I don't know what race I would be, if Tamriel was true reality (I think only the Gods know this), but I can tell you what race I really would like to be: a Bosmer. I don't care, what others think about this race - for me they are the most wonderful, most interesting and complex race in all of Nirn - from the moment I took my first step in TES (Morrowind).
Living in a world where people a completely losing the connection to nature and the natural spirits, it would just be wonderful to have that connection again. Not only to live in the nature, but to live with it and from it, accepting the laws of nature without questioning and without the ambition of conquering them. To be in close contact with the spirits and the gods - being a perfect unity with them - that would really be something I would like to experience.
Eating mostly meat would probably a problem for me (as I really don't eat much of it in RL), but being a Bosmer I think I would be able to cope with that. And as the Bosmer a killing animals not just for meat and throwing the rest of the carcass away but using every single part of it, I would be able to cope with it.
And concerning cannibalism that is the main reason why a lot of people I know playing TES are rejecting the Bosmer : I would be a Bosmer and it would be part of my culture. It's their way of dealing with death - every people has their own way, and cannibalism is theirs - so yes, I won't have a problem with that.
Longer lifespan is not necessarily a good condition for accomplishments - I work a lot with complex adaptive systems, where all entities in them evolve. The longer the lifespan of entities, the more the system tends to go to a low energy state overall -i.e. tends towards laziness, whereas when the lifespan of entities is reduced significantly, the system tends to go towards a high energy state in a whole and the evolution speeds up massively. So basically the assumption, that a longer lifespan would make a race overall better accomplished is not a valid one.
Sheezabeast wrote: »Well, since I'm a mix of Swedish, German, and Native American, it would make perfect sense for me to be a Nord. But I hate the cold and love warm places, so could this one have the heart of a Nord and the body of a Khajiit?
milesrodneymcneely2_ESO wrote: »Altmer or Dunmer, HANDS DOWN.
My reason? The lifespan.
I've said it before, but can you imagine what Albert Einstein, Jesse Owens, or David Bowie could have accomplished if they'd have had an extra 200-300 years? The ability to perfect a craft while maintaining your physical peak would be PRICELESS, in my opinion.
So, yeah.
Longer lifespan is not necessarily a good condition for accomplishments - I work a lot with complex adaptive systems, where all entities in them evolve. The longer the lifespan of entities, the more the system tends to go to a low energy state overall -i.e. tends towards laziness, whereas when the lifespan of entities is reduced significantly, the system tends to go towards a high energy state in a whole and the evolution speeds up massively. So basically the assumption, that a longer lifespan would make a race overall better accomplished is not a valid one.
Silver_Strider wrote: »Argonian.
I love their Lore and I wouldn't mind living in Black Marsh at all. Always wanted to explore it in greater depth and since Argonians are the only (living) race that can survive the harsh land, all the more reason to go Argonian.
FASCINATING perspective! Can I ask what your background is? Because that sounds interesting as HECK!milesrodneymcneely2_ESO wrote: »Altmer or Dunmer, HANDS DOWN.
My reason? The lifespan.
I've said it before, but can you imagine what Albert Einstein, Jesse Owens, or David Bowie could have accomplished if they'd have had an extra 200-300 years? The ability to perfect a craft while maintaining your physical peak would be PRICELESS, in my opinion.
So, yeah.
Longer lifespan is not necessarily a good condition for accomplishments - I work a lot with complex adaptive systems, where all entities in them evolve. The longer the lifespan of entities, the more the system tends to go to a low energy state overall -i.e. tends towards laziness, whereas when the lifespan of entities is reduced significantly, the system tends to go towards a high energy state in a whole and the evolution speeds up massively. So basically the assumption, that a longer lifespan would make a race overall better accomplished is not a valid one.
c.p.garrett1993_ESO wrote: »Imperial, without a doubt. Hint of Nord from my father's side.
MarrazzMist wrote: »Always khajiit for some reason. My first character in Oblivion was khajiit, and most other after thar, maybe it just stucked. There's something very familiar and alien in them.
The_Sadist wrote: »Any type of magic orientated race would be fun.
There's a lot of Khajiit enthusiasts here, ah well, more slaves I suppose!
rotaugen454 wrote: »Even if Tamriel were real, how many people get to choose their race when they are born? I don't remember going through a character selection screen at birth...
LoadingBar5 wrote: »Argonian, don't know why but I just love everything about them!