why do a male use a female char?
Peter T.
Why? :)
--
Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
(STAR is a very old danish beer)
Doc
"Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
news:Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1...
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
> Why? :)
>
Most people would probably tell you that if they have to stare at a butt for
x hours per day, it may as well be a female one.
Personally, I have one female toon, my warlock. It was purely a random
choice, as one day I decided to roll a bank alt and didn't know what to
choose... I clicked on 'new' and the game rolled a female gnome warlock with
short green hair and I thought "That'll do". I levelled her up from time to
time over the next 2 1/2 years and now she's lvl 70 :)
--
Doc
'Virtus et armis!'
70 Hunter - Nagrand
70 Warlock - Nagrand
61 Rogue - Skywall
61 Warrior - Llane
Ashen Shugar
something like...
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
>Why? :)
Why not?
My rogue is female because the rogue's in Diablo and Diablo 2 are all
female.
My gnome warlock is female as anyone involved with something as evil
as warlockism has to be as cute as possible.
My Night Elf Warrior is female because females are a lot more
threatening than males. ; )
My Draeni Shaman is a female because I wanted to use the name
"Ponytail", and where I got that name from it was used for a female.
My Night Elf Druid is a female as the name came from a female.
My human priest is male because my idea for his name came from a male.
My gnome mage is a male because, hmm, not sure. Possibly the random
name I came up for my mage suited a male better than a female in my
mind.
My dwarf hunter is a male because the name I decided on seemed more
male'ish.
My human paladin is definitely a male as the name I snagged from the
Lone Wolf and Cub manga was a male's name.
My Draeni Priest is a male because the name I felt was more suitable
for a male and I already had a female Draeni.
Ashen Shugar
--
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
Justin Thompson
wrote:
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
>Why? :)
I have 2 main chars - both female, the main reasons are that the male
chars are so gay/ugly.
My rogue I wanted NE for the extra stealth and the males models are
gay
For my lock - I went for human - and the males were hideous (and the
females cute) - so it was a no brainer.
Cheers
Pete B
says...
> I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
> Why? :)
Why do have a tauren if you are not a tauren? Why do you have an orc if
you are not an orc? Why do you have an undead if you are not an undead?
Burt Johnson
> I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
> Why? :)
All my initial toons were male. My wife saw my logon screen one day and
said "why are they all guys?" so my next few were female.
I find that I like looking at females anyway, so why not? :-)
--
- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html
John Salerno
That's the right answer. :)
Laura G
"Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
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>
> Why? :)
>
> --
> Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
Because men have figured out it's easier for girls to get help in the game
without really asking. ;-)
Laura
Catriona R
Agreed :-)
I'm not male in RL but I have male characters, just because I think they
suit the character - some gender/class/race combinations just "click" for
me and I make them, regardless of what my own gender is. Of my seven
highest level (so most active) characters, four are male and three female,
so pretty evenly balanced - I don't even consider gender beyond "hey this
gender/race combination would be cool as this class".
--
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Balgair - Human Rogue (lvl 70)
Naomh - Draenei Priest (lvl 70)
Sealgair - Dwarf Hunter (lvl 70)
Sagart - Undead Priest (lvl 61)
Rosad - Human Warlock (lvl 61)
Sgoildubh - Human Mage (lvl 53)
Beag - Dwarf Paladin (lvl 52)
tommy
Justin Thompson <Justin....@removethisntlworld.com> wrote:
> I have 2 main chars - both female, the main reasons are that the male
> chars are so gay/ugly.
>
> My rogue I wanted NE for the extra stealth and the males models are
> gay
>
> For my lock - I went for human - and the males were hideous (and the
> females cute) - so it was a no brainer.
you say 'gay' a lot. You must be gay.
gay gay gay.
gay
Shammy
You wrote on 29 Jul 2007 23:03:34 GMT:
PT> Why? :)
I have all male chars as I am a male and I find it terribly confusing when
talking to males with female chars or talking about them.
I mean "Where is Mary" "he is still AFK" how wierd sounds that... and it's
confusing after 2 years of play with the same people.
Peter T.
> Why do have a tauren if you are not a tauren? Why do you have an orc if
> you are not an orc? Why do you have an undead if you are not an undead?
So true. :)
Hari Seldon
"Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
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I play females in the hope of not getting ganked / spanked by 14 y o brats.
Not that it helps.... but still
Tigero
first char is male is because he resembels a character in a story I
wrote. So for my alts I decided to have them females because they
simply "look" better. Eexcept for Tauren females "mercy!"
Shammy
talking now that voice chat comes ^^
Vladesch
news:Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1...
Ive also noticed a lot of humans in this group play non humans.
I bet theres plenty of black players playing whites.
Totally outrageous!
Justin Thompson
Er ... twice
I doubt anyone but you even noticed/bothered to check
Wonder what that says about you?
cheers
Shammy
V> Ive also noticed a lot of humans in this group play non humans.
