Breast Size in Game: Too Big?


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The yellow signifies DRAMA.

Unless these people tell you themselves that they're offended, she's full of feces and is simply trying to bandwagon you.
True, only one of them I've ever actually met, much less talked to. Heh, maybe it's like my friend Kevin says, the others don't exist. But, the one that I have talked to made a parody of all the "obviously male players" and my friend every once in awhile has to remind me of this, and is usually quick with a "He is making fun of YOU" tagged on there. I could ask him myself, but I really don't want to pull him into the drama if he's not seeing me as the major offender she does.

EDIT: Ok, just went to the character selection screen and counted of 25 female characters (I realize I am weird to only play female characters, that's a whole 'nother thread though), 5 of which obviously have more than 50% chest slider (and one that is 0%, and why can't they be smaller than that?). Each of those MAJORITY (She has admitted to being bad at math, I am bad at math myself, however I don't get how she can be so bad as to think that 5 is more than 20) of 5 have larger for various concept reasons, however I've not played many of them in awhile, and had already been thinking how bad the larger breasts look in this game myself, hearing others say it on this thread just makes me think more that when I do go back to playing them, some might be looking into a reduction.


 

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Realistically? Too big. Although physically possible, of course.

In the super-hero genre? Appropriately sized.

They could make the range greater on the lower end though. I'm sure a few people would use it.


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What you're misunderstanding, I think, is that you think comic book genres are solely about a power fantasy. That, I believe, is very false.

Sure, power fantasy is part of it, but it's not all of it.

Power, heroism, dominance, etc. are just some of the 'fantasies' that the comic book genre touches on. Fame, wealth, sex, and a whole bunch of other things are also 'fantasies' that the comic book genre brushes against.
Are you seriously going to suggest superhero comic books are targeted equally at female and male fantasies?

Yes, the superhero genre touches on a whole lot of fantasies - but the male characters are *generally* (this is a generalization, don't name specific examples to the contrary) the ones the reader is supposed to identify with - "I wish I were this guy" - and the female characters are generally the ones the reader is supposed to covet - "I wish I could have this girl". Everything from the character design to the stories reflects that.

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Get over it! It's a pretend fun-times video game!
Yes, it's a fantasy, it's not supposed to be realistic, and all that - but it still both emerges from and contributes to a world where every woman has to struggle against being perceived as an object. We have to talk about these things, we have to point them out, and we have to try to change them, otherwise they'll never get better.




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It's true that women in super hero comics are drawn to look sexy. I'm not positive it's entirely an issue of subjugation to male fantasy though. Take a look at the popular Halloween costumes out there. Many women like dressing sexy, and the concept of being "the hot girl" appeals to them. The character I more rarely see real life women want to identify with is the vanilla Lois Lane "hero's girlfriend" type. Or maybe I just hang out with particularly rambunctious women. Case in point, the last time I let one of my female friends play CoH unsupervised I ended up with a character on my account who looked like a cross between a cop, a cat girl, and a street walker.

As for me personally, I'm a gay guy, so the breast slider is a sexual non-issue, and yet based on the costumes you posted your friend would not like my costumes either. My "Joan of Arkansas" character, who I don't think anyone would think was sexualized in any way, has the maxed breasts because her armor looks unshapely without it; I wanted the clear shape of a woman there, and the maxed breasts was the best way I could do it. On the other hand my "Attila the Honey" character is intentionally over the top hot, but I left the slider at a more reasonable 75% because being dressed in what essentially consists of a Medieval bra and fishnet panties gets the look across. I didn't touch the sliders at all for "Quick Brown Fox" but the pretty much not there outfit definitely makes her look the most outrageous of the three. Let your friend say what she will about guys always wanting to max the sliders, but it's definitely not always a sexual thing.


 

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My only problem is that City of Boobs dont look all that good on the max slider due to the oldness of the game or else I'd put all my chicks on max if I could. As it stands they are all above average (yes I even lowered the boob slider on seri ) Boobs in CoH just aren't soft looking enough for me. /shrug


 

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Somewhat off topic but is there someone somewhere who can even tell the following characters apart, and do you feel bad about not being to do so?


 

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Oh hey its the dudes with the same face banging different Disney chicks over the years I sort of remember those guys!


 

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Heh. Yeah, the only one I can for sure point out is Aladdin, and that's due to skin color and Arabic outfit, the rest are all white European guys with the same face LOL


 

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Heh. Yeah, the only one I can for sure point out is Aladdin, and that's due to skin color and Arabic outfit, the rest are all white European guys with the same face LOL

I was going to say it's because he had the boob slider maxed.


 

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Hmmm...all my female toons are short, slim..push the sliders all the way to the, err, left?

Reading all this makes me want to cart one off to Icon, and punch the chest sliders all the way to the ..right..left? The bigger side.

Hmmmmm again..wonder if she will tip over with all that unbalanced weight

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Well, I mentioned this post to that friend and told her some of the things said, and as I figured she doesn't give a rat's behind what you "nobodies" think, and she swears up and down the only reason I made this thread was for sympathy and pity, and here is a quote...

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Fine, then keep making your breast fixated whatevers and don't pester me with them or demand I deal with them in RP
Honestly, more and more I am thinking my friend Kevin (who despises her and how she always talks down to me on this and similar issues) might be right, maybe I should just tell her to F off permanently, but I'm not the type of person to do that.


 

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You don't have to tell her to f*** off - just say "whatever" as dismissively as you can whenever she says a word


 

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Maybe the Devs should make a breast-augmentation super-booster...


