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FFXI LGBT Community, who are you?
Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 21:16:27
Deciding on colleges is tough :/ Looking at NYU Tisch at the moment, but other people are talking about going to Columbia in Chicago, and then I'm also worried about fees and all that. So frustrating. I'm not even sure if I want to go into Lyricism as a major. Musical performance is something more popular in my local area, but my music teacher says I need to leave as fast as possible if I want to even have a chance with the music industry. Oh god I loathed having to make that decision. :/ I'm really happy I ended up where I did though, and ya know I'd probably feel the same even if I had made a different choice.^^ Don't stress over it too much - wherever you end up, you'll find something to make it worthwhile. And if you get somewhere and just absolutely hate it, you can transfer. :D I would never have met some of my best friends if they hadn't transferred here. :)
Valefor.Fmaxgluttony said: »Alexander.Carrelo said: »Somewhat interesting article on homosexuality in video games...
I'll just leave it here and go to sleep XD Good article. :) It addresses one of the things that has always bugged me - there is a disappointing shortage of heroes with which LGBT people can readily relate. We need heroes too !!
I'm not saying it's important that our heroes be gay; it's just disappointing that in most popular representations of heroism, heroes seem so often to define themselves based on their overwhelmingly heterocentric love interests.
Fable Dragon Age and Jade empire my hero was gay in Fable and both Dragon Ages and i accidently became a lesbian in Jade Empire XD Yeah, things've been moving in a better direction lately.^^ In other media too, not just games.
It just wasn't that way when I was younger and more impressionable. :/ The ideas I drew from my childhood heroes were things like "you're not a man if you don't nail the hot princess," "you're nothing without a girl," "grow up strong so you and your wife can live happily ever after and have 321430897 babies together." XD
Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 21:17:49
Also haaii Sevvy how you doin girlfraaan
Cerberus.Sevvy
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 769
By Cerberus.Sevvy 2012-01-25 21:19:04
good doing the temp item VW for people that need them, will be fun..
Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 21:24:08
We don't have VW in Alexander(lol), I've never done it. :<
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Cerberus.Sevvy
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 769
By Cerberus.Sevvy 2012-01-25 21:26:10
Alexander.Carrelo said: »We don't have VW in Alexander(lol), I've never done it. :<
Should come to Cerb!
Bismarck.Gaspee
Server: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1351
By Bismarck.Gaspee 2012-01-25 21:28:07
Alexander.Carrelo said: »We don't have VW in Alexander(lol), I've never done it. :<
Should come to CerbBismarck! Fixed.
Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 21:29:48
Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale.
Bismarck.Onirisu
Server: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
Posts: 71
By Bismarck.Onirisu 2012-01-25 21:31:52
Quote: Deciding on colleges is tough :/ Looking at NYU Tisch at the moment, but other people are talking about going to Columbia in Chicago, and then I'm also worried about fees and all that. So frustrating. I'm not even sure if I want to go into Lyricism as a major. Musical performance is something more popular in my local area, but my music teacher says I need to leave as fast as possible if I want to even have a chance with the music industry.
I wouldn't pick a school just because my friends are going there. This choice needs to be something you want as well, not just because "Timmy" is going there. I would go see the campuses you are considering, including their dorms, and classrooms. Another factor often overlooked is the schools support services, like free counseling, tutoring, LBGT specific programs, and pre/post graduation career services.
I know nothing of the music industry itself, but you can make appointments with advisers or faculty in the program of the schools your looking at to discuss what you can do with each program, and how in demand it is.
Honestly, money for me was pretty low on my list of priorities, because I knew if I wasn't happy with the school it wouldn't matter how much I was paying.
Don't be afraid to transfer either. I found out rather fast that the first school I picked wasn't for me. (due mainly because of the professors.) I love the school that I am at now.
TLDR: College = a good idea :)
*edit* I don't seem to know how to work the quote system. :p
Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 21:33:56
Oh another thing that's nice is a lot of schools actually admit you without considering your (in)ability to pay and then help you cover the difference after you enroll. :) ♥Vandy♥
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Alexander.Carrelo said: »We don't have VW in Alexander(lol), I've never done it. :< you could duo the temp item tier I NM at 90 when they came out nevermind 99, maybe go have some fun exploring it a bit? I'll look into that maybe. I'm not too terrible dualboxing. :D
Bismarck.Gaspee
Server: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1351
By Bismarck.Gaspee 2012-01-25 21:57:19
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :(
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Cerberus.Sevvy
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 769
By Cerberus.Sevvy 2012-01-25 22:02:11
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :(
Take my [+]!!
Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 22:08:02
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :( OK I MAKE, I MAKE 8D
Behold, Cerbmarck D:
Bismarck.Gaspee
Server: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1351
By Bismarck.Gaspee 2012-01-25 22:20:45
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :( OK I MAKE, I MAKE 8D
Behold, Cerbmarck D:
 Fabulousness.
Bismarck.Onirisu
Server: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
Posts: 71
By Bismarck.Onirisu 2012-01-25 22:27:28
Indeed sir, simply fabulous.
Fenrir.Schutz
Server: Fenrir
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3122
By Fenrir.Schutz 2012-01-25 22:38:14
Valefor.Fmaxgluttony said: »Alexander.Carrelo said: »Somewhat interesting article on homosexuality in video games...
I'll just leave it here and go to sleep XD Good article. :) It addresses one of the things that has always bugged me - there is a disappointing shortage of heroes with which LGBT people can readily relate. We need heroes too !!
I'm not saying it's important that our heroes be gay; it's just disappointing that in most popular representations of heroism, heroes seem so often to define themselves based on their overwhelmingly heterocentric love interests.
Fable Dragon Age and Jade empire my hero was gay in Fable and both Dragon Ages and i accidently became a lesbian in Jade Empire XD
Yah, I remember reading that Bioware was going to offer (eventually) same-gender relationship options for SWTOR.
At least they are planning something like that (unlike Vanadiel, which still is against same-sex marriage LOL...)
Pandemonium.Scrumpet
Server: Pandemonium
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3727
By Pandemonium.Scrumpet 2012-01-25 22:45:48
Scrumpet I should be slapping the hell out of you for not posting for so long, have a good reason at least?
Schooooool!
Also, I abhorred deciding on a university. :x
Cerberus.Ustav
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1043
By Cerberus.Ustav 2012-01-25 22:49:10
Alexander.Carrelo said: »We don't have VW in Alexander(lol), I've never done it. :<
Should come to Cerberus because Bismarck is a horribad server! I can't wait to go to Cerb to have load of fun w/ ustav =D Fixed.=O Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. That image is so... disturbing!
Cerberus.Ustav
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1043
By Cerberus.Ustav 2012-01-25 22:50:40
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :( I tried looking for a pix of Cerb eating a whale but got nothing ::
Cerberus.Ustav
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1043
By Cerberus.Ustav 2012-01-25 22:51:33
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :( OK I MAKE, I MAKE 8D
Behold, Cerbmarck D:
 ilu SO much
Cerberus.Sevvy
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 769
By Cerberus.Sevvy 2012-01-25 22:52:10
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :( OK I MAKE, I MAKE 8D
Behold, Cerbmarck D:

