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omega bahumat posted...

_Yag_ posted...

AtSeN posted...

-Hydreigon- posted...

Oh okay.

After reading the wikipedia page on Queer, I have deduced that it is a term used by REALLY entitled whiny gay people.

So TC then

What is wrong with gay people advocating for representation in media? A significant part of the population is gay.

Is it also wrong for black people to want black characters in movies, books, video games, etc?


For women? At what point does advocacy for representation turn into whiny entitlement?

pretty sure when it gets posted on Gfaqs is a good place to draw the line. you have to be self entitled or trolling to think there's any point at all to post something like that here.

This is a social medium for an MMO - which is by definition a social game.

This is actually a good place to hold a good discussion about it.

The issue is that this isn't a good discussion because the opening post creates a divisive atmosphere.

haha you must be new to Gfaqs, this isnt a good place to hold a discussion about anything.
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_Yag_ posted...

omega bahumat posted...

_Yag_ posted...

AtSeN posted...

-Hydreigon- posted...

Oh okay.

After reading the wikipedia page on Queer, I have deduced that it is a term used by REALLY entitled whiny gay people.

So TC then

What is wrong with gay people advocating for representation in media? A significant part of the population is gay.

Is it also wrong for black people to want black characters in movies, books, video games, etc?


For women? At what point does advocacy for representation turn into whiny entitlement?

pretty sure when it gets posted on Gfaqs is a good place to draw the line. you have to be self entitled or trolling to think there's any point at all to post something like that here.

This is a social medium for an MMO - which is by definition a social game.

This is actually a good place to hold a good discussion about it.

The issue is that this isn't a good discussion because the opening post creates a divisive atmosphere.

haha you must be new to Gfaqs, this isnt a good place to hold a discussion about anything.

Nearly 2K karma and 9+years frequenting these boards. I've had good discussions here. They are exceedingly rare.

Good thread, you got a lot of people
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__Darujhistan__ posted...

From: omega bahumat | #051

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

A straw man is taking what you said and acting like you said something different. I'm taking what you said and making an analogy to another situation all together. You might claim my analogy is bad, but I didn't make a straw man argument. It's always funny when people say that you shouldn't insult their intelligence in the same post as they demonstrate a decided lack of knowledge.

Your analogy was an attempt to get people thinking I believed one thing when I do not.

Whether you're willing to admit to it or not is a completely different issue.

That said: I'm done with this topic as it was made perfectly clear that you are incapable of actually discussing the issue.

Dinh posted...

I don't think sexuality is something Riot really considers when creating a champion, and why should they? Are there any champions who are mentioned to be heterosexual? There's rumors between Teemo and Trist, and that's all I can really remember from the lore.

I don't think it would make much sense for Riot to go out of their way to depict a champion's sexuality to a player. who plays the role of a Summoner. E.g.: "The men who've served under Swain (and survived) have remained in his charge with unshakable faith and loyalty. Also, he prefers male on female relations."

Unless of course, the champion were to openly and stereotypically flaunt his/her sexuality as part of the character design, in which case I think that would be a step backwards, not forwards. Imagine if Taric's taunt were "Come and get it, boys, teehee!"

Teemo+Poppy/trist
Garen+Kat
Janna+someone... I can't recall atm
TF+Eve

There is a clear heterosexual atmosphere in the fields of justice, but that probably has more to do with the fact that people think male+female most of the time when asking about relationships.

I'm sure someone finds this offensive, but it's the reality and it's mostly driven by the fact that we're all ultimately procreation machines (whether we decided to procreate or not is an entirely different matter, but the job of any individual of a species is to make more of your species). Even most of the homosexual individuals I've encountered think "boyfriend" when talking about a female or "girlfriend" when talking about a male. It's not meant to be insulting and it shouldn't be taken that way. The issue people seem to be having is that they don't have a character they can identify with.

However with over 100 characters, I find it hard to believe that they can't find a character like that. Outside sexuality - we have a very diverse cast of characters. More importantly, if Riot ever did decide to make a homosexual character - chances are people would be disappointed (look at Leona's release when people demanded a female tank). Honestly - I would prefer if sexuality wasn't present in the game at all because of issues like this. They're a gaming company and like most gaming companies they create stereotypes with their champions and so chances are any homosexual champion would have stereotypes that define the character (not to mention the character would then be defined by his/her/its sexuality rather than by their moveset) instead of the lore or personality of the character.