I recently won a game and received what was meant to be a very nice congratulations message. However it did not make me feel good. 
Why?
Because throughout the message it assumed I was male.
In my view these messages should either be gender neutral or there should be a male and a female version of the message. To assume that anyone winning a game is male I find a bit insulting. I realise this was not the intention.
Yes girl, finaly.
I've spent tens of thousands $ to change my sex properly in best clinics in Netherlands and now somebody calls me a man ?
I was so shocked when i first won a game, i felt so filthy, so trapped again. Nobody cares about transsexuals, where are our human rights?
Is there anyone to protect us? This majority is so oppressive
My goodness you are a girl now too. Congratulations, I am so pleased for you. 
This has to be a joke. Please let this be a joke.
No kidding. Come on girls, this isn't anything to get riled up about. Yes, I understand that it must not be nice to be called a guy, but I'm sure our CoW staff can modify it to be neutral text. Right @Darren I?
inb4 lawsuit for sexist text?
honestly the fact that people complain about stuff like this gets me so heated. We should just put everything into feminine form (see how much I care) so I don't have to listen to people like this get butthurt... Smh.
I think that might have gone a little far....
how so?Carl Wilson wrote:
I think that might have gone a little far....
I completely support this idea! I would go for a gender neutral message. Two versions would just make it long and bothersome.
It may not seem like it, but I'm totally in favor of adding a gender neutral message. However the fact that they felt so insulted by it is what bothers me.Quasi-duck wrote:
I completely support this idea! I would go for a gender neutral message. Two versions would just make it long and bothersome.
It doesn't bother me, it is just odd. Although the fact that it would assume anyone who can actually complete a full game does speak to me. Empathy is key here.
Like I can't see myself getting this insulted if it were to refer to me as a female. Might just be me thoughQuasi-duck wrote:
It doesn't bother me, it is just odd. Although the fact that it would assume anyone who can actually complete a full game does speak to me. Empathy is key here.
I wouldn't get annoyed but then I'm not someone who would be passed over for helping to lift something simply because of my gender, as I am male.
Agreed Quasi-Duck. Add a neutral message.
I find your views, rather interestingQuasi-duck wrote:
I completely support this idea! I would go for a gender neutral message. Two versions would just make it long and bothersome.
and I lodge my full support, towards this idea
I respect your opinion and thank you for sharing it.oceanhawk wrote:
I find your views, rather interestingand I lodge my full support, towards this idea
I say add a neutral. It's easier for the devs anyways.
I really can't believe people are even bothering with this. It's a freaking video game not politics, This whole political correctness idea is insane. Honestly I oppose the idea of gender neutral messages specifically because this has nothing to do with someone being insulted it just a grab for attention. No one cared about what a video game said until people started jumping on the band wagon. Pretty soon it's going to be people can even say he or she because the very idea of gender will offend someone. I'm not trying to offend anyone but seriously what the... I mean at this point I literally should go to some Barbie game and tell them that I'm so insulted that they assume I'm a female. But I won't, because video games are an escape for everyone and this political bs needs to stay out of it.
truest. Thing. I've. Ever. Heard.Kollin wrote:
I really can't believe people are even bothering with this. It's a freaking video game not politics, This whole political correctness idea is insane. Honestly I oppose the idea of gender neutral messages specifically because this has nothing to do with someone being insulted it just a grab for attention. No one cared about what a video game said until people started jumping on the band wagon. Pretty soon it's going to be people can even say he or she because the very idea of gender will offend someone. I'm not trying to offend anyone but seriously what the... I mean at least point I literally should go to some Barbie game and tell them that I'm so insulted that they assume I'm a female. But I won't, because video games are an escape for everyone and this political bs needs to stay out of it.
with the exception of not adding gender neutral messages. I think we should if it really bothers these girls THIS much. Smh
