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5 min readMarvel Rivals players are discovering that the Chinese developers behind the game, NetEase, do not care about American-style online racial politics. When players demanded a ban on the N-word, NetEase implemented an AI-powered voice chat filter that catches the word regardless of who says it. Now Black players who use the word themselves are getting suspended alongside white players who use it as a slur. As Asmongold puts it, "You've been hoisted by your own petard."
The bot does not know you are Black
The core problem is mechanical. NetEase is not going to hire human moderators to listen to every voice clip and determine the speaker's race before deciding whether a suspension applies. "How are they gonna tell whether you're black through your voice?" Asmongold asks. The AI system detects the word and issues a ban. There is no pigment verification, no cultural context filter. The result is exactly what the complainers asked for: nobody can say the N-word. But they did not expect the rule to apply to them.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:06) **Marvel Rivals' Racism Controversy** - Asmongold introduces the topic: players complaining about racism in Marvel Rivals after a player used the N-word in voice chat.
- 2 (01:26) **The Poetic Irony of Automated Bans** - Asmongold highlights that the demand for N-word bans has backfired, as an AI bot now bans everyone, including black players who use the word.
- 3 (02:55) **The Impossible Choice: Ban for All or None** - Asmongold poses a hypothetical: would the complainers prefer nobody can say the N-word, or everyone can?
- 4 (04:39) **Exposing the Performative Outrage** - Asmongold argues the complainers are hypocrites because they use Twitter, a platform rife with racism, without demanding the same changes.
- 5 (06:40) **The Streamer's Plea Not to Cancel the Game** - Asmongold plays a clip of a black streamer begging Marvel Rivals not to cave to the outrage, as the game is his livelihood.
- 6 (08:28) **The Real Motive: Control, Not Racism** - Asmongold argues the controversy is about power and control, not actual concern over racism.
- 7 (10:29) **Marvel's Fault for Capitulating** - Asmongold blames Marvel Rivals' developers for creating the situation by giving in to a prior controversy about a Storm skin.
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