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Lithalnas Amarr Headcrabs	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:26:00 - [61] Because deep down im a *******.... ------------- fixed for greater eve content
Isobe Mitsu	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:28:00 - [62] Edited by: Isobe Mitsu on 15/04/2008 03:33:42 Edited by: Isobe Mitsu on 15/04/2008 03:32:43 Originally by: AeonPhoenix I've seen all 3 of my reasons come up in this thread at least once, they might not be the most common reasons (Although I certainly think 2 and 3 score quite high) but they register. You are linking people prefering a female portrait over a male portrait with being homophobic or "scared to look at a male portrait because it will make them g.a.y" where did anyone in the whole thread mention homophobia or looking at a male portrait makes them g.a.y? who mentioned being aroused? in this whole thread who mentioned any of these things? only you. And I take offense to this. Quote: I think males choose female Eve characters because - 1. They are homophobic/scared lookin at a male portrait will make them ***. 2. They are able to be aroused by a crappy rendered image that resembles a female. 3. They hope males ingame will think they really are a girl and will hopefully therefore be more cooperative with them/kiss their feet.
Wet Ferret	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:34:00 - [63] Originally by: Isobe Mitsu Edited by: Isobe Mitsu on 15/04/2008 03:29:11 Originally by: AeonPhoenix I've seen all 3 of my reasons come up in this thread at least once, they might not be the most common reasons (Although I certainly think 2 and 3 score quite high) but they register. You are linking people prefering a female portrait over a male portrait with being homophobic or "scared to look at a male portrait because it will make them g.a.y" where did anyone in the whole thread mention homophobia or looking at a male portrait makes them g.a.y? who mentioned being aroused? in this whole thread who mentioned any of these things? only you. "What sane male would want to look at a male face everyday" (paraphrased) kind of strikes me as insecurity more than anything else. Perhaps if it was said differently... I mean I would say that most of the men who play MMOs play as males and I don't question their mental well-being. But, yeah. These forums seriously need some indicator that the post has ended and the sig has started.
Aliana Valrena Amarr Siet Royal	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:34:00 - [64] Originally by: KeeperOf Truth Knowing %95 of Eve players are male, I still prefer treating female characters as female. Gender of person behind them doesnt matter to me. I respond what is going on in Eve. I dont think there is anything wrong playing a female character as long as you dont get offended when somebody calls you lady. I won't be offended at all (having male and female characters across several MMOs...in fact my mains in two other games are both male)... You just might be in for a surprise the first time I'm on voice chat.
Zurrar Gallente Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Combined Planetary Union	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:38:00 - [65] Originally by: Aliana Valrena Originally by: KeeperOf Truth Knowing %95 of Eve players are male, I still prefer treating female characters as female. Gender of person behind them doesnt matter to me. I respond what is going on in Eve. I dont think there is anything wrong playing a female character as long as you dont get offended when somebody calls you lady. I won't be offended at all (having male and female characters across several MMOs...in fact my mains in two other games are both male)... You just might be in for a surprise the first time I'm on voice chat. lol, running around with some FDN gangs, theres a female capital pilot that sounds really nice to listen to. and guess what her chars a FEMALE! zomg SHUT DOWN THE SERVERS!!!!! females play, not all want to be known because 99% of eve are lonely hormonal guys, or teens just getting hormonal. ive seen two females quit because of said ppl :( Originally by: Darla Dawson Quit, and go play wow
Isobe Mitsu	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:40:00 - [66] Originally by: Wet Ferret I mean I would say that most of the men who play MMOs play as males and I don't question their mental well-being. Boffins from the University's International Gaming Research Unit, part of the Psychology faculty, discovered that women were more likely to take on male roles in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), with 70 per cent admitting that they had done so. Men seem to be less inclined (although not by much) to explore their feminine side with only 54 per cent strutting their stuff as a female persona. Source
Wet Ferret	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:44:00 - [67] Originally by: Isobe Mitsu Originally by: Wet Ferret I mean I would say that most of the men who play MMOs play as males and I don't question their mental well-being. Boffins from the University's International Gaming Research Unit, part of the Psychology faculty, discovered that women were more likely to take on male roles in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), with 70 per cent admitting that they had done so. Men seem to be less inclined (although not by much) to explore their feminine side with only 54 per cent strutting their stuff as a female persona. Source That's funny, I don't remember taking that survey. Even assuming that was accurate, I'm not questioning the sanity of the remaining 46%. But, yeah. These forums seriously need some indicator that the post has ended and the sig has started.
