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Why The Natlan Boycott Failed
By ImJustThatKinky • 7 months ago
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This might be the most useless boycott I’ve seen in awhile. Like, when Obama and Trump were fighting for presidency, there were some stupid boycotts during that time, but nothing as stupid as this. You might have seen “fans” of Mihoyo games boycotting a certain new region. That region is Natlan, which is based on Africa.



Now, why is people making a big deal out of this? Well, because as you can see, the main characters in Natlan aren't brown skinned. And, with the region being based on Africa, many believe that the characters should represent that. Which, I totally agree with, but since it’s not my game, I’m not really going to fight on it, but others have.




Like always, we have people editing the characters black. Which, for some, I do think they might have been cooler and expanded the character design more. Like Ororon, who is based off after an African god.




But atleast they got the NPCs right...right...


How should I feel about this...


Now the main reason that brought this up, is with Natlan now in the game, and the characters still being white as snow, that means the boycott has failed, and I can see why.



With people like this, it’s no wonder why nothing will change when it comes to getting diversity in Genshin. I don’t think the boycott would have worked either way, but when you have people trying to boycott, but still playing the game, you’re not really pushing your cause. Mihoyo doesn’t care, and you’re showing you don’t actually care either. And this person got so embarrassed, that they deleted the comment and locked their account. Hell, they even removed the boycott from their name like the person suggested.



And even after this, I bet they're still playing Genshin. Free to play or not, if you’re playing the game, you’re still supporting and helping the game out. So if you’re not really going to commit to the boycott, just play your game, and don’t act like you actually care about more diversity in Genshin. All you really care about is having more hot waifu that you can roll for.


What do you think about this boycott? Do you think the characters in Natlan should have brown skin? Do you want more diversity in games? Tell us in the comments.



Anon - getyourfactsstraight 7 months ago
Natlan isnt based off Africa you race baiting moron its based off pre colonial Latin America and South America.
WM-R 7 months ago
I'm really not surprised that the boycott failed. Like, most people don't care if there's "representation" or "diversity" in a game, so long as the developer themselves aren't making some big noise about said representation etc, and more importantly so long as the players are enjoying the game.

Plus, you know, the ones clamoring for this boycott talk a good game, but when it's time to step up...
Heroyth 7 months ago
i don't care about their skin color. I just want to have my Waifu in the Gacha part. Hate having to spend so much time to not receive it
Anon - no spine 7 months ago
the boycott failed because the gacha community is filled with spineless addicted cucks that cant stop playing the game even as the devs fuck them over constantly look and the english release of taimain rpgx where the devs fucked players over and like the good little slaves they are they kept paying and playing the game because they cant oppose theyre gacha overlords.
Anon - Revsaysdesu-fan 7 months ago
Crazy idea: If you keep playing a game, you are not boycotting it.
Gennos 7 months ago
Try watching some of their TV programs/commercials and then you'll see how boycotts concerning "diversity" will go with the Chinese. They'll laugh at you first and then tell you to fuck right off if you keep going. One of their laundry detergent commercials was pretty funny. Black dude smiles at an asian girl in a laundromat. Girl shoves dude into a machine and he comes out white....rofl.
Anon - Anon 7 months ago
I would say get over it, it's a fictional fantasy game and not real life, so stop trying to make everything about race and politics and gender and just try to enjoy the game. For f***'s sake. Should I start complaining next time a video game doesn't make all the orcs Mexicans or something because they come from fantasy Mexiain't?
BootyHunter 7 months ago
It's funny how others fighting Racism is Racist, Cease & Desist please..
Gaaraobsessed 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)
I agree that tan and brown skin hotties would be nice. I wouldn't say all the characters are white though, and especially not "white as snow". There are several skin tones in genshin, granted all of which are lighter skin tones, but my point still stands.
Hectotane 7 months ago
I, myself, didn't play Genpact or any... Scratch that. I NEVER wasted my money on "gambling games."

I "play" Koikatsu. And the editing of character is GALAXIES better than any of these Chinese gambling games.