Giaians and Xenos

[Dab]

It is true that much of our banter isnt terribly terrifying. Its extremely difficult to be scary and take yourself seriously. Furthermore its rather tricky to engage in being terrifying when the response to your presence is onoez xeeeeeeners and so on.

I can tell you from experience, the responses you get will change if you change the way you present yourself. Its true for most social encounters, including games. Someone (assuming English was his first language) who types a load of randomness with bad spelling and punctuation gives a negative first impression, while those who chat intellectually and take the time to spell correctly give off a good first impression.

Yelling Yeehaw will gain Xenos the rep of not-entirely-serious pirates. It's the rep they have now. Xenos and some other players know better and treat them differently, but the non-Xenos who do are few and far between. This is because of the way we present ourselves. My Gaian has (until recently) been decently active in regards to BAF and acts in a bit of an annoying, careless, manner until she chooses to fight physically or verbally with her opponent.. Because of that, the BAF I have encountered view her the way I want her to be viewed. Annoying, but cold-hearted.

My Xenos has done that on a very small scale (but replace annoying with flirtatious [If you recognize the name, you know why]), mainly because most people regard her the same as all the other Xenos, which she isn't. Her reasons for joining the Xenos isn't the same as the majority of the Xenos, who were formerly poor laborers who lost jobs or were born into the Xenos. She also isn't the 'cowboy-wannabe' that many Xenos display in their manner..

If you take a look at the GC, they are generally feared by most traders in Kusari due to the amount we catch them and severity (usually all cargo) of our demands. We've managed to gain a shred of respect, even from our enemies, because of how we present ourselves in social interactions with traders, enemies, and during fights. Those that make fun of us do so intentionally, such as Farmers or Hogosha calling us 'flowers' and other sorts. Xenos get made fun of quite often, and mostly because of our manners, not because of our NPC faction's background or history. People with no natural animosity towards Xenos will make fun of us because of how they see us, as players, behave.

That is what I wish to change about the Xenos. People say we need to change something so we are more terrifying. I say we need to change ourselves.

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