Pride month Event
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Wiccan and Hulkling. Is this a coincidence or on purpose? Kabam is intentionally doing this for gay pride? Who are you hyped for?
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Rvz
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I think it’s awesome getting representation for LGBT+ people. All you need to realise how important it is, is hear what it means to some people
Pls exit the stage left. Thank you.
As for who I'm more hyped for...none, really. I have no idea who they are in the comics aside from some general stuff like Wiccan being Wanda's kid and Hulkling being his partner. That's about as deep as my well of lore goes on those two.
My reasons for being interested in them are more due to gameplay stuff. Hulkling will be the first cosmic this year, and I'm kind of excited about that. I think Wiccan will be the last featured champion in the next featured 6* crystal (which already looks pretty dope), so I hope he's awesome as well and elevates that crystal even more.
Hercules is a great champ. Chavez was released with similar intentions/messaging - she seems to be mainly a defender. Not sure these champs will be anything special based on the abilities described in the video.
As an older player (40+) I do tire of seeing these newer and/or more minor characters released over the more foundation/classic characters though. let's see how they perform a few months from now.
Why would they?
Does it matter on a characters sexual orientation on a mobile game?
For me at least it’s nothing to concern about.
On the other hand, that what’s concerning me mainly is the game’s performance/outage, and I believe most people are concerned with this too 🙂
To me, anyone disagreeing with those is getting angry about two men holding hands, which is frankly ridiculous and is entirely the point about why representation matters.
Again, this thread shouldn’t have even been made, cause look what it’s evolving into
Yes, representation does matter, so it’s good to celebrate LGBT+ inclusion.
My point is for those who are "thinking" of making a remark to just not say it at all. It's not constructive and helps in no aspect so it's better not said
There are a handful of characters in the game who share a background with me or that I identify with for another reason and it means a lot to me. To the point that it’s been a deciding factor in certain rankups just because I enjoy playing the character more because I identify with them.
From both a business and a player enjoyment perspective, representation matters. Just because it doesn’t matter *to you* doesn’t mean it doesn’t to others.
A simple question…but suddenly it’s about wanting bugs fixed and not understanding why people are excited and it not being a matter of concern. Complain about bugs on a different post and leave those excited about it to be excited. You not caring is rather unnecessary to point out lmao
Ironic how your kinda being toxic don't you think.
(Also in case you didn't know pointing that out isn't being toxic)
The X-Men have always been probably one of the most obvious allegories for a plethora of civil rights movements in the past, and I think that's the reason many of us have felt so attached to them. They have long given many of us that felt different a sense of belonging and a way to feel "seen", and Characters to identify with. For many of us, it wasn't until years later that there were more literal representations of ourselves in the Comics/Shows/Movies we loved, and it makes me so happy to see that we are finally adding an LGBTQ+ couple to the game.
People often call small gestures like this "political", but it is absolutely not. Gay people exist and saying that is not political. When you say something like that, you are adding to the ongoing perception that some people's lives are "political", and that their sheer act of existing is a political statement.
We are not going to tolerate any Homophobia here. We have an entire event dedicated to Pride coming up, and it's the kind of Pride event WE want to throw, full of referential humour, and celebrating the diversity of our players, team, and our Champions.
You are free to not play the event, but we don't want the reasons for not wanting to play it (unless it's gameplay related... because that's what we're here to discuss), or why you think we don't need to celebrate Pride in the Contest. They are not necessary and are more hurtful than you might think.
For the record, from the moment that the Champion reveal trailer went live, the negative comments have been few and far between. We know that we have an amazing community that is very welcoming and kind.
We're looking forward to celebrating Pride with you all this June, and can't wait to share what we've been working on!