Toon gender choice - inquiring minds what to know.....

Xianna · Post by **Xianna** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:40 pm

RL: female
in game: female

I am really curious as to why males play female characters? You almost NEVER see females playing male characters....

Alanthus · Post by **Alanthus** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:16 pm

I've come across females playing male chars, most of them hardcore gamers that got fed up with guys assuming they couldn't play because they were girls/women. A lot more common for men to do the chick thing though, I think most do it both for eye candy and possibly getting free stuff. Most of my toons are male but I have a few female toons too, I would guess that this will get a lot more common as gfx get even better and we start seeing more adult oriented games.
I think I read somewhere that men are more into visual stimuli than women and also that men mostly look at women when taking in appearances but women look at both women and men?

Xianna · Post by **Xianna** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:18 pm

its morally accepted by the male dominant society for women to admit they look at women. where as its not ok for men to admit they look at men.

i know a woman who plays a female toon but pretends to be a guy playing a female toon. ive never really figured that one out...,.

Alanthus · Post by **Alanthus** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:32 pm

maybe that's part of it but in all honesty I find men rather unintersting to look at, especially compared to women

Is she by any chance rather tired of men assuming she can't play if she admits to being female, or maybe just tired of all the male adolescents (regardless of age...) trying to hit on her if she admits to being female? I know one female gamers playing female chars that always post a fake RL pic on the boards showing a rather plain woman in her 50's, she's actually a very good looking woman that's around 25 or so by now...

Balgair · Post by **Balgair** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:47 pm

Female playing a male character here (well, my primary alts are female, but they're all WAY below the level of my main) As for why, not sure tbh, it just seemed to suit the character's role better, and I'm really not bothered what gender I play, just want it to fit the character. Or not, in the case of my cutesy female pink-haired gnome... warrior

Kananoth · Post by **Kananoth** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:01 am

My coworker would rather stare at a female for hours on end but he's alittle...umm...too good at the part so I ckinda wonder if there's other reasons...

Katheen · Post by **Katheen** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:24 am

Male, but playing Female characters.

As to why... It started with the "I'd rather stare at..."-thing; Then it was because I found the typical male character model to be way to big. I usually play some kind of caster, and I don't really envision them as the huge muscled type. The female models are usually more lithe and more "appropriate". Now, I do it most out of habit (even though some of the previous points still apply). My first WoW character was female, and so was my second.

Don't remember ever being offered free loot or anything like that. WoW is my first "serious" MMORPG, though, and I'm assuming it's fairly common knowledge, now, that most female character are played by male players. Or maybe it's just my server... who knows?

Also been hit on once, during a instance run, in a way that in real life whould result in some kind of slap or kick in the nuts. Damn, us guys can be creepy/sleeazy. Certainly an interesting experience though.

neuronomad · Post by **neuronomad** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:10 am

Male playing Female Priest.

Similar to Katheen it started as me rather starting at a nice looking avatar. But as I got more into WoW, I quickly learned that it seemed that I would get offered more party request, and was generally treated nicer as a female toon. Also it is kind of fun playing on the "maiden in distress" card when I need to. Plus I get all kinds of stuff given to me that my male toons wouldn't. LOL.

Mainly now though it is purely for the roleplaying factor.

Vek · Post by **Vek** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:51 am

Vek = 17 year old dude. Hee hee.

Personally, I've only got 1 female character on Lightbringer, and I don't play her anymore. Male humans are just too damn bulky looking for a mage. Blah.

Anyways, I play all male characters now. Undead rogues are pretty lithe, so I can stand them. I have a troll shaman... Also male.

Why?

Because while females get perks (I started a human warrior and after only a few minutes had aquired 10g, courtesy of a crazy BWL equipped night elf, along with a walkthrough through Deadmines.)

Anyways, I really don't find WoW's graphics too... Tantalizing. And I'm 17, haha. If you want to go stare at some digital cleavage, buy Lineage 2 and play an elf. Not that I would know.

sackboy · Post by **sackboy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:53 am

My main character is a female - but I am a bloke. A group of us are on a RP server as a group of Sentinels in training and as we all know the Sentinels are all Ladies - so we're all female Nelfs. 3 male players and 2 female players, average age 33.

Vek · Post by **Vek** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:26 am

Night elves... =(

sackboy · Post by **sackboy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:43 am

Vek wrote:Night elves... =(

Bah! Trolls!

tobiran · Post by **tobiran** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:04 pm

a friend plays also female.. he likes the night elf with white hair

Vek · Post by **Vek** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:14 am

sackboy wrote:
Vek wrote:Night elves... =(
Bah! Trolls!

Trolls are the original race! Silly imitation Troll, being cool is for us!

devilmachine · Post by **devilmachine** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:38 pm

I'm a male, and all my toons have always been male. My male flatmate on the other hand only ever plays female toons.
Not sure why this is, I guess he wants a 'hawt' character to look at.

Daniszeman · Post by **Daniszeman** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:35 pm

As my first main character, I spent a lot of time picking out the perfect look. He happened to be male, as he was fitting the personality I chose for him, which was something along the lines of Power and Professionalism, clean cut kills(Rogue). For my priest, I just hit random, and I really wish I could change that back. She looks so ugly >< . For my warlock, I chose a female to make it seem like a fragile target, but it's awesome when I have 50%+ damage reduction through my pet. =P

OukàOukuh · Post by **OukàOukuh** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:54 pm

i am a guy that plays a girl charatcer fer the free loot and stuff

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:58 am

neuronomad wrote:Male playing Female Priest.

Similar to Katheen it started as me rather starting at a nice looking avatar. But as I got more into WoW, I quickly learned that it seemed that I would get offered more party request, and was generally treated nicer as a female toon. Also it is kind of fun playing on the "maiden in distress" card when I need to. Plus I get all kinds of stuff given to me that my male toons wouldn't. LOL.

Mainly now though it is purely for the roleplaying factor.

LoL, I noticed the same thing.

maplesyrup · Post by **maplesyrup** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:11 pm

RL: female - my main is also female (because I wanted a toon that kinda looked like me), but when I rolled Horde I went male because the females on the Horde side are all ugly and have stupid dances. I love the male orc dance - too cute. And I like looking a little more intimidating in battle.

Odd, though... I never once got a single thing free while using my female toon. I've heard it happens, but it sure as heck never happened to me.

Balgair · Post by **Balgair** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:10 pm

Never had anything free on my female characters either! The most notice I've had on a female character was a /kiss emote from a guildie lol

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