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[DiebytheSword]

Ah, the great cancer of our times Political Correctness once again rears its ugly head and spits in the wind.

I disagree, characters are who they need to be, if can only justify their existance because they are a minority group, you are no better than the "racists" that excluded them. You divide by race, I divide by content of character.

[NM_Che56]

EternalAmbiguity wrote...

Not this minority crap again.

(btw, I'm a "minority")

Trolls are not a protected class.

[NM_Che56]

DiebytheSword wrote...

Ah, the great cancer of our times Political Correctness once again rears its ugly head and spits in the wind.

I disagree, characters are who they need to be, if can only justify their existance because they are a minority group, you are no better than the "racists" that excluded them. You divide by race, I divide by content of character.

[commander_shepard]

Master Che wrote...

EternalAmbiguity wrote...

Not this minority crap again.

(btw, I'm a "minority")

Trolls are not a protected class.

HAHAHAHA. Pro sir, you is pro.

[farhansdisplayname]

JimTasty wrote...

 All we get is Samesh Bhatia... what a cool dude! We need more of this guy! Petition for him to be in a squadmate DLC!!!

I'm from India, and it was interesting to see Samesh Bhatia in the game, also a crew member in the crew quarters is of Indian decent. But hey, Bhatia's accent was waayyy too exaggerated, too stereotypical. Thats how I speak when I'm trying to make fun of my own people's accent

[JamesFaith]

Catroi wrote...

so what? there is one indian dude? Well there is 0 french guy do you see me complaining about it?

Lieutenant Girard always looks French to me.

[NM_Che56]

JamesFaith wrote...

Catroi wrote...

so what? there is one indian dude? Well there is 0 french guy do you see me complaining about it?

Lieutenant Girard always looks French to me.

No.  You're picking up ****hole. 

[farhansdisplayname]

I actually want to see more Arabs in the game, I REALLY liked Khalisah bint Sinan al-Jilani in ME3!

[Archontor]

Well there are also no

Germans

Chinese

Swedish

Irish

Scottish

Welsh

African (aside from Javik Oo_oO)

Mexican

Lithuanians

Polish

I can go on, though I suspect the reasons we don't see that many different races are three fold.

It would seem contrived to keep running into different races with no majorities or patterns

They only have so many VAs

Sheppard is north American so any foreign chatter is just translated into his language and his accent.

[NM_Che56]

Archontor wrote...

Well there are also no

Germans

Chinese

Swedish

Irish

Scottish

Welsh

African (aside from Javik Oo_oO)

Mexican

Lithuanians

Polish

I can go on, though I suspect the reasons we don't see that many different races are three fold.

It would seem contrived to keep running into different races with no majorities or patterns

They only have so many VAs

Sheppard is north American so any foreign chatter is just translated into his language and his accent.

Mexican = Vega (yes, he was played by a PR, but I'm pretty sure he was Mexican), MAYBE Cortez.
Chinese = seriously? Emily Wong (RIP).  But there was also Kai Leng
African = Donovan Hock...yes him.  Afrikans.
Scottish = ....REALLY?  Ken?!

[RyanPun1991]

This is a video game, not the united nations.
we don't need more representation of anything, especially humans.

[DistantUtopia]

Pelle6666 wrote...

And they should have forced Anderson to speak with a British accent! XP
That guy is NOT from London!

Maybe London, Ontario?

[Eugenious]

Master Che wrote...

Archontor wrote...

Well there are also no

Germans

Chinese

Swedish

Irish

Scottish

Welsh

African (aside from Javik Oo_oO)

Mexican

Lithuanians

Polish

I can go on, though I suspect the reasons we don't see that many different races are three fold.

It would seem contrived to keep running into different races with no majorities or patterns

They only have so many VAs

Sheppard is north American so any foreign chatter is just translated into his language and his accent.

Mexican = Vega (yes, he was played by a PR, but I'm pretty sure he was Mexican), MAYBE Cortez.
Chinese = seriously? Emily Wong (RIP).  But there was also Kai Leng
African = Donovan Hock...yes him.  Afrikans.
Scottish = ....REALLY?  Ken?!

Kai Leng...wasnt chinese.......was he? He obviously doesnt sound chinese....race wise....he could have been caucasian.....

Not all one syllable onomatopoeia names = azn.....although most are...

[DistantUtopia]

Eugenious wrote...

Kai Leng...wasnt chinese.......was he? He obviously doesnt sound chinese....race wise....he could have been caucasian.....

Not all one syllable onomatopoeia names = azn.....although most are...

And Anderson doesn't sound British.


But back to Kai Leng...

Quote: "He is described as being Earth-born with features that show his dominant Chinese heritage"

That's from the Wikia.  Likely it comes from the books, but as I never read them, I'd have to buy them to find the exact page/line.

[Archontor]

Master Che wrote...

Archontor wrote...

Well there are also no

Germans

Chinese

Swedish

Irish

Scottish

Welsh

African (aside from Javik Oo_oO)

Mexican

Lithuanians

Polish

I can go on, though I suspect the reasons we don't see that many different races are three fold.

