I know this was posted ages ago, but I just noticed this post. Did anyone else get a giggle out of the idea of a male player having cleavage??

OP, honestly breast size is not that important to female attractiveness in my opinion.

A great many women who are renowned for their beauty have small breasts.





Btw shut up infinity, I love you but you and I both know your character is about staring into space blankly, to enhance the trolling power of your posts (and I think it's a cool idea).

The only thing I've noticed is that most male avatars are made to look as smug and *******'ish as possible.

I think this character looks pretty smug.

He-man is a superhero, i.e. a character taken to such an extreme that even young kids are generally aware they can't emulate them. His physical characteristics are also there because they give the character utility. By contrast Barbie is depicted as an icon of beauty and fashion, something young girls are socialized to aspire to. He-man fights evil, etc. Barbie is shallow and is intended to look pretty.

There's a pretty big difference between the two.

He-man is a superhero, i.e. a character taken to such an extreme that even young kids are generally aware they can't emulate them. His physical characteristics are also there because they give the character utility. By contrast Barbie is depicted as an icon of beauty and fashion, something young girls are socialized to aspire to. He-man fights evil, etc. Barbie is shallow and is intended to look pretty.

There's a pretty big difference between the two.

He-man is a superhero, i.e. a character taken to such an extreme that even young kids are generally aware they can't emulate them. His physical characteristics are also there because they give the character utility. By contrast Barbie is depicted as an icon of beauty and fashion, something young girls are socialized to aspire to. He-man fights evil, etc. Barbie is shallow and is intended to look pretty.

There's a pretty big difference between the two.

I see some good-looking female avatars in this game, where the picture seems to be of someone with personality.

I see some good-looking female avatars in this game, where the picture seems to be of someone with personality. The female players often appear to put some work into giving their characters life.

But the default look of a female character in this game tends to be Barbie, while the males seem to achieve a sense of character more easily. I don't really think that playing Barbie in space was the dream for most of you guys out there. I blame a poor quality character creation process that CCP ought to take an artistic look at.

Even thin waists and breasts of whatever size can be part of someone lifelike.

Some is the key word.

Most seem to be made by this method. Random, random, max breast, thruster pose, zoom out, take picture.

Mr Epeen

Removed a trolling, racist post, and those quoting it.

Please by careful with such things. Everyone has his or her right to express their own opinion. No matter whether we like it or not. We have enough censorship in our world. It is better the community solves such things with its own norms and within discussions and you guys only care for that the people stay polite, as moderator and not as censor.

Privately-owned fora. You have less rights that you suppose you do.

Your over analyzing the purpose He-man serves in that picture, because the message is about imagery, not the difference in what He-man's activities are compared to that of Barbie. Its also about what males are excpected to conform to when they grow up, just as girls are expected too with Barbie. The difference is, only Barbie is the one getting called out for it while He-man is not.

I'm not going to say that the use of that imagery is wrong, or that its right either. Only that the context of that particular photo's message is showing how completely one sided the attention that type of imagery is getting, even though its being used on both genders.