Role themed heels!

[Gemina]

According to the only credible research I've ever found, about 40% of MMO/MMORPG gamers are female. A game like FFXIV could easily exceed that average which I believe destroys arguments that all female characters are actually Guys In real Life.

And of the remaining 60%, how many of them are transgender and playing a female character is quite therapeutic for them? How many male characters are played by RL females?

In short, there's no way to tell who's or what is controlling that character you see on the screen unless you know them personally. Just let the player be the damn gender they have chosen for their character.

[Kosmos992k]

And of the remaining 60%, how many of them are transgender and playing a female character is quite therapeutic for them? How many male characters are played by RL females?

In short, there's no way to tell who's or what is controlling that character you see on the screen unless you know them personally. Just let the player be the damn gender they have chosen for their character.

Yes, and why so short with me? My point was that making assumptions about the player behind the character based on the gender or appearance of the character is foolhardy at best.

The argument suggested that all female characters are played by guys, which is obviously false. However with a 60/40 split in player gender and approximately a 50/50 gender split by character it's statistically extremely unlikely that 'all female characters' are played by guys. I was simply pointing that out.