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Simply Discuss and debate who would win a drinking contest between an elf and a dwarf.

Elf. Without a doubt. While the dwarves have the stomach, elves are taller, and therefore can hold more without getting drunk so fast. Not to mention that in most worlds and roleplays, they're almost immortal, so, there you go.

Elf as dwarfs always seem drunk to mee XD

To me...a Dwarf, they already drink a lot of alcohol in their daily life, so they would have no problem winning a drinking contests. Their livers are kind of built for drinking.

honestly i'd have to say a dwarf, just because they are alot heavier and weight has alot to do with consumption, also because Dwarves are known to drink a helluva lot more than any other fantasy species.

Dwarves are big drinkers. I mean, really, has anyone ever heard of a dwarf ever being outdrank?

An Elf. Lord of the Rings says so. :L

I have heard of a elf outdrinking a dwarf, Legolas beat Gimil hands down, enough to down a dwarf made a slight tingling in Legolas's fingers, and consider that LOTR was the second piece of fiction to include the modern elf, as opposed to the elves of old who are tiny.

Yeah, sure, in LOTR the Legolas won...but did you consider that is ONE fantasy world compared to the many other?

I may be stereotypical here, but honestly, dwarves just has the kidney, not to forget the body, for drinking. They have a much, much, stronger built body than the elves, so they can absorb more alcohol than the elves can, and as I said before, Beer Festivals and drinking contests amongst the dwarves themselves is really common, and how often does the elves drink? As far as I know...not really that often, so the dwarves would need a heck of a lot of ale before they would feel tipsy (supposing it was their champion)

That depends... there ARE different types of elf in fiction.

Old School Elves - These are the tiny little tree dwellers. No way they'd last more than a pint of ale, they're just too small.

Christmas Elves - These are the childlike elves that live with Santa at the North Pole. They wouldn't be caught dead drinking at all. Why? Because it would be naughty. So they would forfeit without a competition to the Dwarf.

Modern Woodland Elves - These are the standard elves of worlds like Middle Earth. It's impossible to judge these because each respective fantasy world is different, as is the elves who live there.

Drow - These are the dark cousins of the elves. In almost every fantasy story (LotR included) they were elves who were more or less exiled due to practicing evil magic. These guys would win, but more than likely because they would use magic to cheat. It's just their nature.

Overall, the Dwarf pretty much has this thing in the bag. If you want a real drinking contest, pit the Dwarf against an Orc. THEN you got yourself a contest!

you got a good point.

And agreed 200%! Orc VS Dwarf is a serious business...in some fantasy roleplays, they hate each other, they both drink powerful forms for ale and alcohol, dwarf has the liver the orc has the body size, neither are as 'perfect' as the elves are, and they both love drinking contests and have their 'eyes on the prize'

Dwarves. /thread

Let's find out, now that the votes are cast.

Drinking Contest

Dwarves, because even though elves are 'omg so super speshul', at least Dwarves still hold the title of the fantasy world's strongest constitution.

Now if you go by the orriginal, not mary-sue, variations of elves, things may be different.

Definitely dwarves.

Elves are not known for their strong constitutions. As a matter of fact, in that area they're considered pretty delicate compared to some of the stockier races (dwarves, or even humans). While elves are taller and have a longer way for the blood to travel, dwarves are stouter. There is much more of them to intoxicate, and they have a much higher constitution anyway. Like bulldogs. ^.^

Also, Protoman X, I have to disagree with your statement about drow (aside from the fact that they would cheat, I have absolutely no arguments there). Drow are actually weaker in constitution than your average elf, in most instances, because they don't get the same exposure to sunlight (among other things, depending on which story you're reading). So they would probably not last very long at all.

Oh I knew that already. That's why I specified that they would cheat using magic. Without magic, they'd lose hands down.

It's like I said. I real contest is Dwarf vs Orc (or Half Orc, depending on what you're reading or playing). Of course, no matter who wins, it'll always end in a massive bar fight between the Orcs and Dwarves who are there as spectators, cheering their kinsmen on. The loser's race would get PO'ed and accuse the winner of cheating, which will lead to mass arguing (and soon, a mass bar fight). It would still be very much entertaining, though. xD