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SleepingBuddah
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Posted - 2007.06.17 09:58:00 -
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Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
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Zaphod Jones
Minmatar
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:00:00 -
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which would you rather look at a tubby looking buddah or a nice looking avatar ?
Anarchy Empire is recruiting US/OZ Corps
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Wild Rho
Amarr
Endgame.
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:03:00 -
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Why does it bother you?
Do you use Eve as a dating agency and got unlucky in that your perfect women turned out to be a hairy trucker called Butch Chestington?
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Solomunio Kzenig
Amarr
Ordo Ministorum
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:05:00 -
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 Originally by: Wild Rho
Why does it bother you?
Do you use Eve as a dating agency and got unlucky in that your perfect women turned out to be a hairy trucker called Butch Chestington?
Win!
One Empire, One Emeperor, One People, Forever under Heaven. Amarr Aeternus.
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Lord Matrix
PBA Corporation
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:06:00 -
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Because some don't want to have a fat boldie as their avatar 
It has psychological roots though.
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Scyd
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:06:00 -
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Well i like having all the hott chicks to look at =).
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:14:00 -
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Achura/Khanid males take too much trouble tweaking to look non-fugly.
And those bloodlines are arguably the best choices you can pick, attribute-points-wise.
Besides, don't think of your avatar as "you", but rather "your minion you mind-control to do your bidding".
Would you rather have an ugly male or a cute female as mindslave ?
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Malcanis
High4Life
Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:17:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Why so many playing starship pilots when they're not really?
Sheesh, it's just a game.
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SleepingBuddah
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:19:00 -
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Originally by: Wild Rho
Why does it bother you?
Do you use Eve as a dating agency and got unlucky in that your perfect women turned out to be a hairy trucker called Butch Chestington?
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
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The Lesson
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:27:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Why in Eve Online so many male players with male avatar? 
Both have the same answer: Because we can.
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Das Forscher
Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:30:00 -
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how goes that saying again?
MMORPG = Many men online role playing girls?
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Ciphero
The Wild Hunt
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:31:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Originally by: Wild Rho
Why does it bother you?
Do you use Eve as a dating agency and got unlucky in that your perfect women turned out to be a hairy trucker called Butch Chestington?
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
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Umit Davala
Corpus PCG
The State
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:33:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Why in Eve Online so many people keep starting threads asking why so many male players with female avatars?
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Voodoo Mistross
Minmatar
KickAssCrew
DAMAGE INC...
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:41:00 -
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MMORPG = The ability to be something your not or to have something you cant otherwise have, or just because they are thier maybe, who knows, there are as many answers to the OP's question as there are players and at the end of the day who cares? is the OP harboring fanatasies about some of his playing comanions?  
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:44:00 -
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bald blue chicks ftw
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Laustin Spayce
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:45:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Originally by: Wild Rho
Why does it bother you?
Do you use Eve as a dating agency and got unlucky in that your perfect women turned out to be a hairy trucker called Butch Chestington?
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
And are there any problems with transsexuals?
Some people choose how they look for roleplay (like, in game you dirty people) purposes, other people like playing a female character for aesthetic reasons. Even if they are men or women. I know one bloke who'll only EVER play female characters in MMORPGs, because "whose backside would you rather be looking at all day?"
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Mastin Dragonfly
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:47:00 -
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Edited by: Mastin Dragonfly on 17/06/2007 10:45:41
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Originally by: Wild Rho
Why does it bother you?
Do you use Eve as a dating agency and got unlucky in that your perfect women turned out to be a hairy trucker called Butch Chestington?
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
THE HORROR!!! 
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Daxi Love
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:49:00 -
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Originally by: Sokratesz
bald blue chicks ftw
I agree bald chicks are the best!!!
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:49:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
Someone like... these? 
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Aya
Asguard Security Service
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.06.17 10:50:00 -
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I cant even tell you how many times ive been hit on, I have to make it quiet clear that I'm in no way shape or form a woman.
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parrowdox
Caldari
K-lash-nek-off
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:04:00 -
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Originally by: Das Forscher
how goes that saying again?
MMORPG = Many men online role playing girls?
hahaha wicked
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Fswd
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:08:00 -
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Someone has issues here.
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Shalia Ripper
Caldari
High4Life
Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:11:00 -
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Originally by: Malcanis
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Why so many playing starship pilots when they're not really?
Sheesh, it's just a game.
You are not a starship pilot?
YOU LIED TO ME!
I am taking my hot female avatars elsewhere.
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Zeonos
Amarr
Fairtrade Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:12:00 -
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/me looks at all other mmorpg.
/me wonders if there is so many girls playing mmorpg.
/me come to the conclution that there aint, and men just hate looking at a butt ugly guy face all day, or hear the male voices over and over in wow/gw/lotro/[insert game].
Image gallery with some of the new ship models.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:14:00 -
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In a pen and paper rpg I once played a woman disguised as a man without telling the other players. Was fun.
(Post apocalyptic setting. Woman alone is in more trouble...)
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Van'Klomp
Minmatar
KarWal Corporation
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:15:00 -
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MMORPG
Many
Men
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Role
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The Internet... Where men are men, women are men, and anybody under 18 is an FBI agent. |
Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:16:00 -
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Originally by: Van'Klomp
The Internet... Where men are men, women are men, and anybody under 18 is an FBI agent.
You win.
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FarScape III
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:16:00 -
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One thing is, the uglier Female Avatars are actually female :)
I think it is because they try to make it look like them selves or just don't know what makes women hot. :) lol.
Just Kidding :)
TRUTH: Men like to boos around little women avatars because they canĘt do it in real life lol
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Vina
Caldari
Destructive Influence
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:20:00 -
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Gives me something else to jack off to other than anime.
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Konquera McCall
Acme Import Export
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:37:00 -
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Originally by: Vina
Gives me something else to jack off to other than anime.
We have a winner!
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Although some males play females for RP reasons, I'd guess that many in this game play females because, with a few exceptions, the male versions of any given race are rather freakish, while the females are almost always attractive.
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
Lyrus Associates
Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:42:00 -
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The internet: where men are men, women are men, and 14 year-olds are government agents.
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Reaper wins the thread.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:48:00 -
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When I was playing WoW I had about half and half male and female characters. The one character who always (and I mean always) got hit on in-game was my female gnome. Seriously. I jumped into a boat one time to get out of the water and this dwarf who was sitting in it started demanding a kiss for the use of 'his' boat (it was just part of the scenery)
I briefly wished it was a game with eve-style pvp so I could kill him where he sat, then just left. Seriously, if you think a few men with female avatars is weird then you have no idea.
Another time someone sent me a tell containing, in its entirety "Hello, my sexy gnome". Ick!
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SleepingBuddah
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Posted - 2007.06.17 11:58:00 -
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Edited by: SleepingBuddah on 17/06/2007 11:57:34
Originally by: Konquera McCall
Although some males play females for RP reasons, I'd guess that many in this game play females because, with a few exceptions, the male versions of any given race are rather freakish, while the females are almost always attractive.
Attractive to male? A male trying to attract another male is a bit homosexual, don't you think?
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Nuala Reece
Caldari
Starlancers
Mordus Angels
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:12:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Edited by: SleepingBuddah on 17/06/2007 11:57:34
Originally by: Konquera McCall
Although some males play females for RP reasons, I'd guess that many in this game play females because, with a few exceptions, the male versions of any given race are rather freakish, while the females are almost always attractive.
Attractive to male? A male trying to attract another male is a bit homosexual, don't you think?
