" Baseball video games need to include Women "
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@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
I actually like the idea. It adds another dimension to the game. If a user wants to create a “League of their own” custom league that would be cool. You can even alter the sliders to make it more realistic. It’s not unprecedented having women play the game if given the opportunity as we saw from the aforementioned movie or Toni Stone in Negro League baseball for the Indianapolis Clowns in the 50’s. There’s plenty of young girls playing Little League baseball nowadays. This is a video game and should be about inclusiveness for everyone and provide options for them to do so. The fact that no women are currently in MLB shouldn’t be the determining factor because this game has plenty of things in it that aren’t a part of MLB. Players should be able to play how and with whom they want to play with period.
I can see by your avatar that you play Stellaris, which is a great example of how far you can stretch your created players. I mean, you can choose mutated fungi people of any color, gender, and behavioral traits.
Waiting for the "but women were never the supreme warlords of an intergalactic empire, totally unrealistic" comment.
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Actually I don’t. It was just an avatar I picked and didn’t get around to changing yet.
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@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Actually I don’t. It was just an avatar I picked and didn’t get around to changing yet.
Oh tight
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@yankblan said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Baseball Star, best baseball game ever, had the Lovely Ladies
I remember playing that game back in the day lol. I think it was actually called Baseball Stars. Had a ball blasting homers with some female characters.
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Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
No, that's not, wanting realism isn't any of those things, and I get that argument. I don't think you've said anything wrong or that your opinion is wrong,
But the other guy saying "This is a major league baseball game, not a fruity unicorn baseball game." Is sexist. -
@DriveByTrucker17 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
You realize it’s just an option is all anyone is referring to. No one is implying that women be forced into rosters. But having the option to do so should be available for anyone that wants to do it. I enjoy having the option to edit or create fictional players on my teams or myself onto MLB rosters. Same principle, Baseball isn’t baseball only because men play it. If I edit pitchers to only throw knuckleballs and change ups or alter their fastball sliders I can change this game into Major League Softball too.
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@LankyRyan said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@maskedgrappler said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
That might hurt the simulation.
OK, but 4'11 300 lb 45 year old CAPs are super realistic.
Dont you judge me!
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@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@DriveByTrucker17 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
You realize it’s just an option is all anyone is referring to. No one is implying that women be forced into rosters. But having the option to do so should be available for anyone that wants to do it. I enjoy having the option to edit or create fictional players on my teams or myself onto MLB rosters. Same principle, Baseball isn’t baseball only because men play it. If I edit pitchers to only throw knuckleballs and change ups or alter their fastball sliders I can change this game into Major League Softball too.
It was the same logic when CoD WW2 came out and had female players: but immersion! But anachronism! Yep, in WW2 you could run around, regardless of your platoon and shoot at will, recover full health after 5 seconds when critically injured... if True immersion was a thing, shooters would include crapping your pants when facing the enemy
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might be sooner rather than later, the girl that won the Little league WS MVP a few years ago is 16 or 17 now, and still plays and is planning to play in college
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@PAinPA said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
might be sooner rather than later, the girl that won the Little league WS MVP a few years ago is 16 or 17 now, and still plays and is planning to play in college
Mone Davis? She’s actually a freshman in college playing Softball for Hampton University
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There's no reason too.
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@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@PAinPA said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
might be sooner rather than later, the girl that won the Little league WS MVP a few years ago is 16 or 17 now, and still plays and is planning to play in college
Mone Davis? She’s actually a freshman in college playing Softball for Hampton University
I must be remembering from a while ago.
but then it makes the possibility even sooner, I read or heard that she intends to try for the draft. -
@yankblan said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@DriveByTrucker17 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
You realize it’s just an option is all anyone is referring to. No one is implying that women be forced into rosters. But having the option to do so should be available for anyone that wants to do it. I enjoy having the option to edit or create fictional players on my teams or myself onto MLB rosters. Same principle, Baseball isn’t baseball only because men play it. If I edit pitchers to only throw knuckleballs and change ups or alter their fastball sliders I can change this game into Major League Softball too.
It was the same logic when CoD WW2 came out and had female players: but immersion! But anachronism! Yep, in WW2 you could run around, regardless of your platoon and shoot at will, recover full health after 5 seconds when critically injured... if True immersion was a thing, shooters would include crapping your pants when facing the enemy
Rather than continue with a pointless back and forth how about we just agree to disagree? I support the idea of having women in the game not as some Me Too driven agenda but purely from a creative standpoint that has validity whether someone wants to acknowledge it or not. No harm no foul.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
They might be just fine for you. And everyone is entitled to their preference. But to have a preference that someone isn't allowed to make a created player look like them is kind of possessive.
If this game came out in 1939, the logic behind this argument isn't much different than the opinion that black CAPs shouldn't be allowed because it's "unrealistic".
People who are enthusiastic about baseball should be able to create a player who looks like them. There are millions of women and girls enthusiastic about baseball and softball.
It's an oversight not to allow them to fully immerse and have their own realistic sim because things are "just fine the way they are", according to a group who is actually able to make their CAP look like them.
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@TufoinProduction said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
There's no reason too.
Fun is the reason
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I never understood why in the US girls are required to play softball past a certain age or in college; why not have them play baseball? That is the definition of institutional sexism and basically contradicts Title IX, no?
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@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@yankblan said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@DriveByTrucker17 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
You realize it’s just an option is all anyone is referring to. No one is implying that women be forced into rosters. But having the option to do so should be available for anyone that wants to do it. I enjoy having the option to edit or create fictional players on my teams or myself onto MLB rosters. Same principle, Baseball isn’t baseball only because men play it. If I edit pitchers to only throw knuckleballs and change ups or alter their fastball sliders I can change this game into Major League Softball too.
It was the same logic when CoD WW2 came out and had female players: but immersion! But anachronism! Yep, in WW2 you could run around, regardless of your platoon and shoot at will, recover full health after 5 seconds when critically injured... if True immersion was a thing, shooters would include crapping your pants when facing the enemy
Rather than continue with a pointless back and forth how about we just agree to disagree? I support the idea of having women in the game not as some Me Too driven agenda but purely from a creative standpoint that has validity whether someone wants to acknowledge it or not. No harm no foul.
I think you need to read again, because we agree... maybe my snark was not clear enough.
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@yankblan said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@yankblan said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@Amadioha72 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
@DriveByTrucker17 said in " Baseball video games need to include Women ":
Not everything has to be inclusive to everybody.
That’s not a hateful, racist, or sexist statement in any way. Some things are just fine as they are.
You realize it’s just an option is all anyone is referring to. No one is implying that women be forced into rosters. But having the option to do so should be available for anyone that wants to do it. I enjoy having the option to edit or create fictional players on my teams or myself onto MLB rosters. Same principle, Baseball isn’t baseball only because men play it. If I edit pitchers to only throw knuckleballs and change ups or alter their fastball sliders I can change this game into Major League Softball too.
It was the same logic when CoD WW2 came out and had female players: but immersion! But anachronism! Yep, in WW2 you could run around, regardless of your platoon and shoot at will, recover full health after 5 seconds when critically injured... if True immersion was a thing, shooters would include crapping your pants when facing the enemy
Rather than continue with a pointless back and forth how about we just agree to disagree? I support the idea of having women in the game not as some Me Too driven agenda but purely from a creative standpoint that has validity whether someone wants to acknowledge it or not. No harm no foul.
I think you need to read again, because we agree... maybe my snark was not clear enough.
I may have tagged the wrong quote my bad
