Males playing as females??

[Karamazi]

-In MMO's males play female chars and females play female chars too.
-So who plays males?
-Dunno, some perverts?

I play only female chars if its possible. why? Cuz they look nicer, thats all. Mage with ponytail and pink robe looks gay.. no offence :P

[Uhobi]

i'm a girl but i've played guys before. i don't usually but i have in the past...

[Scoresby]

As some people have already mentioned, there are male players who use female characters to trick guys into giving them free items. I support this action wholeheartedly and find it quite hilarious.

If you are the kind of person that is willing to give people items and help just for the simple fact that they don't have a Y chromosome then you deserve to be made a fool of.

If you don't automatically expect every female character you encounter of being a guy then theres something wrong with you.

[Beldin]

Originally Posted by Carm

ever since Lineage 2 i have played female chars ( im a guy). i think mostly because of the constant grinding and looking at your toon all the time made me stick with female chars. not to mention almost all mmo's i have played the male chars had flamboyant emote's and attacks. so its like your choosing the opposite sex or a gay guy. ive got nothing against gay guys, id just MUCH rather look at a chick than a gay guy in a 5-10 hour grind session. my 2 cents. i will say that aion's emote's and char motions are very good, so i may go with male char this time.. dunno tho, the female chars are pretty sexy...

erm i had to read that like ten times to figure out if you were stating if you hate gays, are a gay or think guys who dont pretend to women were gay.. still not sure tbh but i think playing a female character isnt gay, its a bit pathetic, so basically your perving on a couple of pixels for 12 hours every day for the next 3 years.. nice one, me i just want people to run in fear when they see a giant demon with a huge axe running at them, not to see a wee little fairy with a little stick wearning nothing but a thong,.. respect = 0.. besides everyone knows girls suck way more than guys.. o.0 did he say that? sexist bastard..

[Tofu]

Originally Posted by Beldin

erm i had to read that like ten times to figure out if you were stating if you hate gays, are a gay or think guys who dont pretend to women were gay.. still not sure tbh but i think playing a female character isnt gay, its a bit pathetic, so basically your perving on a couple of pixels for 12 hours every day for the next 3 years.. nice one, me i just want people to run in fear when they see a giant demon with a huge axe running at them, not to see a wee little fairy with a little stick wearning nothing but a thong,.. respect = 0.. besides everyone knows girls suck way more than guys.. o.0 did he say that? sexist bastard..

Respecta! :d

[kebrus]

I'm with Gravity, it doesn't matter the reasons, if someone has problems with others RP the opposite sex then... well... it's their problem, why should anyone care!? so much bashing for what?...

@Ashen: correct me if i'm wrong but did you just said you were transsexual in real life? if yes then why did you felt guilty when you told them you were a guy? actually i don't think you should had told them, because if you actually feel a woman them you weren't particularly lying to them...

[Beldin]

Originally Posted by kebrus

I'm with Gravity, it doesn't matter the reasons, if someone has problems with others RP the opposite sex then... well... it's their problem, why should anyone care!? so much bashing for what?...

@Ashen: correct me if i'm wrong but did you just said you were transsexual in real life? if yes then why did you felt guilty when you told them you were a guy? actually i don't think you should had told them, because if you actually feel a woman them you weren't particularly lying to them...

thats a good point man, how come they dont have trannys in mmo's, you know obviously men but wearing womens clothes, oh wait thats cus all the characters look like that.. worst character ever, ff9 kuja, was it a man, a woman, a monkey or what? and if it was a guy he had no right wearing that thong.. and contrary to what all believe im intelligent and well behaved irl and in game i just have a strange sense of humor when it comes to forums.. ^_^

[Chadness]

As my first post here, I will give my two cents on this topic. Sorry, I haven't read every single post in this thread, but I read a few pages worth.

I'm a male, and in the past I've played both male and female characters. I played with a male character in FFXI. I have both male and female characters in WoW. My reason for the female characters is simply because I prefered the female model and casting animations over the male, of the race I wanted to be. Its as simple as that. I have male Gnomes and Tauren and female Draenei and Blood Elves. No biggie.

What I don't think is right and irks me to no end are males who create female players with the expectation of getting special treatment.

In my opinion, as long as you make it openly known (at least to your guild) that you are male, its not a problem. To each their own, but I honestly don't see why so many people balk at the idea of a male IRL playing a female character in-game. Its just an avatar in a computer game - people should be able to play what they want.