That would be about the standard definition aye. Are you heading towards some sort of point with this in the near future? So far you've related your OP to tansgendered men and homosexuality, skirting around the suggestion that there's something questionable about both those - are you suggesting that men choosing a female avatar in a game are acting out real life preferences? Or are you just meandering through your own prejudices in the hope that someone else will voice them for you? I notice you haven't shown any interest in the women who choose male avatars for instance - any reason for that?
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Delnas
White-Noise
Corelum Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:15:00 -
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Originally by: Aya
I cant even tell you how many times ive been hit on, I have to make it quiet clear that I'm in no way shape or form a woman.
Hey Sexy. Wanna go down to the pleasure hub here in Serpentis Prime? We've got the best...
Erm, anyway, nothing wrong with men playing women, and IMO, nothing wrong with men hitting on men playing women either. Its a game, infact, its a role playing game. And, if you don't like the way someone is talking to you then you can always block him from the chat and pod kill him.
Nothing says "Ugh, get away from me you creep!" like murder.
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Atienne
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:16:00 -
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Edited by: Atienne on 17/06/2007 12:16:32
My character is female because i once saw "The beatch" and found the french girl really hot so i wanted to make her my avatar (that was for anarchy online)
i later saw the movie again and found out that it was the name of the french guy and it was spelled Etienne.. not Atienne...
so much confusion! :D plus i created my character in a state of aesthetic absence so she's butt ugly :D but i manage because i really dont give a s**t about that picture.. though i wish i could change it to something i could relate to, i.e. paint it myself.
EDIT: bottom line.. i like the name and thought it was a female name... hence the female character.
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Miss Terry
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:20:00 -
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Because a male named Mister Terry does not sound as mysterious as Miss Terry. |
SleepingBuddah
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:29:00 -
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Originally by: Nuala Reece
That would be about the standard definition aye. Are you heading towards some sort of point with this in the near future? So far you've related your OP to tansgendered men and homosexuality, skirting around the suggestion that there's something questionable about both those - are you suggesting that men choosing a female avatar in a game are acting out real life preferences? Or are you just meandering through your own prejudices in the hope that someone else will voice them for you?
No, just trying to understand this phenomenon.
Quote:
I notice you haven't shown any interest in the women who choose male avatars for instance - any reason for that?
The reason is that male avatars chosen by females are extremely rare.
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MotherMoon
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:33:00 -
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not as are as you might think :P
the men in EvE are bug ugly :P
the new avatars look relly nice though, it was making me wish I hadn't chosen a girl because I wouldn't mind being a guy if we look sexy
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Kasiaria Shardfire
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:34:00 -
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Originally by: Laustin Spayce
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Originally by: Wild Rho
Why does it bother you?
Do you use Eve as a dating agency and got unlucky in that your perfect women turned out to be a hairy trucker called Butch Chestington?
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
And are there any problems with transsexuals?
Some people choose how they look for roleplay (like, in game you dirty people) purposes, other people like playing a female character for aesthetic reasons. Even if they are men or women. I know one bloke who'll only EVER play female characters in MMORPGs, because "whose backside would you rather be looking at all day?"
hey I'm the smae way as him... I'd rather stare at a sexy avatar all day than one that makes fugly seem cute...
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John Grimm
The Taining corp
Knights Of the Southerncross
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:35:00 -
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Originally by: The Pointless
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
Someone like... these?
Are you train to tell me all thous chicks are dudes 
Originally by: Rawne Karrde
PVP in EvE is consentual, you agree to it when you login. If you don't like it you're in the wrong game.
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Tappad Bakomenvagn
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:39:00 -
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It bothers me more that it bothers you that male players have female avatars than the fact that there are lots of male players with female avatars.
A liddl tip: don't cyber anything that you aren't sure what gender they REALLY are.
Anyway, the fact that probably more than 70% of the females are male IRL makes the REAL females sexier. I have heard some really scary stories from real-life-female-players who have been constantly harrassed by cyberers, if you want to date people go to a dating community, not EvE online.
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Camael Kuro
Snow Flake Industries
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:44:00 -
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Edited by: Camael Kuro on 17/06/2007 12:42:46
I have 7 different characters. Of those, 4 have male and 3 have female avatars. What does that make me according to your almighty psychoanalysis?
Or maybe.. does it just not matter.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:52:00 -
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Originally by: John Grimm
Originally by: The Pointless
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
Someone like... these?
Are you train to tell me all thous chicks are dudes
Considering it's on a transgender website I would hazard a guess that some are and others were.
I like to remember that it is entirely possible for a man to be born a woman, grow up a woman and never know short of a cell biopsy that he has that Y chromosome. Unless you want to go around taking genetic samples of your dates get used to only caring about what is perceptible.
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.06.17 12:54:00 -
[45]
Originally by: John Grimm
Originally by: The Pointless
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
Someone like... these?
Are you train to tell me all thous chicks are dudes
Yeah, they were on that Britain's Got Talent. All blokes. Shame Simon Cowell failed to notice, especially since one of the photos published in a national paper made one of them look like one of the Wraith from Stargate!
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Pherusa Plumosa
Minmatar
Corp die auf alles schiesst wo was sie Lust hat
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Posted - 2007.06.17 13:52:00 -
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In many other MMOGs men play girls, because the female characters have smaller hitboxes, which is good for classes with weak armor. But your signature radius doesn't get smaller if u play a female charakter in Eve.
So only one reason remains:
Male characters in Eve are ugly as hell.
Guys playing girls are not homosexual, transexual or whatever. You could also ask, are players homosexual who are starring at the but of a male character all the time? Besides, there is nothing wrong with being homosexual or transexual. If you are homophobe, uptight and men playing women are irritating you, change your hobby.
For girls, it's also good that so many men play women, because it's easier to hide from annoying pick-up attempts.
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Natalia Fachiri
Minmatar
Huang Yinglong
Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:14:00 -
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Edited by: Natalia Fachiri on 17/06/2007 14:14:13
I tend to play girls in games (yea im a guy ^^ ). I am with the 'whose backside would you rather stare at?' crowd. Also I see it as a nice RP challenge :)
As for women with male avatars: A female friend of mine played a male troll on wow, and let me tell you that troll was the most MALE troll you would ever meet, with the cheesiest pickup lines he would shout at anything female with, or without a pulse.
She is enganged and expecting a child and a really sweet person, it was just a way for her to have fun :)
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Trind2222
Amarr
Dark-Rising
Fallen Souls
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:17:00 -
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Becose is a game, why not have a female avitar? 
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Blue Pixie
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:22:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
...A male trying to attract another male is a bit homosexual, don't you think?
Honestly, I don't think about it much at all. Apparently you do. Why might that be? Insecurity? Curiosity? 
Perhaps instead of thinking of video game avatars as something people play as, you might consider them as something people play with.
Which would you rather play with? A member of the same sex? Or a member of the opposite sex?
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Korizan
Oort Cloud Industries
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:26:00 -
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Edited by: Korizan on 17/06/2007 14:28:50
Well first off all I can say is we don't actually have avatars YET in this game.
They are just pictures.
BUT
In another game I used to play there was a guild member who played a female and another guild member started hitting on the female avatar.
Well it all came to a grinding halt when the players got on vent
The male player with the male avatar ended up leaving the guild I am guessing do to embarrassment.
Now with the prevalence of VOIP it somewhat destroys the illusion of the avatar if you have a very low voice and try and play a women. RP wise.
What I do find funny is people that create names that can't be spoken and then they try to get on VOIP.
And the first question people ask is how to pronounce your name.
Now that can be funny at times.
BUT with 99 % of the EVE population NOT RPing does it really matter what gender a person plays,in most cases I am sure it is nothing more then a arbitrary decision.
