Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by PyscoJuggalo

 

Not saying we should stop using our fun bits, but there is no reason (besides enjoyment) to have them anymore.

 

There is a very good reason.

If we were to discontinue having sex (as a species), and resort to other methods in order to procreate, evolution would eventually catch up. Sure it might work for a generation or two, but in time we would lose the ability to do it naturally.

If anything happened to Earth in the way of natural disaster or otherwise that prevented the use of any technological/artificial procreation, we would be fracked. Not a good idea.

 

Yeah...our wankers would fall of...hehe

Nah, you could still keep it. The only problem is that it would be purely decorative.

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by PyscoJuggalo

 

Not saying we should stop using our fun bits, but there is no reason (besides enjoyment) to have them anymore.

 

There is a very good reason.

If we were to discontinue having sex (as a species), and resort to other methods in order to procreate, evolution would eventually catch up. Sure it might work for a generation or two, but in time we would lose the ability to do it naturally.

If anything happened to Earth in the way of natural disaster or otherwise that prevented the use of any technological/artificial procreation, we would be fracked. Not a good idea.

 

Yeah...our wankers would fall of...hehe

 

Nah, you could still keep it. The only problem is that it would be purely decorative.

no way man I ain't piercing that thing.

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by PyscoJuggalo

 

Not saying we should stop using our fun bits, but there is no reason (besides enjoyment) to have them anymore.

 

There is a very good reason.

If we were to discontinue having sex (as a species), and resort to other methods in order to procreate, evolution would eventually catch up. Sure it might work for a generation or two, but in time we would lose the ability to do it naturally.

If anything happened to Earth in the way of natural disaster or otherwise that prevented the use of any technological/artificial procreation, we would be fracked. Not a good idea.

Since evolution happens because a copy is never a 100% copy (I believe many attribute mutations to "cosmic radiation" causing a flaw in the copied chromosome) then evolution will be never truly stop because of the error in the cloned copy.  Also one could argue that Natural Selection has already been halted due to current medical technologies that prolong the lives of those born to reproductive age.  I was born premature (really premature) and should have died, not carrying my genes to the next generation.

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by PyscoJuggalo

 

Not saying we should stop using our fun bits, but there is no reason (besides enjoyment) to have them anymore.

 

There is a very good reason.

If we were to discontinue having sex (as a species), and resort to other methods in order to procreate, evolution would eventually catch up. Sure it might work for a generation or two, but in time we would lose the ability to do it naturally.

If anything happened to Earth in the way of natural disaster or otherwise that prevented the use of any technological/artificial procreation, we would be fracked. Not a good idea.

 

Yeah...our wankers would fall of...hehe

 

Nah, you could still keep it. The only problem is that it would be purely decorative.

I've studied a lot of Anthropology and Phallic and Yonic symbols are quite decorative in many cultures....

Originally posted by Toquio3

I hope that, in 20 years or so, I'll have better things to do than making sad posts on gaming forums. There are few things worse in the world than people trying to force their views and opinions on other people.

The only sad thing here is you...you continue to frustrate yourself following this thread with the inability to sway me towards your point of view and having your comments roll off my back...  HEHE

Originally posted by PyscoJuggalo

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Cecropia

Originally posted by PyscoJuggalo

 

Not saying we should stop using our fun bits, but there is no reason (besides enjoyment) to have them anymore.

 

There is a very good reason.

If we were to discontinue having sex (as a species), and resort to other methods in order to procreate, evolution would eventually catch up. Sure it might work for a generation or two, but in time we would lose the ability to do it naturally.

If anything happened to Earth in the way of natural disaster or otherwise that prevented the use of any technological/artificial procreation, we would be fracked. Not a good idea.

 

Yeah...our wankers would fall of...hehe

 

Nah, you could still keep it. The only problem is that it would be purely decorative.

 

I've studied a lot of Anthropology and Phallic and Yonic symbols are quite decorative in many cultures....

Yes, I've seen that too.

Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Toquio3

I hope that, in 20 years or so, I'll have better things to do than making sad posts on gaming forums. There are few things worse in the world than people trying to force their views and opinions on other people.

 

The only sad thing here is you...you continue to frustrate yourself following this thread with the inability to sway me towards your point of view and having your comments roll off my back...  HEHE

Im not trying to sway you to my point of view. Im trying to make you understand that I have a different point of view. But the concept is beyond you it seems.

Originally posted by Toquio3

Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Toquio3

I hope that, in 20 years or so, I'll have better things to do than making sad posts on gaming forums. There are few things worse in the world than people trying to force their views and opinions on other people.

 

The only sad thing here is you...you continue to frustrate yourself following this thread with the inability to sway me towards your point of view and having your comments roll off my back...  HEHE

 

Im not trying to sway you to my point of view. Im trying to make you understand that I have a different point of view. But the concept is beyond you it seems.

fine and I never said you couldn't have it...I just don't understand or agree with it. And by understand....I mean I just think people that do portray themselves as females in MMO's have ulterior motivation whatever it may be...

Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Toquio3

Originally posted by thorosuch

Originally posted by Toquio3

I hope that, in 20 years or so, I'll have better things to do than making sad posts on gaming forums. There are few things worse in the world than people trying to force their views and opinions on other people.

