Let me start this post with the quote at the beginning of Assassin Creed games:
"This work of fiction was designed, developed, and produced by a multicultural team of various faiths and beliefs"
Now let me ask you a question: If you found out that someone on the dev team of GTA V, Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, or any other game you purchased had a radically different political beliefs than you, would you take that game back to the store and ask for a refund?
I doubt it because that would be complete stupidity.
Long story short, Comcept, the team making Mighty No. 9 hired a feminist (Dina Karam) to be their community manager and to work with the design team and there has been a major backlash over this. We have people claiming that:
- She will turn the game into some sort of feminist social justice political man-hating thing
- That she should be fired
- That they want their money back
To see the shit storm itself you can go here.
There is a prominent video on YouTube about this that's a good example of the irrational bullshit and fear mongering but I won't be posting it here because the guy who made it is obviously trying to stir up controversy for views. Either that or he really is as stupid as he seems.
In response to this shit storm of stupidity all I have to say is: are you FUCKING kidding me? You really want to stop supporting a project because someone on the team has different political views than you? And can anyone really be stupid enough to think that Inafune would allow a feminist to corrupt his dream project with her agenda (if she even has one)? That's bat-shit crazy! No, that's just plain stupid, it really is.
And it really is sad that all of this stems from an irrational fear of a worthless fringe movement because some people are insecure in their masculinity.
Dina has made some mistakes as community manager in response to the hate leveled at her. I'm not defending her because I don't need to, that's her battle to fight because some people have legitimate criticisms of her. That's all beside the point because this entire situation blew up because of people opposed to her political views and the moronic idea that she can somehow make her views a part of the game despite the fact that she's not even a decision maker at Comcept.
What I'm doing is calling out all the beta males who tremble in terror at the mere thought of a feminist working on a game. I know that feminists are your greatest fear but there were probably feminist who've worked on all the big budget games you've played just given how large their dev teams were. Did those games turn into some sort of feminist social justice man-hating project? Fuck no. And MN9 isn't going to either.
Inafune and the decision makers at Comcept have things under control so calm your fucking tits already. They don't need you micro managing their hiring decisions. There is no reason for you to let your irrational fear of a political fringe movement lead to this massive shit storm of outright stupidity. You're making us as gamers look bad.
You know, this whole situation is really a black-eye not just for the MN9 community but for the gaming community in general. The ones freaking out over this have portrayed us gamers as cowardly beta males who tremble in fear in the face of a fringe movement that in reality has no power over us at all. Worst of all they responded irrationally making moronic claims that also have no basis in reality. It's sad and pathetic.
I'm embarrassed to be a part of the MN9 community now. I won't be associating with them any more. I'll wait for the game to come out and judge it fairly on its merits at that time. Until then, those who have flipped out over this situation need to take a look at yourself and man the fuck up. Stop behaving like a child and stop making us gamers look bad. The big bad feminists aren't going to ruin your game and they aren't going to castrate you, but if you fear them then you've pretty much already castrated yourself.