https://old.reddit.com/r/quake/comments/1abcvkq/why_are_there_so_many_young_andor_trans_people/?sort=controversial[–][deleted] -11 points 10 months ago
This has nothing to do with Quake or any other sub-culture which currently finds themselves asking this same question. This is American identity politics (i.e. Marxism 2.0) seeping into every aspect of life. It's a consequence of the "everything is political" movement. There are no "safe spaces" from those who wield this political power to bully others.
There's nothing new under the sun, same old shitty human behavior, new tactics. The tactics aren't even that new, they were perfectly outlined in Animal Farm, 1984, etc.
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[–]Otto_Harper 2 points 9 months ago
I'm just curious why do so many users post out there comments and then delete their accounts??
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[–]Lethalbroccoli 12 points 10 months ago*
I think what a lot of these community leaders decided to do was become "lgbt friendly" whether they actually believe it or not, in order to bring in new fans and interest people who might have otherwise been turned off from modding.
At the same time though, as this post mentioned, you can get punished for the smallest, unintentional infractions. I once asked a question on the doom mapping discord, something along the lines of "How did he do this?" Or "I did what ___ did, his technique worked" and one of the discord mods called me out in general chat and gave me a warning over that, one that I think I still have to this day
I don't think it's a bad thing to assume someone's gender, especially when their discord name and profile picture are quite masculine, and I also think we shouldnt be treating people who DONT know your preferred names so harshly; because they didn't know. Just tell them nicely "I'm a she, actually"
But yeah, the Doom&Quake modding scene have always been filled with weird people. Nothing new.
Edit: and as a young adult, I think Gen z is getting tired of lackluster games coming out all the time. Games are coming out these days, literally not complete
The last three cods; absolute disaster. Battlefield 2042; disaster. Starfield; broken Fortnite; disaster
I can't think of any other new games, because I've been playing pretty much the same games for 10 years.
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[–]thebox34 31 points 10 months ago
trans people tend to be chronically online and play way too many obscure games
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[–]getButterfly 8 points 10 months ago
Quake is not obscure.
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[–]Gothic_Banana 10 points 10 months ago
...can confirm
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[–]LonkerinaOfTime 7 points 10 months ago
We are actually children of Sheogorath
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[–]text_fish 13 points 10 months ago
I don't think there's anything sudden or unexpected about it, is there? It tracks with a wider increase in trans awareness which has made trans people more comfortable talking openly about that aspect of their persona. Lord Havoc changed their name to Lady Havoc quite a while ago now, so I suppose as a high profile modder they may have drawn some extra initial interest from the burgeoning trans community.
Unrelated to trans issues: Discord is a cancer to modding communities. Any useful information is instantly scrolled to oblivion by the chit-chat and the loudest people instead of the most talented or knowledgeable people rule the roost. Discord needs to die.
Why are there so many young and/or trans people suddenly so interested in quake 1 singleplayer modding?community (self.quake)
submitted 10 months ago * by UpperWorId
I've been a member of the quake mapping discord since the beginning and lately it feels like it has become more of an outlet for social outcasts than a place to discuss mapping.
I have a trans son and I love him to bits, so I have nothing but my best sympathies for trans people and their struggles. I'm just curious if anyone knows what might have caused this surge of kids and young adults to become suddenly interested in such an old game?
Inb4 someone says why I don't ask them directly on the discord channel. It's because Makkon, the main admin is a bit of a power tripper and you never know how he takes something. I've seen him ban people for less.
Edit: Thank you all for the answers, I got my curiosity satisfied and am happy to see so many people of all ages enjoy this great game for what it is.