Female to Male Ratio

[Volk]

I've noticed how skewed this is on Balmung; forget races - genders are insanely disproportionate from my observations. Any time I find myself in an RP hub, many of the times it seems like mostly women about. Am I just stuck in a loop or has anyone else picked this up?

[111]

I think it's a combination of two factors.

 

Lots of guys like playing girl characters.

 

Lots of girls like to RP (I'd argue the M/F RPer ratio is much more balanced than the ratio of players in general).

 

Those two factors lend themselves to it.

[Aya]

Moar guys please!

[Gegenji]

I'm a guy who plays a guy. Am I weird?

[Volk]

Moar guys please!

 

If I could make a proper looking male (which I cannot) I would fantasia/rename my character in a heartbeat.

 

SAY GOODBYE DRACHEN BELLY WINDOW

[Magellan]

Tbh, I hadn't really noticed the gender imbalance, but I haven't fully gotten back into the swing of things rp wise yet. I guess it wouldn't surprise me. Just as it doesn't surprise me that there's nothing but Miqo's for malms and malms in Eorzea.

[Perth]

I think it's a combination of two factors.

 

Lots of guys like playing girl characters.

 

Lots of girls like to RP (I'd argue the M/F RPer ratio is much more balanced than the ratio of players in general).

 

Those two factors lend themselves to it.

 

 

I agree that it's this right here. A lot of folks would be surprised how many females roleplay! Especially on FFXIV. In World of Warcraft, I've noticed it to be a tweensy bit more balanced on the faction/server I played on. I think it comes down to target audience, as well.

[DeletedUser]

I agree that it's this right here. A lot of folks would be surprised how many females roleplay!

 

I think that's it too. At least, I play a female character because I'm female myself, and seems like I'm far from alone here.

[Mahorela]

I have kinda noticed it's skewed towards ladies, yeah. I can't tell ya how many events I've been to where it's like 90% cat girls lol. I blame guys liking catgirls or something! For most of the other races I notice a gender balance but miqo'te? Good heavens are there tons of cat girls. (Shaddup I know I'm not helping ;-; )

[LiveVoltage]

I have a male alt. Two actually, if that counts, though one is a super chaotic evil douche so he's not really RP able for the casuals. 

 

The other is a foreigner male who tends to get into trouble without actually knowing he does it, but in general, a good guy.

 

Really, it all depends on the concept of the character the player wants.

 

I tend to rationalize the excess of female players (who are often Miqo'te) as a trait of their breeding habit's. While they don't give birth in litters, they do reproduce and procreate quickly, thus an explanation on why there are so many female Miqo's.

 

Normal females not so much but they tend to be balanced in numbers.

[Makyn Loneseeker]

I'm a guy who plays a guy. Am I weird?

 

No man, you're not alone!

[Aya]

Yeah, I think for most races its pretty balanced, Miqo'te are the exception and this is actually in keeping with the lore (there are actually more male Miqo'te RPers running around than is proportional).  The "problem", if one wishes to call it that, is that there are just so many Miqo'te characters in the community that their imbalance imbalances all others.

[Volk]

I have kinda noticed it's skewed towards ladies, yeah. I can't tell ya how many events I've been to where it's like 90% cat girls lol. I blame guys liking catgirls or something! For most of the other races I notice a gender balance but miqo'te? Good heavens are there tons of cat girls. (Shaddup I know I'm not helping ;-; )

 

You get rep bump - this made me laugh and I'm grumpy today But it's surprisingly skewed in favor of women for Elezen too! The non-beardo attractive Elezen male is like a unicorn - I read stories about them, but never actually seen one.

[Maril]

I have both a male and a female character, and I am a female irl. It's however more of a "recent" development to my RP, as previously I've always been like, me? Playing a male? Nooooope. Can't do that! Based on lack of knowledge on how guys work. 

And I know a chunk of other female rpers who have felt the same way or even still do, where as it seems more common for men to play female characters. 

