Linna Excel
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Posted - 2011.01.31 08:29:00 -
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checker, I think you are thinking more of the Victorians than the puritans. The puritans were modest and didn't show things off, however it was the victorians who were more aggressive about it.
Likewise the goal of this thread isn't to be about anti religious right rants... being against improper or excessive sexuality has its place. Plus if you want to split hairs, there's just as many on the left (feminists) who'd hate something like this as people on the right.
My thoughts on the matter are:
1. Technically everything that has to be covered is, so it's not full nudity. Now it might be tasteless, trashy, ****ty, or sexy depending on your point of view, however no female nipples, no genitals = not nudity.
2. All of the avatars I've seen are already wearing a jacket; they've just got the front open. So they are mostly clothed and it's a little bit more about cleavage than nudity. Plus at least a few of the avatars I've seen had more of a tough chick look to them than a sexy one.
3. In the right/wrong pose, a woman with a DDD cup and a tight shirt is just as good/bad as cleavage. So if there were more prudish interests at stake here, why not keep every female PC a B cup? That actually might keep women who don't like PCs with big busts for leaving the game... ie it's less offensive to them.
4. What's the point of letting us see characters in their undies to begin with only to tell us a screen or two later: don't forget to put your shirt on? I mean CCP could have started everyone off in a bodysuit (and those things can be kinda sexy too) or something and they've had plenty of time before now to think about this.
As someone who's done QA work before, this one kinda bugs me the most. To me it means decisions are either based on whimsy or CCP doesn't have their act together in some fashion or another. What's going on up there? If this was a problem, why did it make it all the way to release?
4a. I know the icons are small, but why are there half naked strippers/prostitutes in the game as things you can move around? I mean seriously. If you want to go a prudish route that's fine, but at least get rid of the half naked hookers in the process. Why should I as a player have to face this sudden mea culpa that doesn't fit with other things I've seen?
It just seems really weird to me. Some people might not like a little cleavage, but it's hardly the worst game out there in terms of clothing and there are other things in EVE I'd consider worse. Plus I can't make any sort of rhyme or reason out of it and I'm left scratching my head.
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