 

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True, only one of them I've ever actually met, much less talked to. Heh, maybe it's like my friend Kevin says, the others don't exist. But, the one that I have talked to made a parody of all the "obviously male players" and my friend every once in awhile has to remind me of this, and is usually quick with a "He is making fun of YOU" tagged on there. I could ask him myself, but I really don't want to pull him into the drama if he's not seeing me as the major offender she does.
Bah. You're paying your $15 a month. The only people with a right to say anything about how and what you play are the game mods. And running around with a Triple F rack on SuperBoobGirl HARDLY warrants a generic'ing. Play how you want and anyone who's trying to push some BS social agenda on you can go to hell and squat on a coal.


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EDIT: Ok, just went to the character selection screen and counted of 25 female characters (I realize I am weird to only play female characters, that's a whole 'nother thread though),
No. No you're not. This is a game. Not some freudian test.



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Originally Posted by Anonymous Friend via YIM
Fine, then keep making your breast fixated whatevers and don't pester me with them or demand I deal with them in RP
For some reason I now have images in my mind of you shouting "DEAL WITH MY BREASTS IN RP!"

Honestly, it's a complete non-issue as far as I'm concerned. Though, depending on how bitchy I feel my responses to this friend of yours would range from "Er, okay, sure I didn't realise this was such a big issue to you" to "Okay, sure, just as long as I don't have to deal with your strange mammary-based bigotry in RP."


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Well, I mentioned this post to that friend and told her some of the things said, and as I figured she doesn't give a rat's behind what you "nobodies" think, and she swears up and down the only reason I made this thread was for sympathy and pity, and here is a quote...

Honestly, more and more I am thinking my friend Kevin (who despises her and how she always talks down to me on this and similar issues) might be right, maybe I should just tell her to F off permanently, but I'm not the type of person to do that.
With friends like this, who needs enemies? Seriously, cut this self-conscious, snot-nosed whiner out of your life with a quickness.

As a woman who is naturally curvy (no silicone augmentation necessary) I kind it find of offensive that she'd consider a woman with excessive chest tissue "grotesque". She sounds like someone with some really major self-image issues, considering she's insulted anyone who even remotely agrees with the concept of curvy women.

Also, as someone mentioned on page 1 or 2 of this thread, well-endowed women have *always* been indicative of the comic book industry; regardless of whether the artist was male or female. In fact, here's a list of female comic creators I bet you can go through most of their work and *still* find curvy girls on the page. It's -just- part of the industry and what fans have grown to enjoy and expect from the genre. Either she accepts that -- or she doesn't.

From my perspective, she sounds like a verbally abusive, image-conscious, self-absorbed individual who really needs to get her nose out of other peoples' business. This is a game and people should have the ability to enjoy it the way they want; big, tiny, ugly, pretty, superdeformed (chibi) -- or wherever your tastes lie.

Get rid of her. You'll definitely be better off. She doesn't sound all that enjoyable as a friend, so why keep torturing yourself?


 

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The boob slider was unfortunately unaffected by ED, making female chests totally unbalanced.

On a more serious note, the default settings make the breasts a bit ridiculous in size, not to speak of anything made larger that seem to defy gravity. I wouldn't mind the far left of the current scale coming closer to the middle, either by "adding" more of the lesser chest sizes or removing some of the right-wing choices.


 

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Somewhat off topic but is there someone somewhere who can even tell the following characters apart, and do you feel bad about not being to do so?

Being a Disney-phile I'll take a stab.

Left Side:
Prince from The Little Mermaid
Prince from Snow White
Prince Ali (Fabulous He Ali Ababwa!) Aladdin

Right Side:
Prince from Cinderella
Prince from Sleeping Beauty
Prince from Beauty and the Beast.



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Well, I mentioned this post to that friend and told her some of the things said, and as I figured she doesn't give a rat's behind what you "nobodies" think, and she swears up and down the only reason I made this thread was for sympathy and pity, and here is a quote...
The forum filters prevent me from expressing an appropriate reply to your "friend". Who is nothing of the sort.


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Honestly, more and more I am thinking my friend Kevin (who despises her and how she always talks down to me on this and similar issues) might be right, maybe I should just tell her to F off permanently, but I'm not the type of person to do that.
What exactly has this person done to or for you to deserve such loyalty?

Make it clear that you don't want to talk about it anymore. If they continue, give them the well-deserved boot to the *** out the door.



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Maybe the Devs should make a breast-augmentation super-booster...

New power set: Boob Control?

1: Smother
2: Distract
3: Poke in the Eye
4: Flash
5: Boob Impact (Boob Melee)
6: Stop and Drool
7: Super-Critical Wardrobe Malfunction (Boob-splosion)
8: Superior Blood Redirection
9: Bust an Aneurysm



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New power set: Boob Control?

1: Smother
2: Distract
3: Poke in the Eye
4: Flash
5: Boob Impact (Boob Melee)
6: Stop and Drool
7: Super-Critical Wardrobe Malfunction (Boob-splosion)
8: Superior Blood Redirection
9: Bust an Aneurysm

I laughed so hard everyone in the office is staring at me. >_> Thanks, Hyper!


 

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Is there something wrong with unnaturally large, perky ta tas?


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Being a Disney-phile I'll take a stab.

Left Side:
Prince from The Little Mermaid
Prince from Snow White
Prince Ali (Fabulous He Ali Ababwa!) Aladdin

Right Side:
Prince from Cinderella
Prince from Sleeping Beauty
Prince from Beauty and the Beast.
So aside from Aladin, you only know the Princess these respective lovers were shagging at the time?


 

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So aside from Aladin, you only know the Princess these respective lovers were shagging at the time?
If you want them by name:

Left Side:
Prince Eric
The Prince (Snow White's Prince was never actually given a name)
Aladdin (Prince Ali)

Right Side:
Prince Charming
Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty)
Prince Adam (Technically, The Beast was never given an actual name in the animated feature, but fans later gave him one)

I'm a Disney animated aficionado. Yes, I am.