Activision Blizzard Is a Hilariously Bad Company | Asmongold Reacts to The Act Man 

I live vicariously through your reactions to my videos sometimes. I gotta admit lmao. Thanks for the shoutout man, very happy you enjoyed the video!

Blizzard the company that will try to educate you on how much of a biggot you are while at the same time in their workplace you need ass armour to feel protected.

"Most people want to play a character that looks like them. That's what I do" Something something all of Asmon's characters have hair

“People are being unfair about Overwatch 2” A year later… hahahahahahaha

“They said they were getting rid of loot boxes in overwatch 2” I do also remember them saying they wouldn’t sell gears in diablo immoral But look at where we are asmongold

I hope act man can get his channel monetized again, although it is very unlikely. Lets goooo baby it happened

I admire Blizzard's ability to piss off every demographic simultaneously. Kind of impressive

"How can so many people be so stupid" Pareto's principle: 80% of the people making those remarks are 20% of the population. From what I have seen, there are 3 general categories. - People who want to self-insert - People who want their avatar to resemble an idealized version of themself - People who want to try something completely different

I'm glad to see that he is still able to get money from his channel through sponsors

AB said they were getting rid of lootboxes in Overwatch 2, but they also said legendary crests are not lootboxes because you have to play the game to get your lootbox after buying the crest. So... yeah. If I had to make a guess, AB is going to have lootboxes in Overwatch 2 but there will be a similar gimmick where they say "well, it's not technically a lootbox so technically, we didn't lie.".

I'd imagine you'd have breast milk at work because you have to use a pump every so often, wait a few hours, then use it again. If you spend 8+ hours a day at work, makes sense to bring the pump with you, and use it in the restroom or something. Takes time for your body to make milk, so you have to stick to a regular schedule to make enough for your baby.

"according to the diversity chart, we need to hire 15 blacks, 23 gays, and 12 women, to join the dev team"

I don't care if a character looks like me. I care if the character I'm playing fits in the setting it's in. If I'm playing medieval fantasy, the last thing I want to see is Robocop walking around.

I do agree that a majority of people would play characters that represent them if given a choice. This is especially so in games that tallow extensive customization. I only disagree that it is an 80% number. I think it is more like 60%. A lot of players have fun simply making original characters that fit narratively, reference memes (like giga chad), or don't want to fall into the stereotype of making a self-insert. In general, I think the argument stands, everyone likes to imagine themselves to be the hero.

Watching this after the announcement that we don't get the initial PvE mode just hurts.

Man the diversity space method is so offensive on like 100 different levels and i love it

The whole “your race determines the character you play as” arguement really depends on what type of game your playing If I’m playing a customizable rpg, my character is going to be black. If I’m playing a fighting game or hero shooter like overwatch, the race of the character is the least of my priorities. Edit: in a fantasy rpg, I’d choose a race based on how cool it looks and the gameplay potential. But In a game where there’s a limited amount of character customization (fallout) my character will almost always be black.

The funny part of Mccree is that Jesse didnt decide it. In an interview for the making of Overwatch, he states that he was given a stack of papers at work one day to sign. These papers would disassociate him from the character and he would forfeit all claim to the name "Jesse Mccree". His superiors thought his name "sounded like a cowboy name" so they wanted to use it for the character. He was told to sign, he signed. Still dont like him, but he wasnt the one who decided that.

For me and regarding characters, I tend to go with a character that I want to look at. Sometimes it's a gruff bounty hunter looking guy. Sometimes, it's an... attractive spy/assassin character. But yeah, I tend to play human in games where you can choose the race like in Skyrim or Neverwinter. But it's why I like games where there is actual custom characters rather than preset characters to play as. But that's just me.

