ALTEREGO'S PROFILE

What people need to understand is that they can say really hurtful, damaging things without realizing they're doing it, or intending to hurt anyone by doing it. It doesn't make you a bad person for saying/doing/thinking these things, but you do need to take responsibility for it. If someone says "I find that offensive" you just need to stop and not question what grounds they have to be offended.

No. You have to question it. You don't have to antagonize that person, but you have to question it. Just has you have to question your own motives, you have to question other people's motives. I think I've already illustrated in this very thread how not every instance of a 'something' that can be deemed offensive by others, needs to be treated with the severity some people here advocate... It is true that nothing exist in a vacuum, but it's not like even we, human beings made of flesh and bone, are not capable of exercising objectivity.

The response we should be looking for (which you correctly asked upthread) isn't "I'm not one of those people," it should be "Okay, what can we do to change this?"

I've gone over and over about this in my head and there's virtually no answer. If I am really part of the problem simply on virtue of being an able-bodied, straight male, then I can come to grips with this terrible fact. But until my soul finds "eternal peace" (here's hoping it's soon!) I'll just have to keep on being part of the problem, and you all will have to forgive for that, because I am truly, truly sorry.

You see, many of us already hold ourselves to the best standard we think possible. But you have to understand that one can only do so much--Creating games responsibly is only practical up to a point... I mean, if in your game there's as little as the swing of a sword (Which I think includes all the games of the people that have participated in this thread), there's already someone out there blaming you for spreading a culture that get people hurt or killed irl, and I'm not even exaggerating! So unless you're planning on dropping or altering your game, you and I will have to live with that blood in our hands. And it's not just violence, or sexism, or racism; it's nearly everything!

So, I have to ask: Are you ready for that kind of responsibility? Because I am not, and I'm genuinely scared about it, but I don't think I'll stop doing what I'm doing, because quite frankly, I love doing it... So, please, I exhort you all to: instead of retracting from the community, or "fighting hate with hate", to find a common ground in which we can all coexist, even if we don't see eye-to-eye on everything.

Female what?

Female human. Simple. ...When Dyhalto said: "We all know what we're talking about here" I'm pretty sure he meant we're all well aware we're talking about actual human beings; This detail doesn't escape any of us, believe me. But just because someone doesn't know or want to adhere to the "t" to your belief on how a word must be used, it doesn't mean that person is out to "dehumanize" others.

What I'm trying to say is, there are cases in which a word can be used derogatorily and cases in which, well, that is not the case. And I don't think Dyhalto meant to use the word "female" in any bad way. For example, when Melkino referred to "male actors" or "male users" was she "dehumanizing" the people she was talking about? I don't think so. ...But when people use phrases like "x white males" that IS one instance of the word "male" being used in a derogatory context. So, I don't understand how people denouncing the use of the word "female" can bring themselves to say the word "male" in that fashion if they really, really had come to the conclusion that is wrong to do so.

Seriously, at the end of the day we have to understand that (colloquially speaking) there are times in which using the words: male, female, boy, girl, etc. is acceptable, and not condemn every instance of it. Sure, we can shed light into the issue, but no guilt-trips plz.

Edit: Yeah, no, I know very well what did I read. And my fedora is no more tilted that yours. ;)

I don't know. What Fidchell said was probably just a misunderstanding. But what can be said about you, going out of your way to make a status with the sole intention of calling him out? Not to mention you had already addressed this issue to him, but since you got no answer I guess you felt necessary to fish for a larger audience? ...tsk tsk tsk!

Edit: I gotta admit, that's an amusing way to say: "I'm rubber you're glue..." :)

author=Sailerius
One of the worst professionally-made JRPGs I've played...

Haha! You're funny. Sometimes I wonder if an old-school game stole your girlfriend or what... Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't you gone on record before stating FFX is one of the best of the series? (Certainly you seem to regard the 'X' games better than their predecessors.) What's funny is that both games suffer from the same exact faults you mention. (Even FFXII does) But this doesn't prevent each game to be fun on its own regard. - Nah, but you don't care about that. As long as it's old-school and popular, you just hate it. =P
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On topic. Despite all its faults, I think it's one of the most beautiful looking games in the franchise. The art direction was something different; everything is so colorful and glamorous. *_* I've been thinking on playing it again myself if not just for that.

I love it when people is all like: "I didn't know that existed" like with the "latest posts" section or now with the Development portal. I mean, how hard can it be to browse around and see what's there? Here's a tip, if you place the cursor on top of something and it changes into a little hand, chances are it's a link, and it can take you to a whole magical new place. Try it out sometime, people! ;)

So yeah, the thing pretty much failed. It seems the kind of dynamic that exist in the screenshots topic just can't be applied to game profiles, despite our best efforts... Simply put, people don't like to give/take criticism. The major offenders are usually newbies that besides not knowing what the development screen section is for (risking being "mean" when you have to tell them), they simply are not in-tune with the idea that feedback is to help them to improve their games. They come here with a "Screw you, It's my game and I do what I want" mentality, and if they don't lash-out they simply ignore any input... Like if rmn was just a hosting site for their crappy games or something.

Then there are the people that know how things work and usually welcome and reply to criticism, yet they almost never edit their screens. The idea is to take that criticism and improve upon your work in "real time" as it often happens of the screenshots topic, and once both ends are satisfied with the results, take the screenshot down (maybe); Not just leave the screen there to gather dust! (And hopefully pageviews, right?) The best I've gotten, is a "Oh, yeah, I'll fix it when the game is done" answer, at which point I just *sigh* and move on.

I guess the question now is: Does the Development screen section deserve a second chance? ...I doubt we'll see different results.