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Rand wrote: ↑ October 2nd, 2023, 21:55
Godspeed good sir. I'd like my fantasy to be believable. And I don't believe the Western Heartlands is chock full of Chultans and Shou.
Same here. In the Icewind dale game there was a merchant from Calimshan, which was odd but believable. I'd also accept a ship from Chult with black sailors or a few merchants, but not the multicultural nonsense they've made now. Even Elves and Dwarves...

They can do whatever they want with a game like Pillars of Eternity, but they should leave established settings they way they were.
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We're back under moderation at Nexus. Apparently there was an overnight brigade from redditors to report the mod.
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SniperChris wrote: ↑ October 3rd, 2023, 12:04
We're back under moderation at Nexus. Apparently there was an overnight brigade from redditors to report the mod.
These leftists are sick in the head. They really want to mind control everyone and suck all the decent things out of life.
I wish I could send them all away to make their commietard dystopia on another world and they could murder each other and starve to death and leave us in peace.
You may as well not bother replying to my posts if it's to argue anything except concrete facts or your personal opinion. I still probably won't see it.
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Rand wrote: ↑ October 3rd, 2023, 15:14
These leftists are sick in the head. They really want to mind control everyone and suck all the decent things out of life.
I wish I could send them all away to make their commietard dystopia on another world and they could murder each other and starve to death and leave us in peace.
As much as I'd want to think that's true, I think the truth is far worse: they have no idea what they're talking about. They have no culture. No refinement.

Basically the extent of all they know is the propaganda that is disseminated to them.
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Apparently this was the brigade page.



The reddit moderators eventually removed it, probably for targeted harassment, but not before the damage was done. In the comments, they attribute various other mods to me, including Spider-Man and DOOM mods, which I had no hand in making. It reminds me of the first time I uploaded the mod to Nexus and they accused me of making Wyll white.

It's like... guys. Just download the mod. Does Wyll look white to you?

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SniperChris wrote: ↑ October 3rd, 2023, 15:29
Apparently this was the brigade page.
Also, some ****** youtuber made a video yesterday about a mod site, that showed your mod.
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SniperChris wrote: October 3rd, 2023, 15:29
Apparently this was the brigade page.



The reddit moderators eventually removed it, probably for targeted harassment, but not before the damage was done. In the comments, they attribute various other mods to me, including Spider-Man and DOOM mods, which I had no hand in making. It reminds me of the first time I uploaded the mod to Nexus and they accused me of making Wyll white.

It's like... guys. Just download the mod. Does Wyll look white to you?

Forget about these garbage dumps (either Nexus or Reddit), it is impossible to have a dialogue with these creatures.

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Faceless_Sentinel wrote: ↑ October 3rd, 2023, 22:53
Forget about these garbage dumps (either Nexus or Reddit), it is impossible to have a dialogue with these creatures.
Yikes! That comment is AWFUL. That's quite a dogwhistle. Imagine being so toxic that you are bothered by a fantasy world that doesn't conform to your demographic worldview. I wonder how you people are into fantasy as a genre as a whole like... Accepting people who are different from you is a pretty central point in a huge chunk of the genre. It's pretty telling that your idea of "fantasy" starts and ends at being a world where only white people exist. You'll say it's not "realistic" to have black characters, but dragons and magic are totally fine. You should know that England was full of people of color in the dark ages, actually.

**** THAT MOD and all those other mods on the site. Straight up disgusting.

I'm reporting YOU and THIS MOD.

Look at the depths you've driven me to in order to get all of these responses. I had to look at reddit. I am now tainted.
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Same thing evertim


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SniperChris wrote: October 3rd, 2023, 15:29
Apparently this was the brigade page.



The reddit moderators eventually removed it, probably for targeted harassment, but not before the damage was done. In the comments, they attribute various other mods to me, including Spider-Man and DOOM mods, which I had no hand in making. It reminds me of the first time I uploaded the mod to Nexus and they accused me of making Wyll white.

It's like... guys. Just download the mod. Does Wyll look white to you?

Looking at the comments… redditors can't into basic tech now and therefore do not understand the concept of a site with multiple users?

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rusty_shackleford wrote: October 4th, 2023, 01:00
SniperChris wrote: October 3rd, 2023, 15:29
Apparently this was the brigade page.