V> I bet theres plenty of black players playing whites.
Do you speak differently with white people and black ? NO
Do you speak differently with female and male? YES
As I said before it does a lot of confusion when speaking with males in
female chars and to me still feels very wierd to call he someone with a
female name, or to say she to a guy....
Palindrome
<the.do...@REMOVETHISgmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
>news:Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1...
>>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
I'm not a troll, orc, shaman or paladin either, and I play those.
Paladin
Rona
"Hari Seldon" <Roel....@philips.com> wrote in message
news:g5gri.2678$Rv4.301@amstwist00...
I started my internet games with 'Myth of Soma' where I remained for about 3
years as 'Rona', a name I still use, both here and on my Warcraft server. I
definitely prefer PvE to PvP and on Soma you can't avoid the PvP. I quickly
learned that the females in Soma suffered less than the males from unwanted
PvP, so that's the direction I headed. It's become sort of a habit now, but
I think it still holds psychological advantages on a PvE server.
When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's oldest), I
used to be able to run around saying 'I'm feeling gay today'. Political
Correctness has now robbed me of that delightful word because it has taken
on an entirely different connotation (as have cottage, queen,etc). I wish
youngsters would respect the older generations sensibilities and use more
suitable expressions like 'Sexual Deviant'. I cringe everytime I hear
someone referred to as 'gay'.
Rona.
Babe Bridou
Many people just auto-translate it. If someone refers to a female
character as "he", then he talks about the player, if it's "she" then
it's the character. It actually confuses me when a male player plays a
male character (resp. female/female) because then you don't have a
clear answer whether the talks are about the toon or the guy (resp,
the toon or the chick).
thadrixorf
wrote:
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
>Why? :)
Why not. You want to look at a male butt running all day. I
certinally dont' and a lot of toons will offer to help me if i'm in
distress. If i was playing a male toon they'd leave me to die.
thadrixorf
wrote:
>In article <Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1>, pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom
actually i love the female orc's. Sort of beautiful.
thadrixorf
Your soft of a boring person aren't you. No dig intended. I mean
this is a fantasy game. Get with the fantasy and roll a female toon.
Have some adventure in your life.
I had a lady ask me if my female warlock wanted to help her out. After
a few days of questing i mention that my succubus looked just like my
wife and she said your a guy and i said yes. She said she was totally
blown away. She'd gotten used to me and we quested more but it was a
shock to her.
thadrixorf
wrote:
and vice versa. My warlock is black.
>
>Totally outrageous!
>
thadrixorf
If your toon is talking to their toon call them by what they are in
the game. If your talking to them then address them by their sex. I
often refer to my toons as thad did this and thad did that when i'm in
my bank alt. They don't have to guess who i'm talking about. I have
two male toons on the same server with two female toons. I'm a guy. I
have another male on a different server but the same name as my
warlock. In fact they are both alike.
thadrixorf
wrote:
>
>"Hari Seldon" <Roel....@philips.com> wrote in message
>news:g5gri.2678$Rv4.301@amstwist00...
>>
>> "Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
>> news:Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1...
>>>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>>>
>>> Why? :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
>>>
>>> (STAR is a very old danish beer)
>>
>> I play females in the hope of not getting ganked / spanked by 14 y o
>> brats.
>>
>> Not that it helps.... but still
>>
>
>I started my internet games with 'Myth of Soma' where I remained for about 3
>years as 'Rona', a name I still use, both here and on my Warcraft server. I
>definitely prefer PvE to PvP and on Soma you can't avoid the PvP. I quickly
>learned that the females in Soma suffered less than the males from unwanted
>PvP, so that's the direction I headed. It's become sort of a habit now, but
>I think it still holds psychological advantages on a PvE server.
>
>When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's oldest), I
got me beat i'm 63. I didn't know any other people of our generation
played this game. Nice to meet you.
Now i can say i'm the 2nd oldest person to play that i know of.
>used to be able to run around saying 'I'm feeling gay today'. Political
>Correctness has now robbed me of that delightful word because it has taken
>on an entirely different connotation (as have cottage, queen,etc). I wish
>youngsters would respect the older generations sensibilities and use more
>suitable expressions like 'Sexual Deviant'. I cringe everytime I hear
>someone referred to as 'gay'.
>
>Rona.
>
Leave it to the homos to take a perfectly good word and screw it up.
Maybe they did that to make themselves feel better.
Each to their own said the lady as she kissed her cow
Ed
"Laura G" <tiger...@NOSPAMcox.net> schreef in bericht
news:tCdri.18366$rH6....@newsfe22.lga...
