Is there an option to remove or tone down the gay content?

[JollyRoger111]

Hello,

I really love the game but i think there is too much american politics involved, I'm euro and not really interested in gay stuff, it really ruins the immersion.

Is there any option to skip this?

[⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁]

Originally posted by pahrias:

but what is your problem with blue collar workers? They are the majority of people, you know? I think we have enough elitists things. That is the majority of entertainment right now...

There's a lot of games like truck driving simulators, or more subtely characters with blue collar clothes and promos with blue collars in them see starfield, COD etc and hunting games etc.

[videomike_Ultimate_Plushie]

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

Originally posted by pahrias:

I think there is some kind of communication issue here.
There ARE quotas in the companies, whether you like it or not. Yes, it is voluntary in that as long as you dont want to be nominated for the game awards or the film awards then you dont have to do this. But then you wont get nominated if you don't have the required representation. And there are D.E.I initiatives that are LAW. In the UK for example, you HAVE TO EMPLOY at least 15% of minorities (as in black or Asian) or you can be sued.

You are talking about employment percentages. We're talking about content. The quotas aren't for content and as you agree now are voluntary (wasn't talking about employment).

No he's talking about Quotas and ♥♥♥♥ me if a company is willing to put quotas on real employees despite it being illegal to even try and incite in the U.S. the hell makes you think they aren't putting it in content? And if they're willling to outright be racist when hiring employees and put up "X need not apply" signs do you think they might be willing to threaten someones job outright for not taking part in this "optional" content?

WoTC has admitted they're putting quotas into their character writing and enforcing it on licenses, for race, sex, and sexuality. That's no optional it's contracted agreement.

You don't have to join me in disliking it if you'd like but at least admit it's happening. Especially when you have countries outright forcing companies to hire people on illegal quota. Though thanks for reminding me about those laws, I swear this ♥♥♥♥ is going to end in a diplomatic issue between the U.S. and U.K. Because the U.K. is demanding companies take actions that are illegal to do here.

[⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁]

Originally posted by videomike_Ultimate_Plushie:

No he's talking about Quotas and ♥♥♥♥ me if a company is willing to put quotas on real employees despite it being illegal to even try and incite in the U.S. the hell makes you think they aren't putting it in content? And if they're willling to outright be racist when hiring employees and put up "X need not apply" signs do you think they might be willing to threaten someones job outright for not taking part in this "optional" content?

WoTC has admitted they're putting quotas into their character writing and enforcing it on licenses, for race, sex, and sexuality. That's no optional it's contracted agreement.

You don't have to join me in disliking it if you'd like but at least admit it's happening. Especially when you have countries outright forcing companies to hire people on illegal quota. Though thanks for reminding me about those laws, I swear this ♥♥♥♥ is going to end in a diplomatic issue between the U.S. and U.K. Because the U.K. is demanding companies take actions that are illegal to do here.

He's talking about them, but I wasn't who he is replying to. I was in line with the op about content, not quotas. About content the idea is it's voluntary.

[pahrias]

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

There should be non-lgbt non-blue collar awards set up. Participating validates it. I still said i'm not against it totally I'm just saying the over the top amount in every game.

And I agree, most "normal" people are not totally against a bit of gayness, but the OVER-REPRESENTATION of it in everything we consume. For example, having one gay character, (preferably one that doesn't make their entire identity about sucking C*ck) is perfectly fine. There were many films and shows and games from over 20 years ago that did it perfectly, and succeeded despite what the ideologues would claim. But having every other character be gay or lesbian or trans or what ever other mindless category they could come up with... it just becomes a check list. Tick the boxes, paint by numbers nonsense. It stifles creativity.

[⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁]

Originally posted by pahrias:

There were many films and shows and games from over 20 years ago that did it perfectly, and succeeded despite what the ideologues would claim. But having every other character be gay or lesbian or trans or what ever other mindless category they could come up with... it just becomes a check list. Tick the boxes, paint by numbers nonsense. It stifles creativity.

It's the same fake whine about strong female characters when Aliens had Ripley in it already plus the sidekick female marine. Politicians and execs ignore history when they implement these scams. And Red Sonja was there too. If you look at history you can see they lie about it to get their way. The focus has to be on company owners, executives and so on. We can see the ceos are just principal slave drivers,not the ranch owners..

