Does Jade have no fans?

spartan21 said:
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.
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I completely agree... I rarely see any Chinese, Indians, Thai, Arabs or Natives ever complain about representation. In the UK, South Asians represent more of the population than Black people, yet there is at least one Black person in every TV show with there often being zero Asians. East Asians are even more poorly represented in the Media, with them either being depicted as a study "nerd" or a stereotype.

In other words Black people are represented extremely well in pop culture and the gaming industry compared to the whole of Asia. Asians are either seen as Gangnam Style or Apu. So I do not get why producers get labeled racist if there is no Black in any Movie, Game etc
 
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Taj Gill said:
I just want to end it off with this: Diversity in media is good when utilized correctly. Say NRS creates a new franchise, has a completely diverse cast with different roles in it. Sure that's totally okay, and I'm assuming that's what they thought with Jax. However that completely went to shit with the whole rapper outfit, jive talk, and complete story irrelevance. THEY messed it up.
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Yeah, they messed it up. Let's hope they improve him and his niece? Daughter? I dunno.

Now, some of you get the impression that some of us are completely against diversity in media. That is not the case in the slightest. What I am against is people rallying and crying that they feel "underrepresented" in a specific source of fiction, whether it be movie, video game, etc. First of all, who the hell are you to tell an artist what they may or may not put in their work? Secondly, if race, sexual orientation, whatever, has nothing to do with character's story, plot, development, relevance, etc., what is the point of getting up in arms?
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If it doesn't matter, then it wouldn't be such a thing to just make the cast diverse without having to ask. Sometimes NRS does alright with PoC characters, sometimes they really do it pretty bad. Let's just hope that they do it well. But truly, it would be very odd indeed to see all the Earthrealm heroes and all the human Outworld people be white as well as really weird to see it on the flipside of that. If it was an all black cast or an all asian cast, it would just be very strange to see these days. That's all. Diversity matters, even in games as benign as Mortal Kombat.


This is why I say that the White Western population have been scared shitless into thinking that any non inclusion of minorities is wrong. It isn't, I'm a person of colour, do I care if a person of Indian background isn't in MK? No I do not, because nationality/race means nothing to me in a fighting game. Put yourself in my shoes for a second and tell yourself what would be more offensive, the non inclusion of a character of Indian background, or the inclusion of an Indian character due to public outcry, who wears a turban, is pretty much just a filler character with no relevance whatsoever? I'd imagine most of you would choose the latter.
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We certainly need good characters being well written. If NRS doesn't have the chops to write a PoC in a way that's good, then you're right. They shouldn't bother. But they should AT LEAST try because diversity is at least worthy. Not only that, but this game in particular is about Earth defending itself. So even though race doesn't matter, isn't it not more believable that Earth would be defended by well... every color of the rainbow though admittedly, that's asking for a herculian task and one that isn't necessarily feasable for a game with 20ish characters, many of which are not even humans.

This is why I said what I said about why is there a burning desire or need for some of you to be represented in a game where racial background, sexual orientation is irrelevant. The end result would be someone like Jax. End of story.
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Well because the game is about Earth defending itself. It doesn't make sense if the defenders of Earthrealm ended up all being white. That's actually just really REALLY weird. And Jax... doesn't have to BE the end result. But if they really just don't have the artistic chops to do a PoC right, then fine. It's their own creative limitation and that wont be helped until they hire artists and writers that can do it.

I agree with you for the most part though. If you can't do something well, then don't bother trying.
 
rainreptile said:
I'm just worried that we are not focusing on the real problem here guys. I know that some are dissatisfied by the exclusion of MK's black female, but I think there is a bigger issue. Why is no one standing up for the Edenians? We need more Edenian representation than just Kitana. She's an over-privileged posh princess! Jade's exclusion is very disheartening for us African-Edenians...
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I picture Edenia more like the Caribbean haha!
 
You know something interesting is that Outworld happens to be fairly deserty. I guess I always thought Outworld was this odd cold place. But it would explain why Outworld Warrirors, males included, seem to dress very light.
 
spartan21 said:
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.
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Preach lol!!! Really man, I couldn't agree with you any more.
 
theincubuslord said:
Where the hell do you get this info from? XD
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im from there lol, Im not boasting but Edenia has some of the hottest b!tches of any real Realm.

the scenery is breathtaking,clear blue water, great weather year round and the nightlife is amazing.

i'm gonna visit in may, 2 weeks in paradise. going 4wheeling, jet skiing, scuba diving. can't wait.

