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Why do Men choose Female Avatars?

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Spineker
#61 - 2012-06-05 20:51:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Spineker
Shandir wrote:
Spineker wrote:
I never buy into the "eye candy" thing. It is some other reason surely, because none of these avatars are physically attractive unless you are messed up in the head or something. Being a chick is just silly to me.


You're just bad with the character creator.



I didn't care but being a chick would be stupid. No immersion at all unless you have some sexual issues.

WHo sits in eve looking at their little tiny less than an inch picture all day? Weird
Simetraz
State War Academy
Caldari State
#62 - 2012-06-05 20:52:36 UTC
A lot of interesting replies.

But one thing just occurred to me.

All these women avatars are getting blown up.
Shredded, Frozen and flat out pulverized.

Is there a hidden psychological message int that ?

Hmmmmm.






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Kytayn
Kronos TEchnologies
#63 - 2012-06-05 20:53:30 UTC
I think the real answer comes down to whether you identify with the character or not. For me, Kytayn is a representation of me, and I made that choice when I built the character. My female alts are not, but here the argument of "I prefer looking at images of females for extended periods of time" comes into play. Also, I don't attempt to "role-play" female when I'm logged in with one of my female alts (with the occasional exception for humor where all parties concerned are in on the joke).

As a counter-example, I have also known a few male players who rolled female mains because they identified as female in their personal life, being transgender. As far as I know, however, they would actually stay away from male characters entirely. For them I suppose their Eve characters were all about identity and representation.

To each their own, as it ought to be.

Be careful in Pulsar systems, you might get Pod Flu.

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Kytayn
Kronos TEchnologies
#64 - 2012-06-05 20:55:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Kytayn
Simetraz wrote:
A lot of interesting replies.

But one thing just occurred to me.

All these women avatars are getting blown up.
Shredded, Frozen and flat out pulverized.

Is there a hidden psychological message int that ?

Hmmmmm.

All these "women" have also been made effectively immortal, though they may suffer the occasional podding. I read about the same amount into that fact. Big smile

Though, come to think of it, in general women have a higher tolerance for pain.

Be careful in Pulsar systems, you might get Pod Flu.

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Spineker
#65 - 2012-06-05 20:55:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Spineker
Kytayn wrote:
I think the real answer comes down to whether you identify with the character or not. For me, Kytayn is a representation of me, and I made that choice when I built the character.



Absolutely that is how I see it too, I am not female so I could never relate to a female character in a game for years I have never understood the boys playing as girls and think it is some projection of themselves. Or I am one of the few who play games to immerse myself into it for a few hours and can't do that with gender not my own.
Lin-Young Borovskova
Doomheim
#66 - 2012-06-05 20:57:24 UTC
A lot of women play male characters just like a lot of men play female characters. I do play male and female char indifferently, depends on my humour and sometimes it's very funny.

brb
Campl3r Athonille
Bluestar Enterprises
The Craftsmen
#67 - 2012-06-05 20:59:15 UTC
why cant I be female?
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#68 - 2012-06-05 21:01:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Akirei Scytale
Basically, it boils down to this:

I generally play male characters, but if a game allows me to make an attractive female avatar, I will - it is easier on the eyes. Bear in mind I don't consider "lol anime chix" to be attractive, when I tried Aion, I still made a male, for example. Realism is important too.

Historically this has led to a split of about 80% male 20% female.

Also, this character was initially an alt.
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#69 - 2012-06-05 21:01:11 UTC
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#70 - 2012-06-05 21:01:17 UTC
Spineker wrote:
I didn't care but being a chick would be stupid. No immersion at all unless you have some sexual issues.

WHo sits in eve looking at their little tiny less than an inch picture all day? Weird
…and thus you invalidated your own argument: since you're not staring at that little picture all day, it ceases to matter what's in it.

Also, you're not a chick (well… unless you are, but then your answer would make even less sense) — you're you. The avatar is a chick (or not).
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#71 - 2012-06-05 21:02:45 UTC
Spineker wrote:
Shandir wrote:
Spineker wrote:
I never buy into the "eye candy" thing. It is some other reason surely, because none of these avatars are physically attractive unless you are messed up in the head or something. Being a chick is just silly to me.


You're just bad with the character creator.



I didn't care but being a chick would be stupid. No immersion at all unless you have some sexual issues.

WHo sits in eve looking at their little tiny less than an inch picture all day? Weird



Dude upgrade to something larger than a smartphone.

Do you smell what the Lock's cooking?
Spineker
#72 - 2012-06-05 21:04:11 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Spineker wrote:
I didn't care but being a chick would be stupid. No immersion at all unless you have some sexual issues.

WHo sits in eve looking at their little tiny less than an inch picture all day? Weird
…and thus you invalidated your own argument: since you're not staring at that little picture all day, it ceases to matter what's in it.

Also, you're not a chick (well… unless you are, but then your answer would make even less sense) — you're you. The avatar is a chick (or not).



