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Why do Men choose Female Avatars?

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Noriko Satomi
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#281 - 2012-06-10 23:40:20 UTC
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.

If people say it and you don't believe it that's your problem. It simply means you may lack imagination and empathy (can't mentally put yourself in someone else's shoes).
Zoe Athame
Don't Lose Your Way
#282 - 2012-06-10 23:42:22 UTC
Cyprus Amaro wrote:
Spy 21 wrote:
To me it seems freakishly weird for a male to run around in a virtual universe with the identity of a hot looking woman...

Maybe it's just my upbringing in an older and now outdated world but it just seems to me like playing dress up on a Saturday night and trolling the seamier parts of town.


It is pretty obvious that many of these avatars simply represent a juvenile male fantasy of what their ideal sex toy would be. You would think that these kids would outgrow that mindset as they mature, but remember this is the EVE population where far too many of them are basement dwellers hiding their computer **** from their Mom.

(Full disclosure: One of my toons is a female character. She is actually modeled after my adult daughter both in name and appearance.)


By that logic your ideal sex toy is a hairy man with large glasses. That's a bit different from the usual librarian look but I won't judge.
Anya Ohaya
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#283 - 2012-06-11 00:05:51 UTC
My mains (the ones with all the SP) are male, my alts are spunky chicks.

I think I watched too much James Bond as a kid.
Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#284 - 2012-06-11 11:10:02 UTC
This thread is still going oO

Here's a point of tought. It all depends wetehr you identify with the char (you feel you are the character) or just play a character (so you don't identify with it, but it's more like a way to play a game)

If you identify with it; you (normally) choose a same gender avatar, because playing a different gender then yourself when you feel you are the character would indeed be disturbing.

If you just play a character (hence not identify with it) any gender will do, albeit choosing the opposite gender makes more sense then (assuming hetero) as eyecandy rates higher in such playstyle. I'm part of this style.

In short: let us celebrate the fact we got the freedom to choose, and that we're a diverse people with many different views. Don't be an extremist and force your views on others because you think you're right and the other is wrong.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#285 - 2012-06-11 16:47:45 UTC
Because the EVE character designer let's you create some truly hot females. No joke. Amazing how they managed to pull that off. It that a CCP-made tool, or a third party app?
Toshiroma McDiesel
Lupus Draconis
The Lost Drone Society
#286 - 2012-06-11 17:05:58 UTC
CCP Punkturis wrote:
whenever I drop by in the Help chat most people think I'm a guy, so I guess everybody just assumes all characters, male or female, are men!



The Internet : Where the Men are Men, the Women are Men, and the kids are the FBI !

probably one of the best ways to handle people on the internets Pirate

I"m not really the Evil One, I'm just his answering service.
Kalli Brixzat
#287 - 2012-06-11 18:18:49 UTC
Because we're all G.I.R.L.'s
clitheroica
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#288 - 2012-06-11 18:52:25 UTC
Kalli Brixzat wrote:
Because we're all G.I.R.L.'s



you said it sister
Cadhla Ovsanna
Deadly Intent.
#289 - 2012-06-11 20:02:17 UTC
because they cant look at real **** all day so might as well settle for fake ones ... XD