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Thankful for Elin Changes

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  • ShivamShivam Member Posts: 465

    Originally posted by Sentime

    Originally posted by Shivam


    Originally posted by Sentime

     

    If the Elin model sexualy arouses you, or even makes you think they're sexual to some others then you might want to get your head checked.

    It's a crazy cute character, and who doesnt want to play a cute badass dropping massive monsters and PKing fools?

     

    Yeah you are right...underage looking girls running around half naked in thongs, wiggling there hips is just normal day to day thing.

     

    Made my point, get some help.

    No i think people who come up with such ridiculous ideas and those who support them are the ones who need to get their heads checked.

    And no i didn't make up any point for you bud.

    You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty -- Mahatma Gandhi

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  • SentimeSentime Member UncommonPosts: 270

     

    Not to point out the obvious, but an Eiin is NOT an underage little girl.

    More then likely its some big dude on the other end playing a killer toon, if you insist on relating a geme to reality.

    I do understand though that some people will be upset and think an Eiin might be the "gateway" to pedophelia, much like so  many think weed is a gateway to heroin.  Cause I understand most of humanity is mentally and emotianaly unevolved at best and flat out nuts at worst.

  • SentimeSentime Member UncommonPosts: 270

    Originally posted by TruthXHurts

    Does it really effect you? What do you do when you pass by a swimming poll with young girls in bikinis? Do you gouge your eyes out? Do you storm into the pool and demand they cover up so that you don't get aroused?

     

    I wish they would and make the news for the lolz.  Burkas for everyone!

  • lectrocudalectrocuda Member Posts: 604

    I guess the real question is why does a females body, regardless of her age, have to be sexualized. Even naked women are human beings as are naked little girls, the decision to sexualize them is not natural and is in fact a reaction to the indoctrination you have recieved through traditional institutions that serve to only perpetuate this patriarchy where females are somehow responsible for mens reactions to there bodies.

     

    If you say that you are obsessed with sex and any female form in any manner causes you to have nasty thoughts, maybe you should thik about correcting your thought process instead of blaming the individual for having a body.

     

    Thats what it comes down too?

    Could a child not walk around naked without someone thinkng about sex?

     

    My souse and I spend most of our time half naked, and there is no constant compulsion to have sexual intercourse.

     

    I dont get the argument.

     

    Feminimity is not a sexual object.

    To the caterpillar it is the end of the world, to the master, it is a butterfly.

  • faxnadufaxnadu Member UncommonPosts: 940

    tnh its a game and those are game characters . if you would not go too into the game and mix it with reality your fine but what i dont understand some of here in this forum past posts are taking pixelated characters waaaaaaaaay too seriously.

    and if game encourages some individual to do something bad outside the game wich have been influenced from inside the game have problems or simply is too young to understand the difference of virtaul world and real world. or simply just frakking dumb. period.

  • MajinashMajinash Member Posts: 1,320

    Originally posted by lectrocuda

    the decision to sexualize them is not natural and is in fact a reaction to the indoctrination you have recieved through traditional institutions that serve to only perpetuate this patriarchy where females are somehow responsible for mens reactions to there bodies.

     

    Citation please.

    Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats.

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  • reb007reb007 Member UncommonPosts: 613

    Originally posted by lectrocuda

    I guess the real question is why does a females body, regardless of her age, have to be sexualized. Even naked women are human beings as are naked little girls, the decision to sexualize them is not natural and is in fact a reaction to the indoctrination you have recieved through traditional institutions that serve to only perpetuate this patriarchy where females are somehow responsible for mens reactions to there bodies.

     

    If you say that you are obsessed with sex and any female form in any manner causes you to have nasty thoughts, maybe you should thik about correcting your thought process instead of blaming the individual for having a body.

     

    Thats what it comes down too?

    Could a child not walk around naked without someone thinkng about sex?

     

    My souse and I spend most of our time half naked, and there is no constant compulsion to have sexual intercourse.

     

    I dont get the argument.

     

    Feminimity is not a sexual object.

    Excellent post

  • BenjolaBenjola Member UncommonPosts: 843

    Seriously, this naive line "I don't see children therefore they are not and I don't find them sexualized therefore they aren't" that some of you are pushing needs to go, you are just embarrassing yourselves.

    The developers intention in this game is crystal clear, they decided to bring out the sexy and they did it hardcore.

    While I can appreciate the detailed work done on the boob physics as much as the next person, they obviously screwed the pooch on Ellin.

