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The Gender Question
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✭✭✭TheJadeFist wrote: »I usually play females in rpgs though I am a guy except if it's one of those games with romance options.Even then I usually play female and just don't do any of the romance quests. In TESO I will probably not get far with anything except Dunmer females.
I also like to play the most non human race a game offers as a male. In TES I am however not very impressed with the Argonian or Khajiit since they are just too human. If Khajiths were more like GW2 Charr I would have played them exclusively as males.
I do not like playing anything that resembles me even though I usually can get pretty close of making a lookalike. Even worse if they remember of someone I know. And human guy PCs start to annoy me most of the time at some point.
Oh and if the game has burly dwarfs I do go male.
Lol afraid to do the romance options?
Well I did go all the way with Garrus as a female.
...and I would have done it with a male also...Edited by PBpsy on May 22, 2014 9:16PMESO forums achievementsProud fanboiElitist jerkTrollHaterFan of icontested(rainbow colors granted)3 -
Male playing both but I prefer looking at a female body for most of my playtime so my main is a full-bodied female. I'm a perv like that.
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FrauPerchta✭✭✭I have male and female characters. But have to say if I am going to be seeing a butt swish around on my screen for 4+ hours/day I prefer female butts0
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TheJadeFist✭✭✭TheJadeFist wrote: »I usually play females in rpgs though I am a guy except if it's one of those games with romance options.Even then I usually play female and just don't do any of the romance quests. In TESO I will probably not get far with anything except Dunmer females.
I also like to play the most non human race a game offers as a male. In TES I am however not very impressed with the Argonian or Khajiit since they are just too human. If Khajiths were more like GW2 Charr I would have played them exclusively as males.
I do not like playing anything that resembles me even though I usually can get pretty close of making a lookalike. Even worse if they remember of someone I know. And human guy PCs start to annoy me most of the time at some point.
Oh and if the game has burly dwarfs I do go male.
Lol afraid to do the romance options?
Well I did go all the way with Garrus as a female.
...and I would have done it with a male also...
Garrus BicuriounEdited by TheJadeFist on May 22, 2014 9:25PM0 -
Vendersleigh✭✭✭I am a male playing a male. I also believe the stereotype about "most female characters are either fat, heinous or men" is true. I also wonder how your post would have read if you had separated gender by Cysnogenic and Tranny. That would shed more light on the results.
I could support Account Bound Gender (even better if hooked to your identity but that will be another few years). Some games already do have that, and I have always found the idea of a person posing as a member of the other gender to be tasteless and creepy.
I never understand the playing "other gender to be tasteless and creepy" line of thought. After all none of us are catpeople/elves/orcs/lizardpeople/mages/people with superpowers like intermittent dragon wings in real life (and few are accomplished martial artists/fencers/archers). If one is going for all those aspects that are different from oneself, then what is the difference in playing the opposite gender?
I mostly play my own gender as it very hard to do a very realistic portrayal of the other gender but all kudos to those that do pull it off well. For the same reason I stick to various cultures of humans for the most part but really appreciate those that can give a decent portrayal of other species.Edited by Vendersleigh on May 22, 2014 9:24PM5 -
magic_is_might✭✭✭TheJadeFist wrote: »I usually play females in rpgs though I am a guy except if it's one of those games with romance options.Even then I usually play female and just don't do any of the romance quests. In TESO I will probably not get far with anything except Dunmer females.
I also like to play the most non human race a game offers as a male. In TES I am however not very impressed with the Argonian or Khajiit since they are just too human. If Khajiths were more like GW2 Charr I would have played them exclusively as males.
I do not like playing anything that resembles me even though I usually can get pretty close of making a lookalike. Even worse if they remember of someone I know. And human guy PCs start to annoy me most of the time at some point.
Oh and if the game has burly dwarfs I do go male.
Lol afraid to do the romance options?
Well I did go all the way with Garrus as a female.
...and I would have done it with a male also...
To be fair, who wouldn't? Sienna Nightsky | Aldmeri Dominion | Nightblade Woodelf2 -
leeux✭✭✭✭✭I'm male and I have 6 chars -> 3 male and 3 female.
My main is male, my two secondary are females, and the rest are bank mules.
I'm intending to start a 4th char (as in, non mule) to be able to experience the Nightblade class, and it will probably be male, to balance things out
BTW, I didn't answered the poll since none of the options apply
EDIT: clarification.Edited by leeux on May 22, 2014 9:26PMPC/NA - Proud old member of the Antique Ordinatus Populus
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sylviermoone✭✭✭✭✭Girl playing girls, here. Breton, bosmer, orc and cats. :-)Co-GM, Angry Unicorn Traders: PC/NA
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and Differently Geared AF
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ThisIf I'm going to be staring at a backside for a few hours every night, I want it to be a woman’s backside.
