Xenos RP Gripe

[Jihadjoe]

I live in Colorado, which has caused a little annoyance for me when I see Xenos peel out of the Silverton Asteroid Field. You see, I don't like how Xenos are viewed right now. They are illiterate "Yeeeeehawwww"ers, instead of Illiterate Grumpy mountain men. Colorado, the State, has this very interesting attitude. The Rednecks of the Real Colorado Behave more like Sarah Palin without the accent, instead of George Bush. Considering the fact that most Xenos who are attacking Manhattan are from Colorado, they shouldn't be viewed like Southern Rednecks. If they are Rednecky at all, they should be viewed more along the lines of Mountain Rednecks.

So remember, if you are Playing Xenos from Colorado, think similar to Sarah Palin. If you are playing Xenos from Texas, think George Bush. Or ignore me, since it is your RP.

Lets remember that the xeno movement started on Pittsburgh and Houston. My xeno for instance (XA-Sidewinder) is from planet Houston. A Texan man. Now there are rather a lot too many yeehawing redneck xenos and not quite enough of the educated variety.

My xeno for instance my be uneducated and rustic in his ways, but he's not unintelligent. I couldn't care less what accent people type with so long as they have an understanding of the xeno background and RP. There is a lot of depth to it really, and people seem to skim by it and create yeehawing pvp based chars. The redneck issue is partly my fault, as Sidewinder is fairly high profile (leading the XA and all).

The movement is a blue collar group, and while the politics behind it are crap, it does represent and reflect a real movement in many countries. People should really try looking into the politics behind it if they want to RP the character properly.

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