tensuke
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You literally think alt-right/Gamergate/otherwise racist shitheads would not use the opportunity to play as a Nazi in multiplayer as a springboard to shout racist things, and feel like they're partly condoned in this since the company allowed them to play as a Nazi in the first place?
I just can't get behind this thinking, you're saying this as if playing as nazis is a new concept or something. These people aren't going to think Sledgehammer is partly condoning that activity because they're able to play as nazis. What's the difference between those kinds of people playing as nazis shouting racist stuff and playing as black soldiers shouting racist stuff and playing as female soldiers shouting sexist stuff and white male soldiers shouting racist/sexist stuff? Nothing's stopping them from doing any of that.You say that as if GG, the alt right, 4chan, and /poI don't exist...hell they're the most pissed about the exclusion because they would LOVE to jump at the chance to role play as nazis.
Besides, that's only really relevant if the debate is over the inclusion of nazis as a playable faction. The fact is, nazis are playable anyway. The inclusion of swastikas doesn't suddenly make them "more nazi-ish". GGers are deluded, I'll give you that, but nobody's thinking Sledgehammer is "condoning" or "enabling" that behavior because there's swastikas on the uniforms. If you want to do something about toxic online interactions, taking swastikas off nazi uniforms in a WWII game isn't going to help. Hell, if anything the *removal* is emboldening these people. I just think it's a bad decision.
Sure some do...are you saying you're against female avatars because they lead to more harassment?Do you also think that many men don't single out those playing female avatars in games and environments that are typically male-dominated?
I think you're overestimating the effect of swastikas in a WWII game, but we'll have to agree to disagree on that.You're right, everyone knows the context so really no reason to let idiots be be even more idiotic.
Well, like I said, it's a call of duty game so there's going to a degree of historical inaccuracy present *in the gameplay*.Where do you stand on soldiers in WW2 using UAVs?