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ho boy. Well, I moved in with a majority of things already in hand (kitchen equipment, living room/ bed room materials as well) so the first thing I got was probably the mirror in my floor and..that old wooden makeshift table. after that a new frying pan cause my last one died the tragic death of teflon seperating from pan

Zero to Hero Package find a half hyur half goat hybrid named bill, tell him your name is tonk and you're rhalgrs bastard son and enjoy the training montage that'll automatically start playing with a theme of your choice.

Well first off, I find the subject of Sexuality quite Important for Roleplaying. Not out of an ERP standpoint, but simply because Sexuality is a huge cornerstone of our minds, and it influences our behavior just as much. So when you want to portray a Character realistically, sexuality has a certain foothold aswell in it. I mean, a sexually inexperienced Character may be far more shy and flustered when characters of the other sex make advances on them, while someone who's known to 'indulge' himself might simply be annoyed and put off. To portray such reactions adequately you need atleast a basic Idea how your character works sexually. While we're well off from Freuds concept of 'Sex is everything', it's still a relatively large foothold in our mind. As for ERP, I consider ERP to be just a sub-form of RP. Some people RP business, others RP fights, the others RP sex scenes aswell. If it is part of your character, there's no need to stigmatize, demonize or just in general discard it as something 'filthy'. (Unless ofcourse that's a kink of yours -lejoke ). So I've absolutely no Quarrels with ERP whatsoever.

Lucaniel Clarke Disc 1 Marylin Manson - Sweet Dreams Black Lab - This Night W.A. Mozart -Lacrimosa Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage Steve Conte - Rain Lorde - Everybody Wants To Rule the World A perfect Circle - Passive Heather Dale - Mordreds Lullaby More to come

Well at this point we've crossed so many qualifying thresholds that I think the eventual consensus is this; We cannot determine Lalafell strength with 100 percent certainty The Camps on this are split, since people credit/discredit provided materials on their personal notions of realism/comedy value Lalafell Physiology contradicts anything we've learned from evolutionary theories and locomotion. Therefore ; both sides are right. You can either try to force this race into the realms of our 'physics', which yes, would make them incapable of summoning such strengths, but at the same time you'd pretty much also have to deny their existence on physics department because their overall physiology makes no sense by 'Real World standards'. Or You stand by the notion that Final Fantasy isn't meant to be a Real World Physics reflecting game, and is meant as a fantasy roleplaying game where unrealistic feats are the norm. If the issue at hand is about 'Roleplaying sensibilities' in regards to fights, then really, you'll have this argument with 'every' Lalafell player with a different opinion, and he wont be wrong as neither will you. There'll simply be a discrepancy between the RP world you perceive and they Perceive. There's obviously no common ground to be found here. You want your roleplay to adhere to RL Physics to deliver a degree of realism, whereas some players will simply go with the notion of 'It's a final fantasy game, liberties with physics are the norm', at which point they're not wrong either, and probably 'closer' to the actual RP scenery then the person is trying to import real life physics into the roleplay setting. I mean, if we really go with RL physics, you'd have to, in the same take, discredit the existence of alot of Garlean Technology, Ships, weaponry, armor, fighting styles and so on, because they literally make no sense when it comes to RL physics. Considering you will never fight the 'concept' of a Lalafell ingame, but an individually created character, it will be either decided through dice-rolls anyway pertaining to the unique traits/stats of the Lalafell in question or through free form text-combat. So technically, even if people came to the consensus of 'Lalafells in general are not as strong as (insert comparing race here), you can still face a player going (Well my Lalafell can). Any decision here wont give you leeway or 'argument merit' once faced with that situation. So, Tl;dr If you're looking to play in a RL physics sound environment, you'll have to stay away from Lalafells in general. Because in Real Life Physics, Evolutionary principles and so on, they make absolutely no sense.

when it comes to outfits, I consider them mostly cosmetic unless otherwise specified. Heavy armor is heavy armor, glowing stripes aside. Now, if someone is to claim their armor is actually the "real" allagan thing then yeah, there should be a viable explanation rendered.

