• raptir@lemdro.id
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    1 year ago

    By the same token, I don’t see a big deal about the pronoun choice. Just choose She/Her or He/Him. You don’t have to choose They/Their.

    • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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      Huh, just considering practicality, how many new characters would one have to create in order to save rather than waste downloading this? Given the time required to download, read, and set up, I’d guess somewhere in the range of 20-30 characters.

      Speedrunners might download a mod to skip setup entirely, not a single option. Of the millions who purchased starfield, perhaps a few dozen might use this ergonomically. Neat.

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        1 year ago

        Speedrunners might download a mod to skip setup entirely, not a single option.

        I’m pretty sure that this would disqualify the run, unless it’s specifically allowed in a particular category.

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          1 year ago

          Practice mods are occasionally used if, say, there’s a tricky section 1.5 hours in. With route highlighting or landscape deemphasizing, if necessary. Speedrunning has slowed to a crawl in the last decade so that seems unlikely.

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      1 year ago

      So what about people who do want to use they/them? Adults could install software like this for their kids and use the mod to deny their kid the right to choose what pronoun they want to use.

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      1 year ago

      It is not a big deal. It doesnt have to be. Its just a small mod with a small change that some people apparently wanted for their experience. They didnt demand to change the game. I dont see problem with choosing pronouns, but I also dont see a problem with changing pointless stuff in your game.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly. So whats the big hullabuloo here? Let people mod their single player game the way they want.

      And its not like the player doesn’t kill hundreds in a normal play through, pronouns seem like a minor thing in comparison.

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        People are welcome to mod games in whatever way they want, but Nexusmods has zero obligation to host anything, let alone content that violates their TOS.

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          That’s fair, they don’t have that obligation.

          Just feels like an odd mod to ban.

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            It’s not the first time they banned mods like this. Nexus had the same shit storm last year when they banned Spiderman mods that tried to remove pride flags. It’s mentioned in the same article here as well.

            The only reason it is getting this much outrage is because of the same reason last time, this is the hottest game on the market right now, just like Spiderman was when it came out for the first time on PC.