Transgender representation in games makes no sense

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

So, let's say you are a man but you want to be a woman. What's nice about videogames is that you can play as everything and everyone, and who or what you are in this world does not matter at all. So if you want to be a woman, at least in game you can do that if you can play as a female character.

In the real world, you have a problem which is that being male does not feel right to you. If you would have been born as a woman, everything would be fine and you would not have been transgender at all.

So WHY do you want to take transgenderism into the game? In the game world, your problem is solved! You are a woman and have never been a man. So you're not transgender either, you can just drop all of that.

And that is what you want, isn't it? You don't want to be transgender, you want to be a woman.

[Meove]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Apteryx:

THIS!!! THIS IS WHAT I WNAT PEOPLE TO HEAR! I'm trans, and games allow me to be the gender I want. I don't want my character to go through the things I deal with irl, I just want them to be whatever role the story chose for them

agree with you. i play game to escape reality, not to deal with reality again

[sleeps]

talking about this, do you guys remember the guilty gear incident? it went so bad that you can literally make a litmus test if someone is an old fan or a new fan and it's way easier to tell em apart.

[Rio]

Some people stay trans because they fear the surgery or are waiting until technology gets better. I don't blame them. You only get 1 body and 1 life, why not try for the best deal you can get?

[kingjames488]

why is female batman a concept while a batwoman exists?

why did they ruin ghostbusters only to bring back bill murrays ghost to save the franchise?

why does twitch exist?

to push an agenda on society, that's why...

[Ȼħⱥꞥꞥēł8753452]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από lankaras:

So, let's say you are a man but you want to be a woman. What's nice about videogames is that you can play as everything and everyone, and who or what you are in this world does not matter at all. So if you want to be a woman, at least in game you can do that if you can play as a female character.

In the real world, you have a problem which is that being male does not feel right to you. If you would have been born as a woman, everything would be fine and you would not have been transgender at all.

So WHY do you want to take transgenderism into the game? In the game world, your problem is solved! You are a woman and have never been a man. So you're not transgender either, you can just drop all of that.

And that is what you want, isn't it? You don't want to be transgender, you want to be a woman.

Agreed, if you're trans in a world with magic you just become a woman/man.

Most game worlds have better tech then us also.
Games with character creators are self-explanatory..

It was never about that though, it's about pushing an agenda.

It's always difficult to be a moderate in a world full of far extremists tbh.
at the very least I agree with you on this.

[tareco]

No comments.

[Rio]

If it was a world of magic I could call myself trans to signify that I shapeshift on a whim. That I am experience at being both genders, Or that I have gone through the experience once.

Maybe I want to be a girl that keeps my guy chest and guy voice.

[Paratech2008]

Well Poison sure doesn't make Trans look positive if you read her dialogue in Street Fighter X Tekken. She comes off to me as a MAGA and I find that hilarious.

[kingjames488]

oh ya, that's it...

they're also trying to use the virtual world to live out their real life fantasies... cuz ya?

that's why they keep trying to force games to add features to make gender not matter...

[Holografix]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από lankaras:

So, let's say you are a man but you want to be a woman. What's nice about videogames is that you can play as everything and everyone, and who or what you are in this world does not matter at all. So if you want to be a woman, at least in game you can do that if you can play as a female character.

In the real world, you have a problem which is that being male does not feel right to you. If you would have been born as a woman, everything would be fine and you would not have been transgender at all.

So WHY do you want to take transgenderism into the game? In the game world, your problem is solved! You are a woman and have never been a man. So you're not transgender either, you can just drop all of that.

And that is what you want, isn't it? You don't want to be transgender, you want to be a woman.

No.

You may not know it, but you're arguing that the act of playing a video game as a male character or female character makes you trans.

in other words, all male characters and all female characters in video games are post-op.

But let's say you disagree. Then the act of playing as trans ends up not being a representation in a video game, but rather an act of the imagination on the part of the player. Trans becomes imaginary, and therefore all characters are trans (Niko Bellic, Ryu, Scorpion, Laura Croft, etc).

