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TopTierHarley

Kytinn King
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To the dude who said "MK is sexist" ehh? Having Sonya, Kitana, Mileena be main characters in most games but yeah totally "sexist" and bringing back a dead or not so dead Kitana? yeah....



You want sexist or feminist, one game for ya. Skullgirls? lol

On the costume gig, I'm liking how they're more covered now(not that I complained before) personally I couldn't give a shit how they dress.
How is SkullGirls sexist? An all female cast =/= sexist. Especially with recent updates with characters such as Big Band and Beowulf.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sexist
 

MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
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How is SkullGirls sexist? An all female cast =/= sexist. Especially with recent updates with characters such as Big Band and Beowulf.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sexist
Majority of the characters are females in Skullgirls which could be considered sexism I'll post the definition, so if someone's going to say "MK's sexism, not enough females" then Skullgirls definitely is showing sexism since majority are females...being my point. I never said there weren't any males in Skullgirls but a few guys and as you that was a recent update. Majority of the game's life hasn't had male characters all I'm saying.

Sexism=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexism

Skullgirls has 15 characters, 13 of which females. MK mean while has had 59 in total within the MKU and 23 as far as in game or canon MK X comic characters...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullgirls#Characters

Even Boon addressed the ridiculous claim of "why you hate females" on his twitter not too long ago

http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Female_Characters

MK has dressed women sexy, this is no secret but MK also isn't the only fighter to do this. Ever play DOA? Skullgirls? Tekken? KI? or SF?

So you'll have to forgive if I find that "MK is sexist" argument flawed...especially when they often use a female or two as main plot characters or bring them back from the dead ie Kitana anyone? And Cassie is already popular from the comic and her looks in the game, D'vorah is female both look badass!
 
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Chaosphere

The Free Meter Police
And yet my wife and some female friends of mine LIKED playing them because they were sexy and strong. Its interesting that the fact the Mk women hold their own against the men and are just as brutal is ignored just based on appearance .
They can still kick ass without being completely designed solely for men. It's just too heavy handed.
 
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TopTierHarley

Kytinn King
Majority of the characters are females in Skullgirls which could be considered sexism I'll post the definition, so if someone's going to say "MK's sexism, not enough females" then Skullgirls definitely is showing sexism since majority are females...being my point. I never said there weren't any males in Skullgirls but a few guys and as you that was a recent update. Majority of the game's life hasn't had male characters all I'm saying.

Sexism=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexism

Skullgirls has 15 characters, 13 of which females. MK mean while has had 59 in total within the MKU and 23 as far as in game or canon MK X comic characters...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullgirls#Characters

Even Boon addressed the ridiculous claim of "why you hate females" on his twitter not too long ago

http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Female_Characters

MK has dressed women sexy, this is no secret but MK also isn't the only fighter to do this. Ever play DOA? Skullgirls? Tekken? KI? or SF?

So you'll have to forgive if I find that "MK is sexist" argument flawed...especially when they often use a female or two as main plot characters or bring them back from the dead ie Kitana anyone? And Cassie is already popular from the comic and her looks in the game, D'vorah is female both look badass!
It's not sexism, that was Mike Z's choice to create an all female cast since the game is called Skull Girls. . It was his artistic take on fighting game. Big Band and Beowulf are in the game because he opened up voting to the fans. If it was truly sexist, these characters wouldn't even be an option. You might as well say Arcana Heart and Aquapazza are sexist as well, even though Aquapazza is based on various characters that happen to be female.
 
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MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
It's not sexism, that was Mike Z's choice to create an all female cast since the game is called Skull Girls. . It was his artistic take on fighting game. Big Band and Beowulf are in the game because he opened up voting to the fans. If it was truly sexist, these characters wouldn't even be an option. You might as well say Arcana Heart and Aquapazza are sexist as well, even though Aquapazza is based on various characters that happen to be female.
Ok then neither is MK. My point is if someone's going to try to say "MK is sexist or biased towards gender" then Skullgirls definitely is.

