Culture Wars General - KiA Diet Coke Edition

[Miller]

Colin Moriarty

I guess people have forgotten his video about "gamer entitlement".

 

[BrokenWokenBespoken]

I guess people have forgotten his video about "gamer entitlement".

And we tend to forget how Patrick Kekplek wrote with one hand oogling at naked women in video games but now gravure turns him to a nervous wreck.

 

[CatParty]

"Borderlands 3" Protagonist's Gender Identity Puts Fandom In A Tizzy

Borderlands 3's online community is up in arms after the series' official forum announced that users who misgender the character, FL4k, will be banned.

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According to the website’s moderation team, FL4K is non-binary, meaning they use they/them pronouns. The banning announcement initially caused confusion to Borderlands 3 community. Some commenters found the punishment of banning to be too harsh. Other users questioned FL4K’s non-binary status, noting that Gearbox, the company who develops Borderlands, has frequently referred to FL4K with male pronouns. Skeptical users pointed out that FL4K was referred to with male pronouns in an official character guide that was published on Thursday.

The guide read:

One of the strongest early game builds for FL4K, I personally think, is using hisFade Away skill with the modification that allows unlimited shots while cloaked. Pair that with the Jakobs manufacturer perk of every critical shot ricochets to another enemy, and you’ll have high powered bullets bouncing everywhere.

Users also cited confusion that that FL4K appeared male and had a male voice actor, and yet they were considered non-binary.

However, FL4K is certainly non-binary. Their voice actor, SungWon “ProZD” Cho has regularly reminded fans of the robotic playable character’s pronouns via Twitter posts.

Gearbox’s official guide was later updated to refer to the character with their correct pronouns. The Borderlands 3 forum moderators clarified that users wouldn’t be banned for accidentally misgendering the protagonist, rather, they’d be banned for purposefully doing so following being corrected by the moderation team.

While the outrage was ostensibly for naught, it did prompt a conversation regarding gender identity on the series’ Reddit page. Borderlands 3 will launch on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on September 13, 2019.

 

[Sanshain]

While the outrage was ostensibly for naught, it did prompt a conversation regarding gender identity on the series’ Reddit page.

So it wasn't just for naught, it was of negative value-

 

[CamelCursive]

"It" is a robot. That will be what I refer to "it" as.

People with this gender obsession need to be chemically gelded.

 

[Shoggoth]

It's only journos and a bunch of freaks who won't even buy the game who care about that crap (but I repeat myself)
But Borderlands 2 was already overplaying its hand, the hints were there all along. Gearbox can go pound sand.

 

[Queen Elizabeth II]

Oh there ain't no rest for the triggered
We're easily displeased.
We got hair to dye, we got tears to cry
Please give me your sympathy.

 

[MasterDisaster]

Sad thing is Gearbox was way better at this shit in the earlier games. They're gays and lesbians all around and they just let it happen without making a huge deal of it.

 

[Rand /pol/]

Transphobes absolutely and irrevocably BTFO.

 

[MembersSchoolPizza]

I'm surprised this wasn't my old stomping grounds, RPG.net. Came in here expecting it to be.

 

[CamelCursive]

I'm surprised this wasn't my old stomping grounds, RPG.net. Came in here expecting it to be.

That's the page where I got banned for saying "what a group of friends chooses to play voluntarily in their homes is no one's business".

 

[byuu]

The only thing I care less about than correct pronouns for made-up genders is a Borderlands sequel.

 

[Eryngium]

I'm looking forward to borderlands 3 and was really hoping they wouldn't pull anymore stunts after the midget renaming but I had a feeling they would have to jam their politics in somewhere.

 

[Coolio55]

 

[CatParty]

sold

 

[Hide the Pain Sagman]

But what is between FL4K's legs?

 

[Far Queue]

Between the company's recent mistreatment of a fan investigating their game and the fact that it's an Epic store exclusive, I didn't really need another reason not to buy this game, but I think I won't bother. I'd hate to come off sounding as though it's a case of sour grapes, but I have a feeling it will turn out to be a bloated microtransaction mess anyways. Further, it's not even that difficult to skip Gearbox as a studio completely after all of the information about Randy Pitchford came out last year.

And are they going to ban users who make unofficial gay fan-fiction about characters, or does this shit only work in one direction? I won't hold my breath on that one.

 

[The Man With No Name]

I had hope for 3 because it didn't have (((Burch))) on board, but there's just so many telltale signs that this entry will suck as much shit as Gearbox can possibly make it.

 

[Belvedere]

With the BS of going Epic exclusive, Randy Pitchford's deranged responses and behavior to criticism and Take2's abusive and thuggish harassment of content creators that dared to talk about Borderlands 3 leaks, I just about lost any desire to give this pack of clowns any of my money, This story is the cherry on top of the proverbial shit sundae. The mods at those forums can go choke on whatever percussive apendage their deviant robot character may have.

 

[Haramburger]

newgrounds throwaway game where you rape and violate Gearbox's robots when? If you really wanted to stick it to Randy, make especially interactive and graphic, and get some youtubers to play it. That would really piss them off.