Although Activision Blizzard eventually edited the blog post
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The software analyzes different aspects which include age, age-related culture as well as race, body shape gender, and socioeconomic background;The "norm" is given a rating of 0 and the other numbers indicate the deviation from the "norm";The software is also able to take into account aspects like the role of gameplay in game characters (tank the tank, damage dealer support, etc. );
The characters are awarded additional points whenever they depart from that "norm," which is mostly a white, cisgender straight man.According to the original post, Activision Blizzard planned to publish The Diversity Space Tool during the summer.
The final goal was to offer it to other game development companies.How did the internet respond upon the release?
A lot of people have been critical of many people have criticized the Diversity Space Tool which highlighted various issues with this technology.
What are the ways to measure what is the relationship between race and sexuality in this. What exactly does it mean that a character has more races than others?" One user asked on Twitter.Some players of Overwatch have resigned. Overwatch group who, as per Activision Blizzard, have tested the program, denied their connections to the software.
"God I swear our own company tries so hard to slaughter any good will that the real developers who create the game have built," character artist Melissa Kelly wrote
buy D2R ladder items, adding she believes that her team "doesn't even utilize this creepy chart" because their writers, producers designers, and other developers are all eyes.How do you think Activision Blizzard respond to criticism?