"People like to play characters that look like them" All hordes players getting triggered

22:30 if it's about skin color alone then Asmon is probably right, but I dont think most people in general want to have a character that actually resembles themselves. Chat's reaction is most likely because the way he worded it make people think he's talking about overall physical appearance. A comment actually mentioned this but he didnt respond to it at all. The way Asmong immediately assumed that people disagreed with him because of political belief is a bad way to handle it IMO

About the breastmilk stuff. Some might find hilarious other people stealing it or not understands why is it a big deal for some and why mothers have it in the office. If someone already wrote it down then sorry. 1. Mother's who still breastfeeding, need to collect the milk frequently (Usually 3-4 hours, but it depends on a lot of factors.) or it will have consequences: if you don't do it your body will stop producing it and the more problematic one you will leak. Sounds stupid but it's really embarrassing so you need to be cautious about it. And you need a peaceful place to do it where no one bothers you. 2. Who stole the milk actually robbing a baby from his/her food. And stealing from children is really low level. 3. Breast milk expensive and a lot mother struggleing to produce it. So they try to collect as much as they can to be able to give the most for their little ones. Hope I helped with this exploration.

As far as the character thing goes- I make my character based on the idea I have for them. If I want to make a pristine spellcaster elf, I make them tall and slender and blonde with no facial hair(exactly opposite of me). If I want to play a more beefy character I might make it look like myself or use a more monstrous race if available. From time to time I play a class that I think my personal looks would fit and I make a character like myself then. Really it just depends on the theme I'm going for.

That overwatch comment aged incredibly poorly

Asmongold was talking about ethnicity, and the chat was talking about races in context to WoW. These are different things. Both are correct, unless they're RPing the varsity majority of characters people make is still self insert, especially if human is the only selectable race

As an African American, I find the “black” character models in almost all video games are atrocious and won’t play them. I never cared about what ethnicity I was playing .Plus it’s no secret that female characters of any ethnicity/race have the best costume designs 😏. All in all, I play what looks appealing and I think almost everyone else does as well.

About the characters creations, i don't think it's that simple at all. The point of making a character looks like you, very often, is because the person wants to create and play a better version of themself, so there is a lack of self confidence somewhere too. There are also people who just want to play a realistic version of themself in the video game for immersion, but that's pretty rare in a mmorpg with fantasy components. However most of the person who does the opposite, they dont. Moreover, they are usually trying to create and play a character of the opposite gender because they want to play a character they would like to be with, like a phantasm.

Yeah… asmon is not correct in the character representstion thing, hes tunnel visioned with his own exp. In truth, the character represents what the player likes, not necessarily who they are. Some likes themselves more and would like to see their characters alike themselves. Some enjoy hot female, some enjoys brute creatures, some evil undead.. etc.

Damn, that overwatch segment is very sad now

The way he says, “$3000 spent on the game” at 46:34 was so loaded with emotions

he talks about arguments and that anybody that disagrees are idiots etc. neither he or others can proof any kind of evidence what is right or wrong in this case. Saying "80% choose their own gender and race blabla" is just pulling numbers out of your ass and at the end of the day it his assumption and opinion about this particular case, nothing else. He can not proof it, he did not proof it, then others do not share his opinion on this case and he calls them idiots when they don't agree with his opinion. You might be right, calling somebody an idiot if that person does not agree with real facts, sure. But this guy does it all the time, calling people out and insulting them only based on the one fact, the fact they do not agree with his own opinion on something, even when he didn't show any proof or evidence about it. Of course he would find an excuse or whatever to this argument here and redirect it and derail it and claim that nobody understands him and intentionally missunderstands him etc. then he will go into ignorance stance and stops talking about it, when he feels that he might be really wrong about it. And when I would claim that my experience is, that 70% of male people I know and knew in WoW and other MMOs play and create female characters rather than male. It is a very common thing. Hey and you know what? I play games and MMOs longer than this guy here. So I even have more exp than him. Can I proof it? No, ofc I can't. Just like he can't do it. Do I call out others with different experiences and opinions morons, or idiots etc.? No, I don't. His attitude is really depressing. It just shows how much of a sociopath he is, stating his own individual experiences as facts and calls everybody disagreeing on it out and insults them for having different experiences and opinions. Whats wrong with this guy, seriously?

Imagine Quantum sees this and makes a video, trying to argue Blizzard is a good company. XD

21:10 When it comes to character costumization it's a personal preferance. There are plenty people who make characters similuar to them AND there are plenty of people who make characters that are nothing like them. This is something that can not be generalized.

