I agree. I really like their new look for Skyrim. More originality as well as (what I feel are) the right influences. A lot less Tolkienesque pig-man and a bit more klingon-proud warrior race.

Really? Huhm. I think orcs are now less Warcraftesque pig-man and more Peter-Jackson warrior race.
That said though, I really like their new design. Not so goblin-kinlike, more reason to call them orsi-mer.

But the lotr orcs were extremely goblin-kinlike :banana:

By the way, that emoticon is always completely relevant.

Dunmer > Lizards. <_<

Nords, for me.

Dunmer. Not Dark Elves.

But I guess you guessed that already.

Argonian.

I never would have expected there to be such a strong love for Argonians, maybe it's just because I've never been a big fan of them.

That said for me its always been a toss-up between Redguard, Breton and Dunmer (though the character that I use to over-arch the game series, the character I've used from Arena through Daggerfall, Battlespire, Morrowind and Oblivion is a Breton, so I'll no doubt pick up my old character this time too).

The problem I've always had with the Orcs is their playstyle. I like my attacks ranged, not meele'd!

Either Redguard because of lore they are involve like HoonDing and Cyrus, or how badass they start in term of stat; the Argonian because they are walking lizard that ISN'T deem the "evil race" like so many other games that has lizards as a playable character (other then Wizardry 6-8) and lizards are just cool; and in term of modding Daggerfall/Morrowind/Oblivion, the Lilmothiit, because I like to play as a Fox.

Dunmer for me, with Nords and Bretons in very close second and third places, respectively.

HIGH ELF! :toughninja:

Dunmer. Redguard not far behind.

Argonian, Khajiit.

Dunmer or Nord. Maybe the body of a Nord with the brains of a Dunmer.

Dunmer, always Dunmer<3

Love the Dwemer, but that wasn't a choice.

Gotta say Altmer, Redguards, and Dunmer. In that order. Well sometimes 2 and 3 switch places lol

Imperial. Argonians are cool, but uncivilized. All elves are jerks.

Edit: I mean, Imperials conquered THE WHOLE CONTINENT. You gotta respect that.

Then you could say Imperials are jerks too.

And not ALL elves are jerks:
Bosmer are naive and dumb, good thing they run fast.
Dunmer are just evil. But smart.
Altmer are perfect. Handsome, tall, strong and extremely intelligent. In comparison to Altmer Imperials are just lucky.

Yes, but they had to use an elvish artifact to do it.

Dunmer are no more evil than the Altmer. Except that I've never heard of dunmer practicing state-sanctioned infanticide.

EDIT: As I've said I think all the races are awesome. Dunmer are my favourite but Altmer a close second.

I've always thought the Altmer looked like they'd gone for days without sleep.

Well, could be the eyebags (or whatever you call the in english) or just bad graphs. (Compared to modern games)

Edit: I used a naughty word, and removed it. I don't like being censored.

Go on, guess.

When my friend first told me about Morrowind in 2002 or 2003, I was pretty meh about the whole thing. I borrowed his disc, booted it up, and thought that Jiub looked stupid. Then I walked out of the ship and was confronted by a legionary in Roman-styled armor, and was sold. I immediately went to the store and bought my own copy, and have been committed ever sense. . .

This was another reason why I was so annoyed with Oblivion, because it replaced "ancient Rome in a jungle" with "generic English medieval countryside." Skyrim has restored things to the way they ought to be: the artbook specifies that Imperials were designed with classical features in mind, with tanned Mediterranean looks, and their armor is absolutely Roman once more, down to the hobnailed boots (what a fine detail!).

That said, I find the Dunmer fascinating culturally (who couldn't, after Morrowind?) as well, and loved their antagonistic relationship with the Imperial colonizers who still helped them suppress the Ashlanders.

edit: Also, the racist Temple guys in Morrowind have great descriptions for every race but the player's--I love them because they're essentially reworded from the generic race description you get from everybody else, but to maximize pejoratives.

Breton.

Stay classy!