The reddit moderators eventually removed it, probably for targeted harassment, but not before the damage was done. In the comments, they attribute various other mods to me, including Spider-Man and DOOM mods, which I had no hand in making. It reminds me of the first time I uploaded the mod to Nexus and they accused me of making Wyll white.

It's like... guys. Just download the mod. Does Wyll look white to you?
Looking at the comments… redditors can't into basic tech now and therefore do not understand the concept of a site with multiple users?

Redditors can't into anything except oppressing their decisions on other people.

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@SniperChris last hotfix (3d october) updated all shared
gustav character visuals lsf files

i guess we need update? or not?
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Unless someone reports a bug, I'm going to assume the hotfixes are fine.
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SniperChris wrote: ↑ October 4th, 2023, 11:23
Unless someone reports a bug, I'm going to assume the hotfixes are fine.
thanks.

and sorry for a dumb question but where i can download latest version? in post #1 only 1.0 version
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Revan770 wrote: ↑ October 4th, 2023, 11:53
and sorry for a dumb question but where i can download latest version? in post #1 only 1.0 version
The download in the first post should be the latest version.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ October 4th, 2023, 11:56
Revan770 wrote: ↑ October 4th, 2023, 11:53
and sorry for a dumb question but where i can download latest version? in post #1 only 1.0 version
The download in the first post should be the latest version.
Correct.
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Jeez, these people online.
"You're a racist", "You're a bigot."
Me: "...and?"

Like I care what some leftist ****** calls me?
Yeah, I judge people by their race. Just like everyone else, except those with no sense.
Because race tells you a lot about people, and I believe that genetics STRONGLY influence predisposition. Because I can see and think clearly.
How could they not? Like the brain is immune to genetic differences being expressed in differing morphologies leading to modes of thought being prevalent or not?
Race DEFINITELY has a powerful cultural influence. You may argue whether it's a priori or not but the results are obvious.
So I'm racist? So what? I don't feel like it's a bad thing unless it's misused.
You may as well not bother replying to my posts if it's to argue anything except concrete facts or your personal opinion. I still probably won't see it.
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AlbertHeinous wrote: ↑ October 4th, 2023, 04:07
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Hello to you too, friendly gnome dude.

I hope he too doesnt turn into a tree.... nearly 40 years later and it still hits me hard man.
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Acrux wrote: ↑ October 3rd, 2023, 23:50
Faceless_Sentinel wrote: ↑ October 3rd, 2023, 22:53
Forget about these garbage dumps (either Nexus or Reddit), it is impossible to have a dialogue with these creatures.
Yikes! That comment is AWFUL. That's quite a dogwhistle. Imagine being so toxic that you are bothered by a fantasy world that doesn't conform to your demographic worldview. I wonder how you people are into fantasy as a genre as a whole like... Accepting people who are different from you is a pretty central point in a huge chunk of the genre. It's pretty telling that your idea of "fantasy" starts and ends at being a world where only white people exist. You'll say it's not "realistic" to have black characters, but dragons and magic are totally fine. You should know that England was full of people of color in the dark ages, actually.

**** THAT MOD and all those other mods on the site. Straight up disgusting.

I'm reporting YOU and THIS MOD.

Look at the depths you've driven me to in order to get all of these responses. I had to look at reddit. I am now tainted.
England full of black people during the" dark" ages was the best part of the joke.
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SniperChris wrote: ↑ October 5th, 2023, 00:45
AlbertHeinous wrote: ↑ October 5th, 2023, 00:36
ornithoc wrote: ↑ October 4th, 2023, 19:54
every time i download the mod, the game crashes, and when it does, i have to delete the entire game and download again, is there a way to delete the mod without deleting the game?
Unpack and Back up the relevant files, before you install the mod.
Right now, many mods require you to replace base game files.
It might be possible to verify the integrity of your files using steam to re-download the relevant files, and have that fix the problem, though I'm not sure.

