Vladimir Sall

[FKA]

Why is a dude named Vladimir, who also happens to have the thickest Russian/Slavic accent in the entire game, black?

Did they misplace some files or something? It's so weird to talk to this dude every single time, my brain just does not understand what's going on.

[FRANK]

i had this exact thought today, i was thinking hmmmm have i ever seen/met a black russian before? i dont think so. diversity? :(

[Zerberr]

It's likely due to russo-ukrainian war that happened during production and it was too late to redo all voice acting related to him

[HozzMidnight]

You guys have never heard of a Black Russian?

[Trump G.O.A.T-POTUS]

Originally posted by Blonde:

Why is a dude named Vladimir, who also happens to have the thickest Russian/Slavic accent in the entire game, black?

Did they misplace some files or something? It's so weird to talk to this dude every single time, my brain just does not understand what's going on.

They saw the drink name and thought it was named after one. Found out they don't exist so they invented one for equity. I also saw an obvious Latino noc, but damn she sounded Chinese. Wakeness is shining.

[morph113]

The game plays in the year 2300 or something like that. Nobody even lives on Earth anymore. Countries don't exist anymore. No such thing anymore as Russia or Poland or whatever. Apparently still different languages though as otherwise he wouldn't have an accent.

[Galadhlinn]

Another person who cannot imagine a single black person in the largest country in the world. FYI there are over 1 million black people living in Russia at the moment.
Now can we imagine that even one in one million is named Vladimir? lol

[Trump G.O.A.T-POTUS]

Originally posted by HozzMidnight:

You guys have never heard of a Black Russian?

A fuffy drink. I don't think there ever has been an actual black Russian ever ever.

[Xelance]

bro i think the voice actor is black

[Beast]

I just figured with the exodus from Earth a lot of families and former nationalities and cultures got mixed together in the various groups fleeing the planet.

[Enfield]

Originally posted by WN Zerberr:

It's likely due to russo-ukrainian war that happened during production and it was too late to redo all voice acting related to him

The Russo-Ukrainian war invalidates the existence of all Slavic and Eastern European people? He has a fairly generic Eastern European accent. Even if they wanted to avoid introducing a Russian or Ukrainian character (which is really stupid), he could have been Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Hungarian, etc. It is not impossible for someone of African ancestry to possess a Eastern European accent, but it is obviously quite rare in present day Earth.

[Trump G.O.A.T-POTUS]

Originally posted by Gunnar:

400-ish years ago, people who have considered a black person having a British accent to be weird. Now it's normal. The game is set 300 years in the future. It's speculative science fiction where nations as we currently know them no longer exist.

I don't take your explanation as valid, you don't own the game.

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

Cuz diversity bro. Have you never heard of a Black Russian? lol

[Doctor Zalgo]

Black people exist in Russia today. You can go and talk to them about how racist Russia is.

[Trump G.O.A.T-POTUS]

Originally posted by Enfield:

Originally posted by WN Zerberr:

It's likely due to russo-ukrainian war that happened during production and it was too late to redo all voice acting related to him

The Russo-Ukrainian invalidates the existence of all Slavic and Eastern European people? He has a fairly generic Eastern European accent. Even if they wanted to avoid introducing a Russian or Ukrainian character (which is really stupid), he could have been Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Hungarian, etc. It is not impossible for someone of African ancestry to possess a Eastern European accent, but it is obviously quite rare in present day Earth.

You don't know as you don't own game.

[Toblm]

Originally posted by Blonde:

Why is a dude named Vladimir, who also happens to have the thickest Russian/Slavic accent in the entire game, black?

Did they misplace some files or something? It's so weird to talk to this dude every single time, my brain just does not understand what's going on.

Accents are learned and have nothing to do with skin color, just the environment one lives in.
Vladimir from his name and accent can be presumed to have grown up in a Slavic speaking ship, planet or culture.

The same thing can be observed on earth. Afro-Russians are a thing.