Gaida's tweet and his suspension from the tournament spread like wildfire. One side of the argument stated that using words like "rape" and "gay" in gaming don't carry the same contextual weight as they do when used in real life. Leandre even got messages from people saying she deserves to be killed and raped and that she can't take a joke. The other side argued that using words like that don''t belong in gaming.
Let's take a closer look at both sides of the argument.
Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.
I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.
Im surprised too. Starcraft was still a huge name in 2010. It was kinda the only new RTS around and other genres like MOBAs hadn't really kicked off yet. I do remember at the time sentiment around the game was
pretty angry the game was being split into 3 but I doubt that would have impacted sales to that degree
For a long time I believed StarCraft II sold on par or better than its predecessor. There was so much hype for the game. Plus it had a pretty strong E-Sports scene for a few years.
Myself and half a dozen friends all bought StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and played it religiously for a full year. While I bought the expansions, most of my friends did not. RPGs seem to be a generally low selling genre.
I'm not shocked at all. This was an early example of Blizzard being greedy. Instead of releasing a complete experience, splitting Starcraft 2 in 3 parts so it could make us purchase it 3 times if we wanted to know the whole story and play story mode with the other races.
I originally had that stance. However, Wings of Liberty, was just as long, if not longer than StarCraft 1. The expansions were of decent length too and added a good amount of additional content.
and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.
It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.
The best sci-fi games ever made range from diving into the depths of humanity to finding hope among the stars.
Don't really agree on Dead Space being number one. But usually come down to preference. Alot of good games on the list. I was hoping to see Aliens vs Predator by Sierra on the list, as it was a great game. Anyways for me the number one is still Halo but Mass Effect was really good up to the infamous ending of the third game.
I would put Flashback on my list. Its got such a great tone and background design. The cutscenes were pretty good too.
DEAD SPACE 2 as number 1? Really? I've only ever played DEAD SPACE 1 (without finishing it) and, sure enough I liked it a lot, and have been yearning for getting to grips with an hd remastered trilogy for the PS4/XBox One/PS5/XBox Series X/S, but what about Deus Ex Human Revolution & Mankind Divided? Alienation (to quench our thirst for twitching fingers' top-down dual-stick shooters)? Or even Cyberpunk 2077 (once the game has been re-released and all the kinks have been ironed out)?
If not at the #1 spot, it seems to me these games deserved to be on the list somewhere.
But what really strikes me as unfair is, if you're going back to the PS3/XBox 360 era with DS2, how could you forget to mention Killzone 2 & 3? The Resistance games? When it comes to Sci-Fi FPS, it's inadequate not to pay your respects to those stellar franchises! Heck, even the Crysis trilogy should've been there IMHO.
A team of modders is working on a Starcraft Remake in Starcraft 2, and has released a brand new version of it.
The word is terrible and should not be used as a threat at all. However, in the context of gaming I have seen it used in a very light manner.
not saying that its right to use it, not all all, but he did not really mean physically and sexually assault...
It just shows how immature you are. I respect fellow gamers that I play with online, and give them the same courtesy I would a person in real life. It's sad some people have to cuss constantly, or call out derogatory terms when playing online matches. It's fine to get excited, I yell obscenities when I get too into a match as well, but learn when to put a lid on it.
I think it's inappropriate in the extreme. With the rise of eSports gaming has come under the spotlight and saying things like that to a female opponent shows lack of respect and unprofessional.
I disagree with the writer in that that who the opponent is does matter. There's such a thing as common decency and respect. We've written so many articles about how female gamers and industry people are sexually harassed, now to go and say that is just plain stupid. Same would be if you play against a black person and say "Nigger", it's disrespectful.
Perhaps it's time gamers (and especially when in a competitive environment) acquire new language skills. There are a lot of other ways to say you are going to dominate an opponent.
That having been said, when I played comp in TF2 and QL I also at times used the word "rape". I have since grown up a bit. There's perhaps also a difference when words like that are used between friends, certainly not in an international comp and tweeting it to the world.
eSports needs to develope maturity. Its going to take a while, but we'll get there.
Yeah, we should not use "rape" so lightly, and "gay" trying to be offensive.