 

The only sad thing here is you...you continue to frustrate yourself following this thread with the inability to sway me towards your point of view and having your comments roll off my back...  HEHE

 

Im not trying to sway you to my point of view. Im trying to make you understand that I have a different point of view. But the concept is beyond you it seems.

fine and I never said you couldn't have it...I just don't understand or agree with it. And by understand....I mean I just think people that do portray themselves as females in MMO's have ulterior motivation whatever it may be...

This is my point. There is nothing for you to understand, and there is nothing for you to agree or disagree with. Its a personal preference. Why dont you try to understand why some people like blue and others like yellow?  And then tell the first group of people you dont agree with the fact that they like blue. How stupid would that sound, right?

Okay this has gone far to much...my only point here is...jesus, if you're a male, please play a male character. Or state it in your bio for christs sake. Time to play...bye...bye.  :)

Why do people play orcs, elves and gnomes in games when they are not really orcs, elves and gnomes? Why do they cast spells in game when in real life they can't cast any spells? Why do people play the shoe in monopoly when they are not really a shoe?

The answer is that the player is NOT the character. If you think your character IS you, or if you think other players' avatars are the people behind those avatars, that is a much bigger issue than anything related to gender.

All the problems would be solved if people just looked at another in game avatar as a player, and avoid trying to flirt asd hook up with them. It is a game afterall, so try and ignore the real life aspects behind it, and just have fun instead.

Originally posted by thorosuch

Okay this has gone far to much...my only point here is...jesus, if you're a male, please play a male character. Or state it in your bio for christs sake. Time to play...bye...bye.  :)

No.

 I'm a man that plays a man. Simple enough. I have no desire to play a female.

It probably has something to do with being straight and having a sound relationship going. =P

Originally posted by thorosuch

Okay this has gone far to much...my only point here is...jesus, if you're a male, please play a male character. Or state it in your bio for christs sake. Time to play...bye...bye.  :)

Don't forget skin color and body height. And maybe breast size too. In some games you can adjust breast size with some sliders, and the way you seem to be you could get thorogouly disappointed in some cases.

What if I am a eunich or a hermaphrodite? Which sex should I choose?

Everyone has personal reasons to play as the opposite gender or not.

But this is an interesting subject.

Play as the opposite gender in a MMORPG may be, for some people, similar to a male playing Bayonetta, No one lives forever or Tomb Rider (good games).

But in the end it is not the same because in a MMO game the player will socialize and represent him/herself as the opposite gender to another players. In most cases the others will never know the real gender of that player.

So, we can say that a male player playing and using a female image to socialize in a game is into a kind of "virtual cross-dressing" especially when the player want to flirt or to have benefits that usually female players would get.

I personally know a lot of people who played as the opposite gender and later on in privacy confessed to desire to be the opposite gender in real life for homossexual hidden desires or social/familiar hidden desires.

You will find a lot of people that do it just because they enjoy the image of the opposite gender hero. But remember, when someone act as the opposite gender in a social environment for personal reasons, benefits etc then it is an example of "Virtual Crosssdressing".

Virtual Cross-dressing, opossite gender hero image, homosexual or transsexual desires, benefits ... every player who does it will have personal reasons for that, but everyone should be able and free to do it without judgment.

The issue here is, most people who do that for a deeper reason will not confess it to you here.

EDIT-Play a social game as the opposite gender is NOT like play as a different or exotic race and you all know it. The benefits and social aspects someone gets in return when posing as the opposite gender has nothing to do with the possibility of different social behavior someone would get as a different race... please don't confuse with "factions" between races and social reactions related to pvp in games where there are opposite races. Gender matters in human social environment in a way that fantastic races do not.

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cuz sometimes the male animations and model looks stupid to me.  Usually cuz the males are too bulky lookin

Unless u ask my wife, i'm a man :)

Originally posted by Umbral

 

Everyone has personal reasons to play as the opposite gender or not.

But this is an interesting subject.

Play as the opposite gender in a MMORPG may be, for some people, similar to a male playing Bayonetta, No one lives forever or Tomb Rider (good games).

But in the end it is not the same because in a MMO game the player will socialize and represent him/herself as the opposite gender to another players. In most cases the others will never know the real gender of that player.

So, we can say that a male player playing and using a female image to socialize in a game is into a kind of "virtual cross-dressing" especially when the player want to flirt or to have benefits that usually female players would get.

I personally know a lot of people who played as the opposite gender and later on in privacy confessed to desire to be the opposite gender in real life for homossexual hidden desires or social/familiar hidden desires.

You will find a lot of people that do it just because they enjoy the image of the opposite gender hero. But remember, when someone act as the opposite gender in a social environment for personal reasons, benefits etc then it is an example of "Virtual Crosssdressing".

Virtual Cross-dressing, opossite gender hero image, homosexual or transsexual desires, benefits ... every player who does it will have personal reasons for that, but everyone should be able and free to do it without judgment.

The issue here is, most people who do that for a deeper reason will not confess it to you here.

 

EDIT-Play a social game as the opposite gender is NOT like play as a different or exotic race and you all know it. The benefits and social aspects someone gets in return when posing as the opposite gender has nothing to do with the possibility of different social behavior someone would get as a different race... please don't confuse with "factions" between races and social reactions related to pvp in games where there are opposite races. Gender matters in human social environment in a way that fantastic races do not.

 

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But you are assuming that players are making making theleap that it is different from a tomb raider or bayonetta.

Regardless of the socializing I don't. There is no "oh wait, I'm socialzing and I have a female avatar". The two are very separate for me and I imagine for many that can be the same thing.