"OK" is not "OK": EA wants to eradicate toxicity in FIFA 21 by removing popular victory gestures

Electronic Arts has already worked on the movements and artificial intelligence of football players in FIFA 21.

Now the developers have taken up the fight against toxicity.

"OK" is not "OK"

EA Sports confirmed to Eurogamer that from FIFA 21will cut out the victory gestures Shush (“Shh” or “Quiet”) and A-OK. As the publication notes, victory animations are often used to infuriate opponents by forcing the opponent to watch the goal celebration. In turn, Shush can be performed while running, extending the time of the victory gesture.

A-OK will also be removed from the game, but there is no exact reason. As PC Gamer notes, the same gesture was recently removed from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone due to some connection with “white supremacism.”

In addition, EA plans to remove the cut-scene after the goalin online matches, as it only prolongs the players' inactivity time. The duration of various components has also been reduced. For example, a kick-off now takes 10 seconds, a throw to 12 seconds, a goal kick, a penalty and a corner kick have been reduced to 15 seconds each. The goal is to reduce waiting times during matches.

“The community let us know that the game hastoxic behavior and we want to make sure we get rid of it. So we removed some celebrations that people thought weren't the best idea in the game. Overall, the goal is to let you play and not do other unnecessary things."

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