Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=milkandcooki;45812528]I don't really feel like arguing about my status as a SJW right now, but I'll elaborate on why I'm pissed at Jontron.
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I could flood this thread with dozens of pictures, but this one does it the best. This why I don't like him right now. He's being a giant, stubborn moron. People are only defending him because.... Jontron! Or they just already have a bias against the issue of sexism in games because.... reason?
Believe it or not there's a reason (aside from ~social justice~) why people like Tim Shafer, Neil Cicierega, and Ryan Pequin are calling him off.[/QUOTE]
you should watch the most recent cooptional podcast
I don't really think there's an objectification problem with men in video games. I see this as a counter argument often, but to me, what's labelled as objectification is far closer to idealizing. These characters don't exist as beefcake hotties to sit around and be a giant hunk of muscular meat for girls to gawk at, they're there for everyone to live out power fantasies, and I don't think anyone is [I]really[/I] bothered by this.
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;45812845]I don't really think there's an objectification problem with men in video games. I see this as a counter argument often, but to me, what's labelled as objectification is far closer to idealizing. These characters don't exist as beefcake hotties to sit around and be a giant hunk of muscular meat for girls to gawk at, they're there for everyone to live out power fantasies, and I don't think anyone is [I]really[/I] bothered by this.[/QUOTE]
I'd argue that [I]both[/I] men and women in games are either sexualized, objectified (which pretty much exclusively happens to women tho), or just generally played up, but with women on the shorter end of the stick.
The problem is that all of these bad stereotypes and shit character design is catering towards [I]men, and men alone.[/I] Call me a speculative crazy dude if you want, but my guess is that there's more men that would want to be the chiseled-jaw muscular superhero than there are women that'd want to be the elf lady wearing a metal bikini that moans and poses sexually when she's in pain.
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;45812845]I don't really think there's an objectification problem with men in video games. I see this as a counter argument often, but to me, what's labelled as objectification is far closer to idealizing. These characters don't exist as beefcake hotties to sit around and be a giant hunk of muscular meat for girls to gawk at, they're there for everyone to live out power fantasies, and I don't think anyone is [I]really[/I] bothered by this.[/QUOTE]
someone's been watching jim sterling
but seriously, i find the standard male protagonist a bit patronizing, maybe even insulting. I get it that I want to play a game where i shoot at people but I don't want to have to play some bald meathead every time
This is why games that let you make your own character are the best ones
Aboriginal people shouldn't receive government welfare or any special treatment. They aren't victims of anything anymore, and in fact are much better off with their European lifestyle.
Facial hair is very attractive on men.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;45812252]USA's gun culture is odd and giving children real guns and ammo to practice is moronic.[/QUOTE]
I think giving guns to kids in the first place is pretty disturbing.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;45812184]I think JonTron is a moron. He's been absolutely awful recently and people are defending him for some reason, even though his most recent strain of tweets can be boiled down to "what about MEEE??? checkmate"[/QUOTE]
What's he done?
[QUOTE=RustledJimmys;45813328]What's he done?[/QUOTE]
He replied to Sjw's on Twitter and talked about gender issues(Quinn) on a Totalbiscuit panel stream.
[QUOTE=MillySoose;45812957]Aboriginal people shouldn't receive government welfare or any special treatment.[/QUOTE]
Governments through efforts of assimilation created a generation of people who didn't know how to be proper parents and its no surprise that this generation has been been followed by generation of criminals and addicts. They were slighted and still suffer greatly from that.
The problem is more about how people think throwing money and free stuff at first nations is going to solve the problem. This in fact just perpetuates the problem in some cases by not giving people an incentive to be productive. People don't earn things and the government is happy to replace what they've lost so they don't make any effort to take care of what they own. When you drive through a reserve it looks like a third world country.
Not sure about the states but those treaties should be honored. The special treatment however is counterproductive in alot of ways, such as how they undermine the achievements of first nations. On university application forms they straight up tell you that there are much lower standards for first nations (10-20% lower).
I don't like Japanese stuff. As in, like the typical Japanese tropes in video games like giant swords, overly colorful hair, physically impossible or extremely impractical hairstyles, totally out of place clothing, stuff you see in a lot of anime and most Japanese video games.
[editline]27th August 2014[/editline]
Apart from that, I think people are [I]really[/I] overestimating 9 year olds/kids in general regarding guns.
I was taught to handle a firearm at 8 years old. I haven't shot anyone nor made horrendous mistakes. I was instructed to treat the firearm as a tool that could seriously harm someone, and the firearm I used was small enough for me to handle and control at that age.
Margarine is better than butter.
[QUOTE=greeley;45813281]Facial hair is very attractive on men.[/QUOTE]
Depends, teenagers/young20somethings usually look bad because they lack the ability/talent to grow and maintain good facial hair.
[QUOTE=galimatias;45813976]Margarine is better than butter.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;45813289]I think giving guns to kids in the first place is pretty disturbing.[/QUOTE]
With proper supervision and education are the key points here, but even then, I would keep them away until they're about 11 or 12, until then keeping any guns in a safe bolted to the ground.
