Disgruntled about the relative lack of female units in this game

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by phlogistinator, August 4, 2014.

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  1. phlogistinator

    phlogistinator Active Member

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    According to:

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    There are no female units as you all have gleaned from the above picture. This is outrageous! Perhaps this is acceptable in the 19th century when male chauvinism still ensued, but in the 21st century, gender equality is a ubiquitous notion, but where on earth is this seen in PA?

    Even the unit cannon and all laser and artillery turrets are exclusively male, as they represent the iconic image of the phallus. Metal extractors and energy plants are male, as they represent the sole "breadwinners" of the economy. Planes are males as they are exclusively male creations by the Wright Brothers, and not the right sisters. Vehicles are highly associated with masculinist creations of male dominance and territoriality.

    The only contenders that might represent true female units in the game are factories, which seem to give birth to new life - unfortunately, because all units here are robotic, factories cannot be considered to be female due to the lack of a biological uterus that gives birth to animate life.

    As such, no unit in PA can be said to female. All units are males, and I am disgruntled over this. Do you all think that there should be more female units in this game?
    phlogistinator, August 4, 2014
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  2. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Please tell me that the above post is satire.

    EDIT: If it isn't, then kill me. Not sure what exactly prompted this nonsense, but whatever. Have a cookie. [​IMG]
    stuart98, August 4, 2014
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  3. Shwyx

    Shwyx Well-Known Member

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    All commanders are obviously female, given that they nurture every single unit from the very beginning with their integrated generation of both energy and metal. You're nothing but a dirty speciesist by denying their female side.
    Shwyx, August 4, 2014
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  4. mjshorty

    mjshorty Well-Known Member

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    Does it really matter? i bought Planetary Annihilation to Annihilate planets and rage total war, not gender roles

    EDIT: also, how can you tell they are male? they seem like genderless robots to me, nothing more

    EDITexcellent: Then again...

    Does it really matter?

    EDITspectacular: (im starting to have fun with this) These machines are bred for war...and absolute destruction....i dont know about you, but that sounds like women to me

    EDITSupreme: so if we added boobs to the robots would we consider them female?
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  5. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Please tell me this is a joke.

    They're robots. They have no gender.

    None of the robots look male or female. They're robots.

    And just because something has a long barrel doesn't mean it's phalic or male. It means it has a barrel. Barrels are used to fire projectiles. That is simple fact. Not some conspiracy of the patriarchy.
    brianpurkiss, August 4, 2014
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  6. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Bros

    Did you read the whole post?


    This post is so clearly satire that I don't see how you can doubt that it's NOT a joke.
    stuart98, August 4, 2014
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  7. zomgie

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    Robots have no need for gender! They are vastly superior to us lowly animals due to their extremely efficient methods of self-replication without the requirement of a mate.

    Shoo! Back to Tumblr you go!
    zomgie, August 4, 2014
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  8. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    "The age of humanity is long past..."

    I always thought that naval vessels are always referred to as female "She's a beauty of a ship isn't she?"

    "Technology has been captured, assimilated, refined and transformed into brutally efficient, self-replicating mechanisms of war"

    If you are fighting a war and you are using every resource you have to produce the most efficient units with the most efficient use of your given resources - would you spend more resources sculpting artificial breasts onto a small bot, or would you produce an extra bot for every say 10 without metal breasts?

    Finally - we have a female notification voice

    "Metal extractors and energy plants are male, as they represent the sole "breadwinners" of the economy"

    This view of yours itself kind of goes against the point you are trying to make about gender equality - in our society there are innumerable women who have done exceedingly well in their jobs and have gained a lot of respect from it. Equally, there are men who have done the same and, there are men and women who have not done so well.

    So to argue that there needs to be more of a female presence in this game after assuming everything to be related to males indicates quite how subjective and moot this point is when dealing with a robots, in a strategy game, set in the far future, with a large scale when war is the only constant.
    Stop trolling as you are giving various movements a bad name.

    *edit - I'm all for gender equality, but when I come to PA, I come to a strategy game with robots and I see a strategy game with robots.
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  9. mjshorty

    mjshorty Well-Known Member

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    Earth was also blown up long ago....ARGUMENT INVALID!
    mjshorty, August 4, 2014
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  10. phlogistinator

    phlogistinator Active Member

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    We need these in PA:

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    Giiiiive!

    Geeeeeeve US!!!!!
    phlogistinator, August 4, 2014
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    At anybody who took this remotely seriously. Come on guys.
    eroticburrito, August 4, 2014
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  12. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    You know what this game does need? Those models in the OP's pic. :rolleyes:
    stuart98, August 4, 2014
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    nguk9 New Member

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    Omg best troll ever, be happy a girl reply to your post ;)
    nguk9, August 4, 2014
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    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    We should have a trolling subforum so people can get it all out of their systems in one place. Although it would just be filled with Scathis posts.
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    kazzymodus Active Member

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    I know the whole point of satire is to take the piss out of someone, but still, don't take the piss out of feminism. That's not what these forums are for.
    kazzymodus, August 4, 2014
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    I'd buy it if it were in the store, I used to love Metroid, all of them! :D
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    For some reason, i see this as a cookie planet. Now i want to play on such a map lol :p look at all those terrain features.
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    Cookie biome confirmed!
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