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95% male players, 50% Female characters???

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Sadie Eriker
Savage Socks And Shoes
#41 - 2013-03-27 04:29:38 UTC
I suspect that if I had chosen a male character that people would not put up with me nearly as much as what they do.
However, I chose a female character 'cause everyone knows boys have cooties. Smile
Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#42 - 2013-03-27 04:55:05 UTC
Their more fun to look at.

Eve is about Capital ships, WiS, Boobs, PI and Isk!
Parliament x
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#43 - 2013-03-27 05:07:21 UTC
I usually have Female characters. I name them after girls who always have some of my heart. In alot of avatar based mmorps, females always gave an advantage because the model itself was smaller leading to being clicked on and focused less frequently in PvP
Super spikinator
Hegemonous Conscripts
#44 - 2013-03-27 05:10:37 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
Joelleaveek wrote:
I just didn't want to look at a boring generic male character all the time.


And I guess the thunderboobs never get boring either eh?

Mascha Tzash wrote:
The chances of getting free stuff from other players are increased by ~0.01%.


It's more of a sliding scale where on one side you have respect but responsibility and on the other side you have freedom but no confidence.

Females are less threatening to the alpha males which affords them more breathing room. Some mistake this for an advantage but females are also treated as less stable and less reliable.

As a woman the advantages are very short term. The extra breathing room you are afforded is useful when you're new to a community but you are seen as naturally less stable and capable than men so there's a tendency for the men to coddle and protect you which makes it harder to grow and advance in a community so you have to work extra hard to earn the true respect.


At the same time the ever present hunt for the true females and the witch hunt for the "fake" ones endanger your gender identity further because showing any sort of personal fortitude, strength or independence will have people pounce on you and accuse you of being male. On top of that you can't really counter that by throwing your sex around at every corner because then you undermine your position further by looking like you want to draw attention to the fact that you are a woman when all you really want people to notice is what you're capable of.


So as a woman you're left to choose between being a giggling, smiley spamming moron. Having a posse of drooling idiots follow you around, making sexual innuendos at every turn.

or throwing away your gender identity and turning into Hillary Clinton in hopes of a chance to earn some respect based on your own merits and capabilities.


If there's some sort of middleground then I have yet to find it but it depends mainly on the people around you.


Being a woman is in no way a free ride nor does it afford you unwarranted benefits. You merely pay for short term rewards with your long term dignity. If you choose to sell it that is.


You used the phrase "alpha male" while typing on a forum for a hardcore science fiction space simulator. I'm sorry to say but there are no alphas here, just betas as far as the eye can see (which is variable dependent on how long a person's post is and whether someone has a high x scaled monitor).
pussnheels
Viziam
#45 - 2013-03-27 06:50:03 UTC
Ovv Topik wrote:
I’ve often wondered and can’t find any thread on this.

Trolls & flames welcome as always. But some thoughts appreciated as well.

So why did you pick a female character?


u rgink i answered that in another post today

most of us are men and most of us prefer looking at something pretty even if they are pixels
beside they are just avatars

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Caitlyn Tufy
Perkone
Caldari State
#46 - 2013-03-27 07:09:13 UTC
I've always played girls in games. Nicer curves, their voices tend to be easier on the ears, you're generally accepted a bit better, etc. Picking a female character for EVE was natural, even back in the olden days when the avatar was just a tiny picture.
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#47 - 2013-03-27 07:17:50 UTC
I'm not even sure what Akirei's gender is.
chatgris
Quantum Cats Syndicate
Of Essence
#48 - 2013-03-27 07:19:28 UTC  |  Edited by: chatgris
Because at the time, Achura had by far the best stats, and there was no talk of normalizing the stats across races like we see now.

And Achura men were just godawful ugly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnKk2ysyNrA : go to 1:15 where they introduce the blood lines, pretty much sums it up.
Super spikinator
Hegemonous Conscripts
#49 - 2013-03-27 07:19:46 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
I'm not even sure what Akirei's gender is.


Akirei is their own gender.
Dessau
The Scope
#50 - 2013-03-27 07:28:10 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
I'm not even sure what Akirei's gender is.

A Jelly Tone, obviously.
Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#51 - 2013-03-27 08:09:07 UTC
chatgris wrote:
Because at the time, Achura had by far the best stats, and there was no talk of normalizing the stats across races like we see now.

And Achura men were just godawful ugly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnKk2ysyNrA : go to 1:15 where they introduce the blood lines, pretty much sums it up.


This. As a new player around 2006/2007 you were told by older players that Achura was the only race to go for, if you took any other race your character would be gimped for the rest of his life.

And for reference, this and this is how the Achura males used to look.

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
Ovv Topik
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#52 - 2013-03-27 08:11:43 UTC
Terajima Kazumi wrote:
Why did you pick a white male character with cornrows and a goatee?

Why do people think of gender differently than other attributes?

Because changing your hairstyle or not shaving is on a slightly different level to "I think I'll chop off my tackle and get some silicone implants!"

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Josef Djugashvilis
#53 - 2013-03-27 08:18:53 UTC
Ovv Topik wrote:
I’ve often wondered and can’t find any thread on this.

Trolls & flames welcome as always. But some thoughts appreciated as well.

So why did you pick a female character?


It has been a while since this came up in the forums.

Does it matter, and does anyone really care?

This is not a signature.
Sola Mercury
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#54 - 2013-03-27 08:22:40 UTC
players fielding male characters are either women or gay males.Cool
Feer Truelight
#55 - 2013-03-27 09:16:32 UTC
As a male person I like to look at women, not men.

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Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games.
Suddenly Spaceships.
#56 - 2013-03-27 09:26:45 UTC
I bought the character.

Had no choice ^_^
Radamant Nemess
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
#57 - 2013-03-27 10:11:10 UTC
oedipus complex.

i can fail at any speed you like
KuroVolt
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#58 - 2013-03-27 10:21:00 UTC
Boobs, this isnt rocketscience.

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Lara Dantreb
Reisende des Schwarzschild Grenze
#59 - 2013-03-27 10:24:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Lara Dantreb
Feer Truelight wrote:
As a male person I like to look at women, not men.


This

Edit : I wonder why players like to have avatar with muscles and macho attributes ? are 95% of the male players shaped like mister universe irl so they just design their avatar so that they resemble ? Or is it an unacknowledged sexual attractionBlink

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Nova Satar
Pator Tech School
#60 - 2013-03-27 10:32:23 UTC
I think most people are confident enough in their own sexuality that they don't have to reinforce themselves via in-game avatars....

I am male and I have a female character, simply because i thought she looks better than the blokes.