Pretend cat girls, and real life.

[RagingAvatar]

Am I the only one who thinks it'd be awesome to meet people irl who play XI or XIV of either sex?
I'd be overjoyed if my wife started playing XIV.

[Rimmer]

Am I the only one who thinks it'd be awesome to meet people irl who play XI or XIV of either sex?
I'd be overjoyed if my wife started playing XIV.

Withold sex till your wife starts playing. They'd do it to you, so why not do it to them.

[Eekiki]

Am I the only one who thinks it'd be awesome to meet people irl who play XI or XIV of either sex?
I'd be overjoyed if my wife started playing XIV.

Pretty much all of my real-life friends today are people I met playing FFXI. One of them even ended up being my roommate for a year. A bunch of us are going to meet up at PAX next month in Seattle!

I had a girlfriend I met on XI. I had another girlfriend that plays Guild Wars (although I only played that game briefly, and I met her through a situation unrelated to video games). I can tell you from experience that finding a gamer girl to go out with you is not the be all end all. She also has to not be psychotic. That, I find, is a difficult combination to discover.

[Rimmer]

She also has to not be psychotic. That, I find, is a difficult combination to discover.

Definately.. the last girl i met online and went to stay with ended up being a paranoid schizophrenic.... Although i guess she had a reason to be psychotic, most other girls you meet online dont...

[Apricoth]

Withold sex till your wife starts playing. They'd do it to you, so why not do it to them.

Because women don't function the same way men do when it comes to sex. We can shut ourselves down and not break a sweat. Men.. Yeah - very, very, very difficult. That tactic would be an epicfailtotheface situation.

I am a woman and I play a mi'qote and an female elezen. It is actually amusing to know who are females in the ls that play female characters because when we are grouped with guys that play female characters you just cannot tell if you are a person looking from the outside in.

[Preypacer]

I'm a male, and as soon as someone tries to hit on me, I tell them "dude really"?

I haven't been hit on yet in this game, but I'm sure it'll happen.

It happened to me a lot in XI and, for the life of me, I could never understand why - especially later into the game's years - there were still people who assumed "Mithra = Female Player", full knowing Mithra, as characters, could only be female.

It was funny, because as long as people thought I was female IRL, they were generous as hell (lending gear 'til I was able to replace it, etc), were always willing to help, offering help un-asked sometimes, etc. etc. As soon as they found out I was male, suddenly they needed their gear back, didn't want to lend it out anymore "in case someone decided to steal it", never had time to help with anything anymore, etc.

Of course, they'd continued lending the stuff and falling all over themselves to help people they knew, or at least still thought, were female IRL.

I figured they were helping just because they were one of those rare types who enjoyed helping others out when they could.

I've had people seriously go off on me when they thought I was female and started hitting on me. I'd tell them I'm a guy and - obviously embarrassed by their presumption - they'd start interrogating me, calling me all sorts of terms related to being gay, etc. I'd say "Dude, we're in a game where Mithra can only be one sex. Knowing this, you assumed that female character = female player. Don't go off on me because you made an ass of yourself".

A few put me on ignore lol.

Basic rule I follow: In an online game, when it comes to gender, assume nothing. Has worked out really well for me so far.

Really, really sad.

[Eekiki]

Because women don't function the same way men do when it comes to sex. We can shut ourselves down and not break a sweat. Men.. Yeah - very, very, very difficult. That tactic would be an epicfailtotheface situation.

You never met my ex-girlfriend.

The difference between men and women when it comes to the "withholding sex" tactic: Men will just break up with you and find someone else (or just use their hands), while a woman is liable to smother you with your pillow while you sleep.

[Auleirra]

i don't see why it matters sooo much to know who's a girl and who's not... so a player has gender confusion issues.. i find the majority of players watch anime or read manga or both, in turn may have come across a cat girl or two... it's true it's sad if you're looking for love on this game... there is that word again "game"

A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements.

so sit back enjoy the fun and try not to rack your brain on non essential information

[Ichi]

lol i dont understand this. What's the difference if you're a girl or a guy. Ichi was hitting on the Mi'qote... that's a girl... Ichi knows what he likes.

[Ashaylin]

Oddly enough, I have never played an opposite gender in my whole time with MMOPRGs... Actually, that's the case with any game that has given me a choice between genders. There's probably some psychoanalysis opportunity somewhere in there I'm sure. I also believe everyone else in game, whether they support double D's or are a bear's next cousin, is a guy unless otherwise stated.

From experience, the guys I've known chose their characters based on looks rather than gender. It's really not that important. It only becomes a problem if they don't know which joystick to use when playing the game.

As long as the person can get me off, its all good.

lol. Very practical of you.