mrliioadin
Senior Squad
regularcat;3819228 said:my interests are NOT represented in the game.
my interests are true life simulation AI and the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL regions.
women are at the bottom of my list, nice to have sure but only after the core of the game is fixed.
it is completely relevant, FIFA 16 News is the thread title and the news is they aren't working on the AI, instead they are adding women.
You created a straw man that says that we can't have women in the game AND have gameplay improvement. No one is saying that FIFA couldn't do both. Women could have been added to the game in 1999 and the gameplay could have been crap. The two are entirely disconnected.
But, this is one of the most popular women's sports in the world. Millions of young girls have no way to play with any of their favorite stars... Marta, Morgan... They just have no option to enjoy the game they love with the stars they look up to. Attitudes like those who met this news with negativity (which seems to be the kneejerk reaction on this forum the last few years) only reinforce the prejudice against women's sports and continue to treat women's athletics like second class citizens. Young girls continue to be told that they are less important or less valued for their athletic prowess. And it's an entirely unnecessary position to take on the matter.
Gameplay is my third biggest issue with one of the highest grossing games on the planet. Race discrimination and sexual discrimination are far more important to making the game representative of the world's people.
It's not one or the other. But, even if it were I would gladly take another year of crap gameplay if women, Japanese, Kenyan and Caribbean people could enjoy their stars in equal crapdom.