Girls and boys in the game

pablinski · June 2015

Hi, I´m curious to know how many women are actually playing the game, and for that I´d like to survey:
How many men have actually girl characters in game?

Psychobunni · June 2015

You can make polls. I'm not quite sure why it matters unless you are trying to date through gaming...

For statistics sake I am female.

BUT... if you are the looking for a relationship type...I am an extremely hairy, overweight, don't bathe except in the rain 45 year old man that lives in Mommy's basement

Oryctolagus · June 2015

It's comforting to me that whenever I visit a game's forum for the first time I can depend on seeing this thread. It's like a warm welcome. Thanks.

Ace_of_Destiny · June 2015

Psychobunni wrote: »

You can make polls. I'm not quite sure why it matters unless you are trying to date through gaming...

For statistics sake I am female.

BUT... if you are the looking for a relationship type...I am an extremely hairy, overweight, don't bathe except in the rain 45 year old man that lives in Mommy's basement

Yer just me type!

UrQuan · June 2015

Don't you know there are no girls on the internet?

Seriously, though, in my main guild it seems like a pretty even male-female mix amongst the active members. Although, thinking about it, having a female GM might mean that the number of female members is higher than you'd otherwise expect. I don't know?

Speaking for myself, I'm a guy and I have both male and female characters.

Junipus · June 2015

For statistics sake, I am a Sload.

TheSunAlsoRises · June 2015

if you're gonna gimme gold and stuffs, then i'm a hot girl irl.

Ace_of_Destiny · June 2015

Sex: Male (And Loving It!)
Age: 45 (January 15th 1970...in case you want to buy me a present!)
Status: Married (Happily, believe it or not!)
Profession: Disabled Ex-Army/Ex-"Other"
Notes: This music smells purple to me, but I swear when I came in I had two heads.

EDIT APPLIED:
I forgot to say...
I pretty much only play Male characters.
I don't really know why, except that maybe it's because all the games I played from 1980 onwards had male "heroes" and it just stuck in my head...yeah, I don't mean to be "sexist"! Women Rock!

theweakminded · June 2015

pablinski wrote: »

How many men have actually girl characters in game?

99.99999999% Though, that doesn't mean that it is their only character lol

Lenikus · June 2015

I'm pretty sure that, even in a poll thread, there would still be girls lying to prevent special kinds of attention, and/or guys doing the same precisely for that special kind of attention.

So you cold make an anonymous poll like "
- Guy that play a Guy
- Guy that pretends to be a Girl
- Girl that pretends to be a Guy
- Girl that plays a Girl

I'd like to see those numbers

Ace_of_Destiny · June 2015

Lenikus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that, even in a poll thread, there would still be girls lying to prevent special kinds of attention, and/or guys doing the same precisely for that special kind of attention.

So you cold make an anonymous poll like "
- Guy that play a Guy
- Guy that pretends to be a Girl
- Girl that pretends to be a Guy
- Girl that plays a Girl

I'd like to see those numbers

If players were honest...I would love to see those results.

UrQuan · June 2015

Lenikus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that, even in a poll thread, there would still be girls lying to prevent special kinds of attention, and/or guys doing the same precisely for that special kind of attention.

So you cold make an anonymous poll like "
- Guy that play a Guy
- Guy that pretends to be a Girl
- Girl that pretends to be a Guy
- Girl that plays a Girl

I'd like to see those numbers

Except those options don't really work. What about guys that play female characters without pretending to be girls? Or girls that play male characters without pretending to be guys? Or guys or girls who play both?

MornaBaine · June 2015

Husband and wife duo (I'm the wife) guild leaders here and from what I can tell we're pretty even up on male and female players. Although I'm pretty much the only one that seems to play all female characters. Some of our female players play male characters and some of the males play female characters. Our ages range from early 20s to over 50. We have gay, straight, bi and who knows what else players. What everyone does have in common is a love of the game, the lore, and roleplaying. So nothing else much matters.

Lenikus · June 2015

UrQuan wrote: »

Lenikus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that, even in a poll thread, there would still be girls lying to prevent special kinds of attention, and/or guys doing the same precisely for that special kind of attention.