This is the only correct answer;-)
grts Ed
Shammy
??>> Because men have figured out it's easier for girls to get help in the
??>> game without really asking. ;-)
??>>
??>> Laura
??>>
With best regards, Shammy. E-mail: no...@nothing.com
So you pretend to be girls to get help in game ? :O :O :O
What do you promise ppl NE sex :P ? A naked dance ? :p
I help people regardless of the char sex.
I even feel out of char when I play my GF NE huntress and that's very rare
too :p
Mallac
"Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
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>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
> Why? :)
>
> --
> Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
>
Xymmie
"Rona" <Ro...@hafod.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:118578390...@demeter.uk.clara.net...
>
>
> When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's oldest), I
> used to be able to run around saying 'I'm feeling gay today'. Political
> Correctness has now robbed me of that delightful word because it has taken
> on an entirely different connotation (as have cottage, queen,etc). I wish
> youngsters would respect the older generations sensibilities and use more
> suitable expressions like 'Sexual Deviant'. I cringe everytime I hear
> someone referred to as 'gay'.
>
Cottage has a different meaning? I didn't know that. I will be googling.
Or using the Urban Dictionary.
Xymmie
Kimbelyn
> I'm not male in RL but I have male characters, just because I think they
> suit the character - some gender/class/race combinations just "click" for
> me and I make them, regardless of what my own gender is. Of my seven
> highest level (so most active) characters, four are male and three female,
> so pretty evenly balanced - I don't even consider gender beyond "hey this
> gender/race combination would be cool as this class".
hehe not male either, but i've tried male characters before though they
never seem to last. i dunno what it is, just doesnt feel right for me
(not bad, just awkward).
however, i keep re-making this one character over and over, and i wish i
had time to level him. i keep making an all black tauren male warrior
with those long black horns. he looks so cool. lol :D
maybe one day... ;)
kim <3
-----------
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Stormrage&n=Jessii
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Stormrage&n=Candra
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Stormrage&n=Kimbelyn
shihiza
> I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
> Why? :)
>
> --
> Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
>
> (STAR is a very old danish beer)
my $15. i've paid way more to look at much worse
joh...@gmail.com
warlock, but my alt is a female blood knight. I think it's because
male blood elves look "gay" to me. I would say the same about male
night elves, except replace "gay" with "retarded," which is why I have
a female night elf warrior on another realm.
joh...@gmail.com
> Catriona R wrote:
> > I'm not male in RL but I have male characters, just because I think they
> > suit the character - some gender/class/race combinations just "click" for
> > me and I make them, regardless of what my own gender is. Of my seven
> > highest level (so most active) characters, four are male and three female,
> > so pretty evenly balanced - I don't even consider gender beyond "hey this
> > gender/race combination would be cool as this class".
>
> hehe not male either, but i've tried male characters before though they
> never seem to last. i dunno what it is, just doesnt feel right for me
> (not bad, just awkward).
>
> however, i keep re-making this one character over and over, and i wish i
> had time to level him. i keep making an all black tauren male warrior
> with those long black horns. he looks so cool. lol :D
>
> maybe one day... ;)
>
> kim <3
>
I have a lady friend who made a male tauren because he's "fuzzy and
loveable."
Matt McLeod
> I have all male chars as I am a male and I find it terribly confusing when
> talking to males with female chars or talking about them.
> I mean "Where is Mary" "he is still AFK" how wierd sounds that... and it's
> confusing after 2 years of play with the same people.
We have plenty of people in our guild who are doing the cross-gender
thing, and the way it's handled is to generally refer to the character
rather than the player.
So when I'm playing my pally I'm "she", and with my mage I'm "he".
--
"Remember - if all you have is an axe,
every problem looks like hours of fun."
-- Frossie, ASR
Matt McLeod
> When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's oldest), I
> used to be able to run around saying 'I'm feeling gay today'. Political
> Correctness has now robbed me of that delightful word because it has taken
> on an entirely different connotation (as have cottage, queen,etc). I wish
> youngsters would respect the older generations sensibilities and use more
> suitable expressions like 'Sexual Deviant'. I cringe everytime I hear
> someone referred to as 'gay'.
When "the kids" are calling someone or something "gay" they don't
literally mean homosexual. They've basically nicked the word from
homosexuals and use it to mean "bad", and in my experience they aren't
really consciously even connecting it to sexuality. Mostly.
--
More than a mere hindrance. It's a whole new barrier!
Matt McLeod
> V> Ive also noticed a lot of humans in this group play non humans.
> V> I bet theres plenty of black players playing whites.
>
> Do you speak differently with white people and black ? NO
> Do you speak differently with female and male? YES
If you're fourteen, perhaps.
--
"The only secure Unix system is one with the power turned off."
Pete B
catrion...@totalise.co.uk says...
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:36:23 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_someething.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1>, pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom
> >says...
> >>
> >> Why? :)
> >
> >you are not an orc? Why do you have an undead if you are not an undead?
