Benefits of biased reaction to female MMO avatars?

[Reeve]

I'm a dude, and I play a female avatar probably 80% of the time. It's just more enjoyable to look at, I think. I generally think of it as I play my character, I don't play AS my character. I also never try to misrepresent my gender in game. It's pretty clear to people that I'm male. I don't know why there would be anything wrong with that.

[Dezerte]

I got a story for you, I'm male and I was playing a female NE hunter in Vanilla. The Hunter class leader apparently thought I was a girl in real life, but this information didn't surface until late AQ. I had no idea, and neither did he. It got awkward pretty quick, we didn't chat as much and he found another girl in the guild (that actually was a girl irl).

[Gothicshark]

I find it funny a lot of people in Vanilla and BC assumed that your Character matched your IRL gender. It always amused me when server forums would get QQ posts because so and so was not female. And oh hey the lead tank had a girly voice on vent.

[Kannaaashi]

It is true that posing / being a girl / female in-game have perks and bonus.. but for real girls, posing / playing as bioys / dudes / male in-game is well.. safer, and a peaceful. plus not to mention it's more likely to find in-game real buddies..
lets not talk about OP --(which sadly is.. me), but the general fact that this is happening.

i've got tons to type, but internet blew them away..

what triggered this thread?
an in-game buddy on Dragon Saga confessed to my manly character in-game. he's straight btw. (just to make the story short)

thanks for re-phrasing this thread -- idrk how to describe this thread anyways =))

but if ever someone does care -- (well, if not, they you will be forced to read this since it's already posted)

I always get caught whenever I pose / pretend to be a 'dude' in-game.. might be the lingo? or the gameplay? or anything -- but it's a bit strange since i don't really give out clues.
I want to know since, I don't want annoying 14-year-olds following my character around..

I haven't read the whole thread yet -- but this one caught my attention:

As a girl, I think it's quite the opposite.. I find them creepy, strange and usually damage the reputation of real women in mmo's. It's because of that I always declare that Im a female when called a "dude" or "mate" etc. I just don't want to be associated with them.

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SOMEONE QUOTE ME AND ADD THE IMAGE PLS. /beg
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Infracted.

[Kannaaashi]

hmm strange, I thought I saw a notification that my post needs to be 'approved first'

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hmm strange, I thought I saw a notification that my post needs to be 'approved first'
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It is true that posing / being a girl / female in-game have perks and bonus.. but for real girls, posing / playing as bioys / dudes / male in-game is well.. safer, and a peaceful. plus not to mention it's more likely to find in-game real buddies..
lets not talk about OP --(which sadly is.. me), but the general fact that this is happening.

i've got tons to type, but internet blew them away..

what triggered this thread?
an in-game buddy on Dragon Saga confessed to my manly character in-game. he's straight btw. (just to make the story short)

thanks for re-phrasing this thread, idrk how to describe this topic anyways.

but i ever someone cares -- (well atleast you'll be forced to read this since it's already posted)

I always get caught whenever I post / pretend to be a dude in-game
might be the lingo? game strategy? mannerism? idk.. but I'm pretty sure I'm not giving away clues. -- so it's a bit strange for me that I always get caught.

and I want to improve on this to repel annoying 14-year-olds

i haven't read this whole thread yet but:

As a girl, I think it's quite the opposite.. I find them creepy, strange and usually damage the reputation of real women in mmo's. It's because of that I always declare that Im a female when called a "dude" or "mate" etc. I just don't want to be associated with them.

real women? as if it matters in-game O,o
but mkei. you can have all those annoying kids.

[Cthulhu 2020]

In ye olden days of MMO gaming, before WoW, more often than not it was assumed you were the gender of your character. At first the stories started cropping up about how this person was actually a dude, and that all of the players we thought were chicks suddenly... weren't. There was this desperate crowd of awkward internet going males who pined for any kind of female attention since... back in ye olden days, internet females rarely existed, but they were there. It was just like finding the diamond ring in the box of cracker jacks.

When females began venturing into the untamed wilds of the desperate throngs of male recluses, relatively quiet, simple and plain girls found themselves revered as goddesses.

