Does Jade have no fans?

It's kinda sorta already disturbingly monochromatic when the heroes of the game are overwhelmingly white or asian. Then again, I never really DISLIKED Jax.

No offence buddy, but this sort of mindset is why token black characters like Jax get included in any sort of media.

Cyrax and Kai are good examples of non stereotypical black characters. Either make black characters as interesting as these two, or don't bother including them at all, and we won't have abominations such as Darrius (Black Dynamite costume) and Jax (rapper costume).
 
Jax is in the game because he's black, just like that, if they don't add a black character they would all go berserker screaming "Ed Boon is a racist!"... It's like the weird new versions we are getting like black catwoman, black Karate Kid, black Annie... Why? just why? It's the stupidest thinge ever, I don't see white people saying "We want a white Black Panther movie and a White Prince of Bel Air series remake".

That is the real racism.
 
The US is appeasing it's black population. Appeasing means satisfying the demands of someone. The US is satisfying the ever growing demands of it's black population in order to (hilariously) try to prevent complaints, riots, and disorder (impossible, *cough Ferguson cough*). Its like the US is still trying to apologize about slavery, never mind that took place a very long time ago. So in this example, the blacks demand that everything in the media must have a representative of their kind in one fashion or another. Every movie, every tv show, every commercial, every cartoon, and yes, every video game. If not, they will start to complain and if not fixed, they will riot and become violent. And if anybody is against their demands, they are immediately deemed racists. The cold truth.
And I'm no racist. I am a realist. I respect any human that is of good moral character, humble, respectful, polite, friendly, hard working, etc. However, I don't like people that have all their rights and freedoms, just like me, and exploit that by demanding more, more more.
I know this is a bit off topic, but I had to respond to some of the posts here.
 
The US is appeasing it's black population. Appeasing means satisfying the demands of someone. The US is satisfying the ever growing demands of it's black population in order to (hilariously) try to prevent complaints, riots, and disorder (impossible, *cough Ferguson cough*). Its like the US is still trying to apologize about slavery, never mind that took place a very long time ago. So in this example, the blacks demand that everything in the media must have a representative of their kind in one fashion or another. Every movie, every tv show, every commercial, every cartoon, and yes, every video game. If not, they will start to complain and if not fixed, they will riot and become violent. And if anybody is against their demands, they are immediately deemed racists. The cold truth.
And I'm no racist. I am a realist. I respect any human that is of good moral character, humble, respectful, polite, friendly, hard working, etc. However, I don't like people that have all their rights and freedoms, just like me, and exploit that by demanding more, more more.
I know this is a bit off topic, but I had to respond to some of the posts here.

Ok, but couldn't John Tobias have wake up one morning and said "hey I think Sonya's CEO should be called Jackson Briggs and in the future we plan to put him into metal arms"?

Because Kai and Cyrax are interesting, and I doubt people think they are social filler.

Or maybe they do. Some people criticize their hairstyle. They are black, black people have lots of african influences for obvious reasons, I mean, a dread is not stereotypical, but realism.
 
The US is appeasing it's black population. Appeasing means satisfying the demands of someone. The US is satisfying the ever growing demands of it's black population in order to (hilariously) try to prevent complaints, riots, and disorder (impossible, *cough Ferguson cough*). Its like the US is still trying to apologize about slavery, never mind that took place a very long time ago. So in this example, the blacks demand that everything in the media must have a representative of their kind in one fashion or another. Every movie, every tv show, every commercial, every cartoon, and yes, every video game. If not, they will start to complain and if not fixed, they will riot and become violent. And if anybody is against their demands, they are immediately deemed racists. The cold truth.
And I'm no racist. I am a realist. I respect any human that is of good moral character, humble, respectful, polite, friendly, hard working, etc. However, I don't like people that have all their rights and freedoms, just like me, and exploit that by demanding more, more more.
I know this is a bit off topic, but I had to respond to some of the posts here.

Or how about there are blacks and females that are fans of mk and spend their money just like whites, and males and would like to be represented. Black nor woman, have control over how NRS portrays black characters and females. so for you to state your opinion as fact is ridiculous and foolish.
So as a female in 1890 and i demand the right to vote, my opinion and voice shouldn't be heard and valued. You're so called rights and freedoms don't supersede any others group you so called " realist". There's no facts that you can find that states due to blacks complaining to NRS, they decided to add Jax in fear of protest and rioting. You're an IDIOT!
 
Or how about there are blacks and females that are fans of mk and spend their money just like whites, and males and would like to be represented. Black nor woman, have control over how NRS portrays black characters and females. so for you to state your opinion as fact is ridiculous and foolish.
So as a female in 1890 and i demand the right to vote, my opinion and voice shouldn't be heard and valued. You're so called rights and freedoms don't supersede any others group you so called " realist". There's no facts that you can find that states due to blacks complaining to NRS, they decided to add Jax in fear of protest and rioting. You're an IDIOT!

