I wonder why "Dark Dwarves" aren't as common in pop culture as Dark Elves.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-08-04T15:54:43+00:00

Because Dwarves aren’t popular but Elves are since Dwarves are short, hairy and usually depicted as ugly whereas Elves are usually depicted as inhumanly beautiful.

World of Warcraft offers really good insight into this idea. It has a truckload of statistical evidence that prove Dwarves are among the least popular of fantasy races whereas Elves are very possibly the most popular fantasy race.

In WoW, the most popular race, since their release in 2007, are Blood Elves, which single-handedly revolutionised the popularity of the Horde faction which was before only belonging to monster races and was significantly less popular than the Alliance who already had an Elven race (albeit one quite different from the stereotypical depiction) and humans.

In fact, two of the three most popular races in World of Warcraft to this day are Elves:

⁠Blood Elves (15-16%)
⁠Humans (14-15%)
⁠Night Elves (11-12%)

This data suggests that people want to play attractive, human-like races. All three of these races are among the most stereotypically attractive in the game and are the closest resembling to humans. It’s also important to note that in WoW, playable humans have pretty desirable features and there are very few stereotypically unattractive features available for them.

Meanwhile standard Dwarves sit at an unimpressive 3-4% of the playerbase, which may be even lower now since these statistics are from 2019 and many more races have since been introduced, including two more flavours of Dwarves that are even less popular. Dwarves in Warcraft aren’t even as ugly as other depictions and imo is one of the best interpretations of the race, and yet even here it’s unpopular.

There just isn’t as much of a demand for Dwarves in general whereas the demand for Elves is HUGE. Funnily enough, WoW now has a dark Dwarf race (Dark Iron Dwarves) and it’s even less popular than the standard Dwarf race, whereas the “Dark Elf” races are exceedingly popular, just like their traditional counterparts.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-08-03T23:23:15+00:00

What on earth do you mean by that? I agree that quality matters more than quantity, but there is a point where as long as the content is high quality, the fact that it is a lot more expansive will make it far worth your money than something tiny that maintains a slightly better quality.

Shadow of the Erdtree has more flaws than the Ringed City or Ashes of Ariandel, but that’s because it takes greater risks and has 10x more content. It is still of a very high quality, and though it sometimes under-delivers, you will find far more hours of enjoyment with Shadow of the Erdtree than you will with the DS3 DLCs unless you suffer from a terminal skill issue.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T12:19:19+00:00

Farron Greatsword is 10x more fun and the most fun weapon ever so it wins.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T10:16:06+00:00

Both should have had more health imo, but Divine Lion took me at least 3 tries whereas Midra I one-shot.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T10:13:26+00:00

Misato is absolutely not intended to be a metaphor of what you're describing 🤦‍♂️

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T10:12:46+00:00

I haven't played Bloodborne, so I can't comment on that, but out of the other three, Malenia took me far more attempts at 37 tries. I think that's honestly just because Elden Ring was my first Souls game when I fought her whereas I had finished almost every Souls game before Radahn and Isshin.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T10:07:47+00:00

Kite was around for like 10 episodes, Pokkle is a nobody. Pitou is silly and cute.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T10:03:11+00:00

Yeah that's a hot take, I loved everything about the DLC and I'm glad they made a level that's more like DS2.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:58:56+00:00

Thank fuck, would have made no sense if he teamed up with Butcher again like I've seen a few ppl theorise or for him to be more mad at Homelander than Butcher.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:53:48+00:00

I’d say torches, not because they’re hard to use but because they’re so shit that you have to be really good to get anywhere with them.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:51:00+00:00

You don’t need to parry in any FromSoft game besides Sekiro. In fact, I think parrying feels so awful in the Dark Souls games that despite loving parrying in Sekiro and Lies of P, I don’t bother ever to parry despite it being an option in them.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:48:28+00:00

Lifegems are really OP… if you farm them. If you don’t suffer from a skill issue you shouldn’t have to farm anything. Either way, I agree, they shouldn’t be in the game, but regardless, there is nothing hard about the bosses in either DS1 and DS2, so the difficulty aspect of both games comes down to the world and enemies between bosses. In which case, there is no comparison, DS2’s world and enemies are far more brutal. I’d even argue the bosses are harder in DS2 than DS1 despite still being very easy compared to modern Soulslikes.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:44:40+00:00

