Tyger42

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Starting with the old EQ days where every guild had to have its token crazy girl who flirted everyone and stalked people and left messages on their phone and...

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Hrm...what server did you RP on in EQ, if I may? >.>

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My Guild had one of those too!

And what server were YOU on, Darktyger?

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Tunare.

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It's a pretty big detail to overlook. There's "giving the benefit of the doubt", then there's pandering to the lazy.

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per your example, if everyone had peripheral vision, things wouldn't seem so silly when people miss them, but...some people tend to focus their sight elsewhere and not really pay attention really to everything around them.

I would consider things a oversight on the other person's part before calling them lazy.

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And I would call what you just described "lazy".

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like I said, I give them the benefit of the doubt, not everyone has the same attention to details.

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It's a pretty big detail to overlook. There's "giving the benefit of the doubt", then there's pandering to the lazy.

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Is it so hard for them to look and see the word "map" on their interface and figure out to open it themselves? I have no problem with helping people, either. I have a problem with encouraging laziness.

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helping someone out w/ one minor thing is not encouraging laziness.

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When the only reason they can't figure it out themselves is due to laziness it is...

Reminds me of when I used to work at this grocery store...people would ask me if we were going to be closed on X holiday...while I was sanding right under a sign saying "We will be closed/open on X holiday"

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Over half my toons are female..
99% of the new ones I make are female.

Why? because I'd rather look at an attractive female than some guy for 50 levels.

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/whispers Psst! It's a cartoon character. It's not a real girl.

Seriously, if you're finding your CoX character's attractiveness to be an issue either way, then you need to get out more.

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How so? Nothing wrong with finding a video game character aesthetically pleasing. Sure, she's not real. But, most of the models in magazines are so heavily airbrushed that they're not really real either.

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Starting with the old EQ days where every guild had to have its token crazy girl who flirted everyone and stalked people and left messages on their phone and...

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Hrm...what server did you RP on in EQ, if I may? >.>

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Over half my toons are female..
99% of the new ones I make are female.

Why? because I'd rather look at an attractive female than some guy for 50 levels.

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I see this a lot, and it never makes sense to me. Sure, a costume idea can look better on a female than on a male especially with the kinds of unique pieces they have, but if you're spending so much time looking at your character, how can you play the game? I really don't get it, but to each their own I suppose.

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Given that the character tends to be right smack in the middle of the screen for anyone playing in 3rd person ( which is just about everyone ), it's rather hard NOT to spend so much time looking at them...

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Firstly, you're either grossly exaggerating or doing something wrong. I have characters WITH NO TRAVEL POWER who still aren't the last to get to the mission most of the time.


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this would be because you're beating the people who are flying.

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Are you making a joke here? I hope so, because otherwise...wow, yeah....so totally wrong.

Anyway, the sad thing about these threads? Fly is slower than the other travel powers, yes, but not by a lot...

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Flight may be the coolest travel power in the game but why keep it so slow.

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Because it's the safest, easiest travel power. It is also the only travel power capable of flying a direct line from point A to point B in most situations. ( Without requiring RSI-inducing *clickclickclick* like Teleport )

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Nice to see you've completely forgotten that you were new once too.

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There's "being new" then there's "being a n00b". There's a rather large difference. The latter doesn't require the former to be true.

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Strange, they call mezzes "binds" in the manual. That could get confusing for newbies.

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You're aware that "mezzes" was never an official term in CoH, right?

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I think the problem here is the definition of "role playing". You can role play as a female without the whole sexual/flirting/cybering thing. In War_Admiral's definition, you can't. There is no reason why a female character can't act as a female no matter the gender of the player controlling them. It's like a male writer penning a female character. The opposite is equally true.

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I explained the reasons for his reactions..based on his / our experiences with it.

Am i wrong to find it off-putting that someone I team with regularly not only lies about their own gender but goes out of their way to protray an over-sexed lesbian?

Yes, i agree.. clearly we are discussing 2 different types of role playing here.. what im not getting tho is how you can possibly argue that my opinion is wrong.

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Because it's flawed by being based on far too small of a sample group. It's like being mugged by a black man and therefore deciding that all black people are violent criminals because of it.

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So...you'd rather be stuck up than give some easy directions? I'm sure you're doing something important in Pocket D after all...

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I'd rather people put forth the minimal amount of effort required to learn such a basic aspect of the interface themselves.

