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#GAMERGATE. ON FEMALE REPRESENTATION A common complaint from critics of #Game rate is that the movement is somehow opposed to more positive representations of female characters in gaming - this could not be further from the truth. Gamers both male and female, cisgendered or transgendered have grown up playing games that have featured 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 depict female characters in any sexual manner occassionally when there is no sexualisation at all Here for instance is a quotation from the Verge falsely claiming Dota 2 is sexist: 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. in conclusion, #GamerGate fully supports pos itive 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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Bman95

Oct 10, 2014 at 10:41AM EDT in reply to tokesmokingsuper

Everyone can make a good hero, but it takes a REAL good writer to make a good villain. A villain that you not only HAVE to defeat, but you WANT to defeat.

tokesmokingsuper

Oct 10, 2014 at 01:22AM EDT

does anyone think that it's funny how about a quarter of the pictures are female characters that we HATE and want to kill. (glados, shodan, etc)

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