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[ZipZap2000]

Being a stripper is our best trait?

Maybe when we die our souls all go to the Hegemony. Coz sadism and slavery were awesome too.

[ZipZap2000]

Shut the h3!! up man. This isn't worth my time. I'm gonna pretend like I never saw this thread.

You got really mad at the world after E3. What's up?

[SKAR]

You got really mad at the world after E3. What's up?

I've been here the whole time. You know I hate stupid threads.

[ZipZap2000]

I've been here the whole time. You know I hate stupid threads.

I know. Just seemed like somethin was bothering you.

If all's well then I'll resume standard procedures.

[SKAR]

I know. Just seemed like somethin was bothering you.

If all's well then I'll resume standard procedures.

The stupidity bothers me man. *Sips Ryncol*

[Hazegurl]

I had no reason to give two craps about any other race in the series.  I didn't even care all that much for Earth so I never saw the final fight as "taking back Earth" but just destroying the Reapers. And even if we were playing an Asari, Krogan, or Turian it would still be a "take back Palavan/Thessia/et al." and I don't see how it would be anything other than a "take back Earth" in alien skin.

[Arcian]

Of course I care for humanity, but not at the expense of the other species. The homocentricity does ****** me off because virtually all space sci-fi is set from a human perspective. I would like to roleplay as an alien for a change.

[bEVEsthda]

Of course I care for humanity, but not at the expense of the other species. The homocentricity does ****** me off because virtually all space sci-fi is set from a human perspective. I would like to roleplay as an alien for a change.

 

This thread did get my head working, thinking about things. I'm not ready with that yet, but here's my observations of where I am:

 

I'm a healthy chauvinist. I put myself, family and close friends first. Then company, town, country, Western world. Then humanity.

The world and Biosphere has to be protected from humanity. But that is actually still putting humanity first, just a fight against suicidal stupidity.

 

In a Fantasy RPG I typically do not choose human. Why? That had me puzzled a bit, but here's what I think. -The races in Fantasy rpgs represents ethnical and cultural diversity. They don't use human races for that. And well, I quite like the notion of the 'outsider'. That's probably why I do it. I also typically choose diverse gender and sexuality.

 

In a SF RPG that features alien races, I'd always choose human. Why? I don't know really... But I think alien would transport me over a border. In a Fantasy rpg, I suppose I don't really perceive Elfs, Orcs etc as non-human. Just different.

 

In a 4X-game I never choose human. Why? Again it has me puzzled. It may be because I feel some kind of antagonism against the mass of humanity? The mass of humanity is stupid. I have no problem putting myself in the shoes of a superior sapient, as adversary to humanity.

[CuriousArtemis]

*cough cough* Humankind...

 

Yeah I'm with you, OP; one thing that always bothered me about ME2 was how renegade Shepard was so SUPER DUPER PRO-HUMAN (and hence pro-Cerberus to a degree) and it's like, just because I want to play a really intense guy who prefers to punch his way out of situations doesn't mean I'm necessarily "human or bust!" And yes, as I played the trilogy for the millionth time, I did finally start to realize how silly it was that everything seemed to center on Earth in the last game, how all the other species were like, sure I'll abandon my planet to come save yours, Shepard! I find there's something really disturbing in this message; it's sort of a complete 180 from something like Star Trek which seeks to use "aliens" as basically examples of different cultures, and how we are strongest when we all work together... never in that series are humans shown to be better, smarter, more worthy of saving, etc. Mass Effect being so pro-human leaves an uncomfortable taste in my mouth, because there's no such thing as turians and krogans, but there is such a thing as German, Italian, Japanese, American, etc... ya know?

[Fredward]

Why focus on humans when you have an entire stable full of interesting and new alien races? And in the Mass Effect world the humans seem to be the only ones who aren't aggressively inept and the only ones that interesting **** happens too. It's contrived.