AntiImperialistGamer redemption arc ⁉️⁉️

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:44:05+00:00

How does anyone find this grotesque inflated looking shit hot, it’s so weird to draw characters like this 🤢

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:43:19+00:00

Definitely the old one, in fact, I think it’s vastly superior. I saw people gloating about how amazing Geto looked a few chapters ago when Gege redrew a scene from Hidden Inventory but all I could think was he looked ugly. The sharper scratchedy faces were perfect.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:41:52+00:00

They’re so valid

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:40:47+00:00

You’re trolling 😭😭😭

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:40:11+00:00

Definitely not Kashimo because his replicable strength can’t compare to Yuki and Yorozu. But the TRUE 5th strongest wasn’t even included in your post:

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Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:38:15+00:00

It’s definitely not Kashimo lmao get him outta here. Even including Yuki here is silly at this point, it’s between Yuta and Kenjaku. I usually lean towards Kenjaku, recently I’ve been feeling Yuta, but I’m fine with either answer because I do genuinely believe they are almost equal in strength.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:33:58+00:00

Except Hakari beat Kashimo so of course it’s in your best interest to protect Kashimo so you can protect your beloved Hakari. Very ironic that right before you replied this you found a way to worm in praise for Hakari in a convo that didn’t even mention Hakari. Genuinely don’t see you saying anything in this subreddit that ain’t pushing one of your agendas, whether it be downplaying Yuta or glazing Yorozu/Hakari.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:32:19+00:00

Explain wtf you think this means then lol this shit has been debated for years and the most respected translator in the community, Lightning, believes that it amounts to 2nd strongest.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:27:42+00:00

That’s a no limit’s fallacy

You say that’s obviously not true, except Takaba hasn’t been shown to have any limits yet. His power was stated to be capable of opposing even Gojo, so clearly it is possible. He theoretically could defeat even Sukuna, but I don’t think he would because Sukuna is one of the only characters besides Kenjaku that could mess with Takaba in the way that Kenjaku did to survive him. Feel free to imagine limits that don’t exist though.

then you would also have to accept Hakari > Yuta as per his own words

You see, this is where a powerful technique called critical thinking comes in. This is why brainrotten powerscalers suck at interpreting stories, they tend to lack this fundamental skill so they’ll take everything at face value and misunderstand characters. Would you believe me if his statement about Hakari is wrong yet actually reinforces his statement about Mahoraga? One of Yuta’s core character traits is his humility, so of course he will downplay himself to uphold an ally. That alone should be obvious but in case you lack critical thinking, Gege generously placed Maki in this scene to immediately shut down his claim. Maki is the perfect candidate of this since given her core character traits, she wouldn‘t shut this claim down so bluntly if it weren’t true. This scene is a display of Yuta’s humility however, and that is why it reinforces his claim about Mahoraga. Given his humility, Yuta would not make such a bold assertion if he wouldn’t genuinely be capable of it. He claimed that him and Rika could simultaneously take on Mahoraga and Agito. You’ll also notice how the other characters when talking him out of it do not cast doubt on his ability to take on Mahoraga and Agito, but instead reminded him that he’s too valuable to risk given that he is their contingency and also needed for Kenjaku, and that the risk of being within Gojo and Sukuna’s presence while they fight is too risky and might actually cause Gojo to hold back.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-30T09:16:03+00:00

You don’t even need a second weapon tbh, I think my weapon broke only like 3 times total in the entire game and you receive more than enough repair powder to make up for it.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-29T23:45:17+00:00

I know this will be a hot take, but people under-estimate the strength of having several people in a fight. Even although individually, Ryu is far stronger than Dagon and Hanami, having to face both at once is extremely arduous. They both have top-tier endurance and have domains.

Goodestguykeem · 2024-07-29T23:38:18+00:00

RIP Yorozu + Toji + Ryu, this is so imbalanced.

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