Being Gendered Correctly

[TeaTimeBear]

There is no one to call you a he if you are a she when playing a single player console game. Sorry I should have said "non mmo" I didn't realize people's skulls were so thick they couldn't get the gist of a simple point being made, apparently the 3 people who liked the status were capable of doing so. Meh, in the end I don't call anyone a he or a she, I call them by their class. Healer, can you handle big pulls? Ok cool. DRG please pull boss so we can lock monkey and plant out.

Low jabs very nice.

Reason I said that is because this game which is an MMO is on more than 1 console. So your point is easy to get lost in translation.

[Failia]

Sorry to be Devil's Advocate here but this simply is not something you will be able to address/change/expect to be different given this is the internet. My own FC thought I was female until I told them otherwise (and got on voice chat finally) but it didn't bother me in the least. This being the internet and the majority of gamers ARE male (majority counts as being anything over 50%), people go with the assumption that whom they are speaking with are male until proven otherwise.

@OP Can I understand what you may be going through? No, of course not and I'm not going to pretend to. You may just have to roll with it because you simply will not be able to change how people think.

I do have several questions though:

What happens if you're called a "he" by another female player? Does that offend you the same? More so? The female posters on the forums can all say they're innocent of this same behaviour but we all know that they can be just as guilty as males can.

[Galliano]

The only way to avoid upsetting someone would be to start each party by saying:

"Hi all, could I just hold the run up for a minute or two and ask what sex you all are in real life? I just don't want to upset any sensitive people by calling them she when they're a he or he when they're a she".

[Grizzlebeard]

The only way to avoid upsetting someone would be to start each party by saying:

"Hi all, could I just hold the run up for a minute or two and ask what sex you all are in real life? I just don't want to upset any sensitive people by calling them she when they're a he or he when they're a she".

Join party macro go!

/p "Hihi!"
/wait 1
/p "a/s/l?"

[Galliano]

Join party macro go!

/p "Hihi!"
/wait 1
/p "a/s/l?"

Half the party "What's a/s/l?"

[Remilia_Nightfall]

The only way to avoid upsetting someone would be to start each party by saying:

"Hi all, could I just hold the run up for a minute or two and ask what sex you all are in real life? I just don't want to upset any sensitive people by calling them she when they're a he or he when they're a she".

you will be at the second boss of brayflox by the time anyone even bothers reading that.

[Ryuukishi]

I know I assume that other players in the game are male until being told or shown otherwise. Character gender aside, it's mostly guys playing the game, so most of the time that assumption is going to be right.

If it bothers you, just correct people. I'm sure no one means any offense by it.

[Fynlar]

playing a female character with a female name should be sufficient to get gendered as female.

It's not, because the character you play has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the player behind the character

Pretty much the only thing I could do about this beyond what I have already is start off every party with, "By the way, I'm a girl." Not only does it feel obnoxious and tedious to have to do,

You're def right about that one, though

[Snorgrind]

here is the deal, in DF i refer to ppl as classes cuz i dont read their names or look at them to see gender, since all classes and jobs are male words i refer to them as he regardles of their gender, race, species or whatever they are.

[Gardes]

here is the deal, in DF i refer to ppl as classes

B-but now you're offending the 'I HAVE A NAME YOU KNOW!' crowd!