TheShii

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I think I last played earlier this year, before some seriously bad stuff happened irl and I had to back out of playing and subbing for a while. I only just tonight resubbed and logging in I hardly remember much unfortunately. Playing too much of Archeage, SL, Tera and Aion (when I did have free time, as rare as it was/is) in between to be of much use now. I do know where I last left off I was just trying to level up my jobs and earn some cash as well as trying to get enough to finish up my darklights then the next step after that. I have no doubts now that darklights are probably easily out of date as far as good gear is concerned haha I'm in no position to run into instances with the same experience and know how though, sure I might remember things like hopping onto a familiar old bike, but it's still rusty and will need some oiling up. I am an rp'er but I'm also a pretty hardcore gamer to start so like to intermix the two when I was given the chance. While my main is still on gilgamesh I have intentions to transfer to balmung soon... until then, man... I need to get the hang of all of this again haha

hahaha I played a great deal last year and the beginning of this year, but a lot of really bad stuff happened rl and I couldn't really get online or keep up the sub.

pretty? beeeeetch eshkin's a hairy mans man and fortemps is like... a blonde slightly pampered snape

Eshkin is still technically on gilgamesh, but it's where I played with my ex. You should switch to balmung with me when I get the money and time I've considered it. I have an alt on balmung, I doubt he's in the guild I had him in anymore, but he was part of a villains guild haha Vallerin Fortemps by Shii Malus, on Flickr

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hey there sweet thang

quick update: I haven't been subbed for a while due to rl circumstances, but I do wish to bring eshkin back into play again in the near future hopefully wish me luck!

it's very odd of me but I saw that last screenie so very wrong like he was facing the camera and those nob things were droopy eyes or something. guess I have Amnesia on the brain

Eshkin D'Lore i'm online at a bunch of different times honestly. I think most common times are after 2pm est

ultima all the way

and I'm Eshkin D'Lore garlean fugitive extraordinaire \o/ I do namesday parties... I think

hey there! welcome fellow gilgameshian!

What I'm not fine with is that it ignores that Miqo'te are humans. They are not lions, or any other type of cat. As far as the game world is concerned, they are people. And if we judge them by real life human standards, then they are still not lions; they are humans. This has nothing to do with it. You can't study Chinesse culture and societal norms only by studying their biology. Even more, you can't study them by picking a random individual and concluding that, because an individual took no ethical, moral or rational considerations in some of his decisions, then the culture they are part of won't either. You have to study what makes that culture like. What reasoning leads them to be like they are, their history, their morality. Human culture is much more complex than the social norms animals have. Studying a cultural group as if they were just animals makes no sense and leads nowhere. To the first part, in that same argument then we really can't say any of what we're saying can conclude what sort of environment or social cultural history the races have. It's very true that yes, the Miqo'Te aren't lions, nor are they strictly animals either. They obviously have sentience, morals, principles, guidelines in which they live. That goes the same for the other races. But there are also pieces of history in a rl sense where tribes or clans have taken after the animals ways of life in less than a literal sense (but that makes it less about human morality and more about their traditions) . They still have that factor of intelligence and difference of course, not downing that, really I'd love to see the original writer incorporate a second phase of their original writing that included the missing points.

Eshkin is very adverse to physical touch, to the point that he might be more inclined to cause physical harm on another if they clung to him. brushing against him in passing might just make him uneasy but not overreact. As a paladin/templar tank type he can withstand a great deal of pain. If there's anyway that someone could touch him and get away with it, aside from the random passerby brushing is if they were fighting him. He doesn't think twice about physical contact through fighting or murder (he is garlean after all)

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There should be a zombie language setting. nothing but gurgles, growls and grunts

Welcome! I'm considering getting a server transfer myself. Gilgamesh is labeled as the secondary rp server but I'm not particularly fond of having to turn over very large heavy rocks to find it haha More of a random encounter and sometimes 'plan to meet' rp'er myself hope you're making yourself at home and finding everything you need as well!

hey there! and welcome! I hope you're finding everything you need and/or could want

welcome welcome! great to see a new player that's interested in rp this place is chalk full of organized information and fun theories and debates concerning lore too! I hope you find your niche in the community and thoroughly enjoy yourself in the game

Welcome to the forums!!!

*buys everyone and makes them hold a parade in his honor* :evil:

I think that's basically what I'm thinking when I read the first post. Sure, there are a ton of actual rl studies out there that don't even cover the basis of morality and sentience. This is of course all just theories and speculations all an all, that's why lore will always just be a guideline in the end. see though its not even that. I'm not going to quote the post like a bible, so I might have missed a specific phrase, but from what I recalled it was covered time and time again in the post that this was not everything or exactly as lore. There are going to be missing elements. That does not make something that can make the average person; ignorant to a variety of things, think outside their box of norm; as useless. I'm no biology major; social interactions, even amongst animals are known minimally to myself at best. While rl, we as humans are 'not' actually apes... there will always be some sort of basic knowledge someone could walk away with in any sort of comparison study from any animal species. People can get defiant and offended, but there are so many instances where perfectly decent human beings act more on their instincts or basic desires. Sure you're not going to know why Stacy left their husband by watching Bubba the monkey play with a tree, but it's more a matter of environment I think. When it comes down to basics, there's bound to be some similarities now and then. Far as seeker harems or typical mating/breeding social norms go, I think it's just a matter of the territory and the traditions of the tribe itself. Miqo'te seem to be very tribe loyal and hold to their inner traditions more or less from the various things I've read while playing. I don't see what would be so wrong with one area of territories of the same clan holding a similar likeness, while another does something differently. While I'm no expert, even I know that there's a socially accepted norm, but there will always be a key of evolution and deviation in sentient environments. Lesser common, but still present I'm sure.

This is a great read, but frankly I'm a bit disappointed in those that find this 'going too far' or have called it useless/pointless or what have you. It doesn't hurt anyone for the writer to have taken their time to conjure up a nice spread of information that covers some very basic social structures/behaviors and equated them to the miqo'te in a fun and entertaining way. While everything might not be word for word from lore (which was admitted throughout the writing), it's still a fascinating post to give some food for thought as well as offer potential muse fuel for those that want to get a bit creative. The lore is a guideline after all, nothing wrong with taking something from this little biology lesson and adapting it to how you'd like that's appropriate to the theme of the game I would thoroughly enjoy reading some more biology themed food for thought rambles in the future!