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#1
Felix_Domestica

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I'm seeing people complaining as "There are no black people in game, only caucian... Is the game pointing to racism or what?" x)

No.

Its just that in medival time, people were divided. In, lets say ...10th century, there were not planes and people couldn't travel as easily as today. You couldn't see a black people in england, and you couldn't see indians in africa etc. Dragon age is set in medival time. Ferelden nation only know of thedas as continent, which climate isn't one that is epecially warm. It's like europe.

Did any of the europe\\ferelden nations had need for the dark skin, which helps protect against skin cancer that develops as a result of ultra-violet radiation? No.

Were the races divided at the medival time due to the lack of easy travel? Yes. 

And those things explains why there are no black people in Ferelden. So...stop ranting. :)

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Adria Teksuni

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What Ferelden needs is a good Moorish attack. That's what Ferelden needs.

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XOGHunter246

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there no racism why are people digging for something to knock the game for

Modifié par XOGHunter246, 18 décembre 2009 - 06:47 .


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Well..there are black people in Ferelden, the chasind/qunari/sure there's other factions. The dalish/antivan seem to be fairly dark skinned as well. That being said talking about race is not racist. The argument is that you can indeed make a character with dark skin, you just look very out of place if you're doing anything other than a mage origin because your entire family remains white. I'm fairly certain this is where the complaints are coming from. However, I do get very annoyed when people assume mentioning race black/white is racist.

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Further, even if black people could come to ferelden, they wouldn't cause they'd just get lynched.

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adam_nox

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Rainen89 wrote...

Well..there are black people in Ferelden, the chasind/qunari/sure there's other factions. The dalish/antivan seem to be fairly dark skinned as well.


lol no and no.

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Is there humor here? Please tell me there is humor here.

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Rainen89

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adam_nox wrote...

Rainen89 wrote...

Well..there are black people in Ferelden, the chasind/qunari/sure there's other factions. The dalish/antivan seem to be fairly dark skinned as well.


lol no and no.


Zevran, and the chasind barbarians?

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Game needs cyborgs.

Modifié par Skellimancer, 18 décembre 2009 - 07:19 .


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Alrighty, well....there are no black people. Doh! Could have something to do with the region....but, ya know.





Point is, black folks don't exist in Ferelden(note the regional reference). Maybe they do in other lands though. Qunari look pretty damned dark to me though...if they don't cut it, no other cultural group does at the moment. And that fits with Adria's "moorish" invasion cause we all know the Qunari have their sights on Ferelden.



Way off topic, I could have complained that GTA:SA didn't allow me to choose a white dude...as it was I didn't much mind either way...it was still a fun game, lol.

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andybuiadh

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Adria Teksuni wrote...

What Ferelden needs is a good Moorish attack. That's what Ferelden needs.


Mongol horde anyone?

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Ferelden/Thedas aren't part of Earth. It isn't real.



There is no 'insert race here' in Thedas got nothing to do with real life racism.



"There are no black people in game, only caucian... Is the game pointing to racism or what?"



Guess those are just troll or they were incapable of separate fantasy from reality. Or they are too sensitive. W/E.


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Felix_Domestica wrote...

I'm seeing people complaining as "There are no black people in game, only caucian... Is the game pointing to racism or what?" x)

No.

Its just that in medival time, people were divided. In, lets say ...10th century, there were not planes and people couldn't travel as easily as today. You couldn't see a black people in england, and you couldn't see indians in africa etc. Dragon age is set in medival time. Ferelden nation only know of thedas as continent, which climate isn't one that is epecially warm. It's like europe.

Did any of the europe\\\\ferelden nations had need for the dark skin, which helps protect against skin cancer that develops as a result of ultra-violet radiation? No.

Were the races divided at the medival time due to the lack of easy travel? Yes. 

And those things explains why there are no black people in Ferelden. So...stop ranting. :)


There is Elves and Dwarfs... what more would you like?... even some of the the characters got a darker middle east alike tan as well, so what is the problem?

