BruceVC

I have to say this is a good example of the principles of Capitalism going too far

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? One, it is a fantasy realm built upon a series of novels that prioritise internal consistency, so one must have a reason for minorities to be present not just token representations clumsily inserted for the sake of racists. Two, Minorities are represented: There are green Dryads, the problems with the Elder races which is a central theme of the novels, the heritage of the Vran lizardmen buried throughout, the post conjunction creatures, Geralt the protagonist is himself a mutant that is technically a new species, Ciri is a genetic timebomb crafted by fascist inter dimensional elves etcetera. You have raised some good points, if you did allow these changes then that would be license for people to demand changes to many other mediums. It would be madness....it would be like someone demanding that the Lord of the Rings suddenly gets an openly gay token character Its just a pity that this intentional design is now getting criticized as " lacking in progressive spirit "

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people? Answer my questions first. Okay, "we" is the general European\White race I meant to say " we have no need to promote the White race " Hahahaha, i'm done. Do you mind sharing why you are done ? Because trying to tell whites that their race and culture should not be promoted is quite evil, is it not? Like there is a certain layer of what the human expression of oneself can go before someone else puts an arbitrary stop-sign telling them that their culture just have had enough. I thought that we all worked from on the dream MLK had as a base. Maybe he was wrong after all... Dude...seriously? What? Either you judge a man by the content of his character or by the color of his skin. Are you not now judging by the color of people's skin with all these minority quotas and by proclaiming gaming as too white? Based on the latest developments, it seems like that ideal has sailed long ago and replaced by racial tokenism. Call it what you like but if it improves peoples gaming experience and doesn't impact yours why not just support it ?

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people? Answer my questions first. Okay, "we" is the general European\White race I meant to say " we have no need to promote the White race " Hahahaha, i'm done. Do you mind sharing why you are done ? Because trying to tell whites that their race and culture should not be promoted is quite evil, is it not? Like there is a certain layer of what the human expression of oneself can go before someone else puts an arbitrary stop-sign telling them that their culture just have had enough. I thought that we all worked from on the dream MLK had as a base. Maybe he was wrong after all... Dude...seriously? I would like others to comment ..." do you guys think the European\White race needs to be promoted in our modern age "

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. I know I will fail to convince you but its not racist if its intention is to be inclusive and we don't need other cultures to prompt the white\European race...we already dominate on most levels Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? I think you are misusing the word " racism " ...what is your definition of racism in this case? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people? Answer my questions first. Okay, "we" is the general European\White race I meant to say " we have no need to promote the White race " Hahahaha, i'm done. Do you mind sharing why you are done ?

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. I know I will fail to convince you but its not racist if its intention is to be inclusive and we don't need other cultures to prompt the white\European race...we already dominate on most levels Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? I think you are misusing the word " racism " ...what is your definition of racism in this case? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people? Racism is the belief that races have characteristics that make some superior and others inferior. Okay so how would integrating minority groups in a game like W3 be racist?

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. I know I will fail to convince you but its not racist if its intention is to be inclusive and we don't need other cultures to prompt the white\European race...we already dominate on most levels Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? I think you are misusing the word " racism " ...what is your definition of racism in this case? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people? Answer my questions first. Okay, "we" is the general European\White race I meant to say " we have no need to promote the White race "

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. I know I will fail to convince you but its not racist if its intention is to be inclusive and we don't need other cultures to prompt the white\European race...we already dominate on most levels Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? I think you are misusing the word " racism " ...what is your definition of racism in this case? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people?

But you someone who is very confident about his race, who you are and what you have achieved I don't think you need someone trying to make you feel better ?

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. I know I will fail to convince you but its not racist if its intention is to be inclusive and we don't need other cultures to prompt the white\European race...we already dominate on most levels

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal?

