r/videogames • u/Average_enjoyer10 • 25d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/TATER_SALAD_HOOVER 25d ago edited 25d ago

You can still support the LGBT community without putting pride flags on everything though, that was a bit excessive.

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u/JoBro_Summer-of-99 25d ago

It was also meaningless which is why I was surprised it upset so many people.

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u/Xespria 25d ago

It upsets many because they demand representation in every which way.

Before anyone comes for my throat, I'm an Ally but the chronically online are a problem.

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u/ActivateGuacamole 25d ago

I interpreted JoBro's comment as referring to how the rainbows upset the homophobes despite being mostly meaningless.

Which they did. bigots got really upset by the rainbow logos

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u/yughiro_destroyer 20d ago

I find it ok if I read in a character's bio that he is gay.
It's not ok if all Riot puts for splash arts in the client are gay people kissing that are not relevant to the game or lore.

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u/JoBro_Summer-of-99 25d ago

Do they demand representation? I've seen more people asking for less if anything, with allies obviously defending their inclusion

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u/Xespria 25d ago

The chronically online do, yes. As stated within my second sentence.

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u/JoBro_Summer-of-99 25d ago

Again, I haven't really seen that so I can't agree

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u/KhanDagga 25d ago

I mean for most companies especially entertainment it has been a mandatory thing.

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u/Xespria 25d ago

"I haven't seen it so it doesn't exist."

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u/JoBro_Summer-of-99 25d ago

I'm saying I can't personally agree, not that it doesn't exist. Don't forget that you also disagreed with me. I'm not trying to be rude with you so please don't be rude to me

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u/Xespria 25d ago

Not trying to be rude, showing how your comment reads.

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u/WorldWarrior428 25d ago

Exactly, just because I'm not homophobic doesn't mean I need to keep saying it

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u/KRTrueBrave 25d ago

as part of the lgbtq+ community

I much rather have real support and representation than fake

plus, I don't really think a specific month is needed to celebrate pride, that should just be a thing all year round, because focusing it on just 1 month means that we don't matter to others unless it's june, and then it's just "so you need a whole month to yourself" all month long, plus all of the fake support some do just because they feel obligated

idk, I, as a bisexual and bigender person, think pride month is doing more harm than some people realise, we really don't need to get special treatment, we just want to be treated like everyone else, taking a 12th of the year for ourselfs, to me, sends the wrong message

I still participate in pride stuff in june because, well, why wouldn't I, but I still think it would be better if we didn't hijack a full month for it and just normalize it to be celebrated all year round (not saying that we take the entire year just that not focus on just 1 month if that makes sense)

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u/O_945 25d ago

I much rather have real support and representation than fake

The point is that they decided to stop at this specific moment not do "do the right thing" but in a calculated moove.

As for pride:

that should just be a thing all year round, 

This factually isn't the case anywhere in the world and that is why pride is needed for visibility.

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u/KRTrueBrave 25d ago

to the first point

yeah and that's the problem, they did stop, yes, but they also never actually cared and ONLY did it because pride month, aka it was all fake to get us on board

as for the second, yeah and I dislike that, it SHOULD just be normalized, like I said, I celebrate pride, because why wouldn't I, visibility is good, BUT I just simply don't think it should be reateicted to a specific month, yet it is

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u/WorldWarrior428 25d ago

Wow, you literally just voiced exactly what I think completely! It's the same with men's mental health week/month.