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Let's be real if there is a clear 'race' to hate it's the occasionally appearing undead race. Most people who play undead are edgy wrist slitters
sleeper account votes are coming in. Soon elves will overtake dwarfs
Bull, there's not enough playable undead in single player rpgs to decide that. MMOs don't count.Let's be real if there is a clear 'race' to hate it's the occasionally appearing undead race. Most people who play undead are edgy wrist slitters
Not, but there are a number of 4X games that does :DBull, there's not enough playable undead in single player rpgs to decide that. MMOs don't count.Let's be real if there is a clear 'race' to hate it's the occasionally appearing undead race. Most people who play undead are edgy wrist slitters
GENERAL RPG PLAYING GAMES DISCUSSIONNot, but there are a number of 4X games that does :DBull, there's not enough playable undead in single player rpgs to decide that. MMOs don't count.Let's be real if there is a clear 'race' to hate it's the occasionally appearing undead race. Most people who play undead are edgy wrist slitters
Oh, please, kid. Warlock 2, FFH2, Age of Wonders all are 4X but have heroes, and other unique units that blurs the line between 4X and RPG.GENERAL RPG PLAYING GAMES DISCUSSIONNot, but there are a number of 4X games that does :DBull, there's not enough playable undead in single player rpgs to decide that. MMOs don't count.Let's be real if there is a clear 'race' to hate it's the occasionally appearing undead race. Most people who play undead are edgy wrist slitters
hate on taller, stronger... chads
humans are always balanced well
Never played gnome what's their niche?
I was going to say in the shoutbox convo that started this, Dragon Age probably isn't the best place to look for stats for quite a few reasons, most notably that Elves in that universe were kinda the supressed hobo race, which wont fit with people's power fantasy. You then combine this with the fact that in those games you're given a specific job title relating to the human world, I think it was Grey Warden for that one, or was that the other ones, well whatever, you know what I mean & picking an Elf for that job is kinda weird from the outset. Then on top of that you have the sexualised nature of Bioware games at that stage & the meme of gay Elves was kinda at its peak then. So yeah, the perfect storm there to have players picking human 80% of the time.
Well, you moan about generic races, but generic races only really appear in dumbed down for-the-masses games & you not knowing much about SitS other than knowing you wanted to try it 'one day' suggests you're not a fan of smaller games, so I'm having a hard time imagining what you class as 'fun'... unless you're one of those people who like AAA crap but is dedicated to the Bioware=gay meme.
Alright, I opened SitS manual, the races are: Pink elves, white humans, humans with tatoos on their face, asians and hairy humans. Their description also smells of cliche, I don't understand your argument about SitS original and creative races, is it because they have fancy names ?
As for small games, I do play them, but they are usually not RPGs.
The main advantage of dorfs is that they are usually a kind of anti-elves.
I hate elves cuz they gay and stuck up. I read too much tolkien too early, and still think of them as "that race that is humanity, but better in every way"
With regards to the Elf, it is not their "gayness" that irritates me, stick your dick where you want i'm not interested in your sex life has always been my maxim. What irritates me is their supposed superiority, how they are better, wiser, more beautiful and noble than mankind. This invariably attracts the same kind of person, along with the vampire fans, smug elitists who believe that their shit doesn't stink and that they are looking down on their fellow man from a great height. Mankind is varied, we have great minds, conquerers, artists, leaders, architects, heroes, explorers and honest, humble workers and also shit slurping, scrounging, moronic scum of the earth. We are better and worse, to try and remove ourselves by emulating the other is foolish and dangerous, and may well lead to dyed hair.
As for Tolkien, and many of his contemporaries, well we can all see why they wanted to escape into a fantastic world where there are creatures better than humanity. After all they had seen the worst side of our species, and horror we probably can't concieve of, but for a soft modern man utterly unused to true tribulation to flee humanity in such a way...that tells.
Most RPGs use humans as the standard because they are the most relatable. They are the average, the yardstick that all other races are measured against. That means that there will be some races which are better and some which are worse. I have no problem with that.
Bitch please~ The US blacks have serious issue and crippling inferiority complex is one of them. If they can fix that, at least the possibility of a civil war can be on the table, as that means they are willing to fight *as a race*. But currently they havent fixed that yet, and at worst the US is just frothing with a kind of cold apathy going on.
Please note the stress. I dont mean individual blacks not willing to fight. I mean their WHOLE RACE IN USA. There is problems with their own subcultures. Standing alone I can believe many great things about individual blacks.
It's when they are standing together that they sucks. God, how they sucks!
If it's "straight from Tolkien" then quote please. Just remember I'm talking about Lord of the Rings and 3rd era elves because those books are the ones that influenced the pop culture image of elves. It's true that elves used to be full of vigor and vitality in earlier ages of Arda as we learn in Silmarillion and in a few passages in LotR. But they aren't any more during LotR times.
In general the trope of long living beings who lack vigor and passion and are opposed to short living but vital race is quite common in fantasy, not just in Tolkien. Though Tolkien might have influenced it. BTW Elves aren't immortal per se, only Ainur truly are. Elves don't physically age. So no, Tolkien's elves (from LotR) are not "vital" by any stretch of imagination and the fact that the opposite is true, that they are an "old", weary people is actually an important part of the story and their identity as a race.
We could get into a clintonian debate on what the meaning of vitality is but that's far from how the cultures themselves are displayed in the books, where the elves (and hobbits) seem to be doing some actual living (the dwarves are basically germans and working/living is the same thing for them) while the humans barely drag out their miserable existences.
Animals aren't morally lesser than humans to begin with. All the things you listed make them more animalistic than elves.
Orcs are more primitive than humans who are more primitive than elves. So you could aruge the orcs and elves are opposite ends of the spectrum with humans somewhere in the middle
Fans of Bridget the MidgetNever played gnome what's their niche?
All other races are inferior to the glorious white humans,and should serve them.
With regards to the Elf, it is not their "gayness" that irritates me, stick your dick where you want i'm not interested in your sex life has always been my maxim. What irritates me is their supposed superiority, how they are better, wiser, more beautiful and noble than mankind. This invariably attracts the same kind of person, along with the vampire fans, smug elitists who believe that their shit doesn't stink and that they are looking down on their fellow man from a great height. Mankind is varied, we have great minds, conquerers, artists, leaders, architects, heroes, explorers and honest, humble workers and also shit slurping, scrounging, moronic scum of the earth. We are better and worse, to try and remove ourselves by emulating the other is foolish and dangerous, and may well lead to dyed hair.
As for Tolkien, and many of his contemporaries, well we can all see why they wanted to escape into a fantastic world where there are creatures better than humanity. After all they had seen the worst side of our species, and horror we probably can't concieve of, but for a soft modern man utterly unused to true tribulation to flee humanity in such a way...that tells.
My favorite choice is a dwarven race ... Problem is – there are no many cRPGs where you actually could roleplay a dwarf character.
In theory I like elves ... However I really hate most of adaptations of this folk in games ... So I avoid playing elves in video games.
Edgy wrist slitters tend to play vampires specifically and vampirism tends to be curse/affliction mechanically.Let's be real if there is a clear 'race' to hate it's the occasionally appearing undead race. Most people who play undead are edgy wrist slitters