I think the negative attitude towards female gamers comes more from how guys would treat them special than any attention they solicit. Now it's downright common to see girls on the internet and most don't want the special attention but still get it... and there's still a fringe group of males that actually pretend to be females.

[This name sucks]

Are people seriously suggesting don't use vent as a solution to hide that you're a girl?

Good luck getting into any guild then.

I don't think I've ever been in a guild where the few girls that were there, were ever treated worse than guys. Everyone was hated and yelled at equally during a wipe. If you could even call it yelling, it was usually just raw unmitigated rage filtering out through a microphone. Man I miss Amalyth and Jay and Runn*, but not lucente, fuck that guy.

[Kasierith]

Terrible thread title.

Also I don't understand the fascination with someone's gender in a game. It's a roleplaying game, who cares really? Unless you're actually looking for someone to date, in which case there's probably better places to find other prospective singles.

I had a few people lose interest in arenaing with me after finding out I was female, even as I outperformed other priests easily in battlegrounds and such... I was duelist a few times, but never got the partners needed for gladiator.

[semaphore]

Are people seriously suggesting don't use vent as a solution to hide that you're a girl?

Good luck getting into any guild then.

Since I'm the only one who said that I guess this targeted at me. I've actually had no problem getting into raiding guilds ever. Not everyone's that keen on hardcore raiding.

I had a few people lose interest in arenaing with me after finding out I was female, even as I outperformed other priests easily in battlegrounds and such... I was duelist a few times, but never got the partners needed for gladiator.

Yeah people like that are just immature. Well... it's their loss!

[Kasierith]

Since I'm the only one who said that I guess this targeted at me. I've actually had no problem getting into raiding guilds ever. Not everyone's that keen on hardcore raiding.

Same here. PVE players are generally more laid back, I have found, and with 25 people you can't be as obsessively picky as 3 or 5. Although they always assumed I'm a healer before even asking.... which worked out fine because I was.

[PizzaSHARK]

I had a few people lose interest in arenaing with me after finding out I was female, even as I outperformed other priests easily in battlegrounds and such... I was duelist a few times, but never got the partners needed for gladiator.

That's... weird. Were the boys afraid they were going to look like crap in front of a girl or something?

You'd think a girl being into the same thing they're into would be attractive, not something to repulse them.

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Same here. PVE players are generally more laid back, I have found, and with 25 people you can't be as obsessively picky as 3 or 5. Although they always assumed I'm a healer before even asking.... which worked out fine because I was.

Something about girls always being healers or spellcasters and blah blah blah. Been too long since I played WoW to know if that's still true, though. But I played with as many girls as guys back in the day and I think the only non-healer/non-spellcaster girl I remember was a rogue.

[Kasierith]

That's... weird. Were the boys afraid they were going to look like crap in front of a girl or something?

You'd think a girl being into the same thing they're into would be attractive, not something to repulse them.

I think it was just the assumption that girls aren't as quick in pvp as guys are. Gladiator is really something only a minute percentage of players are capable of getting, and for various reasons (primarily cultural) top end gamers are predominantly male, which gives a biased perspective even though there are individual girls who don't follow that trend.

[PizzaSHARK]

I think it was just the assumption that girls aren't as quick in pvp as guys are. Gladiator is really something only a minute percentage of players are capable of getting, and for various reasons (primarily cultural) top end gamers are predominantly male, which gives a biased perspective even though there are individual girls who don't follow that trend.

I could understand them being hesitant to work a girl into their clique if she's unproven, but you said yourself that you were outperforming guys they were using. That doesn't make sense, then, to skip you for one of those underperforming guys unless they're insecure in their masculinity or something.

Oh no, a GIRL might be better than a BOY! MY WORLD-VIEW IS RUINED!

[Kasierith]

Something about girls always being healers or spellcasters and blah blah blah. Been too long since I played WoW to know if that's still true, though. But I played with as many girls as guys back in the day and I think the only non-healer/non-spellcaster girl I remember was a rogue.