 

The fact that there's more female characters has always been a thing where ever I have been playing though. In terms of how the lore is, roleplayers fortunately doesn't make up 100% of the worlds population, I also don't know a whole lot of people who let the lore influence their gender choice. It's more of a whatever floats your boat thing.

[Melkire]

As has been mentioned, there's this trend with video games where guys tend to opt for the female character model in lieu of "playing as themselves" (I've been guilty of this). More aesthetically pleasing to the eye is what it comes down to.

 

This has very little if anything to do with roleplay. More often than not, roleplay will come after the fact.

 

Then you throw in a cat race and people go "WELP I'M GOING TO PLAY A CATGIRL".

[Dravus]

Judging from what I've seen in-game across a number of MMO's a lot of the 'female' characters boast extra appendages so perhaps that balances it out somewhat? :dodgy:

 

Though putting that aside, it doesn't help that it's difficult to design a conventionally attractive classically handsome male. I think I've succeeded with Graeham and my Miqo'te but a lot of the options are pretty feminine or androgynous.

 

Roegadyn are too large and Highlanders have a ruggedness about them but their faces could do with being a lot better given the lack of eyebrows/weird nose.

 

I don't play female characters myself, especially in a game like this when they're deliberately designed - for the most part - to be significantly smaller than their male counterparts. Female Highlanders aren't bad looking though!

[Coatleque]

As has been mentioned, there's this trend with video games where guys tend to opt for the female character model in lieu of "playing as themselves"

 

The most common explanation I see in other forums whenever this is brought up is "Well, if I have to stare at an avatar's ass for 6 hours every night, I might as well make it an attractive one."

[Aya]

As has been mentioned, there's this trend with video games where guys tend to opt for the female character model in lieu of "playing as themselves"

 

The most common explanation I see in other forums whenever this is brought up is "Well, if I have to stare at an avatar's ass for 6 hours every night, I might as well make it an attractive one."

So close-minded about the male figure!

[Coatleque]

So close-minded about the male figure!

 

Hey! They weren't my words! Just passing on what I commonly see elsewhere.

[xelliexell]

To add a little bit of data to this discussion, I went ahead and tallied the M/F ratio in my own LS. Here are the results:

 

M: 27

F: 30

 

However! I went back and recounted the list, only factoring participants that I would label as "active" membership. As you'll see, it's a bit more skewed:

 

M: 15

F: 24

 

(For the definition of 'active' in my brain, I considered those I have seen at multiple events, or events within the last month.)

 

Is this the case for other RP groups? Are the ratios more even, with the strong slant caused by more female characters simply being more active and involved in the RP scene?

[Dogberry]

As has been mentioned, there's this trend with video games where guys tend to opt for the female character model in lieu of "playing as themselves"

 

The most common explanation I see in other forums whenever this is brought up is "Well, if I have to stare at an avatar's ass for 6 hours every night, I might as well make it an attractive one."

So close-minded about the male figure!

 

It's a matter of preference. And besides, not everyone can look like Dogberry.

[Aya]

So close-minded about the male figure!

 

Hey!  They weren't my words!  Just passing on what I commonly see elsewhere.

I didn't mean you Coat! I meant our anonymous peeps!

[Chris Ganale]

I play as myself before I play as other characters/concepts. But out of seven characters, two of mine are female. The problem is that of the three main ones I RP on, two are kind of gated in specific areas because of the story I've created for them.

[Enzo]

All of these girls and my characters still can't get dates *Sad Face*

[Random Encounter]

So close-minded about the male figure!

 

Hey! They weren't my words! Just passing on what I commonly see elsewhere.

 

I heard that excuse countless times myself when it comes to males playing female characters in games. I tend to make characters I can relate to a little when playing games to make it more interesting. I guess to some "hot" pixels is their thing to spice up a game. To each their own. *Shrugs*