Now for those guys that RP and play females or the reverse then you MIGHT find something of interest why they choose the gender.
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:31:00 -
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Originally by: SleepingBuddah
No, just trying to understand this phenomenon.
In the end it's rather simple: it's a game. People kill each other in eve frequently - does this mean we are all subressed homicidal killers? Not really - because what we have here is not real.
How is having a female avatar different there?
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Tao Han
Caldari
Mountain of Moria
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:31:00 -
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This question pops up once a week it seems and on all MMO forums worldwide...
Does it have to mean something? This character isnt me, its a character I play in a game, it doesnt have all that much to do with my IRL persona.
I'm not asian, why did I choose an asian character?
I didnt cry because I wanted to play an assassin in Diablo 2 but was afraid to play as a female character, its pixels and polygons in a game and not a freudian experiment gone wrong.
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SiJira
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:33:00 -
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Originally by: Adonis 4174
Originally by: John Grimm
Originally by: The Pointless
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
Someone like... these?
Are you train to tell me all thous chicks are dudes
Considering it's on a transgender website I would hazard a guess that some are and others were.
I like to remember that it is entirely possible for a man to be born a woman, grow up a woman and never know short of a cell biopsy that he has that Y chromosome. Unless you want to go around taking genetic samples of your dates get used to only caring about what is perceptible.
you have dated a tranny before and still lover it dont you ?
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Valan
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Posted - 2007.06.17 14:56:00 -
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Think you have some unresolved issues lol
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I love old characters that post 'I've beeen playing the game three years' when I know their account has been sold on.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:04:00 -
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Originally by: SiJira
you have dated a tranny before and still lover it dont you ?
No, but my character is named after the love interest in the short story Day Million. He falls in love with a very feminine woman (albeit with a silky pelt and tail) who is genetically male. This makes it kinda hard for me to post negatively about trannies in this persona.
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Trishan
Minmatar
Green Men Incorporated
The Threshold
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:11:00 -
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Not mentioned so far is the difference between two kinds of people. One kind of people are the ones who needs to feel identified with a character, be it in a movie, book or game, for various psychological reasons; the other doesn't have this need.
Thus, it should be obvious that the first group will never understand the choices that the second group does, or judge them erroneously.
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MortyM
Caldari
Reikoku
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:23:00 -
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You must be pretty insecure about your own sexuality if this bothers you.
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Konquera McCall
Acme Import Export
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:23:00 -
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Edited by: Konquera McCall on 17/06/2007 15:25:16
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Edited by: SleepingBuddah on 17/06/2007 11:57:34
Originally by: Konquera McCall
Although some males play females for RP reasons, I'd guess that many in this game play females because, with a few exceptions, the male versions of any given race are rather freakish, while the females are almost always attractive.
Attractive to male? A male trying to attract another male is a bit homosexual, don't you think?
No, attractive to me! Hello! Anyway, who said anything about attracting anyone? This is a playing piece in a game, not an effort for a hook-up. Some of my characters are male, some are female. They don't represent me, they just fly my imaginary spaceships. Anyway, I'd think I'd go with a male avatar if I was going to swing that way. Call me kooky, but I'm not sure I'd have much luck attracting a g*y male player with a female character.
I'm also just repeating a frequent answer to this question.
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Snake Jankins
Minmatar
Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:31:00 -
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I've answered to that question in the past at least 5 times I think.
If I watch a tv series or a movie, there are often characters/roles that I like. Sometimes they are males, sometimes they are females.
My characters are something like a movie character. The only difference is that my imagination decides about his/her personality and what he/she does. ( And if it's a game with guns and bad-ass magic: I like hot chicks with guns/power. It's kind of sexy. )
I've just been wondering, why people ask this so often.
The real question is: 'Why shouldn't I play a female char ?'
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Dr Paithos
Minmatar
Republic Deep Space Institute
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:38:00 -
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Originally by: SiJira
you have dated a tranny before and still lover it dont you ?
Yeah, that's the only reason to be tolerant and understanding...
Originally by: RedFall
How dare you try to argue my point with your so called "evidence". I don't need any, I have truthiness on my side.
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar
Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:41:00 -
[61]
when i first convinced my dad to try eve he tried many characters but finally settled on a female avatar...
because there were too many men in minmatar space
Real turtles tank armor.
Real men fly Pink.
Nerfageddon!
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:54:00 -
[62]
Originally by: Dr Paithos
Originally by: SiJira
you have dated a tranny before and still lover it dont you ?
Yeah, that's the only reason to be tolerant and understanding...
To be honest, how would I know anyway? I cannot remember seeing a gf's birth certificate or medical records. I certainly wouldn't have the first idea how to perform a cell biopsy so in truth I just took it on faith that if it looks, feels and registers with the other senses in manners normally associated with a woman then it's a woman.
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Malcanis
High4Life
Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.17 15:57:00 -
[63]
By now this thread has revealed far more about the OP than I think he would wish.
Than he would admit to wishing, anyway...
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Mastin Dragonfly
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2007.06.17 16:01:00 -
[64]
Originally by: Snake Jankins
Edited by: Snake Jankins on 17/06/2007 15:36:52
I've answered to that question in the past at least 5 times I think.
If I watch a tv series or a movie, there are often characters/roles that I like. Sometimes they are males, sometimes they are females.
My characters are something like a movie character. The only difference is that my imagination decides about his/her personality and what he/she does. ( And if it's a game with guns or bad-ass magic: I like hot chicks with guns/power. It's kind of sexy. )
I've just been wondering, why people ask this so often.
The real question is: 'Why shouldn't I play a female char ?'
Some ppl think the internet is one big dating show and nothing else. And they have to be absolutely sure their harrashment tells are going to the right gender or they're scarred for life.
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Jewel Strain
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Posted - 2007.06.17 16:06:00 -
[65]
you guys should consider making a "most beautiful femal avatar" thread,
i'm looking forward to win =)
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SleepingBuddah
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Posted - 2007.06.17 16:32:00 -
[66]
Originally by: Malcanis
By now this thread has revealed far more about the OP than I think he would wish.
Than he would admit to wishing, anyway...
What this thread revealed?
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Selene Le'Cotiere
Amarr
Dark Oracle Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.06.17 16:36:00 -
[67]
Sure... ok I may be a guy, but I just wanna feel pretty sometimes.
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Anaalys Fluuterby
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.06.17 16:40:00 -
[68]
I am Achura, I am Fugly.
My race is dying out because no woman will have me.
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Deschenus Maximus
Amarr
Digital Fury Corporation
Digital Renegades
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Posted - 2007.06.17 16:41:00 -
[69]
I normally only ever play male characters, but I broke that rule with my Achura alt, simply because the male character is so ugly, it's farcical.
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Oriella Trikassi
Trikassi Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.06.17 17:16:00 -
[70]
Originally by: Tao Han
This question pops up once a week it seems and on all MMO forums worldwide...
It's been around since Dungeons & Dragons First Edition.
A majority of RPG players have same sex characters because it doesn't occur to them to do otherwise.
A minority make the sex of their characters a choice like race or class because it doesn't occur to them to do otherwise.
A smaller minority think people who play the opposite sex are perverts, and it doesn't occur to them that they might be a minority.
The minority assume the smaller minority are mostly teenage boys suffering the usual teenage sexual hangups.
My attitude would be that someone who thinks that roleplaying an evil pirate is OK but roleplaying an evil pirate of the opposite sex is not does indeed have a problem.
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MehTheTrader
University of Caille
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Posted - 2007.06.17 17:44:00 -
[71]
so I can touch my own boobs
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JADE DRAG0NESS
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:00:00 -
[72]
[in a high pitched voice] Im a Lady you know! I do ladies things.
