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- Jun 27, 2014
Someone had to start a thread about it. I'll lead us off.
Are you familiar with Age of Empires 2? It's considered by many to be the best game in the series, and has had two expansions for it, both of which are quite good. For the uninitiated, AOE2 is a "historical FPS" that players use various civilizations in to fight it out in multiplayer or campaign settings, the campaigns focusing on historical events like Genghis Khan's conquests through Asia or the Spanish fighting the Aztecs in the Americas. At no point is the game considered edutainment or even educational, it's just got a backdrop of historical context and usually sets itself up quite well for it. This is a game where colonial-era Spanish can fight the Viking Hordes in Texas. Each civilization in the game though has a lengthy list of informative entries in the in-game glossary explaining their historical significance, rise, and fall. It's pretty cool overall.
Enter Tumblr.
Play AOE2 nowadays, and you will, almost without exception, encounter these faggots on forums and even the official site's blog posts. Suddenly you have assholes complaining about how setting the comp-controlled allies to be Moors in the El Cid campaign for the Spanish is somehow cultural appropriation, or how Dracula in the Slavs campaign being listed as a Magyar unit in the intro (something done for scripting convenience) is an attempt to impugn upon people of color.
Unfortunately, Tumblr is not aware of this game's popularity, and least of all how defensive its almost /tg/-ish dedicated fanbase is. So when Tumblr-style posts about AOE2 being problematic started to pop up frequently, most AOE2 communities reacted in the way they always had to any invading force:
...With a barrage of WOLOLO jokes.
Some asshole post about AOE2 discriminating against people of color? WOLOLO, YOU'RE GREEN TEAM NOW. It's the ultimate, retarded countermeasure, wherein SocJus morons just won't be able to get a foot in the door. WOLOLO on, you magnificent fuckers.
Are you familiar with Age of Empires 2? It's considered by many to be the best game in the series, and has had two expansions for it, both of which are quite good. For the uninitiated, AOE2 is a "historical FPS" that players use various civilizations in to fight it out in multiplayer or campaign settings, the campaigns focusing on historical events like Genghis Khan's conquests through Asia or the Spanish fighting the Aztecs in the Americas. At no point is the game considered edutainment or even educational, it's just got a backdrop of historical context and usually sets itself up quite well for it. This is a game where colonial-era Spanish can fight the Viking Hordes in Texas. Each civilization in the game though has a lengthy list of informative entries in the in-game glossary explaining their historical significance, rise, and fall. It's pretty cool overall.
Enter Tumblr.
Play AOE2 nowadays, and you will, almost without exception, encounter these faggots on forums and even the official site's blog posts. Suddenly you have assholes complaining about how setting the comp-controlled allies to be Moors in the El Cid campaign for the Spanish is somehow cultural appropriation, or how Dracula in the Slavs campaign being listed as a Magyar unit in the intro (something done for scripting convenience) is an attempt to impugn upon people of color.
Unfortunately, Tumblr is not aware of this game's popularity, and least of all how defensive its almost /tg/-ish dedicated fanbase is. So when Tumblr-style posts about AOE2 being problematic started to pop up frequently, most AOE2 communities reacted in the way they always had to any invading force:

...With a barrage of WOLOLO jokes.
Some asshole post about AOE2 discriminating against people of color? WOLOLO, YOU'RE GREEN TEAM NOW. It's the ultimate, retarded countermeasure, wherein SocJus morons just won't be able to get a foot in the door. WOLOLO on, you magnificent fuckers.