I'm a female playing male argonian. Wow, didn't think we were such a minority. The attention you get by playing female is not really what I'm after when I play MMOs. But It's not as bad as it was a few years ago!

PBpsy wrote: »

TheGrandAlliance wrote: »

...but that isn't possible. Especially since "you are not dead" and "you not a Soul Shirven".


The concepts of "Avatars" makes no sense. Why are you trying to emulate yourself in a game in the first place? This isnt' VR. Nor (in ESO) are you "Dead" or thus a "Soul Shriven".

I'm with you on that, the idea of playing myself in a game is ridiculous. I find people trying to play themselves or someone they know in real life way more freaky than guys playing females.

I don't have to "try and play myself", it happens naturally. If a game presents moral choices I always take the positive path because I find it extremely difficult to do anything else.

I could never bring myself to play something else than a female character. Being female myself, I could not really "identify" myself with a male one.

Even in games where your choice is restricted (League of Legends) I try to go for the class specific female heroes.

A few years ago (and to some extend still in LoL) that and my name choice got me some unwanted attention, but I noticed that at least in MMOs that time is mostly over. Either people have accepted that there's a high chance of a guy sitting behind a female character, or female gamers are becoming more mainstream.

Male playing both because why not? It. Doesn't. Matter.

I have friends that can't picture himself in a lady's body and friends who said "I'm already looking at a male everyday in the mirror."

Personally I can't stand the idea of man dresses. Until they do that, I'm sticking to female light armours. Plus I do level female warrior/blacksmiths, just so when my cousin wants to play around, she won't pester me about "Hey ***, why can't females be the best armorer huh? Why can't I screw around with a lady huh? Why do you always play stinkin' steroid jabbed weirdos huh?"

I'm a male who plays male main tho. But I perform better on female characters given the mentality "They won't see it coming! Muahaha"

Female playing female, just because We're kind of boring in that respect. Never really been able to play male characters, though We've tried; they just end up very awkward and unintentionally funny. :P

"The prettier the avatar the deeper the voice."

I've been complimented on my character a few times but I most certainly do not have a deep voice. (I'm almost 41 and I've been mistaken for a teenager on vent, needless to say I've stopped talking on chat programs. lol)

However, I am female playing female characters. I, also, can not see myself identifying well with male characters. It made it harder for me to play Thief and The Witcher, just as the first examples that came to mind.

And to those who complain that this question is asked for every game and blah, blah, blah ... I find it quite fascinating to see how the answer changes in each new game. I've watched the MMORPG and online gaming industry grow and I've seen my fellow gamers go from probably >5% female to probably close to nearly 50% female. It's been entertaining to see how the answers change over the years.

Rykoth wrote: »

Male playing both because why not? It. Doesn't. Matter.

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I always play a female character being also a female myself. I like chick characters better, they look nice. And also like looking at their backsides better than male characters, which I guess is the reasoning for also some men to play a female character too.

FrauPerchta wrote: »

I have male and female characters. But have to say if I am going to be seeing a butt swish around on my screen for 4+ hours/day I prefer female butts

So you like long Argonian and Khajiit tails, eh?
Enjoy playing your ESO role as a girl.

Soloeus wrote: »

Vendersleigh wrote: »

I never understand the playing "other gender to be tasteless and creepy" line of thought. After all none of us are catpeople/elves/orcs/lizardpeople/mages/people with superpowers like intermittent dragon wings in real life (and few are accomplished martial artists/fencers/archers). If one is going for all those aspects that are different from oneself, then what is the difference in playing the opposite gender?

I mostly play my own gender as it very hard to do a very realistic portrayal of the other gender but all kudos to those that do pull it off well. For the same reason I stick to various cultures of humans for the most part but really appreciate those that can give a decent portrayal of other species.

Now isn't the time for the debate. The difference is that we all know nobody here has dragon wings, but we are either male or female. Imagine a white person who declares "I am hereby transracially black."


I do hate the use of the word "Toon" it really sounds red neck.

You were the one who raised the matter. It does imply to me that you have issues. Perhaps you do not but it does come across that way.

Also, my characters are physically different from me, in culture, colour, size, hairstyle, etc. I do not understand those differences being regarded as odd either. We are playing a game, not re-creating ourselves within Tamriel, which does not exist .


Btw, I did not use the word "Toon" in that post though I do on occasion as I have arthritis and sometimes need to type as little as possible to save myself from pain. (And British and university-educated here, to dispel some of your misconception.)

Soloeus wrote: »

I am a male playing a male. I also believe the stereotype about "most female characters are either fat, heinous or men" is true. I also wonder how your post would have read if you had separated gender by Cysnogenic and Tranny. That would shed more light on the results.

I could support Account Bound Gender (even better if hooked to your identity but that will be another few years). Some games already do have that, and I have always found the idea of a person posing as a member of the other gender to be tasteless and creepy.

I take offense to this. I am not fat or heinous and I am definitely not a man.

This necromancy was unnecessary. But since the thread is back from the dead and I don't remember if I ever answered the question, I'm a woman and play both genders. Most of my characters are female, though.

I have a hard time playing male characters ever if at all. I just recently made the manliest character I could think of just for fun in a parody sort of way. He's a Nord named Asgunrvald von Freyrbrand who fights for the Aldmeri Dominion but hates magic users and weak puny elves and as fun and novel as it was for the time I'm probably going to end up deleting him because I'm not going to take the time to level him to anything meaningful.

I have always played female characters whenever given the option since such options ever existed because I identify the most with them and playing as male characters is awkward for me. Seeing as I have yet to play an MMO that allows you to make Male [sex] characters that are girls [gender] in appearance or Female [sex] characters that are male [gender] in appearance that I've never had the opportunity to explore that facet. Though admittedly you can make some masculine looking Females I have no interest in doing so.

If it's any insight I'm a transgirl.