Meh. People go through phases as they mature when it's super exciting to say things their moms wouldn't want them to say, and extra fun if it also upsets somebody. Some of the ha-ha-slavery comments are pretty clearly that. All the rest of it is whatever it is when people half-RP on these forums. I wouldn't want to hang around with make-the-lizards-into-shoes guy, but he can do his thing.

I wouldn't mind if the mods started moving those threads to a quieter subsection of the forum though. "Lore" maybe if they don't fit into fiction and RP.

Edited for clarity, needs moar coffee

TelvanniWizard wrote: »

Never saw an argonian in RL. If I did, would consider enslaving it

My first thought would be to run away in absolute terror at a walking, talking lizard!

Sixty5 wrote: »

Liking or disliking a race in a videogame is not racism.

I'll make all the jokes I want about Argonian skin shoes or a Khajiit fur rug, but at the end of the day none of it really matters, because they are fictional characters in a fictional world.

And if you think that has any bearing on the real world, you must also believe that killing people in a game is tantamount to killing people in real life.

This. End thread.

i like immersion. The lore says theres slavery in the game? ok. i hope eventually the oppressed get free and get revenge on there oppressers. Rascim in the game has in a way been a large part in the game. A large majority of Elves think there better then every and every other race is scum. Nords in skyrims Windhelm thought Dark elves were all spies n traitories scum While otger Nords think people are just milk drinkers. . Almost everyone sees Kahjiit as nothing but skooma addicts. If people want to rp that way cause they mentally ally themselves with there favorite race, cool. You be you.

to be perfectly honest with you, this is a game. Most people use games as a way to get away from the real world. id rather people RP rascist in a video game with unreal people then in IRL.

Why does that even matter? Are we at the point where virtual characters have human rights now?

TheMaster wrote: »

Enslaved wrote: »

Lately, there has been an outburst of racist threads on forums. Comments that promote slavery are pretty common as well.

Dude, [snip] brutal. Have an awesome.

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Sixty5 wrote: »

Liking or disliking a race in a videogame is not racism.

I'll make all the jokes I want about Argonian skin shoes or a Khajiit fur rug, but at the end of the day none of it really matters, because they are fictional characters in a fictional world.

And if you think that has any bearing on the real world, you must also believe that killing people in a game is tantamount to killing people in real life.

This guys got it figured out I agree 100%

Enslaved wrote: »

Lately, there has been an outburst of racist threads on forums. Comments that promote slavery are pretty common as well.
I can't say I like all ESO races, because that is not true, but there should be a line somewhere.
We all spent money on ESO, many of us are ESO+ subscribers, and also do support the game by buying crown store related items.
So, why do we have to deal with racist comments and worse based on what race we chose our characters to be?
Is money we spent on ESO less worth than money of these "in game" racists?

It's just role playing and it's not like video game slavery is real slavery.

I think you are letting a bit of harmless fun bother you too much.

A man can think argonian skin features are beautiful and gorgeous without being racist even if it make up my new skin boots. See we don't harvest the argonians because we hate them or because we feel superior to them, we do not want to see the argonian race extinct or to enslave them for slavery's own sake. We just like their skin, it's so beautiful.