Curse

Shadowspawn X · Mar 01, 2010, 03:55 PM // 15:55

I'm male and play all male characters in pve. I'm not into rp with a female avitar, but in pvp I will mix it up a little bit from time to time.

jonnieboi05 · Jul 23, 2010, 12:55 AM // 00:55

Male.

Across all my 15 accounts, all my characters are female except for 2: a Dervish and a Warrior. You guys can do the math 'cause I'm too lazy. >_>

Lanier · Jul 23, 2010, 01:39 AM // 01:39

Im a male player with all male characters. In my opinion, it would be a little... wierd... to role play as a female character. Plus, I don't choose armor based on how "sexy" it is. I choose which armor looks the coolest to me.

jonnieboi05 · Jul 23, 2010, 02:27 AM // 02:27

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Originally Posted by Lanier

Im a male player with all male characters. In my opinion, it would be a little... wierd... to role play as a female character. Plus, I don't choose armor based on how "sexy" it is. I choose which armor looks the coolest to me.

Call me crazy, but I'd rather look at a girl's ass for hours on end than at a nastey, sweaty ass that belongs to a man.

Broseiden · Jul 23, 2010, 06:54 AM // 06:54

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Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

Call me crazy, but I'd rather look at a girl's ass for hours on end than at a nastey, sweaty ass that belongs to a man.

Haha I play as a guy because it feels weird playing as a chick to me. Plus, can't see a Dervish's ass. I'm more than happy to bring along the ladies of GW though, like Livia and Jora.

aspi · Jul 23, 2010, 07:51 AM // 07:51

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Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

Call me crazy, but I'd rather look at a girl's ass for hours on end than at a nastey, sweaty ass that belongs to a man.

Exactly. I'm a male and in most games I go for the female char.

Morphy · Jul 23, 2010, 08:43 AM // 08:43

Real men make male characters.

Hobbs · Jul 23, 2010, 08:49 AM // 08:49

Male, 4 Female chars, 2 males. Main is female.

Swahnee · Jul 23, 2010, 11:55 AM // 11:55

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Originally Posted by Lanier

Im a male player with all male characters. In my opinion, it would be a little... wierd... to role play as a female character. Plus, I don't choose armor based on how "sexy" it is. I choose which armor looks the coolest to me.

I would agree if this was an actual role playing game. But when you say "to role play", i think about actually "act like that character", which means go around and talk to people with medieval speech, about the mighty quest i and my fellowship are doing, etc. And this is an actual way to play this game, that some people like to do. If this was the case, i would never play as a female, because people would see clearly that my behaviour, way of talking, etc.. are those of a man (i'm not an actor nor a writer nor an artist irl, so i've got hard times acting like a woman

).

However, the way i play this game (which seems to be the way a lot of people play it, if i'm not mistaken) doesn't take into account "acting", or "feeling like i was that character, living his/her life". I play to do missions, grind titles, play PvP (like it was a sport), etc..so the gender of my characters is chosen only from an aesthetic point of view.

In the end, i think that this is a matter of how much someone feels involved with the fantasy lore of the game.

Arduin · Jul 23, 2010, 12:23 PM // 12:23

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Originally Posted by Lanier

Im a male player with all male characters. In my opinion, it would be a little... wierd... to role play as a female character. Plus, I don't choose armor based on how "sexy" it is. I choose which armor looks the coolest to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossplay

Jk Arrow · Jul 23, 2010, 02:32 PM // 14:32

Male.

10 toons, 5 male, 5 female.

Thought I'd mix it up a bit but honestly it doesn't really matter to me. The norn quest chain for Bear Club For Men/Women is actually easier/faster for female toons since you don't have to leave Olafstead to do the quests and get rewards.

majoho · Jul 23, 2010, 02:38 PM // 14:38

Could we get a lock on this ancient thing please.

jazilla · Jul 23, 2010, 03:41 PM // 15:41

I don't like the way male necromancers stand. they look like creeper pedophiles. i am also not a fan of male assassins or paragons(nipples on armor, anyone?).

