Girls and boys in the game

rb2001 · June 2015

While we're on the subject, what I find odd is that the male character body model is poorly done compared to female.

My GF and I joke that the male designer/modeler was afraid of spending too much time on the male model because he would "feel gay" -- end result is that the male character model is basically missing lower body (legs and hips, etc.).

I put medium levels for those on one of my mains and he's basically behind-less.

The female one is much more realistically proportioned.

Muletide · June 2015

I'm a male player, but I tend to create my caster/mage types as female.

I noticed they do get a lot more random guild and group invites than my male characters

Oryctolagus · June 2015

I would like someone to take aaalllll the gender threads from Ultima Online until now and put them together in a video with the Benny Hill theme music. That would make me very happy. Someone with more energy get on that.

traigusb14_ESO2 · June 2015

MMOs have a large female membership on PCs... A few years ago it was determined that like 60+% of guild leaders were women now in the MMO space.

There are still creepers out there in MMO land, but I had friends that were worried about VOIP in the EQ1 days and they and their daughters are pretty much... "yeah whatever" now and are on Vent or Temaspeak 90% of their online time doing guild stuff.. they still get some crap playing shooters, but in MMO land people are generally more interested in if they have l33t sword of uberness_003 and know the raid steps top "Evil hat guy" than anything else.

Consoles are still pretty creepy. I have friends that still have problems and feel the need to have super generic gamer tags and never talk in party/game chat unless they know everyone there.

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Psychobunni · June 2015

Imhotep71 wrote: »

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.

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I tried a couple times to make a male counterpart, spent hours in creation but just couldnt do it in a way I would be happy with. The discovery of the phenomenon of males playing female will always remain a lasting memory for me, and likely my husband as well. The first time I logged voice chat in LOTRO and found out all these cool girls I'd been playing with were men...haha I was quite shocked to say the least! Good times

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rb2001 · June 2015

traigusb14_ESO2 wrote: »

MMOs have a large female membership on PCs... A few years ago it was determined that like 60+% of guild leaders were women now in the MMO space.

There are still creepers out there in MMO land, but I had friends that were worried about VOIP in the EQ1 days and they and their daughters are pretty much... "yeah whatever" now.. they still get some crap playing shooters, but in MMO land people are generally more interested in if they have loot sword of uberness_003 and know the raid steps top "Evil hat guy" than anything else.

Consoles are still pretty creepy. I have friends that still have problems and feel the need to have super generic gamer tags and never talk in party/game chat unless they know everyone there.

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Really bizarre that people do stuff like that. Do they go to malls and do that, too. Weirdos. Why can't a player be a player, regardless of gender.

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Rosveen · June 2015

I'm a woman. You can't prove I'm not.

brassmaster12 · June 2015

I'm male and I play both male or female, I have 4 male characters and 4 female characters. I just like to play as who ever I feel like. Sometimes its a male and then other times I will focus on a female character. I do tend to play female more, and that's because I like the idea of a female heroine and her just being all bad ass and kicking butt, instead of being the person who needs saving most of the time.

Imhotep71 · June 2015

Psychobunni wrote: »

Imhotep71 wrote: »

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]

I tried a couple times to make a male counterpart, spent hours in creation but just couldnt do it in a way I would be happy with. The discovery of the phenomenon of males playing female will always remain a lasting memory for me, and likely my husband as well. The first time I logged voice chat in LOTRO and found out all these cool girls I'd been playing with were men...haha I was quite shocked to say the least! Good times

Wow it took until LOTRO? It never really surprised me, I was a cop so I know what creepers guys can be. We had quite a few females playing males in SWG.

Compared to PC, consoles are a whole different animal though.

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waterfairy · 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!
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ha wow I've heard guys say they play females for that reason but never thought I would hear a woman say that in reverse.

rb2001 wrote: »

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.

