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Girls and boys in the game
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newtinmpls✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭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.Tenesi Faryon of Telvanni - Dunmer Sorceress who deliberately sought sacrifice into Cold Harbor to rescue her beloved.
Hisa Ni Caemaire - Altmer Sorceress, member of the Order Draconis and Adept of the House of Dibella.
Broken Branch Toothmaul - goblin (for my goblin characters, I use either orsimer or bosmer templates) Templar, member of the Order Draconis and persistently unskilled pickpocket
Mol gro Durga - Orsimer Socerer/Battlemage who died the first time when the Nibenay Valley chapterhouse of the Order Draconis was destroyed, then went back to Cold Harbor to rescue his second/partner who was still captive. He overestimated his resistance to the hopelessness of Oblivion, about to give up, and looked up to see the golden glow of atherius surrounding a beautiful young woman who extended her hand to him and said "I can help you". He carried Fianna Kingsley out of Cold Harbor on his shoulder. He carried Alvard Stower under one arm. He also irritated the Prophet who had intended the portal for only Mol and Lyris.***Order Draconis - well c'mon there has to be some explanation for all those dragon tattoos.
House of Dibella - If you have ever seen or read "Memoirs of a Geisha" that's just the beginning...
Nibenay Valley Chapterhouse - Where now stands only desolate ground and a dolmen there once was a thriving community supporting one of the major chapterhouses of the Order Draconis2 -
IrishGirlGamer✭✭✭✭✭
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Well, it will always be the number 1 video in my heartIrishGirlGamer wrote: »
Nice.
Am I dating myself if I say I remember when that was the number 1 video on Amazon?
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]Edited by ZOS_Icy on October 13, 2024 6:09PMValar Morghulis.
Someday I'm going to put a sword through your eye and out the back of your skull. Arya Stark
You're going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well. Sansa Stark
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu0 -
SlayerSyrena✭✭✭✭✭
✭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.)
Edited by SlayerSyrena on June 18, 2015 9:57PMPC/NA, Level 50 * Current Champion Points: 1600+
Cyndril - Bosmer Vampire Nightblade - Dual Wield Blades and Bow
***Member of the closed early beta group, The Psijic Order***
Guest on first ESO Live
My ESO fan art and comics9 -
waterfairy✭✭✭✭✭
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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'It can happen if you put more into than that. It's probably hard to explain unless you.. get it.
ha very educational. I'm tempted to play that through the mic while my character dances in the middle of the city square[snip]
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septvestige✭✭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!You miss the lol button? It has been taken away for a reason. And the reason is how people used it for bash others who didn't share their opinion.0 -
Ulaidian✭✭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.2 -
Shunravi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭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?This one has an eloquent and well thought out response to tha... Ooh sweetroll!0 -
Imhotep71✭✭✭Edited by ZOS_Icy on October 13, 2024 6:06PMEver dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight?2 -
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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.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 ..." ]
Someone stole my sweetrollCaius Drusus Imperial DK (DC)
Bragg Ironhand Orc Temp (DC)
Neesha Stalks-Shadows Argonian NB (EP)
Falidir Altmer Sorcr (AD)
J'zharka Khajiit NB (AD)Isabeau Runeseer Breton Sorc (DC)
Fevassa Dunmer DK (EP)
Manut Redguard Temp (AD)
Tylera the Summoner Altmer Sorc (EP)
Svari Snake-Blood Nord DK (AD)Ashlyn D'Elyse Breton NB (EP)
Filindria Bosmer Temp (DC)
Vigbjorn the Wanderer Nord Warden (EP)
Hrokki Winterborn Breton Warden (DC)
Basks-in-the-Sunshine Argonian Temp1 -
Stephanie_ABT✭✭✭For the sake of statistics I'm a female. Been playing the Elder Scrolls since Arena.Delphine Veteran Rank 16 AD Sorcerer.
GM Guild Timeless Circle
Ex PS4 EU Now PC EU1 -
IrishGirlGamer✭✭✭✭✭
✭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
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Come on!
[*** Wishes desperately that Zenimax had NOT taken away the LOL button. ***]
Valar Morghulis.
Someday I'm going to put a sword through your eye and out the back of your skull. Arya Stark
You're going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well. Sansa Stark
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu6 -
Taleof2Cities✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭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.
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IrishGirlGamer✭✭✭✭✭
✭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!
Valar Morghulis.
Someday I'm going to put a sword through your eye and out the back of your skull. Arya Stark
You're going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well. Sansa Stark
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu0 -
Kaynlor✭✭✭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.1 -
Moonscythe✭✭✭✭✭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.
Scura di Notte - Altmer Nightblade (gear)
Lalin del Sombra - Bosmer Sorcerer (alchemy/enchanting)
Angevin Sarkany - Bosmer Dragonknight
Alkemene Velothi - Dunmer Warden (Morrowind)
Sanna yos'Phalen - Altmer Sorcerer (provisioning)
Cosima di Mattina -Altmer Sorcerer
Naria Andrano - Dunmer Templar
Luca della Serata - Redguard Templar4 -
Elara_Northwind✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭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... Edited by Elara_Northwind on June 18, 2015 11:09PMSorcerer, Templar, Wolf Collector, Housing Addict!
GM of Salted Wings Tavern and Salted Wings Housing 🏠🌻
'A House is Built with Boards and Beams, a Home is Built with Love and Dreams'
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Psychobunni✭✭✭✭✭
✭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
Edited by Psychobunni on June 18, 2015 11:11PMIf options weren't necessary, and everyone played the same way, no one would use addons. Fix the UI!2 -
Pheefs✭✭✭✭✭Females play female characters because they are pretty to look at...
& Males play female characters because they are pretty to look at!{ Forums are Weird........................ Nerfy nerfing nerf nerfers, buff you b'netches!....................... Popcorn popcorn! }2 -
Sunver✭✭✭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.When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!0 -
Watkins✭I'm a female Otherkin IRL, but play a guy in-game.
I'm a guy who plays a guy.Edited by Watkins on June 19, 2015 12:06AM0 -
dafox187✭✭✭Psychobunni wrote: »date through gaming...
disgusting
don't get mad at my spelling, autocorrect doesn't cover fantasy.
Why couldn't the Khajiit go to the party? She had to be Elsweyr.0 -
DisgracefulMind✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭No way girls play ESO. NO WAY!Unfortunate magicka warden main.
PC/NA Server
Fairweather Friends
Retired to baby bgs forever. Leave me alone.0 -
trinta✭✭✭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]Edited by ZOS_Icy on October 13, 2024 6:12PMEvery time someone swears, it gets replaced with three asterisks. There's only one three-letter swear word that I know of. I read that in the place of every set of three asterisks. It makes for some amusing sentences.3 -
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✭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.Edited by lathbury on June 19, 2015 12:26AM0 -
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✭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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✭✭✭✭✭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,Lone Wolf HelpFor the solo players who know, sometimes you just need a hand.PC | NA | AD-DC-EP | Discord0 -
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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.I'm not prejudiced; I hate everyone equally !0 -
traigusb14_ESO2✭✭✭✭✭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.Edited by traigusb14_ESO2 on June 19, 2015 12:52AM4