    This isn't debatable so stop trying to spin it with childish arguments.

    They screwed the pooch and they know it, is why they added changes in outfits.

    I don't think the changes were sufficiant but regardless it's too little too late.

    The damage is already done, area chat in game is filled with pedo talk, everyone playing an Ellin is ridiculed and viewed as a pedo.

    It sucks for players that want to play Ellin for legit reasons like PVP hit-box reason or whatever but that's that.

    Play an Ellin and prepare to be harrased in game, that's the result of the major screw up on Bluehole's part... so far, because if the game becomes smashing success and draw too much attension to itself I can see bigger problems in the future.

     

    I care about your gaming 'problems' and teenage anxieties, just not today.

  • ShivamShivam Member Posts: 465

    Originally posted by lectrocuda

    I guess the real question is why does a females body, regardless of her age, have to be sexualized. Even naked women are human beings as are naked little girls, the decision to sexualize them is not natural and is in fact a reaction to the indoctrination you have recieved through traditional institutions that serve to only perpetuate this patriarchy where females are somehow responsible for mens reactions to there bodies.

     

    If you say that you are obsessed with sex and any female form in any manner causes you to have nasty thoughts, maybe you should thik about correcting your thought process instead of blaming the individual for having a body.

     

    Thats what it comes down too?

    Could a child not walk around naked without someone thinkng about sex?

     

    My souse and I spend most of our time half naked, and there is no constant compulsion to have sexual intercourse.

     

    I dont get the argument.

     

    Feminimity is not a sexual object.

    That is the question you should ask TERA developers.

    You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty -- Mahatma Gandhi

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  • heartlessheartless Member UncommonPosts: 4,993

    Originally posted by lectrocuda

    I guess the real question is why does a females body, regardless of her age, have to be sexualized. Even naked women are human beings as are naked little girls, the decision to sexualize them is not natural and is in fact a reaction to the indoctrination you have recieved through traditional institutions that serve to only perpetuate this patriarchy where females are somehow responsible for mens reactions to there bodies.

     

    If you say that you are obsessed with sex and any female form in any manner causes you to have nasty thoughts, maybe you should thik about correcting your thought process instead of blaming the individual for having a body.

     

    Thats what it comes down too?

    Could a child not walk around naked without someone thinkng about sex?

     

    My souse and I spend most of our time half naked, and there is no constant compulsion to have sexual intercourse.

     

    I dont get the argument.

     

    Feminimity is not a sexual object.

    Any society has things that are appropriate and things that are not. Whatever you and your spouse do behind closed doors, is your own personal issue. However, you don't exactly go to the supermarket half naked, do you?

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  • heartlessheartless Member UncommonPosts: 4,993

    Originally posted by I_Return

    Originally posted by heartless


    Originally posted by nerovipus32


    Originally posted by Ecoces


    Originally posted by Pivotelite


    Originally posted by Ecoces

    lol i love the idea that just because the lore says they aren't children that its ok to make them look like 10 year olds in panties.

    That's not the reason why, it's okay because nobody cares about that in Korean culture where the game was developed. Not everywhere in the world has the same standards/social norms.

    well then i am glad that i live in a country that doesn't objectify a 10 year old as sex symbols and considers it a "social norm".

     

    i guess some western values ARE better.

    Man you're American, dont they hae beauty pagents for 8 year olds? is that not objectifying? or are you being a typical American that condemns other cultures before taking a good hard look at your own?

    Sure they have beauty pageants for little girls but they are not exactly mainstream. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of people who object to those pageants. The problem with using the "you Americans" argument is that you actually need to have a general idea of how the country is and not use the fringe elements of the American culture as an example. We have guns here too, doesn't mean that it's mainstream to go around shooting people.

    Like I said in my previous post, a lot of this stuff is in the grey area of the law. Technically it is legal but not exactly moral.

    One thing I have to comment on is the youtube video that was posted. That video, more than any argument made by me, or anyone else in this thread, solidified my point that the armor for the Elin race needs to be reworked. I mean skimpy dresses aside, some of the animations have the dress raise up and reveal the panties. That is simply not appropriate.

    Why don;t you stop trying the censor the world to your bleiefs. You are failing to see the bigger picture of the argument.

     

    You really want to get mad about scantaly clad children, google "Dance Moms"  , go get mad at that and leave Tera alone .

