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[imooumoo]

Well that is one apology down. Maybe she did not deserve as harsh feedback as she got, but she should have apologized to the rest of us, and I am glad she did. Anyone keeping track of this stuff? I wonder if we will ever get apologies from the other members who shared similar thoughts.

Also, am i correct in hearing that Jim Sterling apologized as well?

[Lookout1390]

That's great and all, but what about Mac the Hack?

[Blc949]

Russalka wrote...

humes spork wrote...
I personally wish more women who knew the difference between their butt and a hole in the ground about gaming or geek culture could find work in gaming and geek journalism. As it is, the field is seemingly chock full of faux-geek women who cruise on sex appeal rather than providing genuine substance or insight.

The roots of this problem are so deep in society that change will take years.

It seems easier to start objectifying men as much. I don't mind it, if it is equal on both and neither takes the role as the default decorative gender.

We had weeks of discussion about this in one of my college writing classes.  The unfortunate reality is the womens rights movement raise women up some, but unfortunately settled for bringing men down primarily. 

Instead of glamorizing smart/successful women, we now glamorize dudes who aren't anywhere near what a "man" was just 20/30 years ago. 

There's too much to this to talk about in a video game forum.

[snakeboy86]

April 6th will be interesting indeed

[silverstreakusa]

what if the clarified ending is just a "battlespace" style news report from chobot?

[kalamity116]

CYRAX470 wrote...

*IGN Chief Editor sees her post*

0.0


ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.

HAHAHA

this. QFT.

[Bourne Endeavor]

The Angry One wrote...

Attacks on a female BioWare employee....? Is she referring to that ridiculous thing with one of the Dragon Age writers?
I don't know what one has to do with the other. You'd think a journalist would be more objective before lumping together entirely unrelated incidents.

But fine. To be honest, I doubt the sincerity, but if she refrains from commenting before actually completing the game that's something.

Actually, there was one female employee were did get blasted on her Facebook or Twitter page if memory serves, and we know Jessica Merizan has taken quite a lashing from the extremists. Thus, I believe she is referring to these one of these incidents. Granted, I agree it does come across as a bit too much a generalization but the fact she openly criticized her own voice acting (noted in the comments) leads me to at least acknowledge her apology.

Her subsequent comparison to sports however is inaccurate. We are not charged to watch sports and the competitive nature notifies us beforehand, paying for a ticket does not guarantee our team's victory. BioWare, meanwhile, charged for their game and made false promises. Not a great comparison.

[Jadebaby]

[Violation of rule #6 removed]

 "Using images to support your discussion is fine as long as the images used conform to the standard forum rules (no adult content, no slander, no racism, etc)."

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Modifié par Jade8aby88, 03 avril 2012 - 12:12 .

[Jere85]

No reason not to accept her apology, it took some balls to step up and say this, nothing but respect for this. Not alot of people have the guts to actually own up for their mistakes.
And im married, so no, im not saying this to hit on her

[Jealous Beauty]

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

[Stanley Woo]

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

[january42]

Landamskarn wrote...

I thought this was going to be about the voice acting. 

I think we all did.

She was one of those huge plot hooks that you thought was going somewhere, but never did. (why be able to kick her off the ship?)

I feel like the writers didn't realize she was terrible till she recorded stuff and then just cut her parts when they needed to cut stuff.

I'll give her credit for apologizing though.

[Sentr0]

Jere85 wrote...

No reason not to accept her apology, it took some balls to step up and say this, nothing but respect for this. Not alot of people have the guts to actually own up for their mistakes.
And im married, so no, im not saying this to hit on her

Doesnt look like an apology to me, she still think we're entitled bratz.

Modifié par Sentr0, 03 avril 2012 - 12:10 .

[usmack5]

Landamskarn wrote...

I thought this was going to be about the voice acting. 

no joke!

[tjmax]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

Ohhh she is in the dlc LOL i never played it again once i finished the first time now i may have to fire it back up, i love Felicia Day , she is awsome.

[pikey1969]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

Oh there you are, you guys have been so quiet today, thought you were on an extended weekend. ;p

[jds1bio]

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

Other than a few guffaws, which probably exist in any forum no matter the size, no.  Her work was received favorably, and I was pleasantly surprised at how good all of Mark Of The Assassin was.

[Bantz]

I found felcia day both hot and the character/dlc was ok

[SirBob1613]

Wait what did she say in the first place

[jonal11]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

Probably didn't call the fanbase names either. That goes a long way to not catching flak.

[Jamie9]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

I *really* liked Mark of the Assassin. IMO the only good DLC ever made for Dragon Age. Most DLCs are not worth their money.

Tallis made a good companion (squad mate). Felicia Day is famous for acting though, and being a gamer, so it was a slightly different case.

[GeoFukari]

She made a mistake. She apologized. Whether she meant it or not, she did.

We have more important things to do than bash individuals. We have a Franchise to win back from the rEApers.

I personally was indifferent to Allers/Chobot. It isn't her fault for being a less important character. Just bad writing. We have work to do people.

Allons-y.

[BobbyTheI]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

Well, there are a few differences here, mainly being that Felicia Day is actually, you know, an actress?  And without any inherent conflicts of interest from being associated with a website that would review the game she was part of?

[Bourne Endeavor]

Justin2k wrote...

The Angry One wrote...

To be fair I haven't seen anything other than people being perfectly civil to Merizan.
Annoyingly persistent in bugging her about things she obviously can't know, but civil.

A member of your retake group threatened to kill her on twitter.

See, these are precisely the comments that spark hostility and why many of us have an issue with some (emphasis intended) pro-enders. I could just as easily make threats toward Jessica, Casey or anyone, yet no one in Retake would ever encourage or condone such, not the good members anyway. People (ie. members on either side) need to denounce the extremists for what they are; trolls, and not presume everyone is the same.

Modifié par Bourne Endeavor, 03 avril 2012 - 12:14 .

[sfam]

I'm really not into hating. Jessica apologized - good on her. We all make mistakes and we all get our feelings hurt. Give her some space already.