Current Events > Spider-Man 2018 is seriously getting flak for not being anti-police?

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Lmao, these people are fucking pathetic.

Dont break the law, the police wont bother you.

Its that simple.
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huh? context?
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Two people find helping the NYPD awkward because of the real NYPD. That's it. No need to inflate it, it's no outbreak. And, of course, it's kinda weird to think you won't get bothered just because you did no wrong.
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Imagine caring about a single article's opinion.
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Pony Avatar topic.
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Some middle class suburban crybaby on twitter is upset that spidey is helping the police cut down on all the crime that runs rampant in nyc
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https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/they-turned-spider-man-into-a-damn-cop-and-it-sucks-1828944087

Granted, I am only a few hours into the game, but so far the primary objective boils down to Help The Cops. Not just any cops, either, but the NYPD specifically, because the game takes place in a true-to-life rendering of New York City. Its dumb to expect video games to be responsible reflections of real life, but it is also impossible, for me at least, to not feel some ickiness about the game forcing me into cahoots with even a fictionalized version of the NYPD, an organization that routinely oppresses some of the most vulnerable residents of the city I live in.

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He usually is ok with the cops apart from his early career sometimes. And this is set in his advanced career when the city loves him

Did Sean King really tweet a joke about Spider-Man webbing up an unarmed black teen or are people fucking with me?

_BlueMonk posted...

huh? context?

SJWs are MAD that you help the virtual NYPD instead of beating them up in sort of rage fueled virtue signal revenge or something.
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I think the funniest statement about this I saw was when someone complained that Spider-Man quipped about the thugs getting real jobs so they wouldn't have to work so hard being criminals.

They were upset because "sometimes being a criminal is all you have" or something, I can't remember the exact wording.

Like, way to take a video game about super heroes so damn seriously.
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The people that say these things haven't played the game. The backpacks and even the first fucking mission contradict their articles. you beat the fuck out of a group of corrupt cops in the first mission
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Its getting flak for daring to have minorities in the game and for not making womenz look like drop dead models.
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Like that guy who was killed in his own home because a policewoman thought it was her apartment and not his?
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Pretty sure it was just one article. I don't think there's any public outcry so this topic seems a bit hyperbolic.

There are at least two other articles about it

https://www.theringer.com/2018/9/12/17848460/spider-man-ps4-police

https://kotaku.com/spider-mans-take-on-police-feels-out-of-touch-1828978785
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lolife67 posted...

Pretty sure it was just one article. I don't think there's any public outcry so this topic seems a bit hyperbolic.

Two. But yes, exaggeration (and what they even complained about) is abound.
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Roshon posted...

Its getting flak for daring to have minorities in the game and for not making womenz look like drop dead models.

I haven't heard anyone complain about Miles outside his missions being fucking boring outside the second half of the one on the docks

But yeah, I hear a lot of complaints about how plain MJ looks and how she's annoying.
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ManBeast462 posted...

Dont break the law, the police wont bother you.

*Mouth waters*

I want this bait so much
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TC is this really worth getting upset over?
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Well it's not comic book accurate.
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A fictionalized version of the NYPD. Hell, even the most anti-police writer could look at it and think "huh, this is an idealized, comic-book version of the NYPD where they're a force for good".

Science fiction and fantasy show us the world as it could be, and sometimes as it should be, to comment on reality.
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Imagine if the momo's who complain about this actually played for another hour and got to the part where the NYPD is replaced by a Private Military Company that forcefully detains citizens and has orders to shoot protestors on sight

AlecSkorpio posted...

Roshon posted...

Its getting flak for daring to have minorities in the game and for not making womenz look like drop dead models.

I haven't heard anyone complain about Miles outside his missions being fucking boring outside the second half of the one on the docks

But yeah, I hear a lot of complaints about how plain MJ looks and how she's annoying.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/691087-playstation-4/76986288
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The23rdMagus posted...

A fictionalized version of the NYPD. Hell, even the most anti-police writer could look at it and think "huh, this is an idealized, comic-book version of the NYPD where they're a force for good".

Science fiction and fantasy show us the world as it could be, and sometimes as it should be, to comment on reality.

This. Any article that criticizes its depiction of the NYPD should actually look at the source material. "Huh, it's a fictional work based on superheroes wearing spandex and silly costumes. Maybe things aren't true to life in this game."
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

ManBeast462 posted...

Dont break the law, the police wont bother you.

*Mouth waters*

I want this bait so much

Crime statistics.

Youre far more likely to win at a casino than be harassed by the cops.