[QUOTE=Killer900;45812289]No surprise a SJW such as yourself would say this[/QUOTE]
imagine posting this unironically
I think Dark Souls is overrated in its game design.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;45814722]imagine posting this unironically[/QUOTE]Yeah it's probably just as bad as starting off a post with "imagine x" unironically
[QUOTE=Samiam22;45812929]someone's been watching jim sterling
but seriously, i find the standard male protagonist a bit patronizing, maybe even insulting. I get it that I want to play a game where i shoot at people but I don't want to have to play some bald meathead every time
This is why games that let you make your own character are the best ones[/QUOTE]
when i go and play a new multiplayer game with my friends i always say "i'm going to play the white muscely dude with the dark hair" before i even launch the game, and pretty much every time at least one of the characters is a boring white dude.
at this point i don't even call new white dude men by their names, i just say "the white dude from the new wolfenstein" or "the white dude you play as in orcs must die" or whatever. i'm fucking sick of white dudes.
[QUOTE=Killer900;45815451]Yeah it's probably just as bad as starting off a post with "imagine x" unironically[/QUOTE]
Why are you so aggressive I don't get it.
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;45809243]Did you have trouble with chipset drivers? My 4870 was fine too before I got the 560ti[/QUOTE]
Not really, it's just that with win8.1, it's underperfoming comparing it to when I had win7 installed, it feels like I have to shut down more background programs, to get similar perfomance to when I had win7, even still it stutters more often, than what it used to.
Anyway, hit me up with a pm if you want to keep discussing this, it's a late reply and I'd rather not derrail the thread.
[QUOTE=Primigenes;45816830]Make a complaint to your local police department.
Jokes aside I agree to an extent[/QUOTE]
yeah, let me elay orbit my point a little bit more
like, i'm down with white people, i'm just fucking SICK of playing as them. how come in a lot of these fantasy universes the default character you play as is a white dude with short hair and muscles. that's why games like the walking dead and shit are so refreshing; the character didn't NEED to be black for the story to make sense, but it was sure as hell way more interesting.
if a game's story isn't going to be drastically changed if a character wasn't a white dude, why not change it? pull that "thats pandering" BS all you want, but it's hella refreshing. some devs definitely do it better than others tho, but that's an entirely different can of worms.
female fashion is so much better than male fashion
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;45816046]when i go and play a new multiplayer game with my friends i always say "i'm going to play the white muscely dude with the dark hair" before i even launch the game, and pretty much every time at least one of the characters is a boring white dude.
at this point i don't even call new white dude men by their names, i just say "the white dude from the new wolfenstein" or "the white dude you play as in orcs must die" or whatever. i'm fucking sick of white dudes.[/QUOTE]
Hey. B.J. "Unfortunate nickname" Blazkowitz is now a new white dude. How fucking DARE you disrespect the rich and lengthy history of Wolfenstein.
Seriously though, it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't ALWAYS "white, middle aged dude, with a square jaw, short brown hair and a tough guy attitude".
[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;45817399]Hey. B.J. "Unfortunate nickname" Blazkowitz is now a new white dude. How fucking DARE you disrespect the rich and lengthy history of Wolfenstein.
Seriously though, it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't ALWAYS "white, middle aged dude, with a square jaw, short brown hair and a tough guy attitude".[/QUOTE]
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I reckon a game that needs to be made is something with a realistic depiction of warfare i.e. full portrayal of the horrors of war like people getting their faces and other body parts graphically blown off wih realistic gore and explosions and shellshock, etc.
Soldier of Fortune 2 seems to be the last game to at least even try to depict realistic-ish and body location dependent gore and it's over 10 years old now.
Such a game could be some kind of anti-war statement in itself if it was done well enough...
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;45817563]I reckon a game that needs to be made is something with a realistic depiction of warfare i.e. full portrayal of the horrors of war like people getting their faces and other body parts graphically blown off wih realistic gore and explosions and shellshock, etc.
Soldier of Fortune 2 seems to be the last game to at least even try to depict realistic-ish and body location dependent gore and it's over 10 years old now.
Such a game could be some kind of anti-war statement in itself if it was done well enough...[/QUOTE]
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[url]http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/killing-floor-2-gore-system/[/url]
[QUOTE]David Hensley, art director on Killing Floor 2 told PC Gamer in a recent interview. “We were really inspired by Soldier of Fortune, the GHOUL system. We wanted to outdo Soldier of Fortune’s gore.”[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Killer900;45815451]Yeah it's probably just as bad as starting off a post with "imagine x" unironically[/QUOTE]
damn what a mad zinger
Fuck jeans, man. I think they're really, really uncomfortable and they look bland and boring (I mean shit, everyone and their mother wears jeans every day of their lives)
If you want to wear jeans fine whatever but to me I think there are plenty of better, more comfortable kinds of pants.
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;45818424]Fuck jeans, man. I think they're really, really uncomfortable and they look bland and boring (I mean shit, everyone and their mother wears jeans every day of their lives)
If you want to wear jeans fine whatever but to me I think there are plenty of better, more comfortable kinds of pants.[/QUOTE]
Khakis are gud.
[QUOTE=Ownederd;45816767]Why are you so aggressive I don't get it.[/QUOTE]I'm just defending myself don't harass me!
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;45817596]damn what a mad zinger[/QUOTE]yeah and what an epic reply gotta reply in all lowercase and act sarcastic and passive aggressive to get your point across right, that's part of facepunch debating 101. don't forget to add an 'lmao' at the end of your post zuri
[QUOTE=Killer900;45818654]yeah and what an epic reply gotta reply in all lowercase and act sarcastic and passive aggressive to get your point across right, that's part of facepunch debating 101. you forget to add an 'lmao' at the end of your post zuri[/QUOTE]
uhm
[editline]27th August 2014[/editline]
lmao
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