Online RPG Sexual Identification
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amraam840 said:
Nothing wrong with it at all. I currently play an MMORPG and am female. I have played both female and male characters. I also know men that play both male and female characters.
I guess the only thing that would bother me is if you tried to pass yourself off as female in real life. It's one thing to roleplay ingame, but entirely another to deceive people into believing you are a female in real life too. Although, if no one ever asks and just assumes, that's their problem.
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heya,
I'm a huge WoW addict.... I'm female and my characters are female. All my friends that play are males, and they ALL have at least one female character that they play. It's more often that I see a female character played by a male player than I see a female player playing a female character (whoa... did that make sense??) Most people on my server expect female characters to be males behind the controls and are suprised to know I'm an actual real life female.
It's not weird, your friends are too sensative. In the words of one male friend of mine, "If I have to watch the backside of a character for this long every day, it might as well be a hot night elf chick ass"
ps: which server do you play on?
I'm a huge WoW addict.... I'm female and my characters are female. All my friends that play are males, and they ALL have at least one female character that they play. It's more often that I see a female character played by a male player than I see a female player playing a female character (whoa... did that make sense??) Most people on my server expect female characters to be males behind the controls and are suprised to know I'm an actual real life female.
It's not weird, your friends are too sensative. In the words of one male friend of mine, "If I have to watch the backside of a character for this long every day, it might as well be a hot night elf chick ass"
ps: which server do you play on?
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amraam840 said:
That's what it comes down to for me too. I haven't played WoW, but I hear it kicks ass so I think I'll get it soon. I don't have much experience with RPGs and this might be a good start.
Is there any offline play? My lag in most games is for shit.
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No offline play for WoW, but it does have one of the best evolving server platforms of any MMORPG right now. Anyone that had to suffer through their development process can attest that it has come a long ways.
I'm a female gamer and I've experimented with both female characters and male characters. I actually like both but for different reasons. Female characters are easier for me to identify with, but at the same time male characters don't have to put up with the slew of shit that female gamers have to go through. The female population in gaming is steadily growing, but let's face it, the majority of online gamers are still lonely, socially inept, teenage males who react like lonely, socially inept, teenage males when around anything female. Make a male character and poof, all the lame pick up lines and harassment goes away.
I don't see why men try to rationalize making a female character. Do you really believe Tomb Raider was so popular because female gamers bought it? Men like playing female characters, it doesn't mean you have gender issues and you don't have to make excuses like "oh I just wanted to see her dance" or "I'd rather stare at a hot elf's ass when I game." You're not alone, you're not weird, you're not having a gender crisis. You don't have to make up a reason, and you don't even have to over analyze it, just do it and be honest with people about it. You're doing it because you wanted to play a female character...big deal.
Personally I like it. Imagine WoW if everyone played along gender lines. 80% of the population would be male and 20% would be female instead of the about even split we have now. That means four guys per girl...normally that would sound like a dream come true for the straight women out there, but let's face it, we're talking low quality high quantity males in that group and not all female gamers are straight (I'd say the lesbian/bi population is well represented).
Oh and in case everyone is wondering, I play WoW on Scarlet Crusade and Shadow Council (Role Playing servers). I tend to play lesbian characters or straight male characters because most of my gamer friends are straight males and it's easier than saying "I like you as a friend..." over and over.
I've also played Star Wars Galaxies, Everquest 2, Lineage 2 (that's where my avatar is from...good graphics, crappy game), Anarchy Online, Neverwinter Nights online, and The Sims online. Every single game this topic has come up and every single time straight males make excuses for why they're playing female characters. I've heard less questioning of sexuality going on at first timers GLBTA meetings. Just be honest with people about it, be honest with yourself about it, and enjoy the game. Nobody is going to think you secretly want to be a fat Italian if you play Mario games, so why question this?
I'm a female gamer and I've experimented with both female characters and male characters. I actually like both but for different reasons. Female characters are easier for me to identify with, but at the same time male characters don't have to put up with the slew of shit that female gamers have to go through. The female population in gaming is steadily growing, but let's face it, the majority of online gamers are still lonely, socially inept, teenage males who react like lonely, socially inept, teenage males when around anything female. Make a male character and poof, all the lame pick up lines and harassment goes away.
I don't see why men try to rationalize making a female character. Do you really believe Tomb Raider was so popular because female gamers bought it? Men like playing female characters, it doesn't mean you have gender issues and you don't have to make excuses like "oh I just wanted to see her dance" or "I'd rather stare at a hot elf's ass when I game." You're not alone, you're not weird, you're not having a gender crisis. You don't have to make up a reason, and you don't even have to over analyze it, just do it and be honest with people about it. You're doing it because you wanted to play a female character...big deal.
Personally I like it. Imagine WoW if everyone played along gender lines. 80% of the population would be male and 20% would be female instead of the about even split we have now. That means four guys per girl...normally that would sound like a dream come true for the straight women out there, but let's face it, we're talking low quality high quantity males in that group and not all female gamers are straight (I'd say the lesbian/bi population is well represented).
