How do you find out if a toon is played by a male or female

[Resentful]

Once again, a failure of a method. Going by the players in my guild that would falsely ID many women as men and some men as women, including some women who play Warriors or Death Knights.

The best route is just to not worry about it and treat the person by the character's gender. If they don't like it they really shouldn't have rolled an opposite gender character.

That is possibly one of the most atrocious advice I have ever heard.

[Deleted]

The best route is just to not worry about it and treat the person by the character's gender. If they don't like it they really shouldn't have rolled an opposite gender character.

Um, that's a retarded idea. You are not talking to the pixels, you are talking to the player. -.-

[SpookySkeleton]

When playing WoW I assume everyone that does not play a female Tauren is a guy. For some reason, at least on my server, every single female Tauren I've met in game is played by a woman in her 20-35.

Jeez every Tauren Female I've met is either a really obese and ugly woman in like, her 20s; but she look's like she's 50. Or, a extremely socially awkward Teenager with a ton of problems.

[Sylreick]

Um, that's a retarded idea. You are not talking to the pixels, you are talking to the player. -.-

You don't see the player, but you DO see the character.

I always assume I'm talking to an A.I. and since those don't generally have genders, I often speak without consideration for any. You don't always have to remind someone of their gender when talking to them. You could just go with a simple "thanks" instead of trying to force some mind game on people to pry into their personal lives.

[Deleted]

You don't see the player, but you DO see the character.

I always assume I'm talking to an A.I. and since those don't generally have genders, I often speak without consideration for any. You don't always have to remind someone of their gender when talking to them. You could just go with a simple "thanks" instead of trying to force some mind game on people to pry into their personal lives.

Initially using character's gender is as good as anything else. But replying to a request to use their actual gender with a dismissive "You should have rolled your IRL gender if you don't want to be a (s)he" is downright stupid.

[Vintersol]

Most of the time, the name will discover the player gender.

[Blarglord69]

Meh all you meat bags look the same to me.

[Toiran]

You don't try to find out and play the game.

Who the hell cares?

Jeez most people are desensitised to extremely hardcore porn in this day and age, yet some people still freak out if they hear/talk to/see a girl online?!

I'm male, nearly all my chars are female.

[Sylreick]

Initially using character's gender is as good as anything else. But replying to a request to use their actual gender with a dismissive "You should have rolled your IRL gender if you don't want to be a (s)he" is downright stupid.

The poster you were quoting just said that they would use the characters gender, and that if the player didn't like it, the fault rightly falls with them (nothing was said about actually replying to the person like that). I do agree that such a reply would be pretty childish, though.

[Deleted]

The poster you were quoting just said that they would use the characters gender, and that if the player didn't like it, the fault rightly falls with them (nothing was said about actually replying to the person like that). I do agree that such a reply would be pretty childish, though.

Well, now that I re-read it yeah, it seems I overreacted quite a bit.

[Sovich]

why is this a conversation still? men play female characters, women play male characters. You don't even need to know or even care about their gender until they choose to tell you or you hear them. My girl has one male character on TERA (and a lot of slutty female characters, too). I play mostly males, but an occasional female. Their gender is totally irrelevant to you, unless you have some kind of strange sudden crush on them ( not healthy ).

[Aleax]

Lol I love when threads like this pop up on these forums. Its like girls are some mystical creature that needs to be handled with care and charisma.

This. The folks acting like the op, well... it's not necessary about being creep. Looking to know where princesses really are with virtue is not creepy, or it is?

My advice to the op : pixels are not the real persons of course. Assume that they are guys, always, and they really are. Sometimes it's a girl, and if she doesn't appreciate you talk to her like she is a guy, she will tell it to you, by herself. Then you will have meet a mystical creature for real, and she will even have tell it to you, lol...

[OzoAndIndi]

Then you will have meet a mystical creature for real, and she will even have tell it to you, lol...

Suddenly I feel like the virtual world equivalent of how some idiots view Native American people.

[Aleax]

Suddenly I feel like the virtual world equivalent of how some idiots view Native American people.

Lol. Sorry, princess. /joking

[Cosmic Janitor]

You don't try to find out and play the game.

Who the hell cares?

Jeez most people are desensitised to extremely hardcore porn in this day and age, yet some people still freak out if they hear/talk to/see a girl online?!

I'm male, nearly all my chars are female.

Does that really surprise you? If you know anything about human sociology it is hardly surprising, really. As much as we like to think us above nature, we as a species have one driving motivation in live and that is reproduction. WoW is a potentially large time consuming hobby with a stigma attached to it the size of a neon sign. Finding someone that fits the first and can accept the second will always be a "thing", now matter how "creepy" you guys will think it is. Mind you, it's a highly inefficient method I personally wouldn't advise using nor I'd do myself, yet still I can see why people attempt it.

And regarding the porn part: Let's be honest, for all the sick shit people watch on the internet, I'd be willing to bet most have a huge double standard in this regard and would never accept that in their real life. But thats another discussion.

[Vargur]

Lol I love when threads like this pop up on these forums. Its like girls are some mystical creature that needs to be handled with care and charisma.

No, they need to be pushed, slapped and bro-ed, but they're just rare in gaming.

[DPA]

I don't really care about gender. All i care about is that the person behind the screen know what button to press and when.

[Deleted]

Obviously I'm a girl in real life but recently I changed my mains name from Naomi (my real life name) to something else. All the time i get guys whispering me trying to make conversation and wouldn't leave me alone. But gender shouldn't matter, When you befriend them and get close just ask.

[Deleted]

Why the hell would I care? OP either creeper or 14 yold, or both.

[Seriss]

How do YOU find out if it's a chic or not?

I see no reason why I'd need to know that. So it doesn't matter. So I don't try to find out. And I feel I'm happier that way. People behave differently as soon as they find out who/what you are. And that causes things to be kind of uncomfortable.