Curse

Str0b0 · Mar 14, 2006, 03:03 PM // 15:03

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Originally Posted by Undivine

The option to play a fat troll was a lot of fun when I played EverQuest. Mind you, in that game you might actually roleplay. This game just isn't really for roleplay.

But yeah, some fat people would be nice.

Also, has anyone else noticed that the "cover girls" of anything ANet pushes out there are... well... girls. I mean, the box art is mostly females, the factions art is all females, the screenies they push out focus on the females, their web sites are decorated with females, so on, so forth. I like looking at attractive females, but this is just blatent.

Sex sells. Anyone in marketing will tell you that. Sex sells everything from deoderant to alcohol. In fact anything specifically marketed towards men in that 18-30 demographic will likely involve sex at some point in their advertising campaign. Sorry to all you lady gamers out there but let's face it gaming is generally a guy thing. I don't think the option for uglier chars will fly. At least I hope not. If I wanted to look at ugly people I'd work 24/7.

Bag-o-Weed · Mar 14, 2006, 03:04 PM // 15:04

It's funny how we make judgements on products based on how attractive the girl is on the outside of the box. Sometimes, the best games come in the plainest of packages, not to send out an alterted perception of the product, or the product's users.

twicefeuled · Mar 14, 2006, 03:04 PM // 15:04

People call my necro ugly all the time; he takes it as a compliment

Makkert · Mar 14, 2006, 03:19 PM // 15:19

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Originally Posted by baz777

I work with a lot of ugly people. I don’t want to come home and look at more.

Thank you

Hahaha.

Best remark of the day.
You win.

wsmcasey · Mar 14, 2006, 03:25 PM // 15:25

Sex sells! Anet has a primary target demographic that probably ranges from age 13 - 18 year old boys. Hell, I'm 36 and would much rather look at a hot girl than an ugly troll. I know there are a lot of older people like me that play, and also a lot of girls and women, but we are not the norm. Maybe if they put a Ballys Total Fitness in Lyons Arch my female ranger could pump some iron.

Undivine · Mar 14, 2006, 04:52 PM // 16:52

I understand that sex sells. In fact, some studies suggest it's always better to go with a female model. Females like looking at other females too, though for different reasons. Females like the "strong, independant woman protagonist" and guys just like looking at women.

But I think they're overdoing it a bit. To be honest it turns me off when I see females so overly splashed on everything they can splash them on. I would like to see a guy on the cover now and then as an example of what kind of awesome character I can create in the game. I, too, want to see the strong independant male protagonist. I want to see a guy so damn manly he gets a hole blown clean through his chest and he just gets up and patches it up with duct tape and continues slaughtering like a maniac while chewing tobacco and wiping the blood out of his eyes.

Or the guy who's so suave he just tricks his enemies into killing themselves because he's so damn clever and cool while seducing all the female enemies into abandoning their naughty ways to embrace even naughtier ways with him.

No offense to women, but it just looks silly after a certain point to see a dainty woman holding a hammer. And it gets even sillier when there are so many women on the cover of everything it almost looks like the world of Tyria is an amazon society and the men are just kind of "there."

I am a man, and I identify with male protagonists.

Wortan · Mar 14, 2006, 06:54 PM // 18:54

The characters are too attractive, some of them look like they belong on a catwalk, not survivors of an apocalypse who have spent their lives fighting. More scared/grizzled looking textures would be better. Fatter characters, facial and body hair would all help and avoid the attack of the clones, that you see everywhere.

Mordakai · Mar 14, 2006, 07:06 PM // 19:06

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Originally Posted by Undivine

And it gets even sillier when there are so many women on the cover of everything it almost looks like the world of Tyria is an amazon society and the men are just kind of "there."

I am a man, and I identify with male protagonists.

As I said, the Guild Wars I saw had the Male Warrior on the cover...

I'm not sure if they're planning to do alternate covers with Factions, but maybe a Male Ritualist?

Str0b0 · Mar 14, 2006, 07:08 PM // 19:08

Well a survivor of an apocalypse isn't likely to be very well fed so no fatties in GW. Realism is all fine and good but I'm sure I said it before and I'll say it again. I do not like having to look at ugly people. Call me shallow but dammit it's just not on my list of things to do. It's not like I have it written down underneathe laundry. So no. No ugly characters. There are enough ugly people in the world as it is.If you want justification for beautiful people in the game then here you go. Physical attractiveness is not only based on the symmetry of the face but also on the physical conditioning of the body. So all these lean muscular type people are fully in line with what would happen in an apocalyptic situation if you ask me. People in better physical condition are better suited to survive. Those who are physically attractive are simply more likely to take better care of themselves to maintain their attractiveness. You don't see a lot of people with faces that could make a mortician shudder who are built like a Calvin Klein model do you? Why is that? I'll tell you why. There is no point for them to bother. They are already ugly and all the washboard abs in the world won't change that. So frankly speaking beautiful people would fall into the category of those most likely to survive the apocalypse. Now whether they can survive for long periods of time afterwards is anyone's guess but considering that this game is set in a Medieval type of setting it is reasonable to assume that everyone that exists in that world is used to a certain amount of physical hardship and therefore would be better suited to endure the harsh environmental realities of a post apocalyptic kingdom. So there you go, rationale for why there are no fatties, or ugly characters.

Reflex Dragonfire · Mar 15, 2006, 01:04 AM // 01:04

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Originally Posted by baz777

I work with a lot of ugly people. I don’t want to come home and look at more.

Thank you

Aye, i agree on that...

Diablo™ · Mar 15, 2006, 01:10 AM // 01:10

Lawlercoasters!!!!

You guys haven't seen this thread?
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...d.php?t=118994