MisterBrimstone
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You should see Amecia OP. The is gold medalist on the slingshot. A thing of beauty.
Yeah...rona centralYea this situation is crazy. Obviously very unfair and dangerous for all women on that field.
A fellow Melbournite I presume?
For all the shit some throw at TLoU2, there you have a good example of 2 female characters acting according to their physical strengths, or at least to a degree. With Ellie being nimble and sneaky; Abby moving like a truck but hitting like one too.I don't understand why female characters aren't designed a bit more like, well, Link.
In the Zelda games, Link has never been a burly bro, capable of taking on an entire army, or out-matching a giant through sheer strength.
Yet, Zelda games aren't boring, and Link regularly faces off with dragons, walking skyscrapers of bosses, and all manner of things that should be completely unbelievable for a somewhat unremarkable teen to take down. How does this work?
By Link/the player using tactics, strategy, and all kinds of thinking on the fly, which actually leads to greatly rewarding gameplay.
The gameplay is a match for the character, and while often on the absurd end of epic, has an internal David vs. Goliath logic that makes sense.
An honest game developer, not wanting to make an ideological statement, ought to look at this, and consider how someone physically weaker than male opponents, but with the drive to win, would take down any obstacles in her path. And frankly, it should be a lot easier than a 15 year old taking down Shadow of the Colossus-sized bosses.
Right. A man could do it with his bare hands.She killed TRex with Pew Pew doing somersaults.
Olympic athletic records tell us enough...
That said... Rhonda Rousey, Amanda Nunes, or Thug Rose would make vast swathes of the male population squeal, even if they wouldn't be able to compete against their male equivalents (say ranked top 10 fighters).
That we see these things in films or games is one thing... I have no issues there whatsoever, it's not real... the issue is when people actually buy into it and thing it's a level playing field in the real world. We have gendered sports for a reason. I'm happy to move to mixed gender sports teams though... see how it works out.
If this was REEEEEEEEEsetera. lolUserbanned: (duration pending) sexist comments in a sensitive topic, prior severe infractions
This woman could kick the shit out of a lot of guys.
Definitely not ONE man.Who do you think were the ones hunting mammoths?
So it's possible...just like in videogames.She would be the exception, not the rule though.
The problem is that feminists have a big inferiority complex regarding to males, so they have to pretend at all costs that females are as strong as males.
There was a time in which being a strong woman meant much more than being just a literally physically strong person, but those nuances are sexist, apparently.
Those are just the mechanics of videogames. It would be silly to defeat 3 enemies and ending the game there.
But yes, it's incredibly far more believable to have a man doing it than to have a let's say; a toddler.
/thread.Games are pretend.
The bigger issue is demanding that females can be just as effective in combat as males, and screeching/doxxing/boycotting whenever the product does not match your arbitrary standards.
funny thing though that weight classes exist for a reason but no ones making threads worrying that little dudes learning martial arts will get a false impression that they are not going to get ktfo if they pick a fight. I’m pretty sure the fear about women getting ktfo because they think they’re tough is invented through cherry picking fringe too-online opinions
What a load of crap. There is a reason we have MMA separated by weight/gender.Gender is irrelevant. Experience, training, equipment...these are the things that make for an effective combatant.
This woman could kick the shit out of a lot of guys. There's plenty of women out there that would fare better in combat than a man would. If all things were equal, probably not, but not everything in life is equal. Besides that, it's a video game, not real life. Some suspension of disbelief is required to have a good time.
A lot less would kill flimsy gaf male population, this thread it’s the embodiment of snowflake screeching.
All the proof you need.
She would beat the living shit out of 99,9% of male Gaf.
Typically, I'm fairly anti-feminist agenda. There's a lot of nonsense propaganda out there (that unfortunately most people my age buy into) that fully leverages our culture's obsession with victim porn... But this thread is silly.
While I agree that there is a trend in recent video games to show women as bad-ass killing machines -- we can discuss director's intentions on an individual basis in most cases.
This is a massive generalization based on a clear bias.
Yes, women are, on average, weaker than men.
But child wizards have no business fighting peak-power evil magicians either.
These narratives are fun not in spite of the ridiculous premises, but because of them.
Humans have had an obsession with the David vs. Goliath archetype for as long as we've had stories. Weak nerd wins against the strong bully. Fleshy men defeat the invincible machines. One teenager destroys an authoritarian regime.
I don't see this as any different.
