iZombie

The thing is, survivors already have lore in the game that states they are heterosexual. You either stay ambiguous or you’re inclusive. The fact sexuality has already been talked about has opened the door for these discussions.

Most LGBT+ people (myself included) don’t always feel like they are represented which leaves you with the gut feeling that something must be wrong with you, when that isn’t the case, at all.

Let’s be completely real here, if a character is called straight in a video game, tv show or movie, nobody would bat an eyelid, because that’s fed to us as being ‘normal’. But as soon as you DARE refer to that character as being from the LGBT+ community, all of a sudden there’s an agenda involved. You’re trying to be ‘woke’ and you’re ‘pushing’ something onto people.

The fact I’m having to sit here and type this out to you shows how big this problem still is. There’s so much homophobia in the world and the scary thing is, a lot of the people making the bigoted comments don’t even realise they’re doing it. They always respond with the “I don’t care about sexuality” or “I can’t be homophobic as my cousin is gay” type of comments. Excuse me whilst I roll my eyes.

in The promised LGBT characters Comment by iZombie November 12, 2020

@SleepyWillo said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1744450#Comment_1744450
I wouldn't have an issue with them not explicitly stating someone's sexuality (and leaving it up to the players imagination) had they not explicitly went out of their way to identify characters as straight - even when it adds literally nothing to the story or lore. Either don't do it at all or be consistent and inclusive about it.
Psychologically, LGBT+ people are generally drawn to horror franchises. The campiness not withstanding, LGBT+ people identify with various characters in horror franchises. Strong female characters resonate amongst LGBT+ people. Horror franchises also embrace stereotypes of "the jock" and "mean girl" and kill them. A large amount of LGBT+ are bullied by jocks and "popular" girls in school. Seeing these typically mean and rude people killed on screen is like a form of vicarious karma. Even the killers get a lot of support and even sympathy - people can get behind seeing someone take down these "mean people" and can even identify with having to hide your true identity from society. There's been a lot of interesting studies done on the appeal of horror in the LGBT+ community.

I actually find horror movies to be extremely comforting. Which I used to think made me odd, but after reading into it, I’ve discovered that horror movies can bring comfort to people as it allows them to escape their own lives and minds for a moment as you’re too focused on somebody else’s terror. Considering I’ve suffered from depression since I can remember and I’ve never felt like I belonged in this world, it all became crystal clear.

A lot of the LGBT community has either felt the need to / or continue to hide their true selves from the rest of the world. It’s no surprise that a lot of them find themselves drawn to the world of horror.

in The promised LGBT characters Comment by iZombie November 12, 2020

I actually find playing killer to be the easier and less stressful of the two. When I play killer, for the most part, I’m in control of how the match plays out. When I’m playing as survivor, I can’t do everything myself and if my fellow teammates are useless, that bites me in the ass.

When I play survivor, I think my teammates kill me more than the actual killer. The constant blowing up of the generators and then running off whilst you take the blame. Missing a skill check whilst healing you and running off and causing a repeat of the above. Farming each other of the hooks whilst the killer hasn’t even left.

I could honestly go on and on. Survivor is easier on paper. But tell that to my stress levels lol.

in Unpopular opinion: Survivor is easy Comment by iZombie November 12, 2020

I’d like for the dying state music to be removed from No Mither, unless you’re on the ground or hook. I actually like that perk, but it’s annoying having the music playing all trial, especially when you’re against stealth killers as it makes listening out for them harder.

in It’s the small things.... What’s a minor detail you’d love to see changed? Comment by iZombie November 12, 2020

You just need to go into the match with the mindset that it’s likely you’ll ‘lose’ but that’s not important, as you’re simply trying to learn how the killer works.

I started practising Nurse at Rank 1 and I used the same mindset and it helped a lot. I encountered a lot of the usual teabagging and flashlight clicking survivors, but that didn’t bother me as my sole purpose of the match was to practise how to blink accurately. With time, I got a lot better.

Just relax. The only way to get better at something is to keep practising.

in How do you guys learn a new killer in purple/red ranks? Comment by iZombie November 12, 2020

Hopefully this isn’t the case, as I know that COD: Cold War includes the upgrade with both the digital and physical edition of the PS4 copy. Maybe it’s different with DBD because the disc was made prior to next gen announcements?

in Clarification for disc PS4 to PS5 upgrade Comment by iZombie November 12, 2020

@[Deleted User] said:
https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1744419#Comment_1744419
I can confirm the games I lose as Nurse are usually because I'm still warming up or because the team was absolutely immersed (which is her counterplay btw).

Oh I know, when it’s a great Nurse player, I’m extremely immersed. I also run Spine Chill a lot, which counters her hard. So I become the designated totem cleanser and generator repairer lol.