Youre far more likely to be attacked by gang members than be harassed by the cops.

Spider-Man saves you from gang members.
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Do you guys really need to make the same topic over and over again? The other one was the trending topic all day yesterday. It hasnt purged yet. Just fucking use that one instead of making the same topic over and over before the old one even purges.
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AlecSkorpio posted...

But yeah, I hear a lot of complaints about how plain MJ looks and how she's annoying.

I've only played the very beginning with Kingpin and have mostly avoided spoilers, so haven't seen MJ, but technically I thought she was a supermodel? Or is that not really a thing anymore? I mean I don't really care but its an odd change I guess?
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The Top Crusader posted...

I've only played the very beginning with Kingpin and have mostly avoided spoilers, so haven't seen MJ, but technically I thought she was a supermodel? Or is that not really a thing anymore? I mean I don't really care but its an odd change I guess?

Her change makes sense here as she's not a supermodel but a reporter.

People are just used to her being knock-out attractive. She's still pretty but "plain."
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The Top Crusader posted...

AlecSkorpio posted...

But yeah, I hear a lot of complaints about how plain MJ looks and how she's annoying.

I've only played the very beginning with Kingpin and have mostly avoided spoilers, so haven't seen MJ, but technically I thought she was a supermodel? Or is that not really a thing anymore? I mean I don't really care but its an odd change I guess?

1. It's so early in the game that I'm shocked you haven't reached it.
2. Reporter MJ is ancient. This game just uses that version of her. She's moved on from supermodel in select continuities for ages.
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Humanity is a shitstain
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The Top Crusader posted...

AlecSkorpio posted...

But yeah, I hear a lot of complaints about how plain MJ looks and how she's annoying.

I've only played the very beginning with Kingpin and have mostly avoided spoilers, so haven't seen MJ, but technically I thought she was a supermodel? Or is that not really a thing anymore? I mean I don't really care but its an odd change I guess?

she's a reporter in this game, not a model

and she looks fine
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It's a fact of life that no matter what you do, no matter how right, wrong or suspect... Some people will oppose it.

It's like what happened at Backlash 2008 when Shawn Michaels took on The Animal Batista with former WWE Champion Chris Jericho as the guest referee.



Batista had the match in the bag when suddenly Shawn fell to the ground clutching his knee. Jericho told Batista to stand back as he checked on Shawn's injury only for Shawn to spring to life and take Batista out with a Superkick from nowhere.

This lead to a debate about whether or not Shawn was really hurt at all or just faking it for an advantage. Until eventually Shawn dramatically admitted that he wasn't really hurt and the whole thing was a ruse to outsmart Batista and Jericho in order to the win the match. The crowd cheered loudly and went crazy but not everyone was happy.

Jericho was furious and attacked Shawn until he him at his mercy holding a steel chair inches above Shawn's head but hesitated and refused to strike then walked away. Causing the entire crowd to boo and jeer.

This caused Jericho to completely snap as he was furious that the thousands of members of the WWE Universe in attendance cheered with jubiliation when Shawn cheated and lied, then booed with resentment and distain when Jericho DIDN'T crush a man's skull with a steel chair.

Jericho decided that the WWE Universe was bloodthirsty, didn't understand right from wrong and it sent him far off the deep end. Causing him to punch Shawn's wife in the face and then beat up Shawn so badly and brutally that the referee had to stop the match due to Shawn's immense blood loss and cavalcade of injuries he had recieved from Jericho's monsterous beatdown



Leaving both Shawn and his wife hospitalized.

You gotta believe these people playing Spiderman 2018 are experiencing the same kind of mindset. They're seeing things they think are wrong in the NYPD, just like Jericho saw wrong in Shawn's lying and cheating. I mean Shawn Micheals and the NYPD are very similar in many many ways.

Then they try to do the right thing, point out the problem, explain why it bothered them and be a bigger man just like Jericho tried to explain why what Shawn did was wrong but not hurt him.

Only for the response of millions people around the world to boo them and cheer Shawn/Spiderman.

You have to wonder if those outraged are going to follow the same dark path that Chris Jericho did and end up doing some very extreme actions. After all they're only saying what they think is right and they have a point.

But it just goes to show that no matter what actions you take, no matter what you think, people are not always going to react in the way you think they will. That's part of life.

Hopefully these men or their friends are members of the WWE Universe and can see writing on the wall and stop this before it escalates.
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WWEPropaganda posted...

Bah Gawd King! He's Back! He's Back!
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Help the police, dont break the law
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