Player raises question why Guildwars 2 systematically casts men as villains and women as heroes that defeat them. Downvoted and ridiculed.

Crazylegsmurphy · 2013-10-31T19:08:38+00:00

:)

To be fair, the title of this is a tad misleading. I never said that GW2 systematically casts men as villains and women as heroes that defeat them.

I'm arguing that in the "Living World" updates specifically, there appears to be an unequal number of males in heroic roles compared to females roles. The male roles that do exist have tended to be either as the villain or as "joke" characters.

What I am arguing is that GW2 should attempt to return to the equality found in the base game (not the "Living World" updates) where male and female characters are represented with much more diversity and equality.

As for the down votes and negativity, I do feel saddened that people are so quick to label the topic (and me) as negative. I think we need more conversations about gender equality in games (and life) so everyone is fairly and equally represented (based on the narrative).

sillymod · 2013-10-31T22:43:17+00:00

NP links needed.

ILoveHate · 2013-10-31T18:14:51+00:00

Only poll I could find related to the game. About 15% of the player base is women, so I do find it strange if the majority of "heroes" are men. I know games like pixie hollow are very popular with girls and all of the "heroes" in that game are female, so it's just catering to their users. I guess GW2 is just trying to be politically correct and so is everyone else in that thread.

I haven't played GW2 so I really have no idea what's going on, nor do I really care.

saint2e · 2013-10-31T19:31:39+00:00

Yeah, not really feeling too much opposition to this. It's one update to a well-established game.

agiganticpanda · 2013-10-31T20:19:08+00:00

Links to other subreddits must use NP format ("np" in place of "www"). Cross linking to submissions from other subreddits with fewer than 30,000 members within the first 24 hours is prohibited.

Make sure to use the np.reddit.com format when linking elsewhere to reddit.

sunset261 · 2013-10-31T19:00:54+00:00

Nobody gives shit. it's video games. If you care that much about gender representation in video games just take the stick out of your ass and beat yourself with it.

2013-10-31T18:17:16+00:00

I see some constructive discussion. This post is unnecessary and misleading.

Title	Player raises question why Guildwars 2 systematically casts men as villains and women as heroes that defeat them. Downvoted and ridiculed.
Author	Zenosis
Upvotes	13
Comments	34
Date	October 31, 2013 5:13 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1pmkn3/player_raises_question_why_guildwars_2/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/player-raises-question-why-guildwars-2.1159956 https://theredarchive.com/post/1159956

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