    There is no "bigger picture" in this argument. The argument is whether or not it is appropriate to depict preteen girls in such a manner, in this game.

    As far as that "Dance Moms" thing, should I start feeding the starving children in Africa too?

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  • malfury1malfury1 Member Posts: 19

    Don't care too much about the Elin change too much; but I do think they made the Elin's even uglier with their terribly done shorts. Doesn't look natural on them at all. It would have been better to just remake that armor set for the western crowd completely.

  • superpatasuperpata Member UncommonPosts: 190

    I do not care about elin and i will not play one but looking at some of these links it surprises me no one seems to notice how "deformed" they are? I can see why people would relate them to children but their hips/legs are as developed as a woman.. their heads are super big and their arms and legs so out of propotion compared to you normal kid...In the end it is just a fantasy game with non real characters in a fantasy world with a fantasy lore.

  • MajinashMajinash Member Posts: 1,320

    Originally posted by Xyched




    a) To my knowledge, there's no permadeath. The character can never "die" in any realistic sense. Furthermore, these characters hardly represent actual people. They don't eat, bathe, sleep, form relationships, have families or friends, etc. 


     

    I don't see how this argument only applies to justifying violence and somehow has nothing to do with underdressed underage girls.

    Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats.

  • Lille7Lille7 Member Posts: 301

    Originally posted by Xyched

    Originally posted by nerovipus32


    Originally posted by Ecoces


    Originally posted by Pivotelite


    Originally posted by Ecoces

    lol i love the idea that just because the lore says they aren't children that its ok to make them look like 10 year olds in panties.

    That's not the reason why, it's okay because nobody cares about that in Korean culture where the game was developed. Not everywhere in the world has the same standards/social norms.

    well then i am glad that i live in a country that doesn't objectify a 10 year old as sex symbols and considers it a "social norm".

     

    i guess some western values ARE better.

    Man you're American, dont they hae beauty pagents for 8 year olds? is that not objectifying? or are you being a typical American that condemns other cultures before taking a good hard look at your own?

    I've heard of beauty pagents for children existing, but I've never seen one, for what it's worth. That being said, even the ones I've heard of don't promote the sexualization of the children in any way. The children aren't scored on their sex appeal, it's more an exercise in confidence and preparation. I'm not defending them, but you're making them sound like some kiddy strip club.

     

    Heres a Youtube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64t_30NKwkw you really only need to watch the first 30 seconds and you will see the Elin got nothing on those pageants, and this is REAL.


    Originally posted by Benjola

    I think the concensus was that Asia in general and Korea in particular being this different culture where they tolerate sexualization of young girls did their thing.

     

    See the youtube clip I linked.

  • heartlessheartless Member UncommonPosts: 4,993

    Originally posted by Majinash

    Originally posted by Xyched





    a) To my knowledge, there's no permadeath. The character can never "die" in any realistic sense. Furthermore, these characters hardly represent actual people. They don't eat, bathe, sleep, form relationships, have families or friends, etc. 


     

    I don't see how this argument only applies to justifying violence and somehow has nothing to do with underdressed underage girls.

    it's how we as humans perceive things. Our views, norms and values are influenced by the society we live in. We can justify violence in video games because we know that it's not real but depiction of a child in a somewhat sexual manner is considered immoral. Eventhough it's not a real person, it's still a child presented in a manner to which we are not only unacustomed to but also consider wrong.

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  • heartlessheartless Member UncommonPosts: 4,993

    Originally posted by Lille7

    Originally posted by Xyched


    Originally posted by nerovipus32


    Originally posted by Ecoces


    Originally posted by Pivotelite


    Originally posted by Ecoces

    lol i love the idea that just because the lore says they aren't children that its ok to make them look like 10 year olds in panties.

    That's not the reason why, it's okay because nobody cares about that in Korean culture where the game was developed. Not everywhere in the world has the same standards/social norms.

    well then i am glad that i live in a country that doesn't objectify a 10 year old as sex symbols and considers it a "social norm".

     

    i guess some western values ARE better.

    Man you're American, dont they hae beauty pagents for 8 year olds? is that not objectifying? or are you being a typical American that condemns other cultures before taking a good hard look at your own?

    I've heard of beauty pagents for children existing, but I've never seen one, for what it's worth. That being said, even the ones I've heard of don't promote the sexualization of the children in any way. The children aren't scored on their sex appeal, it's more an exercise in confidence and preparation. I'm not defending them, but you're making them sound like some kiddy strip club.

