racism in FFXIV

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Originally Posted by caffe_macchiato

Why do people even bother playing as male characters, anyway?

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As someone who plays a male character, I don't know why anyone would play as a female one. All gear variations are inferior for female characters anyway.

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

most of them are woman btw or lgbtq people. male aura are honestly rarley played by creepy men. are they played by creepy woman.. 100% but lets not pretend catgirls aren't 90% 35 year old men with "questionable" mods

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The first-hand stuff has been straight males. Also I didn't bring gender or sexuality into it either just said it attracted deviants what it does.

I honestly thought this entire thread was a shitpost lol.

But hey, I play only male characters (in all games, if possible) mainly because I'm tired of looking at boobage and ass. But also another reason is to stop random people from bothering me and having corny levels spike up when I'm happily married in both real life and in-game.

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Originally Posted by Chasingstars

Don't know this lala. But I can only guess overreaction, or final straw that broke their back. Hard to tell with folks.

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It's more likely the way they are. They never returned, and never deleted their messages. It's just proof that there are people out there like that.

For a lot of people it has nothing to do with racism, just people looking to stir up trouble.

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

most of them are woman btw or lgbtq people. male aura are honestly rarley played by creepy men. are they played by creepy woman.. 100% but lets not pretend catgirls aren't 90% 35 year old men with "questionable" mods

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Im a 23 year old girl and play catgirl so. I dont really get why people say all the time that creepy men play catgirls? I dont get that impression at all. My impression is that women who love cats play catgirls

I've never spoke with another Viera character since release.

Most of them are weirdos to be honest.

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Originally Posted by Rikizza

Im a 23 year old girl and play catgirl so. I dont really get why people say all the time that creepy men play catgirls? I dont get that impression at all. My impression is that women who love cats play catgirls

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Most played race in the game, and the most used to ERP so that's why. Its extremely rare to see a straight couple of miqotes.

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Originally Posted by AnnRam

I've never spoke with another Viera character since release.

Most of them are weirdos to be honest.

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Bold words coming from a Balmung player, lol.

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Originally Posted by Doozer

Bold words coming from a Balmung player, lol.

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Sorry but I've never been part of the RP(ERP) scene since ARR.

For some reason I feel disgusted by RP in general in FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by AnnRam

I've never spoke with another Viera character since release.

Most of them are weirdos to be honest.



Most played race in the game, and the most used to ERP so that's why. Its extremely rare to see a straight couple of miqotes.

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I wonder why its race thats most used to erp, makes no sense to me xD but yea i have seen those miqotes basicially standing on each other and sitting on each others laps. Lots of gay people use miqote for some reason i dont understand, same with au ra. But the while creepy man thing i dont understand and dont really like the normalization that men are creeps, i dont wanna live in that society tbh

When l am bored at work,l will come back to read this thread.

Race discrimination for vierra and hrothgar not getting hat accessories while all other races are available.

Never seen any of this sort of thing in three years of playing the game.....

Honestly, it seems this OP and a couple of others get a thrill from constantly trying to blow up insignificant or non-existent issues.

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Originally Posted by Vedauwoo

Never seen any of this sort of thing in three years of playing the game.....

Honestly, it seems this OP and a couple of others get a thrill from constantly trying to blow up insignificant or non-existent issues.

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I wouldn't go far as to label it as 'non-existent'. It's not racism. It's just a weird prejudice.

While I've never played Au Ra, I know male ones are often stereotyped as predatory due to a couple of bad apples that trend on twitter. Being referred to as such - even jokingly - can bother some folks.

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Originally Posted by Vedauwoo

Never seen any of this sort of thing in three years of playing the game.....

Honestly, it seems this OP and a couple of others get a thrill from constantly trying to blow up insignificant or non-existent issues.

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I mostly have moments of kinship with other hrothgars.

We lock eyes and for a moment we share the same brain cell like "One of us"

I've only seen lalas take it seriously because they all seem to think the race they play is their personality.

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

obv u know what they say about male auras

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...that your running animation looks weird???

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Originally Posted by Kreyd

...that your running animation looks weird???

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Gosh... I wish they could update it lol. I try not to pay attention to it.

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Originally Posted by Kreyd

...that your running animation looks weird???

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It's one of the many reasons why I switched to viera after being an au ra since HW, lol.

Maybe don't judge players on the fictional race they play?

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Originally Posted by TBerry

Maybe don't judge players on the fictional race they play?

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How else can these people feed off of drama?

I mean, you go around pretending to be a dragon, when you are related to bugs, you are going to draw some jeers.

This has to be a bait post right? Jokes about other races hardly does the word "racism" justice. Its all satire besides that 0.001% that blacklists you for your race but definitly not worthy of a discussion.