[kebrus]

@Beldin: ahah nice pick, thats true, to me he always looked a bit gay (no homophobic intentions implied), maybe we was just "metrosexual" XD... but then again, that thong still doesn't fit the profile :|

[Jest]

Originally Posted by Gravity

For all you people that don't like the fact that males play as females, but respect their personal choice by not insulting them or bashing on them, thank you. But for all you people who talk shyt because you don't believe in doing something someone else does,All I have to say is this, if a man wishes to play as a female character, who cares? If you can't handle the fact that some people want to play as a female, your the one with the problem.
If they wanna pretend to be a girl because they want to get free stuff, who cares? If you give someone stuff, thinking they are a girl, and are only giving it to them /because/ they are a girl, it's your fault for treating females better than males. Your the one that fell for the trap, bash on yourself. Instead of giving stuff to girls to try to flirt with them, why not give it to your friends instead?
If they're gay and want to flirt with guys while pretending to be a girl, who cares? If you find out someone you've been dating turns out to have a *****, then it's your fault. 1) You shouldn't be looking for a relationship on an MMO. And 2) If, by some chance, your friends with someone, and develop a personal attraction over time. Then hopfully you know them enough to have at least talked on Vent or Teamspeak, or have seen them on Webcam. Because dating someone you've never met, or have no clue who they truly are, is retarded. I could say I'm an 18 year old blonde girl, and in fact, I could be a 500 lb, 32 year old man. It's as much your fault as it is theirs if you fall for it, because you should have the common sense to confirm their identity before getting intimate with them.

The only thing I have against this argument is that it forms a slippery slope. At what point is it the fault of those that deceive? I mean this in a general way. I mean...are kidnapped children to blame because they trusted the stranger? Are drive-by victims to blame because they live in a bad neighborhood? Battered wives to blame because they haven't mustered up the strength to leave?

I understand the point you're getting at...and my point isn't to compare this topic TO crimes of that stature...just that that frame of thought bugs me because it can't be applied in all instances.

[Gravity]

Originally Posted by Jest

The only thing I have against this argument is that it forms a slippery slope. At what point is it the fault of those that deceive? I mean this in a general way. I mean...are kidnapped children to blame because they trusted the stranger? Are drive-by victims to blame because they live in a bad neighborhood? Battered wives to blame because they haven't mustered up the strength to leave?

I understand the point you're getting at...and my point isn't to compare this topic TO crimes of that stature...just that that frame of thought bugs me because it can't be applied in all instances.

I was trying to target the people who say it's wrong or unnatural for males to play female characters. Of course it's the fault of those that decieve, I just didn't say it because I figured that part was common sense, and by not repeating it, it made my argument sound stronger.

But, for the Battered Wives one, they /are/ partially to blame for not leaving. If they would leave, it would be over, but by not leaving, they're making the situation worse. For the Children one, I'd blame the parents, always drill in to your childs head, never go with someone you've never met.

[Asundar]

Wow... There are really some pretty silly replies to this. To think that some people get upset when males play as female toons and vice versa...

Firstly, it is a RPG. ROLE PLAYING GAME. That is.. you play the role of a character that you create. If the game only let you play as the gender that you are in real life, than it should also only let my create toons that are of the same height, weight, hair color... etc. How fun would that be? IT WOULDN'T BE. It's a fantasy game. It's not supposed to be real. If a man plays as a female character that doesn't mean he's a perv, or wants a sex-change op. LOL!

I've played female toons for quite some time now. Starting way back with Gauntlet Legends on N64. Why? I wanted to play an archer, and the only archer was female. And in a couple other multi-player games... my friends would pick the male characters to use, and the only character remaining for me to use would be a female. I guess I just got used to playing them at that point.

But it goes the other way as well. There are some females who play male toons. It's less common, but there are a lot more guys who play than females.

However, I do agree with what some of you said... guys who make female characters and pretend to be female in real life, that is kind of sick and twisted. But for the most part, it's usually just children who do that - 11 year old boys.

In conclusion... In the end, I think it just comes down to what each gender looks like. Someone mentioned armor and such... well if armor looks better on female, than I'd play female. WoW is a perfect example. Human Male toons look AWFUL. You cannot even have a sane looking straight male toon. I think that drove many guys to just make a female toon, or switch to the horde and roll a BE male

I don't find it weird at all when guys play female toons...

[Tal Rasha]

Originally Posted by Asundar

However, I do agree with what some of you said... guys who make female characters and pretend to be female in real life, that is kind of sick and twisted. But for the most part, it's usually just children who do that - 11 year old boys.

It really isn't. 11 year old boys are the ones who react the most shocked to males playing female characters, so they would definately not do that themselves. Not even with the intention to mislead others.

[Eddy14]

Originally Posted by Tal Rasha

It really isn't. 11 year old boys are the ones who react the most shocked to males playing female characters, so they would definately not do that themselves. Not even with the intention to mislead others.

True dat....its mostly older peoples...I used to know a few ppl who played female chars and were boys....they were all either 16-40. >_<

[Kaedo]

Eh, depends on the game and character apearance, for example Monks in guildwars look like crap so i tend to make a female of that proffecion, on the otherhand warriors in my opinion look better as male. depends on the character's aperance and class i believe.