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Is it true that Femshep was originally voted blond but certain people complained...so

Débuté par Stardusk78 , janv. 29 2012 08:58

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MissMaster
Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 12:48

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Psssh. We all know she should had been black.

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Labrev
Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 12:51

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Things like this make me think BW should cut down how much it listens to fans.

From 10% to... ~2.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 12:53

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someguy1231 wrote...

That whole episode was one of the biggest disgraces ever for BSN, and that is really saying something. Shows that Bioware should never listen to the most vocal segments of their fanbase. First they derailed Garrus and Tali to please the small number of pathetic romance fans on these forums, and then this. I'm starting to think the less Bioware listens to the people here, the better.


agreed

#104
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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 12:54

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I really hope you have that hairstyle that can change colors.... i hate the red... its ugly, blonde was soooo much better :\\

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 12:55

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nooooo black hair, male shep already has it so shut the hell up

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 12:57

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MissMaster wrote...

Psssh. We all know she should had been black.


Fine with me. Actually I would have loved this. But they should have made better designs in the first place.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:03

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IsaacShep wrote...

People whined when blond won, so they had second poll just with hair color and this time readhead won. So yeah,partially true in that second poll happened because people complained


YAY FOR DEMOCRACY! :wizard:

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:06

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Oh man I remember this. Blonde Shep was winning by far; it was obvious that she was going to win and nothing could have changed that.People were furious, it was god damn shameful.This forum became a zoo during that vote.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:08

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I wasn't annoyed that shep was blonde, but I was annoyed that they turned it into a beauty contest. I loved the idea behind it, but the execution was MUCH to be desired.

Also I was angry at everyone else for not sharing my tastes. How dare you guys like things I don't?

Edit: In all seriousness though, I was sad that the one shep who looked military wasn't chosen. Most of the others had some fancy haircuts, and in once case died hair... But there was this one shep with short black hair, which looked like it was growing back from being shaved.

I was in love, and alas my heart was broken.

Modifié par Nashiktal, 30 janvier 2012 - 01:10 .

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:09

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That they did a poll where the blonde won and then did another poll for her hair color are facts... whether the motivation for the second poll was fan whining or not, is speculation.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:12

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MaleShep protrayal is sexist to all men, none of us are that hot, i say we vote and have him changed into a fat, bearded bum . . . WHO'S WITH ME???!!!!!!

see how dumb i sound, i can't unerstand why ppl had to complain, I'm wondering if they knew that you could CHANGE the way your character looked

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:16

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Just make her hair blonde in the god damn character customization, then BAM blonde fem shepard...

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:20

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The JoeMan wrote...
LOL.  So to answer your question Stardusk78.  Yes.


Both men and women play Femshep. So, no, you can't blame this on all those uppity, man-hating wimmenz alone. But he knows that already.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:21

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[quote]someguy1231 wrote...

That whole episode was one of the biggest disgraces ever for BSN, and that is really saying something. Shows that Bioware should never listen to the most vocal segments of their fanbase. First they derailed Garrus and Tali to please the small number of pathetic romance fans on these forums, and then this. I'm starting to think the less Bioware listens to the people here, the better.[/quote]

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Are you 12? 

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:22

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All Dead wrote...

The JoeMan wrote...
LOL.  So to answer your question Stardusk78.  Yes.


Both men and women play Femshep. So, no, you can't blame this on all the uppity, man-hating femi****s.


i play as both and i'm a guy and i didn't care if FemShep was a blonde, redhead, brunette or if she was bald

is there any guy here that actually complained about FemShep being a blonde?

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:25

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All Dead wrote...

The JoeMan wrote...
LOL.  So to answer your question Stardusk78.  Yes.


Both men and women play Femshep. So, no, you can't blame this on all those uppity, man-hating wimmenz alone.


It was the blonde hating wimminz. :P Were you there for the catty insults? About how inherently cliche and sl*tty blonde women are? What better reason for Bioware to actually listen to these ass h*les.

Modifié par slimgrin, 30 janvier 2012 - 01:35 .

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:26

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slimgrin wrote...

MissMaster wrote...

Psssh. We all know she should had been black.


Fine with me. Actually I would have loved this. But they should have made better designs in the first place.


