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GamerGate - On female representation

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#GAMERGATE ON FEMALE REPRESENTATION A common complaint from critics of #GamerGate is that the movement is somehow opposed to more positive epresentations of female characters in gaming - this could not be further from the truth. Gamers both male and female, cisgendered r transgendered have grown up playing games t hat have feature strong female characters. What #GamerGate is opposed to are sensationalist journalists who attempt to create problems where there are none by barraging game developers who choose to dep sexual manner - occassionally when there is no sexual male ers in any isation at all Here for instance is a quotation from the Verge falsely claiming Dota sexis One of the artefacts of the game being designed by young males is in its presentation. Female characters tend to perform clichéd support roles while dressing in form-fitting costumes that seem to have shrunken in the wash. Some moves have been taken to rectify this imbalance, such as the re-gendering of the Legion Commander hero from male to female. That at least gives one recognizably female character among the Strength class of fully armored and uncompromisingly fierce heroes. It's also worth acknowledging that Dofa 2 doesn't take itself too seriousy, as evidenced by its bright color palette and predilection for puns. Gabe Newell's favorite hero, the Sand King, makes a habit of asking his fallen enemies if they were expecting Sandy Claws For instance, of the 17 female heroes in Dota 2, only 5 of them are support characters. The author claims they are wearing 'form-fitting cosutmes', while in reality the only sexualised female character in the game is Queen of Pain, who happens to be a demonic succubus. The rest of Dota 2's female cast consists of non-sexualised strong female characters that fill carry or semi-carry roles The amount of criticism and controversy generated from games that do choose to depict females sexually in most gaming media is staggering, who for the large part take the stance that sexualisation is one-way and disempowers women, regardless of how powerful those women are portrayed in-game. Three of the most recent examples of this attitude from the gaming press would be Dragon's Crown Skullgirls and Divinity: Original Sin These games were deemed sexist for featuring sexual elements, despite the strength of the characters featured. In fact, an artist for Divinity: Original Sin claims his studio were blackmailed by journalists unless they removed the exposed midriff from the game's cover art Skullgirls received heavy criticism and a voice actress for the game, Erin Fitzgerald, eventually responded by saying sexualisation was not sexism and the game empowered her as a woman. arm the Voice actress who plays Parasoul in the game myself very pro active in my participation in women's rights I game and I play it regularly. I don't feel for one second that this game is sexist Sexism is not defined by skimpy outfits. Sexism is deined by the dictionary as prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis This means Payed work for semale voice actorsl!ll Which made this VA feel own the game empwered after the session! I got to play a powerful and strong woman in CHARGEl That is what matters to me What is sexist is al the first person shooter games that are made with hundreds of male characters ard a pittance of female characters merゥthe temale characters are ahways the same personality and barelly get a story line unless its in regards to enhance some male characters story ine When my male Not once do these characters have to use their sexualRy to get ahead. They don't have to say demeating things lowering their self worth. They dont make sexual references in the dialogue. They are not in need of men to handle their business. This is a kick ass fighting game using ALL FEMALE even counterpart works 5 weeks on a game while I get 2 days. That's sexisand I am still grateful for my 2 days work That aint gonna change people In conclusion, #GamerGate fully supports positive representations of women in gaming - we take issue when artists are not allowed to make these representations the way they like and are forced to cater to the whims of offended-by-design journalists who believe what personally offends them is problematic to society as a whole. Female characters of all shapes, sizes, ethnicities, species and sexuality or lack thereof are loved by gamers all over the world

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David "Garsedj" Touchdown

David "Garsedj" Touchdown

Oct 03, 2014 at 10:10AM EDT

"Would gamers like a game were the main protagonist is a woman of color?"
depends if it's a good game

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MaysJedi

MaysJedi

Oct 03, 2014 at 11:18AM EDT

they complained about Dota 2 but not Smite and LoL? Dota 2 is like the least "sexualized" cast of playable characters in a moba. Oh and dissing on supports? You know how fucking important supports are? Im fucking offended as main tank support on Smite! Fuck those assholes who are dissing on the beautiful supports of our mobas. We need a campaign to stand up for people who main supports!

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