Aliana Valrena Amarr Siet Royal	Posted - 2008.04.15 03:48:00 - [68] Originally by: Zurrar lol, running around with some FDN gangs, theres a female capital pilot that sounds really nice to listen to. and guess what her chars a FEMALE! zomg SHUT DOWN THE SERVERS!!!!! females play, not all want to be known because 99% of eve are lonely hormonal guys, or teens just getting hormonal. ive seen two females quit because of said ppl :( Oh I am sure there are females out there playing. During my WoW days, some of the best players in my guild were female (including one who also teaches some science course at a university) and used female characters. Going back to what Keeperof Truth said though...an old friend of mine (again from my WoW days) called a character "she" in a group, to which he got the response "umm...I'm a guy in RL." His response to that? "If your toon has boobs, you're a she to me" lol.
Voculus E X O D U S Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:12:00 - [69] Originally by: Lyvanna Kitaen Male Minmatar characters are fugly. How dare you, sir? _________________________________________________________
Ren Surkova Down In Flames	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:15:00 - [70] cus I'm ***
Pithecanthropus	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:16:00 - [71] Quote: Why do many men choose female characters? Because some are ***... duh.
Isobe Mitsu	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:24:00 - [72] Originally by: Pithecanthropus Quote: Why do many men choose female characters? Because some are ***... duh. Don't talk about yourself like that.
Kyra Felann Gallente Noir. Tread Alliance	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:25:00 - [73] Originally by: Everyone Dies Originally by: Sirial Soulfly That it matters to you says more about you than everybody else. Yeah and your point? I don't care if you think I'm a prejudice sexist jerk on the internet. I think what it means is that you're not secure in your masculinity. Guys who are secure in their masculinity can play female characters without thinking it's weird.
Kyra Felann Gallente Noir. Tread Alliance	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:32:00 - [74] Originally by: Wet Ferret People getting defensive about this are funny. As are people who have female avatars with male names. Or female avatars who make it a point to declare their manhood at every possible opportunity. Because it's okay to play a female, but "I'll be damned if I'm gonna stand for someone believing I am a female!" I used to play Guild Wars and one night I was bored and discussing philosophy or something in town and someone asked if I was female IRL (I had a female character) and I didn't answer, because I normally don't think it matters and they guessed that I was female because if I were male, I'd would have said so at the risk of them thinking I was actually female IRL. To me, it doesn't matter what sex the person playing a character is, unless you get to know them well, in which case you'll probably get to know the person behind the character and thus, their sex. A character is a character--a player is a player. I have no problem keeping the two separate.
Pithecanthropus	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:33:00 - [75] Originally by: Isobe Mitsu Originally by: Pithecanthropus Quote: Why do many men choose female characters? Because some are *... duh. Don't talk about yourself like that. Hey, I'm a ***** trapped in a man's body... so bite me.
Sophie Lake	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:34:00 - [76] Edited by: Sophie Lake on 15/04/2008 04:34:34 looking at boobs is better than looking at azz.
Mercedeez Dantes	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:35:00 - [77] Interesting thread. I've had/read this discussion before and I think there are many reasons. Some have been quoted already, I really think that the eye candy thing is a serious point. Although someone can take the extreme opinion of thinking that anyone that wants to get lubed up over a pixelated cartoon women is perverted, it is I think never the less true that female icons are better more interesting to look at than male icons, as far as men are concerned. I mean, if you REALLY didn't think that Jessica Rabbit was HAWT, I'd think there was something wrong with YOU. :) Indeed, the entire Hentai industry is built up on the principle that female cartoons can often appeal to something inside an individual that real women cannot. There are a few others that I think should be taken into consideration. I think that it is possible that a long term MMO player can end up thinking that they <should> play a male avatar, and create so many, that they literally create a female avatar because they are bored. Kinda like giving in one day and shoving a banana in your ass just to see what all the fuss is about. The other argument I've given a lot of credence to, is that if you create a character whom you live out a certain kind of freedom with, then you may naturally want to try things that you cannot do in real life (yarr!). Creating a female avatar as a male is a way of distancing yourself from your own persona, and consequently elevating the sense of freedom and experimentation you experience.
Ren Surkova Down In Flames	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:40:00 - [78] Originally by: Mercedeez Dantes ...the entire Hentai industry ... ya but anyone who jerks off to anime is mocked mercilessly and rightly so
Samanthia	Posted - 2008.04.15 04:40:00 - [79] im a female for the simple fact that my friend and i found this game called eve and decided to mess around with it, and tried to creat hot chicks for the hell of it, who knew that we'd get addicted to it and still be playing 5 years later... and yes, i regret choosin a female avatar but, not ganna drop 5 years of sp to correct that issue now...
