Lord_Greyjoy Wrote:

Huh? What's that?

Lord_Greyjoy Wrote:
Well, the term sounds like an insult to the entire male gender, so I wouldn't be using it so much if you're gonna be deriding sexists.

RedSumac Wrote:
The male gender will surivive this. Throughout the history they allowed themselves (and still allow sadly) things much worse than insults, when it comes to women, so simple matter of fact statement isn't really the worst thing possible.

RazorsEdge701 Wrote:
Taking the subject seriously..

RazorsEdge701 Wrote:
Taking the subject seriously for a moment...(because a moment is as long as it deserves)

Obviously, a character should be created to fit into the world of the game, not to fill a quota.

More women isn't a problem if they're good characters. There is nobody in the world who would have a problem with a closer to 50/50 split roster if said roster didn't have anyone who sucks to play as or feels like a waste of a slot on it and the plot made sense and all that stuff.

When "more women" becomes a problem is when you're a slacktivist tool who thinks Affirmative Action should be applied to fictional fucking characters, and you spend all day whining on Tumblr about how hard women and minorities have it in the world when you're fucking white, middle class, live in the suburbs, and haven't finished college yet...or even worse, a white adult who never had to grow out of acting like a hipster and join the real world, because your rich parents had a trust fund for you to fall back on, and now you make a living "developing indie games" in some amateur shit like fucking Twine or RPG Maker, or as a hack blogger who gets away with calling yourself a "journalist" only because REAL reporters with real credentials and real ethics and standards have no interest reviewing video games on the internet.

Blade4693 Wrote:
It has begun!

DG1OA Wrote:
@Napalm1980
If the lack of women in fighting games is a successful concept, it might be because of mysogynistic idiots who despite being straight want a sausage fest, yet still look down on homosexuals. Not that I'd expect that to cross your mind. You seem like one of these people who always take the path of least resistance and settle for mediocrity. "Huh, it's always been this way, surely that makes it right, huh".

@lastfighter89
So women are physically weaker than men, and for that reason we shouldn't have too many of them? Big deal. MK is already unrealistic as it is, yet too many women would be the straw that broke the camel's back? Ha ha ha! I've seen arguments like these a few times. People who excuse lack of realism, except when they think it involves women and/or minorities.

Another thing you don't take into account, is that MK, being full of alien species, can have non-human (but still human-looking) females who are just as strong as a male human, or stronger, and that said women could make up a large chunk of the roster.

And really, why would being the daughter of an ambassador make Tanya weak? Would you say the same thing about the son of an ambassador (and if you did, it would be still be a baseless assumption, just so you know)? As for Li Mei, if you wonder how she can keep up with someone like Kano, just remember she's not human. She might be a teenager, but she's from Outworld, and for all we know adolescence for her kind lasts 100 years, more than enough to become a skilled fighter.

But I'm probably wasting my time presenting this possible explanation about Li Mei's skills to you, since you probably wouldn't care as much if a male human teenager handed Kano his ass.

lordkirac Wrote:

(Hands you popcorn)
Let Mortal Khatbat Begin!

RazorsEdge701 Wrote:
Taking the subject seriously for a moment...(because a moment is as long as it deserves)

Obviously, a character should be created to fit into the world of the game, not to fill a quota.

More women isn't a problem if they're good characters. There is nobody in the world who would have a problem with a closer to 50/50 split roster if said roster didn't have anyone who sucks to play as or feels like a waste of a slot on it and the plot made sense and all that stuff.

When "more women" becomes a problem is when you're a slacktivist tool who thinks Affirmative Action should be applied to fictional fucking characters, and you spend all day whining on Tumblr about how hard women and minorities have it in the world when you're fucking white, middle class, live in the suburbs, and haven't finished college yet...or even worse, a white adult who never had to grow out of acting like a hipster and join the real world, because your rich parents had a trust fund for you to fall back on, and now you make a living "developing indie games" in some amateur shit like fucking Twine or RPG Maker, or as a hack blogger who gets away with calling yourself a "journalist" only because REAL reporters with real credentials and real ethics and standards have no interest reviewing video games on the internet.

zerosebaz Wrote:
Making a character female for the sake of having more females is not a good thing. You can take the word "female" in that phrase and replace it with anything else and it will still be true.

zerosebaz Wrote:
Making a character female for the sake of having more females is not a good thing. You can take the word "female" in that phrase and replace it with anything else and it will still be true.

That being said, Hotaru would've been a much more interesting character had he been a woman.

Chrome Wrote:


Because?

Jaded-Raven Wrote:


This is what I feel Frost is. A female Subbie just to have a female Subbie.

Jaded-Raven Wrote:


This is what I feel Frost is. A female Subbie just to have a female Subbie.

RazorsEdge701 Wrote:
I'm gonna agree with the dude solely on the grounds that he looks EXACTLY like Fujin from the neck up and lipstick would fix that problem instantly.

RedSumac Wrote:

the usual blathering nonsense

RedSumac Wrote:

For all their "smart talk" and holier-than-thou 'tude, they've acted like messageboard kids, which honestly, was perfectly expected and pathetic