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It's just sort of strange that a game like this would be filled with so many black female colonists and pushing immigration so hard. Maybe I'm just overwhelmed with all the anti-white crap going on in the world and being a little sensitive, but still, this seems a little excessive. Was this game co-sponsered by the EU?
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alforno13: It's just sort of strange that a game like this would be filled with so many black female colonists and pushing immigration so hard. Maybe I'm just overwhelmed with all the anti-white crap going on in the world and being a little sensitive, but still, this seems a little excessive. Was this game co-sponsered by the EU?
I can't say that I've noticed my colonies filling up with black women... Also immigration is the only way to increase your population, as in bringing people down from the colony ship.

It doesn't really seem like they're pushing any propaganda regarding immigration specifically, I don't see any political undertones with it, even with the life support failure requiring you to rapidly evacuate colonists to pretty much save their lives. 'immigration' isn't occuring from anywhere other then the colony ship itself, so I think you may be reading a lot more into the game then is actually there.

That said I did find it slightly curious they called the process of bringing people down from the colony ship immigration. Mothership, the developer is a Texas based company, and Team 17 digital is British based, but I still don't see any EU involvement in the way the game was designed. Again, immigraiton is a slightly strange word to use, but the definition of it is: the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. This does seem to denote that the colonies are considered countries of their own, but it's not really pushed on the player in any major way that I can tell. They do refer to the founding constitution giving citizens the 'right to vote' on their governor as well, but these are only mentions that are brief and not often repeated. So, it could be that each colony is considered a little country of it's own and this would make Immigration an appropriate term to use, but that's reading deep into the choice of words in the game UI. It's not mentioned in the game lore.

Conclusion? Nah, no EU propaganda. Maybe a bit of British influence considering the game's publisher, but this game was developed in Texas. I think they're just trying to create a unique atmosphere of governance in this game considering it's colonies on a distant alien planet, and a sci-fi future. It's natural that they would see colonies and such very differently from how an average layman would today. It does seem like you're a bit overwhelmed and sensitive. Again, you seem to be reading far more into the game then is actually there, so I'd take a breath and try to relax.

If you're really super suspicious that the game is loading you with black women as some kind of message, try counting all the colonists (yeah that will take awhile depending on your population) and seeing how many are actually black women, it sounds kind of like you're basing this off of a pattern you think you're seeing but it might not be reflected in the actual numbers. As far as I can tell distribution of white/black colonists is pretty random.
Post edited January 01, 2019 by Shalmendo
Those percentages do seem a bit unusual but consider the fact that if they were actually purposefully weighting the colonist immigration system to produce more black women... how many people would actually notice? If they're going for some kind of propaganda they're doing it in a really inefficient way. The purpose of progaganda is to be noticed and push for a change in thinking or opinion in the recipients (think the release of leaflets during world war 2 urging the recipients to surrender), and quietly putting in more black women then anything else would not only go unnoticed but be ineffective. It just doesn't make sense, really.

If the game does often put more black women in a colony then the others, it's much more likely to be coding error, in my opinion.

Anyway, choosing who comes down from the mothership is an interesting idea, but it seems like they value their freedom highly, (Which is part of why they get to vote for another governor if you're making them miserable) and that would just negate that freedom. I do get how you want to keep out the criminals though, that would be a nice effect to have. I don't like getting criminals in my colonies either and they're definitely an undesired element, but also part of the challenge of managing the sociological aspects of the colony.

For myself, I enjoy how they designed the challenges in the game to not be overwhelming on their own, but you do have worry about lots of little things like air quality, crime, food supplies, and various other things that through smart management don't even need to be a burden if you plan ahead and come up with effective techniques to manage them. All together it adds up to a decent bit of challenge, but each individual part isn't too deeply complex to warrant sucking up all your attention. You just have to split your attention betewen the different aspects and check on them now and then and make adjustments as necessary. Crime is a pretty minor one, you just need enough police drones scanning around to minimize it and you're fine. A regular check at the Morale screen will point out anything that needs addressing and keep you ontop of things.

Although I do have to wonder if anyone else has noticed similiar things with immigration and demographics like you have. Maybe I'm just blind to it... who knows. Logically it doesn't make sense but I guess that's because I'm a very logical person and analyze everything.
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alforno13: My guess is that the colonist race is purely random and I'm just getting all the black females by chance. If only my immigration center let me pick the people that I allow into my colony instead of this lottery approach that could be letting in criminals.
The game does not have in coded impact of race on crime so no need for the choice.
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alforno13: It's just sort of strange that a game like this would be filled with so many black female colonists and pushing immigration so hard. Maybe I'm just overwhelmed with all the anti-white crap going on in the world and being a little sensitive, but still, this seems a little excessive. Was this game co-sponsered by the EU?
I haven't seen such well made troll post in years, well played good sir!
THE READINGS ARE OFF THE CHARTS!!!
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alforno13: It's just sort of strange that a game like this would be filled with so many black female colonists and pushing immigration so hard. Maybe I'm just overwhelmed with all the anti-white crap going on in the world and being a little sensitive, but still, this seems a little excessive. Was this game co-sponsered by the EU?
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mieciok: I haven't seen such well made troll post in years, well played good sir!
Oh look, another demoralizer.
You know people are on a payroll to leave snarky comments like that?
And here you are, doing it for free, all from Poland. A country that doesn't have rampant immigration and trying to leave the EU because they are literally trying to force it on them. There's only one reason EU is shipping africans to White countries, but I'm guessing you haven't bothered to look outside your window because you're in a safe country.