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So NCsoft are censoring western Blade and Soul afterall?
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This come up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCIrBBvX0w8
Now I understand....
It's NOT censorship. It's just NCSoft not being stupid.
Since when has puritanism been ok when it comes to censoring entertainment? These very same people flipped out when Jack Thomson did it, now they are doing it in an even more fascist manner. Its absurd!
The worst part is, its NOT american to censor and change. The "american audience" is far more open to a variety of content made as is. Its this minority of activist and non gamers who make this noise and hire their own to enforce the noise. If content creators keep this up, they will not succeed... gamers will vote with their wallet and we will be called misogynist for it.
None gamers might still whine but I honestly don't care for none gamers. Forcing female gamers to run around and showing their panties is bad though, it should be a choice.
And Asian MMOs tend to have a very limited choices for gear, the more the better.
In War - Victory.
In Peace - Vigilance.
In Death - Sacrifice.
I wish I could believe you that they will fail, but alas social media makes me believe that they will win. Now that there are tools where like minded people can come together to share anything they may have encountered that they disapprove of and then leverage their numbers to try and influence individuals and corporations.
Several months ago I was listening to a TED talk that highlighted one of the more shocking developments in social media is that has become an incredibly conformist tool. Something that people thought was originally going to be used to increase expression is in fact being and likely will be used even more in the future to suppress dissenting or unpopular views/expression.
it has been said a million times they are not going to censor any costumes, please do a clear comparison between our ones and the Chinese censor version before posting any crap like please.
stop spreading misinformation/ bullshit if you never bother to play the game nor if you have played in the Alpha/ Beta.
and please stop talking about feminism, they are only censoring a bunch of texts.
I self identify as a monkey.
I just don't think it's censoring it is merely artistic preference.
Stop acting like a pedant.
Also the game has quite a few costumes for women that are bulky and cover pretty much everything "sexy". It's not all sexy lingerie. So there already is choice.
And if you don't think the men have sexy clothes you're not playing the game or your idea of sexy is your own.
What I don't get though, is at a time where Music and Film is becoming more sexual, Games are being criticized for being too sexual. And all of this is coming from America.
As a European, I'm a little tired of Global, International or Western games and press coverage, which essentially caters to the lowest common denominator of American acceptance. It isn't even like the American market is the biggest any more, it sits behind China and Europe in terms of revenue for gaming these days, but it still dictates so much policy.
I think it's less about preference than it is about the weighing of selling potential. Are the changes going to make someone not buy the game that would have with less clothes and sexy stances? Probably not. Is the fact they are doing this going to gain additional sales because they are "doing the right thing" from a political standpoint? More likely. More power to them for it honestly, NC are the ones employing n employees and have a far greater stake in B&S's success than any single player.
It would be hard to gauge the overall preference of either sexes honestly. When I played Aion I actually played with more females than males and they loved the sexy outfits/posing.
I was turned into a "feminist" by exposure of having mainly female friends and dating those who would ask me to watch videos and go to events with them. Was a pleasant activity to spend with your loved one, in truth.
But when asked what they think of the latest feminism craze -- or "internet feminism" -- whereby faceless people (who might even be trolls) rely on outrage culture... the only response I've received is that they think they're evil.
With regards to this topic, it's essentially just teaching one to be ashamed of their bodies. Which isn't what feminism should be about -- that was the pressure of the patriarch long ago. Feminism used to be about the breaking down of stereotypes and having equality and not exacerbating differences. To not take anything away from anyone, but rather to educate people of the negativity of social constructs and stereotypes.
The image in the original post reminds me of the worst example of this: 1980s fashion whereby women would put shoulder-pads in their clothing to look more masculine and thus feel "empowered". This is just shaming and forsaking a woman's body and feministic nature just because the opposite sex finds it attractive. But news flash to those people: Men are supposed to find women attractive. Is biology now the enemy of Internet Feminism and outrage culture?
My take is that this is more so about taking advantage of said outrage culture and those who don't understand where the roots of feminism are. In addition to parents potentially wanting video games to raise their children just as their generation had television do such. It's so much easier to change everything than to be a good parent. Though if they actually got together and decided to not buy something or deny access to children by watching them or apply parental settings (which should absolutely exist if the original game's concept is rated teen) -- heaven forbid -- then the need wouldn't be there (and companies would genuinely change in the children's entertainment industry to follow the money instead of relying on lazy parenting). The whole "baby steps" to change things into it being alright to shame any semblance of being attractive or body language.
It would be much better if the new stances and emotes were put in with the old, so that people can choose one or the other and not be hounded by the corporate entity or people saying they're sexist or against feminism for appreciating the bodies of both men and women. We must be careful not to limit our own options when seeking change -- as well as to not limit the options of others. A core founding principle of the Feminism I was taught.
Merry Christmas is politically incorrect... Happy Holidays is politically correct. In the end, people are still celebrating the same holiday. It's really a moot argument.
controversial? who cares, anyone is wasting their time if they bother to post in here
we already know costumes in NA/EU won't be censored that should be the end of discussion
The OP is about a change that you'll only see during the character creation process, it's not even an outfit.
It's really a stylistic change. It's hardly censoring, if at all and NCSoft is not censoring any of the ACTUAL outfits as far as I know.