Kaiverta

Ohh, I'd love to come, but alas I have not rejoined the game, yet. Will you have future Singles Nights?

I cannot help you because I'm only a returning player myself, having played originally two years ago (haven't yet returned to the game), so I have nooo idea how to answer any of your questions. :blush: But I wanted to say that your words have been read! And there will be plenty of people who will be able to help you. The community here is very nice.

That is SUCH an awesome-looking character.

Welcome to the forums!

Gil-digger, ha. Welcome, Veda! Your character is an adorable design.

Sorry, Six. Of course I didn't mean to insinuate that every male played like that. I should have put in a 'some' there somewhere. :sleepy:

Oh, that makes complete sense. Thanks for the answer.

That's very interesting! ... Do you think it's more that guys who play lesbian female characters do it more for OOC purposes, like are the characters more smutty - or what did you notice the differences were?

I'm an artist selling my arts for real money, and while I have no interest in drawing for Gil, I'm just curious to know why that has been made illegal? Is it something to do with keeping the in-game economy circulating evenly by making sure that gil is only spent on in-game things (not OOC art), or...? Forgive my ignorance - I haven't played for a couple years so I'm totally lost on the subject. :blush:

Thanks very much! Still got a bit to learn~

Sketch stage (of full colour) full body with chainmail (armour) and sword for SicketySix.

--- I looooove this one. She's way cool.

Welcome, Es'mena! The community here is very friendly and super helpful. I've only been here a few days, myself (played FFXIV--my only MMO--a couple years back), and I'm liking it so far. Good to see new faces. :thumbsup:

I loooove your monochrome stuff. *.* :thumbsup:

To put it simply, those who are 'blending' are having difficulty separating IC from OOC. Their character is getting close to your character? They think they're getting close to you. Their character falls in love with yours? They think they're in love with you. Ohh yep, I know about that. I just wasn't sure of the term. Well, here's hoping all that sort of behaviour is in the past. I think it's more likely to happen with/from younger players (teens) than old. I certainly haven't experienced any crazies like that in the last several years. Definitely when I was younger, though. Bleh.

They actually outcast and mocked your friends? Wow, that's so bad. People are horrible. What do you mean by 'blending'?

Sketch for Edvyn - colouring up soon...

I didn't mean to imply that you found it difficult, but there were several people in the thread saying that playing a different gender than their own was too daunting. I just wanted to drive home that more than anything, this is usually just a mental block. All you have to do is create a character! Ah yep, no problem. :thumbsup:

Ugh, well said. I've seen a few overly sexualized female characters in my time. It's so blatant and, quite frankly, a bit insulting. lol

Gender is immaterial to me for sure (just not to everyone). You could be male, female, both, had a gender change, could even consider yourself neutral, and it wouldn't be a problem. I was just asking if anyone had received grief once someone found out about their gender not matching their characters because that's happened to me in the past and I couldn't understand why the other person was so annoyed. :? That was yeaaars ago though, and it's way less of a problem these days - I think because like a lot of you said, it's more widely done/known. It's not difficult for me to play female characters - I just have less of an interest in them than I do in male characters, and I'm very comfortably female OOCly. Thanks Sig and Nako for your replies.

So lovely. <3

Welcome! No need to be nervous - we're all friendly, here. Are you completely new to Final Fantasy in general, or just the online game? If yes to the former, WELCOME to a WONDERFUL franchise of video games. <3 I played FFXIV Online a couple of years ago and got to level 20 on my midlander character, but then didn't play again for various reasons. I'm back now on the forums and I'm hoping to return to the game soon, so we can maybe hook up if you'd like. Welcome, welcome! P.S. Sorry to hear about your health issues. People will understand, though, as Erah'sae said. So don't let that cause you any grief if you're worried about upsetting people because of something you can't avoid. We totally get it.

I like it! It sounds very interesting. I would definitely find some reason to RP there. But given my absence from the game for two years, and the fact that I have yet to return, I can't offer any more feedback as far as lore, etc is concern. That'll have to be up to others. :?

It's been a long time, and I only recall possibly the least useful parts of it, but the explanation went something like how "male" writing tends to be more "compartmentalized" and "rigid", as opposed to "flowing". The example given was that I used shorter sentences and clauses, which made me look back on everything I wrote, and I'm pretty sure that's not true. But it is the case that people I talk to OOC-ly almost immediately peg me as male IRL. I wouldn't say it's everyone, but as mentioned, it's enough that I can't rule it out completely as bias. I know, right? I'd love to know the psychology behind it too. It's definitely interesting. Even in single-player games where I can choose gender, I choose female. Femshep in Mass Effect, female hunter in Monster Hunter (despite all the armours and animations being equally ridiculous on both male and female), female character in Story of Seasons and Rune Factory, including stressing out over which bachelor to date... it goes on. Ha! Yep, in single player games (I actually never ever play MMOs, with the exception of FFXIV a couple years back ((because I love FF, obviously)) and hopefully FFXIV again sometime in the near future), if I have a choice to play a male over a female, I'll pick the male. I wonder if it has anything to do with feeling vulnerable. If you're a male playing a male, or vice versa, it's almost like you're a little bit more out there with your character, connecting to the other people online on a more personal level? I'm not sure. Must think about it!

This is pretty much my reasoning minus the SO and with the opposite gender. I can't really get into sexualities other than my own (straight from a female POV). One of the most awkward things I've ever had to deal with was another girl trying to hook up with me after I was nice to her and helped her out in a game (Ragnarok Online for those wondering). It was really difficult to deal with especially when she wouldn't relent and went with the whole "can't you at least try it?" thing. Every time I think of playing a male character or f/f relationship I'm reminded of how I felt in that situation. I have no problem with using characters outside my sexuality or gender as NPCs/background characters/one offs/etc (assuming I ever bother with that sort of thing). I'm also trying to branch out a little in that I made a pansexual female character for a tabletop RPG. It was a pretty safe choice though considering none of the players in the game likely want to romance that character. Anything I do with it will probably be backstory/epilogue/side story stuff. Ah jeez, that is not acceptable at all. So many weirdos out there. Sorry you had such an uncomfortable situation, but it looks like maybe having a pansexual character has helped you so far?