Meeting someone?

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

Hello. I was wondering about something. I play as a fem Au Ra but male irl. A friend of mine in game sent me tells that if I want to meet someone I should play a male character like a bun boi or male Au Ra.

Does it really affect in meeting anyone? Or should I be happy in what I choose to play as?

[LittleChickenNugget]

Play whatever you want and whatever makes you happy.
As a woman, I probably wouldn't develop any kind of romantical connection to someone who played a female character because I'd just simply see them as a female.

Take a look at the marriage thread. Most guys who play female characters get little to no hits. Even virtually, just like guys like eye candy, so do ladies.

[Padudu]

A real homie wouldn't care about the race you play

[NanaWiloh]

Play what you enjoy seeing not what other people want to see you as. I am male playing a female character cause if I am going to invest the kind of time I have into this game. Then I want to enjoy what I am looking at when I play.

[dapperfaffer]

like, meet someone in game?
or, meat someone in game?

[Kaurhz]

It won't impact your chances of meeting someone, but it certainly will impact the quality of the people

[SugarPuff]

Personally, even knowing someone was male irl I wouldn't be inclined to view another female character as a potential romantic interest. That's just me and I have no idea how many other women feel the same.

[Illmaeran]

My main's <--- a male but I have a Femroe alt and won't lie, she's made to be pure eye candy. Since all but one person I play the game with DON'T use voice chat, I can't help but see the player as their character's gender. The only exceptions to that are a couple of people who play female characters but have "come out" as male.

If I were looking to meet someone in-game to start an out-of-game relationship with, it would be a whole lot easier in the beginning if she played a female character.

Then there's my whole isekai fantasy headcanon. I wouldn't want an RL romantic partner of mine playing a male character when "The Event" happens and we're suddenly zapped into the game. That's another reason I made the alt how she is; I can imagine her as my wife's character who will eventually be "occupied" by my lovely Mrs. Yes, I'm a complete dork, but I'll embrace it.

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

Assuming that you're talking about meeting someone in the romantic way and not the friend way:

Don't be going into the game or design your character 'expecting' that you'll meet someone. 90% of couples (including one of my previous relationships that started online), just grow organically through interactions in VCs, shared discords, FC/linkshell interactions and/or just casual hangouts with friends & friends of friends. Go into the game purely to make friends and have a good time. Have an active social climate around you, and you'll naturally meet & interact with many people. Make good memories, and if you happen to meet someone and things grow organically between the two of you, so be it. But don't make it your goal, as that's setting yourself up for depression and failure.

That being said, this is an MMO, your friend is both correct and not correct at the same time. Plenty of people you'll meet don't care in the slightest about your choice of character in-game, some will as posters in this thread have shown. At the end of the day, you're going to be playing with your character for your own enjoyment, so you should design them so that way -you're- happy with their design, not for anyone else's perceived (or lack of) benefit. If you meet someone and they have tastes, you can be adults and talk it out at that time.

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

Some of my friends want me to try and meet someone romantically.