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar
Sicarri Covenant
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:03:00 -
[73]
Originally by: MehTheTrader
so I can touch my own boobs
Thread winner!
Tic Toc Tic Toc , time is ticking ~Liz Kali
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JADE DRAG0NESS
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:07:00 -
[74]
Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny
Originally by: MehTheTrader
so I can touch my own boobs
Thread winner!
What do Birds have to do with this topic?
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
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Michiyo Ishimaru
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:34:00 -
[75]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Because its easier to dupe some teenage dolt into helping you mine and haul or kill the rats with a sexy avatar?
And WTF is that *thing* in your sig! It's horrible!
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Aille Pluthrak
Caldari
Booze and Hookers
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:35:00 -
[76]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
No, but talking to man with female face is like talking with transsexual person...
You ever talk to a transsexual person? It aint nothing like looking at a picture and talking over vent.
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Mogrin
Caldari
Spartan Fleet Systems
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:47:00 -
[77]
Edited by: Mogrin on 17/06/2007 18:49:12
I figured why not.
When I play games I don't want to identify with rl.
I played a troll in daoc, an orc in wow, and a female asian in eve.
I never log on and am like IT IS I, <my real name>, WHO WANTS TO CYBER?
Luckily though my avatar depicts what I imagine a professional female battlecruiser commander would look like, and my ID doesn't sound feminine at all. (or human for that matter)
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Faekurias
Caldari
Federation Fleet
Endless Horizon
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:48:00 -
[78]
Originally by: Lord Matrix
Because some don't want to have a fat boldie as their avatar
It has psychological roots though.
What was that about Boldie ? And I'm not fat 
XXXXXX > row row row your boat gentle down the str..ZOMFG PIRATES CRAP I CANT WARP FFS LAg FFs PFF N00B WAAAAAAAAAA MY ship! il get my corp to kill you in RL and your dog now buy me a new row bo |
Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:50:00 -
[79]
Originally by: Jewel Strain
you guys should consider making a "most beautiful femal avatar" thread,
i'm looking forward to win =)
I'd kick your ass sweetie. ;)
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Mogrin
Caldari
Spartan Fleet Systems
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:52:00 -
[80]
Screw that noise, you posh gallente bishes all look the same.
I'M MORE BEAUTIFUL! wait wtf am i doing
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Araxmas
The Blue Dagger Mercenery Agency
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:55:00 -
[81]
Okay first off this is not just with EVE...all games have men playing as women, well not necesarilly playing as women just their avatars are female.
Also it is not homosexual, in fact if your comfortable with your alignment than you can do anything, infact if it bothers you than someone must be having denial thoughts eh?
Oh and yes in one game, not eve, I created a female character, pretended to be female, avoided voice chat and got free stuff than left. I win.
^Not proud of it but was funny.
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Tamikaa
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Posted - 2007.06.17 18:58:00 -
[82]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
I like anime and made an avatar to match.
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Dark Shikari
Caldari
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:00:00 -
[83]
Originally by: Tamikaa
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
I like anime and made an avatar to match.
Liar, the eyes are too small.
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EVE Video makers: save EVE-files bandwidth! Use the H.264 AutoEncoder! |
Tamikaa
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:05:00 -
[84]
Originally by: Dark Shikari
Originally by: Tamikaa
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
I like anime and made an avatar to match.
Liar, the eyes are too small.
I was trying for this look. Too bad you can't import clothes into the creation screen.
http://www.pocketpcthemes.com/themes/preview/9/61439.jpg
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Firane
0utbreak
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:11:00 -
[85]
Cause Achuran males look ******* ugly.
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Mogrin
Caldari
Spartan Fleet Systems
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:12:00 -
[86]
Originally by: Dark Shikari
Originally by: Tamikaa
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
I like anime and made an avatar to match.
Liar, the eyes are too small.
Ask and you shall recieve!
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Tamikaa
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:18:00 -
[87]
omg.
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Dark Shikari
Caldari
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:20:00 -
[88]
Edited by: Dark Shikari on 17/06/2007 19:19:01
Originally by: Tamikaa
Originally by: Dark Shikari
Originally by: Tamikaa
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
I like anime and made an avatar to match.
Liar, the eyes are too small.
I was trying for this look. Too bad you can't import clothes into the creation screen.
http://www.pocketpcthemes.com/themes/preview/9/61439.jpg
I solved your "eye" problem. Try this.
Slower than the guy above because I used GIMP instead of paint
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EVE Video makers: save EVE-files bandwidth! Use the H.264 AutoEncoder! |
Tamikaa
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:21:00 -
[89]
OMG!
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Stems
Trade Consortium
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Posted - 2007.06.17 20:22:00 -
[90]
Quality!
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Benglada
Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.06.17 20:28:00 -
[91]
the male charactors look weird.
be glad for it, if it werent for us guys with girl avatars it would look like the female population got wiped out sometime far in the past.
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0.0 is the Final Frontier. Bring money and friends.
Sig nerfz0r - maximum allowed siz0r is 24000 bytz0r. - Devil ([email protected])
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Epidemis
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Posted - 2007.06.17 21:44:00 -
[92]
the reason males go for a female avatar is when they are in the avatar-selection phase their sex-drive kicks in and makes them choose a female avatar.
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Pherusa Plumosa
Minmatar
Corp die auf alles schiesst wo was sie Lust hat
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Posted - 2007.06.17 21:45:00 -
[93]
Edited by: Pherusa Plumosa on 17/06/2007 21:43:59
Originally by: Korizan
BUT with 99 % of the EVE population NOT RPing does it really matter what gender a person plays,in most cases I am sure it is nothing more then a arbitrary decision.
Thx god, 99% of EVE is not RPing, because the universe would be populated by only 3 types of women:
1. The biatch
Clothing: As naked as possible
Behaviour: She is a men-eating, perma-horny sex-machine.
Quotes:"Hi cuty"
"I strip for isk"
"Wanna go to the pleasure hub with me?"
2. The Babe
Clothing: As pink as possible
Behaviour: Cute, clumsy, stupid as hell.
Quotes: "Omg. My finger nails look awwwwwful today"
"Hihihi... tracking speed?"
"Can you park the domi for me?"
3. The Amazone
Clothing: menacingly, but nearly naked
Behavior: more masculine than a real man
Quotes: "Yarrrr. I'm gonna take all your loot and *** you afterwards"
"Tonight, we dine in hell"
"Insurance!?"
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Mithrantir Ob'lontra
Gallente
Ixion Defence Systems
The Cyrene Initiative
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Posted - 2007.06.17 21:57:00 -
[94]
Originally by: Akita T
Achura/Khanid males take too much trouble tweaking to look non-fugly.
And those bloodlines are arguably the best choices you can pick, attribute-points-wise.
Besides, don't think of your avatar as "you", but rather "your minion you mind-control to do your bidding".
Would you rather have an ugly male or a cute female as mindslave ?
Let's exclude the skill point argument. After all in the long run you gain nothing more than the rest of the players.
But the avatar is you in many ways and not a minion. Even RP wise it's you not a mindless slave ffs.
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Setana Manoro
Gallente
Firefly Inc.
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Posted - 2007.06.17 21:58:00 -
[95]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Because Achura male looks like a bl00dy sick insect ?
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Dominique Vasilkovsky
Techmart Industries
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:00:00 -
[96]
Originally by: Siigari Kitawa
Originally by: Jewel Strain
you guys should consider making a "most beautiful femal avatar" thread,
i'm looking forward to win =)
I'd kick your ass sweetie. ;)
You wish.