It would seem contrived to keep running into different races with no majorities or patterns

They only have so many VAs

Sheppard is north American so any foreign chatter is just translated into his language and his accent.

Mexican = Vega (yes, he was played by a PR, but I'm pretty sure he was Mexican), MAYBE Cortez.
Chinese = seriously? Emily Wong (RIP).  But there was also Kai Leng
African = Donovan Hock...yes him.  Afrikans.
Scottish = ....REALLY?  Ken?!

Vega comments about husks in newyork so I assumed he was just hispanic american and cortez seems to be a mixture or colony born. 

Emily, once again is of asian/chinese decent but I'm going to assume with a name like Emily she's not actually from china/ a chinese colony  

Donovan was Afrikaner...a germanic ethnicity when I said african I meant nigerian, somali, that kind of thing.

Ken....yeah I just forgot though I suspect he was just a shout out to our most durable redshirt.

[felipejiraya]

There you go, Aziz Ansari as Liara...that's enough indian for you?

[DistantUtopia]

Archontor wrote...

(snip)
Emily, once again is of asian/chinese decent but I'm going to assume with a name like Emily she's not actually from china/ a chinese colony  

Depends.  Most of my mainland Chinese friends have an English name and their Chinese name, "Emily" included.  Perhaps the tradition simply carried on?

[Archontor]

DistantUtopia wrote...

Archontor wrote...

(snip)
Emily, once again is of asian/chinese decent but I'm going to assume with a name like Emily she's not actually from china/ a chinese colony  

Depends.  Most of my mainland Chinese friends have an English name and their Chinese name, "Emily" included.  Perhaps the tradition simply carried on?

Perhaps but she dosen't seem to have an epicanthal fold and her skin tone seems a bit off (though that may be engine limitations/lazy design) so at a rough guess I doubt she's entirely Chinese either

[Abreu Road]

Dominus Solanum wrote...

Abreu Road wrote...

As a brazilian, I would like to see more of Brazil in Mass Effect universe. Only thing that I remember is that both Shepard and Ashley attended at Macapa Boot Camp, but it's not clear if that camp was on the actual city or just named after.

They didn't have a soccer scene in ME3; no need for a Brazilian character in there.  Of course is there was an MMA-style scene I'd expect Brazil to have at least some kind of repre-

Oh wait, Vega fights Shepard. Vega is Hispanic and slips in a Spanish word every now and then, so consider the entire southern hemisphere covered when it comes to representation. Really. That's more than you get in most games. 

Same thing with Native Americans. Javik reps hunter-gatherers with his magical tracking abilities.  

At least we did not got a Blanka as brazilian representative (altought Blanka is cool).

About soccer, in any of the games the Codex says something about sport in XXII century Earth or even for alien races?

[MakeMineMako]

Eugenious wrote...

Master Che wrote...

Archontor wrote...

Well there are also no

Germans

Chinese

Swedish

Irish

Scottish

Welsh

African (aside from Javik Oo_oO)

Mexican

Lithuanians

Polish

I can go on, though I suspect the reasons we don't see that many different races are three fold.

It would seem contrived to keep running into different races with no majorities or patterns

They only have so many VAs

Sheppard is north American so any foreign chatter is just translated into his language and his accent.

Mexican = Vega (yes, he was played by a PR, but I'm pretty sure he was Mexican), MAYBE Cortez.
Chinese = seriously? Emily Wong (RIP).  But there was also Kai Leng
African = Donovan Hock...yes him.  Afrikans.
Scottish = ....REALLY?  Ken?!

Kai Leng...wasnt chinese.......was he? He obviously doesnt sound chinese....race wise....he could have been caucasian.....

Not all one syllable onomatopoeia names = azn.....although most are...

I know plenty of people of Chinese descent who don't have a thick accent. But most of them of 3rd and 4th generation Americans. They speak in a General American accent.

Kai Leng could have been born and raised in the UNAS or off-world colony.

[ReallyRue]

Aris Ravenstar wrote...

I kind of hoped Samantha Traynor was of Indian descent. Her ethnicity is never mentioned and I know there's a decent Indian population in the UK.

Could be. Or Pakistani, the population is fairly large in the UK too.

[MakeMineMako]

Abreu Road wrote...

Dominus Solanum wrote...

Abreu Road wrote...

As a brazilian, I would like to see more of Brazil in Mass Effect universe. Only thing that I remember is that both Shepard and Ashley attended at Macapa Boot Camp, but it's not clear if that camp was on the actual city or just named after.

They didn't have a soccer scene in ME3; no need for a Brazilian character in there.  Of course is there was an MMA-style scene I'd expect Brazil to have at least some kind of repre-

Oh wait, Vega fights Shepard. Vega is Hispanic and slips in a Spanish word every now and then, so consider the entire southern hemisphere covered when it comes to representation. Really. That's more than you get in most games. 

Same thing with Native Americans. Javik reps hunter-gatherers with his magical tracking abilities.  

At least we did not got a Blanka as brazilian representative (altought Blanka is cool).

About soccer, in any of the games the Codex says something about sport in XXII century Earth or even for alien races?

Cerberus Daily News has some articles relating to sporting events. Check 'em out. They are a good read.