Regarding elitism in roleplay, I can say that it's there. It exists. And I am not speaking of those choices one makes in whether or not to rp with someone because they dislike their choices of rp (i.e. "they erp therefore won't rp with them") Those are choices. What I mean is, perhaps a group of folks rp and have a nice rhythm....a synchronous atmosphere. And along comes Joe Roe. His style may be rusty, maybe has a lot of mispellings or maybe he just feels like a loudmouth. My experience has shown that said group will find a way to move Joe Roe out of the rp as it's not "up to snuff". It may be a "polite" move to keep him out or may be the cold shoulder completely. The move is not elitest. It is the reasoning behind it that is.
Eltism in gameplay? "What do you mean you don't know what a sac pull is? GTFO noob!" "Oh come on tank if you can't pull more than that, you need to change jobs." "What do you mean you don't charge gil for helping friends with GC supply items? You're way too nice for an MMO....you really ought to consider going back to single player games before you get hurt by others." "I feel like if you aren't grinding out all of the content then you're wating your time in a game like this." "You haven't cleared Moogle EX and you're ilv 120? What the hell is wrong with you?"
These are all actual quotes issued to me at one point or another by strangers and alleged friends. Statements and actions related to PvE elements designed to make me feel as if I were inferior to them as players in one way or another. So yeah....it exists in my world for sure.
Eltism in gameplay? "What do you mean you don't know what a sac pull is? GTFO noob!" "Oh come on tank if you can't pull more than that, you need to change jobs." "What do you mean you don't charge gil for helping friends with GC supply items? You're way too nice for an MMO....you really ought to consider going back to single player games before you get hurt by others." "I feel like if you aren't grinding out all of the content then you're wating your time in a game like this." "You haven't cleared Moogle EX and you're ilv 120? What the hell is wrong with you?"
These are all actual quotes issued to me at one point or another by strangers and alleged friends. Statements and actions related to PvE elements designed to make me feel as if I were inferior to them as players in one way or another. So yeah....it exists in my world for sure.