27:00 I used to play as a guy character in fantasy games, and I wanted him to be basically what I'd wish I'd be in that fantasy world. So I tried to make him as close to me as possible, but much more masculine, a full set of hair, no glasses. After I broke up with the last girlfriend I had, I've been mostly making a female character. I can confidently state that my choice of character creation represents and reflects on my desires or lack of something from IRL. I wouldn't be surprised if ASM is right that statistically speaking, most people make characters that represent their race, but I think the bottom line is that *people just make characters that they want*. What influences that, which they want in a character, it can be many different factors. It doesn't need to be based on appearance. It just so happens that maybe most people just don't have anything better or original to want from a fantasy character, so they "self-insert", instead of making an interesting character. So you see a lot of people make characters of the same race, appearance or whatever. I think asm is on the right track with what he's going for, but he's wrong in regards to the bigger picture.

I mean really just make a good game with a great story(how wow started), treat your employees like real people, have characters with SOME level of customizing and call it a day with plenty of post release support backed by the publics feedback. And dude that made the famous phones (immortal announce) remark needs to watch the clip on loop for 10 hours while having to think about what he decided to contribute to that day.

People want to look like their characters, yep, for sure. Sometimes I wanna look like a strong Tauren male and sometimes like a slutty Night elf female, makes perfect sense. And by this logic BDO players are 90% females or we all are secretly traps, god damn, BDO looks like the game to play.

25:21 So, here's a little something interesting for ya: A week ago, when I was in Idaho visiting relatives, my definitely-very-white cousin repeatedly changed her character's appearance in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Several times, she changed the character's skin to the darkest available shade. Several times, she changed the character's hair to a boy-ish cut. With all that considered... she's five years old. (Oh, and because it's rural Idaho, her ~10-year-old brother had zero qualms about aggressively telling her that she's not black and not a boy.)

I have to say I disagree with asmon saying absolutely 100% without a doubt people pick characters who look like them and if you disagree you're ideological and banned. There's the aforementioned fact that people don't always pick human characters. It doesn't outright disprove your point granted, as you mentioned you're talking about only when people pick human characters, but it does show that people don't always pick whatever they think looks similar to themselves in the broader sense. Some people just want to be an orc or a dragon. Similarly there's the point on gender, there's a very large portion of male players that play as female players simply because they like the eye candy. I know more male players who are playing female characters than female characters playing female characters, and it's a very common meme in the MMO community, so it's clearly apparent that "similarity" is not the only deciding factor here. FInally onto the topic of race, this is where there's at least a debate to be had, but it's not as 100% obvious fact black and white as you make it out. Me personally, I wouldn't be *surprised* if what you were saying is the case as I personally do pick characters that are at least tangentially similar to my race (I'm asian so I usually pick asian/white characters), but there isn't really much to back up the claim (at least from what I could see I couldn't find any studies on it), so to state it is just a black and white fact and anyone who thinks otherwise is just dumb/wrong is a very disingenuous claim to make as we simply don't know if that is the case.

I'm black and in games my characters skintone is black or as dark as I can make it. I am never satisfied with the character I make unless she's brown(unless I'm something completely inhuman) it just feels better. I wish people could just agree that more customization options are better. And to be honest just accept that people want to be black in games. All these people upset never had to deal with being unable to be their race in a game and it shows. Imagine if an mmo came out and you couldn't be white. People would lose their shit.

Bro really thought he was cooking with his overwatch 2 takes 😂

I get that I'm a woman watching a man react to another man, but the conversation where neither of them really understood why breast milk was in the workplace was hard to listen to

I think the deal with "Overwatch 2" is that blizzard promised that everything except cosmetics would always be unlocked for all players who bought (the original) Overwatch. Now, if they release a "new game", Overwatch 2, they can put weapons or abilities or damage boosts behing a microtransaction and it will still technically be true that "Overwatch 1" didn't have any of this BS.

