Do you make characters that look like you?

[Fhi]

Fun question. When customizing characters (usually RPGs), do you make your characters as close to your actual look as possible? If so, why? Or why not?

[Itisamuh]

I've never paid much attention, but now that I think about it, I usually do to some extent if there's no good non-human option. Shoot, even when I play a female human I make it as close to what I'd probably be if I was a girl as I can. It's easier for me to relate myself to a pale, dark haired average height guy than to a dark, light haired giant.

[barackopala]

nope, I try getting the farthest away from regular choices, on WoW I played human due to the racial spell and changed the skin to an undead (undead paladin looks funny as hell :P!), it's boring to get to play the usual race and identifiable characters

[Nerevar]

No. Considering how many times my characters die... I'd rather not.

[Kaelwryn]

No, because I don't consider my characters' me. They are their own self, with their own story so I make them as unique as possible. However, seems I have a red head fetish....make a lot of characters red heads. >_>

[Sierra85]

sometimes, but i prefer the escapism more than realism!!

[Deleted]

Yeah, usually I try to create a character that looks as close to me as possible - after all he's my alter ego, no?
My Blood Elf Paladin resembles my girlfriend, though.

[Deleted]

Last year's i've been playing alot of online survival games , then i usually make black skinned character , cause its harder to get spotted then / better camouflaged in forest envirement.
In real mmo games i usually pick a female character wich used to look like a girl i used to date ( sounds pathetic).

[Ciddy]

Not really. I do tend to spend a LOT of time on character customization and go crazy with it in games that allow it, but I never try making one that looks like me. Course, it's not really an option in a lot of games anyway. I'm more of a tall/skinny build.

[Deleted]

No, never. I usually try to make them as plain and/or ugly as possible without it being "unrealistic" (so no 2ft long noses etc). A lot of my characters also look old when the option is there.

[zealo]

In games that have a more extensive character creation process i usually spend a fair amount of time in it, but no i do not aim to make it look like me.

[Voodoou]

I used to try, at least as far as I could.. hard to make a female troll that looks like a human =P I used the hairstyle I mostly wore IRL until I got bored and they added the barber shop. Mostly now with games I dont.. I just make a cool and fun looking character and usually go for a different look that the white woman I am (example the last toon I made looked Egyptian and the one I made in Neverwinter looked African).

[rayvio]

nope, usually my characters tend to be very different from me. often my first character will be female, if multiple races are available then it won't be human either

[Gwiez]

Maybe half the time. My first two major Warcraft characters I tried to get as close to my hair/facial hair as I had at the time (or a significant hair style I'd had previously). I've even lamented that I can't make my gnome have the same facial hair as me. And way back in AD&D, my character had a similar hairstyle/beard to me at the time.

[unholytestament]

In games that allow me that kind of customization I usually make a character who looks like Ron Perlman.

It was amusing every time a friend caught me playing Mass Effect. There was always a "Hey, wait a minute..." moment.

[wombinator04]

I really don't want any of my characters to look fugly.

So no.

[Stevecow]

I just hit randomize once and hit play. Never cared about what a character looked like.

[Maxilian]

No, because I don't consider my characters' me. They are their own self, with their own story so I make them as unique as possible. However, seems I have a red head fetish....make a lot of characters red heads. >_>

These...

But i do want to create 1 character in GW2 with my looks :P

[Hattai]

Yeah, or at least the way I would want to look were I a member of that particular race. They way I see it your character is an extension of yourself within the context of the game, it's the main reason I can't wrap my head around rolling against your gender.

[Luko]

I don't make them look like ME, but there is a certain template that I seem to subconsciously follow when creating human-like characters. A lot of them end up looking the same and an overly limiting creator, especially one with bad beard options, will be an instant turn off to a game for me. (see also SWTOR or Rift)