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198375.1
Date: 10/13/2011 06:20:06
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In my opinion we have too many light-skinned players in BB. It's okay that there are only a very few dark-skinned guys in the german drafts, but 48 light-skinned players in the last draft of Senegals I.1 are more than very unrealistic. I suppose same thing in the other african countries.
Is there any reason for this or will it be fixed for the future?

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198375.2 in reply to 198375.1
Date: 10/13/2011 06:52:22
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lets not begin mixing racism and bb please.

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198375.3 in reply to 198375.2
Date: 10/13/2011 07:33:27
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It's not about racism, it's about realism.
For me it's not very realistic to get only white people from african countries and on the other hand there are obviously a lot more of dark-skinned guys from spain. I'm interested in the reason of this strange behaviour. I don't want to assume racism to BB ;)

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198375.4 in reply to 198375.2
Date: 10/13/2011 07:40:04
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lets not begin mixing racism and bb please.


That's not racism, that's realism.
Afaik there are player names for each language in BuzzerBeater.
Every country gets the player names from different language pools but that's according to what the names in that country are in reality. Let's say 85% of the German players have German names, 5% have Turkish names, 3% Italian, 2% French and the rest is random from every other language.

You could use a similar pattern for the skin color. Players from African countries would just have a higher probability of having dark skin and the same would apply e.g. for Europeans or Asians.

I'm sure the BBs could find some guys painting a couple of new face parts for that purpose...

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198375.5 in reply to 198375.4
Date: 10/13/2011 08:05:02
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Thx, you've got the point.

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198375.6 in reply to 198375.5
Date: 10/13/2011 08:28:29
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By the way, the only black player I remember having on my team is from Nigeria ;-) And I still have him in my roster.

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198375.7 in reply to 198375.6
Date: 10/13/2011 08:52:18
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Well, the only Nigerian I have on my team is white.

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198375.8 in reply to 198375.1
Date: 10/13/2011 09:06:04
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BB is fun, and the mix of players is really funny to me. I remember I saw an argentinian player wit a chinese name, with black skin and blond hair... Wait, I'm laughing right now imagining his roots, hahah

Please, don't fix this "mistake", I love it.

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198375.9 in reply to 198375.1
Date: 10/13/2011 09:44:16
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Even though your intention is realism, I think the color of the skin is a very sensitive topic for historical reasons, people may feel bad about it, and very easily it could even lead to political discussions which are not allowed in this game.
I don´t know how does BB deal with player faces, but I guess it´s pretty far from a realistic approach. And you don´t have to focus on the color of the face, just take a look to the color of the eyes!

I would rather improve realism in other parts of the game.

Last edited by Emilio at 10/13/2011 09:45:02

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198375.10 in reply to 198375.9
Date: 10/13/2011 09:52:34
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Agree a lot. For example, the speed is a skill that I'd love to have included in bb.

BB is for fun people, don't take it too seriously.

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198375.11 in reply to 198375.10
Date: 10/13/2011 09:55:51
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Just to clarify, I don't care about the skin color of my players. This is a browser game, that's it. But I can understand that it may look strange to some people to see an African team consisting only of white people.

Last edited by El Duderino at 10/13/2011 10:09:20

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