ORIGINS
The ‘Starcraft and it’s lack of ___’ Meme was created due entirely to accident, at 2014, at exactly 11:00 PM on a monday in november. Starting with the thread ‘Starcraft and it’s lack of feminism’, the content of which was “So I was reading another post and was wondering why there are no female units besides the queen in multiplayer. I think some female units should be added to make this game less gender biased” several dozens of posters drew out the original poster’s lack of information, as there were several female units in the game already. A few other threads originated from this, such as ‘starcraft and it’s lack of asians,’ ‘starcraft and it’s lack of homosexuals,’ ‘starcraft and it’s lack of furries,’ and so on. Eventually, dozens on the threads were floating around, including ‘starcraft and it’s lack of balance,’ ‘starcraft and it’s lack of warhounds (A previously introduced unit that was removed due to overlapping with a preexisting one)’ and ‘starcraft and it’s lack of dogs.’ Within hours, the forum page was filled and rife with the threads, ranging from ‘starcraft and it’s lack of avilos’ to ‘starcraft and it’s lack of hylians’.
USAGEANDAPPLICABILITY
The ‘Starcraft and it’s lack of ___’ can theoretically be applied to any title. Starcraft could be substituted for, say, Minecraft, and the blank could be filled in with spheres. Boom. Then all you must do is fill in the blank with some semi-outraged and political ‘crap’, and you’re done.
Example:
Team Fortress 2 and it’s lack of Dodecahedrons.
I am truly appalled by the stunning lack of dodecahedrons in team fortress 2. Many dodecahedrons feel they are being cast out from society due to unfair representation in popular culture, and this doesn’t help one bit. Valve really needs to step it up a notch and include some more dodecahedrons in it’s games.
LINKS:
The Original Thread: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15142315079?page=1
The General Discussion Forum, where many of the threads can be found: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/40568/
A few of the threads:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15141045017
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15141095110
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15141045012
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15141095118
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15141725021