Where did the Lalafell hate originate?

[Mizunoko]

1. All races have pretty bad ones. I've seen Elezen's be just as bad emote motion wise. Roe's too actually.
2. There's an item leading them being believed as an experiment. They're also known as the first people to adjust to the Hyur's language of all our playable races. Think that's better than those sun cats...
3. If we really wanna use the actions done by NPC's in the game, Lala's are no where near the worst. I've seen a ton more Hyur, Roe, and Elezen NPC's that are evil. The only two races I seen less of are Au Ra and Miqo'te.
4. They were marked as the dwarf race. The cuteness is entirely thanks to the team's idea that we're really attracted to cute. Then again, when female Miqo'te is half the playerbase...
5. There are enough oddballs in every race. Please don't just stare at Lala's for that. You wanna know how many Miqo'te Nuhn RPers I see whisper me for their fun times? And I'm the creepy player race?

EXACTLY! I was going to say the same thing but then saw your reply. People keep digging up lore and crap about lala's and saying this is why when in reality they are just singling lala's out. There is crap about every race not just lala's. I have had people call me a perv because i play female lala and whats funny is the people who call me a perv are people who play a female miqo dressed in some of the skimpiest clothes in the game. Like people are so blind they don't see that they are singling out me for something they themselves are guilty of lol. I feel embaressed to be a part of the same world as those people.

[JunseiKei]

At the risk of sounding like one of those people that whine about people disliking the race I play, I just wanted to ask. Where exactly did the whole thing against Lalafells originate?

Not sure about the origin of the mass of hate, because I didn't really even know that there was such a large scale hate for Lalafells, but I just personally hate them because all too many people with increasingly annoying behaviors seemed to favor the race. People that spam emotes with annoying voice sounds (there's one or two voices that just seem to cut through me like a knife and it's a Lalafell-only voice, both of which were popular), flood text with emote spam and were just otherwise toxic people just seemed to be attracted to Lalafells. However, I'd be the first to point out that bad behavior is remembered far more easily than good ones, so I might see a Lalafell and go "ew, it's a Lalafell :|," I don't hold any grudges against the player behind the screen (until given reason).

Also, Lalafells are just so punt-able.

[Mizunoko]

Not sure about the origin of the mass of hate, because I didn't really even know that there was such a large scale hate for Lalafells, but I just personally hate them because all too many people with increasingly annoying behaviors seemed to favor the race. People that spam emotes with annoying voice sounds (there's one or two voices that just seem to cut through me like a knife and it's a Lalafell-only voice, both of which were popular), flood text with emote spam and were just otherwise toxic people just seemed to be attracted to Lalafells. However, I'd be the first to point out that bad behavior is remembered far more easily than good ones, so I might see a Lalafell and go "ew, it's a Lalafell :|," I don't hold any grudges against the player behind the screen (until given reason).

Also, Lalafells are just so punt-able.

Statistically i don't think what your saying really has any backbone, because i have met plenty of people who are not lalafells and spam emote and do things that are annoying just as you described. It has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with the person behind the character. There's no reason or proof to believe that those people only choose lalafells. I have a friend who is an au'ra and she spams a emote that sounds like shes coughing all the time to the point where i have to mute the tv. I mean everyone does it at some point or another, has nothing to do with which race someone is. From the way you are speaking it sounds as if your just giving your personal experience which cannot be generalized to a whole race and only one race, and don't forget ...every time you go eww a lalafell, you are treating a real person rudely based off of your experience with another different person. I don't see myself as some sjw and get triggered over every little thing, but when i clearly see biased i make it known. The least people who are biased should do is actually admit their faults. Otherwise it just makes them look even worse when someone else points it out instead.

[JunseiKei]

Statistically i don't think what your saying really has any backbone, because i have met plenty of people who are not lalafells and spam emote and do things that are annoying just as you described. It has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with the play behind the character. Theres no reason or proof to beleave that those people only choose lalafells. I have a friend who is a au'ra and she spams a emote that sounds like shes coughing all the time to the point where i have to mute the tv. I mean everyone does it at some point or another, has nothing to do with which race someone is. From the way you are speaking it sounds as if your just giving your personal experience which cannot be generalized to a whole race and only one race.