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:09:00 -
[97]
Originally by: Dominique Vasilkovsky
Originally by: Siigari Kitawa
Originally by: Jewel Strain
you guys should consider making a "most beautiful femal avatar" thread,
i'm looking forward to win =)
I'd kick your ass sweetie. ;)
You wish.
Oh we already did.
I kill things with my stunningly good looks.
http://www.theaduroprotocol.com/killboard/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=269
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:10:00 -
[98]
Originally by: Pherusa Plumosa
Edited by: Pherusa Plumosa on 17/06/2007 21:43:59
Originally by: Korizan
BUT with 99 % of the EVE population NOT RPing does it really matter what gender a person plays,in most cases I am sure it is nothing more then a arbitrary decision.
Thx god, 99% of EVE is not RPing, because the universe would be populated by only 3 types of women:
1. The biatch
Clothing: As naked as possible
Behaviour: She is a men-eating, perma-horny sex-machine.
Quotes:"Hi cuty"
"I strip for isk"
"Wanna go to the pleasure hub with me?"
2. The Babe
Clothing: As pink as possible
Behaviour: Cute, clumsy, stupid as hell.
Quotes: "Omg. My finger nails look awwwwwful today"
"Hihihi... tracking speed?"
"Can you park the domi for me?"
3. The Amazone
Clothing: menacingly, but nearly naked
Behavior: more masculine than a real man
Quotes: "Yarrrr. I'm gonna take all your loot and *** you afterwards"
"Tonight, we dine in hell"
"Insurance!?"
So in other word... I wouldn't fall under any of those three. 
(And your Amazone is closer to Valkyrie)
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Spartaen
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:12:00 -
[99]
Originally by: Voodoo Mistross
MMORPG = The ability to be something your not or to have something you cant otherwise have, or just because they are thier maybe, who knows, there are as many answers to the OP's question as there are players and at the end of the day who cares? is the OP harboring fanatasies about some of his playing comanions?
Correction:
MMORPG = Many Men Online Role Playing Girls... Come on, people! I thought we had this sorted!
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:37:00 -
[100]
How can you roleplay a girl? It's after all = Guy In Real Life. You cannot roleplay yourself.
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:37:00 -
[101]
How can you roleplay a girl? It's after all = Guy In Real Life. You cannot roleplay yourself.
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Jinmie
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Posted - 2007.06.17 23:26:00 -
[102]
Originally by: Zaphod Jones
which would you rather look at a tubby looking buddah or a nice looking avatar ?
You hardly "look" at your avatar do you, it's not like a 3rd person rpg...
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Gorefacer
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Posted - 2007.06.17 23:40:00 -
[103]
I understand why males choose female avatars as poorly as I understand what the attraction to female action stars in films are.
I don't need my females super manly or kicking ass. I also don't mix sexuality with an MMO about space domination.
I plain don't understand anyone that could get anything out of looking at a mugshot of a digital female character. That hard up for females? Just alt-tab to **** sites while your playing.
I guess it doesn't really matter, people like weird freaky things. Just a reality I suppose.
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Neue Ziel
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Posted - 2007.06.17 23:43:00 -
[104]
How can a man play a woman? Acting! If you want the definitive answer to that one go see a Kabuki performance. All the female roles are played by men and have been for hundreds of years. The Onnagata (Something like "Female substitute") are a classical role; you train for. In the performance I saw some of those guys were so completely convincing that if it hadn't been for their faux female voices you wouldn't have known the difference. It's doable; it's just most guys don't do it well. Still it's no different then playing a cold-blooded killer, he-man hero or slimey weasel; it's just another character.
I resisted the concept for a long time; finally a friend of mine pestered me into doing it; to my shock I had a lot of fun playing the role and I never really was able to go back. I don't have a good reason why; I just have more fun with female characters.
Since chick number 1 I gradually became the designated female player. I've played the all three of the stereotypes and a whole lot more; I've also written a ton of female characters in short stores etc. It can be a ton of fun to immerse yourself in a radically different mindset; if you think yourself into the role you may find yourself acting IC without thinking about it.
The down side is sexual harassment. If you want to see how the other half lives go to any other game; make a hot Avatar and get a taste of what women live with every day of their lives; it's an eye-opener. I knew one female player on COH who did the reverse and only played male characters purely for that reason.
All of that said I'll admit the biatch is the most fun stereotype to RP. Done right you can make all your corp mates roll with IC jokes. I've probably had more fun doing that then playing the actual game at times.
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Jodie Amille
Sadist Faction
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Posted - 2007.06.17 23:56:00 -
[105]
Edited by: Jodie Amille on 17/06/2007 23:56:08
Originally by: Gorefacer
I guess it doesn't really matter, people like weird freaky things. Just a reality I suppose.
Everyone's different I suppose. Some like to RP as women(me, once in a while). Some just prefer the pretty picture, some don't give a damn. It's not very weird or freaky if you're comfortable with your sexuality. And yep, I'm straight.
To be honest though.... straight, ***, trans., does it make any difference at all? It's just a game
EDIT: Siigari, I own you!!! (<3 the goth look)
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Zeba
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Posted - 2007.06.18 00:10:00 -
[106]
Originally by: Jodie Amille
Edited by: Jodie Amille on 17/06/2007 23:56:08
Originally by: Gorefacer
I guess it doesn't really matter, people like weird freaky things. Just a reality I suppose.
Everyone's different I suppose. Some like to RP as women(me, once in a while). Some just prefer the pretty picture, some don't give a damn. It's not very weird or freaky if you're comfortable with your sexuality. And yep, I'm straight.
To be honest though.... straight, ***, trans., does it make any difference at all? It's just a game
EDIT: Siigari, I own you!!! (<3 the goth look)
Dudette.. You look like someone went on a stapleing frenzy on your face.
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Gorefacer
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Posted - 2007.06.18 00:27:00 -
[107]
Edited by: Gorefacer on 18/06/2007 00:27:12
"Everyone's different I suppose. Some like to RP as women(me, once in a while). Some just prefer the pretty picture, some don't give a damn. It's not very weird or freaky if you're comfortable with your sexuality. And yep, I'm straight."
My posts come from my point of view. Obviously there is no such thing as cosmically/universally weird, only weird in relation to certain viewpoints.
Having differing view points from others has absolutely nothing to do with your level of comfort with your sexuality.
A man having sex with a goat, from my point of view, is weird gross and unimaginable. My views on this have nothing to do with wanting to have sex with a goat myself.
That is a weak fallible arguement people use. If someone hates chocolate, I don't accuse them of actually liking it deep down, and blaming that as the reason they claim to not like it.
Some people enjoy acting out being female, or get some sort of tangible satisfaction looking at digital female mugshots or whatever. Either way I don't understand it, that's all my post said, nothing more.
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Sweetpain
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Posted - 2007.06.18 00:41:00 -
[108]
why does men play women in a game?
Why does men play the hero in a Wargame?
Why does men play millionaires in monopoly?
because men like to dream.
And since it's a game, they are allowed to.
I know men that play women cause they think its fun, i know women that play men cause they are not taken serious when having a female avatar.
I know people that play games, and go back to reality when they turn off the computer, I also know people that when they turn off the computer they go to msg boards and are angry with people that lied to them, betrayed them in to thinking they where something they where not, just to return an hour or two later to continue to play their dream on the net, while the others the one they shouted on and taking care of their wife and children in the real world.
im not one to judge anyone, but if people need to dream and escape reality for a little to better face the real world around them, why not let them.
Everyone need to dream about something once in a while, isn't that why you play games in the first place?
