Quote Originally Posted by Akonyl View Post
Bit of a funny thing to say when you're the first post, 8 minutes later. :P


Anyway, to respond to the thread, there might be a place for you, but it'll probably be hard to find. It probably isn't enough to just find a group of "misfit freaks", because the more eccentric the people are, the more varied their behaviors are, basically by definition. So even if you do find a bunch of eccentric people, you might hate them and they might hate you anyway, because you might have different brands of eccentricity that rub each other the wrong way. Like, I'm an anime nerd, but if I meet a train nerd who talks about nothing but trains 24/7 I'm prob not gonna keep hanging out with him just because we're both nerds, since I just don't wanna hear about trains all day. If you're a (self-proclaimed) ranter, you gotta find people who would want to listen to the things you're ranting about.

You might not want the approval of the "normal" people in this thread, but if you want to find a group of misfits willing to accept you, you'd probably have to advertise your brand of misfitness some way or another, whether that's talking about it here or putting up a PF with a strange message looking for a static, to make sure the people who you want to see you actually see you. Otherwise, the only thing people really know about you is that your last group disliked you enough to boot you, which isn't a great look for finding a group to join. So knowing a bit more about what you're like in raiding might help in determining whether or not you're likely to find other people.
I could write 200 pages about myself but that would be deemed self indulgent nonsense and few would read it so I started this thread so people can see for themselves what I'm like.

Taking the thread literally :

There are likely people out there who will "accept" you as long as you are competent at the game. The problem is finding them. Is this thread asking people to come forward or asking for methods to find those people?
Both since I'm approaching FFXIV from many different angles and playing it for many reasons. There is no one solution.

"A complete socially retarded freak" describes 75% of the MMO community by normal standards. Describing yourself that way in the context of this game indicates that your behavior is extreme. Most of us have no idea what that would look like. Without concrete examples, we have no idea how extreme.
This sums it up nicely. I'm apparently too extreme for people with various strange behaviours. It's difficult to describe exactly how but I suppose it might come down to limited theory of mind or whatever that I simply don't understand myself just HOW extreme I am when others seem to doubt if I'm even real.