What, no, really?! [Archive] - FINAL FANTASY XI Forum

Rosina

08-01-2011, 05:52 AM

I think i know who wrote the blog . Some d-bag who made my life hell because i took his "get stuff done" slave (my boyfriend) away from him. Very same composition to the crap he wrote of me on our LS forums. He also played a female elvaan.

Dude pretended to be a girl and even went as far as setting up a alter-ego so people could think he really was a girl. sick and twisted mofo.

anyway, tbh hair 6b (the red hair) is actually the most popular, then 6a. The reason is 6a is also the arch angels hair style. And is the only har that is unisexed. Mithra are almost the best dd class because of the high dex and low charisma. The only downfall is they are only female.

Anyway i think who ever wrote the blog needs to rethink life (and satire) Girl gamers already have a issue. Stuff like the blog are pretty lame. I play mithra and I'm a pretty good player. I do not use the cat girl appeal to get free stuff. Infact I hate gettinbg stuff for free.

Leonlionheart

08-01-2011, 06:04 AM

The blog has a point, that happens a lot.

It's not 100% though, there are a lot of female mithras that play the game just to play. Although there are also a lot that play the game just to talk to random people, which I find somewhat annoying in a way. Maybe it's because I don't enjoy not-doing anything when I'm playing.

Also: I wish there were man-mithra, because I hate playing female characters on any game (WTF FFXIII Y U HAVE SUCKY PROTAGONIST?!) and just want DEX without sacrificing STR merits :<

Tohihroyu

08-01-2011, 06:48 AM

I chose mithra cause I like playing as an animal/anthropomorphic race (awaits inc flame of "omg ur a furry go die in a fire!")"....if no mithra I would have picked a female hume *shrug*

The "Neko-chan" crap annoys me to no end, I think I loose braincells each time I see a mithra speak all anime catgirl like stuff like "Hai! ^________^ i'm super dupa kawaii neko nya!=^.^= i'm sooooo kawaii that i should get free things desu nya!" ugh even more annoying when its that white haired mithra 6A KIWF!

I chose F2B my old friend teased me saying she sounded like a female link (I guess she kind of dose...)

I also play a Galka, I only had one random person get their panties in a bunch over it "OMG GURLS SHOULD NOT PLAY GUY CHARS ITS WRONG!" "...but lots of guys play mithra..." "THATS DIFFRENT & WHY R U A GALKA?!" I ignored everything after that.

#4 ugh. I deal with that it pisses me off they keep like all the guys distracted from w/e it is we are doing (meh Dynamis) rather then try to proc the mobs they go fap over the 2 F6a lessie mithra publicly making out in the ls, I have no problem with gay/lesbian mind you but when its being publicly flaunted for attention? no thanks.

Zatias

08-01-2011, 07:08 AM

Rosina if you were offended by it then shouldn't have posted. It's just a joke ;P

And the person you describe is very common. Hell I know 5 or 6 people like that and they aren't all mithras.

Gokku

08-01-2011, 07:17 AM

ITT there are no girls on the internet.

wildsprite

08-01-2011, 01:34 PM

I found that blog post rather insulting, I'm a female, I believe in doing the best you can at whatever you choose to do, I'm not the best but I don't suck either
oh and I don't flirt with guys to get stuff either(anyone who does this be it male posing as a female or a real female is just shallow), when I log on I log on to play

ITT there are no girls on the internet.
why do so many believe this myth?

Greatguardian

08-01-2011, 01:46 PM

ITT stands for "In This Thread". It generally precedes an ironic reiteration of something funny/incorrect that has appeared in the thread. Example: Saying "ITT: All Galkas are dumb" would be akin to making fun of someone else in the thread who intimated that all Galkas were dumb.

So no, I'm fairly sure Gokku knows that there are females on the internet. Most people do. It's simply never a good idea to take someone's personal information at face value over the internet, because anyone could really be anyone. It is simply safer to assume that everyone online should be treated as if they were a fellow male. If anything, most females I know appreciate this because it means they aren't getting stupid amounts of unwanted attention or being hit on by 14 year olds with an IQ lower than potato. Anonymity is the ultimate equalizer of the sexes.

Gokku

08-01-2011, 02:10 PM

Alhanelem

08-01-2011, 02:37 PM

I chose mithra cause I like playing as an animal/anthropomorphic raceWell, uh, I chose galka for basically the same reason. I wanted to avoid the most humanlike characters, and Tarutaru was not an option to me- cute just does not ride well with me.

Meyi

08-01-2011, 03:05 PM

Vold

08-01-2011, 03:20 PM

Both of my ex girlfriends had made male tarusProbably because they couldn't tell the difference...

