Originally Posted by The Red Queen
Originally Posted by Ecc2ca
There�s no need to be mean to OP. They�re trying to express their concerns, some of which are valid. Granted, they could have used a post title that would be less likely to make people feel defensive and angry, but� you also have the choice to respond calmly, and try to see if there�s something valid in their point of view.

There are posts on Twitter all the time about how problematic it is that Wyll, as the only black origin character, has the least content of all of the origins, and his quest fizzles terribly. There are conversations on other sites about implicit bias in the game. So I don�t feel that it�s fair to greet one of the only posts that mentions this on these whole forums with out and out hostility.


Thank you, Ecc2ca, and it's a good point about the thread title not helping. As the OP hasn't been back for a few days, I'm going to make an executive decision to change it from "Less racist bullshit?" to "Less racism in the game?".

But you are right that despite the fact the OP expressed themself in a way that was somewhat provocative and inflammatory, as I've already called out in this thread, it's not okay to respond in kind, and as I said above, anyone who rises to the bait after all my moderator interventions is just going to earn themselves a warning. Folks, don't do it grin!

Respectfully I don't think that title change makes it any less inflammatory. The OP accuses Larian (having seen the credits and interviews etc it's a very diverse company) of being racist, one of the most inflammatory epithets one can throw around these days. Accusing them of bias (unfounded as well in my opinion) is bad enough but racist is a whole other level of moral failing and is something done with conscious and deliberate malice. We've heard a lot about threats towards the developers recently and while the OP doesn't cross that line specifically throwing around accusations of racism are irresponsible, unsupportable, and potentially incendiary.

While I agree we should all be polite I also feel the OP is being given too much deference for what comes off as a deliberately provocative post designed to stir up trouble.