Mmm, I played a variety of classes, although I've never played a warrior... probably my best char was a 49 hunter twink, where I got to the point where I was one of the top 5 alliance twinks in my battlegroup (yes, battlegroup, it's been a while since I was involved in WoW as well).

I could understand them being hesitant to work a girl into their clique if she's unproven, but you said yourself that you were outperforming guys they were using. That doesn't make sense, then, to skip you for one of those underperforming guys unless they're insecure in their masculinity or something.

Oh no, a GIRL might be better than a BOY! MY WORLD-VIEW IS RUINED!

Haha, perhaps... but overall, I got pretty high and enjoyed my time while doing it, so everything worked out well in the end!

The most ironic thing, though, was that the number 1 pvper on the server, as in gladiator in every season except for 1 good, was a female.

[PizzaSHARK]

Mmm, I played a variety of classes, although I've never played a warrior... probably my best char was a 49 hunter twink, where I got to the point where I was one of the top 5 alliance twinks in my battlegroup (yes, battlegroup, it's been a while since I was involved in WoW as well).

I still miss server-specific queues. My brother and I used to server-hop to play in the best, most active battleground brackets. Had some really fun times in level 49 PvP back on Mannoroth. Even had my warrior there make Champion.

Haha, perhaps... but overall, I got pretty high and enjoyed my time while doing it, so everything worked out well in the end!

The most ironic thing, though, was that the number 1 pvper on the server, as in gladiator in every season except for 1 good, was a female.

Heh, don't let the facts get in the way of the fragile male ego. Insecurity seems to reign supreme among boys in most games like WoW. It seems like most of them refuse to grow up.

[semaphore]

Something about girls always being healers or spellcasters and blah blah blah. Been too long since I played WoW to know if that's still true, though. But I played with as many girls as guys back in the day and I think the only non-healer/non-spellcaster girl I remember was a rogue.

Hmm, I never noticed it before, but now that you mentioned it, that does seem to be the case... o.O

Going through the list of girls I've played with: Tree druid, holy pally, warlock, priest, mage, mage, mage, mage, mage, mage (bestest class ever), priest, warlock, tree, priest, resto shammy. Oh and two rogues. Wonder if there's something special about rogues...

[stellvia]

I also believe in "I don't care what gender you are IRL. It's not like I would hit on someones avatar in a game." Even if you were on vent and knew they were a girl, you still don't know what they look like, much about them at all, or would probably get to see them ever IRL.

I care more about if you're dragging down the group or not.

[cFortyfive]

I had a few people lose interest in arenaing with me after finding out I was female, even as I outperformed other priests easily in battlegrounds and such... I was duelist a few times, but never got the partners needed for gladiator.

Interesting I always knew enough pushovers who would even carry the worst females to glad or Grandmarshal sometimes in exchange for some explicit content.

[Kasierith]

Hmm, I never noticed it before, but now that you mentioned it, that does seem to be the case... o.O

Going through the list of girls I've played with: Tree druid, holy pally, warlock, priest, mage, mage, mage, mage, mage, mage (bestest class ever), priest, warlock, tree, priest, resto shammy. Oh and two rogues. Wonder if there's something special about rogues...

Everyone knows that leather clad is sexy! At least, that's what I've always come to given that odd exception.

Interesting I always knew enough pushovers who would even carry the worst females to glad or Grandmarshal.

My server didn't have a large enough surplus of high end pvpers to allow that, and ultimately I decided to stay on a server where I knew everyone than go to someplace like Blackrock just for arena availability.

[PizzaSHARK]

Hmm, I never noticed it before, but now that you mentioned it, that does seem to be the case... o.O

Going through the list of girls I've played with: Tree druid, holy pally, warlock, priest, mage, mage, mage, mage, mage, mage (bestest class ever), priest, warlock, tree, priest, resto shammy. Oh and two rogues. Wonder if there's something special about rogues...

What's the rating here? PG-13? Not sure if my predictable joke would be appropriate.

The only class I've ever been able to stick with is warrior. I enjoyed the playstyle before they kept fucking with it and I've never been a fan of subtle or squishy classes in any RPG. THOK SMASH, stuff like that.