Hale doesn't exactly sound black. I love my Mr. T inspired shep, but I have to mute my TV any time he talks.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:31

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PrinceLionheart wrote...

Actually I found the entire contest ironically hypocritical. After all the whining over how Miranda's (and to a lesser degree Ashley's) hairstyle was impractical, the community voted for the FemShep with the long, flowing, super-model hair. And then there was MORE whining because somehow Blonde females don't match the archetype of the strong empowering female.

The whole thing was just idiotic.


Easily explained by the people that really don't give a **** about (or at least don't give enough of a **** to complain about it incessently on the forums <--- that's my camp) Miranda's hairstyle outnumbering the ones that complained very loudly about it. 

As for the second part, pretty much what Recon said. Apparently the FemShep clique here decided that having a blonde, white FemShep as default was chauvinist or racist or whatever (nevermind that the original default FemShep was also white).

Modifié par TheBlackBaron, 30 janvier 2012 - 01:31 .

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:38

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chengthao wrote...
is there any guy here that actually complained about FemShep being a blonde?


I don't know about everyone here because not everyone's gender is immediately apparent but I paid attention to the Facebook threads that Bioware created, and many were males. I also recall comments sections on video game blogs where people spoke out as men who didn't like the nature of the contest and/or expressed the misigivings I mentioned earlier about the initial blonde Shep.

The OP's question was insincere and facetious, though. I'm familiar with his views on women and he's trying to prove some misguided point that if its only women who complained it can be brushed off as merely white noise (cuz they yak so much anyways). Somehow a woman's take on a woman character is irrelevant and oppresses his man freedoms or something. My first post here was meant to be aimed at general threadgoers and not really engage in the OP's nonsense, but still, I won't shy away from calling it out.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:40

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slimgrin wrote...
It was the blonde hating wimminz. :P Were you there for the catty insults? About how inherently cliche and sl*tty blonde women are? What better reason for Bioware to actually listen to these ass h*les.


Yeah, it's called my first post in this thread.


edit: on page 4

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:41

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I was one of those who complained about the blonde hair because default femshep had been a redhead for the first two games. It seemed strange to change her hair color for the 3rd game. It would be like default sheploo becoming a redhead for the 3rd game. No doubt people would have complained about that as well.

There was no feminist agenda behind it.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:44

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Slidell505 wrote...

slimgrin wrote...

MissMaster wrote...

Psssh. We all know she should had been black.


Fine with me. Actually I would have loved this. But they should have made better designs in the first place.


Hale doesn't exactly sound black. I love my Mr. T inspired shep, but I have to mute my TV any time he talks.


How does one sound black? I think her voice fits my black shep just fine.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:48

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>About to make serious post
>See author of thread
>OH IT'S STARDUSK! NVM LOL

Edit: In all seriousness though, I was sad that the one shep who looked military wasn't chosen. Most of the others had some fancy haircuts, and in once case died hair... But there was this one shep with short black hair, which looked like it was growing back from being shaved.

This was actually my favourite Shep (would have been BlackShep, if not for the fail Rihanna hair) for exactly this reason. She's military - let her at least look it. She can still be attractive without having a retardedly impractical hairstyle for her line of work. I imagine part of the reason there was so much butthurt was that it was presented as a beauty contest.

I personally preferred the redhead over the blonde, but only for continuity reasons (default FemShep was a ginger-headed in ME1 and 2, might as well keep it close to that), but if she had a short cut or, hell, tied it up like the original GingerShep design, I wouldn't have given any sh*ts at all.

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:48

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MissMaster wrote...
How does one sound black?


Apparently, like this youtu.be/He09JaBVZdE

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Posté 30 janvier 2012 - 01:51

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Dr. rotinaj wrote...

Oh man I remember this. Blonde Shep was winning by far; it was obvious that she was going to win and nothing could have changed that.People were furious, it was god damn shameful.This forum became a zoo during that vote.


The blonde was winning by far because she had a hairstyle and general facial structure that the majority of people liked. She accrued votes even from people who would have preferred other hair colours, because the overall look of the character was more important. During the voting, there were a conspicuous number of comments stating as such. I know I voted for her but stated that I'd prefer a redhead, just like the original default femshep.

The poll was far from scientific, which was the main problem.
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