Blizzard be like " we're getting rid of lootboxes! 🥰" * Makes Diablo immortal

The fact that you had to clarify and reclarify your game Race argument that many times means you made a shitty and vaguely defined argument to begin with. Continuously narrowing down your argument until you've defined it in a way that can only make you correct after many attempts does indeed make it "correct", but also comes across as very disingenuous, especially when you were touting the absolute correctness of this argument from the outset. I don't really care about the conclusion of the argument, but the way you presented it got on my nerves more than the subject matter itself lol

When Bobby shows up to the party, the whole vibe changes

I just find a few races that are appealing to me (typically a size thing as far as models go). Then I look at the background or history for each one and decide on the one I want to be immersed in at the time. I thought this is how it was done by almost everyone. We escape into these worlds, why would we want to drag RL into it?

Wow, Asmon really couldn't admit on taking an L with that argument, to the point of refusing to do a poll

I dont know if I'm not understanding his take or if he's just fallen into his own mindset of being too invested in one idea (seeing as he's always made his characters to be himself). I cant think of anything worse, I've always had female characters as a dude because for me its a seperation of myself, not a reflection so I just go with what I think 'looks good' and its easier to find female models aesthetically pleasing. I guess its just a hardwire mindset though because I find it equally mind blowing that people would want to recreate themselves when given all the possibilities.

It would be really funny if they removed "loot boxes" and then added in "new overwatch rifts" where you can pay money to get keys and then run the pve rifts to get new gacha content like how they got around having "loot boxes" in diablo immortal. lmao. I legitimately don't trust blizzard to do shit that's positive.

Asmon would probably receive less flak from his chat if he said "relate to" instead of "look like" because there are more ways to relate to one's character than appearance. My guild leader is literally a Canadian Native American and Highmountain Tauren are one of her favorite races and her main. It is understandable why she would relate to that despite not looking at all alike. Some people want their character to look them that is true which is why people want more body types in games, but there is more than customization options to find a personal connection to the character.

I once suggested on reddit that the next mass effect game main character should actually be a batarian, because there's so much story potential there to look at the events of the previous games through the lens of a batarian, where someone like shepard is going to be a more complicated figure. No matter how much shepard united everyone against the reapers, their decisions killed 300,000 batarians, even if it was a 'choose the lesser evil' situation where the real culprits were people who didn't listen to shepard for too long. You could go so many ways. Factions within batarian society who have a more nuanced take and try to take lesson in how the event is an example of the consequences of government systems who don't do enough until it's too late, whereas other factions let what happened with Shepard validate their speciesism against humans. Then there's the whole fact that they're also pretty much a nomadic society now that's been splintered from so much of their civilization being destroyed. There's A LOT of potential there. But at least in the wee midnight hours when I posted it, everyone fucking hated this idea because no one wanted to play as a batarian. Because of course. People want to be able to choose what they look like and the ability to make characters that look like themselves. Playing as a fem shep or male shepard fundamentally feels different as well, even if you're fine with either.

this overwatch 2 take aged so badly

You get way more visibly angry at this stuff than I do, but I think that's because you're angry _for_ me, and I thank you for that.

Asmond is such a funny guy "I know I'm right but I'm not gonna poll it because people will tell me I'm wrong WAAAh"

27:00 I agree that it is nice to play a character that resembles me. However, I think that Blizzard is over-obsessing with diversity and it can become harmful to the game by taking development time away from things like gameplay. The diversity tool is a prime example. Like I said, I enjoy playing as characters that are similar to me in real life, but also can have fun playing as someone who is nothing like me at all.

Played longer than him and I've never made a character that looked like me. Out of all the gamers I know, only one of them always makes his characters look like himself. It all depends on your own experiences. Everything asmon was saying about people who were disagreeing he was doing at that moment. Claiming "I do t understand why people die on this random hill" when he is exactly dieing on a random hill. Asmon thinks everyone wants characters that are self inserts because HE wants self inserts, and birds of a feather flock together. There's plenty of people who play RPGs and mmo's with both philosophies, the only error imo is in saying one side far outweighs the other.

Dude could not accept that people were disagreeing with him, what a whining baby

Roughly 40% of men in mmo's play a female character and roughly 10% of women in mmos play a male character.

