Psion said:
If you are concerned with reporting posts that insult others, you might want to with post 1. In case it escaped your attention, some poll choices ("Elf fanboys are are almost furry-like in their weirdness") are, if anything, more insulting than what you are responding to.
Well, there's a reason both the OP and this person are on my list (and if this one wasn't, the condescending "it's for your own good" crap would have accomplished it.)
Plus, I wasn't insulting. I was just stating facts.
Fact is, there's nothing wrong with elves. Maybe the con penalty is punishing, but that doesn't mean you can't play an elf and have fun (if it is, it probably makes you a pure powergamer).
The error lies with people: People who become raving fanboys (though they come in all flavours. There's RFs for dwarves, for Wizards, and so many other things. It's not limited to elves at all), people who use the race as an excuse to be a prick (again, nothing limited to elves. In fact, I saw it more often with dwarves personally), people who are blind to the real problem and start hating some piece of game rules instead of those abuse it, and start winding others up.
If saying that hatemongering and flamebaiting sucks is insulting, then I guess I am insulting.
