Curse

Ishmaeel · Apr 17, 2006, 01:06 AM // 01:06

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Originally Posted by Misc Merik

For sheer appearence guys would have to agree female= ftw, but others view their characters as an extension of themselves in a different world.

Bah. Don't slice us up in such crisp categories. I do see my characters as my extensions in a different world. But it's a different world, so why could I not be a different me?

I'm not gay (though my wife suspects otherwise, go figure) or a cross-dresser but I philosophically do wonder what it is like to be a female, that's another reason I make a point of making gal characters in games where available. I am happy with my current gender and appearance (even though I was not given the option of customization) but sometimes I wish we had more than one character slots in real life.

AaronSwitchblade · Apr 17, 2006, 01:18 AM // 01:18

I'd like to second the earlier comment about male elementalists looking crap. You can see where the artist's time went in that class. I have a male ele, and if I was offered the chance to reroll their physical appearance to be female I'd take it immediately, I think they look shit.

Alleji · Apr 17, 2006, 02:40 AM // 02:40

I will sign up under the "look at a female backside for hours" column.

Misc Merik · Apr 17, 2006, 02:58 AM // 02:58

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Originally Posted by Ishmaeel

Bah. Don't slice us up in such crisp categories. I do see my characters as my extensions in a different world. But it's a different world, so why could I not be a different me?

I'm not gay (though my wife suspects otherwise, go figure) or a cross-dresser but I philosophically do wonder what it is like to be a female, that's another reason I make a point of making gal characters in games where available. I am happy with my current gender and appearance (even though I was not given the option of customization) but sometimes I wish we had more than one character slots in real life.

lol dont freak out Im just pointing this out as a "potential" reason for people choosing the gender and character they pick. As for the additional char slots in real life thought. I dont know kinda creeps me out more than what I originally said one of the reasons being.

V-Dragon · Apr 17, 2006, 03:37 AM // 03:37

Although I wouldn't mind staring at a Female character everytime I play, the reason why I now only play as a Male character being a male myself is simple..

I don't like being referred to as "She", "Her", or even sometimes "Honey" by other players. And I also hate being hit on by horny teenagers and dirty old men in the game.

Str0b0 · Apr 17, 2006, 03:54 AM // 03:54

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Originally Posted by Kurow

People should stop bad mouthing the male mesmers also, so what if they have some funny hairstyles? They have charming faces and stylish clothing!

Male Mesmers are like the metrosexuals of the Guild Wars universe. LoL. I hear they will release their own line of product in the near future using ectoplasm globs and glittering dust for that shiney long lasting hold.

Ishmaeel · Apr 17, 2006, 04:23 AM // 04:23

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Originally Posted by Misc Merik

lol dont freak out Im just pointing this out as a "potential" reason for people choosing the gender and character they pick. As for the additional char slots in real life thought. I dont know kinda creeps me out more than what I originally said one of the reasons being.

Heh. Don't worry no freaking out involved. We're all just dropping our two cents in the jar in turns, yes? I just took a cue from your post to put out another perspective. The angry tone, if any, is just in jest.

Kurow · Apr 17, 2006, 07:06 AM // 07:06

Doesnt anyone think of their character as an actual character? It seems like everyone chooses their character because they look pretty or because their armor looks good. IMO being not pretty in this game gives you more character than being pretty, simply because most people choose x face for their ele, or y armor for their warrior. I suppose it doesnt matter so much you just see your character as a means to play the game, and not your character as a lens to play the game through.

hidden_agenda · Apr 17, 2006, 07:16 AM // 07:16

Does anyone actually believe GW is an actual role-playing game?

The RP in the RPG is pretty lame in Prophecy, so I hardly think that the characters I create actually have background, motivations, etc.

Mistress Smooth · Apr 17, 2006, 07:55 AM // 07:55

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Originally Posted by V-Dragon

And I also hate being hit on by horny teenagers and dirty old men in the game.

I get this all the time to the point where I find it hilarious now. I just won't get into the details of what they pm to me

Being a female myself and noticing boys/men goggling their eyes at me, a girl gets pretty much use to it. Well, I am. So it doesn't really bother me anymore when I'm being hit on in Guild Wars. I find it funny.

Avarre · Apr 17, 2006, 08:01 AM // 08:01

I hold no stance on it really...

I think it's somewhat known I made a female character because I didn't like the male design for mesmer. I don't play the character as an extension of myself, just as an avatar in the game.