Oh and in case everyone is wondering, I play WoW on Scarlet Crusade and Shadow Council (Role Playing servers). I tend to play lesbian characters or straight male characters because most of my gamer friends are straight males and it's easier than saying "I like you as a friend..." over and over.
I've also played Star Wars Galaxies, Everquest 2, Lineage 2 (that's where my avatar is from...good graphics, crappy game), Anarchy Online, Neverwinter Nights online, and The Sims online. Every single game this topic has come up and every single time straight males make excuses for why they're playing female characters. I've heard less questioning of sexuality going on at first timers GLBTA meetings. Just be honest with people about it, be honest with yourself about it, and enjoy the game. Nobody is going to think you secretly want to be a fat Italian if you play Mario games, so why question this?
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I know next to nothing about all these games, but I have friends really into them. I don't see anything wrong in a guy playing a female role. The idea is to just have fun. It's fun pretending to be someone else. Like actors. We all fantasize these things. Plus I think it could be a healthy thing playing a reversal gender role because of the curiosity invlolved that could give you a different perspective on things. Now, gender roles in our culture and society are so fixated and set, especially for men, that this could be what's at issue here. We're not allowed to be "feminine" because of this. Please, I'm no expert here, by any means, but I wouldn't take it to a Freudian level, but instead take it to a "fun" level. Which is what it's meant to be, and watch your character do the hoochie dance.amraam840 said:
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I've played on Scarlet Crusade, and found that no one was too interested in rping. It very much disappointed me.
Mint, are you saying you actually find people to rp with on the rp servers of WoW? You need to introduce me to your friends then lol. I'd love to be involved in some good rp, but I can't seem to find interested players.
amraam, I have a couple characters, and yeah, I dont get to play too often myself. I have a lvl 40 night elf druid, a lvl 20 undead priest, and a handful of other lower lvl characters.
Mint, are you saying you actually find people to rp with on the rp servers of WoW? You need to introduce me to your friends then lol. I'd love to be involved in some good rp, but I can't seem to find interested players.
amraam, I have a couple characters, and yeah, I dont get to play too often myself. I have a lvl 40 night elf druid, a lvl 20 undead priest, and a handful of other lower lvl characters.
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I know a lot of online players. Most play both sexes from time to time and that is fun to try. Personally I prefer being a girl. I have played a guy only a couple of times but I just made a Hunter character up for a World of Darkness game that I like a lot.
I have known a couple of guys that only wanted to play females. That did puzzle me.
Personally I don't care what sex the person playing a character is, or for that matter, what sex the character is, I just like good story lines, good or at least fair writing and to play.
More play! Please? Now! *smiles sweetly*
I have known a couple of guys that only wanted to play females. That did puzzle me.
Personally I don't care what sex the person playing a character is, or for that matter, what sex the character is, I just like good story lines, good or at least fair writing and to play.
More play! Please? Now! *smiles sweetly*
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I have to admit finding good RP is a little more difficult in WoW than other games. I stay in character in spatial all the time and people seem to really respond to that. It's a spectrum like anything though, Lineage 2 had no RP, Star Wars Galaxies and EQ2 have quite a bit (but no enforced roleplaying servers) and WoW is somewhere in the middle. WoW has RP servers with RP server rule sets, but they aren't stringently enforced.
I play Alliance on Scarlet Crusade and Horde on Shadow Council. I tried playing on Silver Hand but everyone took themselves way too seriously there. I actually have a core group of friends I met a long time ago through real life things and Star Wars Galaxies that I play all sorts of online games with. It's been a really nice way to keep in touch with people that have moved.
Getting back to the original topic a little bit. I think people a lot of the time play characters that can be theraputic for them. I always play very strong willed, tough, fearless characters because in real life I'm kind of soft spoken and mello. My alliance character is a Paladin too and in real life I'm Wiccan, so it isn't just gender differences in game for people.
If anyone would like to come join me on Scarlet Crusade I have a little group of Role Players that I lead on instance runs and raids. We're not official or anything, just a loose association of people that manage to get along well. I play twin sisters on that realm named Charysma and Cordyllia. So feel free to stop in and say hello. I would love if I could develop a romance story line for Charysma, but thus far I haven't met anyone too terribly interesting.
I play Alliance on Scarlet Crusade and Horde on Shadow Council. I tried playing on Silver Hand but everyone took themselves way too seriously there. I actually have a core group of friends I met a long time ago through real life things and Star Wars Galaxies that I play all sorts of online games with. It's been a really nice way to keep in touch with people that have moved.
Getting back to the original topic a little bit. I think people a lot of the time play characters that can be theraputic for them. I always play very strong willed, tough, fearless characters because in real life I'm kind of soft spoken and mello. My alliance character is a Paladin too and in real life I'm Wiccan, so it isn't just gender differences in game for people.
If anyone would like to come join me on Scarlet Crusade I have a little group of Role Players that I lead on instance runs and raids. We're not official or anything, just a loose association of people that manage to get along well. I play twin sisters on that realm named Charysma and Cordyllia. So feel free to stop in and say hello. I would love if I could develop a romance story line for Charysma, but thus far I haven't met anyone too terribly interesting.