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is it so hard to tell them to open their map? it's not like you have to hold their hand, but I guess it's cause I see no real problem w/ helping people regardless...

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Is it so hard for them to look and see the word "map" on their interface and figure out to open it themselves? I have no problem with helping people, either. I have a problem with encouraging laziness.

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So...you'd rather be stuck up than give some easy directions? I'm sure you're doing something important in Pocket D after all...

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I'd rather people put forth the minimal amount of effort required to learn such a basic aspect of the interface themselves.

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I see "n00b" thrown around a lot of the time where it isn't necessary, that's all.

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Eh, when someone's displaying willful/lazy ignorance of the game's basics, I find it necessary.

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Hover's base speed is actually pretty good these days. Moves about the same as base run speed. Add swift and slotting and, yeah, I don't doubt you can have a decent travel power.

However, also note that fly's end cost is far lower than it used to be, too.

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What makes me cry is people who get all snarky because someone who who don't hand lazy n00bs answers to the most simple questions on a silver platter rather than expecting them to put forth the minimal effort required to learn to play the game themselves.


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What makes me cry is people who use to term "noobs" to inflate their own egos and still can't even use proper grammar.

Though I do agree with the rest of your post.

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I wasn't really awake when I wrote that. As for the "n00b" part, do I need to explain the difference between a "n00b" and a "newb"?

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That's exactly what he says! He doesn't play girly-girls who giggle and tee-hee and flutter around. He plays strong, quiet, intelligent women who chuckle and wear actual clothing instead of bikinis

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Funny thing is, the female character in my SG that wears the skimpiest outfits is actually played by a female.....

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I guess I'm out of the loop of todays generation. Maybe I'm too old to understand.

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Oh, please, do you think we're that stupid? You come in here with the communication skills and attitude of a thug-wannabe punk teenager and now expect us to believe you're "old"?

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lol @ teenager

Actually, I come here with a Southern Redneck attitude. Cherry always calls me a stupid redneck.

I laugh.

You can call me all the names in the book brother. I've heard them all. It won't bother me one bit.

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My husband, who is from Alabama, roleplays female characters better than I've seen some females roleplay female characters.

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Funny thing. You pretty well described me there. From Alabama and am told I play females very well. Not that I try that hard, but I think that's the thing: most guys try TOO hard to play females.

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I don't need to assume they were male. They were male. Some of the things that came out of their mouths, females dont say.

Period.

End of story.

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Such as? I know from experience there's -NOTHING- that some women won't say.

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I guess I'm out of the loop of todays generation. Maybe I'm too old to understand.

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Oh, please, do you think we're that stupid? You come in here with the communication skills and attitude of a thug-wannabe punk teenager and now expect us to believe you're "old"?

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lol @ teenager

Actually, I come here with a Southern Redneck attitude.

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Same difference.

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Something else I think thats being missed here is that War DOESNT have an issue with guys PLAYING on a chick toon, as he said, he has 1. What he IS saying is that he has a problem with a guy ROLE PLAYING as a female.. if you cant see that there IS a difference in those 2 thing's.. well.. meh.. perhaps you need to step outside and tell me what color the sky is in your world.

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There is nothing wrong with a male roleplaying a female, just like there is nothing wrong with a female roleplaying a male, or a male roleplaying a neuter, or a female roleplaying a transvestite, or a male roleplaying a cat, etc.

It is ROLE PLAYING. NOT REAL. ROLE PLAYING.

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*Bonk* Please reply to the post you're quoting rather than attributing stupid remarks to me.

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I guess I'm out of the loop of todays generation. Maybe I'm too old to understand.

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Oh, please, do you think we're that stupid? You come in here with the communication skills and attitude of a thug-wannabe punk teenager and now expect us to believe you're "old"?

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lol...I respect it just fine.

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Generalizing and name-calling is not "respecting it". It's exactly the opposite.

And I just noticed your sig. 2 months and 5 level 50s. MA PL n00b. Nothing to see here.

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From that point on...I just assume punch RPers in the face. They're useless if you ask me. Dudes RPing as chicks......get a life. Seriously.

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Says the person who takes the game so seriously he expresses a wish to physically harm those who play in a way he doesn't like....

By the way, you're grossly stereotyping based on a couple examples, and on a matter that really is a non-issue anyway. Yeah, it's not cool to lie OOC about your RL gender when asked, but it only matters to people who think the game is a singles' bar. Nothing more wrong with a guy playing a female character than there is with a male author writing a book with a female character.