>
>
> I'm not male in RL but I have male characters, just because I think they
> suit the character - some gender/class/race combinations just "click" for
> me and I make them, regardless of what my own gender is. Of my seven
> highest level (so most active) characters, four are male and three female,
> so pretty evenly balanced - I don't even consider gender beyond "hey this
> gender/race combination would be cool as this class".
I think some people think its an advanced dating chat ;-)
Ishmaiel
I use to be against cross-dressing my toons untill the blood elves
came out. In all honesty the male representation just didn't seem to
fit the "evil holy feeding knights" as the women do. Plus c'mon now I
can use the "woman scorned" adage.
Since then I've rolled 2 other female toons and seem to prefer them to
the male counterparts for specific races. Draeni men are too stocky,
belf males too "noble" looking, and NE Males just sound bad.
Pete B
Ro...@hafod.demon.co.uk says...
> When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's oldest), I
> used to be able to run around saying 'I'm feeling gay today'. Political
> Correctness has now robbed me of that delightful word because it has taken
> on an entirely different connotation (as have cottage, queen,etc). I wish
> youngsters would respect the older generations sensibilities and use more
> suitable expressions like 'Sexual Deviant'. I cringe everytime I hear
> someone referred to as 'gay'.
I'm sure some of the gays will cringe when they are refered to as
sexually deviant ;)
Pete B
says...
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:24:53 +0100, "Rona" <Ro...@hafod.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Hari Seldon" <Roel....@philips.com> wrote in message
> >news:g5gri.2678$Rv4.301@amstwist00...
> >>
> >> "Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
> >> news:Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1...
> >>>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
> >>>
> >>> Why? :)
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
> >>>
> >>> (STAR is a very old danish beer)
> >>
> >> I play females in the hope of not getting ganked / spanked by 14 y o
> >> brats.
> >>
> >> Not that it helps.... but still
> >>
> >
> >I started my internet games with 'Myth of Soma' where I remained for about 3
> >years as 'Rona', a name I still use, both here and on my Warcraft server. I
> >definitely prefer PvE to PvP and on Soma you can't avoid the PvP. I quickly
> >learned that the females in Soma suffered less than the males from unwanted
> >PvP, so that's the direction I headed. It's become sort of a habit now, but
> >I think it still holds psychological advantages on a PvE server.
> >
> >When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's oldest), I
>
> got me beat i'm 63. I didn't know any other people of our generation
> played this game. Nice to meet you.
A friend of my who plays is 59.
Peter T.
>> >When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's
>> >oldest), I
>>
>> got me beat i'm 63. I didn't know any other people of our generation
>> played this game. Nice to meet you.
>
> A friend of my who plays is 59.
In my guild we have two women at 45 and 49. And we all appreciate them
because they are "the glue" between ppl in the guild. :)
Barry Freeman
wrote:
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
>Why? :)
Don't want to be looking at a male butt for hours while playing?
Lawrence Payne
"Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
news:Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1...
>
> Why? :)
>
Because the character you play in not a reflection of you.
I've heard this silliness before. People say, "Ohh, you have a female char.
you must be gay." and "What! a girl playing a male toon? She must have
penis envy."
If I play a gnome, does that mean I'm very short in real life? If I play an
Orc does that mean I'm ugly?
IT'S NONSENSE.
I've had a grand total of 8 characters since I started playing. 4 were male
and 4 were female. I've been a gnome, a dranie, a troll, an orc, a human
and a blood elf. None of them looked, acted or were like me other the fact
that I was the one playing them.
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neithskye
> I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
> Why? :)
To experience new things in the game? To have a character of each race/
sex/class? Just for the fun of it?
When I first started playing I steadfastly clung to creating female
character after female character. Even my banking chars were all
female. Then I wanted to try a Paladin, and in my opinion, male BEs
have far more "character" than the females. There's just something
about that haughty and arrogant stance they have, I love their
animations, their jokes, just everything about them. And 56 levels
later, every time he falls and lets out that prissy little "ooh", I
still crack up.
But I admit it confuses me a little when I heal/buff some random Horde
player passing by, and get a "Thank you, sir" in response. And it must
have really confused an overly zealous person I'd grouped with when
the undead warrior also in the group, and with whom I've played
several times, snapped, "Will you slow down already? She has to drink
for her Mana".
--
Jill
Thomas Jespersen
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
I have both. That's because it's a role-playing game we are discussing
here :)
Peter T.
> Don't want to be looking at a male butt for hours while playing?
I must admit that I never see my char's cute butt because I always play in
first person view. :)
Moosen
wrote:
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
>Why? :)
Because the silk undies feel exquisitely slinky against my butt
cheeks. Oh, er... you mean the ingame char? Uh, nevermind.
Moosen
>On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:36:23 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_someething.com>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1>, pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom
>>says...