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Originally Posted by caffe_macchiato

Adult activities are the cornerstone of Final Fantasy XIV in 2023, so a lot of people only associate a person's race with how they like to ERP. Male Au Ra are aggressive groomers, but feminine-presenting Miqo'te are not (despite having the same sex organs). Lalafells are pedophiles because, as this is FFXIV, people are thinking about sex, and how does that work with lalafells? Other MMOs have minor issues (Vulpera being furbait) but they do not overly determine your personality based on your race like in FFXIV. FFXIV is more of a lifestyle product than a game anyway, so the race you choose could wind up determining your friends and how well you enjoy FFXIV.

Why do people even bother playing as male characters, anyway?

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because woman play this game too and the logic applies to them that it does you. yes sir, woman exist

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Originally Posted by ICountFrom0

I mean, you go around pretending to be a dragon, when you are related to bugs, you are going to draw some jeers.

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how are aura related to bugs lol. thats a new 1

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Originally Posted by Rehayem

Gosh... I wish they could update it lol. I try not to pay attention to it.

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its not even tht bad. all the other races are horrible lol

It's absolutely the playerbase's obsession with ERP that's the problem.

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Originally Posted by ElysiumDragon

It's absolutely the NA playerbase's obsession with ERP that's the problem.

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Fixed the post for you.

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Originally Posted by Eastwall

When l am bored at work,l will come back to read this thread.

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Did you read it

I'm sorry you had to experience that, and I know there is "job-ism" as well (judging people who are a WAR or WHM main, for example)

There is a lot of wrong thinking in the world, but please try not to let it bother you too much! I'm glad you are making a post about your experience, since this will spread awareness and encourage a better community. Wishing you peace and good health :)

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

because woman play this game too and the logic applies to them that it does you. yes sir, woman exist

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Every race in this game has a stereotype, let's be real here. And generally in my experience so far in this game, it's far more welcoming towards women and trans community than any other. If I join some group and they hear I'm a woman, nothing happens, life moves on.

I love the racism. There needs to be more of it, in fact.

I would like to see racism from the NPCs toward the WoL depending on what race was chosen, or at least different reactions

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Originally Posted by LioJen

I would like to see racism from the NPCs toward the WoL depending on what race was chosen, or at least different reactions

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i could see that messing with the city lore tbh. for example. i play an aura. and in ishgard and garlemauld there is a bitter hatred for them. i think it would be hard being a xeala WOL in those cities. some races like elezen just dont even get that much hate. so this would be VERY specific to a small few races

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

i could see that messing with the city lore tbh. for example. i play an aura. and in ishgard and garlemauld there is a bitter hatred for them. i think it would be hard being a xeala WOL in those cities. some races like elezen just dont even get that much hate. so this would be VERY specific to a small few races

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All the better reason to be invested in what you pick, and give some incentive for alts to see the different experiences.

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Originally Posted by caffe_macchiato

Why do people even bother playing as male characters, anyway?

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A lot of women enjoy playing male characters for the same reasons that men enjoy playing female characters. There are a lot of fujoshis lurking on this game...

There's also a lot of guys that play male characters as a kind of self-insert. You'll actually meet a lot of tough guy e-daters that play male au'ra/viera because they think doing so will allow them to attract women. I think it's this particular subset that really gave rise to the Au'ra groomer stereotype. A lot of the really early rp venues were run by creepy male au'ra dudes back in the pre-DC travel days.

Sidenote, as a long-time Lalafell player, I will say that the lalafell community pretty much deserves its reputation. Sooooooo many pedos have been outed over the years.

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Originally Posted by caffe_macchiato

Why do people even bother playing as male characters, anyway?

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Originally Posted by Aword3213

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Normal person vs creepy wierdo thats gonna die alone

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Originally Posted by LittleImp

A lot of women enjoy playing male characters for the same reasons that men enjoy playing female characters. There are a lot of fujoshis lurking on this game...

There's also a lot of guys that play male characters as a kind of self-insert. You'll actually meet a lot of tough guy e-daters that play male au'ra/viera because they think doing so will allow them to attract women. I think it's this particular subset that really gave rise to the Au'ra groomer stereotype. A lot of the really early rp venues were run by creepy male au'ra dudes back in the pre-DC travel days.

Sidenote, as a long-time Lalafell player, I will say that the lalafell community pretty much deserves its reputation. Sooooooo many pedos have been outed over the years.

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You're also forgetting that some women play as men to just be left alone and not be harrassed by horny male players who think anything on two legs with breasts are game

which is the reason why I play a male character as a woman

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Originally Posted by C_Problem

I love the racism. There needs to be more of it, in fact.

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Based Elezen enjoyer.