What makes that scene with those specific lalafells a comedic punchline? It is a display of immense strength, yes. But from the music playing in the background, to the dialogue, up to the execution, nothing is quite in the same vein as the 'Hildebrandt' questline. Moreso, let's just for the sake of argument go with the notion that the strength of these Lalafells does not automatically lead to the conclusion that all lalafells as a race must, by default, be able to do this. You still have proof that it is possible for a Lalafell infact to gain this strength as a fighter/warrior, bare-handed. Considering you wont face NPC's or commoners in RP fights, it'll be up to each player themselves to deduct the level of strength his particular Lalafell has. But he has Lore grounds to support it through that example. Also, Adventurer raises another good example of a Lalafells capability for brute strength being displayed. Even if we agree on the fact that not all Lalafells by default have the inherent strength of a Roegadyn, you have to admit at this point that it's very possible for a Lalafell to achieve said strength. Which in general makes me wonder for the actual reason for this..debate, I mean, it wont urge people to play their lalafells differently.

Moving so fast you turn invisible and appear on someone's head is not going to be a level 1 skill. It represents training, practice and dedication to learning one specific art (and since we know Ninja utilize ninjitsu, it's not even unreasonable to assume the attack is magical in nature to achieve such results). The things you're referencing right out of the are still examples from the already-extraordinary. I'm saying one example doesn't make something canon. Otherwise we can assume that any attempt at throwing a highlander results in an explosion. Or that a highlander can fall from the moon and survive! Or that any old man can beat up a chimera single-handedly. Or basically any ridiculous thing that ever happened in a Hildebrand scenario, since they're all represented in-game accordingly. Yes, because a comedic sidequest line is the same as a serious mainquest line. If you discredit ingame instances (Y'know, the ones meant seriously) to not be canon, then we can infact base our lore on = nothing. At this point you're discrediting the games 'Lore' value, the 'Main quests' lore value. And 1.0 Is as canon as 2.0 is.

That's more or less because we have canon evidence that Physics don't apply to Lala's, case in point that 1.0 Video. We can't force our physics on things if the established lore clearly denies them in this particular subject.

Technically, if you go by the notion of size/speed/strength/mass/weight etc, A Well trained highlander kicking a lalafell would, probably, kill it. If we really would go 100 percent by our physics, think of it as if a 1,90 Giant would fight a 4 year old kid with an old mans consciousness. You kick that kid hard enough and it wont just 'flop back', or be able to 'block it'. Chances are you will break it's hands, forearms, face, skull, w/e if you know what you're doing and you're aiming for actual damage. At the same time.. Time to pull the argument of arguments. The Concept of a Lalafell in itself is comedical. It's a short, scrawny, cute, puffy cheeked version of a Dwarf wobbling around. I don't really think that, in the creation of Lalafells, Physics, logic or 'plausibility' mattered. They are pretty much 'style over substance'.

Well there's nothing 'logical' that can be rendered as Explanation, if that is what you're looking for. I mean, if we go that route, I believe that the Physiology of Lalafell and Roegadyn themselves are questionable, in regards to shape/size/mobility. Everytime I look at Lalafells from a logical perspective they shouldn't even exist, since their whole way of walking, their joints and the likes make no sense 'physics' wise. Though that is debatable in the end, as I'm sure someone could find a theory why Lalafell have no reasonable issues with their bodies. Either way, Lalafells in concept alone don't adhere to 'logic', they're pretty much just meant to be this 'Kawaii Kid' Race every MMO has nowadays. That being said Final fantasy has a long standing tradition of defying Physics and Logic in exchange for style. See; Anti-Gravity Hair a la Cloud strife or Anti-Gravity fights a la.. every FF battle since FFVII. Either way, to raise a more constructive point; Given that Lalafells seem to be the only race that have 'physics defying strength', as in, small yet strong as a hyur or Roe, We could simply go by the assumption that their Physiology is simply different as compared to the rest of the races, their muscles being more efficient (despite the looks), and so on. Perhaps a Pseudo-Evolutionary thing where, because they where small yet had to deal with a 'big world and big people', their muscles eventually adapted to that level. While it sounds sketchy, fact is that Lalafells 'can' display these levels of strength apparently, and in that regard, simply ignoring it out of own comfort would be.. unfair towards Lalafell players who take it as canon lore.

