EA Sports UFC 2 Game Update 1.04 Removes Religious Victory Celebration

[Steve_OS]

A new EA Sports UFC 2 game update has arrived for PlayStation 4 users, soon for Xbox One. The update removes a religious animation, which can be seen here, that randomly played after a winner was announced.

This animation was noticed by Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is Muslim, and posted messages on his Twitter account and a follow up message from EA on his Instagram account.

EA quickly took action and have officially removed the celebration from the game on the PlayStation 4, with the same update coming to Xbox One very soon.

[Tybudd]

You allowed your game to give glory to our Lord and Savior, and then you publicly take it out. Thank you EA for securing my stand on NEVER buying another game of yours, was honestly contemplating it.

You could have done this on the DL, but you decide to make it seem like a shame to be in your game...

[Tybudd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tybudd

You allowed your game to give glory to our Lord and Savior, and then you publicly take it out. Thank you EA for securing my stand on NEVER buying another game of yours, was honestly contemplating it. You could have done this on the DL, but you decide to make it seem like a shame to be in your game...

If this is the case "EA Sports its in the Game" shouldn't be your slogan!!!

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tybudd

You allowed your game to give glory to our Lord and Savior, and then you publicly take it out. Thank you EA for securing my stand on NEVER buying another game of yours, was honestly contemplating it. You could have done this on the DL, but you decide to make it seem like a shame to be in your game...

You obviously have no idea why this was an issue. One of the top fighters in the UFC (Khabib Nurmegamedov) is a muslim and it was disrespectful to his religion to have his character make the sign of the cross after winning a fight. Because that celebration was random and he doesnt have a signature celebration, his character could be randomly assigned that celebration.

There shouldnt be any religious (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist etc) celebrations in the game that can be randomly assigned to fighters who worship a different religion.

[Tybudd]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

You obviously have no idea why this was an issue. One of the top fighters in the UFC (Khabib Nurmegamedov) is a muslim and it was disrespectful to his religion to have his character make the sign of the cross after winning a fight. Because that celebration was random and he doesnt have a signature celebration, his character could be randomly assigned that celebration. There shouldnt be any religious (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist etc) celebrations in the game that can be randomly assigned to fighters who worship a different religion.

You pretty much gave the answer of what should have been done, the characters that actually do the animation should have been left to do so, and for it not to be random, what kinda BS oversight was that??

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tybudd

You pretty much gave the answer of what should have been done, the characters that actually do the animation should have been left to do so, and for it not to be random, what kinda BS oversight was that??

It was a random animation. There were no fighters that had that celebration as their signature celebration. It was one of several random animations they gave for guys who dont have a signature animation.

Its not like there were Christian fighters in the game who had this as their only and signature animation and they removed it, you would have a point. But no one did. It was a randomly generated animation. Its not like they replaced it with a Muslim prayer animation.

They did the right thing by removing entirely. I dont play a MMA game to see religious symbolism. While there are millions of people who believe Christ is as you said "their lord and savior", there are millions who dont and dont care to see religious celebrations in the game.

[sactown_13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tybudd

You allowed your game to give glory to our Lord and Savior, and then you publicly take it out. Thank you EA for securing my stand on NEVER buying another game of yours, was honestly contemplating it. You could have done this on the DL, but you decide to make it seem like a shame to be in your game...

Bet you play madden in August

[oakevin]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

It was a random animation. There were no fighters that had that celebration as their signature celebration. It was one of several random animations they gave for guys who dont have a signature animation. Its not like there were Christian fighters in the game who had this as their only and signature animation and they removed it, you would have a point. But no one did. It was a randomly generated animation. Its not like they replaced it with a Muslim prayer animation. They did the right thing by removing entirely. I dont play a MMA game to see religious symbolism. While there are millions of people who believe Christ is as you said "their lord and savior", there are millions who dont and dont care to see religious celebrations in the game.

*Shakes berts hand*