Then you have faulty market research. I’ve experienced video game companies which did market research using surveys, which were not anonymous and sometimes internal. So you have to fill out a form where you are asked if you like sexy characters, with your name on it, which will be read by a UX team or maybe your boss. I found these surveys were, not entirely accurate.
In short, the 3D artist might be sitting at work, a user research report arrives telling them that actually people don’t want sexy girls according to their non-anonymous internal survey, a game designer holds a workshop about inclusive mechanics for the emerging market, business department sends a memo pointing out the importance of the untapped but increasing female market share and how you have to appeal to them rather than the existing customer base which is loyal, marketing requests that the model is usable as promotional material in the upcoming event at the festival for ecological feminism which the company is attending as a fund raiser, the consulting historian just send you a 70 page paper called “References of belt buckles in the 15th century” with a note reprimanding you for making the wrong belt buckle despite already having sent you this documentation, and of course finally the art lead approaches you saying “So I just had a shower thought, what if she was blue haired”?
The fact that woke mindsets exist is something that you have noticed no doubt, so have video game companies, and generally they don’t wish to draw negative attention, and yes I understand that they do anyway, but remember decisions are often made by business suits, who have little understanding of the actual product, which is why faulty UX research is also detrimental.
Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support.
I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized.
he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that.
he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened.
he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence.
i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me
i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction.
after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly.
things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it.
we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe …
our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far?
this has upset me so much its hard to even function.
This is made worse by the phony and toxic video game journalists operating in America in particular. Websites like IGN and Kotaku are at this point apparently entirely staffed by incompetent people without any ability to even complete video games, so they focus on shallow aspects. These people also tend to be racist, while pretending to be politically correct, but to see otherwise you just have to look at the difference in reception Baldurs Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 (full nudity and sex scenes) got, compared to Stellar Blade (A girl in a skimpy outfit). Essentially, sex and nudity is great and progressive, provided you are European or American, but if you are Asian, you’re sexualising games even if you do much less than western companies.
Then you have department leads who are uncoordinated or rogue. Each department has a lead developer or director, they tend to approve decisions, but their positions can be quite difficult. Each lead might have a different vision of what the game is, and generally, you don’t just go up to people and tell them their designs are ugly, even if you think so. You need particular people to have open discussions and clear goals at a company like this, and these people are not always available. A lot of 3D artists did not become that, just to make waifu’s for horndogs. Even if this is what customers want, this might not be what the artists want.
This is a more interesting question than you might realize, it is often explained simply as video game companies in the west being woke, and therefore has an ultimate agenda to remove attractive females from video games. I think there is a little more to it than that. I consulted video games companies and I can share some experience on that.
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Video games are insanely complex projects involving many people, and beyond the vision of the product they also have to work as businesses. For some companies this involves chasing investors, whether it is directly for funding, or their shareholders. There are plenty of grants which can be acquired but only if you live up to certain things, those standards are set by politicians, not by creative people. And this is your first reason for why character designs change, outside requirements for grants.
The resulting model, may not be the artist ideal vision, sexy or not.