So you cold make an anonymous poll like "
- Guy that play a Guy
- Guy that pretends to be a Girl
- Girl that pretends to be a Guy
- Girl that plays a Girl

I'd like to see those numbers

Except those options don't really work. What about guys that play female characters without pretending to be girls? Or girls that play male characters without pretending to be guys? Or guys or girls who play both?

- Guy whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as a Guy
- Guy whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as a Girl
- Girl whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as aGuy
- Girl whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as a Girl

Fixed it.

UrQuan · June 2015

Lenikus wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Lenikus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that, even in a poll thread, there would still be girls lying to prevent special kinds of attention, and/or guys doing the same precisely for that special kind of attention.

So you cold make an anonymous poll like "
- Guy that play a Guy
- Guy that pretends to be a Girl
- Girl that pretends to be a Guy
- Girl that plays a Girl

I'd like to see those numbers

Except those options don't really work. What about guys that play female characters without pretending to be girls? Or girls that play male characters without pretending to be guys? Or guys or girls who play both?

- Guy whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as a Guy
- Guy whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as a Girl
- Girl whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as aGuy
- Girl whose main toon is socially seen and treated in-game as a Girl

Fixed it.

Um, no, that only works for people who RP as their characters. And for people who actually have a "main" as opposed to having multiple characters that they play relatively equally.

adriant1978 · June 2015

Psychobunni wrote: »

I'm not quite sure why it matters unless you are trying to date through gaming...

This.

Grunim · June 2015

@pablinski You wouldn't happen to be a console player would you? I have yet to hear a female voice once on the NA Xbox megaserver, but I'm a long time PC player and this game has so many women who play on the PC that no one finds it remarkable to hear a woman's voice when you hop on someone's voice chat.

waterfairy · June 2015

It's pretty easy to tell by the characters appearance and gamertag name (on console) if the girl character is played by a girl. If it's an overly gaudy girl with max boobs, min slim and not wearing pants then you know that's a boy playing her. If it's a respectable looking lady then there's a good chance that it's an actual woman playing.

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO · June 2015

Many men play female characters. I play mostly female characters. I blame the Tomb Raider series for getting me used to looking at a female character in third person while fighting big bad fearsome beasts for whom I should be nothing more than a slight annoyance and a meal.

I'm male, and I have been playing mostly female characters in most games where that choice is allowed: all TES games, all Fallout games, the Dragon Age series. Not Mass Effect, though, for some reason. Perhaps it was the strong focus on interpersonal relations that made that particular game feel better while playing as my own gender. (And no, stop giggling, y'all. I am referring to all the relations, not just the feeble attempts at portraying love affairs.)

I have no idea why this is. It could simply be "because boobs" and I am a shallow and pathetic person, but I honestly think that my reasons are better than that, or at least more diverse.

Oryctolagus · June 2015

adriant1978 wrote: »

Psychobunni wrote: »

I'm not quite sure why it matters unless you are trying to date through gaming...

This.

I think they just want to know how confused they're supposed to be about that rockin' elf chick.

AlienSlof · June 2015

Female here who plays males almost exclusively. I play in 3rd person and like looking at a pert male tush in my games!

My husband also plays, and he plays mostly male with a few females here and there for variety.

IrishGirlGamer · June 2015

pablinski wrote: »

Hi, I´m curious to know how many women are actually playing the game, and for that I´d like to survey:
How many men have actually girl characters in game?

May I ask why you didn't ask how many men are playing the game?

Lenikus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that, even in a poll thread, there would still be girls lying to prevent special kinds of attention, and/or guys doing the same precisely for that special kind of attention.

So you cold make an anonymous poll like "
- Guy that play a Guy
- Guy that pretends to be a Girl
- Girl that pretends to be a Guy
- Girl that plays a Girl

I'd like to see those numbers

Why does this even matter? Eggghh. Okay, setting aside the very obvious annoying male-bias of this entire thread ... "I'm curious how many women are playing because they gotta be rarer than perfect roe in this game," I'll just say this:

Girls play video games. Build a big freakin' bridge and get over it.

(And we can take care of ourselves, too. Especially with an ignore button ... )

Nestor · June 2015

Should I be sad that no one has hit on me no matter what character I am playing?

