Had they replaced Jin with someone (I dont know, maybe someone who is from Japan, maybe even from the area the game takes place in?) not like who they chose, I am sure things would've gone over better in the "woke accusation" area.
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both Japan or English voice acting are really bad as if they are not even interested in whatever is happening in Yotei, really disappointing.
 
DeepEnigma said:
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They did the exact same thing for BOTH games, so why are you having a "should have used a Japanese born of the region" for the sequel caveat and not the first one?

They have popular Japanese voice actors for the Japanese dub and market already, lol.
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You're literally a fucking idiot. We are talking about why people are accusing GoY as beign woke and I said the accusation is because of erica ishi not being from japan as well as being lgbt and antifa. The japanese voice actor for either of them are not the face of the game. Jin's english voice actor and model also being from california is not the same as GoY replacing him with a non native born japanese woman who is lgbt and antifa. That is why people accused the game of being woke. If you would learn how to read instead of being an absolute jackass you'd get that through your brain. GoT wasn't accused of being woke because of the time it came out in, but replacing him with a female drew the "antiwoke" crowd towards it and the more they learned about the replacement face of the series (erica ishi) the accusations started.
 
CentralScrutinizer said:
You're literally a fucking idiot. We are talking about why people are accusing GoY as beign woke and I said the accusation is because of erica ishi not being from japan as well as being lgbt and antifa. The japanese voice actor for either of them are not the face of the game. Jin's english voice actor and model also being from california is not the same as GoY replacing him with a non native born japanese woman who is lgbt and antifa. That is why people accused the game of being woke. If you would learn how to read instead of being an absolute jackass you'd get that through your brain. GoT wasn't accused of being woke because of the time it came out in, but replacing him with a female drew the "antiwoke" crowd towards it and the more they learned about the replacement face of the series (erica ishi) the accusations started.
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One last time you inconsistent fucking retard.

CentralScrutinizer said:
Had they replaced Jin with someone (I dont know, maybe someone who is from Japan, maybe even from the area the game takes place in?)
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Why does that caveat only apply to the second game and not the first?

All they did was follow the very same routine.

I can't help if people want to let their Low IQs spill out all over the place for it.
 
DeepEnigma said:
One last time you inconsistent fucking retard.


Why does that caveat only apply to the second game and not the first?

All they did was follow the very same routine.

I can't help if people want to let their Low IQs spill out all over the place for it.
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You apparently have the low IQ because you are cutting my sentence at the end of the parenthetical and not at the end of the actually sentance, you know, where thoughts are typically completed? Here is the whole sentence for you:

CentralScrutinizer said:
Had they replaced Jin with someone (I dont know, maybe someone who is from Japan, maybe even from the area the game takes place in?) not like who they chose, I am sure things would've gone over better in the "woke accusation" area.
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The sentence ends with "not like who they chose" meaning Erica Ishi, meaning all of her characteristics (meaning nonnative lgbt antifa) like I established in the previous sentence to show why people started accusing the game of being woke. It seem slike you are clinging onto a parenthetical when I already established in that SAME VERY POST what about Erica Ishi they disliked and you are using that to ignore my entire argument so you can try to get some bullshit gacha.

Yet again. Learning how to fucking read and then i will take your bullshit seriously.

And to reply to you question about why that parenthteical you keep purposely taking out of context didn't apply to the first game: it is because players didn't have anything to cling on to to accuse the first game as being woke like they did with GoY the moment the face of the game was announced.
 
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CentralScrutinizer said:
Waiting for your smart ass remark. Or did you finally learn how to read correctly?
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No. You are making excuses for the retardation.

It doesn't matter who they chose, the game had a bullseye because of "muh female" long before they knew who the voice actress was. Her dumb ass just gave them more ammunition.

At the end the day. THEY. DID. THE. SAME. THING.

If anything, they were completely CONSISTENT with their approach. The excuses and caveats against them, were not.
 
Despite all the circle jerking on "success" Sony already has pulled marketing funds. That is a clear evidence the sales are below expecations!

 
DeepEnigma said:
No. You are making excuses for the retardation.

It doesn't matter who they chose, the game had a bullseye because of "muh female" long before they knew who the voice actress was. Her dumb ass just gave them more ammunition.

At the end the day. THEY. DID. THE. SAME. THING.

If anything, they were completely CONSISTENT with their approach. The excuses and caveats against them, were not.
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Let me help you here with your reading comprehension. I already said that.

CentralScrutinizer said:
GoT wasn't accused of being woke because of the time it came out in, but replacing him with a female drew the "antiwoke" crowd towards it and the more they learned about the replacement face of the series (erica ishi) the accusations started.
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You keep saying they did the same thing for both games but you're ignoring the massive difference in cultural views and how society views "woke" messaging and such. You can only claim both games did the same thing if Jin's actor was a homosexual antifa member as well. Both games did not do the same thing, which is why one game drew the "antiwoke" crowd and the other didn't.
 
CentralScrutinizer said:
Let me help you here with your reading comprehension. I already said that.



You keep saying they did the same thing for both games but you're ignoring the massive difference in cultural views and how society views "woke" messaging and such. You can only claim both games did the same thing if Jin's actor was a homosexual antifa member as well. Both games did not do the same thing, which is why one game drew the "antiwoke" crowd and the other didn't.
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The difference was Jin was a dude. End of. It all compounded from there.

Do I agree that one side pushed so far, it would naturally cause a backlash from the other, the pendulum effect. Ebb and flow. Of course.

Do I think the caveats you provided would have prevented it? Absolutely-fucking-not.

It was marked as "Woketei" the moment of the reveal.

In the end, they were consistent with their actor(s) approach.
 
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