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Why do Men choose Female Avatars?

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Victoria Shi
Perkone
Caldari State
#81 - 2012-06-05 21:18:02 UTC
Nyreanya wrote:
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?



Exactly
Hemmo Paskiainen
#82 - 2012-06-05 21:20:49 UTC
A) Social Disorder
B) Abused by sister / mom / niece
C) Too much mom huggin in childhood
D) Too much porn viewing
E) Never had a Girlfriend (need to type that otherwise those ppl think about goodfights)
F) Stuck in high school girl obsession
G) Natural Psycopathic behaviour
H) A mix of all above
J) All above togheter

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Linna Excel
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#83 - 2012-06-05 21:20:54 UTC
Mist Runner wrote:
This would be a dead horse thread. Please use search before posting.


This is one of those dead horses that can't be beaten enough.

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Spineker
#84 - 2012-06-05 21:21:52 UTC
Hemmo Paskiainen wrote:
A) Social Disorder
B) Abused by sister / mom / niece
C) Too much mom huggin in childhood
D) Too much **** viewing
E) Never had a Girlfriend (need to type that otherwise those ppl think about goodfights)
F) Stuck in high school girl obsession
G) Natural Psycopathic behaviour
H) A mix of all above
J) All above togheter




Yeah pretty much Freudian :)
Spineker
#85 - 2012-06-05 21:23:42 UTC
Overseer Aliena wrote:
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.



No see I had dates and sex all my adult life so the desire and need to look at a female avatar is little strange to me. I am perfectly healthy male and was blessed with great sex in my 41 years on the planet.
Spineker
#86 - 2012-06-05 21:24:56 UTC
Nyreanya wrote:
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?



Of course I am a Pod Pilot when I play this game. Do you weirdos have no imagination either? I feel sorry for the "Lost Generation" us X'ers had great imaginations. Sad for you.
saltrock0000
State War Academy
Caldari State
#87 - 2012-06-05 21:25:04 UTC
I am guilty of this. in many mmos where i am expected to spend hours upon hours looking ata character i tend to choose female ones, would rather spend hours looking at a woman then a man even if only pixels

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Ituhata Saken
Killboard Padding Services
#88 - 2012-06-05 21:26:22 UTC
I can't help but notice this issue seems to be particularly disturbing to you Spineker. Tell me, who was s/he? Lol

So close...
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#89 - 2012-06-05 21:28:57 UTC
Spineker wrote:

Yeah pretty much Freudian :)


This is quite humorous to anyone actually familiar with Psychology and Freud.

Freudian diagnoses tend to say more about the diagnoser than the diagnosee.
Overseer Aliena
Lord of Wars
#90 - 2012-06-05 21:31:48 UTC
Spineker wrote:
Overseer Aliena wrote:
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.



No see I had dates and sex all my adult life so the desire and need to look at a female avatar is little strange to me. I am perfectly healthy male and was blessed with great sex in my 41 years on the planet.


See, you are overcompensating your manliness again. I never made any claimed that you were sexually repressed and yet you felt the need to immediately prove your over abundance of testosterone to the public. This repression is unhealthy and you need to let go of these anxieties of not appearing manly enough in your unforgiving fathers eyes.
Kalicor Lightwind
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#91 - 2012-06-05 21:32:27 UTC
I come back to the reason "Why" occasionally, I wonder - hey maybe this says something about me on a deep personal level, but then I realize - no, it's because I want to and no one can stop me and tell me no.
Sarah Schneider
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#92 - 2012-06-05 21:33:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Sarah Schneider
MMORPG = Many Men Online Role Playing Girls

PS: on a serious note, i rather look at a female avatar all day long rather than male, just sayin.

"I'd rather have other players get shot by other players than not interacting with others" -CCP Soundwave
Mirim Rokstar
Empire of Decadence
Empire of Decadence.
#93 - 2012-06-05 21:34:36 UTC
If it annoys the OP so much he had to make a thread about it, then this girls work is done
Kiteo Hatto
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#94 - 2012-06-05 21:36:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Kiteo Hatto
Andoria Thara wrote:
Kiteo Hatto wrote:
Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a male avatar is deemed "gay" by them.


Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a female avatar is deemed "gay" by them.

See what I did there?


That makes no sense.....

If they have a female avatar then they are trying to prove it to the world that they are 100% straight. Guys with male avatars just don't care what others think :S.

Unless you meant
Quote:
Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a female avatar is deemed "100% straight" by them.
Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#95 - 2012-06-05 21:39:51 UTC
In short: why does it matter really? Some like to play with guys, others like to play with girls. Let us respect that, and blow each other to stardust to celebrate the freedom to choose.

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Overseer Aliena
Lord of Wars
#96 - 2012-06-05 21:40:59 UTC
Kiteo Hatto wrote:
Andoria Thara wrote:
Kiteo Hatto wrote:
Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a male avatar is deemed "gay" by them.


Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a female avatar is deemed "gay" by them.

See what I did there?


That makes no sense.....

If they have a female avatar then they are trying to prove it to the world that they are 100% straight. Guys with male avatars just don't care what others think :S.



I find that guys with male avatars spend a lot of time attempting to point out that guys with female avatars are some how different. They seem to think that it draws attention away from the fact that they really 'like' their male avatar.
Kiteo Hatto
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#97 - 2012-06-05 21:41:26 UTC
Jandice Ymladris wrote:
In short: why does it matter really? Some like to play with guys, others like to play with girls. Let us respect that, and blow each other to stardust to celebrate the freedom to choose.

Because we need more real women on the internet ;p

That awkward moment when you are sitting in the future's WiS expansion and chatting to a "girl"
Kiteo Hatto
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#98 - 2012-06-05 21:43:45 UTC
Overseer Aliena wrote:
Kiteo Hatto wrote:
Andoria Thara wrote:
Kiteo Hatto wrote:
Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a male avatar is deemed "gay" by them.


Because there are many sexually insecure men out there who play video games. Having a female avatar is deemed "gay" by them.

See what I did there?


That makes no sense.....

If they have a female avatar then they are trying to prove it to the world that they are 100% straight. Guys with male avatars just don't care what others think :S.



I find that guys with male avatars spend a lot of time attempting to point out that guys with female avatars are some how different. They seem to think that it draws attention away from the fact that they really 'like' their male avatar.


If they are still acting as a guy and don't "pretend" to be a girl then there are no difference, but if they do "pretend" then they "are" different...
Ituhata Saken
Killboard Padding Services
#99 - 2012-06-05 21:44:16 UTC
Kiteo Hatto wrote:
Jandice Ymladris wrote:
In short: why does it matter really? Some like to play with guys, others like to play with girls. Let us respect that, and blow each other to stardust to celebrate the freedom to choose.

Because we need more real women on the internet ;p

That awkward moment when you are sitting in the future's WiS expansion and chatting to a "girl"


Never assume. That's what vent and webcams do, weed out the posers, also if you miraculously get an actual female on webcam, well if they're actually there that's just gold.

So close...
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#100 - 2012-06-05 21:44:29 UTC
In response to OP:

Probably the same reason I have a male alt. Sometimes he's nice to look at... and I'll admit I had fun sculpting his muscles.

Of course we could be stereotypical and say that its because we are socially inept nerds...