Didn't invalidate anything dumbass. It is not the picture it is the immersion learn to understand. You're a dude playing a chick you most likely have some dude problems like huge pimples and no dates at 25.
Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#73 - 2012-06-05 21:04:30 UTC
I don't identify with my char, as I see it just as a way to try something what I wouldn't do in real life. And I prefer doing that when I got a char that's easy on the eyes.
Tbh, I always played with female avatars, except in early times, but playing a male char just didn't feel right. Not many guy enjoy looking at other guys. I'm sure most of us rather enjoy watching someone of female gender, even without it being some topmodel or somesuch. If you rather enjoy male avatars then female avatars, that's up to you.

Tbh, these threads mostly seem to come from guys playing male characters, never seen it from another combination (like girls playing female chars, or guys playing female ones)

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Linna Excel
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#74 - 2012-06-05 21:11:37 UTC
Cause I like looking at a female's boobies and butt? Seriously, if only females played female chars in MMO, we wouldn't see TERA's armor designs in gaming. One of the races runs around in lingerie.


BTW, I've known of gay males that choose to play male chars for the eye candy factor as well.

I can has blogging skills!
Kytayn
Kronos TEchnologies
#75 - 2012-06-05 21:12:10 UTC
Jandice Ymladris wrote:
I don't identify with my char, as I see it just as a way to try something what I wouldn't do in real life. And I prefer doing that when I got a char that's easy on the eyes.
Tbh, I always played with female avatars, except in early times, but playing a male char just didn't feel right. Not many guy enjoy looking at other guys. I'm sure most of us rather enjoy watching someone of female gender, even without it being some topmodel or somesuch. If you rather enjoy male avatars then female avatars, that's up to you.

Tbh, these threads mostly seem to come from guys playing male characters, never seen it from another combination (like girls playing female chars, or guys playing female ones)

These threads also seemed to come from guys playing male characters who were "disappointed" (to dramatically understate it) to learn that that hot avatar was a guy in RL.

Be careful in Pulsar systems, you might get Pod Flu.

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Nyreanya
Serenity Labs
#76 - 2012-06-05 21:13:28 UTC
Spineker wrote:

Absolutely that is how I see it too, I am not female so I could never relate to a female character in a game for years I have never understood the boys playing as girls and think it is some projection of themselves. Or I am one of the few who play games to immerse myself into it for a few hours and can't do that with gender not my own.

I never understood this. You're also not a pod pilot, you don't live thousands of years in the future, you don't control the wealth of nations. And yet gender is your biggest obstacle in connecting with your character?

[/sarcasm]
Mist Runner
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#77 - 2012-06-05 21:15:11 UTC
This would be a dead horse thread. Please use search before posting.
Overseer Aliena
Lord of Wars
#78 - 2012-06-05 21:16:38 UTC
Spineker wrote:
Tippia wrote:
Spineker wrote:
I didn't care but being a chick would be stupid. No immersion at all unless you have some sexual issues.

WHo sits in eve looking at their little tiny less than an inch picture all day? Weird
…and thus you invalidated your own argument: since you're not staring at that little picture all day, it ceases to matter what's in it.

Also, you're not a chick (well… unless you are, but then your answer would make even less sense) — you're you. The avatar is a chick (or not).



Didn't invalidate anything dumbass. It is not the picture it is the immersion learn to understand. You're a dude playing a chick you most likely have some dude problems like huge pimples and no dates at 25.



It seems pretty obvious to me that your parents caught you looking at a playgirl when you were young. The traumatic moment was enough that ever since that day you feel that you must over compensate your manliness which I'm assuming includes driving a fast car or big truck, saying anything chauvinistic in public, hosting football sundays with a barbeque and maybe a little man on man in the closet wrestling afterward.

You can try to hide it, you can deny it all you want, but that little boy wants out again. You should seek professional help before you attempt to start a bromance with your male friends.
Spy 21
Doomheim
#79 - 2012-06-05 21:16:45 UTC
Kytayn wrote:
Jandice Ymladris wrote:
I don't identify with my char, as I see it just as a way to try something what I wouldn't do in real life. And I prefer doing that when I got a char that's easy on the eyes.
Tbh, I always played with female avatars, except in early times, but playing a male char just didn't feel right. Not many guy enjoy looking at other guys. I'm sure most of us rather enjoy watching someone of female gender, even without it being some topmodel or somesuch. If you rather enjoy male avatars then female avatars, that's up to you.

Tbh, these threads mostly seem to come from guys playing male characters, never seen it from another combination (like girls playing female chars, or guys playing female ones)

These threads also seemed to come from guys playing male characters who were "disappointed" (to dramatically understate it) to learn that that hot avatar was a guy in RL.


Nope never happened.

Except looking back in to the way back machine, the first corp I was in (with the old avatars) did have quite a bit of sexual trolling back and forth between the male and female characters. At that point in my Eve career, I had an expectation that males were males and females were females... I wonder now what those guys trolling the females thought when they figured it out.

I didn't participate in that talk as that's not why I play video games....

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Widow Cain
#80 - 2012-06-05 21:17:44 UTC
It is a pixel toon in a computer game, trying to attach and RL meaning to the sex of the toon is just dumb.

I suppose because I am a clone that means IRL I must be a democrat because the reblicans would never go for cloning Roll

OMG You are sooo pixel macho...