Do you make your toons the same gender as yourself?

Skayaq · February 2016

Nope.

Nope, I make a character the gender I feel is the best fit for the character.

DaveMoeDee · February 2016

I currently have a 5-3 male-female split. I will be replacing one male character with a new build. I'll figure out the gender when I get there. Going to swap my second magicka sorc with a stam sorc. Seems silly to have 2 slots for the same thing.

MornaBaine · February 2016

While I mostly play females I also have a few male characters I enjoy.

Tandor · February 2016

I create characters of both genders. I don't create toons of either gender.

Grunim · February 2016

Nope.

I have some of both and on games that offer a neutral gender I play that too.

Variety is the spice of life!

Abeille · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

Yes. Maybe because when I was growing up I hardly ever had the option to play as a female in video games, I don't know. But I don't make them look like me or anything, they are all their own person entirely.

I only play male characters when I have no choice, or when I'm playing a game with gender-locked classes and I really want to play as a class that is for male characters only (like my Bard in Ragnarök Online).

SemiD4rkness · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

Would never ever play a female character in a MMO.

tonemd · February 2016

Nope.

My create-a-characters usually don't represent me. It's me basically playing with GI Joe's or dolls. So if I'm putting 100+ hours into looking at someone's backside, I make it a sexy female, with the donk, if possible.

Plus, the "Ripley" affect is just more interesting to me story wise.

Eiagra · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

For characters I play as my mains, yeah, I'll stick to my gender for immersion.

However, I do participate in the roleplaying community, and I sometimes will host events or missions that require a throwaway character. In those cases, gender doesn't matter, as I'm effectively creating whatever controllable NPC is needed for the story.

Azzuria · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

Yes. So when you see me, there you'll see a rarity... a girl gamer AND a smart blonde.

Totalitarian · February 2016

Nope.

I'm male in real life, and my main is female. But I'm 90% sure that I take her mantle when chat in Cyrodiil.

In real life I'm a silent, quiet person who keeps to himself.

Sola is opposite to me in many ways, but sometimes I do act like her in game.

That being said, I do have 8 toons, 5 male, 3 female.

Kublakan · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

I just cant play female. Well, once I tried it out, in EQ2. While playing in 3rd character, my awareness was always coming back to her booty. Not really efficient when you're the tank.

Molag_Crow · February 2016

Nope.

Both.

It's a fantasy game.

I'm not insecure.

I understand the fundamentals of being a metaphysical being operating a biological computer we call a Human Body.

RDMyers65b14_ESO · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

Yep. I am a female IRL and only play female characters. I just can't get the male psyche enough to play a male. Yes, I am a RPer/PVPer.

85flyingbrick_ESO · February 2016

Only half of them

Flak · February 2016

I'm a guy and have 4 male and 3 female characters.
When I create a char I always have an idea of what it should look like when it's finished, armor-, build- and stylewhise. I'm also trying out different stylecombinations, not for a "sexy-" but for a unique and well-rounded look and I never put the "specific" sliders on max. I started to play female chars because I didn't like the look of male elves and I didn't have an idea of how they should look in the end, however I'm trying now with my V5 Altmer Templar.

Divinamama · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

I'm female and so far only have 1 toon - my lovely Dark elf, she is glorious and as Abeille said, when I was a younger gamer we were NEVER given the OPTION to play as a strong & adventurous female force so now I am really enjoying seeing her as a different side of myself who can explore and kill as she pleases!

I might eventually try to create a good looking male Nord that will be a homage to my husband so I can try to see how it feels to run Tamriel as male, but I have a feeling I will always prefer to play female!

Vyle_Byte · February 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

7 out of 8 characters are female. I have one guy, but I really suck at making dudes and Haan definitely shows it. Hes derpy AF. lol But I keep him around bc he was one of my first characters (so 2yrs old) and my master crafter. Hes earned the right to stay.

Also, I second what @Divinamama said... growing up playing as guys because there weren't many female options, being able to make a badass chick is so much fun to me!

Aelthwyn · February 2016

Nope.