Ho boy, somebody opened up the can of worms that is the Anime topic. Well, as far as I see it personally, It really depends on the Lore limitations. Many Roleplayers pride themselves in remaining low-key so to speak (Playing characters akin to grunt level, or, if the hero is level 75, they cap themselves and expect others to likewise cap themselves around level 20), which on one side I can very well understand and even embrace (Because not everyone can be a hero, and not everyone can be a super villain), but at the same time, it truly depends on the sensitivities of it all. To have a bloodthirsty, power hungry villain for a character aspiring for greatness and challenging his limits, in a nigh 'Uber-mensch' fashion as Nietzsche would describe it doesn't make your character 'bad' in a RP sense. It just means that his story will follow an entirely different scope. It's this difference in scope and perhaps personal limitation that breeds all of this 'Realism vs. Fantasy vs Anime' Argument. Some people draw their own line at 'I can hold my sword, I can swing it pretty well, but anything above that isn't my thing'. Others draw it at 'I can use my Scholarly book to summon nifty pentagrams that can bend the elements.' Others draw their lines somewhere around Super Sentai Majin Buu one Shotting Mechahitler with a Nuclear Rasenshuriken while Jo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure fist bumps With Captain falcon to evoke a Hadron Collider collision. This line in the end is different for everyone, which is why I generally place as a rule of thumb ; If it's plausible and possible within the Lore, it is fine, ASLONG the player understands that his powers are not to be abused. Sure, some would argue OOC has no place in IC matters, but from a certain standpoint of IC power, you absolutely must communicate and also negotiate with other players as to not just believe yourself able to steam-roll them 'cause you can'. But I'm getting very technical here in regards to RP itself, For the point at hand ; Anime isn't anime. if you take inspiration from any media (because yes, there's actually some good anime out there devoid of the 5 episode power charges), and do it right, you can very well do it. Also, perhaps as a last point ; To get 'too' harsh in regards to realism in a Final fantasy game is folly. Final fantasy features Primals summoned, creatures from a hell-like realm known as the void, Characters with skull armors that technically should weigh them down to the floor (See Garlean armors), and overall beings capable of intomidable feats like handling the elements and/or summoning creatures to their aide as summoners. That many roleplayers choose to keep it low-key in order to not provoke an in-character arms race where you have eventually demi-gods fighting eachother is quite fine, aslong in that wish you don't begin to tirelessly discriminate against everything that does not fit your 'bill' of logics. That line, is and will be, different for most.

The truly disturbing thought is; If Eorzia is more in the medieval then technologically advanced vein, and takes more to European old countries..well then; All our chars probably shit in buckets and simply throw the feces out the window in a glorious splat.

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Hooy boy. Where to begin. Lucaniel isn't technically an all-out Villain, but one could consider him a sociological predator and overall not the best influence on society. Since his lack of morality goes both way, he can do both good and bad, it really depends on the circumstances he ends up in. His Villainous traits would be; A; He's been raised by a sect of Bloodthirsty, Power Hungry Thaumaturges who's sole Idea was to breed themselves one apt Thaumaturge after another. So that already establishes Lucaniels obsession with power, in all shapes or forms, may that be personal, on the battlefield, psychological or about status. Now, since he's hit a roadblock for several years in his Aetheric pursuits and research, (For lack of ICly like-minded figures in that regard), he's taken to entertain himself otherwise, while still looking for ways to polish those aces up his sleeve. B; He grew up in Ul'dahs less then charming Districts as an Orphan (Sue the trope, not the user), learning at a very young age that, if you want to survive, morality has to go out of the window most of the time. For him, Morality is an end to a means (In that sense, keeping the flock from tearing eachother apart), but beyond that he's morally bankrupt and truly believes in 'ends justify the means, and the only ends I pursue are my own.' Ironically, He however would never harm the truly innocent unless there's some dire necessity to it. Though that again begs the question what he considers 'Innocent'. C; His 'hobby' so to speak is networking criminals together for profit, while maintaining a small outfit of criminals himself. Simply because he has nothing more viable to do at this point. And because, dabbling in the underworld allows him to relish in his more bloodthirsty tendencies. He more or less believes if you're willing to jump in the pond of sharks that is the underworld, you're free-for-slaughter, so to speak. Which doesn't mean he actively hunts criminals. It just means rather that he has no quarrels with flaying a criminal alive. His actually positive traits are; A; An appreciation for beauty and a last glimpse of moral code left. He wont harm Children, Nor does he indulge in 'pointless' slaughter. Pointless death in his eyes is an atrocity. Which brings me to the next point B; He's actually a twisted Idealist and very focused on the duality of good/bad and Philosophy in general. Moreso, with a keen understanding of Psychology, He's more then aware of what he is, and what he does. Therefore, he can be very empathetic in the sense of understanding others, their plights, and their desires, and has helped a many people in their personal issues. He also believes firmly on loyalty. Those 'loyal' (As in, not working against him and his interests/ambitions) to him are pampered with protection, money and security, and aslong a person does not 'cross' him, or try to take from him, he's unlikely ever kill or severely harm a person that's loyal to him. In the end, he's the byproduct of Societies worst tendencies, having witnessed greed, Egoism, Inhumanity and Violence from the get-go. In kind, he has become what he is today. Capable of extreme degrees of violence and villainy, but also capable of displays of intense loyalty.

