Curse

Xenrath · Jul 22, 2006, 01:28 AM // 01:28

Didn't say there was anything wrong with it, just that it's a bit much for

1) a real life male, playing a female character - for really just aesthetic/sex appeal reasons

2) said male(s) think it's strange other males partake in some tomfoolery... aside from it's hardly a serious thing (for most), the terms pot, kettle and black spring to mind... it's kinda like "hey, that character is for me to oggle at! i'm offended other guys somehow wanna behave in a boorish manner towards it"... not really much in the way of a leg to stand on, in that sense lol

edit: oh yeah and to get really political and feminist about it, it's easy to argue that males playing female characters (typically the scantily clad bikini variety) are in fact themselves doing nothing good in the sense they are perpetuating the viewpoint that females are just objects for their form to be oggled at. (note: this paragraph was meant in very tongue-in-cheek fashion, i'm not taking this thread at all seriously lol)

Feminist Terrorist · Jul 22, 2006, 04:17 AM // 04:17

Ya know, I'd almost start a call out to all females to start harrassing the guys in the same way, but they'd like it.
Still, it might be worth a try in some instances.

In all seriousness, when it gets to be a problem with my characters, I leave either the town or district, whichever. Usually the character performing the offensive behavior isn't going to stop, even when confronted, simply because they're socially maladjusted in the first place.

Mister O · Jul 22, 2006, 04:22 AM // 04:22

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Originally Posted by Slainster

/signed on the /kickinthenuts emote .. that would awesome WAMMO!

most wammos wear metal/steel pants, /kickthenuts emote only works on those wearing gladiator's or ringmail's

Minus Sign · Jul 22, 2006, 06:43 AM // 06:43

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Originally Posted by ChaoticCoyote

As for me, I just want a /kickinnuts emote.

Hire the Male Ele Dancer Protection service; MED-P. And you thougth their dance looked ugly

Mera Regila · Jul 22, 2006, 12:25 PM // 12:25

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Originally Posted by Minus Sign

Hire the Male Ele Dancer Protection service; MED-P. And you thougth their dance looked ugly

Or male mesmer, that dance burns my eyes.

Urban_Nomad · Jul 23, 2006, 08:31 AM // 08:31

I've done the human shield trick with my mesmer. Hid inside a huge warrior, only for the pursuing wammo to KEEP dancing....

Needless to say the conversation between my human shield and the wammo got very interesting...

I really need to make all my characters male :-/

Seef II · Jul 23, 2006, 08:38 AM // 08:38

I think half the problem would be solved if the men who played female characters dressed them a little more modestly, rather than going for the female ele desert collector's armor and /dancing away in Shing Jea American d1.

You can look good and pretty at the same time - see 15k kurzick female mesmer armor.

ischuros · Jul 23, 2006, 09:44 AM // 09:44

Have you seen Pre-Searing lately? I just started a new PvE and oh my god, there were some people putting on a 'porn dance show'. It involved one female ele and one female ranger stripping down and dancing. It was horrific, but alas some people did watch it, mostly wammos, who proceded to get up onto the steps(wher the 'show' was) and wammo'd the dancers/performers. Cringable.

Shadow of Light · Jul 23, 2006, 09:54 AM // 09:54

The pre-searing strip teasers have been at it for months. Some of them even ask for money for their performances.

Mister O · Jul 23, 2006, 09:57 AM // 09:57

seems like W/Me has more charm than wammo (Im W/Me at the moment)

some guy · Jul 23, 2006, 10:47 AM // 10:47

just make a male ranger and dance, aka spin kick, there is 1 way of using the kick nut emote.

or make a male ele and dance, the kick is another variant of the kick nut emote.

ok enough with the jokes,
Again i prefer some of the female models over the male ones (i'm a male). For example the male mesmer is weird, and looks fat, same with the monk.

And people who wammo people are just immature 12 year olds.

some guy · Jul 23, 2006, 01:33 PM // 13:33

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Originally Posted by majoho

the 12 years old in the game can be pretty annoying like that.

Kinda off topic but any ways:

If you look closely at the GW: Factions game box you will see this following lable: "Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to play"

If you are wondering where it is, it's on the back side and it's right above the Arenanet and NCsoft logo

Alias_X · Jul 23, 2006, 02:58 PM // 14:58

The logout button is so close, but so untouched.

SisterMercy · Jul 23, 2006, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Sometimes, I'll back away from their character a few feet and /violin. Works about 50% of the time. Also got some pretty bad verbal harassment that way, though.