[pahrias]

Originally posted by videomike_Ultimate_Plushie:

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

You are talking about employment percentages. We're talking about content. The quotas aren't for content and as you agree now are voluntary (wasn't talking about employment).

No he's talking about Quotas and ♥♥♥♥ me if a company is willing to put quotas on real employees despite it being illegal to even try and incite in the U.S. the hell makes you think they aren't putting it in content? And if they're willling to outright be racist when hiring employees and put up "X need not apply" signs do you think they might be willing to threaten someones job outright for not taking part in this "optional" content?

WoTC has admitted they're putting quotas into their character writing and enforcing it on licenses, for race, sex, and sexuality. That's no optional it's contracted agreement.

You don't have to join me in disliking it if you'd like but at least admit it's happening. Especially when you have countries outright forcing companies to hire people on illegal quota. Though thanks for reminding me about those laws, I swear this ♥♥♥♥ is going to end in a diplomatic issue between the U.S. and U.K. Because the U.K. is demanding companies take actions that are illegal to do here.

This^

To be fair though, I think there is a miscommunication going on. Language barriers are real lol

[pahrias]

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

Originally posted by pahrias:

There were many films and shows and games from over 20 years ago that did it perfectly, and succeeded despite what the ideologues would claim. But having every other character be gay or lesbian or trans or what ever other mindless category they could come up with... it just becomes a check list. Tick the boxes, paint by numbers nonsense. It stifles creativity.

It's the same fake whine about strong female characters when Aliens had Ripley in it already plus the sidekick female marine. Politicians and execs ignore history when they implement these scams. And Red Sonja was there too.

Oh yes. Exactly my point. They always gloss over the fact of history, because that is poison to their narrative. And it is why some one like Jennifer Lawrence thinks she is the first female action star to lead such a big hit as hunger games.

[Moonlight Knight]

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

Originally posted by Moonlight Knight:

Pro tip: People will be a lot less likely to dismiss your commentary out of hand if you stop using the phrase "soy males" unironically.

Take it a bit less literally maybe.

It's not a matter of whether you mean it literally.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by videomike_Ultimate_Plushie:

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

You are talking about employment percentages. We're talking about content. The quotas aren't for content and as you agree now are voluntary (wasn't talking about employment).

No he's talking about Quotas and ♥♥♥♥ me if a company is willing to put quotas on real employees despite it being illegal to even try and incite in the U.S. the hell makes you think they aren't putting it in content? And if they're willling to outright be racist when hiring employees and put up "X need not apply" signs do you think they might be willing to threaten someones job outright for not taking part in this "optional" content?

WoTC has admitted they're putting quotas into their character writing and enforcing it on licenses, for race, sex, and sexuality. That's no optional it's contracted agreement.

You don't have to join me in disliking it if you'd like but at least admit it's happening. Especially when you have countries outright forcing companies to hire people on illegal quota. Though thanks for reminding me about those laws, I swear this ♥♥♥♥ is going to end in a diplomatic issue between the U.S. and U.K. Because the U.K. is demanding companies take actions that are illegal to do here.

Well said. Let's admit there are quotas being enforced. It's a better starting point for discussion.

[pahrias]

Originally posted by User-315-708:

Originally posted by pahrias:

Its race and gender communism, because the worker revolution didnt take in the west. So, they went for another avenue, and you lot have bought it hook, line and sinker.

By the way, another interesting aspect of this is Russia's main narrative for justifying the war. Literally, their media is constantly broadcasting about the "degenerating West," and a majority of Russia's population believes that in the USA and EU, there are predominantly gays, trans individuals, and LGBTQ+ people everywhere. This tactic works like a charm. It's their primary anti-West agenda. People simply don't want such things in their country and fear that the same will happen to them if they "don't defend themselves." Is it absurd? Yes, but that's how it is.

Yeah, and the reason that works so well, is that we in the west promote these thing to the Nth degree. So, people like Putin or Whinne the Poo of the ccp, dont even have to try to make stuff up. They can just grab any random advert or tv show or movie and go, "See? this is what the USA want for YOU" and that gets their population all fired up.

