What would be an example of white knighting?
Saltzpyre purging heretical fiends in the name of the holy Emperor is an example of White Knighting. As he’s a holy warrior of faith battling the forces of evil. See:
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I assume you mean the sex act “white knighting” and you should look it up.
Ok, thats actually amazing.
If you’re seriously asking what white knighting is: it’s an expression that describes the behavior of being so desperate to be the good guy that someone will try to interpret any conflict they witness as a pure and innocent victim being set upon by the most heinous of villains, and then go on a self righteous crusade against the person they cast as the evildoer.
So for example, someone makes a forum post about how they think a video game company is incompetent, and someone will jump in and go on a tirade about how evil the person is for not understanding that video game developers are poor overworked and underpaid people who need all the love and support they can get.
It’s crappy behavior because it tends to grossly overstate the offense so the white knight can justify their own aggression. It also infantilizes the perceived victim, who may not need or want an overzealous defense. In the worst case it enables manipulative people who play the victim just because that way they can get sanctimonious nutjobs to attack others for them.
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I don’t agree with your assessment. I don’t think the intent is in the place of malice. I believe it’s rather based on individuals suffering from the sunk cost fallacy who refuse to admit that they were screwed over by Fatshark; they’re so far gone that they can’t see the faults of the game - wouldn’t be the first for a video game player, nor will it be the last.
Darktide was the most hyped game by Fatshark. The marketing laid it out as some quintessential experience that will outdo Vermintide. A lot of us fell for it, even I admittedly. So I perfectly understand why some individuals defend this game in spite of its many, many, problems - they just want to believe in the game.
For me, personally, I see Darktide as a lesson towards Fatshark. I wrongfully assumed this studio was better than this. I was hoping for the best and then some and the final product failed to deliver on any of that. First time in a very long while that I’ve been burned this hard by a game.
Evil people never think that they are evil. They think they are so good that when they harm someone it isn’t wrong.
I think some perspective is needed here. These people aren’t committing heinous acts against humanity. They’re just defending a crap title in an obscure online forum.
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