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Guest Amanda Whyte

For the longest I was an avid DnD player and for most of the time I played as male. I wanted to play as female but the only males that played females in any game I played in played them as very promiscuous women. I just couldnt bring myself to do it. When I started playing role-playing online, the persona I made was male so I mainly stuck with male characters. I was able to arrange to play 3 female characters though. One I took over and she was already made, the other two were males that were turned into females. I just recently "started" playing WoW and I made a female character. I made the character on a friends account and computer so only played her the one weekend. In the future I will probably play more female characters if the opportunity presents itself.

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Guest Kitty_Babe

I almost always play as female, I tend to find it suits me better. I spent most of my life making changes to it, to be free of male bondage, so always rolled as a female. Its a kind of escapism, to be able to role play in a world where you are accepted as a woman with out question, (even if it is within a game world). These days I still play as female toons, because I generally like the game play better anyway. I only play male characters if there is no customisation present in the game. Lots of girls play as male toons, they just like watching their butt's running around for hours on end instead of a female one. For me though its better playing as female, as I generally answer the dialogues in these games as I would do in the real world, so its not so much roll play, but really just me representing my personality on the game itself, playing the game how I would like it to progress. Seen lots of discussions about this on different sites, some ended up in trolling, its nice to come across a more mature debate about this :)

Catherine.

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Guest Kate Lyn

I used to play females exclusivley if i had the choice, but when you think about it, look at some of the great games you miss out on doing that? its like watching a movie only if the main character is female, your missing out on some damn good classics.

so i like to play both

in RPG games I play female as i feel i can express myself that way

but I still love great story driven games Like Shadow of memories, or metal gear solid. and both you play male protagonists =)

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Guest KarenLyn

I've always played female characters. My first rpg was DnD. I was in the military at the time and we'd get a group together on the weekends. None of the guys ever gave me any problems. The only on line games I've played are runescape and edragon and my characters are female.

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Guest Dan90

Yeah ! I always played male characters ! From my first Atari until my Xbox ! Even online! Even in iPad games ! Every where !

Oh and in sims! In FB and psp my character is a boy too.

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I always played as a female in every game possible. In fact I've gotten spoiled in modern gaming to the point where it takes a very special game to hold my attention if the protagonist or all playable characters are male only.

My only problem with being female in games is that most game designers and gaming companies don't take the time to make long hair styles. Everything is generally shoulder length or less which really irritates me. Even for my avatar on xbox live There are really only 2 hairstyles I use on there because everything is some ugly up do hairstyle or its one of the male hairstyles. That and apparently being tall means you look like the hulk. Haven't these game designers seen a runway model?

Oh wait... no I doubt they ever have.

*sighs*

~Jade.

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Guest LizMarie

I've played both but I bond to my female characters. The male characters tend to be stat collections and not nearly as interesting to me.

My latest game is SWTOR and given the integral story telling, I'm glad I chose female characters there, well at least so far.

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I play most of my characters as female if given the option. However I also take it a step further in the mmo world. For example when I play my rogue everyone knows me as a guy, but when I play as my Mage in wow everyone refers to me as a girl.

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Guest artistformelyknownasnicole

If given the choice, I'm almost always the female character. The males tend to have a dull design a lot of the time(Sin & Punishment, Pokemon) anyway, so yeah.

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Guest Luuceee

I like to play female characters, my friends always ask me why i play a female character and i say i just prefer it. I also get refered to as her/she when i play mmos, i never correct them. occasionally people try to flirt with me on there, urghhhh move along lol.

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I like to play female characters, my friends always ask me why i play a female character and i say i just prefer it. I also get refered to as her/she when i play mmos, i never correct them. occasionally people try to flirt with me on there, urghhhh move along lol.

I strongly dislike when radom people flirt with me online!! They have no idea who I am, I could be a creep pedo 60 year old all they know!! It annoys me that some people don't act safe on online games.........

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Guest Luuceee

I like to play female characters, my friends always ask me why i play a female character and i say i just prefer it. I also get refered to as her/she when i play mmos, i never correct them. occasionally people try to flirt with me on there, urghhhh move along lol.

I strongly dislike when radom people flirt with me online!! They have no idea who I am, I could be a creep pedo 60 year old all they know!! It annoys me that some people don't act safe on online games.........

Tell me about it, i just ignore them and carry on with what i was doing and try to avoid said person as much as possible.

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I like to play female characters, my friends always ask me why i play a female character and i say i just prefer it. I also get refered to as her/she when i play mmos, i never correct them. occasionally people try to flirt with me on there, urghhhh move along lol.

