Sexist Reloaded

[Pizdzius]

For me they look like top models and they walk like top models.

Nope, not like sluts.

[Maslicka]

Ok,i noticed one thing: When i walk near enemy guards they still attack me (they obviously shouldnt),please fix this bug soon

[tharla]

I agree with all of Mikka's sentiments entirely. That walk is wholly inappropriate.

[Bladnoch]

Its time like these Im glad Im playing a male character instead of a female one (im a girl).
I ALWAYS play male characters because on games like these its very possible that you would come across come guy making sex conversation. D:
This new animation hasnt made the situation any better. I must admit Regnum isnt a game full of plebs who like to hit on female characters, in fact its better than all or most MMO's out there. But yeah, Im not actually anymore intrigued to play a female character as I was before.

[Twinkle1]

I am sorry NGD but i have to agree with Mikka on this .
it is sexist/degrading/slutish and is a disgrace.
it is bad enough with the sexism that goes on in game,
i guess some countries have less respect for girls/females/woman and feel it is ok to treat females as sex objects /whores.
you have just told every guy on here that its ok to do so by introducing this movement into game.
and possibly put young females who do act a little slutish in possible path of
men who maybe less than honourable towards said females.

but as you say we run not walk most of the time so i will take the run option.
so as to avoid the sexist pig's that do unfortunately dwell in this game.

Regards

[Mercader]

mmmm..... sexy! (?)

[Signatus]

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With all due respect m'ladies, 3 questions:

1. Please define and characterize "slutish walk", "inappropriate walk" and similar (so that NGD never fails you again);

2. Please define how such characteristics are perceived on a three dimensional female character that represents a: wood elf, half-elf, alturian, dwarf, goat... sorry, uthgar, nordo, dark-elf, esquelio and molok (perhaps a molok "slutish walk" might be different from a nordo one, NGD should know about it too);

3. Please define how such characteristics are interpreted when the same characters goal is, by game definition, to kill adversaries (I do recall someplace where something like "though shall not kill" and "though shall not sin by acts and omissions" is written, but my memory fails me)...

If the discussion is the appropriate age to which this game is recommended fine by me.

Otherwise...

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P.S. If you play an Ignean female character and a male character harasses you please tell him something like "My female character will make your male character very happy if you return with the heads of 10.000 enemies until the end of the day." Thank you, all motivations aren't enough!

P.P.S. My commentary isn't naive, I do understand "body language" (actually is an important part of one of my hobbies). But it's a human language conveyed by more signs then a stylized walk of a game character.

[CumeriTarenes]

well, I checked out walking animation for female chars again. For my female dwarf it looked not that slutish but when I saw my female Nordo archer without armor walking I realy thought it is a bit over the top. Breasts and the back are shaking a bit too much maybe.

But as chilko said it is more or less a kind of show off when you walk. It has to look a bit arrogant. Same as it is looks for walking male characters.

I don't know if you could call is sexist. Women naturaly have another style of movement in walking than men.
That's why I am ok with the way female chars walk. We are talking about a game after all. Characters are not realistic. They are created in a comic style and are supposed to overemphasize typical movements and behaviours.


but what I realy find sexist is the way how female characters are sitting down to rest. You can look under the skirt of them with horizontal camera view. See screenshots.

[Jedi-x]

I have noticed "the walk" that the females here are refering to. I myself have female characters, and you can avoid the whole walking part............ so you DO have a choice, I could see how it would be percieved as a "sexist" thing, but, you DO have the option not to see the walk. Now, on behalf of the females that play, when entering cities, or going into cities, this could be a problem for some females....... as cities tend to cause most folks to lag horribly .. still ........ on that note, I fully understand where the females are coming from. It does look somewhat "suggestive".

[chilko]

Originally Posted by ladylaluna

i guess some countries have less respect for girls/females/woman and feel it is ok to treat females as sex objects /whores.
Regards

I think that your comment is quite degrading for us and our culture as Argentineans.

We just tried to make the walk more feminine, not slutty.
I don't see anything bad about a woman being feminine... do you?
Is that being sexyst? or machist?

I have recieved more requests from women asking for their mage female characters to wear shorter tunics with clevage and to make animations more feminine.

I wouldn't say that Argentina is an extremely machist country, we might be more obsessed with the female image though... the truth is that most nice looking women in Argentina walk like that.
As a proof of the important role of women in our society we actually have a Female president (people say she is kinda cute), and she walks like that... do not insult my president!

This is a very subjective matter... but we feel quite proud of the visual improvement this animation represents compared to the one that was in place before.

I am still listening to what people have to say on this matter.

Best regards,

- Chilko