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[Jaybe]

For those that don’t know, Bonobo is a species of ape.

So much failure.

Juneteenth celebrates emancipation from slavery in the US

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Response from 343 btw

 

[Rac3r]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Goodness. The memes write themselves.

 

[chromhound]

They had one job and they fuck it up. They don't have black employees??????

 

[Kacho]

Damn. 343 keeps killing it.

 

[Chiggs]

343 needs to be blown out of the airlock.

 

[Three]

"While the original name refers to an internal toolset"

Yeah right. What does that even mean?

 

[DeepEnigma]

They had one job and they fuck it up. They don't have black employees??????

They have white danger hair women, close enough the way they politic dIvErSiTy out their lips, right? Right?

 

[GymWolf]

I don't know what's funnier between the original mistake, the outrage or the super quick fix...

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Damn...
They definitely dropped the ball with this one. Can't believe no one brought attention to it before going public.

 

[Chiggs]

I googled Bonobo and found a very sexy pic!

This is simply too hot for work, gentlemen:

Bonobo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[chromhound]

They have white danger hair women, close enough the way they politic dIvErSiTy out their lips, right? Right?

Probably one of these idiots that approved this lol

 

[DeepEnigma]

Probably one of these idiots that approved this lol

Remember when they tweeted “Our blacks @ Xbox…”

Woosah!

 

[Shmunter]

So much harm. All those that ended up in hospital should sue.

 

[Nydius]

I don't know what's funnier between the original mistake, the outrage or the super quick fix...

Or the outrage about the super quick fix. There's a ton of posts in that topic complaining about how this got fixed quickly while other issues remain.

Good ol' r/halo.

 

[Craig of War]

 

[Mr Moose]

"While the original name refers to an internal toolset"

Yeah right. What does that even mean?

I have never played Halo, how long have Craigs been in it?

 

[Syphon Filter]

In before damage control, wait I'm already late...

 

[Jimmyisback]

Looks like just unfortunate timing. Toolset Bonobo is more than 15 years old. More folks looking for outrage.

 

[realcool]

the update all halo players were waiting for

 

[DeepEnigma]

I have never played Halo, how long have Craigs been in it?

Craig forged the rings.

 

[Three]

I have never played Halo, how long have Craigs been in it?

Since Halo 3 I think. Weirdly The Jiralhanae (also known as Brutes) means "Wild Slave" when translated.

 

[Mr Moose]

Looks like just unfortunate timing. Toolset Bonobo is more than 15 years old. More folks looking for outrage.

The issue seems to be the name of it because of that date (I've never heard of Juneteeth before, I am English), which was then change to:

Why name it Bonobo today? Someone fucked up.
Edit: it seems to be the 19th?

 

[Kilau]

Monkey pox strikes again… oh shit that’s been renamed too.

 

[01011001]

The issue seems to be the name of it because of that date (I've never heard of Juneteeth before, I am English), which was then change to:

Why name it Bonobo today? Someone fucked up.
Edit: it seems to be the 19th?

well they didn't name it, that's the issue. seems like exporting a file from that tool means it defaults to bonobo

 

[DeepEnigma]

Since Halo 3 I think. Weirdly The Jiralhanae (also known as Brutes) means "Wild Slave" when translated.

 

[CitizenZ]

 

[Mr Moose]

well they didn't name it, that's the issue. seems like exporting a file from that tool means it defaults to bonobo

Yeah it's bad optics, someone should've renamed shit.

 

[Jaybe]

Yeah it's bad optics, someone should've renamed shit.

You’d think they’d enforce some mandatory name change, right? I mean they have never prior released an update like this calling anything bonobo and yet of all times, or all cosmetics, this is the one that gets bonobo.

 

[[Sigma]]

That's not what I would call an intelligent move.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

It wasn't intentional, the toolset from Bungie days was leftover with that Bonobo name and it got through on the worst possible timing available for Juneteenth. I still take it as an omen to this game and studio. 343 dealt with it quickly but of all the studios out there I don't think one can reasonable accuse 343 for not being diverse enough. Outrage is a bit much here but understandable given the FUBAR timing and optics.

