Girls and boys in the game

newtinmpls · June 2015

I'm female, mostly play female characters ... kinda depends on the backstory/inspiration.

As for a tiny magic-weilder, I rolled up a goblin (used the most ugly tiny version of a bosmer I could make) and her backstory is she's from Toothmaul Gully. Saw a pair of altmer sisters (templer and sorc) and decided she wanted to be like that (powerful and magical) too.

She's a templar who uses bow (the best weapon is one they don't see till too late - and turn around or look up and get an arrow in the eye) and I have her crouching most of the time because... goblin!

Quite a few of the characters (not just the players) I game with are fond of her.

IrishGirlGamer · June 2015

UrQuan wrote: »

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

That's cute. Really.

I remember laughing so hard I almost peed myself the first time I saw that video. Ironically, it was on the Bethesda forum before Skyrim was released and there was this HUGE debate over - guess what? Yeah, you got it! How female characters would look in the game.

I'd completely forgotten it even existed. Thanks for sharing it.

[Of course, that chorus will be joining me for the train ride home from work ... "Do you wanna date my avatar? ... She's a star ..." ]

[edited to remove quote]

SlayerSyrena · June 2015

I'm a female gamer who plays mostly male characters.

Nothing more ridiculous then chatting with my fellow guildies in Teamspeak (half of them being female) and watching Stonefalls zone chat declare that there are no girls on the internet.

If you really think there are no female gamers in ESO, join a guild that requires Teamspeak (as that generally clears up all confusion as to who's who.)

waterfairy · June 2015

rb2001 wrote: »

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

Clearly I don't get it. It would be cool to meet someone with similar interests (especially in TES/ESO games) but I just don't see myself finding and connecting with the right lady in an mmo game. I'm a decent looking guy but my voice is pretty deep (more so over phones/mics) so I would probably intimidate strangers if I tried talking to them. 'wait don't fast travel away...I'm really a nice guy in real life'

UrQuan wrote: »

[snip]

ha very educational. I'm tempted to play that through the mic while my character dances in the middle of the city square

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global_gbb16_ESO · 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?

For what purpose?

septvestige · June 2015

Your gender doesn't matter unless you want to use it.

Girls in game gets more treat from fellow guildies, more popular and advance in guild hierarchy faster. A lot of guild die because they choose officers by popularity and not by suitabilty. Girls are popular from day 1. A guy have to proove he is useful.
Theres a stereotype that girls in gaming are nicer but that's not true. They are the same race: human and there are just as many not nice girl as guy.

Want to be an officer or just extremely popular in a guild?

- Post an unknown teen modells picture on the guild forum.
- Mention in guild chat that you not used to these games cos u r a girl

You will get more advice, people will be more patient with you with your mistakes, they will not try to lecture you how to play your game. You will get more bargains, free stuff, presents, you may win the guild lottery more etc.

You think this is miserable? I think it is but I know many player doing this. Even real girls doing this by not realizing they really using their gender to gain popularity.

Playing the other gender in a role playing game has never been my cup of tea. I know all the excuses. I heard it all. Boys don't play with dolls period. (No! Not that kind of period.) But that's just my conservative nature. I can take it that other people think else.

In MMO's I don't care what gender is the player I met. Onyl thing I usually ask is nationallity (for language barriers). And threads like looking for girl guild and how many girl gamer...
Come on!

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO · June 2015

Imhotep71 wrote: »

[snip]

A lot of male gamers are 12 year old boys. Not quite as many as it would appear, but still.

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Ulaidian · June 2015

My character is an awful flirt.. perhaps more of me in him that I realised

That said, the number one rule was mentioned above - everyone online is a guy until you know different.

Shunravi · June 2015

newtinmpls wrote: »

I'm female, mostly play female characters ... kinda depends on the backstory/inspiration.

As for a tiny magic-weilder, I rolled up a goblin (used the most ugly tiny version of a bosmer I could make) and her backstory is she's from Toothmaul Gully. Saw a pair of altmer sisters (templer and sorc) and decided she wanted to be like that (powerful and magical) too.

She's a templar who uses bow (the best weapon is one they don't see till too late - and turn around or look up and get an arrow in the eye) and I have her crouching most of the time because... goblin!

Quite a few of the characters (not just the players) I game with are fond of her.

you ever find the goblin costume?

Imhotep71 · June 2015

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO wrote: »

Imhotep71 wrote: »

[snip]

A lot of male gamers are 12 year old boys. Not quite as many as it would appear, but still.

Well yeah, especially on the consoles

[edited to remove quote]

UrQuan · June 2015

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

[Of course, that chorus will be joining me for the train ride home from work ... "Do you wanna date my avatar? ... She's a star ..." ]

If it makes you feel any better, it's totally stuck in my head now too. At least you have someone else to blame for that. For me it's my own fault.

Stephanie_ABT · June 2015

For the sake of statistics I'm a female. Been playing the Elder Scrolls since Arena.

IrishGirlGamer · June 2015

TommyGoodgone wrote: »

Your gender doesn't matter unless you want to use it.

Girls in game gets more treat from fellow guildies, more popular and advance in guild hierarchy faster. A lot of guild die because they choose officers by popularity and not by suitabilty. Girls are popular from day 1. A guy have to proove he is useful.
Theres a stereotype that girls in gaming are nicer but that's not true. They are the same race: human and there are just as many not nice girl as guy.

Want to be an officer or just extremely popular in a guild?

- Post an unknown teen modells picture on the guild forum.
- Mention in guild chat that you not used to these games cos u r a girl

...