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.18 01:43:00 -
[109]
Edited by: Aramendel on 18/06/2007 01:42:33
Originally by: Gorefacer
I plain don't understand anyone that could get anything out of looking at a mugshot of a digital female character. That hard up for females? Just alt-tab to **** sites while your playing.
It's not really sexual actually.
At least not in the "get aroused by it" way. Personally, I like looking at women. Not primary because it can stimulate me sexually but simply because I enjoy it no matter in which mood I am. Like looking at a nice picture.
Also, I do not mean only their backside and their boobies (not that I do not let my eyes wander now and then) but also their faces. Or shoulders. Or legs. A nice face is for me just as enjoyable to look at as a nice body.
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VanNostrum
Cataphract Securities
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Posted - 2007.06.18 02:04:00 -
[110]
Originally by: Firane
Cause Achuran males look ******* ugly.
Bah! NOONE is more charming than VanNostrum!
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Gorefacer
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Posted - 2007.06.18 02:50:00 -
[111]
"It's not really sexual actually.
At least not in the "get aroused by it" way. Personally, I like looking at women. Not primary because it can stimulate me sexually but simply because I enjoy it no matter in which mood I am. Like looking at a nice picture.
Also, I do not mean only their backside and their boobies (not that I do not let my eyes wander now and then) but also their faces. Or shoulders. Or legs. A nice face is for me just as enjoyable to look at as a nice body."
That's all good. I don't put art or any pictures on my walls. Never felt the need to. Guess I just separate my visual and other needs differently than you do.
I wouldn't want to plaster girls faces on my guy friends so that they look like girls when we hang out. There are times when I look/do other things with girls and they fill a certain need, other times there are other things that occupy my attention other than how someones face looks, and that aspect doesn't even scratch at my awareness.
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2007.06.18 03:23:00 -
[112]
Originally by: Jodie Amille
Edited by: Jodie Amille on 17/06/2007 23:56:08
Originally by: Gorefacer
I guess it doesn't really matter, people like weird freaky things. Just a reality I suppose.
Everyone's different I suppose. Some like to RP as women(me, once in a while). Some just prefer the pretty picture, some don't give a damn. It's not very weird or freaky if you're comfortable with your sexuality. And yep, I'm straight.
To be honest though.... straight, ***, trans., does it make any difference at all? It's just a game
EDIT: Siigari, I own you!!! (<3 the goth look)
Haha most certainly you do /me nods to you ;)
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar
Sicarri Covenant
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Posted - 2007.06.18 05:35:00 -
[113]
Originally by: Pherusa Plumosa
3. The Amazone
Clothing: menacingly, but nearly naked
Behavior: more masculine than a real man
Quotes: "Yarrrr. I'm gonna take all your loot and *** you afterwards"
"Tonight, we dine in hell"
"Insurance!?"
Aaaah, crap...
Tic Toc Tic Toc , time is ticking ~Liz Kali
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Vladtsun Raide
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Posted - 2007.06.18 07:26:00 -
[114]
Edited by: Vladtsun Raide on 18/06/2007 07:25:25
Originally by: Ralara
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
because I secretly want to be a woman.
I dunno...
That pretty much covers it. Or secretly wish one would date you. I'm guessing both things are what motivate mmorpg players to chick up.
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KHEN
Gallente
New Horizons
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Posted - 2007.06.18 07:46:00 -
[115]
Edited by: KHEN on 18/06/2007 07:44:52
As my GF says when she chooses her avatars in videogames : "I like to be what I am not".
btw videogames are designed to allow people to be someone else. Choosing a female char for a male player is then, plain logical
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Ashaz
Mindstar Technology
United Confederation of Corporations
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Posted - 2007.06.18 08:21:00 -
[116]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Cause girls look so much better then guys =)
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kill0rbunny
Alpha-Hirogen
Phoenix Allianz
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Posted - 2007.06.18 08:28:00 -
[117]
Because people are even more embarassed if they get ass-kicked by a girl.
As for the homosexuality concerns, what is more homosexual, starin at a beatiful girls face all day or wanting to look at those brutor apes in leather suites?
I pew therefore I am.
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Ashaz
Mindstar Technology
United Confederation of Corporations
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Posted - 2007.06.18 08:30:00 -
[118]
Originally by: Malcanis
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Why so many playing starship pilots when they're not really?
Sheesh, it's just a game.
Reminds me of a thread I read back when I played wow. (yes I did. I feel tainted)
Some guy was realy upset about guys playeng females and thought it should be baned.
His argument. "They are not REALY girls! It is sick!"
Altho, it turned out he was not REALY a troll shaman IRL either.
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.06.18 08:50:00 -
[119]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
because it's just a character in a game, rather than an internet sex-change?
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.06.18 08:52:00 -
[120]
Originally by: Ashaz
Altho, it turned out he was not REALY a troll shaman IRL either.
i'm a troll irl, which is a shame. man.
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Kimiko Kurosawa
The Krugerrand Groupies
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Posted - 2007.06.18 09:01:00 -
[121]
Originally by: ry ry
Originally by: Ashaz
Altho, it turned out he was not REALY a troll shaman IRL either.
i'm a troll irl, which is a shame. man.
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Gorefacer
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Posted - 2007.06.18 09:15:00 -
[122]
"As for the homosexuality concerns, what is more homosexual, starin at a beatiful girls face all day or wanting to look at those brutor apes in leather suites?"
Just the fact that you could consider looking at male digital mug shots in a nerdy space video game as some sort of sexual experience seems somewhat fruity to me.
The I'm so comfortable with my sexuality that I can act like a homo argument makes no sense either. I am very comfortable with my sexuality, doesn't mean that I choose to walk around in dresses, and if I did, it would in no way validate how comfortable I am with being a straight man. It would just be an unfortuneate\rediculous (from MY view point, in case anyone forgets that this is inherent as this is MY post on a message board where people share thier OWN opinion and views on the game and life) choice of clothing.
Also as far as acting out being something your not. Why is a space captain not enough. Why the need to slip into a virtual bra, because you can't do it real life? Just because video games LET men be women doesn't really mean that that should be a logical choice of action.
It honestly doesn't bother me that men choose female avatars (at least it bothers me much less than an episode of Will & Grace, god that show sucks, I should make my own comedy of roommates that suck off their dogs, that would be on the same comical level, I mean hey, if I have to be tolerant of one thing completely disgusting to me then why not make everyone go the whole 9 yards of sexual deviation tolerance). I still don't understand the attraction and don't feel that it is an inevitable outcome of free choice in the matter.
This post is not meant to infer that men that choose female avatars are in any way homosexuals. The OP made no reference to homosexuality, but it was brought up first in a response to a simply stated question, insecurity anyone?
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Galya Tuvern
Gallente
Momentum.
The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2007.06.18 09:36:00 -
[123]
Oki, so I am one of the several RL females who play Eve and yes I have met several females...we do exist...and we are all ebil!!! ebil I say!!!
When I first created Galya Tuvern, being new to MMOs, I identified with her as myself. As soon as I got Kajsa Anka I began to feel differently about my characters and then I joined fleet and also got a male character--that was that; they became the interface that I used to interact with people IG as opposed to be seeing my chars as "me" per se.
When I was in D2 fleet, people would call me Kajsa on TS and it kinda shocked me at first... I was GALYA DAMMNIT!!! But through that experience I began to realize that there are two ways to play Eve (at least for me), RPG style like my friend "Zevrik" does in the Caldari Navy Reserve...OR like me (RL/RPG) showing my own RL self with a bit of "let's pretend I am in outer space really flying this paper thin Heretic around a hostile Nyx" OH NOOOOOES!