     

    Heres a Youtube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64t_30NKwkw you really only need to watch the first 30 seconds and you will see the Elin got nothing on those pageants, and this is REAL.


    Originally posted by Benjola

    I think the concensus was that Asia in general and Korea in particular being this different culture where they tolerate sexualization of young girls did their thing.

     

    See the youtube clip I linked.

    Again, the beauty pageants in question are done by the fringe element of our society and many Americans view them as inapropriate and immoral. There is a lot of crazy shit going on in the world and using those pageants as an argument to support your point is along the same lines as saying that all muslims are terrorists. It's just plain ignorant.

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  • SiveriaSiveria Member UncommonPosts: 1,416

    Originally posted by Vrika

    Originally posted by brody71

    i dont know much about korean culture, so i have to ask,

    Does anyone know why they are obsessed with scantily clad cartoon little girls?  Is it a religion thing?

    I'd say it's more just a cultular difference.

    Think about movies made here. How many of them feature murdering, even though everyone considers that murdering another person is horrible crime?

    In Japan and Korea it's more common and more accepted to add some erotic themes, even about persons who are clearly underage. But that doesn't make them obsessed pedophiles any more than people in west are all obsessed murderers.

     

    Not sure about Korea, but in Japan the national legal age for sexual intercourse is 14 I believe, However each prefecture can have their own laws regarding that (most make it 16 or 18 iirc). This is why stuff like loli's and such in japan is considered somewhat normal over there. Its bascally just a huge cultrual diffrence. Japan for example has a huge amount of culture diffrences compared to the usa or canada.

    Personally The Elin either way didn't bother me I thought they were cute either way, but thats probally because I watch alot of anime so stuff like that doesn't really bother me like it might for someone not used to seeing it.

    Being a pessimist is a win-win pattern of thinking. If you're a pessimist (I'll admit that I am!) you're either:

    A. Proven right (if something bad happens)

    or

    B. Pleasantly surprised (if something good happens)

    Either way, you can't lose! Try it out sometime!

  • MajinashMajinash Member Posts: 1,320

    Originally posted by heartless

    it's how we as humans perceive things. Our views, norms and values are influenced by the society we live in. We can justify violence in video games because we know that it's not real but depiction of a child in a somewhat sexual manner is considered immoral. Eventhough it's not a real person, it's still a child presented in a manner to which we are not only unacustomed to but also consider wrong.

    Ok, so once again.  Why does something not being real make dismemberment perfectly fine, but not underdressing a child-like fantasy race?

     

    I don't think I could have more perfectly laid out a double standard than what you did right there.  You have taken 2 things that are morally wrong (in some areas), murder and... well not even molestation, but lets call it that.  Two things people take very seriously, very very seriously.  Then stated that the justification for 1 being ok in fiction simply doesn't apply to the second.

     

    The truth is you won't ever be able to give a good answer to why one is acceptable and the other is not, because there isn't one.  Both of these issues are make believe, they take place in a video game.  You just happen to take one in stride, and find one deplorable.

     

    The funny thing is that outside of a virtual world, dressing little girls up like that is actually legal (at least in the US) but killing people will get you locked up for life.  Kind of interesting how when we move to a virtual world the whole thing is backwards?

    Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats.

  • Lille7Lille7 Member Posts: 301

    Originally posted by heartless

     

    Again, the beauty pageants in question are done by the fringe element of our society and many Americans view them as inapropriate and immoral. There is a lot of crazy shit going on in the world and using those pageants as an argument to support your point is along the same lines as saying that all muslims are terrorists. It's just plain ignorant.

    Doesn't matter if it's a fringe element of society. You still allow parents to dress their children and show them of this way, yet you won't allow a computer game to show the same on virtual characters? Characters that might look like children, but arent?

    Don't you see how strange that is?

     

    Also not all features of the Elin are childlike, as someone said, the upper body is childlike, but the legs for instance are definately not those of a child.

     

    Well my biggest gripe is that peoples whining will make me unable to play the game as the creators intended.

  • Cyberdeck7Cyberdeck7 Member UncommonPosts: 239

    Originally posted by Lille7

    Originally posted by heartless


     

    Again, the beauty pageants in question are done by the fringe element of our society and many Americans view them as inapropriate and immoral. There is a lot of crazy shit going on in the world and using those pageants as an argument to support your point is along the same lines as saying that all muslims are terrorists. It's just plain ignorant.