I strongly dislike when radom people flirt with me online!! They have no idea who I am, I could be a creep pedo 60 year old all they know!! It annoys me that some people don't act safe on online games.........

It also annoys the hell out of me when people on online games ask for my phone number or/and photo of me!!! Ya right, like they are EVER going to get anything like that from me... Lol, Sometimes I just give them a fake number.............

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I like to play female characters, my friends always ask me why i play a female character and i say i just prefer it. I also get refered to as her/she when i play mmos, i never correct them. occasionally people try to flirt with me on there, urghhhh move along lol.

I strongly dislike when radom people flirt with me online!! They have no idea who I am, I could be a creep pedo 60 year old all they know!! It annoys me that some people don't act safe on online games.........

Tell me about it, i just ignore them and carry on with what i was doing and try to avoid said person as much as possible.

Good idea!! :)

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Guest Luuceee

I like to play female characters, my friends always ask me why i play a female character and i say i just prefer it. I also get refered to as her/she when i play mmos, i never correct them. occasionally people try to flirt with me on there, urghhhh move along lol.

I strongly dislike when radom people flirt with me online!! They have no idea who I am, I could be a creep pedo 60 year old all they know!! It annoys me that some people don't act safe on online games.........

It also annoys the hell out of me when people on online games ask for my phone number or/and photo of me!!! Ya right, like they are EVER going to get anything like that from me... Lol, Sometimes I just give them a fake number.............

Ive never had that happen fortunately, ive only ever played one mmo(SWTOR) so im very new to it. I guess somebody will at some point though. Im sure you can report people that do stuff like that.

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Guest The Avatar

I'm pretty well known for refusing to play or quickly growing bored of a game that doesn't have a playable female character.

There are exceptions: Pheonix Wright, katamari Damacy, Mario Bros, Mega Man (Please give me a Roll game CAPCOM!), Pokemon Red/Blue, and Proffessor Layton.

lol, I even play Ms. Pacman instead of Pacman. I've been that way ever since I was a kid.

Thank Goodness I thought Link was a Girl! Would've missed out on a cool story there.

If there's too much sexualization in female characters I stay away from that too. Not playing' Soul Calibur Or Dead or Alive any time soon.

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Guest shani d

i used to play runescape in a male charachter but didnt realy like the charachter and not at all decorated it or cared of how cute it looked

today i changed the charachter to female and i got some cute stuff on it

i used to play vindictus as a guy's account before i realised i was trans

and back when mass effect got released i downlaoded the beta on origin and chose a girl charachter

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Guest Velanna

Every RPG game (or game that allows the decision between male and female) I have played has been with a female character! Much like JJ, I just find it very uncomfortable to play as a male character! It just feels weird! lol

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Guest Serenia

As far as gender identity goes I felt like this was one of the great positives of playing video games. It was always my escape to play as a female character. Video games are quite a malleable medium in which you as the player to a certain extent have the ability to impact the art as a whole. At least in the context of a movie, or a book one does not have the ability to actually write, or shift in which the story progresses. In a video game one has the ability to create their own story to suit what they desire. The greatest example where players are generally given the most freedom for character development are roleplaying games. This is a key example of where video games shine in that they allow the user to interact, and play around with certain norms that maybe they cannot do in the actual setting.

If you can't tell I'm quite passionate about the subject. I believe that video games can allow others to do things that they can't, and they can create a rewarding literary merit. As well as foster growth for societal, and political commentary. They can also just be for fun as well.

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Guest Velanna

Serenia, you have hit the nail on the head! Video games are an excellent scape goat to reality! And they are also an excellent way of learning! I have learned a lot of things, like things og gov't and even vocabulary words, from video games!

And anything Bioware is usually awesome! I can't wait for Dragon Age 3, the next Mass Effect universe based game, and whatever universe Bioware may be coming out with next! Knowing Bioware, it's going to be a captivating universe filled with awesome stories and characters! :D

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Guest Lizzie McTrucker

I only play one MMO, and that's WoW. The majority of my characters are women,

However I do have one toon that's a male Tauren because I *love* their /dance. It's so fun!

Oh I also have a male undead rogue, so I guess that's two. Since it's a rogue, I wanted to make a character that looked pretty wicked so male undead it is.

FWIW, I think me and the lady Blood Elves have a lot in common..we're both divas. Just listen to their /silly, like the one about the Troll spa? I can totally see myself saying that!

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