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Erik Fox · Jan 09, 2007, 12:23 PM // 12:23

I'm a female gamer, and even though I know males outnumber the females in this game(and probably others) the female/male ratio is a LOT smaller than you think. I play both male and female characters as well - my characters create themselves in a kind of roleplay way, and if they are going to be male then I'm playing a male. I know a lot of girls online who are afraid to say they are female because of the immeadiate 'omg ur a girl come *bleeep*'. I'm not afraid to say it to some, it really depends on the group of people I'm with. If I know I'm with some wammo-personality who would do that I won't say anything, but if a cool group mentions it, I'll say I'm a girl.

I am still hesitant to hop on non-guild teamspeaks or vent servers though...which has kept me out of some of the high-end PvE/PvP stuff mostly.
But anyway, I play both genders and don't see a problem with it. I don't really jive with the lingerie-looking armor so I tend to play more males than females, but I do have some rather scantily clad characters running around.

lakatz · Jan 09, 2007, 03:17 PM // 15:17

The Admins Bane started a great poll here in the "Off-Topic" section titled "Poll on you and your chars." for gender/gender of chars and gender/age and it closes on 1/16/07, so please tell all your friends to come answer (in BOTH categories) before then. It's going to be interesting to see the results.

EDIT: I had posted a link to the thread, but it defaulted to the 'view results' page for me since I voted, and I don't know if it would do that for everyone (which would be terrible) so I deleted it.

Thorondor Port · Jan 11, 2007, 07:21 AM // 07:21

my only male character (and im male) is my first character for pve.
my 6 pvp and pve ranger are all female.

and mesmers are the hottest. They got some serious lingerine

Liz · Jan 11, 2007, 05:35 PM // 17:35

If you are interested in the numbers of female and male players and the age of the ppl playing, and the question if that influences motivation for certain games or what matters for them in the games they play, you should read this article: http://m-plabs.com/mmogarticles/MMO_...otivations.pdf
It's an academic project so I consider it quite valid information. Nick Yee did this to give insight into the gaming community for game developers.

Now what is certainly interesting about the article is that it's about MMORPG's only and he got his data only from these players, over 35,000 in total. It states that 8% to 18% (depending on the MMORPG) are female players.

This would make the suggestion stated by posters before, that a lot of the female online players (as stated in the article the TopicStarter quoted: 64%) are actually playing very different games like cardgames, highly assumable.

Well that was my little part in this topic

Wretchman Drake · Jan 11, 2007, 06:03 PM // 18:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yanman.be

I'm 100% male...

Really now?

Most players are male no doubt, most of the female society are the pretty-girl type, doll up, go out, hang out with guys who are meatheads, etc. I enjoy playing with girl gamers too. They're sure smarter than your typical male PUG that's for sure, not immature either. Very respectable field of gamers.

Plus I guess it helps them if you hear a sexy voice asking for something rather than a 40 year old guy... lol

Divinitys Creature · Jan 11, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28

I am male but I make mainly female characters because I'd rather look at them than a guy's a-s-s!

Also, some seem to think that being a male and playing a female character is making a female representation of yourself - ummm no! LOL It can be for some, but for others ITS A CHARACTER - THAT YOU CONTROL - IN A GAME. Please quit reading Freud, he was a nonce and that's been known for a long time now.

jesh · Jan 12, 2007, 08:38 AM // 08:38

Most of the people that I talk to in game aren't men. I'm not either. Most of the girls I talk to have guy chars. I do also.
It's like Erik Fox said.. a lot of the times you just don't want to tell anyone, for one reason for another. It's nice to have guy characters to fall back to so that people don't assume things about you.