The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked
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The reason women aren’t in the MLB is because we have yet to see a woman who is physically capable of it. That’s it. If a woman were ever skilled enough to compete in the MLB, I would hope that there wouldn’t be any issues with her joining the league. In a video game, there isn’t any issue of skill discrepancy between men and women because it’s only fantasy. In a video game, it’s possible for a woman to compete with men, basically because anything is possible in a video game. Therefore, there really isn’t any reason why, (other than no demand for it) we couldn’t have a female created player or RTTS option. I’m all for it.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
This isn’t a change that needs to happen.
This isn’t even a real issue, you’re just trying to make it out as one.If MLB has a successful woman player, then sure it can be included. Until then, leave it out.
Case closed.
By that definition, players born at sea shouldn’t be in the game, because there hasn’t been an MLB player who was born at sea for over 100 years. It’s possible to create a player born at sea in Road to the Show.
By that definition, those people asking for the option of league expansion in Franchise mode are wrong and it shouldn’t be included, because the MLB has fixed not flexible leagues. It will probably be included in the future.
By that definition, we shouldn’t be able to mix live series cards with Legend cards, because that’s simply not reflected in the MLB. We can do that in DD.
I’m not making it an issue, it actually is an issue, for those who it’s an issue for (eg girls who would like to have an option to play with female players).
For sure they are under-represented on this forum, but they are out there.
Why would they want that option?
Yvette Nicole Brown last week on Talking Dead said that the reason that Michonne was such a special character to her was that she identified with Michonne. A badass black woman who had her head screwed on and was lethal when necessary but also was fiercely protective of those she loved (I’m paraphrasing). Whether we admit it or not, we are drawn to characters we identify with in sport, games (hence I can’t relate to GTA), movies, music, TV, popular culture...
The case might be closed for you, but it’s not closed for those thousands (and thousands more when the game goes multi-platform) who would like to see female players in the game so they feel represented. Even if it’s only 5%, that’s at least 40,000 PS4 players alone (add to that the Xbox and Nintendo players come 2022).
How and when that happens is up to Sony and the MLB. Like I said earlier, MLB The Show is just a name.
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How bored do you have to be to make a thread about this non-issue, then write paragraphs of absolute junk to keep it going. This is a baseball sim. The end.
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@Nanthrax_1 said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
How bored do you have to be to make a thread about this non-issue, then write paragraphs of absolute junk to keep it going. This is a baseball sim. The end.
Thank you anyway for taking the time to read my paragraphs.
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There are genetic differences between men and women, bottom line, and denying that with smokescreen arguments referencing Australian Aborigines is completely off the mark. Generally speaking, with few outliers, men are physically stronger, hence the reason that men only play professional baseball. If that changes, I’m quite certain that you would see women in the game, and rightfully so, since the games intention is a realistic simulation of baseball.
On the flip side of the coin, men can never give birth, that is a genetic, anatomical difference. Should we seek change from such injustice? My point, denial of such reality is a futile existence.
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Lmk when you can find a woman that throws 95 and can hit a 100mph sinker then this can become an actual discussion. Until then you’re wasting everyone’s time
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Considering all the fantasy nonsense already in DD, there really is no good reason we should not be able to create a female CAP at least.
I think they are just saving it for a big cross platform reveal, when they add Samus and Princess Peach diamond cards.
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@Red_Ted_is_back said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
Nope! Change doesn’t happen if the issues are swept under the rug for future generations to deal with. Indigenous Australians were not granted the right to vote in elections until 1962. Why? Because it took around 175 years for them to be recognised as true citizens of the land they inhabited long before Europeans came along.
Certainly not saying that a video game featuring women will suddenly eliminate misogyny in the world but it’s all about chipping away and rewriting the norm.
I got banned and blocked talking real history and facts like this. Anything that would cause school textbooks from.being rewritten is subject to ban. Includes anything of substance about any topic..Mind you I was just adding to a thread.Stuff you can Google with a tag "4Horseman of Bank and Oil" and how you can down a rabbit hole just from googling that to what is happening now. Also how certain families that are part of the Fed Reserve Cartel which isn't part of the US but World Bank gangsters.Same people who cause that housing crisis and top heads seen no jail.$20 mil severance for taking advantage of poor. Capitalism.Communism. and socialism are built around the main ism that has been exploited FOREVER CLASSISM. Banned me for being political.Its not Its a fact of life.Again building on someone else's thread at the time..I came for baseball .Something I know something about.No sheep here Shepard maybe
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Didn't even know that locked thread got revived until just now.
But while we're on the subject, you guys are totally fine with Class A Nolan Gorman having better attributes than Eddie Mathews, but cry realism the second someone suggests a 14 year old girl playing the game should be able to create a female CAP.
