Curse

Heimdallw32 · Nov 24, 2006, 09:09 AM // 09:09

Even male characters are not immune to the Humping Warrior. You play long enough and you'll see them hump anything that moves. Yes, even each other. Saw a couple grinding a merchant once, poor guy. Also a friend has a male assassin who gets humped quite often by every other warrior who sees him. Poor 'sin.

electrofish · Nov 24, 2006, 12:04 PM // 12:04

My first character, a male warrior, was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my gw history, I'd sign a petition for an one-off sex & name change event anyday...

Makkert · Nov 24, 2006, 12:15 PM // 12:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tide to Go

Well we need a little profile off the top of our characters head thats optionel...... just like the party icon expect they got a pink and blue icon or a f and m icon that show who you really are....well what you want to be represented as. I hate when i play with my female character i always got a sexual comment coming my way

I really want people to know they should back off without me saying something....

watcha think???

If you didn't see this coming, you are still unspoiled and your parents did a great job sheltering you from the big bad world of internet.

Anyway, your suggested solution won't work. I'll roleplay why, because i'm a real 1337 roleplayer.

"ZOMG! its a gurl!"
-"eh, yes. I'm a girl."
"Wanna see my wand?"
-"...?"
"It can poke and is magical!"
*girl changes settings to male for own precaution*
==============================================
*guy with female setting*
"Hey guys, wanna cyber?"
"I'm hot!"
"Look! I'm naked guys!"

Antheus · Nov 24, 2006, 12:40 PM // 12:40

1) It still amazes me, that there are internet "virgins", who classify players by gender of the character they play.

2) What about women playing male characters (yes, met plenty of those). Perhaps, they too, got bored of all such insinuations.

3) GW is not a role-playing game, unless you really find a cosy corner with the few like-minded. So unlike rare few other games, characters are just toons, running around and serve mostly as armor/weapon display models.

Bane of Worlds · Nov 24, 2006, 04:15 PM // 16:15

/notsigned as the OP's idea would cause more problems

there are easier solutions that having such indicators
Most male models aren't good IMHO but that's why the new male models look like that do in most rpg games...metro-looking...geez...pretty boys...eek...since the warrior is portrayed by a male most of the time who has far too much body mass...
I am a male that plays both a female and male character and guess what? if I play on a female character then I'll outwit them and confuse em
it's roleplaying in a sense that you're playing a fictional character and a ingame character's gender doesn't symbolize a person's RL gender.
there are males who play females
there are females that play males
try the ignore list and it'll help ya out

---Follower of Grenth

Velath · Nov 24, 2006, 04:16 PM // 16:16

I play male and female characters and am a guy. I usually get my gf to make my girl characters (ele, ranger, monk and paragon) so she is involved somewhat. I make my male ones (warrior, sin, necro, rit).

But I find more people stop to look at my sin doing the c/e dance than my when any of my girls are dancing... Really I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've been "grinded" by male characters when on one of my female chars. Although I did get whispered once that my ele had a really sexy name once which made me laugh, it's "Selena ..." so I guess it was just their personal preference.

Just ignore them, move or zone to a different district.

Gorebrex · Nov 24, 2006, 04:33 PM // 16:33

If youre getting "whammoed", a good thing to do is go just outside town if its really bad, unless you HAVE to be in town for some reason. I have only one male character(my mule), and play female mostly because they look a hell of alot better than the males.
@OP Youll see alot of what youve experienced in-game, you just have to take it with a shaker of salt.

Cjlr · Nov 24, 2006, 04:46 PM // 16:46

Okay, so we've established two things:
If a male plays female characters, he's a perverted overweight nerd.
If a male plays male characters, he's a closet homosexual.

That said, getting sexually harassed by other players is pretty much a rite of passage these days. I'm certainly not endorsing it but in all likelihood it will eventually happen. Of course, it's usually a bannable offense, so feel free to report them.

Loviatar · Nov 24, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50

if i (male, straight) am going to spend possibly years over many chapters staring at my favorite character it is a simple choice of 2 things using the warrior as example.

would i enjoy my time more spending all those hours staring at........

1 XENA the warrior princess

or......................(drum roll)

2 CONAN the butt ugly barbarian

my choice is obvious from my descriptions

XENA no contest at all

Samuel Dravis · Nov 24, 2006, 05:26 PM // 17:26

I've made several female characters and I've only been "hit on" once (which I quickly straightened out). I've never had some whammo "grind" on me. I'd say it's more how you play your characters than what gender they are. And yes, my female necro is like 16 months old.