I play a mixture. I don’t really think of them as representing me to other people in game. I think of them as fictional characters that I’m creating, and I rather enjoy imagining different backgrounds, different mindsets and preferences - it spices up the way I play each of them, choosing different options, different tactics etc. which fit their personalities. I have a couple more guys than I do girls: 13 males - 11 females (I’m female) because I just happened to get good ideas for them.

Judas Helviaryn · March 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

I've always played Male characters, I just can't envision myself as a woman. It just won't happen.
The only female character I have, I made because the opportunity was too good to pass up, my Magicka DK, Daisy the Cutter. She's a walking bomb.

ProfessorKittyhawk · March 2016

Nope.

I play bother genders.

Farorin · March 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

I have one exception, but I might delete her and make a new character anyway.

Lysette · March 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

Azzuria wrote: »

Yes. So when you see me, there you'll see a rarity... a girl gamer AND a smart blonde.

we are not that rare as many think

ListerJMC · March 2016

Nope.

I usually make a male and a female in Elder Scrolls games, but since there are three alliances I've ended up with two males and a female. I'll have to balance that out next single player game I think!

I know some people think it's strange my main character is a male when I'm a female, but it isn't weird to me at all because my characters are their own entities and not representative of myself.

Lysette · March 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

ListerJMC wrote: »

I usually make a male and a female in Elder Scrolls games, but since there are three alliances I've ended up with two males and a female. I'll have to balance that out next single player game I think!

I know some people think it's strange my main character is a male when I'm a female, but it isn't weird to me at all because my characters are their own entities and not representative of myself.

In single player games I do it like you - I select the gender after what I think is best suited to the role he/she is taking on. In an MMO I prefer to play my gender, because it is easier for people to deal with me, if they know I am female rather than male. They are not that rude and avoid cursing with a female around. I rather communicate with people in a polite way than that I would want to be involved in a rude male talk - at least I think that is rude, but it might not feel the same for men.

Samsayia · March 2016

Nope.

Play both genders.

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Now that I think about it, I guess dudes talk to each other differently when they think they're talking to another dude. My assumption has always been that it doesn't matter what gender I pick, male gamers automatically assume said other person is a dude. So far in my gaming life this has been true. I've never had someone run up to me asking me to clairfy who I am IRL, cuz frankly who cares.

I've been trolled (I should say attempted because I don't rly respond. I've never had a troll not get bored and bugger off after awhile of no response from me) like...maybe once for being a girl gamer and it was sort of weird how they got to that assumption because I said a joke about Saints Row The Third. If you've ever played SRTT the game includes a lot of styles and outfits and a TON of character customization. I made a joke about how my friend would start a war with the military while I was changing my clothes and I would get totes shot up and murdered in the clothing store. More or less a joke about my friend sort of trolling me. Said troll's assumption was because I dare customize my character in SRTT I must like shopping and thus is female. And the trolling ensued for how short it went on.

welp, other than that weird one-off mishap, I never really relate the gender of a character to the gender of the player. You can usually tell how the talk. ladies tend to use more emotes. dudes tend to be very short and to the point. i wouldn't say either one curses more than the other.

Katahdin · March 2016

Nope.

I make my characters different genders for some variety.

Animal_Mother · March 2016

Nope.

Like me, my main is male, he's also my only vet. The others can be any gender, but I don't play them much.

Acrolas · March 2016

Nope.

If we only had one character slot, then yeah, I'd probably play a male.

But since we have eight characters sharing bank space and coin, I made a team. Three male, three female, and twin pumpkins which are functionally monoecious but still argue about which came first the seed or the flower.

TheRubiksCube · March 2016

Yes, I play my gender.

I'm a dude in real life, and I personally can't see myself playing as a girl. To me, I consider my character to be an aspect of me. My main character, which is the nord Templar, was made to look like me IRL. However, I messed up by making him a little too buff and my character only slightly resembles me. Even in other games besides ESO, I've always been a male character; unless of course if gender is not an option like Metroid.

P.S.

What's up with dudes looking at their character's butt?