Grinding just make you go in circles.
Asking ZoS for nerfs is as stupid as asking for close air support from the death star.0 -
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Agree , second I never play humans, WOW: dranei and worgen, TES elves or khajiit.FrauPerchta wrote: »I have male and female characters. But have to say if I am going to be seeing a butt swish around on my screen for 4+ hours/day I prefer female butts
It depend on game, Morrowind elves, Oblivion: elves but moving towards Khajiit, Skyrim Khajiit ESO: Khajiit but has not played long.Grinding just make you go in circles.
Asking ZoS for nerfs is as stupid as asking for close air support from the death star.0 -
Blackwolfe5✭✭✭4 chars.
Female Woodelf DK (bow)
Male Nord Nightblade (dualwield)
Female Breton Templar (2h)
Male Khajit Sorcerer (bow)
Oh, and also, I'm male Edited by Blackwolfe5 on May 22, 2014 9:46PM0 -
JosephChip✭✭✭Male playing male here. Two reasons:
I don't need to sexualize everything.
The more similar my avatar is to me the better I can identify with it and feel immersed in my role.3 -
Anvos✭✭✭I have both, as I tend to have a general set of characters I use and chose from them depending what personality and type the character I'm going for in the game is supposed to be like.Edited by Anvos on May 22, 2014 9:49PM1 -
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✭✭Such a mix - personally I tend to pick characters from books I have enjoyed and play them so gender goes with the toon - my current main is based on the Malazan books.. although Tavore should really be DK or Templar and mine is NB...GM - Malazan
Raid Leader - Hungry Wolves
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TheJadeFist✭✭✭JosephChip wrote: »Male playing male here. Two reasons:
I don't need to sexualize everything.
The more similar my avatar is to me the better I can identify with it and feel immersed in my role.
Male playing female isn't always about sexualizing it. I can respect the closer you are to the character the more you can identify/ be immersed. But Its like people trying to say they have to have an attractive backside to look at the whole time, and others thinking every one who plays other gender is doing it for such reasons.1 -
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✭✭TheJadeFist wrote: »JosephChip wrote: »Male playing male here. Two reasons:
I don't need to sexualize everything.
The more similar my avatar is to me the better I can identify with it and feel immersed in my role.
Male playing female isn't always about sexualizing it. I can respect the closer you are to the character the more you can identify/ be immersed. But Its like people trying to say they have to have an attractive backside to look at the whole time, and others thinking every one who plays other gender is doing it for such reasons.
Agreed - if you RP a character then you need to go with the gender... A male Arwen makes no sense, just as a female Aragorn is silly....
GM - Malazan
Raid Leader - Hungry Wolves
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Galen_the_BlackSoul ShrivenI actually am playing my characters from the various Elder Scrolls games I've played over the years. As such:
Galen the Black will always be a Male Breton Heavy armor sword and shield Knightmage (he's also my Main, also invented class)
Amarathea Vardamir will always be a Female elf (usually high elf)
Chanthima Vardamir will always be a Female human Healer in robes
Cat-got-your-tongue will always be a female Khajit sneak thief (as if the name doesn't give it away)
Ghallah nar Hhallas will always be a Male khajit 2hd warrior (hobbes of kilrathi fame from wing commander video game is the most famous member of the Hhallas clan)
Galenicatus will always be my Male Argonian explorer who likes to poke his snout into everything and everywhere, even if he shouldn'tEdited by Galen_the_Black on May 22, 2014 10:17PMJust my 2 Septims.2 -
Zionysus✭✭✭Really? Another thread like this? Every game has this thread and there will be another new one in 4 months. There's no psychology paper behind it and the whole see the backside crap is bs. That's guys covering for the real issues: you're channeling your female side and who cares? That's not abnormal. Are you all new to gaming? This thread is 20 years old.
Playing as the opposite sex dont mean crap. If it bothers you, you're most likely a stuffy, shallow, sheltered individual. If you do it, you're not weird.
Go google this topic and read the millions of threads already about it.7 -
JosephChip✭✭✭TheJadeFist wrote: »JosephChip wrote: »Male playing male here. Two reasons:
I don't need to sexualize everything.
The more similar my avatar is to me the better I can identify with it and feel immersed in my role.
