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#1 Aug 02 2009 at 1:13 PM Rating: Default
How come so many people I meet playing the elvaan race are absolutely ignorant?
What harbors idiots to play elves? I mean we have people like Galan and Miracles.
Most of them are close-minded, cocky and ignorant.

If you think you're a smart person playing a elvaan, I'd like to hear from you. Of course I probrably wouldn't get any response because they're aren't any.
#2 Aug 02 2009 at 1:34 PM Rating: Default
Honestly, this is true, most elfs in game I have met are ignorant asses and don't even bother hiding this. Hope your around to see this Vudian and Vawn.
#3 Aug 02 2009 at 9:30 PM Rating: Good
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Or those humes that think they can play every job efficiently but yet suck *** at them all? Or those tarus that think no one but themselves should play mage jobs? Or those Mithras who all seem to be girls at first until their gender is revealed and they break up with their e-bfs and keep everything they gave them? Or those Galkas who think they're better at every job than you because Galka is so hard to play with its low MP, DEX and AGI that they've mastered everything automatically?
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Same sorta thing with Watusa. I saw him fishing on the ferry one time. It felt like a hollywood celebrity sighting.
#4 Aug 03 2009 at 9:14 AM Rating: Decent
Go go racism! Does Vana'Diel have an equivalent of Jesse Jackson or Louis Farrakhan? Methinks us Elvaan may need their assistance, when these words of slander sway the population against us...


Oh wait, I just realized there is no merit to this argument. Sounds like some people just have personal issues they need to address.
#5 Aug 03 2009 at 10:00 AM Rating: Excellent
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#6REDACTED, Posted: Aug 03 2009 at 12:44 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) This is not role playing. This is for real, its those tarus that can play a mage job very well and can solo Genbu, its those mithras can play jobs like rng, thf and nin very well, its those humes that can play mostly all jobs, its those Galkas that make badass monks, and why? Because its intelligent minds that play those races.
#7 Aug 03 2009 at 1:39 PM Rating: Good
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its those tarus that can play a mage job very well and can solo Genbu,


I'm not sure whether to make a quip on how soloing Genbu supposedly means you play a mage job "very well", or that I must be very tall for a Tarutaru.

Can we pretend that I just did both?
#8 Aug 03 2009 at 7:39 PM Rating: Good
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Wha?
Smart elvans?
Tall tarutarus?
You guys are confusing me! Stop that this instant! Xo
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#9 Aug 03 2009 at 9:10 PM Rating: Good
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I've met overly arrogant taru, well-mannered elvaan, taru who insist on playing melee jobs, and so on.

What's going on here is your mind is subject to hindsight bias. You don't remember the good people because you're making connections to the bad. You say when you see an elvaan, "yeah I bet he's a jerk". When that same elvaan fails to meet your negative expectations, you forget about him altogether later on.

I won't deny that there are some correlations there, but your bias is still the primary perpetrator here. Elvaan as a race DOES seem to draw the arrogant idiot sort, probably because of how Elvaan carry themselves. Galkas DO tend to believe they play a mage job very well because, let's face it, if they make it to AF they obviously aren't doing a horrible job despite low MP. Taru DO make good mages. Humes on a literal level do excel equally at every job. The thing is, you're only remembering the people who say all this, and are ignoring the VAST MAJORITY of mild-mannered players who are nice.
#10 Aug 04 2009 at 5:35 AM Rating: Good
I had to check 3 times that this wasn't a necro bump from 2004-2005. Retarded subject is retarded, good call to post it under a sock.
#11 Aug 04 2009 at 1:24 PM Rating: Good
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Posting in troll thread.

edit: lulz, all the Elvaan in this thread got rated down. **** just got serious man, life is going to be hard being Elvaan.