DreamRunner · Jul 23, 2010, 04:25 PM // 16:25

I find its actually quite humorous to notice how people are trying to justify their actions in picky male or female characters. The only reason, as given in this poll and general comments--is how some people find their characters aesthetically and subjectively pleasing to themselves and what their characters wear and how they look. If this is true, the gender of the character should NOT matter into a persons justified action on this perspective and level. Yet this is not true for many. For instance,

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Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

Call me crazy, but I'd rather look at a girl's ass for hours on end than at a nastey, sweaty ass that belongs to a man.

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Originally Posted by Lanier

Im a male player with all male characters. In my opinion, it would be a little... wierd... to role play as a female character. Plus, I don't choose armor based on how "sexy" it is.

I just want to know, other than for Role-playing (RP) reasons, why does it matter what the gender of the character is that these comments find so distasteful?

This thread is old, and should be deleted.

Hobbs · Jul 23, 2010, 04:25 PM // 16:25

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Originally Posted by majoho

Could we get a lock on this ancient thing please.

Relevant thread is still relevant.

system.fan · Jul 23, 2010, 04:37 PM // 16:37

[X] Male, with both male and female toons....

Characters I play active atm:
4 Female (Monk, Mesmer, Warrior, Assassin)
2 Male (Ranger, Paragon)

For all those that say male players should play male characters:
My Main = Monk.... When I started I had a male monk. but after ~1 year when Factions came out I saw that female monks (even the tyrians) look so awsome and the male look like crap (IMO!).... so why should i run around with a male one anymore?!
Deleted male, created female... and love it^^

It's all about personal preferences....

TheHarrowed · Jul 23, 2010, 04:53 PM // 16:53

War/Rit = Male
Sin/Monk/Mes/Ele/Para/Derv/Nec/Ranger = Female

One of the main reasons is simply that i think females are modelled better, the men look abit weird imo. I used to have a male monk, dervish, ranger and assassin, but there was something about them I just didn't like. It's not really role playing to me as I don't pretend I am my female characters, they're just less weird to look at than most male figures. (Incidentally both of my men are covered up almost entirely).

Ichorspring · Jul 23, 2010, 05:01 PM // 17:01

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Originally Posted by jazilla

I don't like the way male necromancers stand. they look like creeper pedophiles. i am also not a fan of male assassins or paragons(nipples on armor, anyone?).

Ironically, this is the reason why my sole male character is a Necro. Forgoing that badass, leather-clad goth-vixen look was tough, but damn, he does look creepy. Pretty much exactly the type of character I would expect to see lurking around crypts in the dead of night. Again, an aesthetic choice.

As for relevancy, this subject will always be relevant because there will always be a large segment of the gaming community who are offended by anyone "pretending" to be a gender that they are not in RL. Their rationale is as wildly divergent as those of us who won't restrict ourselves to one gender or the other. It will never go away.

Mintha Syl · Jul 23, 2010, 05:23 PM // 17:23

Ok, I must say it: I understood the reason why many people likes to play another gender, but I could never make this concept mine. For me a char is a game rapresentation of mine, it's like I was in the game. And being a male for sure would never appeal me. Sure being a female I like looking at males (well, maybe more in real, I found nothing sexy in a videogame model) but, really, I would never want to "be" a male. And also a find a bit weird playing with someone else using another gender's char. Really, I can't help it. Judge me badly if you want to, but the feeling still remains. Everyone is free to do whatever he/she wants anyway

Lanier · Jul 23, 2010, 05:46 PM // 17:46

lol... i didnt think i would get responses to my previous post...

Anyway, its not like i can see the "guy's sweaty ass", and the way i see it, that is supposed to be me in game. It is an rpg after all. I don't typically go around portraying myself as a girl.