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Post by fireinthehole on Mar 26, 2011 16:02:09 GMT -5
I go for a really manly guy. They look ugly and brutish but that's their charm. I can't stand most cute girls in Japanese video games and anime.
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Post by Incog Neato on Mar 27, 2011 13:06:06 GMT -5
*looks at poll results so far*
Huh?
No females tend to play as males? XD Well, I see that Yakra chooses both, as do I!! So here's another no vote cuz I honestly have no preference.
Sometimes, I just go by whichever design looks better. :DDD
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Post by Mutagene on Mar 27, 2011 13:32:51 GMT -5
I'm actually kind-of with fireinthehole here. If given a choice, I'll likely go for the manly man. If there's no other option, or if the game has a character editor, I go with whatever girl I like the most. If I don't like any of them, I'll just use whoever has the fighting or gameplay style I like the most.
That being said, if it's more of an action game, I'll choose whoever has the gameplay style I like the most first and foremost.
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Post by Rhyanna on Mar 27, 2011 15:53:42 GMT -5
I'm female, and I tend to play as females... with a strong but.
If the female feels like a tack on, with some sort of brain problem, I will try to avoid her. I initially tried the Rogue in Diablo because she was female, but found it suited my playstyle regardless.
Playing Ys 7, which I'll do soon (I luvs my special edition, thank you XSeed!!! Great art book!), I'll be using Adol as much as possible. I know there are female characters? But its an Ys game!
That said, I do love using Yunica/Eunica/Unica/'Nica in Origin - but that's also because she plays so much like Adol in addition to being adorable.
If I can't play as female, I tend to fill my party with them, which makes for very lucky lead male characters...
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Post by Lumi on Mar 28, 2011 1:14:47 GMT -5
The female playing as male lack of votes made me sad, so I put in for it. In truth, I'm about 50/50... in MMOs I usually have a pretty even split, and in other games, it just depends on the character in question. My main(s) in games like WoW tend to be male, however. And frequently my favorite characters to play as in other games are usually male. Oh, and since I do RP/write a lot, some of my favorite characters to write for are boys.
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Post by Peytral on Mar 28, 2011 5:02:47 GMT -5
On the subject of RP characters, I have way too many female ones for my own good. ;_;
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Post by narugami on Mar 28, 2011 10:13:50 GMT -5
Whichever design I like better! In DQIV I chose to play as a guy because I hate the design for the female hero, but in DQIX I played a girl.
If I played more online games I'd probably choose to play as a guy to avoid attention from stupid people, though.
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Post by Lumi on Mar 28, 2011 14:45:59 GMT -5
On the subject of RP characters, I have way too many female ones for my own good. ;_; Not a thing wrong with that, as long as you play them well. Gender really should be a minimal issue in playing or writing for a character, honestly. If I played more online games I'd probably choose to play as a guy to avoid attention from stupid people, though. This would be the other reason I do it. Not too many people try to hit on me while I stalk around WoW on my male warlock, even if he IS wearing a mandress robe.
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Post by schlagwerk on Mar 28, 2011 17:11:14 GMT -5
This topic has finally reminded me of my trolling characters in PSU games. PSP2 US has/had a lot of online rooms with people looking for cyb0ring or girlfriends so I always wanted to make a big, buff male Beast wearing only a bath towel and with a feminine sounding name. I'd join these rooms, yell something laughably engrish like "LET'S FLEXING!" and just start spamming the "sexy pose" emote. I never did decide if I would name him Simka Duhblitz, Simka Gravas, or Dixie Wrekt (PSU rpers always love first+last name character names.. other players don't usually bother)
And then on a certain in-development PSU private server I have a character IHaetLolis who is indeed a loli and will be my main when the server is finished. She's known for emoting *exudes loli power* with a look of intense concentration on her face.
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Post by Spamus on Mar 28, 2011 17:53:05 GMT -5
I play both. Depends really. If the guy characters look like trolls or hurf durf, then female. Similarly, if the character is a mage, but still looks like a linebacker (looking at you WoW), then I make them female. Really it comes down to which sex I think looks better doing various roles. Or whichever one has the more interesting options when it comes to custom characters.
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Mar 28, 2011 18:15:12 GMT -5
It is hysterical how many people who think they're hitting on a hot girl are just hitting on. . . Peytral.
But that's okay. . . I do it knowingly.
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Post by Peytral on Mar 28, 2011 19:13:08 GMT -5
I've really only been hit on while playing an MMO like, once. Regardless, it was still incredibly, incredibly awkward.
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Mar 28, 2011 19:21:03 GMT -5
Gauging by the percentages demonstrated in this pole, it shouldn't be too awkward, as I'm starting to assume that's the norm. The guy probably hits on mostly guys and just doesn't realize it! Did you correct him. . . or lead the poor lonely sucker on? EDIT: and yes I'm aware of the Freudian implications of me misspelling poll in this context.
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Post by Mutagene on Mar 28, 2011 22:45:50 GMT -5
I can play the part of a girl well enough to convince all of the MMO players who have tried to hit on me. Is this good or bad?
Also, when it comes to characters I've made that I really care about, it's pretty well an even split. In my dream project, it's actually almost perfectly even...
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Post by schlagwerk on Mar 28, 2011 23:04:29 GMT -5
I can play the part of a girl well enough to convince all of the MMO players who have tried to hit on me. Is this good or bad? Not like a leading majority of them would really know what it is like conversing with the opposite gender ;P
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Mar 29, 2011 0:04:58 GMT -5
Schlagwerk, that was a very Raison thing to say. I love it!
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Post by Spamus on Mar 29, 2011 11:25:05 GMT -5
I got hit on by some guy running around with a gnome while I was daintily prancing about on my female draenei priest in WoW. Though I guess she is pretty hot.
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Post by LiosoRinlyeNeoNoez on Mar 30, 2011 18:31:26 GMT -5
So often, males are the one designing female characters and persona in video games and vice versa. Often it's as simple to appealing to a target audience. Want female characters guys would want to play as? Find out from a guy who likes girls and have him or someone on the same page make the character. The same goes for girls. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rules, but it is often the real tactic employed. Companies want to make money from sales of games after all, and so many business people aren't exactly the most forward thinking. Beyond that, differences between cultures on what is attractive and desired can vary widely. Time is also another interesting factor to this. In any case, it usually doesn't take long to figure out the gender of the person who designed the different character choices, or at least, it doesn't take long to know what you're in for with the different character choices before you ever choose. This can be a good and a bad thing... If it's character generation, I always pick the same gender as myself, male. On choices between two different characters with distinct personalities and stories, I go for the one with the more interesting seeming story and/or personality. I can't really say it ends up being one gender more often than another. If it's just an aesthetic, but non character generator choice, (think choosing your gender in Pokemon games) I go with my gender. However, exceptions can and will be made if the male choice looks extraordinarily retarded, or drawn very obviously in a fashion that tends to appeal to girls. (Think any kind of excessive pretty boy look, I'd sooner die.) The choice present in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl is an excellent example of the former. What the heck was up with the guy? Who dresses/looks like that in public....no, anywhere? I'd like to think even the stereotypical French have more dignity than that.
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Post by Bug on Mar 30, 2011 18:54:00 GMT -5
I'll have to say a little bit of both.
Most of the games I play, the character you play as is male. But if its a game where you can choose, Like Fallout. I'll usually have a file where I have a male and female character.
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