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I remember when I used to play my first MMO. In the community, it almost felt like a CRIME to play a different gender than your own. I remember even I looked down on those people. I remember people used to be very secretive about playing a different gender.

But now, playing with /jp/, it feels like it would be a crime to play male characters. As if though you've betrayed everybody.

This is why I think this is. As guys, we want to be surrounded by women. To accomplish this, we all make the small sacrifice of playing a female character, so when we're together, we're all surrounded by 'girls'. That's why when a /jp/er makes a male character I can't help but feel disgusted, as if though every other female character in the group is now part of that guy's harem, thereby ruining the atmosphere

>> No.6949675

girls are pretty

>> No.6949684

>>6949669
no, you piece of shit.

The reason you play female characters is so you have something visually appealing to look at while you grind.

There also tends to be about 10x the effort put into female characters motion animations, as they involve significant more hip and waste movement than anything of the opposite gender for nearly every action.

it is most apparent with the female dwarf running animation.

>> No.6949686

while grinding the endless hordes of evil monsters, i would rather be staring at a chick's ass than a dude's.

>> No.6949693

>>6949684 The reason you play female characters is so you have something visually appealing to look at while you grind.

Excuses, excuses. Everyone knows the real reason is because we like playing dress-up

>> No.6949705

>>6949686
>>6949684


grindmind

>> No.6949709

>>6949693
Exactly.

>> No.6949711
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6949711

>>6949693
>>6949709

>> No.6949713

>>6949686
You stare at your character's ass at all?
>>6949693
Only valid reason.

>> No.6949714

>>6949684
>The reason you play female characters is so you have something visually appealing to look at while you grind.
What?
I always played female characters because I wanted to be a girl.
Even when I was a semi-normal spending time on WoW, I told everyone I was female and made up a fake name and used a voice manipulator on ventrilo.

>> No.6949724

>>6949686
Quit saying that. It was an obnoxiously old and stupid excuse the day these things dropped out of MUD's cunt.
Cute dresses are the only reason.

>> No.6950012

>no, you piece of shit.

Great way to start a discussion.

>> No.6950017

i always play male in mmos when i used to play them

im gay btw

>> No.6950018

>>6950012
>looks at the url bar
>4chan.org
>complain about people being an ass
>get out of 4chon

>> No.6950019

>>6949684
>hip
>waist
nigger where the hell are you looking

>> No.6950025

I can play male on games as long as they don't speak.
Try playing something like Monster Hunter or PSO and after some attacks you will like beheading your male character.

>> No.6950027

>>6950025
Feel like*

>> No.6950031

>>6950025
um i dont think your character speaks in PSO

>> No.6950033

Well it really deppnds od the look and the type of class I want to play. I usually play a male, but if someone ask he to play female or if the males in game are just to brawly super alpha male is then I play females.

Example of a too brawly shitty looking male would be WoW, well except Elves all males look like shit with HUGE hand and HUGE shoulders and HUGE bears.

So in the end I played Blood Elf. In Aion I played a male because you cou make them look normal. In Ragnarok I played both, and in other mmos it really depends.

>> No.6950034

Ive been playing females characters in games since Metroid and ive never looked back. In fact, Ive always looked down on anyone who played male character, I always said they were gay.

>> No.6950039

>>6950031
They scream when they attack, are damaged, and so on.
I can't stand male with whatever kind of choice be it a light female voice or a loud macho voice.

>> No.6950040

I played female characters because I didn't want to stare at a guy's ass all day, faggot. Just kidding, I want to be a little girl.

>> No.6950043

>>6949669

Uh, I dunno about anyone else, but I just like some female character models over male character models. No, I don't mean that in a sexual way, I mean that in a "does it look cool" way

Example: Back when I played WoW, all of my characters were male. Why? Because they looked better than the females to me. Then I played Warhammer Online, and female High Elves looked really cool, so I made a High Elf Swordmaster. She had such a cool "lithe yet strong whirling dervish" vibe going with that huge two handed sword Swordmasters could use. It was awesome. Then I played a male High Elf Archmage because I liked *that* look. And so on

TLDR I judge it on a case-by-case basis. What look do I like in this particular case, male or female? Whatever it is, I don't care, so long as I look good

>> No.6950045 [DELETED] 

Nope sorry. I can't invest my emotion into a female character.

Some of you guys like being chicks, that's fine. But I fucking hate it.