His take on Overwatch 2 aged like milk 😂

In this case it's probably a bad thing that they removed the free loot boxes on level. To get skins now; you probably have to pay for a battle pass. Someone who knows' please correct me

I have not once made a character to look like myself, a plain ass white male. I play what looks cool or what i think fits the fantasy of the class im going to make. I play games to escape from reality not be reminded of it. To just randomly pull number percentages based on your own experience and state it as fact is kinda weird man.

"everyone who disagrees with me is stupid" is the funniest and (ironically) most dumb argument

In regards to the "people like to see themselves in games" argument, Asmon originally said it under the context of Overwatch where you have to choose between a set of pre-defined characters which implies one's own representation is a determining factor in which character you play as. That is where chat disagreed. Then Asmon shifted the argument under the context of roleplaying games with character creation. Which, yeah, a decent amount of people will play as themselves in roleplaying games. However the decision making process is not the same as choosing from a set of pre-defined characters in lets say fighting games, than it is from choosing how you want to create your character. A lot people like to represent themselves in roleplaying games. Not a lot of people care about whether or not a pre-defined characters represents them.

26:25 Your conclusion is skewed that you ignore the ppl that rolled non humans don’t count towards your 80% figure. Ppl that roll human rolled human sometimes to specifically look like themselves and therefore would have a higher concentration of ppl trying to have a character that looks like them. The gender argument is nonsense. I have a group of friends that specifically play women in certain games because they’d rather look at her butt than a dude’s butt while they play.

i would agree that when it comes to skin color in an rpg most people will select one that matches theirs but think he is missing the point people are making when they complain about wokeness in video games. A good example of wokeness in games is allowing people to make a black female Nazi soldier in Call of Duty because the developers want everybody to be able to feel represented in the game. historical accuracy aside, I've never played a ww2 shooter as the Waffen-SS and said, "i wish he looked more like me".

It is weird because I am an Asian, and I NEVER make my character looks like an Asian, and I always make them no where near how myself actual looks. Because I sure as hell I don't want to relive my life again in a game lmao

What asmongold doesnt understand is that OW Lootboxes were EXTREMELY GOOD. Most veterans had all skins in the game with 0$ spent and even casuals could have legenedary skins on the heroes they play. Fuck overwatch, now i have to pay for a battlepass.

There's one big category of people that Asmon didn't think about when it comes to playing characters that look like you: people who don't like the way they look, or people who would rather look completely different, or closeted trans people. Someone who, if they had the option to use a character creator IRL, would go in the absolute opposite of how they currently look.

I love watching Asmongolds reaction videos. But sometimes hes just to much xD Saying everyone is wrong cause they dont agree with him. lol

I know that when I hang out with my friends, I am not gonna worry about representation of every group. I know that if I join the army, most likely not all groups are going to be represented in my unit. I know that when I fight an enemy, more than likely the group being killed is not going to represent all individuals. I know that when activision/blizzard make a game, they are going to over represent marginalized communities, because if they actually represented real demographics, most people wouldnt be represented.

So, basically, if a lactating mother doesn't breastfeed often they basically get blues balls, but on their boobs. They get swollen, tender, sensitive and painful. They also start leaking after a while, and it's not just a fews drips either, it's full on stream squirting. Turns out japanese spicy cartoons get that part very accurately. Pumping will solve the problem. Also, if you don't stimulate your milk production by breastfeeding or pumping regularly, your milk supply will dwindle until it stops altogether. And, as any research will tell you, formula is just a very poor substitute for breast milk for several reasons.

