Normally my concept of Elitism tends to revolve around a person in endgame who actually treats others with disdain if they aren't able to keep up to a certain, above-average standard. This is different, however, from the kind of group who badgers one of their static to improve so the raid can progress. I'm referring to the sort of person who will purposefully insult or belittle others purely based on their ability to play video games.Â
And for the record, I believe you can absolutely be elite without being an elitist. They key is the belief that you're better than everyone else and have the right to look down on them.
In RP, I do not believe that holding someone to a high lore standard is considered elitism any more than I consider a person going off into their own canon to be an elitist. They're just different and incompatible ways to RP. Lore compliance is a personal preference because it allows different characters to mesh easily into one another's stories without a lot of problems.
I do not believe that questioning a person's implausible story counts as elitism either. I like plausible stories. Honestly, my main in this game is implausible enough that it makes me wince sometimes, and I occasionally feel I'm making the best of a bad job.
It is also not elitist to expect a person to use the shift key and punctuation. Normally I greatly prefer good spelling, but one of my best RP friends in CoH was actually dyslexic and struggled. I adored her, though, and I'd sit there and try to find out what she meant if it freaking took all night. Believable standards, please.
So yeah, elitism is more about attitude to me than it is whether or not you're actually good at something, and the second you start to sneer at a person for struggling with their DPS or having to deal with lore problems from when they made the character eight months ago, you're being an elitist d-bag.
And for the record, I believe you can absolutely be elite without being an elitist. They key is the belief that you're better than everyone else and have the right to look down on them.
In RP, I do not believe that holding someone to a high lore standard is considered elitism any more than I consider a person going off into their own canon to be an elitist. They're just different and incompatible ways to RP. Lore compliance is a personal preference because it allows different characters to mesh easily into one another's stories without a lot of problems.
I do not believe that questioning a person's implausible story counts as elitism either. I like plausible stories. Honestly, my main in this game is implausible enough that it makes me wince sometimes, and I occasionally feel I'm making the best of a bad job.
It is also not elitist to expect a person to use the shift key and punctuation. Normally I greatly prefer good spelling, but one of my best RP friends in CoH was actually dyslexic and struggled. I adored her, though, and I'd sit there and try to find out what she meant if it freaking took all night. Believable standards, please.
So yeah, elitism is more about attitude to me than it is whether or not you're actually good at something, and the second you start to sneer at a person for struggling with their DPS or having to deal with lore problems from when they made the character eight months ago, you're being an elitist d-bag.
Characters: M'sato Tia (Lost Soul Seeker), Soren Walker (Ishgardian Midlander Pilot), Solomon Laguerre (Elezen Mercenary/Bar Manager)
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