Do you play more female characters or male ones, and why?

[Jaesun]

Are heterosexual men THAT freaked out seeing a guys fully clothed characters back side? It's really up to you were you are looking.

 

[Renegen]

In games where I play many different character(like good solid RPGs) it's 50/50 or even slightly more male characters, but in games I only play once it's usually females.

 

[Emily]

I am not freaked out, but cant really sexualy immerse myself by looking at a guy's ass xD

 

[Gregz]

Male usually, unless the camera is behind the avatar, in which case I roll a female because:

nice borked pic you got there

dammit , the perils of hotlinking

Needless to say it's a dat ass pic.

 

[Norfleet]

I go with whatever I am told will be lulziest. Worth noting is that since "male" is generally the default path, female characters tend to have slightly more content in RPGs. Someone has to acknowledge this at some point, right?

 

[Edward_R_Murrow]

Women don't fit any of my stock names like:

-Shepard
-Sum Gai
-Dudebro
-Killing-You-Guy
-Muh-Phukka
-Sodomeister

Sometimes I'll have a token female or two for party games, but mostly it's all a sausage festival.

 

[CorpseZeb]

I did say bodysuit, didn't I? Of all people...

But of course, BDSM'sque space suits are only things that make ME playable (of some sort). Healthy portion of healthy aesthetic for healthy people. And you're right, proper space suits, are like helmets, working properly only on the proper gender. Thus making them somewhat irrelevant at the end of day. (Uhm... that sounds wrong...).

Are heterosexual men THAT freaked out seeing a guys fully clothed characters back side? It's really up to you were you are looking.

It's not about freaking out (that'll be silly indeed), but 'bout butt aesthetic. Games can be all about aesthetic, after all (e.g Dear Esther).

Ps. "Free man, takes the gender as a tool of his will and desires". Who said that?

 

[Jaesun]

See i can understand if you straight guys were playing Assless Chaps: The RPG and not playing men. I would NEVER play female in that. D:

 

[deuxhero]

Are heterosexual men THAT freaked out seeing a guys fully clothed characters back side? It's really up to you were you are looking.

Must I remind you Ramza is fully clothed in the FFT opening :twitch:

Women don't fit any of my stock names like:

-Shepard
-Sum Gai
-Dudebro
-Killing-You-Guy
-Muh-Phukka
-Sodomeister

Sometimes I'll have a token female or two for party games, but mostly it's all a sausage festival.

And I thought "Audie" wound up silly.

 

[Havoc]

I (almost) never play female characters. Sometimes even I won't play a game, because you play as a woman (Tomb Raider, Saboteur etc.).

 

[CorpseZeb]

See i can understand (...)

... and that why "we" invented word "idiosyncrasy" . Private games with games are hard to translate to the outside world. And that why, "RPG" MMO sucks, while "offline/private" RPG not.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

And I thought "Audie" wound up silly.

I used to think up 'serious' names for my party based games until recently when I decided I didn't give a fuck

my last set of names

Warrior: Galarad
Cleric: Doc
Female wizard: Barbie
Male wizard: Scorcho
Thief: Stabby
Ranger: Rick Shaw

if possible though I just go with the default.

 

[CorpseZeb]

More practical is tend to name character after profession, so... warrior is Warrior, cleric is Cleric... and so on. You'll never be confused again, who the - standard name Shepard, Wilbur or Winnifred - is...

 

[Gregz]

And I thought "Audie" wound up silly.

I used to think up 'serious' names for my party based games until recently when I decided I didn't give a fuck

my last set of names

Warrior: Galarad
Cleric: Doc
Female wizard: Barbie
Male wizard: Scorcho
Thief: Stabby
Ranger: Rick Shaw

if possible though I just go with the default.

I wish I could make this psychological adjustment. I waste 20+ minutes thinking up character names for every RPG I (re)play.

 

[Jaesun]

I do too Gregz. :embarrased:

 

[sgc_meltdown]

More practical is tend to name character after profession

that has come to mind

the nicknames are probably the last vestiges of my desire to impart some measure of personalisation on my little charges, however cursory

 

[CorpseZeb]

Offtopcilly, I add, same goes for real life. More pretentious name for newborn parent gives, less attention child gets at the end. Sad but true. Statistically, at last.

 

[Elrond Hubbard]

 

[sgc_meltdown]

More pretentious name for newborn parent gives, less attention child gets at the end

fancy name = neglect? Citation needed, my good man

I know my diablo II sorceress Cassandra got quite some TLC, even with three syllables

 

[laclongquan]

-Sodomeister

Stick that on a female character and get your imagination soars.

 

[Edward_R_Murrow]

-Sodomeister

Stick that on a female character and get your imagination soars.

Nah, I'd just call her Peggy.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

Nah, I'd just call her Peggy.

That was unnecessary and I'm placing you under arrest

 

[Surf Solar]

I find it quite surprising that no one mentionened the old male RPG cliché that most of the people first play a goody old shoes male guy, then on the second playthrough switch over to some evil collar grabbing female.
Eh, whatevs, I usually let my guts decide, I sometimes choose male, then female. Both can be equally enjoyable, though I have to be the guy who says that "omg big armar!11 xD" looks better on a male built human being.

 

[malko_sundervere]

Why choose only one?

 

[mondblut]

Oh, this thread again.

In real RPGs, whatever gives the most plusses. I.e. in goldbox it's mandatorily a male-only party since bitches cannot be 18/00, whereas Wizardry 6-7 does not exist without a female fairy.

In bioderp-style games like Fallout, it's a blind guess of whichever is expected to get more sex. Typically bitches, as they tend to score both pussies and dicks (in nu-school bioderp-style games men tend to score both pussies and dicks as well, and that's all the more reason to stick to the bitches).

In 3-stat tombraiders, females exclusively. I've already had my share of staring upon a male ass all over my screen in Gothic, and do not long to repeat the experience. If I am forced to stare at wriggling buttocks for 50 hours, let them be female ones.