14:50 it's very simple ... The breast produces milk depending on how much The baby demands. So if a baby sucks a Lot , The breast produces a Lot, if The baby drinks a little The breast produces less. So The baby should be on The breast every 2 or 3 hours , So The hours The Mom is at work, if she doesnt milk them , The breast is gonna think The baby doesnt need that many, so it produces less. Basically , if we didnt have fórmula or technology, milk production would be a matter of life and death. One day on not freeing The baby can very well dry The Mom. So it's like a machine... If You stop for a while , it begins to slow down. It's consistancy, You can't interrupt it or You Will spend a couple of days bringing it back up. So what working women do is, they keep pumping on schedule, and freeze or store Their milk.. so when she is at work , someone is bottle feeding it to her baby at The house. Tl:dr milk production is bases off demand. Women have to pump at work, because it would lower significantly milk production, enought to stop production altogether. It's a machine that uses demand to produce .. The breast expect to be sucked every 2 hours or so. If You are at work, The breast thinks The baby doesnt need it. Ps.. My baby momma's we're lazy fucks, i used to Hold The pump every night while they sleept, both of them did The same for All 4 kids. The breast never produced more than an ounce at a time, because they just didnt Care pump or wake up to feed baby. Yeah i learned All about breastfeeding because All My babys didnt tolerate fórmula and The lazy assholes of Mom skipped everything breast related. One of Them literaly tasked me to Hold The pump every night 2 or 3 times a night. Never got any of them to produce to baby feed. All My kids sadly had to endure Bad tummy aches All of Their baby lives. I used to have horrible FIGHTS because of this, i used to not understand and wish that i was The one with breast so i could feed them, i wouldnt have missed a single pump. So tl,:dr mothers cannot stop pumping or Their milk production lowers very very low that in The natural world The baby would die. Please if You are a woman, don't do this to your husbands, breastfeed your baby, please it's your job, not his.

Thing with getting rid of lootboxes and going battlepass route goes from a gambling to a fomo route. I think it’s better than the loot boxes, but would still like less monetization on a game i’ve purchased

how did he go from "people care about which race they play, and i am so set on this opinion so much that i will permaban anyone who disagrees" to 35:00 so quickly?

I feel bad for Asmongold being a Blizzard apologist. The dude is clearly addicted to the company and defends their immoral financial tactics.

"It's common sense and everyone knows it." Proceeds to deal with a deluge of people disagreeing, immedietly showing that not everyone believes what he believes.

On the topic of rpgs and customizable characters, I have played a girl character 90% of the time, and Im a guy. For me its just interesting to detatch myself from reality while playing the game and play a character that I don't necessarily consider to be myself. Like playing a story of an already established character. But I guess not everyone plays like that and most would prefer playing a character that represents them in game.

People at minimum want a character that appeals to them

If people don't want their character to resemble them in some way, then all this "representation" issue shouldn't exist in the first place.

My issue with OW2 is that they changed Orisa completely. . . If they just have a Battlepass and cosmetic purchases, I will have zero complaints about monetization. Having to pay for a "campaign", which potentially has cut scenes, voice acting, and story doesn't seem wrong. The pvp is free, so who cares?

Jesus asmon, pulling out the "I am right and everyone who disagrees with me must be dumb" card really makes your argument look flimsy as hell, no matter it's actual validity

You have to remember the people that made the diversity tool for blizzard are probably the same ones whining about not getting promoted and "bro" culture. That's why I don't trust the whole sexual harassment deal when you have people like that working for you.

You're right about a lot asmond, but you're wrong on the outrage of overwatch. We were promised a PvE and storyline. We didn't get it. that's the problem. We all would have paid, We just ended up with a shit sandwich. You'd understand if you were invested.

In some way or another, you are right about people creating characters closer to what they themselves look like. Not always, not all people, but mostly it makes sense. I'm female and all my characters are female. Out of those 20 female chars I have 2 purple, 1 black, 2 pink, one vulpera and one worgen. So the other 13 are white female characters that I made because they closer represent me. I have male friends who only/mostly have female characters (same race) and male friends whose characters look like them. There is some psychology to it and there's nothing wrong with moulding your fictional character after yourself.

Once a company becomes publicly traded its over. At that point forward its a money making machine only. Blizzard died years ago.

Yeesh. That argument about diversity was a no win scenario. Asmongold made himself look like an ass, and the audience got spun up for no reason. The focus of dismantling forced diversity is meant for the background/sidekick characters. If your going to have characters, make them relatable. Dont put characters in for the sake of needing an x amount of (insert diversity type). If your gonna have a trans person, give them a compelling and understandable backstory instead of "here's a trans character. Thier backstory/personality are irrelevant" Straight white characters with no compelling background/personality are considered throw away characters too.

