Do male players more often play female chars compared to females playing male chars ? - Page 29

Brooklynn · 08-20-2009, 10:26 PM

Males look cooler in their gear so I play males.

VanDangle · 08-20-2009, 10:35 PM

Way back in Diablo II I noticed alot of pk's using terms like nyerk and I raped you etc etc. All seemed very mysoginistic to me so I rolled a hardcore PKK female character and every time I managed to kill someone that was trying to kill me I would ask them how they liked being beaten by a girl. (I am a guy) a few of them got very very mad could not believe they were beaten by a girl called me all manner of names. I hope they went to bed at night a little unsure. Ever since then I make toons that are for pvp female. However In Aion I might change this trend as now a days so many guys roll female characters that the effect of making mysoginistic nyerk bags think they had been beaten by a girl wont apply.

xBurningsilence · 08-20-2009, 10:39 PM

<--- Male playing female char as my main

Darlatan · 08-21-2009, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VanDangle

Way back in Diablo II I noticed alot of pk's using terms like nyerk and I raped you etc etc. All seemed very mysoginistic to me so I rolled a hardcore PKK female character and every time I managed to kill someone that was trying to kill me I would ask them how they liked being beaten by a girl. (I am a guy) a few of them got very very mad could not believe they were beaten by a girl called me all manner of names. I hope they went to bed at night a little unsure. Ever since then I make toons that are for pvp female. However In Aion I might change this trend as now a days so many guys roll female characters that the effect of making mysoginistic nyerk bags think they had been beaten by a girl wont apply.

But, D2 each class had one gender.

So, you were either an amazon, sorceress, or assassin.

I got my hardcore archer enchantress up to 36 last night. Went 35->36 from killing Diablo himself, heh. Did it by using Level 2 Hydras, hundreds of them, while running in circles because my merc can't tank Act bosses for a damn because of the x10 damage bonus they have against them, and I couldn't stand still long enough to fire many shots off at Diablo. Anyways, I started rolling through the Bloody Foothills.

Yay for variant characters.

Back on the highly derailed and necro'ed topic...
There will always be nyerk bags giving the male gender a bad reputation.

Knoxx · 08-21-2009, 08:03 AM

I'm male but I'll be playing a female character for Aion, the reasoning behind this being that on WoW I played a male undead then a male belf and I think after enduring that for so many years I deserve a break :P

Opheliah · 08-21-2009, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Elumine

I'm a girl and I always play girl characters. It's partially a pride thing combined with the fact that I like the way female characters look (not a fan of nyerkty/revealing outfits or oversized boobage, though.) I don't get hit on by male players very often, and if I do it's very swiftly turned away or just ignored.. so I don't get much trouble from that area.

same...just not interested in playing males and i like dressing my girls and playing with their clothes lol.

Falanx · 08-21-2009, 08:38 AM

I'm a male who generally plays female characters. In fact I think the only male character I ever had was my VS CR5 in PlanetSide.

Anyways, my reason for this is twofold. First it started in fighting games. I always choose the more fast/finesse style fighters in fighting games. It's just always been the most appealing style to me. Way back when, these characters were almost universally female (Chun-Li, Sonia Blade, Taki, etc...). For anyone whose played any of the newer fighting games this has been pared down quite a bit, but some of the mainstays that I've mentioned are still there. In MMORPGs this actually applies to combat animations too. Ragnarok Online and WoW both come to mind as games where the female versions of a given race had completely different combat animations then the male versions.

The other reason is, as some others have stated, eye candy. Not in the perverted, "omg bewbz!", way though. In fact I pretty much always strive to make my characters looks as normal/average as possible. What I'm talking about is gear/clothing. If I'm gonna put in some un-godly amount of time in order to acquire some awesome piece of gear than I like to make damn sure that it looks good on my character.

CrashB111 · 08-23-2009, 07:49 PM

just remember the golden rule "G.I.R.L. - Guy In Real Life"

Dizey · 08-23-2009, 11:11 PM

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wheatpenny · 08-24-2009, 12:55 AM

I make both but I do have to say if I am stuck watching the same char for a while I would prefer to look at something nice every once and a while.

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Brooklynn Officer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Thanks: 20 Thanked 30 Times in 8 Posts Character: Brooklyn Class: Templar Legion: Black Serpent Race: Asmodians Server: Siel	Males look cooler in their gear so I play males. __________________ --------------------------------------------------------------- Templar [Level 30/Rank 6] - Black Serpent ---------------------------------------------------------------

08-21-2009, 08:03 AM	#425 (permalink)
Knoxx Officer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: United Kingdom Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Character: Knoxx Class: Gladiator Legion: Omoide Race: Asmodians Server: Gorgos	I'm male but I'll be playing a female character for Aion, the reasoning behind this being that on WoW I played a male undead then a male belf and I think after enduring that for so many years I deserve a break :P __________________ Blood for Blood

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Falanx Daeva Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Woodbridge, VA Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: Ayrel Class: Chanter Legion: Contempt Race: Undecided	I'm a male who generally plays female characters. In fact I think the only male character I ever had was my VS CR5 in PlanetSide. Anyways, my reason for this is twofold. First it started in fighting games. I always choose the more fast/finesse style fighters in fighting games. It's just always been the most appealing style to me. Way back when, these characters were almost universally female (Chun-Li, Sonia Blade, Taki, etc...). For anyone whose played any of the newer fighting games this has been pared down quite a bit, but some of the mainstays that I've mentioned are still there. In MMORPGs this actually applies to combat animations too. Ragnarok Online and WoW both come to mind as games where the female versions of a given race had completely different combat animations then the male versions. The other reason is, as some others have stated, eye candy. Not in the perverted, "omg bewbz!", way though. In fact I pretty much always strive to make my characters looks as normal/average as possible. What I'm talking about is gear/clothing. If I'm gonna put in some un-godly amount of time in order to acquire some awesome piece of gear than I like to make damn sure that it looks good on my character. __________________ Xfire: FalanxRifter \|\|\| www.coalitiongaming.org \|\|\| Leader of Contempt

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08-20-2009, 10:35 PM	#422 (permalink)
VanDangle Daeva Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ottawa Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: VanDangle Class: Ranger Legion: Bots Race: Elyos	Way back in Diablo II I noticed alot of pk's using terms like nyerk and I raped you etc etc. All seemed very mysoginistic to me so I rolled a hardcore PKK female character and every time I managed to kill someone that was trying to kill me I would ask them how they liked being beaten by a girl. (I am a guy) a few of them got very very mad could not believe they were beaten by a girl called me all manner of names. I hope they went to bed at night a little unsure. Ever since then I make toons that are for pvp female. However In Aion I might change this trend as now a days so many guys roll female characters that the effect of making mysoginistic nyerk bags think they had been beaten by a girl wont apply.

08-20-2009, 10:39 PM	#423 (permalink)
xBurningsilence Daeva Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The states Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: Shadowsyn Class: Assassin Legion: None yet Race: Asmodians	<--- Male playing female char as my main

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CrashB111 Officer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Alabama Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Character: Bardiel Class: Sorcerer Legion: FoE Race: Asmodians Server: Zikel	just remember the golden rule "G.I.R.L. - Guy In Real Life"

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wheatpenny Daeva Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Iowa Park,Texas Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Character: Goshawk and Wheatpenny Class: Assassin Legion: Raven Race: Elyos	I make both but I do have to say if I am stuck watching the same char for a while I would prefer to look at something nice every once and a while.

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