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Why do you not like Little people?

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Graic Gabtar
The Lemon Party
#1 - 2012-04-09 01:05:30 UTC
I've been playing around with the character creator and I wanted to change the height of a character.

I want her to be short.

Maybe not world record short, but definitely in the running for a casting call as an Ewok.

And I don't think I can.

Made me think. Isn't that a bit wrong? Shouldn't there be some kind of option for people wanting to recreate their real life physical appearance in game?

I've been trying to get my mother into EVE as she is a bit of a game nut and I think the slow drone of mining lasers would be just the thing for her.

As a surprise I was going to create a character that looked like her. Now that's OK, but she's very short. Just around four feet. I think it would bean insult to make a tall character give the pride she has in getting by in a tall world as a little person.

So why are CCP discriminating against little people like this?
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#2 - 2012-04-09 01:34:06 UTC
No discrimination. Its unfinished.


What we see is a testbed. CCP was testing the engine for the characters. That's been put on ice, so any possibilities of changing heights at all are frozen as well.


I would love to be able to shrink my character by 4 inches. Then she would be the same as me.Smile
Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-04-09 01:35:42 UTC
Go and try Skyrim's character creator, you can't even alter anything on the body just the head. Eve's character creator is probably one of the best in the gaming world, certainly the best I've seen. So by your reckoning Bethesda (Skyrim) are discriminating against short, tall and overweight people.
Richard Hammond II
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-04-09 01:48:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Richard Hammond II
Graic Gabtar wrote:
I've been playing around with the character creator and I wanted to change the height of a character.

I want her to be short.

Maybe not world record short, but definitely in the running for a casting call as an Ewok.

And I don't think I can.

Made me think. Isn't that a bit wrong? Shouldn't there be some kind of option for people wanting to recreate their real life physical appearance in game?

I've been trying to get my mother into EVE as she is a bit of a game nut and I think the slow drone of mining lasers would be just the thing for her.

As a surprise I was going to create a character that looked like her. Now that's OK, but she's very short. Just around four feet. I think it would bean insult to make a tall character give the pride she has in getting by in a tall world as a little person.

So why are CCP discriminating against little people like this?



or fat people

Corina Jarr wrote:
No discrimination. Its unfinished.


What we see is a testbed. CCP was testing the engine for the characters. That's been put on ice, so any possibilities of changing heights at all are frozen as well.


I would love to be able to shrink my character by 4 inches. Then she would be the same as me.Smile


Dont say that in the WiS thread or youll get DeMichael dude freaking out on you that it was NOT a prototype lol

Goons; infiltration at its best - first bob... now ccp itself. They dont realize you guys dot take this as "just a game". Bring it down guys, we're rooting for you.
ACE McFACE
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-04-09 01:50:32 UTC
Sasha Azala wrote:
Go and try Skyrim's character creator, you can't even alter anything on the body just the head. Eve's character creator is probably one of the best in the gaming world, certainly the best I've seen. So by your reckoning Bethesda (Skyrim) are discriminating against short, tall and overweight people.

Not if you use the console commmand [setscale (number)] Then you can be as small as you want!

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Mathias Hex
#6 - 2012-04-09 02:02:59 UTC
I like little people. I'm also somewhat of a fetishist Big smile

I recall one night in a nightclub called the matrix, there I was... Mother of god there I am! Holy f**k.
Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-04-09 02:03:15 UTC
ACE McFACE wrote:
Sasha Azala wrote:
Go and try Skyrim's character creator, you can't even alter anything on the body just the head. Eve's character creator is probably one of the best in the gaming world, certainly the best I've seen. So by your reckoning Bethesda (Skyrim) are discriminating against short, tall and overweight people.

Not if you use the console commmand [setscale (number)] Then you can be as small as you want!



Not used the console command, even so compared to EVE's it's still pretty basic.