>> No.6950048

Yeah, when I started playing MMOs I always always made male characters; I didn't want to be "one of those creeps" who pretended to be a girl (this was back when there was actually some semblance of roleplaying in MMO>RP<Gs and so playing a female character tended to imply there was actual pretending happening). Of course in games like Diablo where there's only 1 gender per class, playing female characters was perfectly acceptable. My first encounter with guys openly playing female characters would have been FFXI with all the people playing Mithra, including some people I knew. I still thought it was weird then (I played a Galka), although I did later make a Mithra mule.

I think Mabinogi was the first time I made a female character (or did I play Atlantica first? shit, I can't remember). In any case after I started playing Touhou and visiting old /a/ then /jp/, I wound up making female characters all the time.

But there's no issue of "betrayal" as far as I'm concerned, I don't give a shit whether you play a male or female character. (and honestly the "little girls only" attitude annoys me, especially the "I won't play game X because you can't be a little girl" bullshit). But personally I just like playing female characters now. And actually in my case playing female characters really isn't about what I "want to be", I really do play female characters because I prefer looking at them over male characters. On the other hand playing a male character feels like I'm pretending to be some manly tough guy through playing a game, and ends up seeming more pathetic than playing as a girl, so fuck that.

>> No.6950054

Don't know if it's related to thread but...
Recently started playing Fable 3 and in the beggining you choose your sex.
There I chose female, so after that you chose your clothes, there is only two old antiquated dresses, and whatever you choose, the character will look ugly, and after that you have to choose between kissing or hugging a guy.
What?
Gave up on the damn thing, do /jp/ hates playing female when there is few clothes to choose and your character loses her purity as soon as the game begins?

>> No.6950056

>>6950054
yes, that sounds disgusting

>> No.6950058

I'm one of the people this guy, >>6950048, refers to as "I won't play game X because you can't be a little girl bullshit". If I end up playing a game as a guy, it's because there's something that really, really interests me anyway.

>> No.6950059

The first time I got into using females was when I played Soul Calibur II and Talim clicked with me. I pretty much main girls exclusively on fighters now, and in RPGs where you create a party, I always insert myself as a girl and the rest of my team are girls, too.

>> No.6950063

Usually base it on animations or how cool they look in high end gear.
Ex: WoW, Forsaken everything. Best animations, best appearance. Fuck yeah zombies. Both genders, females have those absolutely radical flips so I tend to go with those for melee, males has cool casting animations so I make male casters.

>> No.6950061 [DELETED] 

Personally, watching/playing anything without a male lead I can't relate too. nothing computes.

>> No.6950067

>>6950059
I always played girl characters in fighters and rpgs too, ever since my Genesis/SNES days. I guess people like us are "those creeps" that >>6950048 was referring to.

>> No.6950071
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6950071

This is why I play female characters. Pretty much all MMOs have a much wider wardrobe selection for women, and I haven't found one that lets you crossdress.

>> No.6950075
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6950075

I used to sometimes enjoy being a cute little girl in RO (although all those breasts make assuming how little they are a bit confusing), but eventually I realized that I couldn't dress as stylishly as I'd like to, being a girl. Especially now that the third classes exist and that the male sprites are so much better than the female ones.

>> No.6950079

ONCE YOU GO FEMALE, YOU CAN'T GO BACK

I don't remember which game I started playing as female, but ever after that, I could never play male character ever again. Playing female character just feels too good.

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>>6950075
Also, this. I wish my clothes were at least half as fabulous as these.

>> No.6950084

>>6950079
My first mmo where I did was Anarchy Online, I think. Its been so long.

>> No.6950087

I play a female character in games so I can dress her up and make her look cute, like a doll. A doll that can gut a fillet a dragon that is.

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6950090

do you guys play phantasy star online blue burst?

>> No.6950093

My first character in UO was female. At that point in my life I was borderline crazy and I didn't even know the, well, implications of having a female character due to my immersion in delusion and fantasy (in contrast to willful delusion now). Good times. Anyone play Oceanic back in the day?

>> No.6950094

>>6949669
I hate pop psychology

>> No.6950101

Im feeling really apathetic right now. I just finished my cm3d plugins last night and now I have nothing to do. Ive masturbated enough in the last week to last me a month.

So whats the lastest mmo thats hot with the weeabo crowd?

>> No.6950122
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6950122

if the male looked like a depressed emo with a hairstyle made with a firecracker i take the girl,
90% of time, i took the girl.
I only take male when they are not "pretty" faggot (final fantasy, tales of series etc)
if i can, i take the Billy Herrington male type

>> No.6950152

Who would want to be a man given the choice, really now.

>> No.6950160

>>6949714
>voice manipulator on ventrilo
I would like to have one of those. What are you using?

>> No.6950167 [DELETED] 

>>6950152

I would. You will never understand because you have the mind of a fucking pansy.