And why is it that no one laments the female who plays the male character...hmmm? Maybe because not many females play but it seems to me to be a gender biased question...why not ask "why is it that people play characters that do not reflect their RL gender?"
Given the nature of online gaming it is prudent to ask, if you really need to know, what someone's gender is in RL...either that or watch and notice what they say and how they identify with things...if they are RPGing and good at it...you likely will not be able to tell. But if they are, like most people that I have encountered, doing the RL/RPG thing you can usually tell.
If you are too shy to ask then you should probably assume they are all men no matter the avatar's gender. It's a sad state of gaming that this is true and in the future this might change and you pervs will have more RL females to hit on
Another prudent question might be, why does it matter and why does this bother you? Are you making judgments about people based on how they choose to portray themselves in Eve? If so perhaps a better question might be an introspective one that only you can answer.
Oh...and if you find a character making long winded posts that painfully attempt to be diplomatic (and using the forum as if it was their own personal blog spot)...you prolly got either a female or a lawyer/politician or both
Yes that was a JOKE!!!!
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Ozstar
Naughty 40
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.06.18 12:38:00 -
[124]
Originally by: MortyM
You must be pretty insecure about your own sexuality if this bothers you.
qft
Originally by: CCP Eris Discordia
It¦s still very ackward reading threads about 'how to ride eris'
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Serha
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.06.18 13:00:00 -
[125]
I have a female avatar, because Gallente female look better plain and simple.
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Shadowsword
COLSUP
Tau Ceti Federation
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Posted - 2007.06.18 13:15:00 -
[126]
Originally by: Gorefacer
I plain don't understand anyone that could get anything out of looking at a mugshot of a digital female character. That hard up for females? Just alt-tab to **** sites while your playing.
Done that, been ganked while afking in empire.
Most of my alts are females, but that's purely for looks purposes, I don't roleplay a female.
And I fail to see what sexuality has to do about it.
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Snake Jankins
Minmatar
Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.06.18 13:40:00 -
[127]
Edited by: Snake Jankins on 18/06/2007 13:40:18
Originally by: Mastin Dragonfly
Some ppl think the internet is one big dating show and nothing else. And they have to be absolutely sure their harrashment tells are going to the right gender or they're scarred for life.
That might be it. I have a female char in another game and my guild is called 'Freedom girls going wild.' Actually I have no idea, how many of us are girls in RL, if any ! I only know that I am not. They liked my char, so they invited me to their team and later into their guild.
Today a stranger asked me via /tell, if I'm only wild in game or also in xxx'. I lol'ed and was wondering what's happening in the heads of some players.
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Tappad Bakomenvagn
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2007.06.18 14:22:00 -
[128]
So, what's more ghey? A guy pixel****ing while watching his fat buddah character portrait or a guy doing the same while watching his sexay Caldari female char portrait?
Eh?
EH?
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Santiago Kain
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Posted - 2007.06.18 16:49:00 -
[129]
I always tell my wife that when someone hits on her while she is playing to just say, "dude, I'm a guy." That shuts up the cyber twits right away. |
Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.18 18:44:00 -
[130]
Originally by: Gorefacer
I wouldn't want to plaster girls faces on my guy friends so that they look like girls when we hang out.
Neither do I force anyone of my corpmates to pick any particular avatar, it's their choice.
Nor do I feel any sexual relationship with the picture anyone chooses, I mean they are just pixels. They are neither male nor female but only a computergenerated image.
So in the end it's really what looks nicer to you. And for me at least, a female face looks nicer than a male face.
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britishfish
Minmatar
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2007.06.18 18:54:00 -
[131]
Originally by: Das Forscher
how goes that saying again?
MMORPG = Many men online role playing girls?
hahah you win
A Dream is a goal without a plan.
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Fink Angel
Caldari
The Merry Men
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Posted - 2007.06.18 19:02:00 -
[132]
Originally by: MotherMoon
not as are as you might think :P
the men in EvE are bug ugly :P
the new avatars look relly nice though, it was making me wish I hadn't chosen a girl because I wouldn't mind being a guy if we look sexy
You have a nice bunny ear hat, just like me. WTB ability to move the background about slightly.
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Posted - 2007.06.18 19:09:00 -
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because we make these chars in hopes that we can get our gf's to play and therefore stop nagging us because we made them such a cool char to use .
the problem being once we get the skills up we decide the char is too good for her and use it ourselves .
or because losing in pvp $ucks but losing to a girl is even worse
anything else is a lie
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Janu Hull
Caldari
Order of Z Industries
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Posted - 2007.06.18 19:10:00 -
[134]
Originally by: Das Forscher
how goes that saying again?
MMORPG = Many men online role playing girls?
The Internet.
Where men are men, women are men, and teenaged girls are FBI agents.
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Pherusa Plumosa
Minmatar
Corp die auf alles schiesst wo was sie Lust hat
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Posted - 2007.06.18 21:31:00 -
[135]
Edited by: Pherusa Plumosa on 18/06/2007 21:31:42
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Originally by: Konquera McCall
Although some males play females for RP reasons, I'd guess that many in this game play females because, with a few exceptions, the male versions of any given race are rather freakish, while the females are almost always attractive.
Attractive to male? A male trying to attract another male is a bit homosexual, don't you think?
I am a girl IRL and in Guild Wars, I play a male warrior, because I have a better chance to block your opponents (larger hitbox) and I am safe from annoying men picking on me. So I try to attract other females and therefore I am les bian !? I can't follow your argumentation If you try to reason someones sexual preferences from his/her character's picture it's just like crystal ball gazing.
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar
Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.06.18 21:42:00 -
[136]
I'mma dead sexeh, didn't need to female avatar
Real turtles tank armor.
Real men fly Pink.
Nerfageddon!
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Ione Hunt
0utbreak
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Posted - 2007.06.18 21:47:00 -
[137]
What would you prefer to see? My nice avatar, or me in RL? I'm 50 years old, 1m60cm, weigh half a ton, my skin is all weird, I hardly ever shave because it's too much work, and since I'm single, I quit washing my shirts (also too much work).
Your choice...or CCP's choice, and they chose wisely
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Terianna Eri
Amarr
STK Scientific
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Posted - 2007.06.18 22:19:00 -
[138]
Same reason as everyone else...
If you have to look at a face all day, it might as well be one you find pretty, right?
It does get tiresome though because I'm a bit of a roleplayer so I sometimes refer to myself as female :P
Confusion ensues.
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Chelone
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Posted - 2007.06.18 23:06:00 -
[139]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Hate to say it, but your own question is answered just looking at your portrait. My condolences.
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Wyehr
Shadow Of The Light
R i s e
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Posted - 2007.06.19 02:14:00 -
[140]
1980 called and wants this thread back.
Seriously, search or google. This topic comes up fairly often in this forum, and also has in every MMO forum since the dawn of MMOs. I personally remember this debate in the EQ beta discussion boards. Before that, people talked about it on the BBSs when the issue was men playing females in door games and on usenet regarding MUDs.
If I recall, several scholarly research papers have also been written on this, as well as at least a handfull of professional (e)magazine articles.
The consensus seems to be that a man that prefers looking at fake women is just homosexual. No, wait, not that, the consensus is that the only people who get offended by it are homophobes. Er, not that either, maybe it was a complex and pointless issue. Or maybe it was just the free stuff and attention that female (real or otherwise) seem to get.
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RtoZ
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Posted - 2007.06.19 02:50:00 -
[141]
If I am going to look at an avatar for a couple of years It damn well better be purty.
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Galya Tuvern
Gallente
Momentum.