I'm not experiencing any issues with this mod, even with 20 others installed. :|
The only base game file this mod replaces is English.pak. If you're replacing other files, you are installing it incorrectly, and you need to follow the instructions.
Have you made any progress with your mod version? If you can put up a tuto on how you do it, I can help if needed.
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Fantasy as a genre has always been revolving around everything "European". Medieval European, to be exact, if we look at it's very core. There were no blacks in medieval Europe and barely few lived there even in a relatively modern times of the most prominent fantasy writers, such as Tolkien himself (who specifically stated that blacks live far to the south and they're evil).
So we have a genre created by white people. Based on European myths, fairy-tales and overall medieval historical period. Everything is borrowed from it -- costumes, architecture, weapons, absolutely everything. Tell me again, how in the name of a living **** is it ok to have blacks, or even asians (whom I have nothing against) in a fantasy setting? If you would make a game (or a movie) about some wild afrikan village with mudhouses and those dumb-*** negroes wearing huge plates in their lower lips, mud in their hair and bones in their noses and if you would replace half of the black villagers with white and asian people, that **** would look 100% as unnatural and laughable as what negroes look like in a fantasy setting, wearing knight armor, or wizard robes and using titles such as "Duke".

There is not a single good reason for blacks to be in a fantasy setting. NONE. And I'd really appreciate it if the author removed just all of them, maybe just for this site, since it will be then deleted on nexus for sure (I was surprised to see that they've allowed it, after all).

Now someone told me here that the author is "doing something" about all the gay npc's and companion relationships as well -- that'd be absolutely amazing, if I didn't have to see this disgusting filth in my game as well. My companions are forever tainted for me after one walkthrough and I'll never respect any of them, but even then it'll still be nice to play second (and son on) time without a fear of running into some gay **** just because I'm not being an absolute **** to my same-sex companions.
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I think the key here is you are discussing Western Fantasy. Eastern Fantasy has its own set of tropes and expectations with many different versions and references to Journey to the West (as well as the life of Qin Shi Huang Di and Romance of the Three Kingdoms to a lesser extent). I'm sure if a genre of African Fantasy existed, it would come with its own expectations, too.

What frustrates me is the sheer cultural illiteracy of the western people producing fantasy today. Why is a woman called a "Duke," instead of a "Duchess?" Heck! Why are we using the term "Duke" in the first place, when it comes from a specific context in which the Germanic barbarians inherited Latin nomenclature after the fall of the Roman Empire? Everything is just extremely lazy. Writers and artists are simple using Medieval-Renaissance England as a kind of motif and drawing aesthetic elements from it without rhyme or reason. Funnily enough, oriental creators seem to be the best at producing western fantasy today, both in animated television and film and in video games (Dark Souls, Elden Ring).

If I had a studio, the ideal fantasy game I would want to see is a blending of Western and Eastern fantasy. The story of a Marco Polo type character arriving in a fantastical version of China and being pulled into the high adventure and court intrigue that decides the fate of the kingdom.
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SniperChris wrote: October 7th, 2023, 00:41
I'm sure if a genre of African Fantasy existed, it would come with its own expectations, too.

There is. Afrofuturism. There's basically Black Panther and a bunch of sci-fi/fantasy novels that only black people read.

The first game released on Steam this year was in that genre, too.

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Acrux wrote: October 7th, 2023, 00:48
SniperChris wrote: October 7th, 2023, 00:41
I'm sure if a genre of African Fantasy existed, it would come with its own expectations, too.
There is. Afrofuturism. There's basically Black Panther and a bunch of sci-fi/fantasy novels that only black people read.

The first game released on Steam this year was in that genre, too.

I typically differentiate Fantasy and Sci-Fi, but you are correct!

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'afrofuturism' is perhaps the least well defined genre that exists

it's sci-fi with black people
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It used to have a distinct style, but now I see that Blade is apparently counted as an afrofuturist movie, so I see your point. :lol:
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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ October 7th, 2023, 01:40
'afrofuturism' is perhaps the least well defined genre that exists

it's sci-fi with black people
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Medieval fantasy is a reflection of the European imagination, drawing on its folklore, its past and its very soul. Like fairy tales, it's our imaginary civilization.
That's exactly why it's being so harshly attacked, with an ideological reprogramming drive to totally uproot it, pull it out of all historical ties and homogeneity, and turn it into multiculturalism without us. Absolute dispossession, which often results in works that are smooth, soulless and tasteless, because they are devoid of all baggage and have to correspond to a globalized mase. It's the same phenomenon in architecture, where every detail and style is reduced to limit cultural roots and tastes, so as to reduce the building to its truest function.

It's a cultural war against Europen identity, a marxist war.