This is by far the gayest, thus the best, thing I have ever seen.
Bismarck.Gaspee
Server: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1351
By Bismarck.Gaspee 2012-01-25 22:52:20
Alexander.Carrelo said: »We don't have VW in Alexander(lol), I've never done it. :<
Should come to Cerberus because Bismarck is a horribad server! I can't wait to go to Cerb to have load of fun w/ ustav =D Fixed.=O
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Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 23:00:14
(unlike Vanadiel, which still is against same-sex marriage LOL...) PS2 limitations !!
Obviously the PS2 can't handle such large amounts of awesome.
That image is so... disturbing! Yeah it ended up looking kinda like a constipated foot with a blowhole. XD Poor Cerbmarck, will he ever find love :< ?
Cerberus.Ustav
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1043
By Cerberus.Ustav 2012-01-25 23:01:10
Alexander.Carrelo said: »Alexander.Carrelo said: »Cerbmarck it is !
Needs pic of three-headed whale. I tried... but the interwebs failed me :( OK I MAKE, I MAKE 8D
Behold, Cerbmarck D:

This is by far the gayest, thus the best, thing I have ever seen. That's so gay but that's so good(or something similar) lol
Alexander.Carrelo said: »We don't have VW in Alexander(lol), I've never done it. :<
Should come to Cerberus because Bismarck is a horribad server! I can't wait to go to Cerb to have load of fun w/ ustav =D Fixed.=O  Lol that's so cute!!!! I want a baby :: But I have my princess Raja and Baby Gaia so I'm uber happy
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Cerberus.Ustav
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1043
By Cerberus.Ustav 2012-01-25 23:03:11
Alexander.Carrelo said: »(unlike Vanadiel, which still is against same-sex marriage LOL...) PS2 limitations !!
Obviously the PS2 can't handle such large amounts of awesome.
That image is so... disturbing! Yeah it ended up looking kinda like a constipated foot with a blowhole. XD Poor Cerbmarck, will he ever find love :< ? mayhaps in a hopeless place
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Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 23:04:40
looool
Edit: Sevvy's at 333 posts and Ustav is 5 away from 777. :o What does it mean o__o??

aaaagghhh the numbeeeerrrrrzzzz
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Cerberus.Ustav
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1043
By Cerberus.Ustav 2012-01-25 23:09:45
Alexander.Carrelo said: »looool
Edit: Sevvy's at 333 posts and Ustav is 5 away from 777. :o What does it mean o__o?? Sevvy shall nvr post again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even realize my post count lol. When I get to 777 ya'll will nvr see me again!
Also with the amount of time I spend on AH I should five times as many posts!
Alexander.Carrelo
Server: Alexander
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3706
By Alexander.Carrelo 2012-01-25 23:12:40
You have a couple hundred posts on other accounts. But yeah I'm surprised too lol
Cerberus.Sevvy
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 769
By Cerberus.Sevvy 2012-01-25 23:12:40
Oh noes I officially broke the 333~~~
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Cerberus.Sevvy
Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 769
By Cerberus.Sevvy 2012-01-25 23:14:10
You guys should hear me in vent. I'm totally signing "When Love Takes Over" at the top of my lungs....god I love Sake.
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Just curious to see how many of us actually play FFXI. **Now, let's try to keep this clean, please don't respond if you have nothing nice to say.** :] Don't be shy, speak up! :D
EDIT: You don't have to be gay to post in here, if you want to be apart of our conversations.. feel free to join in! Don't be shy, we don't bite.. well some of us do! :] Anyyyyyways~! This thread has become a home to many from the LGBT community & even some from the straight community who are open minded and enjoy chit-chatting with us, :] so let's keep it drama free, we deserve a place where we can be ourselves without being made fun of/harassed.
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