My Defense For The Criticisms of the Black Ninja in the New Assassin's Creed

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How much you wanna bet he didn't flip shit like this about Valhalla having horned helmets and claymore swords? If it really is all about historical accuracy then that's even more egregious than using a well known of but largely mysterious historical figure as a main character.
Source: it is known among the wise
This dude having an openly racist meltdown is also a localization whiner and I'm pretty sure he's a lolicon too IIRC so his posts ITT are really just on brand for those types.
This situation is reminding of RE5 lol

White guy and Black woman sidekick in Africa

Black guy and Japanese woman sidekick in Japan
Well-known

Theres that darn misinformation again.
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blackrider76 posted...
Well-known

Theres that darn misinformation again.

I thought you said you were arguing against the idea that he was important? Yasuke certainly qualifies as well-known.
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blackrider76 posted...
Well-known

Theres that darn misinformation again.

You being mad that he's fairly well known doesn't suddenly mean he isn't.
Yasuke is pretty well known among enthusiasts of that era and place of history but not much is known about him, which literally makes him perfect for historical fiction with a loose connection to historical accuracy.
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Not Musashi levels of well-known, and even then, well-known is not a descriptor of someone whose real name or feats (if any exist) are unknown.
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blackrider76 posted...
Well-known

Theres that darn misinformation again.
There was literally an anime.
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blackrider76 posted...
Not Musashi levels of well-known, and even then, well-known is not a descriptor of someone whose real name or feats (if any exist) are unknown.


el_cheato posted...
Yasuke is pretty well known among enthusiasts of that era and place of history but not much is known about him, which literally makes him perfect for historical fiction with a loose connection to historical accuracy.


This.

blackrider keeps whining about historical accuracy in a series that adheres to it loosely at best.

You're not slick, dude, it's remarkably evident exactly why you have such a huge issue with this.
Intro2Logic posted...
Assassin's Creed is the series where you jump off the tallest building in town and survive unscathed by landing in a pile of leaves. Do I have that correct?

No it's all wrong!

You land in a pile of straw.
It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha."
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right so did you get this bent out of shape about the horned helmets and claymores in valhalla? since you're this invested in historical accuracy?
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blackrider76 posted...
Not Musashi levels of well-known, and even then, well-known is not a descriptor of someone whose real name or feats (if any exist) are unknown.
Dude, you can only move the goalposts so far before you leave the stadium entirely.
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In terms of the game itself, it certainly doesn't matter because AC gave up on "semi-historical accuracy" a long time ago, so who he was and what he did in life doesn't really matter to his in-game self. As a general trope, I think Yasuke in particular seems to be weirdly overused after he had some kind of cultural emergence in the last few years. I understand why people may want to explore him as a person and as a character, but I guess it can come off as kind of lazy as well because a lot of it is just turning him into an original character.
blackrider76 posted...
People cared a lot about RE5.

The issues about RE5 and a non-native being the hero were... wildly different than just "non-native being the hero." Don't be disingenuous.

Jabodie posted...
Lol I saw a reddit thread on the Asmon sub and oof, that is a toxic thread.

Zero surprise. That man's audience seems half a step away from consuming Rogan-Peterson-Shapiro pipeline stuff for some odd reason.

blackrider76 posted...
Are you implying that you can only be racist against black people?

My.. my dude? You okay?

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I imagine that by the end of this topic, at least one person is going to have lost access to the board
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blackrider76 posted...
Well-known

Theres that darn misinformation again.

It's time to stop posting
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Pikachuchupika posted...
This situation is reminding of RE5 lol

White guy and Black woman sidekick in Africa

Black guy and Japanese woman sidekick in Japan

It's not that reminiscent of it. You're conflating two things that aren't close enough to be conflated. Not in this context, anyway.
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blackrider76 posted...
make a waifu Yasuke

This is definitely going to happen at some point. Maybe in Fate.
It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha."
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Tyranthraxus posted...
This is definitely going to happen at some point.

I mean, waifu Robert E Lee already exists. Might as well.
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McMarbles posted...
There was literally an anime.

