Good god the gaming subreddit is basically like PS5 board. YIKES.
Capital G Gamers I take it.
I don't even get it. Why was it changed?Telling your age son.
Ehhh. Didn't need to be patched out, but it's not some huge thing that it was, either.Sigh.......this is what gets users accounts banned.
Seems like not that big a deal tbh. Even in context it's just a euphemism for a racist word, but racist people aren't the ones using the phrase "hard r" to refer to thatLooks like another one going to get their account deleted
Seriously? Didn't need to be patched out?
I think the bigger issue is the process that brought it about. Procedural generation I guess? In this kind of game?If I had to guess they have a standard walll texture with ocassional graffiti they spread over the walls and didn't notice the interaction, probably because they had been spreading it over walls for hours and had gotten to the point they were just scanning for graphical glitches, missing that
Honestly, my old brain went to movies with that.
Looks like another one going to get their account deletedFeel free to mark it if you think I'm breaking any rules
Isn't this a Korean made game? Chances are they had no idea there was any controversy regarding racial slurs. Doubt it was intentional. Bet some westerner saw it, asked them to remove it, and they were probably like "huh? That's offensive? Okay, yeah whatever, no problem."Essentially, yes.
Hard R refers to the N word. With the -er ending. Mostly said by racist people. As opposed to the -a ending.I have never heard this before. didn't trigger anything in me. oh well.
The reasonable take that should end the issue:
1) That was definitely unintentional
2) Removing it is a good call, even if it's not in your face for some it could cause some unintentional offense to someone else
3) Nobody actually cares about the placement of a standard repeated graphics tile and nothing of value was lost by moving them
Removing an unintended message is perfectly normal.
I have never heard this before. didn't trigger anything in me. oh well.
Same here. Earlier someone ITT talked about how people are going to pretend not knowing what it means, but I sincerely never heard of this and literally had to have this topic explain it to me. Tbh I'm still not sure I get it, but I guess if enough people agree that it's offensive and it was edited out, then good for everyone I guess.It was explained pretty clearly in post #34:
Hard R refers to the N word. With the -er ending. Mostly said by racist people. As opposed to the -a ending.
It was explained pretty clearly in post #34:
The horror
The horrorShock being annoying again
Been seeing that the "Hard R" patch also modified one of the bonus outfits to make it less skimpy. Sony just couldn't help themselves.They destroyed the bunny outfit
The horror
I mean I don't like censorship but we're not really losing out on anything important here like titties
Seriously? Didn't need to be patched out?Yes. Not upset it was but it didn't need to be.
I have never heard this before. didn't trigger anything in me. oh well.I don't believe you.
Seems like they actually changed some outfits too.Sighhh
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. I didn't know and this topic explained it to me, sort of.What do you mean "sort of", it's clear as day.
I don't believe you.that's your problem and assumption. Many walks of life, we come from. As a asian american I was not familiar with this nor do I have my ear to the ground 100% regarding the black american experience. Not my sphere of expertise sorry.
Same here. Earlier someone ITT talked about how people are going to pretend not knowing what it means, but I sincerely never heard of this and literally had to have this topic explain it to me. Tbh I'm still not sure I get it, but I guess if enough people agree that it's offensive and it was edited out, then good for everyone I guess.https://imgur.com/QSQ84XP
time for another thread where some CEmen pretend to have never heard of "the hard R" while others pretend/assume there are mobs of foam-mouthed SJWs yelling about thisThe problem is that in order to believe it was indeed intentionally racist, you'd have to assume that the largely Korean/Japanese/etc. developers employed by Sony were trying to insert this very western/American racist dog whistle into their video game. Because, you know... the entire world views race relations through an American lens. Duh.
https://youtu.be/Oq5zmyRA92A?si=q5DScSgYVvPKT9do
If anybody is confused, here's an example of that pronunciation being referred to by that term. Though it is Maya Rudolph who pronounces it like that.
What do you mean "sort of", it's clear as day.
The problem is that in order to believe it was indeed intentionally racist, you'd have to assume that the largely Korean/Japanese/etc. developers employed by Sony were trying to insert this very western/American racist dog whistle into their video game. Because, you know... the entire world views race relations through an American lens. Duh.
American and other first-language English speakers knowing what the "hard r" means? Yeah, of course most of us get it. But the developers of this game? C'mon. I highly doubt they just wanted to get a kick out of inserting implied bigoted language into their game.
Now, should it have been changed? I really don't care. To me, the game never looked interesting enough to buy in the first place.
Personally, I still think 'hard R' is kind of an odd way to describe it and 'hard N' would make more senseIt's because we're differentiating between the "soft a" version of the word that is commonly used by black Americans today, and the more racially charged epithet "hard r" we all know about. They both have a "hard n", so that term wouldn't do anything for trying to distinguish one from the other.
It's because we're differentiating between the "soft a" version of the word that is commonly used by black Americans today, and the more racially charged epithet "hard r" we all know about. They both have a "hard n", so that term wouldn't do anything for trying to distinguish one from the other.