By trying to be cute, or efficient, you've erased trans representation and subordinated it to an act of the imagination. No scripted missions, no written dialogue, no story beats will express that the character is trans but instead only express male or female representation.

I've seen mean-spirited comments and agendas against LGBTQ or trans people, but your comment really takes the cake. It's really sneaky in how it goes about erasing trans representation. Just terrible.

[Ȼħⱥꞥꞥēł8753452]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ⛧:

If it was a world of magic I could call myself trans to signify that I shapeshift on a whim. That I am experience at being both genders, Or that I have gone through the experience once.

Maybe I want to be a girl that keeps my guy chest and guy voice.

That's also true, it's ultimately about self-expression.

It could be insightful to know that people like that exist as it may add more observational understanding about the world around them.

Self-exploration is an important part of discovering and understanding oneself.

[Azza ☠]

There are already transgenders in games, you just either notice or not care about it at all.

Apex Legends
The Last Of Us 2
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Night In The Woods
Watch Dogs 2
Borderlands 3
Undertale
Paper Mario
Diablo 4
Vampire: The Masquerade
The Witcher 3
The Sims 4
(etc)

Most gamers still enjoy those games without even knowing, so why is it such a big deal?

I'm more sick of those that go full Karen about it: "like omg it's so ruined, I want to speak to the manager!"

What do you actually want to happen: Have it as a separated DLC to install only or have a big massive warning popup before you can play the game to tell say it's rated E for Everybody?

[kingjames488]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Azza ☠:

There are already transgenders in games, you just either notice or not care about it at all.

Apex Legends
The Last Of Us 2
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Night In The Woods
Watch Dogs 2
Borderlands 3
Undertale
Paper Mario
Diablo 4
(etc)

Most gamers still enjoy those games without even knowing, so why is it such a big deal?

I'm more sick of those that go full Karen about it: "like omg it's so ruined, I want to speak to the manager!"

most of those games suck tho... and some ruined the franchise IMO... like wtf was borderlands 3? it wasn't like borderlands 1 or 2... it was all hyper sexualizing moxie and then that little tina chick that was questionable at best... like wtf happened to borderlands? it got all ****ed up by the wokeness.

wtf was paper mario? who cares about paper mario... it was a bad side-note to the franchise.

diablo 4 was just bad.

and those other games were probably woke to begin with.

[Azza ☠]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από kingjames488:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Azza ☠:

There are already transgenders in games, you just either notice or not care about it at all.

Apex Legends
The Last Of Us 2
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Night In The Woods
Watch Dogs 2
Borderlands 3
Undertale
Paper Mario
Diablo 4
(etc)

Most gamers still enjoy those games without even knowing, so why is it such a big deal?

I'm more sick of those that go full Karen about it: "like omg it's so ruined, I want to speak to the manager!"

most of those games suck tho... and some ruined the franchise IMO... like wtf was borderlands 3? it wasn't like borderlands 1 or 2... it was all hyper sexualizing moxie and then that little tina chick that was questionable at best... like wtf happened to borderlands? it got all ****ed up by the wokeness.

wtf was paper mario? who cares about paper mario... it was a bad side-note to the franchise.

diablo 4 was just bad.

and those other games were probably woke to begin with.

So why are you even worried about it at all then?

You aren't forced to pay and play those games...

I personally don't think it's what makes or breaks a game, but anyways. You could play as a alien without a gender if it was that upsetting for you?

[kingjames488]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Azza ☠:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από kingjames488:

most of those games suck tho... and some ruined the franchise IMO... like wtf was borderlands 3? it wasn't like borderlands 1 or 2... it was all hyper sexualizing moxie and then that little tina chick that was questionable at best... like wtf happened to borderlands? it got all ****ed up by the wokeness.

wtf was paper mario? who cares about paper mario... it was a bad side-note to the franchise.

diablo 4 was just bad.

and those other games were probably woke to begin with.

So why are you even worried about it at all then?

You aren't forced to pay and play those games...

it's called a discussion m8.

and you can be sure I'm not paying for nor playing them.