Current Events > So Jackie Robinson will be on the cover of MLB The Show 21, that bothers me

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It should have been Roberto Clemente, for a few reasons

1. It's The Show 21, and Clemente wore 21
2. Roberto Clemente did more for baseball than Jackie Robinson ever did

I'm not trying to take away the contribution to baseball Robinson made, but he doesn't deserve this

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Counterpoint: It's the cover of a video game.

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AlBundy33 posted...

but he doesn't deserve this

lmfao

learn to make a point without bringing others down. Jackie absolutely deserves it. As would Clemente. Don't post stupid shit next time.

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I feel using the likeness of a pioneer for racial equality to sell videogames is super fucking scummy tbh >_>
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Timohtep posted...

I feel using the likeness of a pioneer for racial equality to sell videogames is super fucking scummy tbh >_>

Welcome to video games, where everything significant can be boiled down and distilled into its most refined method of making money. It's cynical as fuck.

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I Like Toast posted...

lmfao

learn to make a point without bringing others down. Jackie absolutely deserves it. As would Clemente. Don't post stupid shit next time.

Roberto Clemente was a way better player than Jackie Robinson, I'm not trying to bring anyone down, but facts are facts

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Alucard188 posted...

Timohtep posted...

I feel using the likeness of a pioneer for racial equality to sell videogames is super fucking scummy tbh >_>

Welcome to video games, where everything significant can be boiled down and distilled into its most refined method of making money. It's cynical as fuck.

I think you meant "Welcome to *capitalism" lmao
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Also, the cover athlete isFernando Tatis Jr

Jackie is for the collectors edition and includes a donation to jackie's charity.



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AlBundy33 posted...

, I'm not trying to bring anyone down

make your post reflect it instead of

AlBundy33 posted...

he doesn't deserve this

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I have a roberto clemente card that I got for free at what was basically a yard free stuff giveaway. I womder how much it is worth now.
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I Like Toast posted...

Also, the cover athlete isFernando Tatis Jr

Jackie is for the collectors edition and includes a donation to jackie's charity.

At least it includes a donation.

I still think it's gross tho.
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Timohtep posted...

At least it includes a donation.

I still think it's gross tho.

Yeah. A whole dollar per copy

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Timohtep posted...

At least it includes a donation.

I still think it's gross tho.

I mean, it includes a donation, but how much of it is being donated? Game companies have already decided that next-gen versions of current gen games get a $10 markup because reasons, and the Jackie Robinson edition is $15 more expensive than that. So which version of the game is the Jackie Robinson edition? The one that they arbitrarily decided costs $10 more, or the last gen version of the game? How much of that markup gets donated? Congrats on allowing a company that actually gets tax breaks due to tax sheltering another way to collect a refund.

So yes, I agree with you that it's gross and cynical.

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Timohtep posted...

I feel using the likeness of a pioneer for racial equality to sell videogames is super fucking scummy tbh >_>

It kinda is.

"Jackie Robinson was subjected to tirades of racial slurs, struck by a baseball from a racist pitcher, intimidated by the Klan, and perennially harassed by people trying to keep Black athletes out of Major League Baseball. If he were alive today, he'd want you to play this video game."

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Man I really hate the bat flip on the cover.

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AlBundy33 posted...

Yeah. A whole dollar per copy

So they're charging a $15 to $25 premium over the base cost of the game, and only a dollar that is going to a charity. The only thing that it costs them is printing a different picture on the cover. Do you get anything else other than just the picture?

*checks*

Oh, cool. So for the small price of $85, you can get a bunch of free micro transactions as well. It cost them nothing they don't already own, in an economy they control entirely themselves. God damn. A whole dollar. Some mother fucking philanthropists up in here.

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AlBundy33 posted...

Roberto Clemente was a way better player than Jackie Robinson, I'm not trying to bring anyone down, but facts are facts

You're not trying to bring anyone down and yet you say Jackie doesnt deserve it. So what would he have had to do to deserve it?

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Ryven posted...

You're not trying to bring anyone down and yet you say Jackie doesnt deserve it. So what would he have had to do to deserve it?

Been a better player

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i'm just going to tag you as trash tier person. imagine making such a waste of al bundy's name by being this awful. Be more like Clemente, he would be disgusted at the way you're treating Jackie.

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Shouldnt it be a current player?

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What kinda stupid clownery is this? There's no doubting Jackie Robinson is an icon in baseball and his contributions to baseball AND civil rights are unparalleled. Nobody cares that you like Clemente more.

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