This is the BEST news I have heard all day by far, his resignation is long overdue So he just won re-election after the media buzz of corruptio and now he resigns? Seems the rumors about some leads pointing to his involvement are true then and he wants to vanish and hide all the money before he will get arrested What I find interesting about Blatters resignation is the complete turnaround he has demonstrated So he has always been very intransigent around resigning and he won the election a few days ago for FIFA presidency You would think he was in a very strong position yet he resigned ? So the question is " why now " and " why suddenly " I don't believe his comments he made as the reason he resigned.. " FIFA needs a profound restructuring !!! " No this has never bothered him in the past, I think evidence was presented to him that irrefutably showed he was directly linked to the various corruption charges, he was given a choice " Resign or we go public. But if we go public it will be a messy affair and we prefer not to " ....so he fell on his sword at last

This one? http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/05/31/why-feminist-frequency-is-dead-wrong-about-the-witcher-3/ Seems fairly mild IMO. I think that they cannot handle the part where Erik calls them out on wanting art to serve a political agenda. Well technically he doesn't say that, he says that art shouldn't only be about pushing a political agenda. He does say art can have elements of a political agenda I agree with that, and that Forbes article he wrote is a good read and addresses my issues with some of the criticism that the W3 received

But I am not saying Qatar and Russia can't resubmit there intention to host a WC, I am just saying it must be fair vote this time with no bribes

Heh. Malc if either Russia or Qatar paid a bribe to get there WC you do agree the vote must be taken again?

This is the BEST news I have heard all day by far, his resignation is long overdue

This illustrates the worst of cynicism. We should be morally obliged to be mad when people try to revise history to justify atrocitites, just as we should applaud and praise those who shine light on atrocities which have been forgotten or revised in the past. Russia had previously officially apologized for the brutal invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia. This catharsis was something which strengthened Russia in the global diplomatic scene and gave them increased credibility, especially in Eastern Europe. To backtrack on this is not only an indicator of the increasing disconnect with reality in the Russian internal political scene, but something which will greatly interfere with Russian relations with Eastern European countries, leaving them even more a diplomatic midget, sputtering jingoistic nonsense while country after country in their vicinity comes knocking at NATO's door. At this rate, Belarus will apply for NATO membership in 2017. Sadly, Russia believing that everything that goes against them in the geographical vicinity is a "Western conspiracy" turns out to be a very self-fulfilling prophecy. This particular paragraph is really pertinent, accurate and insightful. I hope everyone reads it...nice perspective But you do know it will be utterly lost on Zora, he is far too anti-Western to see the truth in what you say

Okay you guys are right, there are legitimate ways to prove intent but it does involve proper detective work

Yes but how is even a detective going to prove intent if its just words? Surly you need actions or how would you prove anything?

Holy Smoke I'm excited, Day 1 purchase for sure !!!

Shocking. Probably do need consequences, but I think the court was saying you need more evidence than just someone saying it is threatening. Throwing people in jail is serious business, right. As I understand it, the guy was convicted under the test that recognizing the words as a threat was something a "reasonable" person would do. But that as a test could remove the words from any potential context they might have. Context is always important. "I kill you? I kill everyone!" might be a threat...but probably isn't if it was proceeded by something like "Man, you're hilarious - you kill me!" In this case - and again as I understand it - the guy clearly marked on his posts in ways that would provide different context for what he wrote (some sort of Free Speech disclaimer). So what I gather reading about this decision isn't that you can post anything online without consequence, but the words themselves are not enough to convict - you have to provide intent. But how do you prove intent if they are just seen as words...surly words can prove intention?

Errr...its probably got to do with the fact women are the victims of more abuse than men on the Internet

I think the Supreme Court made a mistake, there has to be consequences for that kind of threatening behavior. As the women in the video said this is a blow to the rights of abused women who now could face similar vitriol and worry about being able to legally challenge it

Blatter chose the right strategy, rather than the exorbitant sums needed to buy the superpowers, he just bought all the smaller and cheaper votes. Besides, all it takes is for him to call his old friend Putin and people starts to mysteriously suffer from radiation poisoning symptoms Yes, this Sadly the African countries have been manipulated into believing that " Blatter is a victim of Colonial powers and he is the right person to fix the rampant corruption that he has presided over the last 30 years"

No. I will not. I've watched videos of it, and aside from a nice art-style and a very good looking destruction and physics engine the game looks deadly dull. I'll fight for Hatred's right to exist and be sold, but I won't bother sitting through a tedious experience just for the sake of it or to thumb my nose at pearlclutchers. However, the developers have shown themselves to be technically competent and not adverse to controversy, so I'll keep an eye out for their next game now that they've gotten a bunch of funding for it from Hatred's sales. Hopefully their next game will have more to recommend it beyond an edgelord concept. This is a very good post because you have given logical and reasonable reasons for not wanting buy Hatred You are not basing your decision on some misplaced ideological crusade