>>> I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>>>
>>> Why? :)
>>
>>Why do have a tauren if you are not a tauren? Why do you have an orc if
>>you are not an orc? Why do you have an undead if you are not an undead?
>
>
>actually i love the female orc's. Sort of beautiful.
Yes, in a rock-hard, savage, Klingon-esque way... with boobs you could
bounce quarters off of, and thighs that could crush your head like an
overripe muskmelon that's been laying around in the hot sun too long.
Love hurts so good.
Xymmie
"Peter T." <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote in message
news:Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1...
>
> Why? :)
>
> Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
>
I'm female and have all female alts. I think I'll probably stick with that,
but it's because of personal preference, and not because of any
'identification' issues. OTOH, I ~may~, sometime, create a male alt just to
see if it's true that females get help more often. (I certainly have males
rush in to kill the wicked beastie for me when I'm playing, and the more
attractive alts get helped more often.) Maybe this is an unfair
generalization based on one-sided observation.
BUT...the reason I choose females is because of all of the games I've played
in the past 25 years that had a male "lead", only. Gender was almost never
an option. Name, yes. Gender, rarely. (One or two of the Ultima games
allowed for a female Avatar pre Tomb Raider.) The females were most often
followers/sidekicks.
Xymmie
John Cochran
Peter T. <pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom> wrote:
>I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
>Why? :)
>
Orc Warlock - male
Orc Hunter - female
Tauren Warrior - male
Tauren Druid - female
Blood Elf Paladin - male
Blood Elf Rogue - female
Undead Mage - Male
Undead Priest - Female
Troll Shaman - female
Troll Mage (bank alt) - male
Don't see much bias there.
John Cochran
>Hello, Peter!
>You wrote on 29 Jul 2007 23:03:34 GMT:
>
> PT> Why? :)
>
>
>I have all male chars as I am a male and I find it terribly confusing when
>talking to males with female chars or talking about them.
>I mean "Where is Mary" "he is still AFK" how wierd sounds that... and it's
>confusing after 2 years of play with the same people.
I understand what you mean. I have a female dwarf hunter who at one got
quite annoyed at a beggar in Iron Forge. Well once thing lead to another
and I found out what happened is that he claimed that his account had
been "hacked" and that he had no equipment or gold. Upon further questioning
I determined that he had joined a guild that insisted that he provide them
with his userid and password.
So I simply told him to do a few simple things
1. Change his password ASAP.
2. Send a ticket to a GM explaining what happened.
3. Never give his password to anyone else again.
I also put him on my friends list so I'd know when he next logged on.
When I saw him next, I asked how things were. He was quite happy that the
GM was able to fix him up. I then reminded him to never give his password
to anyone again.
His reply:
Yes Ma'am
Took me a bit of parsing before I realized I had never in any of our
communications indicated my real life gender.
Also the Valentine oriented event was kind of freaky for me. Do I give cards
to the cute looking female NPCs and make my character look gay? Or do I give
them to the male NPCs even though I'm a male in real life. Either way wasn't
the most comfortable thing.
Catriona R
>Also the Valentine oriented event was kind of freaky for me. Do I give cards
>to the cute looking female NPCs and make my character look gay? Or do I give
>them to the male NPCs even though I'm a male in real life. Either way wasn't
>the most comfortable thing.
Haha yeah I have problems with the Valentines event too, this year I only
did it with female characters, which seemed the easiest solution ;-)
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Hari Seldon
"Shammy" <no...@nothing.com> wrote in message
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> There will be a nice surprise for many when those "female" chars start
> talking now that voice chat comes ^^
>
lol
Darin Johnson
> I think some people think its an advanced dating chat ;-)
Probably true.
I chose the looks of my female characters to not be
hawt. Ie, gnome with white hair, no stupid ponytails,
and the oldest looking face I could get for roleplaying
purposes; undead with no nose or lips; and a human with
short cropped white hair (sensible for a warrior) and
a scowling face. The latter recently had a guildie
say "why'd you make her so ugly?" and also got a
creepy tell from someone who inferred a particular
sexuality.
--
Darin Johnson
PV
>Also the Valentine oriented event was kind of freaky for me. Do I give cards
>to the cute looking female NPCs and make my character look gay? Or do I give
>them to the male NPCs even though I'm a male in real life. Either way wasn't
>the most comfortable thing.
Lighten up, Francis. *
--
* PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
like corkscrews.
Darin Johnson
> If you're fourteen, perhaps.
At a company I used to work for, we had a new worker
who had been in the army for a long time. He had told
his wife that he was very nervous since he had never
worked with women before and wasn't sure how to act.
His wife said just be friendly and maybe compliment
her clothing or something. So he went up to a coworker,
stared at the floor, then said "nice shoes" :-)
He got a lot of ribbing from that for a long time.
