I am not the character though, so my gender is irrelevant to it. As a player I am 1/2 of a storytelling partnership with the creators of the game. The character is a character, it is not me. I really don’t get why some people get so hung up on this?

When I work on my novels I tend to use female protagonists because there are certain storytelling methods that work better with them and let’s face it it’s not as if we need another hunky hero with a sword, we’ve got enough of those already.

Finally, as a child of the 1980s I remember a time when every single lead character was male, with a handful of bikini clad exceptions, I just find male lead characters boring and see no reason why I should play them in game.

Mostly because I identify more with my character. It is my avatar in a virtual world, so yes it is the same.

Both. I started with all females on EU (10) and then started males on NA (9). They all have back stories and as my male Argonian’s red colour looks more purple after completing creation, I felt that he used to be female and has a more feisty character as a result. They are all personalities in their own right and I do not see them as extensions of myself.

I have all races, except Imperial, in females but left out male Nord, Bosmer and Orc as I prefer Khajiits. My two irl kitties have their own characters too and I let them know when they are running around the game and when they manage to do something great. Toffee-jo completed two WBs solo this week and he’s only level 39. It took a long while for my mains to manage that!

As many have said before, the answer is YES because it is easier for me to identify with the character, not to mention that this way i can create an idealized version of what i would like to look like if i was that specific dramatis personae.

On the other hand i completely agree with one of my friends that plays mostly female characters, because, i quote "when playing you can see mostly the back side of the character and a girl's back side looks so much better"

Don't shoot me

Khajiit has both (10 male khajiit, 7 female khajiit, 1 male fishycat). There was no plan behind the gender choices, they just reflected karth's sentiments at the moment of creation.

This one's first few characters were boys but this one loves his girls, and usually ends up playing them more often than his boys. For some reason it worked out that most of this one's stabby dps (5 out of 6) and tanks (4 out of 6) are boys, while most of this one's mag dps are girls (4 of 6).

I don't make characters to be a version of myself (either as I am or as I might like to be) I make them to be characters in the story I'm planning to tell. I usually start off with a vague concept like 'I want a tank...and I've never really played Dragon Knight properly...could those two go together? Yes, I'll make a dragon knight tank." Then I start imagining what that character might be like and at some point I'll realise I'm imagining them as either male or female so that's what they'll be. It's the same with their race, age, appearance, colour scheme etc. I have one character who predominantly wears green and brown with gold accents, which isn't even a combination I like but it's what suits her and it would seem weird to change it.

At the moment I have 4 women and 3 men, but I add new ones periodically so the balance keeps shifting over time.

Mostly the same. I have females from every race (+ couple of extra dunmer females, for reasons I don’t really understand). Lately I’ve created couple of male characters too, for the sake of variety and outfit and appearance options, but they don’t feel as “close” as the females do. Though I have the same issue with couple of the female chars too, when their backstory is lacking and I haven’t got a good grip of their nature yet…

Chips_Ahoy wrote: »

The only female character I can play with is Samus.

QFT. Nothing against females, but I am on the camp that sees the character as an extension of the self, so all my characters are male like myself.

I'm female
I have both female & male characters because why not
It is mmoRPG

Saxhleel wrote: »

My one singular character is male because I am tired of seeing the Bosmer females. Why specifically Bosmer? I don't understand.

Because they're cute

I have both, but most are opposite of me, because I am shallow lass, and I like looking at pretty male elves

But more seriously, I have an idea for a character with a backstory, and that's when their gender is decided. My own has no influence on theirs.

If a game has the option to pick your character's gender then I always pick the same. Just feels wrong for some reason to pick the opposite.

Yet if a game doesn't have the option and only allows the opposite gender I have no problem, no idea why I am this way lol

All but 1 of my characters are male because the female voices annoy me in combat, too grunty (sorry!). Theres one female voice that I love and its available on Khajiit and Redguards, its the same voice as Aelif and a few other NPCs.

In character creation u cant create a man

All my characters are male black panthers with green eyes. They are perfect clones. I even used a ruler on my screen for their faces.

Yes, I am crazy.