MithranArkanere · Nov 24, 2006, 06:31 PM // 18:31

What about making your model disappear for his instance if you ignore it and his dissappear to yours?

If that molester pest can't see you, he would not be able to do unpolit e things with emotes.

Samuel Dravis · Nov 24, 2006, 10:05 PM // 22:05

It would be interesting if you /ignored the person and it made them invisible to you...

TheSonofDarwin · Nov 24, 2006, 10:40 PM // 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cjlr

Okay, so we've established two things:
If a male plays female characters, he's a perverted overweight nerd.
If a male plays male characters, he's a closet homosexual.

That does indeed seem to be the summation of it. Personally, I play whichever sex is most appeasing to the eyes for that profession (turns out 50:50 male:female for me). I have no issues with my own sexuality, or looks. My one storage mule's name is 'Hot Storage Mule' and it's a male paragon. It takes a very insecure person to think that, no matter what, everyone of the same sex is ugly just for fear that the homosexual word pop up. Regardless, if one is becoming aroused from GW one thing seems apparent: they aren't smart enough to bypass the internet security their parent's installed.

Personally, when I'm on a female character and a male starts pulling that crap I go along with it. I wait a minute or two, and then reveal that I'm a male. Gives me a little satisfaction when I'm sitting in town trying to sell something to play on the fears of others. I wouldn't doubt that those individuals go take a long, cold shower with plenty of sin-removing, anti-bacterial soap after such an encounter. That thought makes me smile.

Chicken Ftw · Nov 24, 2006, 10:43 PM // 22:43

Can't say I like the idea of painting targets over real females' heads (and guys who want you to think they're female o.o) with this icon thing. Screams "harrass me please" to all the immature people in sight. :|

/unsigned

Kinda liking the idea of when you ignore someone, you go invisible to them, but eh. Imagine it wouldn't be that easy to implement, and it's not that hard to just zone. Voila, can't see me anymore, and can't whisper because you're ignored.

Oven · Nov 24, 2006, 10:49 PM // 22:49

The way i see GW is that you create a character to perhaps represent you in the game world (roleplay). I know GW is not an MMORPG but its fun to be role play a character in a fantasy setting. As such I play male characters more often than female ones because its easier for me to relate to being a male myself. Most of my female characters are pvp ones and yes I have been hit upon by the humping whammos. All this really teaches is how real world good looking females would feel if you sexually harass them which in my opinion is a good thing.

Making an indicator would just make things worse...

Madical · Nov 24, 2006, 11:40 PM // 23:40

about the harassment, yeah i do get harassed sometimes when i play female characters, but its so funny imo
i dont a say a thing about my real life gender in a game i just roleplay
if some morons are trying to find a date on a game, they have a problem imo
and its not wrong to do what i do, this is game and its all about having fun

Rera · Nov 24, 2006, 11:55 PM // 23:55

Some funny **** in this thread

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If you're playing a female character:
a) Don't stand in town alone. Stand in the middle of the spawn point, or next to the merchant/xunlai, where many people congregate.
b) Never sit down, for any reason.
c) Stick to playing warriors, monks, necros, or dervishes. These classes typically don't draw as much sexual harassment simply because their armors aren't as suggestive.

arcady · Nov 25, 2006, 12:18 AM // 00:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tide to Go

Well we need a little profile off the top of our characters head thats optionel...... just like the party icon expect they got a pink and blue icon or a f and m icon that show who you really are....well what you want to be represented as. I hate when i play with my female character i always got a sexual comment coming my way

I really want people to know they should back off without me saying something....

1. You should be referred to as she if your character is female, he if your character is male. Not by you, but by your character. Don't like that, switch what sex you play.

2. Inappropriate behavior is not made OK because the player of the victim is female.

actionjack · Nov 25, 2006, 12:24 AM // 00:24

I do wonder what you name your character....
I think if you name something like "Sir Big and Long", on your female char, you would have less of that problem.

Amity and Truth · Nov 25, 2006, 12:44 AM // 00:44

Interestingly enough, the name seems to be mostly the criteria.
There are two ways to protect yourself from getting whammoooooed on a female character. One is to make a typical Computer Nickname.
The other option is to make a complicated name, most whaaaamooooes can't type properly and have a real hard time getting those lengthy names right. :P

Never had a problem on my ele (though she wears pretty skimpy dressed). Never once on my warrior but plenty of times on my dervish (which ironically is fully clothed).