Infinity Ward quietly removes OK gesture from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
and Warzone
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Infinity Ward has quietly removed the OK gesture from Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare and Warzone.
The developer has yet to explain the decision, and publisher Activision has
so far failed to comment after Eurogamer got in touch last week, but it seems
likely the gesture was pulled due to its status as a hate symbol.
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, you're able to assign hand
gestures to your character for use out on the battlefield.
The OK gesture, which was added to the game earlier in 2020, was used by some
as a trickshot of sorts - the player character doing the OK sign with their
left hand while firing their gun with their right.
Call of Duty social media and subreddits would often carry clips of players
doing the OK sign as they ended a multiplayer match or a game of Warzone with
the final kill.
But the OK sign is no longer in the game, pulled on the quiet by Infinity
Ward as part of Modern Warfare's mid-season update and replaced by a new
gesture called "crush". There is no mention of the change in the official
patch notes, but of course it didn't take players long to spot the difference.
In September 2019, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) added the OK sign to its
list of hate symbols after it was found to be used by some as a "sincere
expression of white supremacy".
Its use in this context owes its origins to users on 4Chan, who pretended
there was a hidden meaning behind the OK sign in a bid to trick the media
into a reaction. However, this ploy ended up with the OK sign's use by the
far-right, and now many believe its meaning has changed.
While Infinity Ward is yet to comment, the removal of Call of Duty's OK
gesture probably has to do with the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. The
developer has issued strong statements in recent weeks, pledging to crack
down on racism in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and even inserting a Black
Lives Matter message into the game.
This isn't the first time the video game industry has taken action over the
OK sign. Back in April 2019, Blizzard reportedly told a fan in the Overwatch
League arena they were not allowed to use the OK sign after it was spotted on
a stream and a complaint was made.
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這新聞寫的很詳細,前因後果都有寫出來。
簡單來說就是COD遊戲中的OK手勢突然被移除了,目前官方還沒說明原因。
但是...最近COD官方才說要打擊遊戲內的種族主義,又在遊戲內插入Black Lives Matter
。
然後再加上ADL說過....
https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/okay-hand-gesture
https://i.imgur.com/buSHlsT.jpg
所以原來OK手勢是種族歧視呀!
以後不能OK了呢!