True but I was referring to the boys that will max out the boobs and butt, make unrealistic proportions to the characters body then wear little to no armor/clothing.
I'm in a similar category to you as I'll create any race in either gender as an actual person but I don't really get into the roleplay thing...I just create a character as if they were real in the world they live in.

swanvalkyrie · June 2015

I'm a female gamer

Love the Elder Scrolls series with a passion!

IXI_WiCKeD_IXI · June 2015

Pretty funny my girlfriends character is actually a guy

xMovingTarget · June 2015

Psychobunni wrote: »

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

Sounds interesting, you up for a date Bunni?

Psychobunni · June 2015

Imhotep71 wrote: »

Psychobunni wrote: »

Imhotep71 wrote: »

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]

I tried a couple times to make a male counterpart, spent hours in creation but just couldnt do it in a way I would be happy with. The discovery of the phenomenon of males playing female will always remain a lasting memory for me, and likely my husband as well. The first time I logged voice chat in LOTRO and found out all these cool girls I'd been playing with were men...haha I was quite shocked to say the least! Good times

Wow it took until LOTRO? It never really surprised me, I was a cop so I know what creepers guys can be. We had quite a few females playing males in SWG.

Compared to PC, consoles are a whole different animal though.

I didn't venture into online gaming really actively until then and was the first game and guild I really got into grouping. Playing solo games or playing along on my own basically.

It still doesn't occur to me even now to ask "are you male or female", just play along with whatever they are rolling until I'm told different or hear different lol

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Egonieser · June 2015

There are tons of women in gaming this day and age, many just don't advertise it as they get harassed and sometimes even stalked. Me and my (now) wife met in lord of the rings online years ago. And our kin (guild) was about 50/50 male to female ratio and I've seen (heard on TS) many women in ESO aswell.
Anyway why does it matter whether a person's reproductive organs are on the inside or outside.. We are all players and come here to relax and enjoy the game. Gender plays very little role in that.

Xendyn · June 2015

You are playing a MMORPG

Many Men Online Role Playing Girls

(an old joke, but I'm surprised no one has posted it yet)

rb2001 · June 2015

Egonieser wrote: »

There are tons of women in gaming this day and age, many just don't advertise it as they get harassed and sometimes even stalked. Me and my (now) wife met in lord of the rings online years ago. And our kin (guild) was about 50/50 male to female ratio and I've seen (heard on TS) many women in ESO aswell.
Anyway why does it matter whether a person's reproductive organs are on the inside or outside.. We are all players and come here to relax and enjoy the game. Gender plays very little role in that.

Hey, neat @Egonieser , you've a similar story to me, and we think alike.

Egonieser · June 2015

rb2001 wrote: »

Egonieser wrote: »

There are tons of women in gaming this day and age, many just don't advertise it as they get harassed and sometimes even stalked. Me and my (now) wife met in lord of the rings online years ago. And our kin (guild) was about 50/50 male to female ratio and I've seen (heard on TS) many women in ESO aswell.
Anyway why does it matter whether a person's reproductive organs are on the inside or outside.. We are all players and come here to relax and enjoy the game. Gender plays very little role in that.

Hey, neat @Egonieser , you've a similar story to me, and we think alike.

Hehe, I've heard a lot of couples meet that way lately. World is too small in this digital age.

Banky71 · June 2015

Well with stories like that no wonder someone is asking who the ladies are in the game lol

rb2001 · June 2015

Banky71 wrote: »

Well with stories like that no wonder someone is asking who the ladies are in the game lol

Just do what Bob Ross said, let it happen, let it happen. It'll find you.

Banky71 · June 2015

rb2001 wrote: »

Banky71 wrote: »

Well with stories like that no wonder someone is asking who the ladies are in the game lol

Just do what Bob Ross said, let it happen, let it happen. It'll find you.

I just painted a happy little tree!

UrQuan · June 2015

rb2001 wrote: »

Banky71 wrote: »

Well with stories like that no wonder someone is asking who the ladies are in the game lol

Just do what Bob Ross said, let it happen, let it happen. It'll find you.

