raisinbman wrote: Like, someone pointed out we have a lack of female villains.
Nooneelsesname wrote: Now here’s Angel, Iceman, Gambit, Jean Grey, Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, Mr. Fantastic, Lockjaw and Winter Soldier.
Der_Lex wrote: Nooneelsesname wrote: Now here’s Angel, Iceman, Gambit, Jean Grey, Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, Mr. Fantastic, Lockjaw and Winter Soldier. Who are all popular, highly requested characters that a lot of people want to see in the game. Diversity is a fine thing to strive for, but it shouldn't be the only thing to strive for. I'd hate for any of the above characters to be left out of the game because some kind of diversity quota wasn't being met.
wymtime wrote: I think this is a really interesting chart in how things go, but I do question if this is a puzzle quest issue or a Marvel issue. Look a the original Avengers movies all white. Ant Man white. The only 2 marvl movies coming out with super heroes who are non white that I can think of is Fantastic 4 and Black Panther. Yes in captain America Falcon is black, but he is also a much smaller hero. Luke Cage will be coming to Netflix, as well as Iron Fist. The fact that there is as much diversity as there is, should be applauded and encouraged. Many of the Marvel characters are 40+ years old in a time of little diversity. Now Marvel makes more of an effort to create new diverse heroes. It is challenging to get people to buy new things, but many of the heroes are very good in the comics, they just need time to be appreciated. So as MPQ got out a lot of Popular characters that we wanted, they have also incorporated some diverse characters. They have added a lot of woman over the past year. I remember when Black Widow and storm were the only real women in the game. The game has made major progress. Can they do better sure, but we should applaud them and encourage them first.
Zifna wrote: raisinbman wrote: Like, someone pointed out we have a lack of female villains. Emma Frost and Dark Phoenix would be good additions to the villains lineup. Rogue was actually a villain for a while too. Mystique adopted her.
Nooneelsesname wrote: Finally - and the part that I’m the most ambivalent about - characters with parents in separate categories are counted as 0.5 of each. I realize this is kind of gross. One of my alliance mates mentioned hearing “you’re not half and half, you’re whole and whole”. I think that’s amazing for individuals to hear. For purposes of this census, it would mean counting Daken four times instead of two. I went with the latter. There’s no good way to do a census.
raisinbman wrote: Der_Lex wrote: Nooneelsesname wrote: Now here’s Angel, Iceman, Gambit, Jean Grey, Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, Mr. Fantastic, Lockjaw and Winter Soldier. Who are all popular, highly requested characters that a lot of people want to see in the game. Diversity is a fine thing to strive for, but it shouldn't be the only thing to strive for. I'd hate for any of the above characters to be left out of the game because some kind of diversity quota wasn't being met. You're obviously gonna get those characters. We're just asking for representation. As a black man, it's awesome having kickass black characters. not every POC can say that right now. Ultimately, kids look up to this stuff and it must be the most heartbreaking thing when a kid figures out "Sex/Race isn't usually a superhero"
stowaway wrote: Nooneelsesname wrote: Finally - and the part that I’m the most ambivalent about - characters with parents in separate categories are counted as 0.5 of each. I realize this is kind of gross. One of my alliance mates mentioned hearing “you’re not half and half, you’re whole and whole”. I think that’s amazing for individuals to hear. For purposes of this census, it would mean counting Daken four times instead of two. I went with the latter. There’s no good way to do a census. There's especially no good way to do a census in a comic book universe. You counted Psylocke as .5 API, which seems about as good as you could do under the circumstances. But it's one thing to be Daken, with an Anglo-Canadian father and a Japanese mother, and another thing to be Betsy Braddock, whose Asianness was thrust upon her in a way that can only happen in a comic book. A while back someone did a post where he had screenshots of all the different diverse teams he could throw together. His "Asian pride" team included a blond guy in Asian pajamas, the aforementioned white British lady who was transformed Asian later on, and the best person to sub in for either of them was the half-Japanese guy whose very name means mongrel. Just trying to comment on it made me so uncomfortable I ultimately didn't bother. But that's comic books for you. Marvel is a shared universe that's considerably older than I am, and I'm not young anymore. I don't want to be anyone's apologist, but it's not something that can be transformed quickly or easily, and they're quite visibly working toward transforming it. I'd love to see more diverse characters added to the game, but I'd hate to see obscure characters just for the sake of diversity. For what it's worth, of the characters I voted for in the survey, one is blue, two are gay, two are female, and all four are mutants.
jffdougan wrote: I already answered the survey before seeing this, and would feel unethical answering it again. However, almost the characters I put in were female - Rogue, Kate Bishop, Mockingbird. Cable was the other. In hindsight, I needed Emma Frost and the butterfly-wing girl from First Class, too. (Cannot remember her name.)
Malcrof wrote: Curious, what colors did you put for Beast and Mystique, as their natural states are blue.... movies non-withstanding.
Buret0 wrote: Malcrof wrote: Curious, what colors did you put for Beast and Mystique, as their natural states are blue.... movies non-withstanding. Other? Also, I hope that Vision got his own category. He may look male, but I'm guessing that he's sexless.