If you're one of the people that makes these rare characters all the time, simply just say no and close the topic. Thank you.
It gets quite boring when you keep seeing albino/melanistic characters everywhere.
Example: When you're in a clan/group of foxes to rp, 60% of the players would have black/grey/white characters.
People these days always choose that 'rare/special creature' option over the normal one because it's 'unique'.
Now that it's all over the game, it's not the albino/melanistic characters that are rare, but the normal coloured ones.
What do you think about having those 'special' characters?
Does it annoy you as much as it does me?
He is a pompous moron.
Oh boy, here I go...
-Deep Breath-
Yes, I have noticed people using the more 'special/unique' characters, instead of normal ones because, well, it's self-explanatory.
And it, doesn't bother me that much buuuut...... It does get old after about an hour of seeing nothing but that.
What's wrong with having a normal looking tiger instead of a white one?
Here's the reason that I've come up with that most people would have: It isn't that unique.
People, as a whole, want to feel individual, unique/special, Set apart from the crowd, ect.
Because, what's the point of having a character if they aren't special/unique!?
Well, there are a bunch. And I will list a few of my own.
1. There is no such thing as being too 'Ordinary'.
I'm going to use Tigers as my Primary example.
Whenever you see the word Tiger, you would normally think of the brown kind, with black stripes, ect.
That's the common image of a Tiger. It's pretty 'Ordinary'.
But, there are the few 'Exceptional/Unique/Rare' variants, such as: The white Tiger.
Those ones stand out, and is not what one would normally think of when they think of a Tiger.
So that's a reason why White/Albino/Ect characters have gotten popular: They are rare, exceptional, and unique.
Well, they were, but I digress.
2. There is such a thing as 'Too much'.
Now I shall use a different example, instead of Tigers I shall use: Wolves and Foxes.
Now, when some one thinks of a fox, they think of the European one: The Red Fox. You know, russety fur, black markings, white tail tip, ect. But, there's the 'Less commonly known' ones, such as the Gray and Arctic(Notice how I used quotations. Since Arctics are a bit more known then they used to be) Foxes.
These are the, 'Unique', variety. So, you can sort of see why these may suddenly become popular.
And now, with Wolves.... When you think of a wolf... you would typically think of, this.
(http://www.junglewalk.com/animal-pictures/609/Timber-Wolf-1242.jpg)
(http://www.cosmosmith.com/images/canis_lupus_lycaon03.jpg)
You get the general idea.
Most people will think of, a Timber wolf.
Since those are the more 'Common' wolves people are shown.
And then, there are the different, 'Unique', kinds of wolves.
Such as...
(http://hal_macgregor.tripod.com/kennel/Redwolf.jpg)
The Red Wolf.
It's a 'Rare' kind of wolf, and is hardly ever seen by people.
Which is why it could potentially become popular VERYYYY quickly.
And(Here is one I've seen dotting Bonfire), is THIS, kind of Wolf.
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFZKmK3SJQCcrtrXfoYkw8FJ5PKkQwTbY7nEor8VStwiGekPuX)
The Dire Wolf.
This, is/was a species of Wolf, that died out a long time ago.
And, people never really had the chance to see it.
What's that I hear? Is that a 'Unique/Rare/Different' Type bell I hear?
Yes.
Yes it is.
Now, with the Foxes and their variants, it's not as annoyin to me.
But for some reason, the dire wolves dotting Bonfire irks me.
People would mainly use it as a ticket to, 'I am better, Faster, and Stronger than you are' city.
And, as most should see, these are popping up here and there(Some more than others), and they are turning the 'Unique' bit of it into 'Common'.
3. Realistic 'Albino' or not.
I'm pretty sure most of you know what an Albino looks like.
If not, here is a picture of an Albino Cat.
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/246/c/2/bah_by_WaffleZ_MC.jpg)
Note: Albino cats can have mix-matched eyes and blue eyes as well, this is just what you would normally think of when you hear 'Albino Cat' Besides the Blue-Eyed version.
Now, this is a actual version of an Albino.
But, sometimes when I see an, 'Albino'. It's downright red eyes that look like some one took from a demon and or Dragon.
And, as I am assuming most of you know: Albinos. Are more Freakin' rare. Than Spock smiling.
Now, I'm not saying having an Albino character is a bad thing, but having the greater majority of you characters being Albino...?
Meh. It sort of takes away the 'fact' that Albinos are rare. More rare then the Director smiling
That's pretty much all I got for now.
I do agree with your point Cortana.
FeralHeart isn't based on being realistic creatures or anything, but it's just that the people want to be the most unique and best character. Quernipluff it's indeed quite sad that the grey foxes didn't accept you, but it's alright to say no in a kind way.
As said before there is no problem with people having flawless characters and such, but it's still slightly annoying with how they want to be the very best of us all.
Many thanks for taking your time to write all of that, it makes me happy that you didn't just close the tab down or write random things to go against what I said.
Thanks to you all!
Quite interesting that is, Wolfie_Lover.
What everyone can see in the game (and I mean everyone) are solid black wolves with bright red scars and red/yellow eyes.
It's also fairly annoying when characters have a backstory of "Such and such killed my parents" Or "I killed my pack and I ran away".
May feralheart be a creative and open to every single character creation, but some of them get slightly annoying indeed.
Seeing your point of view I understood that you're neutral to the way people make their characters.
I'm completely fine with that, but also here is one of those things that like I said before remain negative towards the game.
Being unique to get over the top of other 'common' characters.
It all leads to the "I'm better/stronger than you" tunnel.
FeralHeart sure is a game for everyone to create their own and unique character, but the thing is that they use the unique-ness to have a chance to stand over others.
But again it's a game for everyone.
At the end I feel as if I've completely offended about someone, mew.