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Ronda Rousey in Mortal Kombat 11 is a disappointing and problematic decision by NRS (Check Staff Posts)
- Thread starter ZeoVGM
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User Banned (1 month): Rationalizing support of conspiracy theories; false equivalencies
Is she wrong? Should we blindly believe everything we hear? I don't get it. It's not like conspiracy theories have never actually existed/come true before. Watergate was a conspiracy. Clinton and Monica Lewinsky was a conspiracy. Conspiracies happen. I really don't get this attitude that it's offensive to even entertain the notion of certain conspiracies. Having said that, I'm not saying the Sandy Hook thing is one, I barely even know what the incident is about.
But someone questioning what is real and what is not does not make them a piece of shit, I don't even get that mindset at all. Nothing wrong with questions.
And I'm not defending her cuz I don't even like her. at all.
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I can't fucking stand Rhonda Rousey. Her arrogant shit in the UFC, her terrible attitude, and how damn overrated she was really turned me off. She was "the best of all time" until she got knocked back down to earth (quite literally) *twice* and then basically quit the sport.
As for her being transphobic, that's a shame if she is. It would make me like her even less. But is it actually true? I haven't looked into it much but it seems others are doubting this claim. I can't speak on it much til I know more.
I can't speak on this domestic abuse or Saudi apologist or whatever thing either. Would need to look into it. I skimmed and read somerhing about her abuse thing being blown out of proportion.
Seen the thread and didn't know what the hell was going on. Had to Google. It would probably be a good idea to update the OP with relevant information because I assumed she was a guest character...
...but it's somehow worse than that. They're adding jank voice acting to compliment the jank animations. (amazing that they appear as terrible as ever from the 2 min video I watched)
But yeah, Rousey is a terrible person who needs to go away.
Edit: never mind. Just seen the "as Sonya" bit. Must've read right over it.
...but it's somehow worse than that. They're adding jank voice acting to compliment the jank animations. (amazing that they appear as terrible as ever from the 2 min video I watched)
But yeah, Rousey is a terrible person who needs to go away.
Edit: never mind. Just seen the "as Sonya" bit. Must've read right over it.
So you beat them down then continue to write in detail how you beat them down? idk just imagine if this was a man in mma doing this to a woman whatever she thought dont make it okay.
lol OP has the receipts, she's never denied any of this, and people still wanna do "well this unrelated thing happened to The Rock so who knows WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE!"
Fucking this. She has the acting range of a piece of fucking wood.
And am I correct that people are saying that she recently brought up how she's a Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist?
How fucking stupid can she be? Having it be 100% proven that she was a truther in the past, I would have thought she'd try her best to avoid that being brought up at this point in her career. Movie deals, WWE contract.. etc.
Are wrestling fans calling for her to be terminated????????
The Saudi comment definitely cannot be categorized as naive. Her comments were in the context of WWE taking a lot of shit for doing a big event in Saudi Arabia right in the aftermath of the Khashoggi murder, the second in a series of events they'd started earlier that year by producing a bunch of propaganda for how great of a place Saudi Arabia is.
She wasn't unaware of the criticisms of Saudi Arabia, those comments were her defending the country (and the ability of the WWE to cash a fat paycheck from the Saudi royal family) in the face of being presented with those criticisms.
Didn't know about her until this thread.
Do people really buy a game because a celebrity is voicing the character?
Well adjusted people don't, no. Devoted wrestling fans, maybe. WWE promotes everything their wrestlers pop up in.
Yeah, a fair number will, but my point was, it gets people talking about the game, like this thread shows.
You...barely know what Sandy Hook is about, but want to get involved in a topic about how it's okay to suggest it is a conspiracy?
Wow, you seriously don't know what the Sandy Hook incident was? Have you been living under a rock?
Sandy Hook is a school shooting incident with resulted in 28 deaths (including the shooter), 20 of which were children. Then there is a dipshit conspiracy theory (that Alex Jones of InfoWars came up with) in that all of it is staged which resulted in the victims' parents getting harassed over this. It's an absolutely disgusting conspiracy theory to even support.