Without using the console command there are two adjustable features skin tone and weight, but the weight is just basic direct scaling to simulate more or less muscle. Real basic stuff.
Palovana
Inner Fire Inc.
#8 - 2012-04-09 02:14:47 UTC
We all start as generic clone bodies, all grown to replace our original body so we're all the same size.

Please support: export of settings in editable format

Your stuff goes here.
Roll Sizzle Beef
Space Mutiny
#9 - 2012-04-09 02:16:57 UTC
Everyone in this futuristic dystopia is genetically modified to be the same height.
Makes ergonomics incredibly easy. ...such as our CQ beds.
Oberine Noriepa
#10 - 2012-04-09 02:20:04 UTC
How tall are capsuleers anyway?

Pretty sure someone who attended the avatar discussion at Fanfest said that there were animation conflicts with different heights, which explains why the option isn't available.

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Henry Haphorn
Killer Yankee
#11 - 2012-04-09 02:59:27 UTC
Graic Gabtar wrote:
I've been trying to get my mother into EVE as she is a bit of a game nut and I think the slow drone of mining lasers would be just the thing for her.



This is the first time I see anyone trying to get their own mom to go join Eve Online. A game where the **** and pillage are plenty and the lube always in short supply.

Adapt or Die
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#12 - 2012-04-09 03:13:18 UTC
You must be so tall to ride the spaceships.

Do you smell what the Lock's cooking?
Mugged Yougot
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#13 - 2012-04-09 03:18:01 UTC
Mathias Hex wrote:
I like little people. I'm also somewhat of a fetishist Big smile
Your **** surely looks fat in those tiny midget hands. If you do roids, you can wear them as gloves and have 4 arms. Almost like an octopus.
Graic Gabtar
The Lemon Party
#14 - 2012-04-09 03:27:56 UTC
Henry Haphorn wrote:
Graic Gabtar wrote:
I've been trying to get my mother into EVE as she is a bit of a game nut and I think the slow drone of mining lasers would be just the thing for her.



This is the first time I see anyone trying to get their own mom to go join Eve Online. A game where the **** and pillage are plenty and the lube always in short supply.
Old girl spends most of her retired years gaming.

Drives my old man nuts always banging on about how her gaming rig sucks demanding upgrades. He reckons she's worse then a teenager.

Yeah, I suspect she has enough life experience of knowing BS when she sees it to survive.

Why CCP feels they need to put us in little boxes and stereotypes in this game is like some weird form of eugenics.

The blacks were the slaves, all whitey except for some token Asians, no-one fat, no-one short.
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2012-04-09 03:52:52 UTC
Poasting in a 'New and Exciting Features' thread.

Sugar Von MurdererTits : Jake Warbird gets my vote for most intriguing and attractive male character in Eve.
Aldous Durant
Solace of Open Space
#16 - 2012-04-09 04:50:43 UTC
I've heard that some people were successful by first making a dead goat in the Character Creator
Scerwup
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#17 - 2012-04-09 05:09:52 UTC
I feel your pain. I would like to make my characters fatter. I'm not interested in just making a stupid weird looking avatar, like some people. I want fat and height to actually be options. I want to make a more realistic character that's all.

Just as an example, my avatar here is as fat as it gets.

But, we can't always get what we want, I guess.
Irisa Selenia
Doomheim
#18 - 2012-04-09 05:20:05 UTC
You can drag the face of your character to the bottom of the picture to simulate a short person.

Oh excuse me, did I say short person? I meant midget.
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#19 - 2012-04-09 05:38:07 UTC
Graic Gabtar wrote:
I've been playing around with the character creator and I wanted to change the height of a character.

I want her to be short.



Take your monitor off your desk and put it on the floor. Instant short character.
Harrigan VonStudly
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
#20 - 2012-04-09 05:47:52 UTC
This is what happens when a spaceships game goes Barbie gone wild. Every doll loving tard wants something special; dwarf height, men in women's clothing, yadda yadda.

We appreciate the creation of more reasons for **** posts, CCP.
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