Come on!

[*** Wishes desperately that Zenimax had NOT taken away the LOL button. ***]

Taleof2Cities · June 2015

Just for the record and for statistics purposes, I'm a guy who plays female characters.

Two mains are both Altmer ... and two alts (one Altmer NB, one Bosmer DK). Two mules.

Will be starting a Redguard pretty soon.

IrishGirlGamer · June 2015

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Just for the record and for statistics purposes, I'm a guy who plays female characters.

Two mains are both Altmer ... and two alts (one Altmer NB, one Bosmer DK). Two mules.

Will be starting a Redguard pretty soon.

Nice.

But more importantly, is that glass armor? It looks amazing!

Kaynlor · June 2015

Sex: Female
Age: 47
Status: Gay-Married (Happily, believe it or not!)
Profession: Disabled Ex-Army/Ex-Cop
I pretty much only play female characters.
I generally play alone, so I don't get hit on. When I played MUDs, I was always a guy to avoid getting hit on.

Moonscythe · June 2015

I'm a female teetering on the very edge of being older than dirt. I always play a girl much younger than me because I can, that's why. I play in first person almost always but if I do go into third I watch myself run and think I used to be that cute.

Hey, Ace-2112, do you know where the reference to something smelling purple comes from? I do.

Elara_Northwind · June 2015

I'm a girl and play all female characters (apart from my khajiit, but he is a cat

) and I know many females who play the game and none of them (apart from me and my cat) have any male characters, but many of the boys I know also have female characters. My boyfriend will only play as a female because he says he doesn't like the way that the male characters look in the game...

Psychobunni · June 2015

TommyGoodgone wrote: »

Your gender doesn't matter unless you want to use it.

Girls in game gets more treat from fellow guildies, more popular and advance in guild hierarchy faster. A lot of guild die because they choose officers by popularity and not by suitabilty. Girls are popular from day 1. A guy have to proove he is useful.
Theres a stereotype that girls in gaming are nicer but that's not true. They are the same race: human and there are just as many not nice girl as guy.

Want to be an officer or just extremely popular in a guild?

- Post an unknown teen modells picture on the guild forum.
- Mention in guild chat that you not used to these games cos u r a girl

You will get more advice, people will be more patient with you with your mistakes, they will not try to lecture you how to play your game. You will get more bargains, free stuff, presents, you may win the guild lottery more etc.

You think this is miserable? I think it is but I know many player doing this. Even real girls doing this by not realizing they really using their gender to gain popularity.

Playing the other gender in a role playing game has never been my cup of tea. I know all the excuses. I heard it all. Boys don't play with dolls period. (No! Not that kind of period.) But that's just my conservative nature. I can take it that other people think else.

In MMO's I don't care what gender is the player I met. Onyl thing I usually ask is nationallity (for language barriers). And threads like looking for girl guild and how many girl gamer...
Come on!

I would like to think that most "real girls" at least *women* (I'm 35) want nothing to do with any of that. Maybe a young teenage girl who hasn't quite found herself yet or needs attention, but most female gamers I've talked to just want to *game on*

If a guild wants to be anything more serious than social and are giving out officer(s) based on popularity alone, they are doomed to fail anyway (imo)

Edit:35 in Oct lol, getting old enough to forget my own darn age

Pheefs · June 2015

Females play female characters because they are pretty to look at...

& Males play female characters because they are pretty to look at!

Sunver · June 2015

Male, playing female character, but not pretending to be one.

Why I play female char? I think its about aesthetics. Females look nicer and have softy voices.

Watkins · June 2015

I'm a female Otherkin IRL, but play a guy in-game.

I'm a guy who plays a guy.

dafox187 · June 2015

Psychobunni wrote: »

date through gaming...

disgusting

DisgracefulMind · June 2015

No way girls play ESO. NO WAY!

trinta · June 2015

SlayerSyrena wrote: »

I'm a female gamer who plays mostly male characters.

Nothing more ridiculous then chatting with my fellow guildies in Teamspeak (half of them being female) and watching Stonefalls zone chat declare that there are no girls on the internet.

If you really think there are no female gamers in ESO, join a guild that requires Teamspeak (as that generally clears up all confusion as to who's who.)

[snip] I don't think there's anyone who actually believes that there's any game that isn't played by girls as well as guys.

[edited for baitng]

lathbury · June 2015

I honestly have no idea what gender a lot of my guild mates are as a lot of our communication is in guild chat. most guild members only use ts if they do a trial and not everyone does trials. also some who do only listen in due to family or room mates etc.
Not that it makes any difference but of our 15 most regular raiders 10 are men 5 are women dont know how representative that is as we are a relatively small guild of 90 members.
For the record I'm a male player and I play male characters I don't RP but like my characters to look similar to myself as I feel it helps with my immersion and getting into their shoes.

Vulsahdaal · June 2015

Female player here..
6 out of my 8 characters are male. I do play them all, but this is my main-

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MissBizz · 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.

Hahahahahaha. Awesome. Awesome.

Yup, I find lots of fellow females in game on PC, so far in my travels on PS4.. not so many.. but definitely have met a few,

Nyghthowler · June 2015

Male
45
Only play male characters.

I have nothing against women, nor do I look down on them. Some of my best friends and adventuring companions in game have been and are women. I just have no desire to play as a female.

traigusb14_ESO2 · June 2015

Vulsahdaal wrote: »

Female player here..
6 out of my 8 characters are male. I do play them all, but this is my main-

That guy is waaaaay too pretty. I feel like he's going to ask me to buy shower gel or a hair product.