I have two male main characters and two female main characters. Why? Why not? I don't identify with any of them, they all have back stories that fit the role they play. For example, the Sorcerer is a petite spark plug of a sorcerer who takes on any and all mobs. Her friends growing up said that she would never amount to anything as she was so tiny. She is out to prove them wrong. The Templar is a tall High Elf who is proud and strong and heals as she takes life. My Nightblade is a Pillsbury dough-boy of character that I tried to make look like, well, I can't remember as he is so fugly that he is the only character who always wears a helmet. My Dragonknight is just a Imperial guy trying to get through the world, but also hates the Imperials and what they do to their captives in the war.

As for playing, I have not noticed any behavior towards me that is based on the gender of the character I have active. The nice people are still nice, the neutral people are still neutral and the few jerks are still jerks. No one has hit on me with either gender. The conversations have all been about the game or whatever is going on in front of us.

rb2001 · June 2015

Vigarr wrote: »

It's pretty easy to tell by the characters appearance and gamertag name (on console) if the girl character is played by a girl. If it's an overly gaudy girl with max boobs, min slim and not wearing pants then you know that's a boy playing her. If it's a respectable looking lady then there's a good chance that it's an actual woman playing.

Ah, that's still overgeneralizing it. Plenty of people like me out there (at least I hope there are) that treat it like writing a character, and can create opposite gender characters and play/rp them realistically as a person, not a thing.

Imhotep71 · June 2015

I have both and Im a 43 yr old married guy with a house full of kids. My Argonian Sorc is male, my Breton NB is female. Have mixed toons in Destiny as well as every other MMO Ive played since SWG.

[snip]
[edited for trolling]

IrishGirlGamer · June 2015

AlienSlof wrote: »

Female here who plays males almost exclusively. I play in 3rd person and like looking at a pert male tush in my games!

My husband also plays, and he plays mostly male with a few females here and there for variety.

Thank you for saying this. Really. Thanks.

I've played male characters in video games - in fact, all three of my majors in Skyrim were male because the female walk animation SUCKED and the run was simply embarrassing. In Oblivion, I played mostly women. In Fallout, four girls, two guys. In Borderlands 2, I played all six character types.

I guess that means I have gender issues.

UrQuan · June 2015

Nestor wrote: »

Should I be sad that no one has hit on me no matter what character I am playing?

Note to self: start hitting on @Nestor in-game to make him feel better

Nestor wrote: »

For example, the Sorcerer is a petite spark plug of a sorcerer who takes on any and all mobs. Her friends growing up said that she would never amount to anything as she was so tiny. She is out to prove them wrong.

Hmm, that's surprisingly similar to the backstory I have in my head for my petite female sorcerer...

Nestor wrote: »

As for playing, I have not noticed any behavior towards me that is based on the gender of the character I have active. The nice people are still nice, the neutral people are still neutral and the few jerks are still jerks. No one has hit on me with either gender. The conversations have all been about the game or whatever is going on in front of us.

Yeah, this has also been my experience. With one exception, I haven't noticed anyone in-game care at all about anyone's gender. The one exception was a creepy guy who made a bunch of inappropriate comments to a female guildie, and after a couple of warnings ended up getting kicked out of the guild for it. And I definitely haven't noticed any different behavior depending on whether I'm playing a female or a male character.

Banky71 · June 2015

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

AlienSlof wrote: »

Female here who plays males almost exclusively. I play in 3rd person and like looking at a pert male tush in my games!

My husband also plays, and he plays mostly male with a few females here and there for variety.

Thank you for saying this. Really. Thanks.

I've played male characters in video games - in fact, all three of my majors in Skyrim were male because the female walk animation SUCKED and the run was simply embarrassing. In Oblivion, I played mostly women. In Fallout, four girls, two guys. In Borderlands 2, I played all six character types.

I guess that means I have gender issues.

I don't think you have gender issues, I think the world has issues with gender.

deadlock007 · June 2015

I am a proud female gamer who happens to mostly play male characters

mcurley · June 2015

I play heros of both genders but I only RP on the heros that match my gender IRL.

Of the people whom I have spoken to for long enough in game to make an assumption of their gender it has been a pretty even split between both.

Zusia211 · June 2015

I typically play female characters only cause I tend to like their looks more. But doesn't stop me from getting a male khajiit to show of that nice hairy chest

lol