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(01-11-2016, 04:52 AM)V Wrote:The thread also devolved into people calling the OP a troll after a few people insisted that the concept was impossible because, stated as a fact by a few players, there are no vampires. The thread completely started with "how is your character not OP and you should RP it this way but not call yourself a vampire." After bits of lore were posted supporting the mythos people also latched on to talking about how thowe bits were flavor text and thus not to be used.(01-11-2016, 04:16 AM)ArmachiA Wrote: Certain things in lore that just outright tell people "Nah, you can't do that."
An objective examination of the lore we have been given reveals, frankly, very, very few instances of "<thing> can not be done; not by anyone by any means ever." When it comes to shutting doors on (let's call them "creative") ideas, the biases of the community factor in significantly more than any established lore.
My favorite example: in some thread a while back (I don't remember which specific one) someone brought up the existence of vampires in Eorzea. This was followed by citations of various item descriptions that alluded to numerous common vampire myths (turning into bats, drinking blood etc.) that would be known to Eorzeans. Posters elected to completely ignore all the information (going as far as to say none of it was "real" lore) presented in order to maintain their position that vampires could not possibly exist in Eorzea.
When I say devolved, it was the typical behavior of deliberately trying to close the thread because people thought it "stupid" and thus they must constantly assert that it is a stupid idea, by reacting in behavior that I find to be immature. Derailment, meme posting, no effort posts.
I would say that while this thread involved some of what I do consider to be unacceptable behaviors, I do not think it is the norm of the overall RPC. It is done by a loud and vocal minority.