An anime that came out before the one about Musashi. (And, even then, the one about Musashi... kind of wasn't? But Onimusha was pretty gorgeous to look at as just an art project in general.)
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Hey actually did any of you notice that he's stopped arguing anything coherent entirely? He keeps trying to say that Yasuke doesn't qualify as "well known", but like why is that even relevant? Assassin's Creed can't have obscure historical figures in it? Since when?
Source: it is known among the wise
I just don't care

I don't care about how historically accurate this stupid game is

I don't care what color of skin the characters have

I just can't get mad at this shit, I don't have the energy to be so negative all the time
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Yeah I also don't really give a shit but I have the luxury of not being a manchild or racist lol

I might grab it when it's on sale
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el_cheato posted...
Hey actually did any of you notice that he's stopped arguing anything coherent entirely? He keeps trying to say that Yasuke doesn't qualify as "well known", but like why is that even relevant? Assassin's Creed can't have obscure historical figures in it? Since when?

When you keep citing BUT THE ANIME as a testament to his supposed popularity, as if I didnt already address that several times already, then naturally Im gonna stop paying attention to that.

I doubt people will remember the Yasuke anime as much as Afro Samurai.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
I imagine that by the end of this topic, at least one person is going to have lost access to the board

Seems to be the main point of every topic posted now. Cant wait to play this game, btw.
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blackrider76 posted...
When you keep citing BUT THE ANIME as a testament to his supposed popularity, as if I didnt already address that several times already, then naturally Im gonna stop paying attention to that.

I doubt people will remember the Yasuke anime as much as Afro Samurai.
Right but how is that relevant? So what if he wasn't as well known as some people think he is? Does that mean he can't or shouldn't be in an assassin's creed game?
Source: it is known among the wise
blackrider76 posted...
When you keep citing BUT THE ANIME as a testament to his supposed popularity, as if I didnt already address that several times already, then naturally Im gonna stop paying attention to that.

I doubt people will remember the Yasuke anime as much as Afro Samurai.

What level of popularity does a black character need to be at to be acceptable in your eyes?
It doesn't need to be defended. People can choose to play the game, or not.
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People aren't mad that it's a black character in the "wrong history". They're mad that it's a black character, period.

Remember when GTA: San Andreas was announced and how people cried and screamed about having to play as a black character IN A GAME SET IN FICTIONAL 1990'S COMPTON!!!!
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Euripides posted...
People aren't mad that it's a black character in the "wrong history". They're mad that it's a black character, period.

Remember when GTA: San Andreas was announced and how people cried and screamed about having to play as a black character IN A GAME SET IN FICTIONAL 1990'S COMPTON!!!!
this is obvious I'm just having fun watching blackrider76 twist around having to say it directly
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this is clearly part of an agenda.

to get racists upset about their game so that they make a bunch of clickbait videos and spread word about the game.

people who aren't racist will hear about this "gamer" "controversy" and learn more about a game they would have not heard about before.

good job helping with the marketing of this game, racists.
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Saying that we dont know what Yasuke did is kind of a moot point when the new shogunate un-personed him and destroyed almost all records of his existence.

Likethat kind of makes it hard to find any set number of duels or battles or anything.

Heck, even with people like Musashi Miyamoto, we still dont have any actual evidence that he was in the battle of sekigahara. He claims he was, but theres no proof.
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Imma just say, I don't know who this "Musashi" guy is he keeps bringing up, but I knew of Yasuke. So really, which one is "better-known", not that that matters anyway? As mentioned, Yasuke is a perfect choice for an AC game, as the characters are not meant to be well-known historical figures. That would kind of go against the whole assassin "we work in the dark to protect the light" mantra.
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Phantom_Nook posted...
this is clearly part of an agenda.

to get racists upset about their game so that they make a bunch of clickbait videos and spread word about the game.

people who aren't racist will hear about this "gamer" "controversy" and learn more about a game they would have not heard about before.

good job helping with the marketing of this game, racists.
all for a game that's gonna kinda suck anyways...
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TendoDRM posted...
Imma just say, I don't know who this "Musashi" guy is he keeps bringing up, but I knew of Yasuke. So really, which one is "better-known", not that that matters anyway? As mentioned, Yasuke is a perfect choice for an AC game, as the characters are not meant to be well-known historical figures. That would kind of go against the whole assassin "we work in the dark to protect the light" mantra.

musashi miyamoto. Probably the most commonly used historical figure from the time. Hes basically the default samurai cameo for any fiction taking place in that time period. He had 3 confirmed duels, some poetry, and outside of that a lot of myth and feats that cannot be confirmed. Basically like Johnny Appleseed. More folk hero and legend that has a bit of historical accuracy.
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Euripides posted...
People aren't mad that it's a black character in the "wrong history". They're mad that it's a black character, period.

