One of the best players of DBD I know is a black streamer.
It’s a 1v4 game, so the killer has their chance to dedicate particular attention to any one of the four survivors. He has (entertaining) montages of killers chasing him down the whole game, to the detriment of their overall victory. It clearly becomes very personal.
They can’t even tell he’s black through the game lobby, yet obsessive racism seems to guide their hand in the dumbest goddamn way.
Feel like that would more be due to being a streamer than black, surely? No idea what the game is but I can see the appeal of hunting down streamers first.
I watch plenty of other streamers of the game that spend most of the match not getting chased. Theres a heavy proportion of players that insert “ttv” in their name, while major streamers don’t even do that, and often operate with anonymous profiles. Basically, it’s not so practical to spot out a streamer during live matches unless someone is putting a lot of planning into sniping them as they play.
I don’t know why race would make a difference in someone’s experience on a website given that you can’t see the people you’re talking with.
Unrelated but given the amount of casual misogyny I see on Lemmy I think “wow, maybe I don’t enjoy this place that much.” and interact less often because of it, even though I know it’s not aimed at me since they can’t see me when they hit post!
Your race shapes how you interact and interpret the world, not because of nature but nurture. People of different races will have different experiences with the same source of media or media environment.
I don’t have the data on hand, but casual racism against black people on the internet is probably much more common than against white people. I imagine exposure to racism affects the recipients.
How would your race make a difference?
It should. You really don’t want a relay race and F1 on the same track. It would be a bloodbath.
Maybe I do want that… Romans seemed to enjoy a bloodbath.
One of the best players of DBD I know is a black streamer.
It’s a 1v4 game, so the killer has their chance to dedicate particular attention to any one of the four survivors. He has (entertaining) montages of killers chasing him down the whole game, to the detriment of their overall victory. It clearly becomes very personal.
They can’t even tell he’s black through the game lobby, yet obsessive racism seems to guide their hand in the dumbest goddamn way.
Feel like that would more be due to being a streamer than black, surely? No idea what the game is but I can see the appeal of hunting down streamers first.
I watch plenty of other streamers of the game that spend most of the match not getting chased. Theres a heavy proportion of players that insert “ttv” in their name, while major streamers don’t even do that, and often operate with anonymous profiles. Basically, it’s not so practical to spot out a streamer during live matches unless someone is putting a lot of planning into sniping them as they play.
Well yeah it depends on the game community and how obvious you are about it
I don’t know why race would make a difference in someone’s experience on a website given that you can’t see the people you’re talking with.
Unrelated but given the amount of casual misogyny I see on Lemmy I think “wow, maybe I don’t enjoy this place that much.” and interact less often because of it, even though I know it’s not aimed at me since they can’t see me when they hit post!
Oh wait…
This is an “I don’t see color” sentiment.
Your race shapes how you interact and interpret the world, not because of nature but nurture. People of different races will have different experiences with the same source of media or media environment.
Kinda, but then the same would apply to someone who is from a different place, even a different area of the same country.
I don’t have the data on hand, but casual racism against black people on the internet is probably much more common than against white people. I imagine exposure to racism affects the recipients.
I think no matter the space, you can have a varying experience, and there’s no better way to know than to ask