How can you simultaneously say McCree self inserting is stupid but also justify "an overwhelming majority of people wanting characters that look like them"... asmon said it himself, it betrays the purpose of escapist fantasy

Gotta love the smile on Asmon's face when he said "Act Man is back"

"There's no orcs in real life" EXACTLY That means that every single orc, undead, dwarf, gnome, etc are ALL played by irl humans. Humans who look nothing like that race. Unless 80% of the playerbase pretty much every game with a race option went with human, your argument falls apart. There are people who want to play characters that are just buffed up versions of them, that is true, but they're the minority. A lot of people want to play as something completely different than what they are, hence why you get people hounding the people who play humans in fantasy games and making fun of them.

The last big entity that was focused on putting numbers on peoples ethnicity appearance and culture in regards to categorize them... was the Nazis. Good one blizzard.

I'm just waiting for people to complain about the lack of handicapped, black-painted, plug-sexual robots. Because normal-functioning, gray-colored, socket-sexual robots insults their beliefs.

While you do raise a good point about people playing themselves in RPG's, I think your missing a key point to why so many people disagree; An RPG, or even any game for that matter, it offers you a chance to play something, or someone other then yourself. When I play an RPG, or even D&D, I don't wanna play a character that acts, or looks exactly like me. Its basically the argument of saying "You can't play X, because your Y." RPGs are all about Role-playing, its in the name. Role-playing yourself is boring, and doesn't allow you to completely immerse yourself in the game. If I wanna RP a female charismatic gunslinger with a flexible moral compass, I should be able to. People don't really play games to remind themselves of who they are, they play games to escape, play them because it gives them a chance to experience something fun as a new medium other then themselves. While yes, people like characters who share similarities with them, it should not define them. I personally like human characters as I find them more easier to RP since I myself, am human. However, a friend of mine, who's very tall, black, and drinks, loves playing dwarves, who are short, heavy drinkers, and usually older then everyone else. I'm not playing a character because it reminds me of who I am, I'm playing a character because its different, its something I'm not IRL, and gives me a chance to immerse myself in a story or world through the lens of someone who belongs.

Zack dies on the weirdest hills I swear to god. A simple google search can tell you that according to a study at least 70% female and 54% male play the opposite gender in MMO. Because imho as a dude myself, I don't wanna look at man-ass for 20 hours a day when I play an MMO, I rather stare at girl-ass. And when I occasionally turn my character around, I don't get greeted by my pathetic self, but rather a nice pair of badonkers.

Those comments defending Overwatch 2 at the beginning of the video aged like milk...

I love how asmagold actually watches the sponsors. It's a very respectful way to do react

When it comes to diversity in characters, I don't think a lot of companies realize that what they're doing when they're creating their characters with diversity in mind; Activision Blizzard with their diversity charts, all this scientific bullshit that gets roped into this... I don't think they realize that they're creating the equivalent of a stock photo, or a commercial that fails spectacularly at trying to depict a group of friends or something in a normal situation and you can just smell the paper that the diversity checklist was printed on from a mile away. It's blatantly fake, it's not real, it doesn't represent anybody, it's devoid of genuine personality, emotion, possibly even devoid of humanity itself... it doesn't come across as genuine. It's completely transparent that it's a product of a checklist. Unfortunately there's so much of this going on that I think a segment of the audience smells that bullshit even when it's not there, and to add onto that problem, it's also kind of a subjective thing to start with. There's no formula for spotting a stock photo... you just see it so much that you kind of know what to look for, but that doesn't necessarily mean you can spot one every single time. Eventually you get so jaded that you start thinking everything's a bullshit stock photo.

We had a bunch of women that complained about the lactation facilities and they put a tv and nice chairs in the room and then fast forward months later there were women that were not breast pumping hiding out and watch tv during the work day in that room. they were mad at everyone for finding out that they werent doing their jobs and blame the men at the workplace saying that they were sexist for complaining about them not doing their jobs.

"Let's turn on sub mode so we can discuss this" "Actually, let's ban anyone that doesn't agree with me" The omnipotent Asmongold...

The shady (but honestly genius) thing about World War 2's loot boxes was that when you opened one, everyone could see you opening it and what you got from it. It was designed to induce envy.

The whole meme about wanting to look like your character is the biggest meme I ever heard, I played wow since release and I have yet to see a single person making a char that even remotely resembles them LOL