Where did the Lalafell hate originate?

[Ayasaki128]

Everytime I say people saying stuff like "let's sacrifice a lala" or something, I reply saying "let's sacrifice a furball or a lizard then"

I know the drill, but it kinda annoy me. In lore terms I wonder why lalafells are the aristocrats while fu... miqotes and other races are working for them.

Also, lalafells like tropical climate.

[Alacran]

I dislike Lalafell on two merits. Firstly the forced cute demeanor while trying to also come off as mature at the same time. I find it very annoying and disingenuous particularly when i have seen many play up up-skir/ inappropriate erp... Secondly and most importantly. I hate that they are used for showcasing gear.... When models are deformed and textures smashed together the gear preview isn't much of a preview.

[Ramesses]

... When models are deformed and textures smashed together the gear preview isn't much of a preview.

This I have to agree with wholeheartedly. I've always liked my characters in all MMO to be tall so I can see all their gear properly... I'm tall in real life so that must be one reason.

[347SPECTRE]

Don't hate Lalas at all, I think they can be rather cute. But some lala players can get over-zealous with that counter-hate toward other races. That's what I don't like.

[kamenkuro]

Lalafell players are pretty much the only ones that seem overly invested in their character's race. Most of the time the "hate" are just jabs for fun. Like, most folks don't like pineapple pizza. They don't hate it or have any sort of ill will. Now throw in a friend that loves pineapple pizza and always brings it up. The friend already knows everyone else doesn't like pineapple pizza but they wanna keep trying anyways. In comes the "ew man, pineapple on pizza is gross" or "get some better taste in pizza." None of which are meant to hurt said friends feelings. Most of the negativity is geared towards the pizza and not the person. It's up to the person to see that and not be a sensitive baby.

In regards to lalafells it's pretty much the same. Most folks don't really care, another portion have formed negative opinions because players and characters in the game, and then there's the devote lalafellians singing their praises every chance they get. Most folks just like seeing if they can get rise out of people. If they don't outright have a fit it's generally considered acceptable ribbing. Like constantly poking fun at a friends main class, see dragoons and rezzmages. I've playfully called my friend an onahole on occasion.

I honestly assumed most folks understood that it was all in good fun. Like, I've seen folks getting offended because "oh no he made fun of lalas" before. Kind of assumed that was an outlier and the folks that took it seriously were pretty rare.

[micropanther7]

I didn't mean you, but the other poster from your server that seems to disregard other people's experiences of disliking lalafells due to the lack of proof via numbers. I actually like lalas and think they're cute. Sadly generalization tends to happen and yes not everyone who plays a lala are elitist, emote spaming, pervy, rude trolls.

Aaah Sanna, my apologies, please forgive me for misconstruing!! D: Yes I'm aware of how lalas are perceived, hence why I try to behave myself with the emotes, I'm working on the being less, rude (aka grumpy old fart) part

[SannaR]

Aaah Sanna, my apologies, please forgive me for misconstruing!! D: Yes I'm aware of how lalas are perceived, hence why I try to behave myself with the emotes, I'm working on the being less, rude (aka grumpy old fart) part

No problem. I think with the emotes they get noticed more when it's that one female lala voice. It's so distinct from the others that it's right up there with the cat girl voice a lot of people have a problem with. So when you hear the emote that shouts to anyone around that yes I chose THAT voice people zoom in on it and then notice the spam and mentally wish they could punt the offender. The person could be really nice, but that voice tosses that out the window.

[Caitlinzulu]

For a long time i despised lala's, reason being 2 particular players. One was kind of the mother of all trolls and the other player was evil incarnate a vindictive a'hole.
Also the emote spamming lala's grate on my nerves.
My hate has softenend a bit after meeting a very decent caring player using a lala avatar.

[Stanelis]

But I like lalafells, especially for breakfast.

[Syphin_Polaris]

I just found a lot of lalas annoying. Not just players, but the NPCs through out the game/story too. That is not to say all players that enjoy their little potato are annoying/bad/whatever else, just a lot of what I've ran into myself. I've a few friends in game that play lalas and I'll poke at them for it, but that's about it. On a different note, I think Tera also left a sour spot on me with 95% of the population being those child like girls wearing some questionable things, so maybe a bit of it stems from there. Given the choice, lalas are 10000 times better lol.