no matter how much role playing, or internet related stuff in general has given me, I still consider it escapism. So.. Thinking logically about it.. if there was no internet and role playing for me, I'd be probably still working in security as I do now, except that I would spend far more nights drunk in pubs and discos living the YOLO dream of partying until I'd have had knocked a girl up and been forced to...settle. Cause family and kids and stuff. Or I'd be in the military ad I've wanted to for a while now. Or possibly studying psychopathy..err, I mean psychology. I don't know, there's too much to consider since I've been using the net and role playing for a decade now

You'll be hard pressed to find a LS that doesn't have it's obscenities. After all, it's da internet. Pornography, kinks and memes are the daily routine. beyond that, I'd suggest you look for a high status pVE fc and see if you can get into their fc linkshell. Many of the high tier fc's recruit freelance players if only to fill the spots they temporarily can't fill.

Not exactly true. While in general, yes, it is subjective, but there's a clear difference between a player having those tropes/cliches as they simply 'fit' his character, and a roleplayer simply using said cliches to dramatic effect/ to add to their attention.

Well I consider Cliche RP elements can be grating, but it often depends on the context and how the Character is played, in my opinion. View it this way, there's a place for nearly every character concept, aslong it is executed in the right fashion. TV Series and Literature always makes use of some cliches or, more applicably, Tropes that shove characters in a certain function/direction etc. In the end, there's no such thing as 'originality' anymore, since a point can be made that somewhere, someone has already done it, written it, or played it (South park had a fun prank on that in that 'The Simpsons did it' episode). That is however from a pure storytelling perspective. When it comes to secular RP elements, It's often just the exposure of it that can become grating. If you've got one or two guys having been possessed by a demonic spirit, that's fine. If twenty characters end up possessed, it can become..painful to hear. It kind of prompts this 'been there, done that' sigh. On the other hand, even such cliches and tropes can be flipped/twisted to make something viable out of it. For example, if by chance you end up with various demonic possessed people, that might prompt someone to create hunters in order to prosecute them, or exorcists. Also ,a few others have raised the following point aswell ; Cliche's aren't bad in itself. It's about the Execution and player behind it to make it work. Using a Cliche to be a special snowflake / for attention reasons is bad (I'm an Orphan, feel pity with me), using it for story driven narrative can be good. (I'm an Orphan, that's why I constantly seek family)

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Out of curiosity, How do these Tryhards make sure it's known? As in, what would you describe as a 'typical Tryhard' move to set himself apart from others?

A huge difference between elitist and obnoxious people are that when elitists get ignored, elitists shrug off and walk away. -Not- constantly grief them until the others get annoyed to death. It's not discrimination, some elitist who think they are better than others when they aren't just literally making you look bad because they think it's funny. It leads to trolling and flaming. I wouldn't call that elitist though, it sounds more like..well, arrogance. and a need for attention. Also I've yet to meet an 'elitist' that makes others look bad to get kicks out of it.