Edited, Aug 5th 2009 11:03am by Dudester
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Same sorta thing with Watusa. I saw him fishing on the ferry one time. It felt like a hollywood celebrity sighting.
#12 Aug 05 2009 at 8:31 AM Rating: Good
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Well, before we skip ahead to stereotypes and racism, I actually think this topic is quite interesting and the idea bears some merit.

Maybe we should consider the converse:
Instead of "Why are Elvaans usually a certain characteristic?", I think it's more interesting to think of "What type of person would be more prone to choose an Elvaan as their character's race?"


Observing the personalities of my close friends who play MMORPGs, it's actually not that difficult to guess who would choose which race... which is kinda neat. I think people who choose Elvaan are drawn to the idea of fantasy, of a mythical race standing proud. Maybe it's for this reason that they may behave slightly "detached" from the "normal behavior", which might come across as arrogance?

As for Humes (which I chose), I think they tend to be practical (even to the point of boring, perhaps), so they value realism, even in fantasy games.


I have no idea, but it's quite cool to wonder about! :)
#13 Aug 05 2009 at 12:26 PM Rating: Good
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Honestly, this is true, most elfs in game I have met are ignorant asses and don't even bother hiding this. Hope your around to see this Vudian and Vawn.


... and you are?
#14 Aug 05 2009 at 12:40 PM Rating: Decent
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I could see the logic in this. I mean, think about it, a lot of idiots that play MMOs often pick the brainless melee jobs and suffer from big number syndrome. What race has the most strength?

Elvaans.

(Not to say that melee jobs are brainless, but the average mage job tends to be more mentally stressful.)
#15REDACTED, Posted: Aug 05 2009 at 8:44 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I see the non elvaan players took the time to read and understand that there is some logic behind this post. As for the ones that think I might be trolling or just think this is a retarded post just proves the intelligence of a player that plays a elvaan.
#16 Aug 05 2009 at 9:07 PM Rating: Good
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Hungry troll is hungry, please stop feeding.

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just proves the intelligence of a player that plays a elvaan.


Oh the irony...

Edited, Aug 6th 2009 1:09am by Dudester
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Same sorta thing with Watusa. I saw him fishing on the ferry one time. It felt like a hollywood celebrity sighting.
#17 Aug 05 2009 at 9:31 PM Rating: Good
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As for the ones that think I might be trolling or just think this is a retarded post just proves the intelligence of a player that plays a elvaan.

Says the one starting crap up.

You are now being worse than the players you've suggested. Go away.
#18 Aug 06 2009 at 2:54 AM Rating: Good
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Cajanbeans, you, sir, have a severe case of silliness(sp?). How the hell can you judge every elvaan around based on the dunces you've mentioned? If you've met every elvaan and think of 'all' of them as pricks, that's fine, but I sincerely doubt you have.

Or to put this in a completely different angle: MAN! YOU'RE THE BEST ROLEPLAYER I'VE EVER SEEN! BETTER THAN ALL ELVAAN I'VE MET!

Edited, Aug 6th 2009 6:56am by BlackyLakshmi
#19REDACTED, Posted: Aug 06 2009 at 4:35 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If its 1 elvaan then is all elvaans point blank.
#20 Aug 06 2009 at 9:42 AM Rating: Excellent
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#21 Aug 06 2009 at 9:48 AM Rating: Excellent
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BlackyLakshmi wrote:
I want the bottom cookie! I always want the one at the bottom! They taste delicious. Can I have the bottom cookie, pleaseplease?

You may have whichever cookie you want. There's plenty for everyone! :3
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#25REDACTED, Posted: Aug 06 2009 at 2:52 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If its 1 elvaan then its all elvaans.
#26 Aug 06 2009 at 3:06 PM Rating: Excellent
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If its 1 elvaan then its all elvaans.


You're right. Considering Watusa is the coolest person on Lakshmi, that makes every other Elvaan just as cool and awesome.
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Same sorta thing with Watusa. I saw him fishing on the ferry one time. It felt like a hollywood celebrity sighting.
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