We can accept that women are weaker than men physically and still root for the tiny girl to beat the living shit out of muscle-headed henchmen. It just requires faith in the story and a tiny bit of suspension of disbelief.
You're playing a game, not about the average woman, but about the most in-humanly badass specimen in that universe. Politics is irrelevant here. That's the premise of the game. If you enter the experience primarily looking for political sleights -- you'll miss the forest for the trees. You put yourself in a position to write off entire experiences because one small element of the plot rubs your political tendies the wrong way.
It's like your grandpa talking shit about your favorite movie because a kid defeats the evil empire.
"There's no way that snot-nosed brat could bring down an entire empire."
Somehow, that wouldn't diminish your enjoyment of the movie. That's just a silly criticism.
But, if you were particularly biased against younger generations....
Olympic athletic records tell us enough...
That said... Rhonda Rousey, Amanda Nunes, or Thug Rose would make vast swathes of the male population squeal, even if they wouldn't be able to compete against their male equivalents (say ranked top 10 fighters).
That we see these things in films or games is one thing... I have no issues there whatsoever, it's not real... the issue is when people actually buy into it and thing it's a level playing field in the real world. We have gendered sports for a reason. I'm happy to move to mixed gender sports teams though... see how it works out.
There are few things more pathetic than bragging about the girls around you and your bar fights on the internet. Yeah yeah...I know you " have been training MMA all your life". Bullshit! You can't fight buddy and those girls are not as nice looking as you want people to believeYou are an exact copy pasta, of the beta males that get mad at me for having nice looking women around lol.
Same drunk people that make the mistake of baiting me into fights.
Dont mind me while I put you on ignore, for all I know im having a discussion with a 12 year old - and I see very little Merritt in prolonging my exchange with you. Have a nice day though.
All the proof you need.
She would beat the living shit out of 99,9% of male Gaf.
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Or maybe we should get more historical, pic of a female samurai:
Thinking trained and highly skilled females can't go up against men is plain retarded and only claimed by men with absolutely no proper fighting training/experience and/or too much testosterone.
This type of thinking is teetering on ideological as well.
Realistically, a very well trained woman could probably beat 50% of men (especially those bordering on the smaller side, lower levels of testosterone, etc.). But you seriously underestimate the impact of size, muscle mass, strength, and bone density. There have been many studies done on average strength differences between men and women. There are even weight lifting statistics available for women's divisions that you can use as an objective tool of measurement of peak performance. The strongest women in the world are roughly half as strong as the strongest men in the world.
That's a massive difference. And that's not taking into account other bio-mechanical advantages (on average, faster reflexes, more muscular endurance, thicker skulls and jaws, etc.).
I used to box in high school. The gym that I went to had a lot of female students (one of the coaches was a really inspiring woman). In my first week of starting, I injured one of the best female boxers at the gym during sparring. I went a little bit softer than I would normally do against the guys at the gym, yet I still almost knocked her out with a well-placed jab. That's when I realized that male strength is no joke. There's a reason why, as a society, we're so strongly against domestic abuse. There's a very clear, physical power imbalance.
What a load of crap. There is a reason we have MMA separated by weight/gender.
Kay. Why is there a woman's division in every sport in the world then?Yes, because MMA is the be all of combat and female soldiers that can't bend most of the male population like envelopes don't exist.
Holy shit is this thread is making the forum look a bunch of basement troglodytes that only experience the outside world through a browser. We should be better than this.
Kay. Why is there a woman's division in every sport in the world then?
Because like you said, it's just sports.Kay. Why is there a woman's division in every sport in the world then?
IT'S A FUCKING VIDEO GAME.
Jesus effing christ, you guys.
This is getting out of hand, and borderline sexist.
Shit like this is why feminists are getting their way.
No it's not, being quiet about this crap is why you got Abby.
MMA and boxing are all sports. I used MMA as a clear example of how biology works. Are you gonna sit there and tell me you truly believe there is no difference biologically between men and women and just call out misogyny when somebody asks you a question? Why entire countries use men as soldiers? Thread is dumb AF but so was your Amazonian comment and comes off as somebody that doesn't have a grasp on reality. Keep telling people they should leave their basements as well that one is always classy and you don't come off as a danger hair at all.Your country judges combat efficiency based on sports?
I'm sorry, what was wrong with Abby?
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EDIT, for the people posting stupid stuff about samurais and MMA: