A former BioWare employee says that EA’s new management wasn’t on board with the developer’s inclusiveness.

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    17 days ago

    If the game came out without the flag, nothing would be different. As long as the rest of it is preserved.

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      17 days ago

      Again, we have gone over the political meaning. The lack of change to gameplay is irrelevant. The political meaning of the action is the significance, not the evidence of that action to the end-user.

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        17 days ago

        The lack of change to gameplay is irrelevant.

        I think this is very important to our discussion.

        The political meaning of the action is the significance

        If we speak about real world rights, then it would be significant. But in a game lacking a flag, I think is not important.

        not the evidence of that action to the end-user.

        The opposite is true. The flag doesn’t matter, what matters are the actions and story.

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          If we speak about real world rights, then it would be significant. But in a game lacking a flag, I think is not important.

          Again, the censorship of the flag, which is a symbol, is symbolically meaningful. The degree of significance is not the subject of debate.

          The flag doesn’t matter, what matters are the actions and story.

          To the gameplay, perhaps. But I am not discussing the gameplay. I am discussing how the removal of the flag is symbolic of opposition to LGBTQIA+ rights.