I don't think any of these games are sexist or gender biased, was just using SG as an example of a onesided game of gender(which obviously is more than any other fighter)
 

Chaosphere

The Free Meter Police
Wait Doug. Wouldn't you say yourself that we are living in the modern age? They could be designed that way to please woman as well.
What does "the modern age" mean? And probably not. The reward for completing the challenge tower was an almost nude mileena. Boon referred to it as some kind of ultra reward. I dunno. I think context matters. But really all I was trying to say is that it's cool that they're moving past that.
 
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cfw

Toys can't save you!
To the dude who said "MK is sexist" ehh? Having Sonya, Kitana, Mileena be main characters in most games but yeah totally "sexist" and bringing back a dead or not so dead Kitana? yeah....



You want sexist or feminist, one game for ya. Skullgirls? lol

On the costume gig, I'm liking how they're more covered now(not that I complained before) personally I couldn't give a shit how they dress.
Lmao you obviously don't know what either of these mean.
 

MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
Lmao you obviously don't know what either of these mean.
I do actually, I take it you dont know what it means? Lol if youre actually complaining over A. Mk not having enough chicks or B. Nrs being 'sexist' cause of past outfits, you obviously dont know much about fighters portraying girls much less mk. Umk3 had very revealing outfits yet nobody bitched. Why? Cause nobody cares about trivial nonsense...:rolleyes:
 

Eddy Wang

Skarlet scientist
You lost all virility, you are not a man anymore, re u ?

And by the way, Skarlet would have been top 5 if more popular. ;)
She lurks around the top 7, not everyone played against a master level skarlet, yet ppl put her in top 10, and some top 11.
 
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SaJa

FH_FenriR
Thank you all for your posts. I feel MUCH better now. I can now main Cassie without too many worries.



Get out of here. My Sheeva stomped the stuffings out of CD Senior at evo 2012. If Sheeva does well against Skarlet then let me tell you, the character is not that good.
You did not well against Skarlet, you did well against CD senior's 3 weeks Skarlet (a Kitana player). Fight Scar's one.
 

aj1701

Noob
They can still kick ass without being completely designed solely for men. It's just too heavy handed.
Except that this line of thinking happens in the real work; people don't take pretty girls seriously just because they are pretty.

And again, my wife and some friends picked certain female characters because they liked their design, so its dishonest at least to say they were designed "solely for men."
 

Chaosphere

The Free Meter Police
Except that this line of thinking happens in the real work; people don't take pretty girls seriously just because they are pretty.

And again, my wife and some friends picked certain female characters because they liked their design, so its dishonest at least to say they were designed "solely for men."
No it's not.
 

Killusion

Stream addict
If you're going to play a female character, at least pick a classy lady. Playing Cassie is like playing I-No in Guilty Gear...
 

Chaosphere

The Free Meter Police
Ha, typical and expected response.
Right because with all of the bad ass male characters in the game, which aren't sexualized at all.... and contain nothing but lethal and bad ass features, and literally every single female in the game looking like straight up strippers with basically only their genitalia and tiddies covered (except for maybe sindel), YOU think it's too big of a leap that they were designed by men for men? I've never once claimed that women can't still enjoy them.
 

Barrogh

Meta saltmine
Right because with all of the bad ass male characters in the game, which aren't sexualized at all.... and contain nothing but lethal and bad ass features...
Looking at designs like kung fu twins and Kano you'd think that they were supposed to have (and do have) something appealing to them. Yet you, as artist, don't have to be completely ridiculous about it, right? If you compare that to female designs and think about it, it seems like something went a bit wrong in art department of humanity while back.

That said, I don't see a reason for Jax or Liu to go around like that in their 1st costumes, but I don't see people bitching about it :p

Granted, since you even pointed out that Sindel looks tamer than the rest despite her design being well within "stripper" territory, it would be foolish of me to insist that it's entirely fair to compare Jax with, say, Jade, since you obviously take into consideration extent to which this "sexualization" of designs goes.
 
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STB Sgt Reed

Online Warrior
Statistical probability.
Injustice has 30 characters, 7 of them females. 7/30 = 0.23 which is close to 1/4 or 1/5. So having one female character in the top 5 is quite normal.
MK9 has 32 characters, 7 of them females. 7/32 = 0.219 which is also close to 1/5. Same thing.
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