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Intel Study: Diversity and Inclusion in Gaming

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Why do reactionaries and conspiracy theories go hand in hand? I never understood the correlation
 
xkm1948 said:
tpu news comments section never cease to amaze.
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Words like "diversity" trigger certain groups like none other. I mean it's rather amazing some days.
 
And you all like each other's posts. Cute, and telling.
 
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Legacy-ZA said:
Is that why they are nowhere near those prices, in Africa? LOL Isn't this place suppose to be part of the "diverse" woke speak LOL whahahahahhaah.
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Does Africa even have pc hardware stores?
 
Why_Me said:
Does Africa even have pc hardware stores?
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Of course they do, but they are all scalpers now, they charge $320 USD for a 11400F, so yeah... no, they are not even near MSRP. It's literally cheaper to buy on Amazon and import it from there. Also, gaming only goes so far, 11400 is not really for productivity/content creation work, I can't even begin to tell you what a 11900k costs here LOL. Or maybe you do? Mmmmm.
 
Blah blah blah, Intel wants some woke points, slow clap.
 
Legacy-ZA said:
Of course they do, but they are all scalpers now, they charge $320 USD for a 11400F, so yeah... no, they are not even near MSRP. It's literally cheaper to buy on Amazon and import it from there. Also, gaming only goes so far, 11400 is not really for productivity/content creation work, I can't even begin to tell you what a 11900k costs here LOL. Or maybe you do? Mmmmm.
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https://www.wootware.co.za/intel-bx...nm-comet-lake-socket-lga1200-desktop-cpu.html <--- i5 11400F $229 USD

https://www.wootware.co.za/amd-100-...6ghz-4-2ghz-boost-socket-am4-desktop-cpu.html <--- Ryzen 3600 $271 USD
 
hardcore_gamer said:
"over half of gamers feel brands should take an active stance on societal issues."

This study seems like a waste of money. I am not sure who these "gamers" are, but I doubt consumers like being pandered to, especially from entertainment (movies, tv shows, games, etc).
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They probably polled gamers in NYC and San Francisco to come up with that figure. This woke BS is going to ruin gaming.
 
So this is what you get when Intel runs out of products to announce.

Wow.

80251 said:
They probably polled gamers in NYC and San Francisco to come up with that figure. This woke BS is going to ruin gaming.
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Nah its going to backfire massively.

Note, I'm all for a much more varied amount of games, protagonists etc. But the woke movement isn't about that. Its about missionary work to rub stuff that doesn't belong in creative products in your face, its always missing the mark and the net result is in fact all these 'diverse' styled games look the exact same and are more often than not super horrible in dialogue, character building and overall quality. You get the whatever-you-are, the lesbian with bald head, the cool asian, the black dude, the white nerd, etc etc.

Its not new. Its already being done since forever, and the more it invades, the less it matters and eventually products with a real soul will stick out as the best. They still get released just as well - but they're rare as they've always been. It requires talent and inspiration - you know, being original instead of watching whatever leads the like buttons.

Real diversity is taking real history into games. Real art. Real achievements we can do or have done. Its about identification - but its no fun identifying with the same shitty dude with a cap every time, who's an empty shell otherwise. Its much more fun getting into characters with all sorts of flaws, life experience, historical conscience or a strictly defined mission. Diversity is being truly your own person. Not ticking a box where you think you belong. Games with anti-heroes almost always work in some way, for example. Think about the character Max Payne - now there's a game with soul. Or consider Lara Croft. Agent 47. Virtually every GTA protagonist. Its not about the characters wanting to look like you, its about you wanting to get into a game character's skin. That's where immersion comes from.
 
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Happy I switched to AMD.
 
Woke is a Joke.
 
The world is already going to hell in a hand-basket; I'm so over this inclusion and gender-equality nonsense - just get on, be relatively nice to each other, and outside of that, very little interest in what you do in your private life.

Games are supposed to be about escapism, and the last thing my friends and colleagues that play video games want is more politics and world problems shoved down our throats. The problem is, lots of people are afraid to speak out for fear of being labelled homophobic and the like.

Diversity and gender politics has already forced a number of potentially good movies to be quite unwatchable, let's not spoil the gaming industry with it.
 
R-T-B said:
Tropico series has usually had options for colorblind people (spectrum tinting). Beyond that not seen much. Excellent point.


You realize this is about gaming/gamers and not hiring practices?
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Games for "everyone".

That ends always badly. I remember Blizzard trying to make certain game(s) seemingly targeted for everyone. Turns out as result nobody wants to play them.

As for helping folks with colorblindness to play, sure thats great. Battlefield had that. I remember it, cause "colorblind" version was better even if you werent one. :D

Apart that, colorblind settings could be easily done in GPU drivers, given you essentially just need to either differ between certain colors, or map them to another. It wouldnt be 100% perfect, but it would help. Nothing wrong with that ofc.
 
xkm1948 said:
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You must lead a very sheltered life. :laugh:

beedoo said:
Diversity and gender politics has already forced a number of potentially good movies to be quite unwatchable, let's not spoil the gaming industry with it.
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Movies, books, cartoons, you name it they've ruined it.
 
Mescalamba said:
Turns out as result nobody wants to play them.
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No one plays Blizzard games? I'd like the study that says that.

hardcore_gamer said:
I was wondering when the "putting people into certain groups" thing was gonna show up.
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When man exited the cave. Everyone does it. One side does it calling people "woke," I do it pointing out only certain people use the term "woke." Tribalism is everywhere and accusing someone of using it (like you aren't) is petty.

Caring1 said:
Movies, books, cartoons, you name it they've ruined it.
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I must've missed the "ruined" bandwagon.
 
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