that’s because it’s not based on what they are in the universe. They’re furries that don’t come off as uber-macho badasses like Tauren, so they get all the furry hate (which tbh is largely homophobia).
It’s always about “perversion”, nothing about any war crimes or even the IN-UNIVERSE BIAS that you have RIGHT THERE of, until they joined the Horde, the only ones to leave vol’dun were pirates. But that’s not a consideration because it’s not why vulpera players are dumped on. It’s just because Vulpera are too ‘perverted’. Even though there’s the same ratio of lewd or questionable profiles as all other races.
tbh I had my fox here have joined the primalists for a bit while I wasn’t playing her because it feels like that’s the level of insanity one needs to have before people stop looking at you like a freak on a vulpera.
I’ve noticed a lot of it goes away if you block one specific warlock I don’t need to name.
More seriously yeah, it’s frustrating. And more than even what they’re doing, the fact that the “in character” racism isn’t based on anything from the setting, but on furry bashing (where the tauren somehow don’t count) bothers me almost more than the behavior its self, they don’t even care enough to disguise their hatred with the set dressing provided to them, they just hate vulpera and anyone who plays them.
I think challenging tough guys to duels is very funny.
I think it’s also very funny when they fumble over RP explanations as to why they can’t do that. Like “hey no I’m supposed to be bigger and stronger than you ;((((((”
Oh yes, I have heard it all. The excuse caboose in full steam, pulling into the station. All aboard! TOOT TOOT!
“My character would just win anyway.”
“Thats not fair I have no gear”
“Oh I lagged”
“THE SUN WAS IN MY EYES!”
In the very early days of WrA, there used to be a PvPer who hung out in SMC and would pick IC fights so he could duel. This would have been fine, except he always picked fights with lowbies or ungeared RPers. He tried that once with me, but we had a lot of PvPers in my guild at the time, so I told him sure and then called for a guildie to show up and be the guild champion for the fight.
Yeah a lot of people hide behind valid on the surface rp excuses but really just want to be bullies. It’s fine to have characters with flaws like racism. Someone could be Orc Garithos dialed up to 11 if they want to but they should make sure are playing with a person or group that wants to bother with that.
If I saw a something as hardcore as a Vulpera wearing the skull of its enemy, well, I’m not really sure how my dwarf might handle that actually. Maybe stand back and poke it with the end of a wooden staff to see if it actually moves? I just don’t know.
That’s okay. I always carry a high quality folding chair so if something interesting catches my attention I can comfortably observe. And, should the worst happen and that skull-wearing Vulpera shows up I can defend myself with staff and chair.
It’s all about the neutrality these days so I might nudge that Vulpera wearing its mother’s skull with my staff and offer to buy it a cup of coffee so we could sit outside the Blue Recluse and talk.