Hell I "knew" one of the males were female for a couple years before I realized the truth.

Zatias

08-01-2011, 04:16 PM

Online I act .001% feminine so that guys don't hit on me.

It happens anyway. D;

Though if you need to think of me as a guy or as an ugly swine, go right ahead if it makes you feel better ^^;

Probably because they couldn't tell the difference
Quoted because I always say the same thing XP~

Jackastheripper

08-01-2011, 05:48 PM

Wow, people really need to learn how to take a friggin joke....

wildsprite

08-01-2011, 06:50 PM

i swear your like the Gandhi of forums i mean seriously. This is a rule in my ls , unless i have spoken to you and i know your a girl then i do not care your a guy. why? because guy or girl i expect the same level of play skill and i refuse to give you special treatment for any reason.

that is good because I don't like being given special treatment when it comes down to playing the game, I want people to want to actually play with me based on my ability to play, not cause I'm a girl

Dragoy

08-01-2011, 11:42 PM

A while back, them models were actually included in the official census, and while it does not differentiate between hair-colours, it does show how much each models were used.

EU site:

http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/guide/development/census/08/05face_type.html

US site:

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/guide/development/census/08/05face_type.html

I wonder if they still have links to those on the main-page, since the one I found there seems to go to the most latest only.
Managed to find this anyways; still there somewhere it seems.

As for that blog-post, it might not be written as a very serious post, and even if it was, I don't see why anyone should feel insulted by it (it's the internet after all, I wish no one would bother feeling insulted by anything here really but... yeah).

It does have truth in it, but the person probably knows fully well that there are exceptions.
And if not, well, I could not care less, and I don't know why anyone else should care at all. ^^;

I made my Adventuring Fellow look like that 'dominating' model, with white hair and all but I actually thought it was going to be a different model... Didn't bother starting over.

Moreover, I don't think about people's gender around the internet at all, nor do I care if they are a male pretending to be a female, or a hippo pretending to be a giraffe. I just treat people equally, and as I would like to be treated myself.

Blubb ! !! !

Bubeeky

08-02-2011, 01:28 AM

male, female, mithra, galka, dun matter, as long as they don't stand in the way of mah domination of all elvaan and then later, domination of the rest of the world :)

Inafking

08-02-2011, 01:46 AM

ITT there are no girls on the internet.

MMORPG = Many Men On-line Role Playing Girls

Babekeke

08-02-2011, 01:55 AM

The blog doesn't mention the Guy who tried to get his wife interested in FFXI by letting her choose his char for him:
She chooses him a Mithra because they're cute. She doesn't play the game anyway. He's stuck with a Mithra.

Or in this case, a cute blonde-pig-tailed Tarutaru female called Babekeke >.>

Atomic_Skull

08-02-2011, 08:47 AM

I always play female characters. idk why probably because they are easier on the eyes.

Modoru

08-02-2011, 09:24 AM

Anyway i think who ever wrote the blog needs to rethink satire
Just because you don't find it funny, doesn't mean it's not.

Girl gamers already have a issue.
....Lmfao, since when?

Zatias

08-02-2011, 11:26 AM

To be fair, girl gamers do have issues, but it's not on MMOs like this.

Try playing Halo or Gears online. 95% of the time if someone responds to you (if you're a girl) over the headset, it includes:

"Suck my dick."
"Fat whore stop playing and go outside."
"Suck my dick."
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"Suck my dick."
"Get this little kid off the game!"
S my C

Okay, yeah you hear "suck my dick" more than anything in those games, whether you're a girl or guy... which is why I play with everyone muted. It makes things much more fun XD

On MMOs, as a girl character, you usually get (whether you're a girl or guy irl):

"Do you need help with anything?"
"Do you want free gil?"
"Do you want an LS that will hand you an Empyrean?"

;P

Komori

08-02-2011, 11:43 AM

only problem I have is when I say I'm a girl, for people to just acknowledge. I just don't like people calling me "sir" or "he" so just switch it to "ma'am" and "she" and don't treat it any different and we're fine.

Romanova

08-02-2011, 03:17 PM

I want every guy out there to think I'm a guy unless they've at least spent a good enough time with me on vent or know me irl.

Why?

Because I've seen too many players date a "girl" only to get their heart broken when they find out it's a dude.

It's much safer that way for everyone, and I couldn't care less of what sex you think I am.

And this is coming from someone who married a guy she met through FFXI lol.

Kagato

08-02-2011, 03:36 PM

I'm a rare breed. I think Elvaan females are the most attractive by a massively large margin.

Urteil

08-02-2011, 04:27 PM

I'm a rare breed. I think Elvaan females are the most attractive by a massively large margin.

^This.

And where are you, did you die?

