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RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Kaiverta - 07-27-2017

(07-27-2017, 12:55 PM)Zhavi Wrote: I've played both.  It always makes me happy to see someone play a character opposite of their irl gender and play it well.  In my forum community we had a gentleman whose first character was female; we usually could tell when men were playing women and vice versa, but for him -- we thought he was a chick for over a year (he didn't have a mic/cam for a long time, so our voice chat get togethers were no help) before he finally said in chat one day, 'you guys know I'm a dude, right?'  Ooooops.

We were quite embarrassed but lauded him for writing his character so well!

That's awesome. xD

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Ellmida - 07-27-2017

I tend to play characters to my gender but there was a good 2-5 year period where I had nothing but male characters. I play the gender to my character rather than the reverse. I don't feel awkward rping against someone playing the opposite gender as long as the gender is portrayed respectfully and most people are really good at that.

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Crystal Chronicler - 07-27-2017

(07-27-2017, 01:00 PM)Ellmida Wrote: I tend to play characters to my gender but there was a good 2-5 year period where I had nothing but male characters. I play the gender to my character rather than the reverse. I don't feel awkward rping against someone playing the opposite gender as long as the gender is portrayed respectfully and most people are really good at that.

I found that best way to portray the opposite gender is to play as a person first and foremost. They're gender is secondary and largely not all that important.

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Kaiverta - 07-27-2017

I agree with Crystal, there. Play as a person and then gender-specific things can come later, as they need to. Smile

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Aaron - 07-27-2017

I'm a guy, I play a guy.

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Askier - 07-27-2017

You know what they say:

MMORPG - Many men online role-playing girls

And

MMORPG - Many madains online role-playing guys

Lol. On topic though. Dudes. I roleplay mostly dudes cause am one and the woman psyche is a mystery that defies my attempts to probe and reveal the secrets there in. And the females I make do make tend towards evil cause apple and gardens and I'm not creative cause evil easier. Lol xp

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Kieron Lohengrin - 07-27-2017

back when i rped a lady salad i made her as pretty as possible. also she suplexed bears and had smoldering anger issues

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RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Kaiverta - 07-27-2017

(07-27-2017, 01:55 PM)Askier Wrote: You know what they say:

MMORPG - Many men online role-playing girls

And

MMORPG - Many madains online role-playing guys

Lol. On topic though. Dudes. I roleplay mostly dudes cause am one and the woman psyche is a mystery that defies my attempts to probe and reveal the secrets there in. And the females I make do make tend towards evil cause apple and gardens and I'm not creative cause evil easier. Lol xp
I actually didn't know that they said that but FFXIV was my first, and is essentially my only, MMORPG so it makes sense that I wouldn't. It's awesome. xD

Thanks for an entertaining reply.

I've tried evil characters but I always feel bad for hurting innocent characters so I fail >>

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Edvyn - 07-27-2017

i'm like, some kind of formless energy being but i switch between male and female characters almost on the fly - in this particular game i play a chick, but in other games i've played a dude and in tabletops i try to alternate between campaigns to keep a sort of ratio going

my character gender choice in MMOs in particular is a matter of aesthetics, and in some cases whatever the hell my friends tell me when i ask which of two characters i've made looks cooler

at times i'll have a story in mind already, and that story might be a dude's story, might be a chick's story, it all changes with my whims - change is good

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Firefly - 07-27-2017

I honestly love RPing AI.

But I never get a chance to these days =(

Serious answer: Both. I tend to create female characters as my 'mains', purely because I find it quicker to relate to them; but as a GM, I create a lot of side-characters for my plots/campaigns, and they're coin-toss f/m. I treat them with as much depth as my mains, but I usually don't RP them as much.

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Ellmida - 07-27-2017

(07-27-2017, 01:09 PM)Crystal Chronicler Wrote:
(07-27-2017, 01:00 PM)Ellmida Wrote: I tend to play characters to my gender but there was a good 2-5 year period where I had nothing but male characters. I play the gender to my character rather than the reverse. I don't feel awkward rping against someone playing the opposite gender as long as the gender is portrayed respectfully and most people are really good at that.

I found that best way to portray the opposite gender is to play as a person first and foremost. They're gender is secondary and largely not all that important.
Yeah that was probably worded wrong initially. Worded better, we have the same feelings about it.

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Maia - 07-27-2017

I play both male and female characters, and I'm female in RL. My last main was male (with my primary alt being female), and my current main is female (with my primary alt being male.)

My male characters tend to get a lot more attention. My male characters tend to get hit on more, and complete strangers are more likely to send me a random /tell with a positive comment about their appearance. One time I was crafting at the guild with my male alt, his search tag totally blank and wearing default crafting clothes, and someone just started RPing with him, haha.

Part of that may be because I inherently make males that I find attractive and enjoy looking at, while my female character's appearance is more closely tied to their concept. I designed my main to be somewhat plain/cute, because that's what I envisioned for her.

Playing each gender is a different experience, and it's interesting to note the disparities! I can't really comment on how "convincing" I am in playing a male, but I strive to make my posts entertaining for my RP partner/s regardless. I just try to make sure my RP partner is having just as much fun as I am, and keep their enjoyment in mind with almost all RP decisions that I make in a given scene. It's a collaboration, after all!

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Maril - 07-27-2017

I am a woman irl, I currently play one of my gender (My main) and two guys (My main two alts). 
Bar some initial struggles with remembering to write the right pronouns, I haven't had much difficulty immersing myself into a different gender role. I like the personalities they've become, completely on par with how I like and have liked my female characters of the past and present. 
To me it does not matter if a person doesn't play the gender they are, I don't tend to make assumptions - just like I don't assume that someone is an assassin irl because they happen to roleplay one, or even condone evil actions etc. IC is IC and OOC is OOC. What I do end up doing however, if referring to people oocly with the gender of their character (because it's easier) - It's a super old habit, and persists even when I know people are the opposite gender.

I have however experienced multiple times that people, upon discovering that I am a female (It's not something I go out of my way to hint at, or to hide.) have decided to basically overnight drop the roleplay. It severely sucks, because it's a lot of wasted efforts, time and plots, but at the end of the day it's also something that's probably alright. I mean, if they were in a mindset where my ooc gender plays a role in their interactions with me, by how I figure things, they probably weren't there just for the roleplay - and I have no desire to hang around people who want to cross the IC/OOC line like that.

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - QalliFlower - 07-27-2017

I'm over thirty and generally like playing characters who are well into their adulthood.  That tends to skew me toward male characters simply because you can make them look that old more easily.

RE: Your Gender vs. Your Character's - Cato - 07-28-2017

I'm a guy in the real world and the characters that I play are men as well. If I play a female then it's usually for the sake of a temporary plot/background NPC but given how difficult it is to actually create temporary characters on Balmung I don't really bother.