--
Darin Johnson
thadrixorf
I played Might and Magic for years and the lead dude was a guy.
Everytime. I could have rolled a female warrior but not as strong as
a guy. Its nice to know in this game the male is not any stronger
than a woman.
Maybe blizz could make the males a bit stronger but give the felmales
more healing power or something to offset the male attributes.
Like in real life the male is traditional'y stronger but the female
has the keys to the kitchen and bedroom.
Xymmie
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>
> Maybe blizz could make the males a bit stronger but give the felmales
> more healing power or something to offset the male attributes.
>
> Like in real life the male is traditional'y stronger but the female
> has the keys to the kitchen and bedroom.
You are so bad.
Xymmie
joh...@gmail.com
Automatically give female races +10 to tailoring and cooking. Make
them immune to succubus seduction (even if they're bisexual). Less
strength, less stamina, more agility, more spirit. Equal intellect
(I'm not even going to go there). Give them a "flirt" or "girl talk"
power on hostile humanoids, kind of like a rogue's pickpocket. Give
them a berserk buff (enhanced damage) once a month. What else?
Darin Johnson
> What else?
Allow them the ability to communicate effectively, whereas
the males have to say "me fight trogg, you help?" or
"heal plz". Only males would be able to use food that
was lying on the ground, and would be required to fight
spiders whenever a female requested it.
--
Darin Johnson
Peter T.
> Automatically give female races +10 to tailoring and cooking. Make
> them immune to succubus seduction (even if they're bisexual). Less
> strength, less stamina, more agility, more spirit. Equal intellect
> (I'm not even going to go there). Give them a "flirt" or "girl talk"
> power on hostile humanoids, kind of like a rogue's pickpocket. Give
> them a berserk buff (enhanced damage) once a month. What else?
*LOL!*
That berserk buff needs to last 1-3 days... And *Girl Talk/Flirt* will be
some sort of a stun ability. Also women can multitask, so they need an
ability to cast several different spells in one time. :)
--
Peter T. på penicillinkur. Altså ingen STAR om morgenen!
WheeZ50
Well, They're 10%ish of a total population, considering everyone knows
his/her sexual preference (or dares act upon it). So towards the rest
(90% falling for the other gender) they're a minority. They deviate
from 'normal' quite a bit. That is, given that normal is 90% of the
population. The 'normal' also is the majority by the way. So in
mathematical terms being deviate in sexual preference (or sexual
devaint, which actually has a nice ring :) ) is just what it is.
I never wanted to be normal, so I'd almost wished I loved the same
gender :)
WheeZ50 (being deviant isn't being 'abnormal' and least of all should
be taken negatively)
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"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen"
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Doc
"PV" <pv+u...@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> j...@smof.fiawol.org (John Cochran) writes:
>>Also the Valentine oriented event was kind of freaky for me. Do I give
>>cards
>>to the cute looking female NPCs and make my character look gay? Or do I
>>give
>>them to the male NPCs even though I'm a male in real life. Either way
>>wasn't
>>the most comfortable thing.
>
> Lighten up, Francis. *
lol. For those that don't know, that was a response to a guy called Psycho
in the film 'Stripes' when he says something like "If any of you homos touch
me, I'll kill you".
--
Doc
'Virtus et armis!'
70 Hunter - Nagrand
70 Warlock - Nagrand
61 Rogue - Skywall
61 Warrior - Llane
Matt McLeod
> I use to be against cross-dressing my toons untill the blood elves
> came out. In all honesty the male representation just didn't seem to
> fit the "evil holy feeding knights" as the women do. Plus c'mon now I
> can use the "woman scorned" adage.
I don't see the blood elves as being evil, as such, more
"civilization balanced on the edge of the abyss". Their
arrogance has taken on a defensive tone.
> Since then I've rolled 2 other female toons and seem to prefer them to
> the male counterparts for specific races. Draeni men are too stocky,
> belf males too "noble" looking, and NE Males just sound bad.
A lot of the male models look pretty bad, yeah. Dwarf and gnome men
look OK, but the rest of the Alliance males look stupid. As for the
Horde... must be a chiropractic goldmine!
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Doc
We had a Human female rogue in our guild who had an obviously (contemporary)
female name. She was on Ventrilo for all raids, but never talked as she had
(according to another guildie) a really bad accent... which was odd because
she typed very quickly and with perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation and
capitalisation. Turns out she was a he and had no accent at all.
Matt McLeod
> At a company I used to work for, we had a new worker
> who had been in the army for a long time. He had told
> his wife that he was very nervous since he had never
> worked with women before and wasn't sure how to act.
> His wife said just be friendly and maybe compliment
> her clothing or something. So he went up to a coworker,
> stared at the floor, then said "nice shoes" :-)
> He got a lot of ribbing from that for a long time.
