Originally posted by allendale5
i've always played a female character just because i would rather look at her ass and breasts instead of the sweaty hairy backside of a man, but recently i rolled a male character in gw2 and i gotta say, after staring at his movements for some time now, he's kinda hot.

^^^^^^

I'm a male playing a female because I'm gay and feel as if I'm more girl than man in real life anyways. I make sure to tell that to people in-game though. Thankfully there seems to be an abundant amount of LBGT friendly guilds in the games I play so I usually don't run into homophobic asses :)

P.S. Although sometimes I play guy characters just to stare at their hot bods :D

Originally posted by sanshi44

Originally posted by xeniar

I don't really get why Males play female characters..

Are you that insecure about your posible gayness that you HAVE to stare at a female pixxel ass in order to feel confident about yourselves?

As i always play a tank/melee class i want them to look badass with that heavy armor so i alway play male. Also because i am a male. i jsut never roll anything with mana:P

When i choose gender i think what i want this character to be general my Melee characters are usualy male and my range characters are usualy female. It realy come down to what i want this character to be.

this ^

I also try to choose gender based on the role they will play in the game, especially if it's an RP server.

Originally posted by Total_Hunt

The same discussion could be had about women in the military, police etc. Any work environment actually. It's old fashioned and attitudes towards women in the work place have changed.

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the thread...

All right, back to work.

Im a male, and... boobs. Thats all I have to say.

Originally posted by Yamota
Yikes, 1/3 are males playing as females. Makes you think twice next time cybering in mmos :-)

...thought twice about that as far back as the 80s. I thought most of us had learned the hairy trucker lesson years ago.

MMOs didn't invent sexting, not even close.

None of the above: I play both.

See Icewhite, we got a "guys playing girls"-thread again. I told you this was overdue!

I play both - i have higher expectation about the look of my male avatars and often the games fail to meet this expectation while they offer an acceptable female avatar, some roles do fit better a male or a female avatar, some games offer only one gender per class etc...

You are missing the option for both. I play male fighter types and female rogues and mages. To me at least those roles seem more natural. A male in robes just doesn't look right to me personally. Also females seem to be more naturally adept at being sneaky little backstabers as well(Sorry ladies). When it comes to big burly fighter types I always choose a male character just because it looks right to me. I'm not trying to be sexist or anything like that. In real life I strongly believe in equallity but in a fantasy world I view things a little differently.

Bren

Originally posted by xeniar

I don't really get why Males play female characters..

Are you that insecure about your posible gayness that you HAVE to stare at a female pixxel ass in order to feel confident about yourselves?

As i always play a tank/melee class i want them to look badass with that heavy armor so i alway play male. Also because i am a male. i jsut never roll anything with mana:P

LOL!

Does that mean YOU are so secure in your "gayness" that you feel completely comfortable looking at pixelated Man-ass.

I doubt it has anything to do with sexual orientation.

Quit being insulting.

For me, the gender of my character depends on what I want that character to be.

I usually play my melee or closer ranged toons as Male. Long range and casters as Female.

Also, I have found that females are treated very different than males in games. My female toons always get free stuff from male players.

That, and as a Male who loves Women, Id much rather look at a sexy looking female toon than some dude.

IG-88 - you should have added ' played both female and male'.

I play both.  I don't give a fuck playing a female character, despite being a guy.  I play whatever looks most appealing - maybe a female for that one class looks cool.  Maybe a male looks badass for that class.  Its whatever I feel like.

i only play males since i like to RP and honestly i just dont get why people play females.

i always hear people ssya if im going to stare at a ass alll day i want it to be a female one, really cause i dont stare the the ass normally i usally am looking over the shoulder or what the hells going on.

I like to imagine myself in the games that I play. So I always play male characters. I also play whatever race is the shortest - I'm only 5' 4" in real life - and if possible make the toon look like me.

I could care less what toons others choose to play. I imagine some people are like me and want to create toons that look similar, while others what to RP someone they are not like at all. Neither way is the right or wrong way, play how you like.

Originally posted by xeniar

I don't really get why Males play female characters..

Are you that insecure about your posible gayness that you HAVE to stare at a female pixxel ass in order to feel confident about yourselves?

As i always play a tank/melee class i want them to look badass with that heavy armor so i alway play male. Also because i am a male. i jsut never roll anything with mana:P

Completly agree with you. Males playing female chars are weird.