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Fan-input contests are good things!
I wonder that perhaps what they remind us of, though, is that the denizens of the RPC don't represent, or have any real influence over, these things at all, nor do western audiences perhaps.
When we regret the results, perhaps the frustration is not with the fact that there was a contest, or even a real hate for the winning results, as much as it illustrates that the people with the apparent controlling voices in the game's development and aesthetics don't want to see the things we want to see.
Does it matter for hair? Not especially much. But it's a symptom. We have to face the idea that other parts of the game's future development may be decided by a bunch of people whose tastes we aren't interested in, and that can be a sobering thought. One or two hairstyles aren't an issue, but it's hard to ignore that voice in the back of the head that says, "If the people driving the game's future have THESE tastes, what can we expect from the NEXT decision... and the next...and the next..."
I wonder that perhaps what they remind us of, though, is that the denizens of the RPC don't represent, or have any real influence over, these things at all, nor do western audiences perhaps.
When we regret the results, perhaps the frustration is not with the fact that there was a contest, or even a real hate for the winning results, as much as it illustrates that the people with the apparent controlling voices in the game's development and aesthetics don't want to see the things we want to see.
Does it matter for hair? Not especially much. But it's a symptom. We have to face the idea that other parts of the game's future development may be decided by a bunch of people whose tastes we aren't interested in, and that can be a sobering thought. One or two hairstyles aren't an issue, but it's hard to ignore that voice in the back of the head that says, "If the people driving the game's future have THESE tastes, what can we expect from the NEXT decision... and the next...and the next..."
"But in the laugh there was another voice. A clearer laugh, an ironic laugh. A laugh which laughs because it chooses not to weep."
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