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I can't really say anything about the WoW r/p, or any of the others aforementioned here. I'm not familiar with them. But, I definetly know about the title of this topic.
I am FtM trans, and pre-, as far as transitioning goes, because of my current circumstances. When I play my characters in the srp, it is the closest I can come right now to being the man that I'm physically not. It gives me a real sense of liberation, even though for the most part, the srp's are just fantasy, it is one of the few ways I really feel that I can express my masculinity.
So, weird or not, I hafta do this for me, right now. Maybe in the future when things change, and I have the opportunity to make some changes in my 'real' life, I won't need the srp's anymore.
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I am FtM trans, and pre-, as far as transitioning goes, because of my current circumstances. When I play my characters in the srp, it is the closest I can come right now to being the man that I'm physically not. It gives me a real sense of liberation, even though for the most part, the srp's are just fantasy, it is one of the few ways I really feel that I can express my masculinity.
So, weird or not, I hafta do this for me, right now. Maybe in the future when things change, and I have the opportunity to make some changes in my 'real' life, I won't need the srp's anymore.
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Heyas, I thought I'd throw in my two cents for anybody who wants to know.
I HAVE played a female character a couple of times and I have to say it does feel a bit different from playing as a male character.
Examples would be I'd have guys coming up to me and saying things, whether it be from flirting or sexual harrassment, etc.
The fighting system feels a bit different in some way, as if it were following the whole social status of a female by saying that she is, for a lack of a better word, weaker than a male.
Based on what I have heard from games such as EverQuest, and more than likely it happens elsewhere and I don't know that, I found out that guys like to play female characters because it helps them get into groups. I find that it is not always true. I played a female character and I didn't get groups all the time. I found that it all depends on who you know in the gaming world and where you're at.
All that said, if anybody's interested, I have characters on Whisperwind, Bleeding Hollow, and Crushridge. I've been trying to at least play where my friends are.
I HAVE played a female character a couple of times and I have to say it does feel a bit different from playing as a male character.
Examples would be I'd have guys coming up to me and saying things, whether it be from flirting or sexual harrassment, etc.
The fighting system feels a bit different in some way, as if it were following the whole social status of a female by saying that she is, for a lack of a better word, weaker than a male.
Based on what I have heard from games such as EverQuest, and more than likely it happens elsewhere and I don't know that, I found out that guys like to play female characters because it helps them get into groups. I find that it is not always true. I played a female character and I didn't get groups all the time. I found that it all depends on who you know in the gaming world and where you're at.
All that said, if anybody's interested, I have characters on Whisperwind, Bleeding Hollow, and Crushridge. I've been trying to at least play where my friends are.
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At the risk of having my head chopped off for appearing in this thread, I am going to raise my hand as the dreaded cousin who never lets poor amraam game.
Which is a crock btw, as you are on the game all day while I work. ;p
For those of you who play and are looking for a roleplay guild, the guild I am in has been going strong for over six years in as many as six different games. We are a roleplay guild, Horde, but laid back with some ooc as well. Everyone is close knit, and we are in it to have fun and pvp like crazy. If your interested, drop me a pm and I can explain more and give the link.
I also posted in the roleplay thread Amraam has started, and we have our own site with roleplay forums.
We are actively recruiting, but particular about qualifications and we want quality not quantity. If you dont enjoy pvp, dont bother as this wont be the guild for you.
Which is a crock btw, as you are on the game all day while I work. ;p
For those of you who play and are looking for a roleplay guild, the guild I am in has been going strong for over six years in as many as six different games. We are a roleplay guild, Horde, but laid back with some ooc as well. Everyone is close knit, and we are in it to have fun and pvp like crazy. If your interested, drop me a pm and I can explain more and give the link.
I also posted in the roleplay thread Amraam has started, and we have our own site with roleplay forums.
We are actively recruiting, but particular about qualifications and we want quality not quantity. If you dont enjoy pvp, dont bother as this wont be the guild for you.
It's not bad or disturbing at all.
I'm a female gamer...WoW and online White Wolf RPG style gaming. I play female and male characters, straight, bi and gay...across the two genders.
My male roomate is also a gamer who plays male and female characters. His #1 char on WoW is a female.
Perception of a male playing a female character is always going to be different. IMO - it's based on maturity. I won't play w/ people who have a "chick" character just b/c she's hot and has boobs...IF that is their solid stance on why. Why?? I just don't care of the immaturity.
So otherwise... rock on man. Play all the estrogen based characters you want! *wink* Most of us gamers out here are used to it and not bugged a bit by it
I'm a female gamer...WoW and online White Wolf RPG style gaming. I play female and male characters, straight, bi and gay...across the two genders.
My male roomate is also a gamer who plays male and female characters. His #1 char on WoW is a female.
Perception of a male playing a female character is always going to be different. IMO - it's based on maturity. I won't play w/ people who have a "chick" character just b/c she's hot and has boobs...IF that is their solid stance on why. Why?? I just don't care of the immaturity.
So otherwise... rock on man. Play all the estrogen based characters you want! *wink* Most of us gamers out here are used to it and not bugged a bit by it
