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StealThisSheen posted...

Doesn't mean we answer poorly sourced research with equally poor generalizations.

okay genius let me break it down for you

blizzard: what gamers want is for characters to represent themselves
(some) gamers: no we don't
massively large brained egghead: HEY! CUT THAT OUT! YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE!! >:^|

my response is not some sweeping generalization that there is not a SINGLE gamer who wants to see characters representative of themselves. it's a refutation to the idea that blizzard's premise is true. this is because I am speaking from a position that I feel very confident that "more diversity" is not a priority for a majority of gamers, and I know this because I'm one of those gamers who doesn't care about it at all.

now, blizzard literally published an article about how important this subject is, they funded research on it, they developed "tools" to help achieve their goal. to them, according to their own words, they believe that adding diversity to games is the MOST important aspect of development. they did all of this because this subject is SO important to them and they believe that it is true. (in fact, they believe in it so much, that as soon as there was any backlash they immediately posted an edit on their original article backpedaling on their stance!) blizzard is a multi billion dollar company with the ability to reach the eyes and ears of a massive audience.

now, on a message board post that maybe 50 people will read, I used the word "we" when you can argue I should have used the word "I"

it might be possible that blizzard is trying to speak for everyone just a little bit more than I am.