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Polygon: COD WWIIs diversity is nothing more than marketing
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Hero_of_the_Day
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I want some Call of Duty cover art that says 'We have black people and a Jew!'
He probably was confused with Reach or Halo 4
SpartanN92
Banned
What a hill to die on Polygon 😂😂
From SolidSnakex in the other thread:
Simply epic.
So Polygon straight up lied. Activision could sue them for libel for this, right?
No shit sherlock. Just an odd game to point out is all when you're trying to time stamp a past conversation.
You made a bad joke, stop trying to justify it with fake facts.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
This seems like a perfect example of when liberals take good intentions too far and start telling minorities how they should feel.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Haha.
No.
Damn you're courageous for reading this twice.
Liliana Eileen
Member
Seriously. I'm not even going to bother responding to someone like him since it's never worth getting into an argument with people who can pull tales from their ass.
Yeah, this...
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Shutcho nut ass up Polygon.
Sword Of Doom
Member
"It may yet be..we won't know until Nov. 3"
Then why write the article?
Then why write the article?
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Where was the complaint about lack of diversity 10-15 years ago when WWII shooters were the norm?
Ninja Scooter
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BudokaiMR2
Member
I honestly expected it to be a Ben "Fart in the Wind" Kuchera article before clicking on the link.
I guess it is refreshing to see that they at least make sure their standards for writers are uniform at least!
I guess it is refreshing to see that they at least make sure their standards for writers are uniform at least!
Green Ninja
Banned
I'm not looking for diversity in a WW2 game. I just want historical accuracy and good gameplay.
petethepanda
Member
I know we need to have the obligatory hate-boner for Polygon, but it seems pretty clear that their use of "all-white production" is referring to the reveal event and not the production of the game itself.
there was plenty of diversity in WWII
the "all-white production checked all the minority boxes"?
The only argument I can see for the Polygon article is that they would like to the non white / non male protagonists put into the situations that they actually would have been in at the time, rather than "soldier x is now black instead of white" or "french resistance party liaison is now girl instead of boy." Night Witches mission where?
Still, the article is so whiny and dismissive that even that point is lost.
Still, the article is so whiny and dismissive that even that point is lost.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Lame article, but hearing the stories that my friend told me about working at Sledgehammer, I'd 100% believe that they have no idea what diversity means.
..... does anyone ever stop to think about this statement before they make it? For one.... life is diverse.
For two: you're fucking assuming that diversity means shitty gameplay simply because it is diversity. That cop out attitude can fuck right off.
For three, what does historical accuracy have to do with diversity? Do you think that they are going to have mech warriors or some shit because robots are underrepresented in war games or something?
Maybe one of your squad is gay. Maybe he's Middle-Eastern. Maybe your character is black. Maybe he has flashbacks to times with his wife back home. Maybe there is an important non-white and/or non-male refugee or nurse or whatnot. The point is that you just jumped on the word diversity and made the assumption that this game would be Call of Duty: Inclusion Edition, Pre-Order for Rainbows (actual thing said to me once lol).
..... does anyone ever stop to think about this statement before they make it? For one.... life is diverse.
For two: you're fucking assuming that diversity means shitty gameplay simply because it is diversity. That cop out attitude can fuck right off.
For three, what does historical accuracy have to do with diversity? Do you think that they are going to have mech warriors or some shit because robots are underrepresented in war games or something?
Maybe one of your squad is gay. Maybe he's Middle-Eastern. Maybe your character is black. Maybe he has flashbacks to times with his wife back home. Maybe there is an important non-white and/or non-male refugee or nurse or whatnot. The point is that you just jumped on the word diversity and made the assumption that this game would be Call of Duty: Inclusion Edition, Pre-Order for Rainbows (actual thing said to me once lol).
This is a slippery slope, let's not go there.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Here's some historical accuracy: Women and PoC fought in WWII.
Actual issues:
The contributions of non-white soldiers in most of US history (and other countries, too, maybe) have been downplayed in history books and media.
The underrepresentation of non-white, non-male characters and protagonists in games (and movies and ...).
Non-issues:
A tease reveal not showing every possible character in an assumed roughly 8 hour campaign and the size of their roles and contributions to the story
Outrageous article making *that* headline on *this* day when a publisher has a person of color (unfortunately rare in games and tech in general) present the game is irresponsible and inexcusable. Come November write all the pieces you want about those actual issues. This is *actually* filler outrage clickbait trash that is a textbook example of what is wrong with internet ad-based journalism. But I bet that article got more clicks than every other thing they published about Call of Duty today.
The contributions of non-white soldiers in most of US history (and other countries, too, maybe) have been downplayed in history books and media.
The underrepresentation of non-white, non-male characters and protagonists in games (and movies and ...).
Non-issues:
A tease reveal not showing every possible character in an assumed roughly 8 hour campaign and the size of their roles and contributions to the story
Outrageous article making *that* headline on *this* day when a publisher has a person of color (unfortunately rare in games and tech in general) present the game is irresponsible and inexcusable. Come November write all the pieces you want about those actual issues. This is *actually* filler outrage clickbait trash that is a textbook example of what is wrong with internet ad-based journalism. But I bet that article got more clicks than every other thing they published about Call of Duty today.
Masterspeed
Member
Are you stuck in the mid 2000s?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
What point are you hoping to make going down this path?
Iacobellis
Junior Member
I'm serious though. Activision and all developers under the Call of Duty umbrella were getting flack for years because the series strayed too far away from what made it great in its heyday. Now they've seemingly
gone back to that and you have Polygon looking for something brand new to complain about.
Oh wow, Polygon, shot self, foot, honor and shame, etc...From SolidSnakex in the other thread:
Simply epic.
Bullshit. A historically accurate WW2 game would be boring as hell compared to the blockbusters people are used to. You want to take out only maybe a couple people and then get shot and bleed out? As far as historical accuracy, though, women and people of color absolutely were in WW2.
This here is a good post.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
High school newspapers have more integrity, and better writers, than Polygon.
Liliana Eileen
Member
That doesn't really mean anything. Polygon has amazing pieces sometimes, but that doesn't take away from this article being pure clickbait.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Joke and fake facts, gaming on multiple platforms you meet all types of people some have biased points of views others don't. Polygon gave Last Of Us a 7.5 rating and I could not convince my friend to try it out. I would often Switch from playing Halo 3 and Last Of Us. Two of my favorite multiplayer games. What is fake or a joke? I learned about Polygon from a friend on Xbox 360 checked there content and found it be extremely toxic and biased.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
Polygon are the Ambulance chasers of gaming journalists.
The game being revealed by white guys has no bearing on the actual content of the game.
It seems silly to even talk about this. They're reveal events, not the actual product. The five white dudes on stage showing off a game at E3 or a live stream event cannot (and is not supposed to) be a statement about the diversity of the staff at a studio or the characters in a game.
It's truly grasping for straws when the races and genders of the people standing on stage for a video game reveal are politicised in this fashion.
OmegaSmash
Member
I thought that "Xbox Fans" joke was because MS invested heavily in Polygon when it was created.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Video game criticism was in it's infancy. There wasn't a lot of people thinking about diversity and culture back then.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Polygon tryna whitewash the industry smh
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