If people hit on the character in game, I don't really care, it's not me. If they get personal... then I have a problem. I haven't really had any problematic situations on my female character, so meh.

People can play whatever they like... although if males make female characters and get to 'into' the character role, it's a little odd. To each their own rp-playstyle, I guess

wilq · Apr 17, 2006, 11:12 AM // 11:12

I'm going to stare at my character for a long time, so I might as well stare at the girl

The only male character I have is my warrior, rest is female.

P!zza · Apr 17, 2006, 11:22 AM // 11:22

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Originally Posted by hidden_agenda

Does anyone actually believe GW is an actual role-playing game?

The RP in the RPG is pretty lame in Prophecy, so I hardly think that the characters I create actually have background, motivations, etc.

Agreed. It's as much a RPG as Counterstrike Source.

That's why the only reason I make female chars is
a) to break monotony (only men running around would be quite boring)
b)boobs 'n' butts.

SpeedyKQ · Apr 17, 2006, 01:13 PM // 13:13

My first three characters were male. Then my buddy bought the game and made a female character and I teased him for it. So then I made a female character to play through the game with him to show him I wasn't taking it seriously. So then my wife made a male character so she wouldn't be left out of the fun.

Poison Ivy · Apr 17, 2006, 01:18 PM // 13:18

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Originally Posted by SpeedyKQ

My first three characters were male. Then my buddy bought the game and made a female character and I teased him for it. So then I made a female character to play through the game with him to show him I wasn't taking it seriously. So then my wife made a male character so she wouldn't be left out of the fun.

Now why did you do that for?

I've played this game for 10 months and I never even created a single male character. (Simply because their way to ugly)

d3kst3r · Apr 17, 2006, 01:19 PM // 13:19

I often use female characters because when I play Guildwars I always create and delete lots of PvP characters for the sake of adapting in GvG and HA. Since I don't hold any kind of sentimental feeling for the characters I create (since I see them as disposable) I tend to prefer using female characters simply because they look attractive and that in itself is a small novelty.

PS. My main PvE characters are all male.

Cherno · Apr 17, 2006, 01:22 PM // 13:22

I have 4 male characters (W,N,E,R) and 2 Female (Mo,Me)

I created a male mesmer at the beginning, got him to level 20 then deleted him. Female Mesmers have a lot more variety in the armor than the males.

As for the monk, I just didn't like the male monk models. Plus when I had created a female monk to help someone in presearing, I noticed that when she walked backwards she had this really funny animation to her butt. So I rerolled one to take to post and called her "Badunkadunk Munk" Unfortunately while wearing tats, the butt doesn't have that animation anymore.

felinette · Apr 17, 2006, 02:06 PM // 14:06

Funnily enough, the only time I've been seriously hit on in the game was when I was playing my male elementalist. All my other characters are female, and apart from the rare juvenile comment or act (some idiot ran up to my warrior and used 'boo'--it looked like he was fondling her boobs), I haven't had a problem with my female characters. But I'm not chatty--when I'm in a group, I'm not interested in gabbing about anything but the game. For me, the game isn't a glorified chat room.

I agree that female characters are treated differently. They do tend to be more forgiven when they screw up, but they're also not taken as seriously. Yesterday my female elementalist was out with a group doing Aurora Glade and they kept running around in circles because they insisted on following, the male warrior, despite me saying several times that I knew the way.

I don't care what gender people play in the game as long as they don't lie about their RL gender. When a male playing a female pretends to be a female in RL, that crosses the line into 'creepy' behaviour, IMO.

Starsky-sama · Apr 17, 2006, 02:13 PM // 14:13

me = male.
1st decide on a profession/build
2nd decide on a name/ charac name decides gender (pretty much, if it's a male name, it's a male charac, and vice versa if female)
3rd I make it.

xD.

Silent Kitty · Apr 17, 2006, 02:25 PM // 14:25

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Originally Posted by felinette

I agree that female characters are treated differently. They do tend to be more forgiven when they screw up, but they're also not taken as seriously. Yesterday my female elementalist was out with a group doing Aurora Glade and they kept running around in circles because they insisted on following, the male warrior, despite me saying several times that I knew the way.

I have that constantly. No matter how many arrows I draw, saying "That way!" They insist on going rondomly following the wammo, no matter how many times he "Uh"s and posts question marks all the time.
I am a girl, and I rather play girl characters. I pretend it's me out there.