Superficial

[MACEenyo]

I was replying to the vanity thread but was straying far from that(this post is barely about Vanity infact) so I just decided to make my own post.

Way to many superficial people play this game. Not only in the sense of vanity, but a lot of people believe a few item level points will make or break an encounter, when in reality players skill is much more important in this game. It seems to me most people care not about having a good time, and only care about the fastest route they can make to acquire those pixels. Their seems to be a hell of a lot of miserable people out there that don't even play this game for fun. Many are just after that epic piece of crap item that will become obsolete in a few patches.

Just because someone has more pixels, has progressed further content wise at this point in the game means literally nothing, but people judge others on this everyday. It only shows that they started earlier and have spent more time in the game. If you want to segregate yourself go for it, but I wouldn't suggest it.

When I started playing FFXI it was around Christmas time of '04. The only thing I can figure is that most elistist players were far ahead of me so I got to play with normal people through my rise in that game. I could be very wrong, I don't know. People were just nicer, less douchy, back in the day it seems.Is it just me or was their WAY less people using voice comms back in 04/05/06 in FFXI? People used them, my Dynamis shell did. They were never a requirement though, and no one was ever excluded based on this. I don't have a problem with voice comms I just feel they take away something. Everyone seems to think they help a lot, but the truth is people are just lazy. Not one encounter in the game is greatly benefited by their use. It just seems back then people would talk more in parties(talk, not only talking to complain).

I guess partly what I am trying to say is: people judge their fellow players way too much based on things that don't even matter. You can dudge them on their play, fine, but to judge them before you have even played with them is just wrong IMO.