[Coach the Roach]

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

Somehow lgbt are 50% of the propaganda in games and twitter, and in game companies but only 1% of the population. Meanwhile male gamers (real ones not soys) are 40% of the gaming population (-50% for soy gamers) but nowhere to be seen in these companies. The executives are insane The entire amount of executives have to be looked at.

Just look at this: https://youtu.be/WrK2FUmLXCE?si=Ap2u64m0xq8u9gxa&t=529

I miss the old times when games belonged to geeks, not activists.

[pahrias]

Originally posted by Sinfinity:

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

Somehow lgbt are 50% of the propaganda in games and twitter, and in game companies but only 1% of the population. Meanwhile male gamers (real ones not soys) are 40% of the gaming population (-50% for soy gamers) but nowhere to be seen in these companies. The executives are insane The entire amount of executives have to be looked at.

Just look at this: https://youtu.be/WrK2FUmLXCE?si=Ap2u64m0xq8u9gxa&t=529

I miss the old times when games belonged to geeks, not activists.

Same. I really miss when what you did behind closed doors, stayed behind closed doors, too. None of us cared. We just wanted to play games or watch shows and get all hyped talking about this theory or that theory. And ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about that guy that beat us by using some obscure rule, or weird tactic that abuses the system. We've all met THAT guy...

Now.... Its depressing how far we have fallen, under the guise of "progress"...

[⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁]

Originally posted by Sinfinity:

I miss the old times when games belonged to geeks, not activists.

Also look which characters they go for. One key one that would be welcome is Batman. They can leave Superman and Spiderman alone. But they instead protected Batman....they're very interesting picks. Because Spiderman and Superman are the most 'moral, good' white males in comics, they happened to be their picks.

[⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁]

Originally posted by Moonlight Knight:

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

Take it a bit less literally maybe.

It's not a matter of whether you mean it literally.

How else I can describe that faction of male fake gamers who perpetuate it...many of whom are in britain or california

[Noin Trongaz]

Originally posted by ⛥ ⌁⌁L⁕ꝉ⁜ϾH ⌁⌁:

Originally posted by 4accenter:

Yes, hom os don't exist in reality, so they don't need to appear in video games. Everyone knows. What is wrong with you? Don´t make hom os things in games if you don´t want. Don´t look hom os pxxn if you don´t want. I've been straight for 40 years and I've never been bothered by a hom os man because he was hom o. Some were just idiots.

I'm not against hom os. I'm against being forced to interact as a hom o and also it being 50% of a game. I don't want them gone in games either it's ok to have a small amount (hom os can do their own games where it's more if they want).

There is a problem with your argument: you are saying "they can make their own games if they want". What if the amount of the representation in BG3 is the direct result of the constellation of the team? People make it out to be some kind of political agenda being pushed from the top, but Larian Studios have no publisher which would force them to do stuff in a way they don't want.
I think there might be an interesting dynamic here that people oversee. A lot of male stylists and fashion designers are gay, and as a result male fashion (especially male high fashion) has gay overtones. Which makes sense because why would they do things in the way which doesn't come naturally to them? Now, would it make sense to complain that high fashion is forced by some sinister political agents to "represent queerness"? Or that they hire people because of gay quotas? No, a lot of fashion designers are gay because it is simply a more popular profession amongst gay men and relatively few straight men show interest in this field.

Also, there is a thing that I realised: you say that the majority of the game are homosexual or otherwise non-straight and it is a majority of the game etc. However, most people don't realize that you notice things which are outside of your comfort zone or what you see on everyday basis a lot more. If you meet a male character in the game and he asks you to save his wife you will not even notice his sexuality, as it is to be expected that he has a wife to be saved. If, on the other hand, you will meet a man and he asks you to save his husband, you will immidiately notice that and you will remember that he is gay, and see it as a political message. I am not going to lie, it is the same for me: when I think about BG3, I don't remember how many characters in the game were written in a way that they are straight (and there are a lot of them). But I do remember every LGBTQ example, which are in reality not many, if you exclude playersexual companions.

The point is, if you only pay attention to any mention of LGBTQ nature in games, you will have a feeling that it is everywhere even though it might be in reality only 5% of all the characters.