Back with newsgroups the general rule was to go from general to specific. You start with a general discussion group and when discussions about video games get annoying you create a games group. If then there are too many Baldur’s Gate discussions you create BG. If they are dominated by Baldur’s Gate 3 you create a Baldur’s Gate 3 group. If everyone is fawning over Withers you create a Withers group which of course will be flooded with discussion about the Withers’ tits mod, which shall get its own group.
Meaning you should create a group when demand is there and not the other way around.
I don’t want to be presumptive but I highly doubt the downvotes for the Infinity Nikki post was because it’s a game aimed at women. It is a gacha game, and the general environment around the Fediverse is extremely hostile to that type of monetisation, or any type of microtransactions really (and I would argue it’s justified). I bet you anything that is the primary reason for the downvotes.
Hey, thanks for the explanation! The primary idea I had going on was mostly about people mistaking it for a titillation game aimed at men because that is the one someone explained in the comments there, anyways. The women idea is something I actually just thought of typing up this post, lol. I did say I got a progressive vibe from the Fediverse, not a sexist one.
For what it is worth it is indeed gacha, but none of that is required for meaningful progression in-game. From what I have heard of other gacha games you have to have some rare units or whatever from the gacha to pass some actual game content. I can do all story and gameplay stuff F2P. I think most Style Challenges can be beaten more easily with gacha but were all able to be beaten F2P, and all Style Challenges gating story content can be beaten F2P. As far as gacha goes it’s pretty good. If they start locking actual gameplay, and not just rewards, behind gacha then I’ll get pissed and leave. I play because high-quality game aimed at women, which is really rare. I usually also avoid gacha games and also dislike microtransactions.
There will always be exceptions - I doubt you can find any space, online or in person, that is completely free of prejudice and misogyny - but overall Lemmy is extremely left-leaning and progressive in my experience.
That is actually very common practice. You can beat the story in Genshin and Honkai as F2P too yet those games rake in billions every year from people playing the gacha. In fact, many games rely on the F2P promise to lure people in, to then later hope to snare them into paying. It’s all about getting them through the door.
I’m happy you are able to enjoy the game without falling prey to the monetisation, and I hope you’ll be able to stay restrained and without reaching for your wallet. Gacha is an inherently problematic type of game that abuses the same psychological mechanisms that turn people into gambling addicts.
I do not play that much gacha and only hear stuff, so thanks for telling me that that is actually normal and not revolutionary—the way I hear it told is you have to have that five star SSR unit to clear some gameplay content or whatever.
I know myself. I’m very good at getting my time sucked from me, but my actual money? I’m extremely stingy with that when it comes to media given my very picky tastes (I’ll express interest in lots but in the end I only bother to actually pop for a few things) and the huge amount of media out there, even moreso when it involves paying for MTX. I think I’ve spent maybe $20.00 over 15 years on any game with MTX total. Paying for microtransactions, especially in-game currency that gets used to roll the virtual dice (instead of to make a 100% guaranteed purchase of something), makes me feel filthy in a way buying a whole new game or buying a guaranteed thing does not, especially because I learned about the gambling thing at a very young age. (I did spend $5.00 on in-game currency once, do not regret it but will never do it again.) And because I had the privilege of education about tactics used both in lootboxes and regular gambling at a young age, I always looked down on it before I ever tried it. I never will try real gambling, although I did eventually try games with lootbox mechanics. I still have my distaste for that monetization model, I’ll generally avoid most games with it, but because those two deliver me specific things I want in a way where I do not feel any pressure to spend money, I continue to play. Thank you for your concern, though. I understand being opposed to that monetization model. It’s not where I draw my line in the sand but I do understand others drawing it there.
I also played a ton of F2P with premium currency as a little kid just because they hadn’t all implemented a way to defeat just shifting forward timers. I did have to put in extra effort but in return I earned premium currency or progressed through the game faster than I was “supposed to” without paying real money to get that faster advancement. So that probably informs my willingness to go near the gross transactions with video games but not in real life gambling.
Could be, but let’s be honest too, the comments made during the “would you rather encounter a bear or a man in the woods” also showed some bias on the platform
oh god when was this posted and when did this drama fire happen ;-; with no context that sounds so much more like ragebait aimed to get women with traumatic experiences to say “bear”, then pissing off non-rapist men who do not want to be feared as much as a dangerous wild animal that guns often do not put down quickly, than a legit question
I personally saw it more as a sign that as a society men should still work to make sure than women feel safe.
I follow French news, and the bear thing happened at the same time as two large trials
So 50 men in a random small town in France (“Not monsters, ordinary people”), and the venerable figure of one of the most beloved French person, have been convicted of rape.
Not to say that there isn’t ragebait in the initial question, but the societal issue is still very present.