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Spy 21
Lonetrek Exploration and Salvage
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:52:00 -
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To me it seems freakishly weird for a male to run around in a virtual universe with the identity of a hot looking woman...
Maybe it's just my upbringing in an older and now outdated world but it just seems to me like playing dress up on a Saturday night and trolling the seamier parts of town.
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No offense to the irl TV community,,, carry on as you are in peace and love.
S
"The next time airport security tells you to put your hands over your head and hold that vulnerable position for seven seconds, ask yourself: Is this the posture of a free man?" |
Brooks Puuntai
Nomadic Asylum
Alliance 99000802
641
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:54:00 -
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My Jita alt is female, but thats only because of eye candy when trading. |
Svarek
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:54:00 -
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Very probably because females are easier on the eyes than most men.
Myself not included, of course.
If you had to look at a face for as long as you do while playing Eve, would it be one of those bald guys with gigantic cheekbones or a partially decent looking woman (hopefully without cleavage in the picture)?
I think it's a given that you character isn't you, but maybe not.
Grandpa Bill: "I remember my uncle Joe who used to go mining, back then it was easy to get black lung, but we called it coughing lung because we really didnt care what color it was, the coughing seemed like it should be in the title since he did so much of it." |
Ituhata Saken
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
254
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:55:00 -
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I don't really know why I do it, but I've long since past the point of worrying about it.  It's easier to defend in fantasy MMO's, if I'm going to walk around pretending to be a 7'2" bipedal intelligent cow then it doesn't make much difference what my gender is.
To me its only a problem when one keeps up appearances in local, and then only when one reciveves a private message with an invite to a webcam.
You know what an answer is? It's a terminus -- an end. Answers are fine, but questions are where it's at. Questions bring us closer to understanding, -áthey can start a conversation or spark a revolution. So you might as well start asking... now.-á
~See you on the other side 6/6/12~ |
Spineker
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:56:00 -
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I never buy into the "eye candy" thing. It is some other reason surely, because none of these avatars are physically attractive unless you are messed up in the head or something. Being a chick is just silly to me. |
Svarek
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:57:00 -
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I'd say there's a different between "attractive" or "easy on the eyes" and "sexy," if that's what you mean.
Grandpa Bill: "I remember my uncle Joe who used to go mining, back then it was easy to get black lung, but we called it coughing lung because we really didnt care what color it was, the coughing seemed like it should be in the title since he did so much of it." |
Palovana
Inner Fire Inc.
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:58:00 -
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I'm male and my alts are female. Kind of like a space-harem.
Please support: export of settings in editable format
Your stuff goes here. |
Aramatheia
European Nuthouse
29
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:59:00 -
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the male avatars looked boring and didnt suit with me at all. yep im a guy and i play a chick avatar (2 actually my alts femme as well) but untill a game makes males look worth using and not lame as heck, i'll keep making femme avatars. |
Haaranovor tenn
101st Space Marine Force
Nulli Secunda
0
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:59:00 -
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dealwithit.jpg |
Roisin Saoirse
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
142
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:59:00 -
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Well in most games, extra effort seems to have been put into the female models and artwork and the male counterparts look deformed or just plain ugly. I'm not really bothered what gender my characters are, I tend to make them according to a theme or personality and only decide whether they're male or female when I look at the options in the character creation screen. |
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Shandir
Indigo Archive
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Posted - 2012.06.05 19:59:00 -
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Spineker wrote:I never buy into the "eye candy" thing. It is some other reason surely, because none of these avatars are physically attractive unless you are messed up in the head or something. Being a chick is just silly to me.
You're just bad with the character creator. |
Svarek
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:00:00 -
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Besides, I doubt any of us are here (or I hope we aren't) to make cyber-sex-buddies, so the sex of the avatar shouldn't be that important. If you get to know the person to the point where it'd make a difference, you would know the different, I should think.
Grandpa Bill: "I remember my uncle Joe who used to go mining, back then it was easy to get black lung, but we called it coughing lung because we really didnt care what color it was, the coughing seemed like it should be in the title since he did so much of it." |
Aiwha
101st Space Marine Force
Nulli Secunda
415
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:01:00 -
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Haaranovor tenn wrote:dealwithit.jpg
Regards,
LCpl. Aiwha-á
Senior Recruiter |
Davis Smeeth
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:01:00 -
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Spy 21 wrote:
Maybe it's just my upbringing in an older and now outdated world but it just seems to me like playing dress up on a Saturday night and trolling the seamier parts of town.
