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Character Creator Enforces Unrealistic Beauty Standards?

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Thomas Hurt
Future Ventures
#1 - 2013-01-08 22:24:00 UTC
Yesterday I made my 11th account (all paid for with cash, you're welcome CCP) and today started up the character creator to make another mining alt. I thought to myself "hey, I don't have any characters that look like me. That would be a cool thing to do", so I get to work sculpting an "Space-Avatar" that bears a resemblance to my person; almost immediately I find that this is downright impossible.

There are a few hairstyles depicting various stages of male-pattern baldness, but none with the spotty growth and combover that convey the same lack of confidence and grace in aging that I carry with me. I put the "scarring" slider up to 3, but found that it did not come anywhere near the level of acne scarring resulting from decades of junk food and regular sodas that is so endemic in the MMO population. Then, the most egregious violation: I put the "Muscularity" slider at 0% and the "Weight" slider at 100%, and found that this only turns my character from Roided-up Bodybuilder to Professional Swimmer; making a "Space-Character" with anything resembling my rubenesque-physique is downright impossible.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2013-01-08 22:26:22 UTC
K.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Illest Insurrectionist
Sparta.
#3 - 2013-01-08 22:27:47 UTC
So instead of space ken and barbie you want space chris christie?
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#4 - 2013-01-08 22:32:30 UTC
I believe that a beergut slider needs to be implemented as welll as an acne slider and a neckbeard one too.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Nalha Saldana
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-01-08 22:34:27 UTC
Why would capsuleers have any of these issues?
Thorrahrafn
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-01-08 22:36:38 UTC
I've seen plenty of ugly avatars. Horrendous ones, in fact. If anything, the creator enforces unrealistic ugly standards.
Charlepetit LaJoie
Trust Me Ltd
#7 - 2013-01-08 22:39:44 UTC
As a Gallente, I was shocked to read that there are no ugly Caldari. Shocked

I agree that a wider range of character models would be nice to have. Goofy looking characters are the best characters.
Khador Vess
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#8 - 2013-01-08 22:42:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Khador Vess
who needs to be overweight, have bad hair, acne and other problems when your encased in pod goo all the time... isnt that harsh enough...
Dessau
The Scope
#9 - 2013-01-08 22:45:08 UTC
There will be a Pod Potato 'premium physique' available in a future expansion, but it will cost AUR.
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#10 - 2013-01-08 23:00:13 UTC
Gief me my 2D face back!

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Romvex
TURN LEFT
#11 - 2013-01-08 23:03:40 UTC
Yes, because 23,000 years in the future all of the immortal, egomaniac capsuleers will still want to be ugly even with the technology at their disposal
Sixx Spades
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-01-08 23:04:11 UTC
Space Healthcare is amazing nowadays.

Using a weapon as a deterrent in a diplomatic situation is only viable when you have proven that you have deployed it in the past and are willing to use it in the future.
Piugattuk
Litla Sundlaugin
#13 - 2013-01-08 23:09:22 UTC
In eve there're not ugly on the outside just the inside...full of black tar goo from months inside that pod.
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#14 - 2013-01-08 23:21:12 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
I believe that a beergut slider needs to be implemented as welll as an acne slider and a neckbeard one too.


why am I finding all your ideas are fairly good ones

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Ginger Barbarella
#15 - 2013-01-08 23:37:16 UTC
Troll better. 0/10

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Jason Xado
Doomheim
#16 - 2013-01-08 23:41:16 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
(all paid for with cash, you're welcome CCP)


All accounts are payed for with cash. Not trying to be rude or anything, just trying to illuminate :-)
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#17 - 2013-01-08 23:41:42 UTC
Thorrahrafn wrote:
I've seen plenty of ugly avatars. Horrendous ones, in fact. If anything, the creator enforces unrealistic ugly standards.


Where's the old Xenuria face?

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Mildew Wolf
#18 - 2013-01-08 23:42:53 UTC
yes im tired of being sexy but what can i do?
Captain Tardbar
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#19 - 2013-01-08 23:43:31 UTC
Where are all the space fatties?!

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Moonasha
Orcses and Goblinz
#20 - 2013-01-08 23:48:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Moonasha
Considering your clone can be reshaped within the base racial specifications at will, no capsuleer would be cursed with being ugly unless they chose to be that way. Perhaps a capsuleer might choose to be ugly, to blend in when visiting a station. But when people are born, it's likely the parents can alter the child to look the way they want. At least, if they're wealthy. I assume most of the poor human trash inhabit the planets beneath us.
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