What is an 'Elitist'

[Black91CRX]

Elitists = narcissists.

Pretty much this

[Truefaith87]

Long answer short, to make this entire topic true... Elitest = Lalafell

[Magis]

Elitist at this point is a generic word to be used as an insult.

[Lafiele]

I've seen the word thrown around too many times and different people give different views. So I wanted to know what do you guys view as an elitist?

An elitist is someone who is above average but not on the top (but they think they are). To make it worst, they use this to look down on newer less experience players, completely forgetting that they once, had to die to a fight many times to get to where they are at. In addition, in comparison to real pro players who don't act like a douche, they pale in comparison but solely believe due to their distorted vision of him/herself they are on equal standing but ha ha... everyone knows you're not buddy. Btw, not to be mistaken with jealous bunch of people who hype themselves up as super good players but for some reason they always get the boot in pugs cause they're not "pulling their weight" and their friends pat them in the back saying don't worry, it's not you, it's everyone else.

e.g
Example for eltism:

elitist range dps dude: dude man the monk is not doing enough DPS, my elite illegal parser is telling me (blm) i'm doing 260 DPS whereas you're only doing 251 DPS. Please kick him, he is not pulling his weight.
reasonable leader dude: ? what are you on about solshan?, this is our first wipe... and -20 dps isn't a huge issue... nothing that is make or break.
elitist range dps dude: No man, he's melee, he should always be doing more dps than me!!!!
reasonable leader dude: well that depends on the fight... also your dps would be aritificially higher because there were a group of adds you could aoe.
elitist range dps dude: screw this, i'm out, see you noobs.
elitist range dps dude leaves the party


For the bunch of hyped up kids example:
Desperate males: omg lily you're such a good healer!! wowwwwww *knees on all fours and prays*
Everyone else: ???? why do those guys keep saying she is good, she is not pulling her weight... keeps running out of mana and consistently overhealing with medica II for no reason... *examines her gear* wow, she has a lot of piety melds too in her i90 gear... fail...I feel sorry for the other healer..

[Krr]

As you can see by this thread, 'Elitist' is a word with a negative connotation that can mean very different but related things.

Used 'correctly,' it describes players with little skill, a large ego, and an exclusionary mindset toward other players based on that ego.

Used more commonly it describes anyone who's good at pressing buttons and expects other people to be good at pressing buttons.

[DubstepNinja]

usually a tag in the real world that people give to others at the top of their chosen field, or who are outstanding at what they do

In video games its a title you give yourself, because you have no concept of humility.

[Gaist]

Nobody who calls themselves elite based upon motor functions and memory. chimps have those too.

[Gextiv]

When you know what your doing.

[zeroumus]

An elitist is the second highest form for gamer there can be. they are right between the people who are so good they write the guides everyone uses, and just good players


the order goes something like this

GODS, ( people who beat content on their own and make youtube guides for all those losers below )
Elitists , (the people who quickly read those guides and beat the content )
Good players, (the people who can dodge who elitists will tolerate carrying though fights )
scrubs, everything else

have a nice day

[Vinroke]

Anyone who equates higher gear to mean better skill.