Remember when GTA: San Andreas was announced and how people cried and screamed about having to play as a black character IN A GAME SET IN FICTIONAL 1990'S COMPTON!!!!
Umokay, I agree that blackrider76 is acting kind of like a clown, and I dont know why people are still engaging them. But uhhhcitation needed. Because I dont remember that. At all. Even remotely.

What I do remember was proper criticism of having a black character be a criminal stereotype.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/11/01/if-you-play-san-andreas-youll-be-a-black-male-does-it-matter/
https://web.archive.org/web/20101101022520/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/technology/the-color-of-mayhem.html

Even a search on GameFAQs forums for San Andreas and the word black doesnt show any posts where people mention it for five years after release.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/914983-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/51996035

Were going backwards socially, thats why examples of things that no one cared about in the past are relevant. Like a woman protagonist in Alien, or the black samurai in Neo Contra. Trump even tried running for PotUS in 2000 and unofficially in 2012 and both went nowhere.

The internet is the greatest tool for spreading information, but also disinformation. It can provide both the most complex knowledge of reality, as well as the most ignorant opinions of people. We could be using such a great resource to further examine the mysteries of life, but instead we get trapped in a cycle of consuming hateful and fearful garbage ad infinitum.
No matter our origin, we are all one family, we all share one planet, and we all need to feel loved and accepted. We are more alike than different.
There were definitely people who said "I'm not black so I can't get fully immersed in this game" at the time
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Euripides posted...
There were definitely people who said "I'm not black so I can't get fully immersed in this game" at the time
Who? Where?
No matter our origin, we are all one family, we all share one planet, and we all need to feel loved and accepted. We are more alike than different.
BDSMKane posted...
Even a search on GameFAQs forums for San Andreas and the word black doesnt show any posts where people mention it for five years after release.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/914983-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/51996035
Most of those topics and posts have long since been purged, since GameFAQs didn't start archiving topics until January 2008. By then, people had either cooled down, or the more problematic people have left or gotten banned.
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BDSMKane posted...
Who? Where?

This was discussion around the reveal of the game before gamefaqs started archiving. Anyone who was on the boards at the time can vouch for it
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blackrider76 posted...
Are you implying that you can only be racist against black people?
Lol wow. Well at least your bigotry isn't subtle.
Didn't aliens come out of the Vaticans vault in an earlier ac game? Why do we care about "immersion" all of a sudden?
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justaguy3492 posted...
Didn't aliens come out of the Vaticans vault in an earlier ac game?

They came out of the vault and spoke to Desmond and Ezio was like who tf is Desmond.
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BDSMKane posted...
Who? Where?
The first archived topic is 4 years after the game was released. Andit existed what, a year before it was released?
And you wont see the moderated messages.
I was there, we had people complaining about playing as a black guy, even had people waiting for a PC release just so they could mod in a white guy.
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Nemu posted...
In terms of the game itself, it certainly doesn't matter because AC gave up on "semi-historical accuracy" a long time ago, so who he was and what he did in life doesn't really matter to his in-game self. As a general trope, I think Yasuke in particular seems to be weirdly overused after he had some kind of cultural emergence in the last few years. I understand why people may want to explore him as a person and as a character, but I guess it can come off as kind of lazy as well because a lot of it is just turning him into an original character.

Is he overused? I barely know that much games or shows about the guy in general. I know a few characters inspired by Yasuke like Nagoriyuki in GG, but in terms of him being overused I seriously doubt that claim.
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Prestoff posted...
Is he overused? I barely know that much games or shows about the guy in general. I know a few characters inspired by Yasuke like Nagoriyuki in GG, but in terms of him being overused I seriously doubt that claim.
He's not "overused" yet but I feel like there's been a bit of a fad to make things about him. The fact that we know almost nothing except for "He Existed" and "He was a slave from India that Nobunaga made into his body guard" means you can template anything you want on him.
It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha."
https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg
Prestoff posted...
Is he overused? I barely know that much games or shows about the guy in general. I know a few characters inspired by Yasuke like Nagoriyuki in GG, but in terms of him being overused I seriously doubt that claim.
I can only think of about 3-4 times he's been used/referenced over the past few years, including this game.
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