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They should make it where you can create a female player. Lot of daughters out there who would love to have themselves in MLB THE SHOW as a created player just like their brothers can.
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@Cubbiesean said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
There are genetic differences between men and women, bottom line, and denying that with smokescreen arguments referencing Australian Aborigines is completely off the mark. Generally speaking, with few outliers, men are physically stronger, hence the reason that men only play professional baseball. If that changes, I’m quite certain that you would see women in the game, and rightfully so, since the games intention is a realistic simulation of baseball.
On the flip side of the coin, men can never give birth, that is a genetic, anatomical difference. Should we seek change from such injustice? My point, denial of such reality is a futile existence.
A couple of things that I would like to say in response:
- Baseball isn’t just about physical strength. Ichiro, Dee Gordon, Jose Altuve, Chad Bradford, RA Dickie, Rickey Henderson.... etc
- Are you suggesting that the best women playing baseball would still not be as good as the worst men? At a school level we’ve selected girls for state championship teams because they have not only been better than some of the boys who trial, they’ve been the best players who trial. Furthermore, we need to stop telling young girls and (especially) boys that baseball is for men because men are better.
- Women-only births is not a man-made exclusiveness. Baseball’s gender bias is.
I’m not advocating to have women play in the MLB. Although the idea isn’t necessarily a bad one.
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@cmkjr44 said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
Lmk when you can find a woman that throws 95 and can hit a 100mph sinker then this can become an actual discussion. Until then you’re wasting everyone’s time
Should all those players who can’t fulfil these criteria be removed from the game?
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@Red_Ted_is_back said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
Turned into a bit of a slinging match so understandably it was locked off.
There needs to be some conversation about the issue. Let’s hope it continues, and in a civil way this time
Have you tried "Baseball Stars" on the original Nintendo? It has a team called "Lovely Ladies".
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@Red_Ted_is_back said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
Nope! Change doesn’t happen if the issues are swept under the rug for future generations to deal with. Indigenous Australians were not granted the right to vote in elections until 1962. Why? Because it took around 175 years for them to be recognised as true citizens of the land they inhabited long before Europeans came along.
Certainly not saying that a video game featuring women will suddenly eliminate misogyny in the world but it’s all about chipping away and rewriting the norm.
Couldn't you just create a CAP with a girls name?
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There is no actual rule that women can't play in the MLB, but rather that there hasn't been any with the physical capabilities required to play at even a minor league level.
Sure technically this is a "fantasy" game to some extent, but why just stop here? Why not make your a CAP a half human alien in a wheel chair in a furry costume?
As another poster pointed out, we can just give our CAPs a woman's name. Considering you can identify as whatever one wants these days, problem solved then.
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Let women in, do it the way NHL video games have if you don't want the option you don't use it. It will have 0 effect on men playing this game just like it has 0 effect on the men playing NHL video games.
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Just some things to consider:
- Last year there was Heidi Watney or whatever her name was, so there's that.
- It's a pretty reasonable request to allow players to make a RTTS or CAP that's female. I think after all the outlandish, offensive, or ridiculous CAPs I've seen over the years it's hard to argue that having a female would be too much. What are you really saying if a guy who's 6'7" and under 160 lbs with maxed out head size and blonde dreads is "realistic enough" while a female of any sort is too much? What are you saying if "Stubby [censored]" is okay, but a female of any sort isn't?
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@DUIaintEZ said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
Just some things to consider:
- Last year there was Heidi Watney or whatever her name was, so there's that.
- It's a pretty reasonable request to allow players to make a RTTS or CAP that's female. I think after all the outlandish, offensive, or ridiculous CAPs I've seen over the years it's hard to argue that having a female would be too much. What are you really saying if a guy who's 6'7" and under 160 lbs with maxed out head size and blonde dreads is "realistic enough" while a female of any sort is too much? What are you saying if "Stubby [censored]" is okay, but a female of any sort isn't?
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@DUIaintEZ said in The baseball video games need to include women thread was locked:
Just some things to consider:
- Last year there was Heidi Watney or whatever her name was, so there's that.
- It's a pretty reasonable request to allow players to make a RTTS or CAP that's female. I think after all the outlandish, offensive, or ridiculous CAPs I've seen over the years it's hard to argue that having a female would be too much. What are you really saying if a guy who's 6'7" and under 160 lbs with maxed out head size and blonde dreads is "realistic enough" while a female of any sort is too much? What are you saying if "Stubby [censored]" is okay, but a female of any sort isn't?
I agree. I have seen plenty of racist CAP’s. That would be cool if you could make a CAP a female. It might make more girls interested in the game.
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