Ralara Caldari D00M. Triumvirate.	Posted - 2008.04.15 06:41:00 - [80] Edited by: Ralara on 15/04/2008 06:44:17 Originally by: Everyone Dies I noticed many guys pick female avatars and feminine names to go with them. Why do you guys do this? Don't give me the lame excuse of I don't want to stare at a guy's face or it doesn't matter. When you choose a character's sex it's permanent. You can't change the sex character or even the name. Do you regret choosing your name or gender? Because secretly, we want to have a sex change IRL. Really, it's very, very Freudian. Every single guy who has a female avatar IRL is a 9ay trans-sexual. True story. My first 2 characters were male, but I switched to Achura and... wow, the dudes are ugly. -- Ralara / Ralarina VOTE FOR RALARA AS YOUR CSM REPRESENTATIVE, AND RECEIVE A COUPON FOR A 10% DISCOUNT AT WORLD OF WARCRAFT. http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=74811
Cutter Isaacson Minmatar Hollow World Mining Corporation QUANT Hegemony	Posted - 2008.04.15 07:27:00 - [81] Originally by: Everyone Dies I noticed many guys pick female avatars and feminine names to go with them. Why do you guys do this? Don't give me the lame excuse of I don't want to stare at a guy's face or it doesn't matter. When you choose a character's sex it's permanent. You can't change the sex character or even the name. Do you regret choosing your name or gender? Nope. This toon is a male, but on the same account I have 2 female alts, my second account is a reversal of this one, the main is female and the 2 alts are males. I have no prefference at all when it comes to which sex my avatar is, though this may change depending on the parameters available to us with the deployment of ambulation If nothing else, I don't think about what sex my avatar is because all I ever really see is the hull of my hurricane
Tzar'rim Reckless Corsairs	Posted - 2008.04.15 07:41:00 - [82] For the same reason that we aren't caldari, minmatar or minmatar IRL and we still choose to play one, you can choose to play another gender than you really are. Or, like a conversation I had in WOW; him: R u female me: no him: then why U play female LOLROFL me: are you Tauren IRL? him: no me: then STFU
Tommy TenKreds Animal Mercantile Executive	Posted - 2008.04.15 07:55:00 - [83] I know which sex I'd rather be playing when ambulation goes live. Bandures > Tommy, you like a cowboy harry )
Siigari Kitawa Gallente The Aduro Protocol	Posted - 2008.04.15 08:00:00 - [84] Posting after TTK :D
Ishtair	Posted - 2008.04.15 08:15:00 - [85] my first character was a male inataki and i was pretty happy with him... until i realized how bad a 3 in perception relly is went to inform myself about the stats again and decided to play as achura. and then the whole "ugh, a male achura""-thing kicked in. when you sit there for several hours and try to make some nice looking character and then realize that the only way to make a male achura look good is to show as few as possible of him... you just give up and make a female one. as for other mmos - people like good looking characters and since most female ones have the best animations and style(here we are in eve again ) people just make female characters and enjoy the game. i know i do :-)
Banana Torres The Green Banana Corporation	Posted - 2008.04.15 08:17:00 - [86] Originally by: Trathen Because it makes you feel bad. Yep, I never realised how much some people got hung up on this. So I now only make female avatars. And I will flirt with you. And I will laugh at you when you realise that you have been coming on to a hairy arsed jock.
Sokratesz Rionnag Alba Triumvirate.	Posted - 2008.04.15 08:30:00 - [87] Female character - check Feminine name - hmz, no i guess i just like the bald chicks
Elysarian Minmatar Republic University	Posted - 2008.04.15 08:38:00 - [88] I've moderated on 2 and owned one MMORPG (all web-based) and the reason for choosing an off-gender avatar seems to vary depending on age-group. younger guys (teens) seem to play as females to get "free stuff" older guys do it for roleplay reasons, for a change or, in the case of games with a 3rd persion view, because they prefer to look at a female avatar (the last applies to teens as well). Females in general tend to play males for either the same reasons as older males play females or simply to avoid the "wanna cyber" attitude of the lonlier guys out there. the above are generalisations of course and there are exceptions. I personally prefer to RP as a guy and haven't RP'd as a female but do not rule out the possibility in the future.
Mextor Slacker Industries Exuro Mortis	Posted - 2008.04.15 08:48:00 - [89] well as no one has said it yet i will this is a MMORPG game yes Many Men Online Role Playing Girls
Wren Alterana Minmatar The Baros Syndicate Kissaki Republic	Posted - 2008.04.15 08:50:00 - [90] I'm just more comfortable with girls, I always use them, in fact I'd probably be a girl in real life if given the choice.

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