Mr Frog lost his accent. :(

[Mew Mew]

Was there any reason given for why the old frog on the island doesn't have his old accent anymore? He doesn't talk about melons being "Bombo juicy" or garlic making your breath smell "bombo bad", nor does he talk about "da teemin" anymore. Are there any mods that restore his old dialogue?

[ChrillBill]

From what I have read, some people claim it was mostly non Jamaican people who took offense on the actual Jamaicans behalf, others say actual Jamaicans complained and pointed out that it (the dialogue) was culturally insensitive. Perhaps a mix of both? Anyway, this is essentially why it was changed by ConcernedApe.

[Fenrisulfr]

No actual jamaican people complained, they are too chill to care.

[ChrillBill]

Originally posted by Fenrisulfr:

No actual jamaican people complained, they are too chill to care.

No way of telling if that is 100% true in this case. But there are many people who are indeed getting offended and picking fights at the behalf of others. To me that seems like a quite difficult and tiresome life, always looking for reasons to get angry etc...

Why not simply ask the affected person/s how they feel about something, instead of assuming they need to be "rescued"? But... That's kind of a whole other debate.

The OP got an answer to their question. And I also have good news for the OP.

There is a "restoration" mod:
Gourmand Frog 1.6 Restoration[www.nexusmods.com]

[Gorem]

Need a mod in that case to return our frog to his former glory!

Justice for Mr. Frog!

[Brocknoth]

Man WTH has happened to the world that little things like this actually "offend" people? It's ridiculous. The saddest part is the people complaining don't/aren't even playing the game. Literally just being mad for the sake of being mad to ruin it for others.

[no1schmo]

Because obviously accents aren't real so we can't have them in fantasy settings. That totally makes sense, I promise.

[Ryika]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

To me that seems like a quite difficult and tiresome life, always looking for reasons to get angry etc...

Why not simply ask the affected person/s how they feel about something, instead of assuming they need to be "rescued"? But... That's kind of a whole other debate.

Because it's not actually about what the people they're "defending" think, it's about signaling to their (online) social circles that they're great progressives.

And it's a bummer, too. If an accent was used with the clear intent to make a character sound stupid, or to belittle them, fair enough, that's probably something that warrants some backlash. But with things like this, because everything is just about sending signals to your peers for so many people, these discussions always gravitate towards the most extreme views on such topics, and thus "using accents is bad" which, ironically, reduces actual representation in media.

[Scorpion]

Much like Vice City, for which non-Cubans/Haitians were the ones to take offense in their stead and without being asked to... (speech censor of NPC during questline)

Intrusive wokes are pretty much everywhere. They make it their business, what is not the original recipient's business. They always need something to blot out, nag at others' expense and ultimately, have stuff removed, so as it becomes colorless, flavorless, more generic.

Despite this game actually pandering to them and their special needs too much already, they actually had to go out of their way, to demand even more. The more you give to them, the more they are inclined to keep taking away (at others' expense).

[no1schmo]

Originally posted by Scorpion:

Much like Vice City, for which non-Cubans/Haitians were the ones to take offense in their stead and without being asked to... (speech censor of NPC during questline)

Intrusive wokes are pretty much everywhere. They make it their business, what is not the original recipient's business. They always need something to blot out, nag at others' expense and ultimately, have stuff removed, so as it becomes colorless, flavorless, more generic.

Despite this game actually pandering to them and their special needs too much already, they actually had to go out of their way, to demand even more. The more you give to them, the more they are inclined to keep taking away (at others' expense).

Saw a YouTube video not long ago that said "ConcernedApe has not added non-binary gender options, but I don't think we should resort to violence...yet."