The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2007.06.19 04:08:00 -
[142]
Originally by: Ione Hunt
What would you prefer to see? My nice avatar, or me in RL? I'm 50 years old, 1m60cm, weigh half a ton, my skin is all weird, I hardly ever shave because it's too much work, and since I'm single, I quit washing my shirts (also too much work).
OOOO baby bring on the unwashed shirts...that's just straight sexy
PS: Caldari Deteis guys are HOT just look at Zevrik
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Posted - 2007.06.19 04:35:00 -
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lol, thats funny,
''hey sexy''
''hey!''
''nice portrait, you really a girl''
''maybe''
''a/s/l?''
''55 m hell''
''WTF YOU JUST SAID YOU WERE A GIRL''
''no i said maybe, and in 3 days i will be, thank god for plastic surgery''
''OMG I CANT BELIEVE I CALLED YOU SEXY''
''i think im sexy''
''but your a GUY''
''thats not how i feel on the inside''
''BUT YOU ARE A GUY''
Me on the other hand lucked out and found a HOT and smart girl, ^_^ eve is a funny place...
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ja money
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Posted - 2007.06.19 05:36:00 -
[144]
Because when i made this alt , I was in a space and thought lets make an Avatar with the most in your face ******* :)
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DroneBay Diva
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Posted - 2007.06.19 05:39:00 -
[145]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Because I like being Hot. It's a nice change from reality.
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Mari Onette
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Posted - 2007.06.19 06:01:00 -
[146]
Why have a female avatar?
Well. You can't give a name like Mari to a man, now can you.
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Selene Fenestre
Corpus PCG
The State
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Posted - 2007.06.19 06:25:00 -
[147]
Originally by: DroneBay Diva
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Because I like being Hot. It's a nice change from reality.
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TETSUOrocks
Omega Enterprises
Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2007.06.19 06:31:00 -
[148]
Well we need someone to play with the female avatars otherwise eve would be filled with alot of lonely male avatars. Most women are usually too busy playing World of Warcraft of Sims Online to bother with gate camping or chipping rocks. A game of bullies like this is always testosterone driven.
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Adam Ansari
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Posted - 2007.06.19 06:35:00 -
[149]
Originally by: TETSUOrocks
Most women are usually too busy playing World of Warcraft of Sims Online to bother with gate camping or chipping rocks.
A very nice blanket assumption.
But aside from that, Why would I desire a woman who plays WoW?
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TETSUOrocks
Omega Enterprises
Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2007.06.19 06:50:00 -
[150]
Originally by: Adam Ansari
Originally by: TETSUOrocks
Most women are usually too busy playing World of Warcraft of Sims Online to bother with gate camping or chipping rocks.
A very nice blanket assumption.
But aside from that, Why would I desire a woman who plays WoW?
To that effect... Why would you desire a woman who plays EVE?
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Galya Tuvern
Gallente
Momentum.
The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2007.06.19 08:48:00 -
[151]
Originally by: TETSUOrocks
Most women are usually too busy playing World of Warcraft of Sims Online to bother with gate camping or chipping rocks.
Does that mean WOW == World of Women?
g8 camps FTW!!!!
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Ashaz
Mindstar Technology
United Confederation of Corporations
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Posted - 2007.06.19 09:11:00 -
[152]
Edited by: Ashaz on 19/06/2007 09:14:51
Originally by: Gorefacer
"As for the homosexuality concerns, what is more homosexual, starin at a beatiful girls face all day or wanting to look at those brutor apes in leather suites?"
Just the fact that you could consider looking at male digital mug shots in a nerdy space video game as some sort of sexual experience seems somewhat fruity to me.
hey! it was the reverse argument that started it all, claiming that we were trying to attract men with our pretty pictures.
Cause, yea that makes total sence. if we were *** we'd totaly try to attract other ***s buy using a female avatar... yea. that makes sence.
but wait. let me re-read what you just wrote.
You think we are *** if we look at a picture of a guy. AND you thin we are *** if we prefer to look at a picture of a girl.
I name you an immature troll.
(Altho not a shaman)
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Posted - 2007.06.19 09:17:00 -
[153]
women who play eve are normally smarter, as there are alot of things to learn and adapt to in eve. the girl i was talking about is VERY smart, and after 3 days of help, shes able to hand my *** to me... i think its cute, and she is georgous, you would never think of her as a gamer just by looks, but god how can you NOT like a girl gamer??
every girl ive ever dated couldnt understand 'sorry, i was helping my corp station camp 3 guys' lol, that just doesnt fly. eve isnt JUST a game, it becomes a second life, a second chance to be something you couldnt be in real life. you put in insane amounts of time and effort, especially eve, ive spent 13 hours on one station camp, had almost the entire corp locked down.
it used to be 'omg you like a girl you met online, you dork' but with the more time we as humans spend on cyber space the more attached we get to our fellow players. true friendships and enemies are made, i know in navyfield quite a few people hated me, dont even know me, they just hated me because i spoke my mind, oh and have to love internet tough guys (LOL) 'ill blow your *** up bEo***' lol... but yea, even tho i havnt met this girl in real life (yet) i enjoy talking to her on aim and in game, shes a loyal friend, gives me advice, and when i need her in game shes there no questions asked, if thats not a true friend, i dont know what is...
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LiLMissy
Caldari
Ad Astra Vexillum
Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.19 09:34:00 -
[154]
Came with char I bought, together with dumb name ...
But had the SP I needed, so ... there you go
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NOFACE ALT
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Posted - 2007.06.19 09:56:00 -
[155]
Originally by: Scyd
Well i like having all the hott chicks to look at =).
I guess that Mask on your Avatar covers your permanent smile......
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Disima Santet
Minmatar
Aziam
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Posted - 2007.06.19 09:59:00 -
[156]
Originally by: Jewel Strain
you guys should consider making a "most beautiful femal avatar" thread,
i'm looking forward to win =)
I second the motion!
Male characters in this game are just not aesthetically appealing. Every time I open my character sheet I want to see a portrait that would be eye candy. It comes along with entertainment value of the game. I take hours to make my new characters and try to give them not only attractive but distinctive look as well as name. So happens that quite a few bloodlines in this game, no matter how hard I try to make the portrait I'd be happy with just don't work out. The bloodlines that don't work for me are commonly of male gender. The only two male bloodlines that do have the looks in EVE are Gallente and Intaki. Hence I got both female and male characters but more of female ones.
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Lt Angus
Caldari
OctoberSnow Corp
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Posted - 2007.06.19 10:02:00 -
[157]
My mum plays WOW and over half her guild are old woman too
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Galya Tuvern
Gallente
Momentum.
The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2007.06.19 10:08:00 -
[158]
Originally by: Lt Angus
My mum plays WOW and over half her guild are old woman too
and by old you mean...
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Whoa Bundy
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.06.19 12:05:00 -
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Edited by: Whoa Bundy on 19/06/2007 12:04:26
I on the other hand, created a male character who was sexeh. I am now waitng for someone to ask me if I am a guy in real life, if you get my drift...
Well... that's what kept me between making a female avatar.
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Cheyenne Shadowborn
Caldari
Citizens of E.A.R.T.H.
E.A.R.T.H. Federation
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Posted - 2007.06.19 12:11:00 -
[160]
Originally by: Aya
I have to make it quiet clear that I'm in no way shape or form a woman.
You better make that loud and clear.
*scnr*
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pershphanie
Generals Of Destruction Syndicate
Terror In The System
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Posted - 2007.06.19 12:38:00 -
[161]
Originally by: SleepingBuddah
Why in Eve Online so many male players with female avatars?
Cause E-trannys are 4tw.or maybe we dont want to stare a picture of some hairy dude all day. who knows.
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