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Originally Posted by ChaoticCoyote

"Hey Dad! Some Wammo is molesting your character!"...

Ugh. And the kids honestly have no idea how unappealing that pelvic-thrust dance really looks. "You are so sexy" is NOT the first thing on my mind. Maybe I'm just a little jaded from getting this when I used to do a lot of clubbing.

I ended up deleting my finished-the-game Ele weeks before her first birthday because of the combination of the AoE nerf and the harassment. With her, it was more of a constant stream of public and whisper chat asking me to dance. Factions has changed it, but at the time, there wasn't any single non-skimpy non-striptease armor to be had, and the belly dance was just too much. Don't get me wrong, I've taken a couple of classes in it in real life, but it really didn't belong in this game.

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Originally Posted by Haggard

I speak for about 3% of wammos when I say that some of us value gentlemanly conduct and not mindlessly gyrating over female characters. But the other 97%..

3% -- probably about the same percentage as female players with male warrior toons.

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Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

On a serious note... Being a man I didn't have any clue how common things like that really are, until I started asking. If you ask women you know very well, _every one_ will be able to tell you stories not only about men coming up to cop a feel, but about narrow escapes from would-be rapists and stalkers. Finding this out was a real eye-opener for me, and not a pleasant one.

I wish every man could experience the flip side just once. Maybe there'd be a whole lot more respect to go around.

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Originally Posted by cR4zY-n^

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Huh?

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Originally Posted by cR4zY-n^

But girls in disguise is bullshit. I knew so many girl gamers that didn't play as male and they were never molested in any way.

Most I know have at least one male toon that they can resort to when they get fed up with the crap that goes on. I currently don't, but only because I prefer to keep my options open for role play (although there isn't a whole lot of chance of that in GW, especially lately). And maybe a little vanity too, I suppose. The thought of my character having that big Warrior beer gut gives me the creeps. Ewww...

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Originally Posted by Feminist Terrorist

Ya know, I'd almost start a call out to all females to start harrassing the guys in the same way, but they'd like it.
Still, it might be worth a try in some instances.

That's what we need the /kickinthenuts emote for.

/signed

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Originally Posted by Alias_X

The logout button is so close, but so untouched.

Uh-huh. If we don't like it, we should be the ones to leave. Great advice, there.

Samuel Dravis · Jul 23, 2006, 04:48 PM // 16:48

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Originally Posted by SisterMercy

3% -- probably about the same percentage as female players with male warrior toons.

Whoa there. I'm quite manly but I've never /dance'd on anyone that I didn't know, mostly only people from my guild (my war is over a year old now, btw). And they knew that I knew that they knew that I knew that it was a joke, so no harm done

Count to Potato · Jul 23, 2006, 06:55 PM // 18:55

Stop demeanign wammos just cuz their wammos, deamean them for there actions not there name!

EagleEye33 · Jul 23, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

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Originally Posted by Haggard

I speak for about 3% of wammos when I say that some of us value gentlemanly conduct and not mindlessly gyrating over female characters. But the other 97%..

If your talking statistics, then sadly your like in the 1% group and then theres the 99% annoying group

Gorebrex · Jul 23, 2006, 09:12 PM // 21:12

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Originally Posted by ischuros

Have you seen Pre-Searing lately? I just started a new PvE and oh my god, there were some people putting on a 'porn dance show'. It involved one female ele and one female ranger stripping down and dancing. It was horrific, but alas some people did watch it, mostly wammos, who proceded to get up onto the steps(wher the 'show' was) and wammo'd the dancers/performers. Cringable.

/buys new copy of GW...

majoho · Jul 23, 2006, 11:24 PM // 23:24

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Originally Posted by some guy

Kinda off topic but any ways:

If you look closely at the GW: Factions game box you will see this following lable: "Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to play"

If you are wondering where it is, it's on the back side and it's right above the Arenanet and NCsoft logo

Nah, I did that on purpose to see if anyone would be offended and give themselves away, but it didn't happen

Curse You · Jul 24, 2006, 12:15 AM // 00:15

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Originally Posted by Count to Potato

Stop demeanign wammos just cuz their wammos, deamean them for there actions not there name!

Lol, it seems your knowledge of spelling needs some work.

It's is only warriors that are the problems, due to their dance. Of course, about 80% of the warriors out there are W/Mo, and so the point about them being wammos is quite valid.