Curse

S00per Dave · Jul 23, 2010, 08:43 PM // 20:43

Me - Male

Elementalist - Female (Main)
Mesmer - Female
Warrior - Male
Ritualist - Male
Monk - Female
Dervish - Female
Assassin - Male
Ranger - Female (Perma-Pre)

5 Female/ 3 Male

Hobbs · Jul 24, 2010, 01:17 AM // 01:17

Quick question for those who would never play outside their gender: When playing with other people do you assume that they are the same gender irl as their toon is?

Commander Kanen · Jul 24, 2010, 01:22 AM // 01:22

Depends on the armor. i have 3 female 6 male

KageNoShi · Jul 24, 2010, 02:19 AM // 02:19

I'm male with 6 female and 8 male characters and 2 PvP characters which I remake every now and then.

Lanier · Jul 24, 2010, 02:24 AM // 02:24

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Originally Posted by Togira Ikonaka

Quick question for those who would never play outside their gender: When playing with other people do you assume that they are the same gender irl as their toon is?

No, iv got a lot of in game friends and guildies who are male and who play female characters. It has led to some awkward situations when i have messed up the him/her or his/hers

*Darcy* · Jul 24, 2010, 02:35 AM // 02:35

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Originally Posted by Lanier

No, iv got a lot of in game friends and guildies who are male and who play female characters. It has led to some awkward situations when i have messed up the him/her or his/hers

I just either use their real first name or the "handle" they have decided to use and otherwise avoid pronouns.

StormX · Jul 24, 2010, 02:59 AM // 02:59

The simplest thing would be to assume everyone is a guy until proven otherwise.

All my toons are dudes except for my pvp monk who rages like a drunken centaur and swears like a sailor anyway. I like a bit of self immersion so my main bears a superficial resemblance to me...ie. glasses and hairstyle

I only make females for pvp. The last time I logged on with my sister's female ranger I got hit on by a random guy within minutes of zoning into LA. Not really cool.

Safer Saviour · Jul 24, 2010, 09:06 AM // 09:06

I'm female and these are my characters (at least, the ones worth mentioning):

Necro - Male
Elementalist - Male
Ritualist - Female
Assassin - Female
Dervish - Male
Mesmer - Male

Mintha Syl · Jul 24, 2010, 09:40 AM // 09:40

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Originally Posted by Togira Ikonaka

Quick question for those who would never play outside their gender: When playing with other people do you assume that they are the same gender irl as their toon is?

I used to, as I didn't think it to be otherwise (in all other mmorp I played only few played something different and it was male doing a single female char to beg money or something like that) but since I discovered there's no way to know in this game, I assume nothing. Well I mostly h/h apart from friends anyway, so not such a big problem

majoho · Jul 24, 2010, 09:58 AM // 09:58

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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.

You do know this is a Role Playing game right.

I would say the people that sees their character as a reflection of themselves are doing it "wrong" that's not how RPG's are.

Lanier · Jul 24, 2010, 01:24 PM // 13:24

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Originally Posted by majoho

You do know this is a Role Playing game right.

There's no "wrong way" to play an RPG. That is the way I see it.

shishkabibble · Jul 24, 2010, 01:53 PM // 13:53

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Originally Posted by Lanier

There's no "wrong way" to play an RPG. That is the way I see it.

Nah, there is no wrong way, just the way you want to play it. That's the beauty of these type of games. Personally, I have 5 female characters and 3male. I'm a guy. It's just the simple fact that in a lot of classes, female armor looks better to me.

majoho · Jul 24, 2010, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lanier

There's no "wrong way" to play an RPG. That is the way I see it.

That's why I put wrong in quotes.

And the last part wasn't directed at you it was for someone posting earlier in the thread.

But obviously if your character IS you... you aren't really roleplaying

Mintha Syl · Jul 24, 2010, 04:06 PM // 16:06

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Originally Posted by majoho

That's why I put wrong in quotes.

And the last part wasn't directed at you it was for someone posting earlier in the thread.

But obviously if your character IS you... you aren't really roleplaying

So I assume you were referring to me.

If so I said "a representation" not me. If so I would have a serious probelm with multiple personalities...and also I surely don't go around with...let's say a mask on my face or some metal spikes on my head, killing everyone on sight or helping some tribe enslaving turtles

What I meant is, every time I create a character, especially for roleplay, it's got to have some point in common with me. I could never mangae to act as something completely different, less than ever as a male. Yeah maybe I would never be a great actress, isn't it?

Zebideedee · Jul 25, 2010, 12:06 PM // 12:06

Female Necro's are way better looking than their male counterpart, I think male Necro's are creepy, where the female ones are sexy (sexy pixels, oh dear)

Nirconus Otreum · Dec 19, 2010, 04:22 PM // 16:22

Male with all male.

Sprites · Dec 19, 2010, 05:09 PM // 17:09

male , with about 3/4 characters being female

Faure · Dec 19, 2010, 06:32 PM // 18:32

I'm male;

all pve chars (+1 pvp) except sin are female :-).

edit: lol @ the spam that bumped this thread

AndrewSX · Dec 19, 2010, 07:06 PM // 19:06

Male, and my chars are half female and half male...

As said a thousand of times in this thread, the matter is how looks the armor/appareance of the profs+gender.

Apart the main (Ele), that's male but isn't so cool. Main chars = my gender.

Nekodesu · Dec 19, 2010, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Female with only female characters.

I personally choose to play only females because I am one myself. I think that when somebody sees my character I want them to know I am a female. And in every case I have to tell I am one. I like to think a persons character is his or hers in real gender. Many people don't make characters to represent themself so I'm not going around thinking that 80% of the GW population is women.

All my characters represent me, I guess I role play, but in a way that I am not one of the hardcore ones

I don't write books about my characters or 'role play' in game with people I meet. It's more like a role play when I play alone, thinking it's myself running around there killing monsters or healing wounds. I'm one of those who, regardless of wheter I want or not I live into the game I play.