Nope. In some languages it will be clear who is your interlocutor.marshill88 wrote: »Is it wrong to inquire about RLF gender to your in-game friends?
As well as women can play for male characters. It's a MMORPG, where people can choosing a character based on their interests like RP or just a model they're looking at.marshill88 wrote: »So because I know that most of the female characters I encounter online are males
marshill88 wrote: »...I see a lot of what I would call 'flirting' in the game, and I wonder, simply as a student of psychology if the human behind the character is doing a percentage of that flirting (i.e. I, the real life person, enjoy the zing of this flirting) or if people flirt in game completely detached from their character (my character is flirting, i'm roleplaying).
Does it matter the reasons? Of course not, it doesn't matter, but do I still wonder?
Zavijah_Arventi wrote: »Not wrong. You're asking the individual to answer in terms they are happy to identify with.
Seminolegirl1992 wrote: »I have a hard time believing 85% of the player base is male. I feel it's more like 55/45 or something like that. Nearly half my progression team makeup is female.
my motive is to understand proper etiquette
I have curious mind and it is something of an academic fascination for me
it is an academic question and scientific research
spartaxoxo wrote: »I, like many women, have created male toons in the past to avoid sexism for being a female gamer. It's not that I identified as a man, it's that I didn't want certain sexist men to identify me as a woman. Now that I'm older I don't care and pretty much exclusively play female toons. But many women and girls, especially younger ones or ones with a lot of RL stress will engage in this practice. And many female gamers have either done this themselves or know of another woman who has done that.
I don't see any reason why I would care about a persons gender on a MMO. I don't role play. And I'm certainly not interested in hitting on women on a game. The notion itself is beyond absurd to me.
If someone asks me, I won't be offended and I'll answer them. It's not a big deal for me. Also just like many people have said, in the guild that I am as well we have a lot more ladies than 15%.
SilverBride wrote: »Don't read too much into this.
In real life a person's gender is the first thing you notice when you meet, because in most cases their gender is apparent.
And yes people do approach someone differently based on their gender, just like they approach a child differently than an adult.
It's social norms and has nothing to do with disrespect. Nor is it the least bit unusual that someone would ask, because they have no other way to know.
Goregrinder wrote: »Online it's a different story, since you can mask your voice, easily change how you talk or type, and hide what you look like, which is probably more the "what are you?" question comes up a lot more in a game like ESO then if the interaction was at the line at the bank or something.
Sure, but the question is exactly why asking for the assigned sex of another player would be relevant since, as already mentioned several times, it just shouldn't matter.
Goregrinder wrote: »Online it's a different story, since you can mask your voice, easily change how you talk or type, and hide what you look like, which is probably more the "what are you?" question comes up a lot more in a game like ESO then if the interaction was at the line at the bank or something.
Sure, but the question is exactly why asking for the assigned sex of another player would be relevant since, as already mentioned several times, it just shouldn't matter.
SilverBride wrote: »The question presented by the OP is "Is it wrong to inquire about RLF gender to your in-game friends?" Not is it relevant.
Goregrinder wrote: »I don't know, it may or may not be relevant depending on the situation. If another player starts flirting with you whether it is IC or OOC (for those RPers) wouldn't you want to know whether it's a guy or a girl behind that text? I know I would. But if someone joins the group because they want to PVP or something, I personally wouldn't care what they are, but some might. Different people care about different things.
SilverBride wrote: »The question presented by the OP is "Is it wrong to inquire about RLF gender to your in-game friends?" Not is it relevant.
Ok, so, is it wrong - imho yes, because it's irrelevant. In the game and IRL.
SilverBride wrote: »Don't read too much into this.
In real life a person's gender is the first thing you notice when you meet, because in most cases their gender is apparent.
And yes people do approach someone differently based on their gender, just like they approach a child differently than an adult.
It's social norms and has nothing to do with disrespect. Nor is it the least bit unusual that someone would ask, because they have no other way to know.