Being a man-girl

[Jinrya-Geki]

It depends on good/evil alignments.

Usually in any game where you can choose to be good or evil, I pick a male for the good guy, and a girl for the villain.

It's the same sorta situation when I choose between playing my Wizard Jinrya, or my Paladin Ryajin. Sorta role-play when it comes to choices.

Plus Monster Hunter girls have way cooler armor than guys.

[Zantetsuken]

Plus Monster Hunter girls have way cooler armor than guys.

So true...

[Reika]

In most games girls armor does look way cooler that guys, if you dont like the 'Bulky' apearance that they often give guys, even tho you dont get any more defense out of it. but, in FFXIV everyone looks pretty much the same. I would chose a girl character if I didnt guy armor appearance.

Tis one of the reasons i'm going to change to male miqo'te in 2.0 .

[kurokawa]

I play female characters in a lot of games I play, simply because i'd rather look at a girls arse for 6 hours on a sunday, much more than a I would a male gladiator.

Plus I care about the character more if she's going to die.

[Reika]

I play female characters in a lot of games I play, simply because i'd rather look at a girls arse for 6 hours on a sunday, much more than a I would a male gladiator.

Plus I care about the character more if she's going to die.

This too :P there are plenty of factors in why a man would play a female character...

[Felis]

For me it is normal to play in a (j)rpg game not only chars with the same gender as me. Be it online or offline.
Example: It didn't bother me to play as Lightning in FF XIII.

Another question: Why show up since 2002 in the mmorpg forums regularly the question about players playing chars from the other gender? My first thought was that someone necroed this thread ^^

[Yrusama]

While there is a big gap between the number of male and female players, I think it would be interesting to meet a girl playing a male character as their main. It's very rare, but it would be nice to see the opposite of a Manqo'te (A Wogadyn?). They're adding new genders to the single-gender races now, though, so it's even less likely. I wonder if anyone will main a female Roegadyn. I support this in the name of Adventurer Diversity.

[Amyas]

Meh I just role as a man'qote for tha tail... dat tail. :3
I've had a couple... uhh awkward moments but they are usually over with 'i'm a dude dood' (or a 'rr' then i'm back in like 20 secs and they're like 'omg are you a guy?!' xD ) and we all have a good laugh and die a little inside...

[Punainen]

All female characters are men and should be treated as such.

The only exception is if you're a lalafell female. Then you're a cute 15-year old JP girl.

Or a 26 year old American woman. :/

[Punainen]

I don't see very many people who care, and those who get mad over guys playing female characters, I view to be a**holes (self censored because SE doesn't like cursing).

In all my time in Sargatanas and Lindblum before that, I've only seen a whopping TWO people who harassed anyone about playing a female character. Most of the time it just seems like 'well duh' most of the female characters will be male, and no one cares. The biggest issue is knowing whether or not to call someone 'him' or 'her', lol.


PS. And I'm a female, but I have a male alt.