 

[DeepEnigma]

You’d think they’d enforce some mandatory name change, right? I mean they have never prior released an update like this calling anything bonobo and yet of all times, or all cosmetics, this is the one that gets bonobo.

You just can’t make this shit up. It’s a craazzzyyyy world.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

You’d think they’d enforce some mandatory name change, right? I mean they have never prior released an update like this calling anything bonobo and yet of all times, or all cosmetics, this is the one that gets bonobo.

Just wait until you hear about the push in tech to abolish "master" source code or "slave" hard drives etc. Another fuck up waiting to happen that really doesn't warrant the bullshit.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I mean they have never prior released an update like this calling anything bonobo and yet of all times, or all cosmetics, this is the one that gets bonobo.

Problem with this logic is:

- You actually don't know that some error like this hasn't happened before and been fixed, nobody would have cared if this applied to something else
- The game is only 7 months old, while Halo itself is ancient and apparently the use of this bonobo tool is ancient, that doesn't mean that there's something about how they implemented how "The name of a color pallet" shows up in Infinite caused this issue to crop up whereas in the last 20+ years of games, there was no chance this tool could cause this, so then this being the 1st time it's happened isn't particularly far fetched.. it could be a bug patched out now to make it so it never happens

I still don't get what an animation extraction tool has to do with this though lol

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

One job, how do you accidentally fuck it up that bad? Of all the words to use the juneteenth emblem is "accidentally" named after an ape. Lord haveth mercy.

 

[Pelta88]

Reading through the thread on the other forum I don't believe that was a mistake. It's very specific. We have an unfortunate history of devs doing this type of thing.

 

[Craig of War]

Looks like just unfortunate timing. Toolset Bonobo is more than 15 years old. More folks looking for outrage.

The Outrage police is at it again

 

[Foilz]

I'm pretty sure 99.9% of the planet has no idea what the name bonobo meant. I also don't think it was done intentionally or out of malice. I also don't believe anyone on the planet was offended by this. The response just fuels the fake outrage manly made by bored keyboard warriors who like to start shit

 

[DeepEnigma]

I'm pretty sure 99.9% of the planet has no idea what the name bonobo meant. I also don't think it was done intentionally or out of malice. I also don't believe anyone on the planet was offended by this. The response just fuels the fake outrage manly made by bored keyboard warriors who like to start shit

 

[8BiTw0LF]

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Gross. Incompetence, racism, lack of oversight. Pick two, and then try to justify 343i's continued existence.

 

[reinking]

I don't know what's funnier between the original mistake, the outrage or the super quick fix...

..or the people defending it and making excuses. It's hilarious right?

 

[MiguelItUp]

To be fair, I had no idea "bonobo" was a species of ape. I wouldn't be surprised if that information was/is widely unknown among a large number of people. Unfortunate circumstance though, good on them for changing it.

 

[GymWolf]

..or the people defending it and making excuses. It's hilarious right?

Yeah it looks too perfect for being an accident, it was probably made on purpose.

Still, if your major problem in life is a fucking halo skin being called like a monkey you probably need a shrink or some serious hugs anyway.

 

[Lognor]

But 343

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Intentionally done and whoever is responsible should be fucking fired. Did other nameplates also inherit the name of an "internal toolset" too? Why specifically this one and why specifically a word that refers to a monkey? Yea, that answer isn't acceptable.

 

[Balducci30]

of course they would, regardless of whether it was a mistake or not I am unsurprised and it was clearly avoidable - a symptom of incompetence

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Looks like just unfortunate timing. Toolset Bonobo is more than 15 years old. More folks looking for outrage.

Okay, I stand corrected. I was fucking pissed about this. Still seems strange how it CONVENIENTLY lands as a name on the Juneteenth item. No fucking coincidence unless I can see proof it occurred to numerous other items as well.

 

[reinking]

Yeah it looks too perfect for being an accident, it was probably made on purpose.

Still, if your major problem in life is a fucking halo skin being called like a monkey you probably need a shrink or some serious hugs anyway.

That was a fucking specific Halo skin being called like a monkey. My skin is as white as the guys in the photo I posted so it is not my major problem in life but I can understand why it is offensive. Then again, I get plenty of hugs so that probably helps.