Do you tease lalafells?

[LaughingBanana]

I don't know if headpat constitutes teasing but yeah.... I almost always headpat any lala I see. Couldn't resist the urge. In fact one of my pre-battle/pre-movement ritual before any dungeons or trials is to look if there is any lala in the party and if there is, proceed to headpat them, hahaha.

[Ftail]

I mean if you like to get banned cause you like harassing other players sure. Below you find part of the prohibited behaviour in XIV straight from the support center. So sure, go and tease other players but if they get you banned for it please don't cry. And that's no matter if you are a tall race or a lalafell or whatever.

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・Expressions that contravene public order and morals
・Other expressions that are offensive to another person

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I've been doing this since 2013 for almost a full decade and I've never been suspended for this. Please don't back seat GM, leave that to the actual GM's.

[TTiscancer]

No, I straight up bully them.

[Ranaku]

I've been doing this since 2013 for almost a full decade and I've never been suspended for this. Please don't back seat GM, leave that to the actual GM's.

Jokes on you i know multiple players who got banned for many of these reasons and especially some of the other rules that are described in there. Seems like you have no clue at all since "I play since date XYZ and never seen XYZ" is real great evidence.

Sorry but your little anecdotal evidence isn't doing anything, especially if people get banned. It's fair to warn them but sure, i guess it's better not to tell people cause of...reasons i guess. Heck unsocial NA entitlement on another level.

Edit: I mean in what world is "I commited crimes but i didn't got catched yet so i encourage others to do the same" a good thing. Maybe grow up, it's not that bad to give a shoot about others, try it out. Maybe you get some friends then and don't have to post such things on the forums.

[BaconBits]

No, I straight up bully them.

Bully me gently pls

[Ftail]

Jokes on you i know multiple players who got banned for many of these reasons and especially some of the other rules that are described in there. Seems like you have no clue at all since "I play since date XYZ and never seen XYZ" is real great evidence.

Sorry but your little anecdotal evidence isn't doing anything, especially if people get banned. It's fair to warn them but sure, i guess it's better not to tell people cause of...reasons i guess. Heck unsocial NA entitlement on another level.

Edit: I mean in what world is "I commited crimes but i didn't got catched yet so i encourage others to do the same" a good thing. Maybe grow up, it's not that bad to give a shoot about others, try it out. Maybe you get some friends then and don't have to post such things on the forums.

What an incredibly rude post, this miles ahead of anything I've said or done here. But, unlike you I'm not going to back seat GM and say you are going to get banned for posting this.

[Ranaku]

What an incredibly rude post, this miles ahead of anything I've said or done here. But, unlike you I'm not going to back seat GM and say you are going to get banned for posting this.

Might be rude but it's the truth. Only cause you can speak for yourself doesn't mean your experience can be applied to literally every other players experience. Just cause you did stuff since the dawn of time and didn't got catched doesn't mean others aren't in the risk of getting their accounts suspended for it. But you clearly don't care about others as it seems.

I don't try to enforce these rules, i just tell people that they exist. Dunno what problem you have with that. Do you feel guilty or something?

[MintnHoney]

I mean, to be fair, you're basically being the spoilsport in a thread of mostly jokes, and then reinforced that by making another thread specifically about the rules. I wouldn't exactly call that rude, but I'm hoping your teacher gave you the gold star you were after, since you could point out the rules all the bad kids are breaking.

[Halivel]

Do you people think it's inappropriate to tease lalafell players for playing a lalafell? I'll give some examples.

"Hey guys have you seen the tank? I think he dc'd I don't see him. Oh wait, there you are I didn't see you down there."

"Oh no, we have a lalafell in the group."

"What are you going to do bite my ankles?"

"Did you guys hear something? I thought I heard something. Oh my god! It's a talking potato."

I was told by my lalafell friend to stop behaving like that to strangers I pug with. She was saying that my prejudiced towards lalafells was actually hidden prejudice I want to do in real life but can't. It's not like I'm abusing votekick to remove lalafells or anything. I think it's just a bit of harmless fun, she thinks otherwise.

I also go up to miqotes and poke them asking random strangers in dungeons, "Excuse me ma'am are you aware you are a cat?"

I can joke with friends, but saying this to random people..? Dunno, it's kind of rude imo. As much as it can be said with no ill intent, if you're hearing these jokes every day every second time you enter a dungeon or just stay next to marketboard minding your own business - it will become boring and annoying very fast, and I can understand why some players stop liking it or don't like it in the first place. Making jokes is good and all, but there's time and place for them.

Imagine hearing some harmless stereotype about your ethnicity every single day. You can find it cute at first, maybe will laugh with those who joke, but after 100500th time you probably will be just... smiling politely while thinking to yourself "yeah you're 10th to say this today, how very original of you. Next one please". It's not really the perfect example, but it's the one that goes the closest (said by somebody who's very tired of getting typical "vodka" or "su** bl***" comment the second people hear I'm from Russia. Is it harmless? Sure, it is, there's no ill intent in these messages. But is it funny? Stopped being so good 15 years ago and became a facepalm material since then).

[Lufir]

I can joke with friends, but saying this to random people..? Dunno, it's kind of rude imo. As much as it can be said with no ill intent, if you're hearing these jokes every day every second time you enter a dungeon or just stay next to marketboard minding your own business - it will become boring and annoying very fast, and I can understand why some players stop liking it or don't like it in the first place. Making jokes is good and all, but there's time and place for them.

Imagine hearing some harmless stereotype about your ethnicity every single day. You can find it cute at first, maybe will laugh with those who joke, but after 100500th time you probably will be just... smiling politely while thinking to yourself "yeah you're 10th to say this today, how very original of you. Next one please". It's not really the perfect example, but it's the one that goes the closest (said by somebody who's very tired of getting typical "vodka" or "su** bl***" comment the second people hear I'm from Russia. Is it harmless? Sure, it is, there's no ill intent in these messages. But is it funny? Stopped being so good 15 years ago and became a facepalm material since then).

You pretty much nailed it. Depending on what they are saying/doing, most of the time it's harmless. But I agree the jokes are so old at this point its like the co-worker who never lets the joke die and you just do the polite "chuckle" while inside you're cringing.