S
Since you seem to claim some sort of expertise here pehaps you can enlighten us about "playing dress up" and "trolling." Of course, if that's all this is is trolling, your example is poorly selected. |
Price Check Aisle3
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:01:00 -
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Ituhata Saken wrote:I don't really know why I do it, but I've long since past the point of worrying about it.
This. I have a 50/50 gender split between both my accounts, with one "main" of each. |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
1389
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:01:00 -
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Who wants to make out?  |
Wilma Lawson
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
69
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:01:00 -
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Role playing. |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:02:00 -
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Because it bothers youGǪ 
GǪor, more likely, that if you absolutely have to stare at an avatar for hours on end, it's nicer if it's a female one.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
CONCORD spawns: quick enough to save you?
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BellaDonna Nyghtshade
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
37
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:03:00 -
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I would bet several ISK that a fair many do it just to mess with folks like you.
Human nature being what it is, some buttons are all too easily pushed.
Just ask your local goon.
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Elessa Enaka
State War Academy
Caldari State
90
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:03:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Because it bothers youGǪ GǪor, more likely, that if you absolutely have to stare at an avatar for hours on end, it's nicer if it's a female one.
^^this
plus, you'd be surprised how much free **** you get from gullible lonely nerds....
Devour to survive, so it is, so it's always been
Eve is a great game if you can get past all of the asshats.... |
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Andoria Thara
Fallen Avatars
30
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:05:00 -
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I'm here to chew bubble gum and play eve... and I'm all out of bubble gum. |
Mr LaForge
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
278
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:06:00 -
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For the boobs?
Stuff Goes here |
Kiteo Hatto
The Fiction Factory
Blue Nation
108
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:07:00 -
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Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a male avatar is deemed "gay" by them. |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:08:00 -
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Kiteo Hatto wrote:Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a male avatar is deemed "gay" by them. Funnily enough, the exact same argument can be used for the opposite choice.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
CONCORD spawns: quick enough to save you?
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Andoria Thara
Fallen Avatars
30
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:08:00 -
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Kiteo Hatto wrote:Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a male avatar is deemed "gay" by them.
Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a female avatar is deemed "gay" by them.
See what I did there? |
Spy 21
Lonetrek Exploration and Salvage
88
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:09:00 -
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Mr LaForge wrote:For the boobs?
heh boobs
"The next time airport security tells you to put your hands over your head and hold that vulnerable position for seven seconds, ask yourself: Is this the posture of a free man?" |
Andoria Thara
Fallen Avatars
30
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:09:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Funnily enough, the exact same argument can be used for the opposite choice.
You beat me to it :P |
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
433
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:14:00 -
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Svarek wrote:Besides, I doubt any of us are here (or I hope we aren't) to make cyber-sex-buddies, so the sex of the avatar shouldn't be that important. If you get to know the person to the point where it'd make a difference, you would know the difference, I should think.
Once when I was online in my dwarf clan, I met a level 41 dwarf named Cindy and we fell in love despite her being below my status. I would send her poetry about warcraft and she would edit it for me. As my wife works a hundred and eighty hour week, this gave me plenty of opportunity to organise a liaison with Cindy in real life. After arranging to meet, I packed my dwarf costume and battle axe and used my wife's credit card to buy a bus ticket to the town Cindy lived in. As it turned out, Cindy was actually a real dwarf. And a man. We still made love so as not to waste the money I had spent but I left feeling deceived and only partly satisfied. Why can't people just be honest?
Do you smell what the Lock's cooking? |
Ituhata Saken
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
254
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:16:00 -
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Really it's not a big deal in EvE. Until captains quarters you never saw your character, only a ship.
To me its not a big deal, 6 one way, half a dozen the other. In the other MMO, it only seems to be a problem with the guys walking around trying to hit on every "hot chick" they see in game, and get their noses bent out of shape when you reveal there's more than meats the eye under your dress. I'm usually dismissive of any argument they make because they've made the assumption because my character is hot that I must be hot. We haven't even covered gender yet and already this person has failed to judge character correctly.
Sad thing is, I have actually received private messages in game telling me how hot i am and can they have my number. Not sure if srs or troll.
You know what an answer is? It's a terminus -- an end. Answers are fine, but questions are where it's at. Questions bring us closer to understanding, -áthey can start a conversation or spark a revolution. So you might as well start asking... now.-á
~See you on the other side 6/6/12~ |
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
374
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Posted - 2012.06.05 20:16:00 -
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I have a female alt, mostly because if I'm going to be staring at someone all the time they might as well be somewhat attractive. |
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