Yes because I, as a white person, feel "represented" by wraiths, reptilian humanoids and you know.. ice throwing people.

LMAO. So you like Tanya because she's a black woman just like you? THAT IS RACIST.
 
I think [MENTION=5578]spartan21[/MENTION] went a bit too far with his post, I understand what he/she means but went to a bit extreme.

Honestly though, I think there wouldn't be any backlash towards Jax if NRS didn't make him so damned stereotypical and more like Cyrax and Kai. They're pretty damned unique characters.

I hate getting into this over and over again, but White people in the Western world in particular are scared senseless into thinking anything that doesn't include another race is racist.
 
What is so offensive or stereotypical about Jax Briggs other than his rapper costume from 13 years ago? I don't get it.
 
What is so offensive or stereotypical about Jax Briggs other than his rapper costume from 13 years ago? I don't get it.
Well he has ZERO story value whatsoever, and then NRS made him talk Jive, the whole "aw yeah..." while shooting his machine gun, etc.
 
Well he has ZERO story value whatsoever, and then NRS made him talk Jive, the whole "aw yeah..." while shooting his machine gun, etc.

So you are just naming more things from a 13 year old game, and not focusing on the present. Not to mention he has always been decently important to the Earthrealm storyline. We just can't have an objective discussion when you are saying Cyrax or Kai (who has much less story value than Jax would ever have) are much more interesting characers, when i find them very bland. That is just like, your opinion man. Nothing about him in recent years has been offensive to black people or stereotypical.
 
So you are just naming more things from a 13 year old game, and not focusing on the present. Not to mention he has always been decently important to the Earthrealm storyline. We just can't have an objective discussion when you are saying Cyrax or Kai (who has much less story value than Jax would ever have) are much more interesting characers, when i find them very bland. That is just like, your opinion man. Nothing about him in recent years has been offensive to black people or stereotypical.

He still says "Aw yeah" and "Gotcha" all the time.

And why do your comments look like they have been written with a writing machine?
 
Well he has ZERO story value whatsoever, and then NRS made him talk Jive, the whole "aw yeah..." while shooting his machine gun, etc.

sigh!!! the fact that you co-sign spartan's post speaks volumes.
I have been a member for about a month and not one person has spoken of how "stereotypical " Lui kang is/was. Lui kang screams and gurgles when he does his fly kick and bicycle kick. where are the complains about that?
Yet there not a day that goes by when someone complains about Jacqui being in approx. 5 total panels in the comics.
Jax saying gotcha is a NRS issue not an affirmative action issue.
 
Dude the Jive talk continued into MK9, it's not just 13 years ago....

And in terms of story, what is he doing that Sonya isn't already doing?
[MENTION=18604]Tanya4eva[/MENTION] Liu Kang is a Jeet Kune Do practitioner, the same style that Bruce Lee invented and used, and the screams are a breathing technique to get the most power out of your attacks. That's not stereotypical whatsoever.
 
He still says "Aw yeah" and "Gotcha" all the time.

And why do your comments look like they have been written with a writing machine?

No he doesn't. And i know you like to go off topic all the time, but what does the way i write have to do with anything?
 
Dude the Jive talk continued into MK9, it's not just 13 years ago....

And in terms of story, what is he doing that Sonya isn't already doing?

First I'm a girl, and My point was Jax is a creation of NRS. He's not real, his voice actor was given lines to recite. NRS is to blame for not advancing his story and for the tone,direction, actions, and representation of Jax not black who would supposedly riot because some "stereotype" black isnt included in mk
 
[MENTION=18604]Tanya4eva[/MENTION] I cosigned him because he had a point. He came off in a very extreme manner, but the just of his post is that the Western World is absolutely overly racially sensitive.
 
First I'm a girl, and My point was Jax is a creation of NRS. He's not real, his voice actor was given lines to recite. NRS is to blame for not advancing his story and for the tone,direction, actions, and representation of Jax not black who would supposedly riot because some "stereotype" black isnt included in mk
I never said it wasn't NRS fault... I'm implying it IS their fault for turning Jax into this kind of character.
 
Dude the Jive talk continued into MK9, it's not just 13 years ago....

And in terms of story, what is he doing that Sonya isn't already doing?
[MENTION=18604]Tanya4eva[/MENTION] Liu Kang is a Jeet Kune Do practitioner, the same style that Bruce Lee invented and used, and the screams are a breathing technique to get the most power out of your attacks. That's not stereotypical whatsoever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRHuSNfZoI8
yeah he's really channeling his inner chi here. Not a stereotype at all.
my ex - boyfriend followed ufc and NON of those guys sounded like Lui Kang hen they threw punches and kicks. Stop it!!
 
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