https://www.online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jspFinale Fireworker's OP, stripped of the quotes which improved the score a year:
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Gunning Fog index: 13.24
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When you look at their repeated PR on the subject, their position seems to be “we didn’t make this game with a specific message in mind, therefore it has no specific message.
If a vulnerable unit suddenly appears on the combat map in a strategy game, and saving them nets some sort of reward or recruitment, the game affirms concepts of heroism.
By casting the player in to the narrative, certain actions and philosophies will be innately endorsed because completing these actions is mandatory for progress.
If this is the case, their claims to the contrary are merely marketing meant to distance their corporate identity from any particular political philosophy.
Even when faced with an absolute reality, Ubisoft attempts to maintain the veneer of neutrality at all costs because they believe this is better for business.
If this is their intention, they routinely fail, and the political response their games receive (positive and negative alike) indicates this quite plainly.
But people like to put politics into that, and we back away from those interpretations as much as we can because we don't want to take a stance in current politics.
It takes less time, it takes less practice, and is less individually challenging to just let media flow through you without consideration or reflection.
"We've rooted ourselves in reality, and you'll get what you get out of your playthrough--everybody will get something different out of their experience.
This machine is a great example of putting a player in a certain position and letting them come to their own revelations and conclusions through their own input.
So while media may communicate a specific message or feeling very clearly, you usually can’t be sure it’s what the author intended.
Other people who believe video games aren’t political simply mistake what they are used to seeing as apolitical neutrality.
Maybe they aren’t prepared to think of video games this way, or don’t want to, so they insist there is no merit or reason in doing so.
Media takes all kinds of forms and formats but it is grounded by a singular purpose: humans create media to send and receive ideas and messages.
They choose political topics, settings, and stories because these are the sort of vehicles that suit their gameplay and they find the topics marketable.
It is a normal part of the Ubisoft promotional cycle to announce a video game and then discourage any sort of scrutiny of those new games.
Video game mechanics are just presses on buttons and sticks, but these mechanics correspond with actions and these actions produce results in the game world.
People perform tasks far more complex and stressful, with far greater wear on their minds and bodies, for the same amount of compensation that this machine dispenses.
Ubisoft, when presented with assessments on their work, says they want to get their audience thinking but claim to not have anything particular in mind.
His work is heavily therapeutic, deeply personal, and a means for him to process his trauma from serving in the American military.
When it’s finished, the clock continues autonomously, carrying out its design, and the creator no longer has any input on its function.
Ultimately, Ubisoft is a corporation and it doesn’t matter very much what they say or what they believe in this respect.
Military operations are used as backdrops for gun-based gameplay because it gives the player an excuse to shoot someone.
Taking into account that, and also the idea of the balance of the Triforce, we thought it best to come back to this [original] makeup.
Rather than seek a definition of art that everyone can agree on, I think it makes sense to suspend the conversation entirely.
The first is that Ubisoft knows their PR is deceptive and has no illusions about the political nature of their video games.
We get articles explaining this almost every time Ubisoft releases a game, but Ubisoft’s position remains consistent.
But reinforcing the status quo through common tropes is equally political to something that challenges regularity.
This is how media with no intended message can still end up with a specific political and philosophical reception.
There’s something interesting about that part of the journey, and perhaps Kratos might be ready for that part of the journey.
If you're familiar with some of my older topics, I've always really enjoyed approaching video games as literature.
If we take their claims as truth, this means Ubisoft isn’t conscious or aware of the philosophies and concepts their games reinforce.
The Epic Games Store Boilerplate Staff Post:
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Gunning Fog index: 12.77
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Addendum: It's fine and often healthy to be critical of media coverage (ex: "I don't think this article is good and here's why"), but please avoid going down any rabbit holes with excessive vitriol and conspiracy theories (ex: "This outlet is clearly paid off because I don't agree with their coverage").
Given the volatility in recent Epic Game Store related threads we have decided that some clearer guidelines are required to cultivate healthier discussion.
It is not acceptable to troll threads because of storefront exclusivity timed or otherwise (ex: "So the real PC release is going to be a year later.
It is perfectly acceptable to want to wait for a game to be released on the storefront of your preference (ex: "I'll just wait for the Steam release.
Honest questions or commentary about the differences and similarities between the Epic Games Store and other storefronts are fine.
We've long had a general policy against hyperbolical vilification of the media and that rule has not been suspended.
If we conclude that your goal is to misrepresent the concerns of other users or rile people up, you will be moderated.
Transgender study (by a now revealed TERF extremist) Staff Post that goes in any thread about athletes or females or female athletes or women athletes or transgender athletes or people in general running any distance:
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Gunning Fog index: 17.48
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academically published study quotes, i.e. just SweetNicole's writing:
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Gunning Fog index: 17.02
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Based on the established criteria by the International Olympics Committee, their panel of expert scientists and physicians, and the study by Joanna Harper, and the collaborating studies, Resetera policy is that anyone concern posting about genetic advantages by transgender women in competitive sports or claiming transgender women have genetic advantages will be treated as transphobia and/or spreading misinformation on a sensitive issue and moderated appropriately.
Another study, called Sport and Transgender People: A Systematic Review of the Literature Relating to Sport Participation and Competitive Sport Policies, that was published in 2017 came to the same exact conclusion as these two others.
There is a study by Joanna Harper on transgender athletes' performance versus cisgender athletes' performance that was published in the Journal of Sporting Cultures and Identities in 2015.
We have no interest in allowing ignorance to thrive in these threads, nor do we wish to place an undue burden on our transgender community to educate people in threads like these.
The study showed that as testosterone levels approach female norms, trans women experience a decrease in muscle mass, bone density and other physical characteristics.
Yes, this is every sentence except the one about contacting the mod captains.
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The ResetERA.com policy paragraph from that Staff Post, restated here for your convenience:
Based on the established criteria by the International Olympics Committee, their panel of expert scientists and physicians, and the study by Joanna Harper, and the collaborating studies, Resetera policy is that anyone concern posting about genetic advantages by transgender women in competitive sports or claiming transgender women have genetic advantages will be treated as transphobia and/or spreading misinformation on a sensitive issue and moderated appropriately. We have no interest in allowing ignorance to thrive in these threads, nor do we wish to place an undue burden on our transgender community to educate people in threads like these. This policy will be enforced from this post onward and in any future threads or posts on this subject.
Receives the following grade:
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Gunning Fog index: 24.78
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Based on the established criteria by the International Olympics Committee, their panel of expert scientists and physicians, and the study by Joanna Harper, and the collaborating studies, Resetera policy is that anyone concern posting about genetic advantages by transgender women in competitive sports or claiming transgender women have genetic advantages will be treated as transphobia and/or spreading misinformation on a sensitive issue and moderated appropriately.