I'm not stating for statistics. I'm stating for personal experience, hence the pre-cursor of my post and not even knowing there was large scale hate for the race. I've personally run into more Lalafells than spam or are otherwise annoying or just jerks over other players of other races. That just happened to be how it panned out for my encounters in this game and that is why I fall into the apparent large presence of Lalafell-haters. The reason I sound like I am giving my personal experience is because it is just that. Just like I don't know if there even is a large- scale hatred of Lalafells, or if there's just a very loud (or noticeable) group of players that just hate them for reasons.

[Mizunoko]

To me it was (mostly) never mean spirited and was all in good fun (and taru gave as good as they got, I remember one time in Lower Jeuno after one such player shout out about eating taru, a taru player responded "Don't eat more taru! Eat more GALKA!!" (galka are FFXI's counterparts to roegadyn).

So all the jokes about lalafell being food and stuff is mostly just a continuation of FFXI taru jokes (it also doesn't help that the very word 'lalafell' sounds like an actual food which is ironically ball-shaped.... ).

To me it's not even a question of hate or it being a continuation of ffxi. To me it's a question of why people are saying the same exact joke every single day. As a lala in a FC full of people who can't think up new material i hear the lala food and lala carpet jokes every single day and i'm not even exaggerating. Whether i was offended or not doesn't even matter, what matters to me is hearing a broken record play nonstop every time i log on. Also i think most of the people in this thread claiming they barely hear those jokes or don't think theres any singling out of the lala race only say that because they don't notice it. If those people used a fanta and went lala for a while i'm sure it would become much more noticeable to them how often the same jokes get said over and over. I don't log into ffxiv to watch reruns of the same comedian do his same routine ever day lol.

[micropanther7]

I'm on Louisoix, and I haven't experienced any of the hate that other people who play Lalafells experience Oo Lucky me I guess! I try to keep the emote spam to a bare minimum (don't you love people who assume because you play lalafell you're going to be a douchebag?), because I know how annoying it can be!

[Mizunoko]

even getting kicked from various groups just for playing a lala

If that truly happened and the person had proof that was the reason he was kicked i would 100% be sure that you could report them and a GM would actually do something about it too. (rarely GM's take action but i mean c'mon griefing other players because of the race they choose is just stupid and childish)

[Mizunoko]

I'm on Louisoix, and I haven't experienced any of the hate that other people who play Lalafells experience Oo Lucky me I guess! I try to keep the emote spam to a bare minimum (don't you love people who assume because you play lalafell you're going to be a douchebag?), because I know how annoying it can be!

I completely agree with you. It's amazing that people are acting like its a statistic or something when it's not. Saying that something like 90% of lalas are rude jerks or something xD. Like seriously? Perhaps those people are the jerks and they got into fights with lala's and don't want to admit they are the ones at fault, who knows. All i know is its astronomically improbable that, that many lala's are troll's/rude/jerks. You can't take your personally experiences that only god knows are even a true statement and generalize it a to a whole race pretty much. Sometimes i wonder if these people even reread what they say to see how it sounds before clicking the post button lol.

[Nariel]

We are the master race , its pure jealousy from less cute people. They hate us, cause they ain't us.

We lalafell rule this world from behing the curtain, make no mistake because our mischievous plan is going full speed but fear not peasent cause its still time for you to join the good side of cuteness.

I too was a sinner, but I've been inlighted and now I can walk the way of the ultimate beauty.

[SannaR]

It's hard not to think of lalas as food when a lot of players name their lalas after food like Hash Brown. Also did you think it might be a Louisoix thing where those who play lalas aren't as trolly/rude/jerks vs the rest of the servers? You also seem to get offended at and disbelieving of others who say they notice bad behavior coming more from those who play lalafell just because you don't see it or don't see it as often.