>> No.6950181

>>6950160
I'm not the guy you're quoting, but I used AV Voice Changer Diamond.

>> No.6950184

In MMOs, I always play male.
Single player, don´t give a shit.

>> No.6950188

In MMOs I tend to play male because I´m male.
In singleplayer games I tend to pick female since JRPG males tend to look like faggots

>> No.6950190

>>6950152
Why not? Men got equal intelligence to women but greater physical strength. So if you think it, men are superior.
Men also got natural tendency for competition and less tendency for beneveolence.
If some cons there is it is that evil.

>> No.6950194

>>6949684
>>6949686
that is such a fucking cliché answer

>> No.6950197

>>6950190
But none of those benefits apply to the fantasy world of video games.

If men and women would be equal in both intelligence and physical strength (or everything for that matter), what would you pick?

>> No.6950202 [DELETED] 

>>6950197

Male.

I prefer cool over cute. In the virtual world I would hate to be mistaken for a female.

>> No.6950205
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>>6950202
>cool over cute

Not gender exclusive.

>> No.6950209

I pick depending on how I feel. Normally I start with a guy, but I'll usually make a second file with a female character and use her also.

>> No.6950207 [DELETED] 

>>6950205

There's no fucking way you're gonna get a female that looks like that in an mmo, brah.

>> No.6950213

>>6950202
girls are cooler

>> No.6950217

I seek only victory, every other detail is a petty one.

>> No.6950221

If I don't plan on doing much extensive interaction with people, then female. Otherwise, male.

>> No.6950223

>>6950217
Well that's boring.
What's the fun in anything if you can't be flashy about it or like the way you look?

>> No.6950233
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>>6950217
me too, but getting pure platinums on every difficulty in bayonetta was more fun because i could dress her up like a slut and watch her shake her ass.

>> No.6950245

I pick whatever looks the best, be it male or female. I do pick female more than male though, since girls are usually prettier.

>> No.6950248

>>6949669
I play male characters because I like having characters wearing full plate armor and looking like a living tank.

>> No.6950268

>>6950197
Well. Then it would be pretty same.

>> No.6950273

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/resources/boys_pose_as_girls_on_the_net.html

Related read.

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6950276

But I like seeing girls in plate armor. No, not plate bikini. PLATE FUCKING ARMOR. The bulkier, the better.

>> No.6950279

I play male characters in most of the MMO's, only during my Ragnarok-times i used to play a female, because people were way more friendly and willingly to give me items or share etc.

>> No.6950281

>>6950273
I was hoping for a story about a guy falling in love with guy playing pretend.

>> No.6950289

>>6950273
>In "EverQuest," only 20% of subscribers are female, but 40% of avatars are. Even accounting for the number of women who play male characters, that amounts to roughly half the female characters in "EverQuest" being played by men
it's certainly the same thing for every games,
i don't even talk to girl in MMO so i guess there will be no problem

>> No.6950292

All I can say is that I think I fapped as much as I played in Lineage II.

>> No.6950331

he, back in the day, when i played RO i grow tired of see a friend who played female characters get free items because "lol u are girl? get take free itemz"

then again i blame my time as a shitty D&D DM to show me how roleplaying as a girl was cool

>> No.6950339

Not only do I play as female, I also engage in cybersex.

>> No.6950350

gaymers

>> No.6950373

i think MMOs should have female or genderless* characters and lots of ways of customising their look so we can have a one huge harem filled with a large variety of bishoujos.

*honetsly, i think it would be awesome to have a third gender in MMOs. or have a special race that has no gender and looks androgynous.

>> No.6950382

>no gender and looks androgynous

So pretty much any Korean MMO?

>> No.6950385

they usually still have some gender distinctions. and most of them suck so who cares.

>> No.6950386

I actually work for a very small MMO. It's a cutesy game, so most of the users are female or gay. I know of a girl who chose to pretend to be a guy in order to get more attention, I can't stand her.

Of course it's mostly her personality that makes me want to strangle her to death, but it's left me vaguely bitter to people who lie about their gender for any reason.

>> No.6950391

>>6950386
What MMO? I'd like to subscribe and be showered with attention from lustful whores.

>> No.6950412

>>6950391
Those whores are men pretending to be whores. You have to be a man, playing a women pretending to be a women to get attention from women playing men pretending to be a man.

>> No.6950914

>>6950373
>*honetsly, i think it would be awesome to have a third gender in MMOs. or have a special race that has no gender and looks androgynous.
>a special race that has no gender

Those exist. For example, the Atrox in Anarchy Online

Anyways, I guess this should go to >>>/v/

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