Gokku

08-02-2011, 04:32 PM

wtf is wrong with you 2 elf females are a travesty against god in the fugly scale they shouldn't even be allowed to play monk or pld look so ungodly dumb on them.

Atomic_Skull

08-02-2011, 05:21 PM

wtf is wrong with you 2 elf females are a travesty against god in the fugly scale they shouldn't even be allowed to play monk or pld look so ungodly dumb on them.

How can you not love their long graceful kissable necks beautiful long ears and shapely legs?

Oh right, Galkas don't have genitals I forgot about that.

Quetzacoatl

08-02-2011, 05:46 PM

I'm a rare breed. I think Elvaan females are the most attractive by a massively large margin.

If I had a harem, it would consist of at least a Hume (Face 2 is too generic imo), an Elvaan, and a Mithra. Maybe perhaps Female-to-Male Transsexual Mithra if he qualifies by my requirements. Sorry Tarus, Maybe in another lifetime!

Runespider

08-02-2011, 07:10 PM

"Do you need help with anything?"
"Do you want free gil?"
"Do you want an LS that will hand you an Empyrean?"

And this is coming from someone who married a guy she met through FFXI lol.

This is why most guys are so helpful to girls ingame really, they think there could be some kind of rl relationship that might flourish out of it and it happens quite a fair amount too so there is something in those hopes.

Hoshi

08-02-2011, 11:46 PM

The blog really does have a point. Of course not all female players are bad, just a good handful of them.

I see nothing wrong with men playing female characters and women playing male characters. Both of my ex girlfriends had made male tarus. It's a game, have fun. :)

In fairness I've met an equal number of retarded men who play this game. Fact is some people are just slow learners. :X

Romanova

08-03-2011, 01:37 AM

This is why most guys are so helpful to girls ingame really, they think there could be some kind of rl relationship that might flourish out of it and it happens quite a fair amount too so there is something in those hopes.

It's true, except that's kinda not what happened with us, which is probably why it works. I'm always a hypocrite I know, but I often try to tell people not to date on the internet. I just got lucky, 99% of the time it doesn't work, and people don't go about it right. For us, we weren't even looking for a relationship with someone when we met, and we didn't start dating until we at least met irl to see how we were really like.

Tohihroyu

08-03-2011, 04:46 AM

Wow. Even in a topic like this people still QQ saying Galka have no genitals, I don't know how many freaking years ago it was but its said the manual was mistranslated & the creator said Galka are MALE in EVERY aspect. Plus hello they have beards (all models of em...and I'm aware there's clean shaven humes & elvaan >_>) and what pray tell grows a beard? testosterone sorry to upset you haters but Galka have some junk between their legs. (-_- no I'm not saying Taru males have nothing, though many do think that too)

Anyway, It doesn't bother me in the least to be called "he" or "him" I do correct if its too much though, but It doesn't bother me cause Galka are male (sorry haters but they are drink up the haterade & move on) & there's a lot of manthras (I met a few guys who played female hume though)

Babekeke

08-03-2011, 04:52 AM

no I'm not saying Taru males have nothing, though many do think that too

However, fact is... my taru has no breasts. Maybe we are all just unisex?

Zatias

08-03-2011, 04:52 PM

I lol'ed at the Galkan Rage. Ark Angel GK needs to go back to the mothercrystal ; ;

Atomic_Skull

08-03-2011, 05:45 PM

I lol'ed at the Galkan Rage. Ark Angel GK needs to go back to the mothercrystal ; ;

He's just jealous because Elvaan girls have penises and Galkas don't.

Zatias

08-03-2011, 05:54 PM

rofl

That reminds me of the time this taru guy said that taru females had bigger breasts than elvaan females. I've tried to imagine what that would look like...

Also don't hate. Hyena females also have penises! ;P

Modoru

08-03-2011, 06:36 PM

Try playing Halo or Gears online. 95% of the time if someone responds to you (if you're a girl) over the headset, it includes:

"Suck my dick."
"Fat whore stop playing and go outside."
"Suck my dick."
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"Suck my dick."
"Get this little kid off the game!"
S my C

What, no kitchen-related jokes? I'm thoroughly disappointed in the 360's playerbase.

Duelle

08-03-2011, 06:39 PM

The "Neko-chan" crap annoys me to no end, I think I loose braincells each time I see a mithra speak all anime catgirl like stuff like "Hai! ^________^ i'm super dupa kawaii neko nya!=^.^= i'm sooooo kawaii that i should get free things desu nya!" ugh even more annoying when its that white haired mithra 6A KIWF!For what it's worth, in the JP version of the game mithra do tend to end their sentences with -nya, like stereotypical anime cat girls. By the same token, tarutaru end their sentences with -taru.

