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Game development companies now include more graphics in their characters than ever before. While most people admire their efforts to strive for realism, some will never be satisfied with how it turns out. And when a female character does not look like she stepped out of a magazine cover, certain gamers won’t be happy about it.
If you’ve never heard of Horizon Forbidden West, it’s a beautiful game where imaginary beings and environments are revealed with the utmost clarity. Recently, the main protagonist of the series, Aloy, attracted quite the attention when one gamer questioned her appearance on Twitter. "Can you explain to me why the hell Aloy has a beard?" they asked.
Well, what they called a "beard" is actually light peach fuzz, something that most women have on their faces. Their post received many reactions from other Twitter users, with some saying that the gamer has probably never seen a woman up close. Continue scrolling and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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And women everywhere want to keep it that way...
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Horizon Forbidden West is an open-world fantasy game that takes place in post-apocalyptic western America. The main protagonist is a huntress named Aloy, a young red-haired woman with freckles on her cheeks and nose. While she's often described as a fierce, smart, and likable hero, it seems that it’s not the first time that male gamers have attacked her appearance online. Several months ago, one Twitter user criticized the studio behind the game, Guerilla Games. It is one of Europe's leading game development companies that’s a part of PlayStation Studios. The person wrote that the female characters they create are becoming too masculine, so they decided to share their own fan art. In the image, Aloy had glowing skin, white teeth, and full-on makeup.
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Oh, I’m so using this.
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I'm just stunned at the realism tha can now be reached in a video game. I don't think I look this HD and I'm 99% certain I'm real...
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Very pointy woman
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Needless to say, many people felt frustrated to see such sexist complaints about the video game character. Tweets like this receive lots of attention from the gaming community since they highlight the ignorant, narrow-minded, and sometimes childish views certain male gamers have. And some people, especially women, are sick and tired of hearing criticisms aimed at the female characters, saying that it's all part of a bigger problem. "Male gamers push their standards and expectations on these female characters," Beth, who goes by the handle @GentleBara, told Bored Panda. She shared her thoughts on the matter by tweeting that "every single real-life woman has peach fuzz like Aloy." So if someone could even ask why she has a "beard", it probably means that they have never seen a woman up close. "If there's anything [men] are not used to in a female character's design, they'll complain about it," she added.
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SAME!!!
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Somehow I don't think that is going to happen.
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this.
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When asked why that male gamer seemed to think that the hair on Aloy’s face was a masculine feature, Beth said they're "ignorant and immature". Otherwise known as vellus hair, peach fuzz is usually short, softer in texture, and lighter in color compared to other types of hair on a person’s body. A survey of 1,000 women conducted in the UK showed that 98 percent of those who had facial hair had negative thoughts about their looks. Around a third of these women revealed they felt anxious if they could not immediately remove them. This only shows the lack of acceptance by our society regarding facial hair, making many women feel uncomfortable about their appearance and preventing them from discussing it out in the open.
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I'm glad you saved it too!
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tw 72 2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Exactly - in what universe is THAT a beard.
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It might literally blow his mind..
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That’s why so many people celebrate the new technologies that allow gaming companies to include more graphics. After all, making the characters look more realistic is a step in the right direction. Bastien Ramisse, the lead character artist at Guerrilla, said in a blog post that the development of the PlayStation 5 console allowed them to aim for high quality and bring more detail and authenticity to the game. ADVERTIsem*nT "Each generation of consoles brings extra power that lets us add even denser polygons to our character models, so we can create finer details such as peach fuzz, smooth contouring, or finer texture details and accurate materials expression, to name a few," Ramisse explained, saying that it’s a dream come true for both players and developers.
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Women...actually look like this. Full stop. It's a fact. I'm stunned that this needs to be said.
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Aye! 😂
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Why are the comments specifically on this one so awfull
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It's peach fuzz!
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He continued: "The most noticeable differences and improvements for Aloy in terms of technology is the push of facial and body capture accuracy, allowing more realistic shapes and surface details on characters as well as the careful increase of polygon density to capture handmade and used outfits." So even when the artists can make their heroes more exciting than ever before, some gamers still do not seem satisfied with some of their human traits. "People will always complain about a character's design and its features," Beth told us. "It's happened before with other games and will continue to happen in the future." If she would have to guess the reason behind having such a mindset, "it could be a projection or they might have standards that are ridiculous." ADVERTIsem*nT
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I have to wonder if at least part of this is a near-vision problem on his part. I mean he should be able to see his own forehead and earlobe fuzz in the mirror.
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✨ yassss ✨
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Just a tip. I had peach fuzz like that when I was younger. Even though I'm dark haired it was blond. I was embarrassed so I used some hair removal cream. It worked but burned my skin bright red and the hair grew back black and seemingly thicker. Now it's a pain to keep up with. Lesson here is love and appreciate your peach fuzz!
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And now too many people think science is a dirty word. Or fictional.
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Makes me wonder if this artist lost sleep thinking did I get the fine hairs just right.
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Ah yes, the fashionable and totally not eye-brow looking mustache.
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And that was when she realized- she f****d up.
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it truly is ❤️
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That’s exactly what I took away from that post, I’d never have known that wasn’t a real person!! Amazing!
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Yep, he wants it realistic but not realistic enough that a woman looks normal for once.
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I was hoping someone would come out with this fact. Our bodies are covered in hair, male or female, accept.
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W.T.F.? posted by, "Anonymous" - so he knows he's wrong.
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Right?! She don’t have time to take a nice hot shower and shave her skin off. Men need to learn how natural (and cool!) it is. I for one love peach fuzz. It’s so soft
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Best question asked ever!!!
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And please, let it stay that way!
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Wait till he sees an all"natural" girl, in the um, natural. Wait.. He won't. No worries. Carry on.
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I hate Aloy.........I hate that she's currently only in two games.
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Why don't men know women have hair everywhere they have hair? Women know men have facial hair even when they shave.
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Because a lot of the "women" these idiots encounter - the ones that are sexually attractive and therefore the only women worth paying attention to - come from heavily photoshopped magazines, or waxed excessively p*rnography. But that's just this small bubble of idiots - plenty of men are aware that women have hair/fart/poop/have normal human bodily functions. (Their expectations regarding make up is a little more flaky)
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And the gamer's actual frame of reference is that blow-up dolls don't have any hair that isn't printed on.
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Snort-laugh!
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Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member Follow
So I have fine hairs. So what? I'd be a pretty weird mammal if I didn't!
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If I ever need to change my name, Weird Mammal it will be
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Why don't men know women have hair everywhere they have hair? Women know men have facial hair even when they shave.
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Because a lot of the "women" these idiots encounter - the ones that are sexually attractive and therefore the only women worth paying attention to - come from heavily photoshopped magazines, or waxed excessively p*rnography. But that's just this small bubble of idiots - plenty of men are aware that women have hair/fart/poop/have normal human bodily functions. (Their expectations regarding make up is a little more flaky)
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And the gamer's actual frame of reference is that blow-up dolls don't have any hair that isn't printed on.
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Snort-laugh!
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So I have fine hairs. So what? I'd be a pretty weird mammal if I didn't!
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If I ever need to change my name, Weird Mammal it will be
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