There are social circles where that's pretty close to a
sexual advance, though it's more typically "nice boots!".
Matt
--
"I only touch base with reality on an as-needed basis!"
-- Royal Floyd Mengot (Klaus)
thadrixorf
yes i am. He he he
Xymmie
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You are worse!
Xymmie
Vladesch
>
>
> V> Ive also noticed a lot of humans in this group play non humans.
> V> I bet theres plenty of black players playing whites.
>
> Do you speak differently with white people and black ? NO
> Do you speak differently with female and male? YES
> As I said before it does a lot of confusion when speaking with males in
> female chars and to me still feels very wierd to call he someone with a
> female name, or to say she to a guy....
>
I treat them how they appear in the game. I couldnt care less what they are
IRL, its not like Im ever going to meet them.
I'd sooner not know their age/sex/color/religion.
Colin Wilson
> I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>
> Why? :)
BTW, its all gonna sound a bit weird once the new voice chat starts...
--
Colin
wd
"Justin Thompson" <Justin....@removethisntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:48:08 -0700, tommy <sky...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Er ... twice
>
> I doubt anyone but you even noticed/bothered to check
>
> Wonder what that says about you?
>
> cheers
Personally I just figured you had the maturity of a 12 year old.
Shammy
MM> If you're fourteen, perhaps.
I'm 27 and ?
Gordy
Gordy
> There will be a nice surprise for many when those "female" chars start
> talking now that voice chat comes ^^
>
Probably sounds a lot like Monty Python :)
Tim C.
>
> MM> If you're fourteen, perhaps.
>
>
>I'm 27 and ?
Maladjusted?
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Tim C.
Shammy
You wrote on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:30:23 +0200:
MM>>> If you're fourteen, perhaps.
??>>
??>> I'm 27 and ?
TC> Maladjusted?
What does that mean and what do you want to say with it ?
Shammy
speak with male and female differently because for male you use he and for
female use she. So many time is where is she.. I mean he and I have to
correct myself all the time or use: Where is he/she... Sorry but for me
that's just confusing. And I didnt mean that I speak differently with male
and female in sense of different things....
Ken from Chicago
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>
> Why? :)
>
> Peter T. starter altid dagen med 6 STAR om morgenen!
>
> (STAR is a very old danish beer)
Same reason players play non-humans.
-- Ken from Chicago
Matt McLeod
In which case just refer to the character. Nice and easy.
--
"Life. Loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it."
-- Marvin
Tim C.
>I dont think I you understood whatI wanted to say before btw... I ment you
If by:
> Do you speak differently with female and male? YES
you meant that you say he/she corresponding to their sex, then it was a
misunderstanding, and in that case I apologise.
--
Tim C.
Shammy
MM> In which case just refer to the character. Nice and easy.
I don't feel confortable calling guys she... maybe it's just me :p
Tim C.
>MM> In which case just refer to the character. Nice and easy.
>
>
>
>I don't feel confortable calling guys she... maybe it's just me :p
But you're talking to the character, so you're not saying "she" to the guy.
Try and think of it like that. When "she" talks back, just imagine she has
a sore throat.
--
Tim C.
BombayMix
Remove the ability for males to ask guards for directions. Since they
never do it why program it in?
Zil
> I have all male chars as I am a male and I find it terribly confusing when
> talking to males with female chars or talking about them.
> I mean "Where is Mary" "he is still AFK" how wierd sounds that... and it's
> confusing after 2 years of play with the same people.
I usually skirt around the issue by avoiding gender references in those cases:
"Where's Mary?"
"Still AFK" or "Mary's still AFK"
:-)
I'm a (straight) male with a female main, and I don't mind if people use the
male of female pronoun when referring to me in game.
When it comes to things like the Valentine's Day things that other people have
mentioned, I just take the role-playing route and flirt with the males.
Similarly I have no problem when guildies & party members (either male or
female) /flirt /hugor /kiss Zil. Sometimes I have no idea what real-life
gender the player behind the toon is - the sexy female mage blowing my priest a
kiss after getting a res might be controlled by a fat hairy 40-year-old man for
all I know, but it's only a game, so I just /kiss them back.
In a way I just love the anonymity of the whole thing - you get to know the
personality, not the person.
--
Zil, Level 70 NE Priest, Aman Shan're, Stormrage Europe
Ashen Shugar
>I played Might and Magic for years and the lead dude was a guy.
>Everytime. I could have rolled a female warrior but not as strong as
>a guy. Its nice to know in this game the male is not any stronger
>than a woman.
In Might and Magic 1, I always made the party all female as there was
one town that if you went in with male's, you'd get thrown in the
dungeon. No way to fight it or anything, just *bam*, you're in the
dungeon, gotta fight your way out. Made it really hard to get to the
npc's of the town if you weren't all female. There was a place to
goto though which would turn any characters you wanted into females.