Modoru

08-03-2011, 06:44 PM

For what it's worth, in the JP version of the game mithra do tend to end their sentences with -nya, like stereotypical anime cat girls. By the same token, tarutaru end their sentences with -taru.

We do it better, yo.

Duelle

08-03-2011, 06:47 PM

We do it better, yo.Don't know about that. I mean, in English the phrase "タルは悪くないタル！" just doesn't have the same...umph, I guess you could call it.

Modoru

08-03-2011, 06:53 PM

"タルは悪くないタル！"

Pass me a translation there broman.

Zatias

08-03-2011, 06:53 PM

Tal Tal is bad!

Or something >.>;

Modoru

08-03-2011, 06:57 PM

Tal Tal is bad!

Or something >.>;

You used google, didn't you.

Zatias

08-03-2011, 07:00 PM

Yes, yes I did ;P

I got curious! lol

Dragoy

08-03-2011, 07:02 PM

Taru isn't evil/bad taru！

I think.

What comes to relationships over the internet; surely some people are after those or hoping for one or more (sometimes simultaneously), and it's becoming more and more common.
I've had one develop into a real-life relationship as well. We traveled thousands of kilometers each at a time for it, too, and I was never really looking for it.
It just happened.

As I said before though, I'm not treating players differently from how they look or what gender or species they may be so, and not after a relationship at all, personally.

Many are, though, but now I'm repeating myself, so blubb!

Runespider

08-03-2011, 09:26 PM

As I said before though, I'm not treating players differently from how they look or what gender or species they may be so, and not after a relationship at all, personally.

Why is it always the ones that say this that are the first to jump head first if the opportunity arrises? It's like people are scared of the stigma of admiting they really are.. lol Regardless it's actually quite suprising how many women are open to this online, even women in relationships...which is why my brother hates his wife playing lol

Jackastheripper

08-03-2011, 09:48 PM

I repeat my previous statement: people really need to learn how to take a friggin joke. Good lord you all need to take a chill pill and just laugh at it for what it was, a joke. Can nothing just be enjoyed on these forums without it turning into a huge discussion about the right and wrongs of god knows what? I got one for you:

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?

A: To get to the other side. <-------this is the only acceptable answer!!!

It has nothing to do with the way people look down on chickens (weather to eat them or the fact that they are shorter than most humans). It has nothing to do weather or not I was talking about a male or a female chicken. It has nothing to do with the said male or female chicken's crossing abilities and the differences one may assume by said gender differences. It has nothing to do with said abilities being hindered or hampered by how the chicken was raised. This is when we need that "lock thread" option back. Good lord just let the joke go and enjoy it for what it was!

Zatias

08-03-2011, 10:35 PM

Wait who wasn't taking the joke right this time? ;/

Tohihroyu

08-04-2011, 07:08 AM

All I see is "QQ Galka have no dick they are genderless QQ leave us alone!" Just for you haters here's is OFFICIAL proof that stats Galka are MALE not asexual, but like the trolls you are you'll go & ignore it of corse ^^

In an interview column of FFXI Vana'Diel official world guide Vol.1 written by Dengeki Brigade, the Event Director of FFXI, Nobuaki Komoto mentioned in p.133 that galkan sex is male.

Mr. Komoto: (Some lines omitted.) By the way, Galka never lacks sexuality, but they are all males. When you choose your character, he is described as "male", definitely (laugh). There are many people who misunderstand it, so I declare it here.

Its cute you all also seem to ignore storyline with them in it; there's a forbidden romance (though brief) between Raogrimm & Cornela, its more explained in the Monk AF storyline. even events like the V-day one the Galka npc singles are male and *gasp* the female single can pick them!

I am done here, have fun QQ-ing that Galka players stole your girl away from you cause you always think "she wont pick the galka he has no dick!"

Modoru

08-04-2011, 07:22 AM

...Dude, it's a game. Who cares about romance or sexes as far as the characters themselves go? |:

Komori

08-04-2011, 07:27 AM

Ew, I just noticed two people in this topic said they find elvaan female attractive.

Leonlionheart

08-04-2011, 07:36 AM

Ew, I just noticed two people in this topic said they find elvaan female attractive.

:< people are silly. elvaan female are only attractive when they are hume.

Atomic_Skull

08-04-2011, 07:46 AM

Its cute you all also seem to ignore storyline with them in it; there's a forbidden romance (though brief) between Raogrimm & Cornela, its more explained in the Monk AF storyline. even events like the V-day one the Galka npc singles are male and *gasp* the female single can pick them!

That doesn't prove anything. There is more than one way to engage in sexual activity, if you get my meaning.