Comments on: Useless comments on being a guy playing a female toon

By: Whats in a name? « Dechion's Place

Whats in a name? « Dechion's Place — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:23:59 +0000

[...] Before we can go about picking a name we need to know what sex the character will be. This will have an effect on your game. The way people approach you will be different depending on what you choose. Some people I know choose only their own real life sex for all their characters. I also know folks who mix and match, having some of both. I assume there those out there that play all characters of the opposite sex. I myself fall into the category of people who play both. I could do an entire post about just my thoughts on this particular topic, it however was covered quite well by Big Bear Butt Here. [...]

By: Kenney

Kenney — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:58:21 +0000

I guess I will chime in way late since I just visited this blog to agree with the above sentiments, but I have to say that I think there are a lot of deeper reasons people sometimes play female characters- almost never conscious. Maybe you had a strong mother that was critical of men, and you have trouble finding positive adjectives that apply to masculinity. Maybe you want to take a break from the expectations levied on you as a man. Maybe you are curious how women are treated online. Maybe you ARE transgendered. None of these things are anyone else’s business. I’m a heterosexual male that prefers playing male avatars because I get sick of watching guys act goofy around the female avatars I’ve made, but I think that saying “it doesn’t have to mean anything”, or “I do it because I like looking at female butts” just kind of perpetuates the sense that it is ok for other people to police your identity.

By: Aindrelin

Aindrelin — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:42:42 +0000

It all comes down to preference. If I wanted to roll a Night elf, I would choose a female because the males just look kind of creepy. Not to mention their animations/emotes are annoying to me. If I were to roll a Blood Elf, though, it would be a male, because I don’t like the female Blood Elf animations, or their voice. There are a multitude of races where I’d do either male or female (undead, orc, human, dwarf, draenei), but at the same time I’d never roll a tauren female or a troll male. It’s just preference. It’s not just the butt you’re looking at, it’s the way your character runs, the way your character casts or shoots, the way your character looks on a mount.

Oh, and I’d never roll a gnome, male or female.

By: Shadowblade60

Shadowblade60 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:30:07 +0000

My ratio is 5 female to 3 male toons. My daughter has two toons on my account. I totally agree with BBB. I am not female, or a Night Elf, and yes, must admit, not a Rogue, or Mage or Warlock. But I do enjoy playing them on WoW. I think it’s those of us who are comfortable playing toons of any gender who are secure in our sexuality, and probably those who have a problem with it, may be the ones who haven’t quite arrived at that level of maturity. In the end, we all pay each month to play this great game, and we should play it any way we desire, well, except for those ding dongs who stand around in Stormwind begging for gold. Anyway, just started reading this site a couple weeks ago, and have really found some good information here. Thanks for your effort.

By: Sanctus

Sanctus — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:29:45 +0000

I’m a chick playing dude chars because I find them sexy. Male Night Elf Druid – yessir. Male blood elf warlock? Yessir. Most of my chars are male, and I do RP them. I don’t try to trick or deceive people, and honestly I avoid playing females because I don’t enjoy being hit on, or getting preference of gear or items based on my char(and there fore my IRL)’s gender. I like going under the radar, and just blending in with the rest of the guys.

And I think the NElf dudes are the hottest models in the game. Big. Tall. Long hair.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:59:50 +0000

I am in total agreement with you BBB on the fact that my toons are characters I play. They aren’t extensions of my ego, id or whatever psych mumbo jumbo you want to use. With me the first thing I usually do after I decide what kind of toon I want to play (Race and class), is to come up with a name. From there I decide if the name sounds more masculine or feminine and go from there.

Silvers=Female Human Rogue, Dooddad=Male Nelf Druid, Frostriven=Male Dwarven Hunter, Gearsworth= Male Gnome Warlock. Starblade=Female Nelf Warrior. One of my personal favorite names I came up with was “Sallyforthe” a Female Human Mage. Just before I made the toon I had watched a Bruce Campbell movie. The name is NOT From the comic character but from the line the Undead Ash struggles to say with his broken jaw in the movie Army of Darkness.

Male, Female, It doesn’t really matter. In the end they are all just pixels on the screen. Whatever you like to look at while you play them for hours is what counts :-)

By: Rhastah

Rhastah — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:42:30 +0000

oddly enough, i get more “racist” comments directed toward my male gnome than i do “sexist” comments toward my female night elf. in other words, idunno bout all of you, but for me it’s a complete and utter non-issue.

btw i’m a guy and my main is a female night elf bear.

By: Finn

Finn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:57:49 +0000

Hi all,

My main is a Tauren female druid in an RP server though I am not a female and, surprise, not a Tauren IRL. I never got this thing about people thinking its strange for a guy to roll a female toon because I don’t feel that my character is me in any sense (I actually rollplay 3 Tauren siblings of which my main is the younger sister) or that is even an extension of myself. Is a character I created in a fantasy world. Have you never played Tombraider? Have you ever thought you were Lara Croft? Well, I never did and I loved that game. What seems odd to me are those people who treat their toons as they roll themselves IRL, that don’t realize that this is all a game and that actually think that they’re gonna get laid when they flirt with my toon and then get really angry when I whisper them that I’m a guy, because this is the real issue here: they do feel cheated when they discover that the toon that makes them horny is a guy IRL but that is not our fault… Well this is what seems really weird to me.

My 5 cents,

Finn

By: The Wild One

The Wild One — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:21:10 +0000

Holy hell, I logged in right after making the above comment, and no sooner got hit on in Shatt.

In Aldor bank, a lv55 Gnome Rogue asked me if I could use him… as, well… to keep it PG, I’ll say an “assistive device”.

O_o

WTF is wrong with people?!

By: The Wild One

The Wild One — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:56:52 +0000

Ok, I’m male, and ALL of my toons are female.

Even my bank toon.

Like BBB said, it’s about playstyles and preferences.

I’m not an RPer, and I don’t project myself into my characters or identify with them, beyond being in the game I like playing.

I also have ZERO desire to get a 3rd person view of ANY male model’s backside for 70+ levels.

Ain’t gonna happen.

I’ve gotten the “Hey sexy” comments. I usually tell them I’m male, and invariably get the “gay” comments, to which I have a standared macro’d response:

“I’d like to point out that somewhat over half of all the toons in WoW are female, while it’s figured that female PLAYERS only make up 10-15% of the userbase. Next time you flirt with a “hot NElf chick”, do the math. Chances are she’s packing meat.”

That usually shuts them up. ;)