I've always been one to pick the same gender I am in games, even in gender locked mmo's. I've never felt right playing a female character out of customization but playing games like Metroid Prime, Tomb Raider, or etc with established characters(typically in narrative formats that show you're not actually the character but witnessing the character's events) has always been perfectly fine with me.
I used to have an issue with people playing characters they're not until I understood their reasoning. Some because of gender identity and others to avoid being hit on. I still embrace the idea that in a role playing game that you should feel immersed into an mmo, and embrace what you are IRL but I realize that's not always possible for people in this day and age. So it doesn't bother me anymore... WHAT DOES bother me however is when someone picks an opposite gender character and gets offended I call them by that gender. For example, you're a girl IRL but play a guy, so off glance I'm going to assume and say "he", but then the person gets snippy and says "UM, I'M A GIRL". Makes me want so smack them across the face, stamp their hand with a "I'm special!" brand, and tell them "you picked a male character, that's what you wanted".
I know it's bad to assume gender but sometimes there draws a line in how ridiculous and tedious it is to be this sensitive(and this is coming from someone who's often too sensitive). I feel like if you picked a specific gender and people refer to you as what they see in game, it shouldn't warrant a "don't do that stupid!" kinda comment when the person clearly chose that gender and knew they would be identified as such. Idc if you're a moose IRL, you picked a female miqo'te, then you're a female when I refer to you since it's what you wanted and chose to be looked upon as.
That said, I do have friends who prefer to be called something or another, depending on their personality I typically cope with it. Especially if they're picking it for gender identity issues they may have, it seems to come easier to refer to someone based off their personality when you get to know them. But if you don't know them or they're just passing by, I'm often to go for what I know based off the character models.
There's also some players I've seen who RP with male models but claim they're female in their search comment to support the body type of being a buff looking character. I kinda understand this one as FF14 doesn't allow body customization(/cry), and it isn't too hard to make male models look feminine and vice versa I imagine. I respect that but I do find it difficult at times to remember "oh right this person's actually a girl RP character" when I see a male model in front of me. It might just be a game design thing that I have engraved that models are specific and aren't often modified by player will claiming their character isn't what they appear to be in game(i.e. claiming they're a buff female char but using a male char model). That's just my more technical side applying logic to game physics/graphics/modeling than being aware of player will to be imaginative lol. Which I guess also means I'm used to mmo's giving us proper body customization to allow that kinda imagination to thrive in the game without players having to claim otherwise(give us more options to customize SE :|)
I used to have an issue with people playing characters they're not until I understood their reasoning. Some because of gender identity and others to avoid being hit on. I still embrace the idea that in a role playing game that you should feel immersed into an mmo, and embrace what you are IRL but I realize that's not always possible for people in this day and age. So it doesn't bother me anymore... WHAT DOES bother me however is when someone picks an opposite gender character and gets offended I call them by that gender. For example, you're a girl IRL but play a guy, so off glance I'm going to assume and say "he", but then the person gets snippy and says "UM, I'M A GIRL". Makes me want so smack them across the face, stamp their hand with a "I'm special!" brand, and tell them "you picked a male character, that's what you wanted".
I know it's bad to assume gender but sometimes there draws a line in how ridiculous and tedious it is to be this sensitive(and this is coming from someone who's often too sensitive). I feel like if you picked a specific gender and people refer to you as what they see in game, it shouldn't warrant a "don't do that stupid!" kinda comment when the person clearly chose that gender and knew they would be identified as such. Idc if you're a moose IRL, you picked a female miqo'te, then you're a female when I refer to you since it's what you wanted and chose to be looked upon as.
That said, I do have friends who prefer to be called something or another, depending on their personality I typically cope with it. Especially if they're picking it for gender identity issues they may have, it seems to come easier to refer to someone based off their personality when you get to know them. But if you don't know them or they're just passing by, I'm often to go for what I know based off the character models.
There's also some players I've seen who RP with male models but claim they're female in their search comment to support the body type of being a buff looking character. I kinda understand this one as FF14 doesn't allow body customization(/cry), and it isn't too hard to make male models look feminine and vice versa I imagine. I respect that but I do find it difficult at times to remember "oh right this person's actually a girl RP character" when I see a male model in front of me. It might just be a game design thing that I have engraved that models are specific and aren't often modified by player will claiming their character isn't what they appear to be in game(i.e. claiming they're a buff female char but using a male char model). That's just my more technical side applying logic to game physics/graphics/modeling than being aware of player will to be imaginative lol. Which I guess also means I'm used to mmo's giving us proper body customization to allow that kinda imagination to thrive in the game without players having to claim otherwise(give us more options to customize SE :|)
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