As it stands, I think people in the RP community are more often praised for their writing prowess and role-play skill rather than their OOC friendliness. And those who are more talented are more likely to have an elitist attitude or be a bit more exclusive, and those who are newer or more uncertain of their skill tend to be more friendly and inclusive. (Not saying that goes for everyone, or even the majority, by any means--just a general personal observation.) Or maybe it's just the high school drama mentality that the popular people are "bitchy" yet everyone praises them to be in their good graces and be considered part of the cool kids' club. I can only agree with that, I'd like to add a bit of my personal view aswell. I've often heard 'elitism' mentioned as something atrocious, something to stay clear from. Fact is however, what most people consider elitism, isn't even elitism. Most people confuse discrimination with elitism, which tends to bring about alot of issues. For example; I learned to Roleplay in very, very Elitist communities. The difference to what most would describe here however is that these 'Elitist' Roleplayers didn't right out run around being exclusive. Quite on the contrary. Aslong you where honest to yourself, showed the will to improve upon your skill, most of these so called Elitist went to great lengths helping you, including you into plots and so on, and that for a simple reason. New people provide new perspectives and a fresh feeling to roleplay. Always been that way. And the better the quality of each player becomes, the better the overall immersion and world you've created. In the end, if you showed the will to improve (and this has nothing to do with 'sucking up to people', but genuine interest for roleplay itself and playing in a fashion that can be beneficial to many people as opposed to just nurture your own satisfaction), you certainly would've never had 'bad' run ins with elitist. Quite on the contrary, they would help you along the way in any way they could possibly muster. If it wasn't for these so called Elitist players, I would've never learned to speak english as well as I do now, (You would call them grammar nazis, for me they where essential to get a good grasp on the english language) and wouldn't have the grasp on Roleplaying as I do now, I would've never become as interested in literature, movies and many other things as I have. Moreso, since Roleplaying 'does' require a thick skin when you have to settle an argument and dispute, there was a high emphasis on being able to talk things through to the bitter end. If you showed signs of being easily offended, unwilling to talk things through to a logical conclusion, began to shut down during arguments because "bueheh I'm so annoyed with this don't tell me how to play", In general, any form of not hearing out others, now that could've netted you an exclusion. Not because we where insensitive, but considering that we played very combat oriented plots, war driven storylines and so on, you often ended up in IC conflict, and the resulting arguments 'had' to be settled otherwise the unspoken of animosity would've created even more discord amongst players. I think one my fondest memories from the 'good ol' days' (I know that that is a bias considering you usually see things through rose-tinted glasses when thinking about those 'good old days) was that you could've even hated a person guts OOCly, yet still managed to roleplay with them just fine, if simply because you knew that what you felt as a person was not what your character would feel to another character. Basically, If you could not sit down with a person and discuss your character, his actions, their actions or likewise, and where one of those 'Shut up, I know what I'm doing, it is my character and my RP" type of people, you could bank on a 100 Percent you'd get that shun eventually. There's a clear difference between having a firm opinion and being stubborn because you can't take personal criticism in any shape or form. Which brings me to another point; I've noticed that there's 'aloooooooooooot' of Gossiping going around players. People being shunned for their characters IC actions out of OOC reactions. "You char insulted my char! I don't want to play with you anymore!" Is one such example. Also, it seems everyone knows what IC/OOC, no bleed through etc mean, and yet there's still a big amount of roleplayers who, while they know how to write and play their role, do not know how to seperate themselves from their fictive character. A certain degree of attachment is okay, since your character is a piece of work you've created, but some people take it really too far. Dare to upset another player through playing a character that isn't as sociable and friendly as the rest, And suddenly you find yourself in a gossip circle where your name gets mentioned in a very negative light. And that being your OOC name. I've never yet heard someone say 'his character is an asshole', when it comes to IC handlings. I only hear people go 'The player is an asshole, his character did A;B;C'. This I say firsthand, happen to various people, Which would lead back to that 'missunderstood' point Faye raised. In the end, there's alot of facets to the old 'Elitist vs. Casual' dynamic, there's alot of shapes or forms it can take, and I am certain that I just came off rather brash and abrasive. But I do like to drive the point home that; A; Elitism is 'not' a bad thing, Discrimination however is B; Your character is 'NEVER' a reflection of your OOC personality. NEVER. A character being an asshole to you in no way means that the player behind the character does not like you. C; I like to make long posts where I end up wondering if I trialed off to much or stayed on course. Think I missed it this time.

The Purpose of the Prompt isn't to be logically sound, but to verify if you are a real Human Being as opposed to a Flooding Bot / Virus / Hack attempt, and probably to confirm that you have the most minute of grasps when it comes to FFXIV lore. It 'is' the antagonistic faction however to your hero, thus represents 'Evil'. In the regard, the questions does it's job well.

Oui, Bon bon Baguette. That being said, Welcome !