(and another place to turn them male again, but as there was no
advantage to being a male that I could recall so no reason to bother
doing so)
Of course, I tended to name all the characters after their class. So
"Knight", "Archer", "Priest", etc. Made it easier to keep track of
which was what. : )
Ashen Shugar
--
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
Tim C.
> a berserk buff (enhanced damage) once a month.
but one that also causes damage to group members.
--
Tim C.
Shammy
You wrote on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:17:35 +0200:
MM>>> In which case just refer to the character. Nice and easy.
??>>
??>> I don't feel confortable calling guys she... maybe it's just me :p
TC> But you're talking to the character, so you're not saying "she" to the
TC> guy. Try and think of it like that. When "she" talks back, just imagine
TC> she has a sore throat.
With best regards, Shammy.
I guess it could be avoided by saying always the name but my usual
conversation goes like:
me: where is Mari
other person: Dont know
me: is she comming?
me again: I mean he...
I always feel the need to correct myself when talking about males in female
chars... just confusing :p
Shammy
Z> In a way I just love the anonymity of the whole thing - you get to know
Z> the personality, not the person.
With best regards, Shammy.
Wait that voice comm comes :p then you will hear the cute NE female with a
deep voice :p
Tim C.
>.. just confusing :p
nah, it's just you. :-)
--
Tim C.
Tim C.
>I never wanted to be normal, so I'd almost wished I loved the same
>gender :)
You are abnormal, you (probably) have more than the average number of arms
and legs.
--
Tim C.
Barry Freeman
wrote:
>I must admit that I never see my char's cute butt because I always play in
>first person view. :)
I tried that a while ago, and boy did it make the game harder to play!
I really missed being able to look around, behind or to the side.
I suppose it might be more realistic, but I hated it.
Sherrie Chaparro
"Colin Wilson" <co...@wilsonc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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What is the new voice chat that everyone keeps referring to?
thadrixorf
>
>MM> In which case just refer to the character. Nice and easy.
>
>
>
>I don't feel confortable calling guys she... maybe it's just me :p
>
This is a GAME. Its not real life. Actually its a fantasy GAME and
its roleplaying. I call everyone by their toon names and address
everyone that way. No she or he. When i'm playing my rogue and am
refering to my warlock i say Thad send me this and that.
I really believe its just you. Maybe you'd be happier playing another
game .
thadrixorf
Never let maleschat for more than a couple words. No long phone
convresations. Maybe set up a side game of golf for the guys
Zil
>
> What is the new voice chat that everyone keeps referring to?
>
One of the forthcoming patches will include voice chat in some form
so you can use a microphone to talk to other players.
Ken from Chicago
"Pete B" <xxxh@_someething.com> wrote in message
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> In article <Xns997DAD...@127.0.0.1>, pin...@hotmail.GEBIScom
> says...
>> I have noticed that a lot of males in this group have a female char.
>>
>> Why? :)
>
> you are not an orc? Why do you have an undead if you are not an undead?
>
On the internet noone knows I'm-er, you're not human.
-- Ken from Chicago
wd
"Rona" <Ro...@hafod.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
> I started my internet games with 'Myth of Soma' where I remained for about
> 3 years as 'Rona', a name I still use, both here and on my Warcraft
> server. I definitely prefer PvE to PvP and on Soma you can't avoid the
> PvP. I quickly learned that the females in Soma suffered less than the
> males from unwanted PvP, so that's the direction I headed. It's become
> sort of a habit now, but I think it still holds psychological advantages
> on a PvE server.
>
> When I was a young lad (I'm 64 now - must be one of Warcraft's oldest), I
> used to be able to run around saying 'I'm feeling gay today'. Political
> Correctness has now robbed me of that delightful word because it has taken
> on an entirely different connotation (as have cottage, queen,etc). I wish
> youngsters would respect the older generations sensibilities and use more
> suitable expressions like 'Sexual Deviant'. I cringe everytime I hear
> someone referred to as 'gay'.
>
Sexual Deviant? I'm not sure how younger generations are expected to
respect your sensibilities when it appears you have none.
Also, anyone with a high school education should know the difference between
feeling gay and being gay. If someone said "I'm feeling gay today," I would
know exactly what they meant and I'm only 26. If a moron assumes such a
statement refers to the speaker's sexual orientation they are just that, a
moron. Using that definition in that statement makes absolutely no sense.
It would be like someone saying "I'm feeling white today," or "I'm feeling
rather Buddhist today." It is beyond silly.
Furthermore I have no idea why you believe political correction robbed you
of that word. It seems to me that homophobic jackasses robbed you of the
word. They are the ones that would assume you are referring to sexuality
rather than a good mood. Those of us that actually grew up at some point in
our lives realize that the color of a person's skin, their religion,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. doesn't matter would probably understand
what you meant.