I swear that guy was at least as much a philosopher as a painter.

waterfairy · June 2015

Egonieser wrote: »

Hehe, I've heard a lot of couples meet that way lately. World is too small in this digital age.

That sounds so strange to me, how does it even happen in an online game? "Hey I like the look of your character...wanna go out for a quest and digital dinner?"

rb2001 · June 2015

Vigarr wrote: »

Egonieser wrote: »

Hehe, I've heard a lot of couples meet that way lately. World is too small in this digital age.

That sounds so strange to me, how does it even happen in an online game? "Hey I like the look of your character...wanna go out for a quest and digital dinner?"

It can happen if you put more into than that. It's probably hard to explain unless you.. get it.

Leggi · June 2015

Male player, have 7 female and 1 male characters.

IrishGirlGamer · June 2015

UrQuan wrote: »

Vigarr wrote: »

Egonieser wrote: »

Hehe, I've heard a lot of couples meet that way lately. World is too small in this digital age.

That sounds so strange to me, how does it even happen in an online game? "Hey I like the look of your character...wanna go out for a quest and digital dinner?"

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Nice.

Am I dating myself if I say I remember when that was the number 1 video on Amazon?

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Grunim · June 2015

traigusb14_ESO2 wrote: »

MMOs have a large female membership on PCs... A few years ago it was determined that like 60+% of guild leaders were women now in the MMO space.

There are still creepers out there in MMO land, but I had friends that were worried about VOIP in the EQ1 days and they and their daughters are pretty much... "yeah whatever" now and are on Vent or Temaspeak 90% of their online time doing guild stuff.. they still get some crap playing shooters, but in MMO land people are generally more interested in if they have l33t sword of uberness_003 and know the raid steps top "Evil hat guy" than anything else.

Consoles are still pretty creepy. I have friends that still have problems and feel the need to have super generic gamer tags and never talk in party/game chat unless they know everyone there.

[snip]

I bought a console for the first time to try ESO out on it. I completely agree how a woman might feel like an exotic zoo animal because that's how I've felt so far playing this game on the xbox. I am probably going to continue making PC my main playing experience just because women are very common and I can feel fully part of the community here, but I'm not convinced as a woman I will be accepted on the xbox.

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UrQuan · June 2015

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Vigarr wrote: »

Egonieser wrote: »

Hehe, I've heard a lot of couples meet that way lately. World is too small in this digital age.

That sounds so strange to me, how does it even happen in an online game? "Hey I like the look of your character...wanna go out for a quest and digital dinner?"

[snip]

Nice.

Am I dating myself if I say I remember when that was the number 1 video on Amazon?

Well, it will always be the number 1 video in my heart

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BigM · 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

You deserve a big LOL!

I also find female characters get better deals in trade. Just some the trades they want I don't need.

Imhotep71 · June 2015

Psychobunni wrote: »

Imhotep71 wrote: »

Psychobunni wrote: »

Imhotep71 wrote: »

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]

I tried a couple times to make a male counterpart, spent hours in creation but just couldnt do it in a way I would be happy with. The discovery of the phenomenon of males playing female will always remain a lasting memory for me, and likely my husband as well. The first time I logged voice chat in LOTRO and found out all these cool girls I'd been playing with were men...haha I was quite shocked to say the least! Good times

Wow it took until LOTRO? It never really surprised me, I was a cop so I know what creepers guys can be. We had quite a few females playing males in SWG.

Compared to PC, consoles are a whole different animal though.

I didn't venture into online gaming really actively until then and was the first game and guild I really got into grouping. Playing solo games or playing along on my own basically.

It still doesn't occur to me even now to ask "are you male or female", just play along with whatever they are rolling until I'm told different or hear different lol

I never ask. If it comes up ok, if not, doesnt matter to me. [snip] Ill often accept and jump on voice chat with "Hi wanna cyber" the squeals of shock and surprise amuse me greatly

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