That transphobic e-mail was bullshit blazing. Image: Arc System Works
Transphobic players appear to be getting surprised by info once more as one seems to have impersonated an Arc System Works consultant and despatched out a faux e-mail to gamers, insisting that in style, returning Guilty Gear Strive character Bridget isn’t transgender.
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The deception got here to gentle when Arc System Works’ official Twitter account made a tweet indicating that somebody impersonating a customer support consultant had been spreading “fabricated images made to look like official responses.” While Arc System Works’ tweet was obtuse, and low on specifics as to what precisely the misinformation pertained to, Twitter consumer JohnXuandou tweeted that the imposter in query had despatched out a spoofed e-mail saying that Bridget wasn’t trans.
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“A bunch of the replies to this are already going ‘MAKE AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT!’ They did, you fucking morons. It’s in the game,” JohnXaudou stated in a reply to their unique tweet. “You can go play it right now. Bridget’s arcade mode and the fucking character encyclopedia both state Bridget is a girl. You are dumb.”
Kotaku has reached out to Arc System Works for remark.
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Alongside popping out as the newest legacy Guilty Gear character to hitch Strive’s fray of battle-tested heroes throughout EVO 2022, Bridget additionally got here out as transgender. While most followers rallied in help for Bridget’s popping out by posting fanart, memes, and modding Strive in order that she dons the trans satisfaction flag, the information additionally introduced out the same old chuds who gnash their tooth and hyperventilate every time they’re reminded trans folks exist.
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Arc System Works’ tweet in regards to the impersonator is suffering from replies asking the corporate to make an “official” assertion on Bridget’s gender historical past, regardless of the laborious proof the newly up to date Guilty Gear Strive single-player mode has already given on the matter. Seeing as how Bridget’s outfit, official bio, and voice strains reaffirm that, sure, Bridget does in reality now determine as a woman, I believe the oldsters on-line asking for Arc System Works to make an official assertion on her gender are coping one thing fierce. In the phrases of Michael Jordan: “Stop it. Get some help.”