Gender ratio

[Vidu]

I ended up checking, and there actuallly is a place for it when you create a SE account. I don't recall entering it either, but apparently I did at some point because it's listed there.

Huh, you're right! I checked aswell and I most have indeed entered that information at some point too... it just has been over 4 years since then.
Strikes me a bit weird that they were asking for it (or not, from a marketing perspective, I guess)

[Ayer2015]

I always run into women in MMOs. That said, they are vastly outnumber by the men, and there have been many times I've assumed before finding out otherwise. It just tends to come up when you talk about your personal life as you get to know people. That said, I don't think it really matters.

[Ayer2015]

You rarely see a male character flirting a random male character.

I see Roes flirting with one another all the time.

[Nedkel]

@RinaVrinn I agree with you in regard most guys rationality.for most of them, it is ok if they or other guys play female characters but can't understand why girls do it. As I mentioned before. I got many female friends who play it cuz they want to look at something pleasant as guys do ( wants to have a fictional "boyfriend" which is why most guys playing this game play their female character because they want to have a "waifu")

The difference is that girls playing male characters won't say they are girls because there is not reason. You rarely see a male character flirting a random male character. Meanwhile female characters tend to flirt random male and female characters.

Since most are guys, they freak out because most want some ttpe of relationship. If they are straight, they want to make sure the player behind the screen is a girl.

You want to check a game called "VR chat", the things that happen over there will blow your mind.
Its really a interesting case of males pretending to be females in the game, why none made such a study about it yet, lol. Like seriously, across my mmorpg 13 years experience i have meet so many g.i.r.ls, and they acted like ones, writing, caring like wat. It happen even on a much bigger scale in times where not many had a micro to talk on teamspeak or skype.
A lot of males played females, luring male players to abusing them for taxi or free items, but things were getting weird when it was getting more "emotional" and they were pretending to be a female for attention and so. I actually know a guy, who was doing it for many years, and never got expossed, because he had some valid excusses or etc, the weirdest part was he was acting like it, not for "material" benefits, but for the so called RolePlay and he felt much better than playing and being "male" in the game.
Thats a serious thread for some good studies right there.

[DiscoDuck]

Honestly (though this was in FF11 not 14) I met more harassment playing a male character from other female players than males when on a female character (tho I did pick a race that was played by male players mostly lol) On here I never met any...horn-dogs, on ether of my characters.

I just let people assume unless I'm asked.

I main a male now cause i mained a female in ff11...and plus I also like buff (and lizard in the case of my other alt) men, so why not play as a big swole cinnamon bun of a man?

[KaijinRhada]

Based on my subjective experiences, about half of the guys I've met play guys, and the other half play girls. Many of the girls I've met play girls, and fewer of us play guys (me being one of them).

But really, it's kind of irrelevant to know off-hand.

[JumperX]

Based on my subjective experiences, about half of the guys I've met play guys, and the other half play girls. Many of the girls I've met play girls, and fewer of us play guys (me being one of them).

But really, it's kind of irrelevant to know off-hand.

I take long breaks and every time I come, I find different type of people or I start to interact with different type of people. There are times that I just met guys. a large proportion are guys playing female characters and a small of them playing male character. Then I take a break and come back to meet people doing the opposite. Another times, most of the players I meet are just girls and play female characters and vice versa.
I would say it is a 50/50 because not everybody play in the same hours as everybody and the same days. But yeah. There are girls playing this games. It is just nonsense the whole g.i.r.l.s because then I could say there are g.u.y.s. (guess what that means :P)

@Nedkel I got a similar experience. I met a guy who confessed that he would play and "roleplay" ( and excuse cuz it was still him) as a girl because he noticed that it was the only way he could control his temper. He was a guy when he played savage, but he would pretend to be a girl when he was not playing to control himself and enjoy the game. That type of people needs a professional help more than continue playing.

In regard to the whole, guys play female characters to take advantage and get items and currency in game, yes I believe it. I got many friends doing that. I don't understand how other guys felt for it. I even heard guys believing such a lie for a whole year. A person needs to ask, if they get emotional involve, the other party what is real. If they don't have proof then it means there is something they are hiding (for many reasons)

[PandaMonium]

There are actually studies regarding players gender, just type "players gender in MMO research" in Google and you'll have plenty. For example Looking for Gender: Gender Roles and Behaviors Among Online Gamers, Debunking the Gender Performance Gap in Two Massively Multiplayer Online Games or this and a lot more.

But what actually I found the most interesting - and this thread confirms it - is "Female video game players now comprise 40% of all players, and women over 18 make up more of the game-playing population than do males under 17. Yet, studies of men and women report both genders believe that computer games are a ‘‘particularly masculine pursuit" (citation)
"Women's increased presence, however, has not been enthusiastically embraced in gaming culture. They are still perceived as minorities, with different or inferior gaming-related motivation, expertise, level of participation, preferences, and genre choice than male players " (citation)

[VanilleFang]

I see Roes flirting with one another all the time.

I'm pretty sure all male roes are born gay.

[Alisi]

90% of my female friends play male characters because they got bad experience in MMOs, other girls find male characters attractive and want to look at them, some others identify with that gender (mentally, physically, or both), and other just prefer the way how male characters look and their outfits.

Bah! I'm a woman and I only play girl characters. I grew up with the SNES where we had no choice but be men, with a handful of exceptions. I never play a male character now, if I can help it.