EA Sports UFC 2 Game Update 1.04 Removes Religious Victory Celebration

[fballturkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hayden

How the hell does it take an 800 mb patch or so just to fix this?

I'm very curious about that as well. Did they have to make a brand new .exe (or whatever the equivalent is) to remove this for some reason?

[talucchesi]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Again, Khabib tweeted about it. Several major MMA websites picked up the story. It was bad press for EA. It would be unbelievably stupid for them to be vague about this change given the negative attention this mistake made. That slogan argument is lame. Nick Diaz flips off his opponent in damn near every fight but that isnt in the game. Why.....because that would be offensive to some people. Rashad Evans has grabbed his crotch in several fights but its not in the game. Why....because that would be offensive to some people. Religious celebrations are no longer in the game. Why....because that would be offensive to some people. I dont have an angle here. Im just shocked at how narrowminded some people are when it comes to stuff like this.

I'm not religious but If we're being completely fair here, grabbing your crotch or flicking someone off is a blatant sign of disrespect. Doing the sign of the cross isn't, it's actually quite the opposite.

This is more of a subjective statement but I don't believe anybody should feel disrespected because another person does the sign of the cross. If this was let's say, Jones Jones' signature after every fight he won, then I'd say keep it in the game. But I completely understand why Khabib would have a major issue with his own player doing it.

[masterchaoss]

I'm an atheist and I don't see anything wrong with the animations. They should have found a way to make it so it would only show up for Christian players, it just adds to the realism.

[jcas007]

Some of you guys just don't get it

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by bxphenom7

This is pretty dumb. It's like taking out a goal celebration smh. They could have just made the celebration unavailable to his player model and that's it. I would definitely use that celebration in the game for my character (wish I could do that in MLB after a home run).

There are 250 fighters in the game. I'm sure all of them arent Christian. I guess EA should call each of them and ask if they mind having a christian celebration randomly assigned to their fighter?

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by masterchaoss

I'm an atheist and I don't see anything wrong with the animations. They should have found a way to make it so it would only show up for Christian players, it just adds to the realism.

It doesnt add to the realism because its a random animation. The game had fighters doing the animation who would never do it in real life. Thats the opposite of realism.

Again, you guys want EA to confirm each fighter's religion now? LOL.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by talucchesi

I'm not religious but If we're being completely fair here, grabbing your crotch or flicking someone off is a blatant sign of disrespect. Doing the sign of the cross isn't, it's actually quite the opposite. This is more of a subjective statement but I don't believe anybody should feel disrespected because another person does the sign of the cross. If this was let's say, Jones Jones' signature after every fight he won, then I'd say keep it in the game. But I completely understand why Khabib would have a major issue with his own player doing it.

Not necessarily. If I wasnt Christian, I may find someone worshipping their god in the ring as disrespectful to my god or my belief that their isnt a god.

So whats the better move: saying "no one should feel disrespected" and leaving it in or removing it on the off chance that someone would feel disrespected?

[TheBleedingRed21]

Maybe this is a thread that should be closed? Religion is a very sensitive topic and some of these statements made already have been.. Shocking.