Also if you speak about history... back in the day it was not like there was a hell of alot of races wandering around, as there is now a day, it is a matter about staying in era kind of idealogy... but it does not mean you cannot see any actual foreign people in game, they are there if you look a bit around... you don't need to go more far than loitering to start seeing them unless you seriously have screwed up the way how colours show, eg different blend options set custom and not to what it should be and such... then there is plenty of variety.

There is no black dwarves... there is no actual black elves either, maybe we would get dark elves at some point... and dark dwarves... who knows but just the races you see around should be enough to tell people that there actually is a racial blend... though humans hate elves... and dwarves hating everybody that is not living 10 feet under... then I seriously do not know the issue by making this thread as it is, in game it is more about enlightment that slowly gains honor with the different people as well as doing stuff to make a change... on any of the sides race wise in this game you meet fanatics in each there way... what is so bad about that? it happens in real life everyday in the community each one of us lives in, saying otherwise would be denying that there actual might be some problems weather if it is racial... religion wise or political.. they are there and mainly it is because of human ignorance and stupidity... you could take something about the Alaska people going like... well the ice is melting and causing problems... and would soon vanish... then some stupid retarded lady or gentleman say like that there is to much of it.. nothing would happen... and go all like being in a dreamworld where angels are singing 24/7 even though the house slowly is getting flooded technically.

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kevinwastaken

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There's no more racism than, say, *prime time television programming. ;)



*In the US

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TheGreenLion

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I FOUND ONE BLACK PERSON! His name is Senior Enchanter Torrin.

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XOGHunter246

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ok go complain to bioware tell them they racist

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My problem is that Bioware invented this world. This is fiction, not human history, so they could create any world they wanted to. By choice they created a world dominated by Caucasians. I'm Asian and I find it extremely annoying that the Fantasy genre is so slow to progress towards integrating other races into the mythos. Any creative person could invent a racially diverse Fantasy world.



Bioware had a chance to create a Fantasy world that is racially diverse and instead went the "derivative" route, failing to push the genre forward and continuing to perpetuate Caucasian dominated gaming experiences.

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GHL_Soul_Reaver wrote...
...they are there and mainly it is because of human ignorance and stupidity... you could take something about the Alaska people going like... well the ice is melting and causing problems... and would soon vanish... then some stupid retarded lady or gentleman say like that there is to much of it.. nothing would happen... and go all like being in a dreamworld where angels are singing 24/7 even though the house slowly is getting flooded technically.


Are you off your meds again?

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Any creative person could invent a racially diverse Fantasy world.




So your version of 'creative person' is to copy & paste the races we have in our real world to the game?



** Hey we got these many races on Earth, please put them in a fantasy game, if not than you are not creative!



Red alert to the ME team ASAP! Pull out all the Aliens & replace them with human, just make sure they cover white, black, asian, etc etc otherwise they ain't creative!!

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***** WARNING WARNING THIS POST CONTAINS A MASSIVE SPOILER ***** HIDE THE CHILDREN!!!! *****

































































Sten is grey, is that near enough?

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Oh please...you can make your own character dark skinned...there are also many others...people always have to complain about race, this is why there are so many problems in this world.

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-Solrek- wrote...
This is fiction, not human history, so they could create any world they wanted to. By choice they created a world dominated by Caucasians. I'm Asian and I find it extremely annoying...


How many Asian games are dominated by Caucasians?

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Invalidcode wrote...

Any creative person could invent a racially diverse Fantasy world.


So your version of 'creative person' is to copy & paste the races we have in our real world to the game?


No. My point is that it is evidence that excluding races is a CHOICE. So when people complain about that CHOICE being made, they have a point.

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Solrek take a look on the Thedas map, Ferelden is just part of it we got alot to see yet. Sorry to say but it is you that fails to look at  DA:O and knowledge given to you, had you done just that you can see your whining is rather pointless and moot.

Modifié par Shaggytbj, 18 décembre 2009 - 07:39 .