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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 32 points 11 months ago (4 children)

diverse

TF2 has one black guy and seven white guys lol

[–] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net 50 points 11 months ago (2 children)

but one of those white guys is a twink

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago

Mind is officially changed

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago

NAFOids have revoked The Heavy's White card, and Pyro is peak ambiguity.

[–] AlwaysTheir@lemmy.one 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Diversity is more than just skin color and genitals. Notice their accents and body shapes and more.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Pyro aside (because Pyro's race/gender are intentionally left ambiguous), 7/8 are white, 7/8 are western, and 8/8 are male.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but they could have included more non-Westerners.

[–] AlwaysTheir@lemmy.one 6 points 11 months ago
[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

all of their accents are european or european settler lol

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Going by that standard Heavy Weapons Guy aged into being more diverse as the russians got de-europified

[–] Poogona@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

I think tf2 usually gets ignored when it comes to this topic because it is sorta kinda satire, the characters aren't really intended to be self inserts or idealized empowered people, they are looney tunes caricatures with the gender expectations of the era being satirized baked right in

Not trying to say it's actually woke and diverse, just that people seem to care less about a lack of diversity when the characters are all characters instead of them being templates for expression