You can't "lock" something that doesn't exist.

[Acesfool]

So where exactly in the following post is the OP badmouthing anyone? Seems to me you're the one opening her post for drama. There is nothing in her/his OP that creates drama from what I can see. The OP seems to make a lot of sense to me and isn't attacking anyone other than expressing an opinion in a polite and courteous way about why only two genders were made. I totally agree with everything she has said.

If you insist on approaching this matter with logic and common sense you need to get off the internet.

[Sigma-Astra]

What is the point of this thread? To start drama?

Nah, I'm pretty sure you're the only person starting drama right now. What was the point of your comment exactly?

[Kaedan]

Great way to sum it up, OP!

[Fyce]

You guys are really bored, aren't you? 18 pages of worthless arguments on sementics that achieve absolutly nothing.

And then you complain that SE doesn't listen to the official forums enough...

[SendohJin]

Except this is also a misnomer by the same logic used for Genderlock. We can either read that as 1 sexuality, or unisex, both do not describe the situation. The former for obvious reasons, and the latter as unisex describes being for both sexes, not limitation to a single sex.

unisexual is not unisex. unisexual has a very specific definition that means exactly what we are talking about.

If you want to argue the nuance here that since youve added "playable races" gives it context, then simply the same logic cna be applied to Genderlocked - Genderlocked Playable races; races that are playable but locked to one gender.

See how semantics over what were describing is stupid?

the devs are giving players a race to play with. "playable races" was not added to the phrase for context, "playable races" is where you start. "playable races" is the topic.

of course it's stupid if someone is purposely going to make it something it's not.

and there is no nuance about the word unisexual, it means exactly what the word means. but this statement "races that are playable but locked to one gender." why is locked the appropriate word at all? isn't limited the best word there?

[Alucard135]

why is locked the appropriate word at all? isn't limited the best word there?

I can't wait to hear about BLU being a locked class.

[Lauront]

I agree that it is mistaken to infer any malice on part of the devs, or to try hurl any number of isms and phobias at them in terms of the usual fashionable "social crusades" raging these days, as 1) it's their game at the end of the day, 2) we know this is a business decision and 3) even if it wasn't, calling them names isn't going to sweeten their disposition much nor does everyone subscribe to the "social crusades" in question. I definitely don't.

However, it is a "lock" however you wish to phrase it. At the least, the males do exist for Viera and they're not currently available to play. SE are reviewing whether they will maintain it. It's pedantic to try pretend that this doesn't amount to what is usually understood by a "gender lock". Whether you call it "limited" or "genderlocked", the same exact arguments apply anyway.

I would like to see male Viera and female Hrothgar added, but I'm willing to wait. I will be saddened if they don't add them.

[Colino]

You guys are really bored, aren't you? 18 pages of worthless arguments on sementics that achieve absolutly nothing.

I would say on a positive note that at least OP here made it about semantics from post #1. A lot of the other threads are also about semantics but pretend to be about some sort of social message or something.

[Joven]

You guys are really bored, aren't you? 18 pages of worthless arguments on sementics that achieve absolutly nothing.

And then you complain that SE doesn't listen to the official forums enough...

So I guess you must be bored as well to feel the need to participate.

[SenorPatty]

So I guess you must be bored as well to feel the need to participate.

When it comes to the OF:

-One way or another, we're all bored

-One way or another, we tend to repeat ourselves using different words

-One way or another, we're all pots calling the kettle black

-One way or another, we all entertain ourselves with all of the above.