Male playing female isn't always about sexualizing it. I can respect the closer you are to the character the more you can identify/ be immersed. But Its like people trying to say they have to have an attractive backside to look at the whole time, and others thinking every one who plays other gender is doing it for such reasons.
Agreed, that's why I didn't say everyone playing a female character does it for that reason. I did not even imply it.
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aletad11_ESO✭✭Female playing female....always. I could never relate to a male character, but it's annoying to have people think I'm really a male in real life when I'm not. Too much assumption, even though I understand it. But from the looks of this poll there are plenty of real females gaming these days!:)1
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✭I'm a fem and play both genders. When I create my toon I always imagine some story behind my character and than make him/her: gentle orc blacksmith (male), tough and agile Bosmer bow-woman, vicious black Khajit assasin, Storm-mage... I think it's about 50/50 in total of my all games, however in ESO I have 3 males and 1 female - for no particular reason, they just came into my head ⊂(￣(工)￣)⊃ Don't-Care-Bear ⊂(￣(工)￣)⊃PC EU "House Tertia" - Friendly Guild for Mature Folks (housetertia.com)
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Master Angler3 -
I play an argonian. I'm always looking at tail. Male, female, all the same, argonian tail.6 -
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✭✭Really? Another thread like this? Every game has this thread and there will be another new one in 4 months. There's no psychology paper behind it and the whole see the backside crap is bs. That's guys covering for the real issues: you're channeling your female side and who cares? That's not abnormal. Are you all new to gaming? This thread is 20 years old.
Playing as the opposite sex dont mean crap. If it bothers you, you're most likely a stuffy, shallow, sheltered individual. If you do it, you're not weird.
Go google this topic and read the millions of threads already about it.
I think you may be channeling your angry intolerant side
As the OP I am new to MMOs so no idea what you may have seen 20 years ago & humans have been known to change over the space of decades anyway.
GM - Malazan
Raid Leader - Hungry Wolves
Legio Mortuum1 -
UrQuan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Male playing both. Heck, I've got 16 characters, it'd be pretty boring if they were all guys.
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 -
Catflinger✭✭✭It depends on the game. This game appears to have a solid number of women playing, as does World of Warcraft. At the other end of the spectrum, we have EVE Online, which by the estimate of the game's publisher, has a population of over 95% male.
As for myself, I am a woman, and I will play male or female characters, depending on whatever I have in mind at the time of creation.2 -
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✭Vendersleigh wrote: »I never understand the playing "other gender to be tasteless and creepy" line of thought. After all none of us are catpeople/elves/orcs/lizardpeople/mages/people with superpowers like intermittent dragon wings in real life (and few are accomplished martial artists/fencers/archers). If one is going for all those aspects that are different from oneself, then what is the difference in playing the opposite gender?
I mostly play my own gender as it very hard to do a very realistic portrayal of the other gender but all kudos to those that do pull it off well. For the same reason I stick to various cultures of humans for the most part but really appreciate those that can give a decent portrayal of other species.
Now isn't the time for the debate. The difference is that we all know nobody here has dragon wings, but we are either male or female. Imagine a white person who declares "I am hereby transracially black."
I do hate the use of the word "Toon" it really sounds red neck.Edited by Soloeus on May 22, 2014 10:45PM
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PBpsy✭✭✭✭✭
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Thanks for pointing out that I sexualize everything. It is good to know.JosephChip wrote: »Male playing male here. Two reasons:
I don't need to sexualize everything.
The more similar my avatar is to me the better I can identify with it and feel immersed in my role.
I think it's much more strange to go Mary Sue all the way. But that is me sexualizing stuff.
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Rocksteady✭✭✭Vendersleigh wrote: »I never understand the playing "other gender to be tasteless and creepy" line of thought. After all none of us are catpeople/elves/orcs/lizardpeople/mages/people with superpowers like intermittent dragon wings in real life (and few are accomplished martial artists/fencers/archers). If one is going for all those aspects that are different from oneself, then what is the difference in playing the opposite gender?
I mostly play my own gender as it very hard to do a very realistic portrayal of the other gender but all kudos to those that do pull it off well. For the same reason I stick to various cultures of humans for the most part but really appreciate those that can give a decent portrayal of other species.
Now isn't the time for the debate. The difference is that we all know nobody here has dragon wings, but we are either male or female. Imagine a white person who declares "I am hereby transracially black."
I do hate the use of the word "Toon" it really sounds red neck.
What's wrong with acting black? An entire generation of white kids is doing it.
"Their stupidity does not amaze me, its when they're smart that amazes me. It's baffling whenever you find someone who's smart — incredible. Soon you'll have zoos for such things." -Frank Zappa1
