Did you play a female, but you are really a dude?

[Allizia]

I play allizia and I'm a dude, but everyone knows it and I only cyber with Barthorn and Jeremy, which I log Drexen in for

[Massy2k]

I play with a very simple rule in mind when choosing the sex of my avator:

Male for melee/hybrids
Female for casters

[Secrets]

I do this irl.

[Knightmare]

The 2nd character I made in old EQ was a female wood elf druid. If the male model looks like a pansy, I didn't want to look at it on my screen all day. The more realistic female wood elf however, I was content with looking at. Not in a sick cartoon porn way mind you, but it looked more aesthetically appealing to me. Wood elf males.. no. They were too froofy for me back then (no offense!).

When I played my female, I did get hit on. I found a great and honest way to make them stop, without being rude.

"I'm happily married."

Nowadays, it's so common it's not even blinked at. Thanks to all the elves in WoW and guys playing them it's even accepted in most circles. I loved my DE Pk Wizard in old EQ.. yet I still rolled a female dark elf this time around. Times change...

[Allizia]

I can be anything you want!

[Reiker]

You people who really hate guys who play female avatars: do you also get angry when you read a book with a male author who includes females in the story? Just wondering. You guys must really hate Quentin Tarantino too.

I don't see what the big deal is until the dude-playing-female starts trying to convince people that they're female IRL and/or cyber etc. Like some people. You know who you are.

[Tseng]

I just always thought it was weird since back in the day before WoW, there weren't too many guys playing female toons - so it was actually somewhat safe to assume that they were really a girl. Now I just assume it's a dude.

[Daywolf]

All the guys disappointed because the person they were hitting on was not a girl. Have you tried a dating service/site? Maybe get out now and then even? It's a game, get over it; many been doing it since before M59 even lol
Women playing male characters too :P

[Comapavik]

I only hit on / cyber female characters if they're actually guys irl.

[stormlord]

Originally Posted by Daywolf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All the guys disappointed because the person they were hitting on was not a girl. Have you tried a dating service/site? Maybe get out now and then even? It's a game, get over it; many been doing it since before M59 even lol
Women playing male characters too :P

Get over it. You should know better how stupid a young guy can be. Your fault for playing a female. It's like opening a case of beer and not expecting bad things to happen. Or going to the superbowl... No, I'm not legitimizing rape or incest or something wrongheaded like that. I just think you're expecting too much.

And, beyond that, I'm fine with guys playing females. They probably play in 3rd person most of the time. That's why they complain about looking at a guys butt. I prefer to play in first person. But even in 3rd person I like to see my guy because I like to see a well dressed guy wielding sharp things. It looks bad***.

I'd like to see more people roleplay families. Brothers/Sisters/Father/Mother. That would be fun. I actually remember being approached by someone asking me if i wanted to be their brother. I can't remember how I responded, but that was cool. You can change your last name to be the same too.