    Doesn't matter if it's a fringe element of society. You still allow parents to dress their children and show them of this way, yet you won't allow a computer game to show the same on virtual characters? Characters that might look like children, but arent?

    Don't you see how strange that is?

     

    Also not all features of the Elin are childlike, as someone said, the upper body is childlike, but the legs for instance are definately not those of a child.

     

    Well my biggest gripe is that peoples whining will make me unable to play the game as the creators intended.

    Nobody here has the power to allow or disallow anything.

    The pageant argument is a straw man fallacy and therefore invalid.

    Regardless, sexualizing little girls is disgusting - in Tera and in pageants

  • PivotelitePivotelite Member UncommonPosts: 2,145

    Originally posted by Cyberdeck7

    Originally posted by Lille7


    Originally posted by heartless


     

    Again, the beauty pageants in question are done by the fringe element of our society and many Americans view them as inapropriate and immoral. There is a lot of crazy shit going on in the world and using those pageants as an argument to support your point is along the same lines as saying that all muslims are terrorists. It's just plain ignorant.

    Doesn't matter if it's a fringe element of society. You still allow parents to dress their children and show them of this way, yet you won't allow a computer game to show the same on virtual characters? Characters that might look like children, but arent?

    Don't you see how strange that is?

     

    Also not all features of the Elin are childlike, as someone said, the upper body is childlike, but the legs for instance are definately not those of a child.

     

    Well my biggest gripe is that peoples whining will make me unable to play the game as the creators intended.

    Nobody here has the power to allow or disallow anything.

    The pageant argument is a straw man fallacy and therefore invalid.

    Regardless, sexualizing little girls is disgusting - in Tera and in pageants

    Toddlers and Tiaras...it's even on T.V, so why is it beeing so bad in a game with fictional being that are not even children.

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  • heartlessheartless Member UncommonPosts: 4,993

    Originally posted by Lille7

    Originally posted by heartless


     

    Again, the beauty pageants in question are done by the fringe element of our society and many Americans view them as inapropriate and immoral. There is a lot of crazy shit going on in the world and using those pageants as an argument to support your point is along the same lines as saying that all muslims are terrorists. It's just plain ignorant.

    Doesn't matter if it's a fringe element of society. You still allow parents to dress their children and show them of this way, yet you won't allow a computer game to show the same on virtual characters? Characters that might look like children, but arent?

    Don't you see how strange that is?

     

    Also not all features of the Elin are childlike, as someone said, the upper body is childlike, but the legs for instance are definately not those of a child.

     

    Well my biggest gripe is that peoples whining will make me unable to play the game as the creators intended.

    Video games, unlike TV shows have a potential to reach broader audiences. For example, those child beauty pageants are mostly watched by the people who are interested in that nonsense.

    I think that your biggest gripe is that you can't see a preteen girl's underwear. I've had issues with game developers changing game features to apease the masses but changing the armor to make little girl characters look more like little girls should is not one of those issues.

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  • heartlessheartless Member UncommonPosts: 4,993

    Originally posted by Pivotelite

    Originally posted by Cyberdeck7


    Originally posted by Lille7


    Originally posted by heartless


     

    Again, the beauty pageants in question are done by the fringe element of our society and many Americans view them as inapropriate and immoral. There is a lot of crazy shit going on in the world and using those pageants as an argument to support your point is along the same lines as saying that all muslims are terrorists. It's just plain ignorant.

    Doesn't matter if it's a fringe element of society. You still allow parents to dress their children and show them of this way, yet you won't allow a computer game to show the same on virtual characters? Characters that might look like children, but arent?

    Don't you see how strange that is?

     

    Also not all features of the Elin are childlike, as someone said, the upper body is childlike, but the legs for instance are definately not those of a child.

     

    Well my biggest gripe is that peoples whining will make me unable to play the game as the creators intended.

    Nobody here has the power to allow or disallow anything.

    The pageant argument is a straw man fallacy and therefore invalid.

    Regardless, sexualizing little girls is disgusting - in Tera and in pageants

    Toddlers and Tiaras...it's even on T.V, so why is it beeing so bad in a game with fictional being that are not even children.

    It is bad. But the existence of one doesn't excuse the existence of the other. Just because it's on TV doesn't mean that people are OK with it. And it definitely doesn't excuse the sexualized depiction of girls in a video game. Or any other medium for that matter.

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