Call of Duty silently changes cosmetic that showed men \u201cscoping out\u201d women ActivisionCall of Duty fans have noticed that a questionable cosmetic in Black Ops Cold War was silently tweaked, with players suggesting that the \u201cScope It Out\u201d calling card originally depicted a form of workplace sexual harassment. As Activision Blizzard\u2019s sexual discrimination lawsuit continues, Black Ops fans believe they\u2019ve spotted an example of what they\u2019re calling \u201ccorporate damage control.\u201d CoD players are familiar with calling card cosmetics representing their energy in lobbies and scorecards, but the developers may have changed their minds on letting a calling card represent their brand. About a week ago, someone posted a Cold War calling card on Reddit and it immediately became a hot topic before being locked by moderators. Around a week later, the card \u2014 which showed two men seemingly checking out a female\u2019s derriere \u2014 was adjusted in-game. Controversial CoD calling card changed \u201cScope It Out\u201d calling card: before The original post, by \u2018ThePeterMissile,\u2019 asked a simple question: \u201cWasn\u2019t Season 5 released when California sued Activision?\u201d The top response to that post was upvoted by hundreds, simply replying: \u201cI think this is a good representation of how seriously they\u2019re taking it.\u201d The \u201cScope It Out\u201d cosmetic showed two zombies in professional, masculine attire at a water cooler, both staring at (or\u2026 scoping) the lower area of what seems to be a lady zombie\u2019s backside. That type of behavior is considered by many to fall under \u201cleering\u201d and an example of workplace sexual harassment. As aforementioned, this post was quickly locked by the mods and, within days, the calling card had been adjusted in-game. Now, as shared by \u2018Jawkess,\u2019 the cosmetic only features the two male zombies and the lady has been edited out. \u201cScope It Out\u201d calling card: after Community members in the replies are not only drawing lines between the calling card\u2019s removal and Activision\u2019s ongoing lawsuit, but also between the timing of its removal and the timing of the post. Overall, the cosmetic has been divisive. One user responded wondering what all the fuss was about: \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with that? People are good-looking, even at companies.\u201d But, the overriding consensus seems to be that the original post was in \u201cbad taste,\u201d or was simply \u201ctone deaf,\u201d with the most upvoted comments suggesting that the change is a \u201cgood thing\u201d given discourse surrounding the lawsuit and workplace toxicity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Call of Duty silently changes cosmetic that showed men \u201cscoping out\u201d women ActivisionCall of Duty fans have noticed that a questionable cosmetic in Black Ops Cold War was silently tweaked, with players suggesting that the \u201cScope It Out\u201d calling card originally depicted a form of workplace sexual harassment. As Activision Blizzard\u2019s sexual discrimination lawsuit continues, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}