You should really look this up before you spout this bullshit, Carlos. I can't believe I have to actually even explain half of this. Just literally google it and you'll immediately understand the problem, if not, then I don't know what to say.
What Imran said.
Sigh, this really upsets me. I love NRS games. They're the only fighting games I buy anymore because I love their story modes. But I won't be buying this one.
...if Sandy Hook what gets people talking about this game...oh boy.
No, but they're clearly looking to bring someone in for marketing reasons.
You're basically arguing that more famous people shouldn't be used unless there's a mandate, which would never happen.
As they say though, there's no such thing as bad publicity apparently
People are allowed to be tired of the outrage/call outs. I believe that's what you're seeing. We all get worn down and tired...
No I'm not arguing that. You're saying no one knows who Tricia Helfer is, which is why they replaced her. But they used her just fine in Mortal Kombat X. What you want to argue is they should keep striving for more famous people regardless of what they do or say.
Educate yourself before you spout nonsense like this in the future.
I don't know what's worse, the people who keep saying that the general public won't care. Despite the fact that the average human can learn something new and then use that information to make a better decision in the future.
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The people who keep downplaying the Sandy Hook incident and her views on it by any means necessary. And then make it even worse by saying things like "I don't know much about what happened in Sandy Hook anyway".
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The people who keep downplaying the Sandy Hook incident and her views on it by any means necessary. And then make it even worse by saying things like "I don't know much about what happened in Sandy Hook anyway".
It is pretty easy to not try to deny an horrific event and not being transphobic.
FOH with this nonsense. Sandy Hook was several years ago and her thoughts on the whole thing is not new info except for people living under a damn rock.
I've done a pretty good job in my life of not publicly suggesting that parents of a six year old murder victim were faking their grief
It wasn't even super hard
Watch, I'm doing it right now!
I mean, not buying into horrible Sandy Hook conspiracies is a pretty low bar.
I don't think people are asking a lot moralitywise.
Same here. NRS hasn't exactly been wowing me since Injustice 1. But yeah, I'm seriously angered at this!
Her views are beyond "not perfect". They are HEINOUS. Like, actually loathsome, gut-churning, and beyond the pale.
Sandy Hook should be one of the most horrific reminders of one of the worst tragedies in our nation's history. It's like being a Holocaust denier; it is a grievously insane and cruel view that robs the survivors and families of their dignity and the dead of their legacy.
It should NEVER be tolerated.
She has repeatedly endorsed, favorited, and commented on Sandy Hook conspiracy theories and videos that promoted the whole thing as a government hoax. She has deleted some of these responses and tweets. She has never apologized.
Wow, that's a really damn low bar. Did you even read about her or
She thinks it's patriotic to question what happened in Sandy Hook.
"asking questions and doing research is more patriotic than blindly accepting what you're told." Was her follow-up post about a conspiracy video she deleted.
As opposed to Scorpion who is well known for his work on Obama campaign? I don't follow UFC (she's from there, right?) and she sounds like a shitty human being, but I don't see what it has to do with her being in the game? Shitty people are in everything. Have you missed who's the president?
She has the most monotone and boring voice ever so I am not sure why they would think she is even a good pick, there are so many female celebrities out there who would do a better job.
And then when you add on that she is a sandy hook denier, well, yeah, it's not a good look really is it? Is she a flat earther as well? lol.
And then when you add on that she is a sandy hook denier, well, yeah, it's not a good look really is it? Is she a flat earther as well? lol.
People don't feel comfortable with horrible people in their entertainment and especially supporting it (nor politics for that matter). And they are also disappointed that being horrible doesn't often have much consequences for celebrities/public figures.
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just sit back and watch it all go down. it will find its way to the next thread eventually.
The quote says as an American she thinks it's right to question. I agree with that. If not we would be believing every cop and our dumbass president. Also the article features a link to her public apology. What's the problem?
Oh, that's it? It doesn't even sound that bad. Not to dismiss other things, I was just expecting much worse when I red that list in the OP.