WAR (Warhammer Online)

Don't worry, the poll is anonymous, so vote with confidence.

For the purposes of this poll "roleplay" has nothing to do with pretending to be a Dwarf or an Orc, or a member of Chaos or Order. In this scenario, "roleplaying" a male means you act like a male when you talk to other players, and "roleplaying" a female means you act like a female when you talk to other players, regardless of what your toon looks like.

For example if you are a male playing a female toon just because you want to look at the toon, you would not "roleplay" as a female. You would tell group members, guild members, etc., hey, I'm a dude, I'm just playing a female toon, so quit telling me I'm sexy. On the other hand, if you are male, and playing a female toon and roleplaying a female, then you would pretend you are in fact female, or at least play your character like it's a female.

I personally don't care when people roleplay opposite genders. Since I'm not going to date anyone from an MMO, it really makes ZERO difference to me, if you are really a guy or really a girl. I also don't know if you are really fat or not, or really 17 instead of 70, or really bald, etc. I'm playing a game, and I want to play WAR, not  WarMatch.com with Orcs.

I did not include the scenario, where you are a Male in real life, you play a Male toon, but roleplay as a female playing a male toon. I suppose this would be possible, and someone might do it, but it seems like it would be very rare, and rather convoluted. Same for females, playing a female toon, but roleplaying as a male playing a female toon.  Does that make sense?

 I tend to play female characters, even though I'm male, in single player games, just to look at the toon. Kotor would be a good example of this. In online games, I play a male character, because I want to act male, and not deal with confusion dealing with other players that might think i'm really female if I play a female toon. Although I must admit, I did roll up a few female toons in City of Heroes just because they are fun to look at.

you need to get out more

Aren't there some classes that are gender specific in this game?  Wouldn't that put a bit of a hamper on your "poll"?  I mean if someone is Male and prefers to play Male characters, but likes the abilities/ideas of a female only class, where would they fit in on your "poll"? 

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I believe Witch Elf is female only.  

I choose whichever gender has the best animations, sometimes it can a mistake choosing a hot female character as the kids can't understand I'm a fat, balding male old enough to be their dad who doesn't want to be followed round all day.

Male, because im a Male IRL and not a pixel lover like most people.

Yea this poll is kind of retarded considering Greenskins are only 'male looking', Witch elves are only female, Chaos Warrior is male only, & the chaos marauder is male only.   I play whatever I want and if it happens to be gender specific its gender specific...whats the big interest in these gender threads anyway?  Its a game for pete's sake.   I mean honestly these threads are nothing but trouble and tiring and can I Please get a Dead Horse Emote?!?!

Play what you wanna play be what you wanna be.   If someone has a problem with it thats their issue maybe they need to seek some help in understanding people aren't robots.    If their complaint is "im tired of beign scammed" then maybe they need to look at a personal's dating service instead of an Online RPG game for a date.

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Originally posted by mbd1968
I believe Witch Elf is female only.  
I choose whichever gender has the best animations, sometimes it can a mistake choosing a hot female character as the kids can't understand I'm a fat, balding male old enough to be their dad who doesn't want to be followed round all day.

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I know thats how it is in WARHAMMER tabletop but I beleive its male or female in game.<--well looks like Im wrong. doh nvm

I'm male and I play both genders, but I generally prefer female. If I'm going to looking at a character for hours and hours, I'd rather it be an attractive one.

im male and will play a female, cos i dont have a girlfriend and want some love ..