Spuck-uk
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Decided the character was Indian/Pakistani
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Famitsu "leaks" Laura for Street Fighter V
- Thread starter Neoxon
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Decided the character was Indian/Pakistani
Spuck-uk
Banned
Yeah but is he black ENOUGH for Neogaf to accept?
Ganzlinger
Member
Haha
I can't believe this, how the fuck these guys know.
Her skin color looks like the girl in the ad. Laura is fine.
PdotMichael
Banned
FadedRevolution
Member
Yes
hitsugi
Member
Just say 'people.'
FadedRevolution
Member
Why? He is right tho.
man every now and then something cool like this pops up and i give a MOBA another try
then i go back to FGs because what is even happening in a MOBA
Haha, oh man. You have no idea how funny this is.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Wait for the mods, you speed devil you....
Akhe
Member
Says the person who quotes Dr. Frank Moya Pons's Historia de la República Dominicana. In which he gets his 10% number from (and freakin cites) Santo Domingo Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas of 1963. :3
And it's not that the population suddenly "grew". They were always there, it's more that as time is going on, more and more people are identifying as such because social mobility while it still sucks is still seeing more and more people who identify as such make something of their lives despite the general racism in DR. Pretty much any DR scholar will tell you racism against blacks was (and still is) bad. You can basically blame it all on Haitian occupation of 1822 and Trujillo. Because of those two events "black" basically become synonymous with "Haitian". No one wants to be confused or identified as such. As Blas Jimenez once said; "Under Trujillo, there was nothing worse than being black, many screamed "I'm mulatto, I'm mulatto!" Being mulatto was what many of us said because we had to. We did it to live."
Also because you asked
The number will only increase, it's a snowball effect. They see people who have gone through the same hardships as themselves (African Americans) being proud of what they are and striving forward despite setbacks and roadblocks and they figure...why not us too?
That's the bright side really of being an interconnected world.
Brazil? Asian 0? I don't think so.
Uh, SF is "about martial arts" to the same degree as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is about confectionery.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Take it up with people who chose not to identify as such.
"People" does not apply in this instance.
Hahaha, this is great
I can't believe this, how the fuck these guys know.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Bloodrage
Member
Is that a Genzoman fanart?
Member
Is that a Genzoman fanart?
I REALLY don't think people at Liberdade don't identify as asian =P
They would be the biggest posers otherwise xD
BeautifulIndeed.
Akhe
Member
I REALLY don't think people at Liberdade don't identify as asian =P
They would be the biggest posers otherwise xD
Well... São Paulo have the biggest Japan colony in the world. Many, many Chinese are coming to Brazil as well. In every corner you see a Japanese and you know it hahaha
= D
And I'm married with an Japanese hahaha
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Indeed.
Hot damn, that's a great piece of artwork. She looks so badass.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I REALLY don't think people at Liberdade don't identify as asian =P
They would be the biggest posers otherwise xD
I was being facetious, I don't know why it's 0 for Asian. I suspect they may have selected otras raza but even that doesn't fully explain it. Not that it matters Brazil still takes census, I posted that in response to the often posted 10% figure that was taken back in 1963 for Dominican Republic.
Indeed.
Laura has legitimately blown me away. I haven't thought about anyone else on the roster but her ever since I saw first her. Capcom did a stellar job.
Angelus Errare
Banned
That drawing is hilarious.
FalsettoVibe
Member
At this point I feel pretty bad about posting that original picture of Laura with darker skin tone which has led the conversation down some unfortunate paths. This was not my intention.
Not sure why some people assumed that I was, but I wasn't saying anything about what a Brazilian person should or shouldn't look like with my picture. I just know that Brazil is a diverse country and when the rumor of a Brazilian female character was being thrown around I was hoping for an afro-brazilian character (like Sean), because currently Elena is the only black female street fighter and she falls into the trope of black characters with white hair.
When Laura was revealed I just did a photoshop job on her to see what she would look like with my original hope for the character in mind. I like her better this way aesthetically and kinda wish that was the direction they had gone. That's all, really. I am fully aware there are plenty of light skinned Brazilians.
No offense was meant, no judgement was made on any people. Sorry for unleashing the beast and derailing the thread!
Not sure why some people assumed that I was, but I wasn't saying anything about what a Brazilian person should or shouldn't look like with my picture. I just know that Brazil is a diverse country and when the rumor of a Brazilian female character was being thrown around I was hoping for an afro-brazilian character (like Sean), because currently Elena is the only black female street fighter and she falls into the trope of black characters with white hair.
When Laura was revealed I just did a photoshop job on her to see what she would look like with my original hope for the character in mind. I like her better this way aesthetically and kinda wish that was the direction they had gone. That's all, really. I am fully aware there are plenty of light skinned Brazilians.
No offense was meant, no judgement was made on any people. Sorry for unleashing the beast and derailing the thread!
Angelus Errare
Banned
You shouldn't have to apologize.
Yeah, it's pretty good.
Well... São Paulo have the biggest Japan colony in the world. Many, many Chinese are coming to Brazil as well. In every corner you see a Japanese and you know it hahaha
= D
And I'm married with an Japanese hahaha
Sean is from Sao Paulo right? Makes sense
It is
Wait, really?
Angelus Errare
Banned
Laura was always a spunky kid growing up in the favelas of Brazil. From an early age she had a love of soccer and basketball and would regularly meet up with Sean to play one on one. As they got older Sean got less interested in sports...and Laura and became more interested in fighting and spending time with his new master Ken. In order to win Sean's affection, Laura decided to take up BJJ; it was there she found her calling in life and began to dedicate every waking hour to improving her skills. Because she was also a dancer (we totes didn't tell you that before!) she gave BJJ her own style and called it LJJ! Now Laura looks to test her strength as a fighter and prove to Sean that she's the one.
thelastword
Banned
Wow, she is well proportioned.Indeed.
Maintenance
Member
sixteen-bit
Member
Nice fanfic
lmao dead
yurinka
Member
I love her big, round b... eyes. Nice eyes, I love them.
I'm pretty sure Japan devs don't know Heroes of the storm, I think it's more likely they saw these award winning games on their portables.
I fucking love this fanart, she looks way better than in-game, where at first sight her clothes have a bland, boring look.Indeed.
Before Johanna we had the main character of Velocity, Velocity Ultra and Velocity 2X. Some of the best rated PSP / PSVita games.
I'm pretty sure Japan devs don't know Heroes of the storm, I think it's more likely they saw these award winning games on their portables.
Finaika
Member
I'm pretty sure he knew. *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* .. ah fuck it, never mind haha
Stallion Dan
Member
What if Laura is Sean? The decision made after the popular response of Poison in USFIV.
LoveCake
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I wonder what Laura's back-story are, does this rule out Blanka also being from Brazil?
I am looking forward to SF-V, i still play Street Fighter II: Turbo on my SNES i don't think that version has been bettered, i do enjoy Super Street Fighter IV: 3D on my 3DS though, my concern is that i have never really enjoyed Street Fighter games on consoles other than Nintendo ones :/
I hope that E. Honda, Dhalsim & Ingrid are in this.
I am looking forward to SF-V, i still play Street Fighter II: Turbo on my SNES i don't think that version has been bettered, i do enjoy Super Street Fighter IV: 3D on my 3DS though, my concern is that i have never really enjoyed Street Fighter games on consoles other than Nintendo ones :/
I hope that E. Honda, Dhalsim & Ingrid are in this.