I suggest u book a flight over there. u won't regret it.
 
ironRod said:
im from there lol, Im not boasting but Edenia has some of the hottest b!tches of any real Realm.

clear blue water, great weather year round and the nightlife is amazing.

i'm gonna visit in may, 2 weeks in paradise. going 4wheeling, jet skiing, scuba diving. can't wait.

I suggest u book a flight over there. u won't regret it.
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So anyways, to answer the OP: Yes, Jade has fans. Most of us just didn't expect her to be in the game, so we weren't all that disappointed to learn she wouldn't be,
 
To be honest, I was never a huge fan of Jade, but I enjoyed her more in MK9 than any other game she has been in. I especially loved her EX-Boomerang, the fact that it hit twice really allowed for some interesting mix-ups and pressure. It did seem like overall her abilities were quite underestimated.
 
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EdenianGoddess said:
Tanya NEEDS to be in this game. Brilliant story, lots of potential & her appearance/moves were pretty cool as well. She deserves a comeback.
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Agreed 100%. Tanya has the potential to become the female Quan Chi of this game. Twisted and treacherous.

theincubuslord said:
African-Edenians. XD
Edenia doesn't have an Africa, silly.
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Well people here are sure acting like it does!!!!

ironRod said:
I picture Edenia more like the Caribbean haha!
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Latin-Edenian
 
rainreptile said:
Agreed 100%. Tanya has the potential to become the female Quan Chi of this game. Twisted and treacherous.
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No, just no... you can't compare her to Quan Chi, that's herecy.


rainreptile said:
Latin-Edenian
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Latino is not a race, no matter how many times americans say it, it is not.

You can be latinoamerican and be white, black, indian, or mix of those. Being "latino" means you live in Latin America but you don't stop being caucasian (white) or black or whatever ethnicity you belong to because of that.


That last statement is in general, I'm not criticizing you or anything, I'm just telling a fact.
 
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Cryo said:
No, just no... you can't compare her to Quan Chi, that's herecy.
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Only if you treat MK or Quan Chi as something religious.

Tanya has the potential to be a sorceress, something I've wanted for her in a long time... somewhat like Quan Chi, but different, of course. But no, canon-wise, she would of course not be as powerful as him, unless she finds a trinket of some kind that would boost her up to be on his level, but he would still have the experience on his side.
 
Cryo said:
No, just no... you can't compare her to Quan Chi, that's herecy.




Latino is not a race, no matter how many times americans say it, it is not.

You can be latinoamerican and be white, black, indian, or mix of those. Being "latino" means you live in Latin America but you don't stop being caucasian (white) or black or whatever ethnicity you belong to because of that.


That last statement is in general, I'm not criticizing you or anything, I'm just telling a fact.
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I gotchya. I was just making a joke. Some are claiming that Jade should be in MKX so that those of African descent have more representation. But I was just having fun with the fact that Jade is not African-American, and is not of African descent at all. She is an Edenian with dark skin.
 
I do enjoy playing as Jade. (If you didn't tell by my username already) I liked her a lot more in the classics though. She was quite unexpecting in the previous game, like her moves and abilities surprised me, but no one seemed to pay attention to her. I'm also not too surprised that she isn't in this game either because she has been losing fans lately, so I was kind of expecting something like this to happen. I'm okay with this decision, I don't mind if they didn't put Jade in this game, just as long as Mileena is in this game to join Kitana, I'm still gonna be happy.
 
Cryo said:
Boon must be crying because 4 or 5 whiny obsesive nutcases aren't buying his game.
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Harsh much? yeah they're being what I personally consider petty, but people will do what people like/want to do. If Jade was that person's reason to enjoying MK9, no matter how much you can't understand their feels, doesn't make their decision "obsessive" or make them a nutcase. They're entitled to bail out for any reason they deem worthy.
 
theincubuslord said:
Only if you treat MK or Quan Chi as something religious.

Tanya has the potential to be a sorceress, something I've wanted for her in a long time... somewhat like Quan Chi, but different, of course. But no, canon-wise, she would of course not be as powerful as him, unless she finds a trinket of some kind that would boost her up to be on his level, but he would still have the experience on his side.
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I think Tanya should side up with Kitana, Rain, Jade and a few more characters to liberate Edenia (I said it many times lol) and after they succed at it the problems start....

Who takes the throne? Kitana is the rightful heir, but Tanya wants power so she tries to take it, we know treason is her style so she does some backstabbing moves like killing Jade (again), but Rain also wants it since he has a superiority complex because well... he's a demigod. This could be good...

All the edenians could have a nice story that way.
 
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