Girls will be boys and boys will be girls ...

Permidion_Stark

I'm a guy but when I play BG I almost always play a female character (a paladin, steadfast and true) and I get the impression a lot of guys like playing as girls (I mean would Tomb Raider have been anywhere near as popular if it had been Lloyd Croft wandering through the dungeons in tight little shorts?). But does the opposite hold true? Do girls like playing as boys?

rodneyandsteptoe

Can't even remember why I started playing female characters but I have done so for every RPG I have played...

Permidion_Stark

Whoops! Posted this on the volunteering site by accident. If some helpful volunteer knows how to move it to the General site it would be much appreciated.

Medillen

Done ! Be a bit more careful next time !

Talvrae

My answer say it all

Permidion_Stark

Medillen said:

Done ! Be a bit more careful next time !

Thanks. Will do.

Tuth

I play most of the time as a guy, but there were some exceptions in a few games (e.g. Assassin - Diablo 2, Ashe - League of Legends). I might as well try and play BG:EE as a girl, that would be something new to me.

CCarluNN

There has been a joke around on the internet saying that if someone tells you that person is a GIRL, it likely means that person is a Guy In Real Life.

Rush_that_speaks

I just enjoy being myself even in a game.
Moreover, I don’t like girls very much ;/

Sophia

Not so many girls voting for now...

CheOffshore

I've played Bethesda's games as a female character! played fallout 3 as a black woman, after discussing with a friend that the point of fantasy games is you play as someone you could never be in real life XD I then just liked the character and she stuck around for New Vegas, Oblivion and Skyrim!

Never played the IE games as a woman tho! might have to do EE with Dynaheir's portrait when i get it

Bjjorick

i should have picked the bottom option. i play as guys, i like the romance.

also @Permidion_Stark , have you played the seralith mod on bg2 soa/tob? it adds a female pally who plays the part deep and well. I think you would enjoy it

Edit: @sophia lol, i'd be scared to admit i was a girl on a dnd board.....or the internet......but then i know how bad some guys can be :P

Doom972

Usually, when I have to make a character, I imagine a character I feel like playing at that moment, sometimes I imagine a female character and sometimes a male.

OneTrickPony

Im a guy and I will most often play a female character(if dwarfs aren't an option), simply because i prefer looking at a female body(especially in 3rd person games).

Simple minded, i know.

Tr_ond

@OneTrickPony a friend of mine plays female toons for the same reason, He takes it a step further and claims that i`m gay since i have a dude`s arse on my screen when i play. But then, it is "my" arse.

Sophia

Now I'm curious about how many girls play bg, I've always thought we were a lot, not the majority, ok, but a lot

Bjjorick said:

@sophia lol, i'd be scared to admit i was a girl on a dnd board.....or the internet......but then i know how bad some guys can be :P

Ahahah, scared ? Maybe I've been lucky but I'm registered to lots of forums about gaming or rpg and the fact that I'm a girl have never made a difference in any conversation.

Alejandro

Although I generally enjoy the "girl" playthrough more. Something about kicking evil asses with a skilled female magician or warrior is really exciting.

HaHaCharade

I tend to play as a guy mainly because I have a cool male portrait lol. The girl idea makes sense because Sarevok is a dude so your character being a girl kind of adds some variety. But who cares right?

Cheesebelly

I tend to play both genders in RPGs. Simply because it's role playing. I taylor my characters in my head before starting the game, once I got a definite product, I'll start the game and start rolling to reach the abilities that I think should be used for the purpose of that run. Normally, I'll aim for powerplaying abilities, but sometimes also for roleplaying ones.


LONG STORY SHORT - I'm a guy who plays both female and male characters.

SeriousMike

sexist rant:
CHARNAME has to be stronger than anyone else in the party. How could a girl achieve that? It would require an all female party.

Talvrae

SeriousMike said:

sexist rant:
CHARNAME has to be stronger than anyone else in the party. How could a girl achieve that? It would require an all female party.

Not necesserelly, make her a wizard

Solyaris

- always played a male in baldurs gate.
- always male in nwn (because i couldnt do that fantasy girl **** on roleplaying servers)
- i just pick whichever gender is cooler looking in an MMO... so this equates to females for human/elf/etc races and males for manly/beast races lawl
- i used to always play femshep because i had a terrible recollection of sheploo's voice, but im playing through the ME series again and sheploo's VA isn't as bad as i remember. i wanted to romance datass instead of boring, predictable liara. on the flip side, jennifer hale's voice get incredibly cheesy and overdramatic by ME3... so whereas meer got better as the series progressed, hale got worse.
- always altmer or dunmer male in elder scrolls

reedmilfam

I envision a character and match the gender to how I see that character. It's more about the character (to me) than to my self identification, although I have trouble romancing the guys as a female. Just can't get myself to that point, I guess.

ekster

I'm an amateur writer and I have 7 characters that I've created over time and that I really like... and since it's role playing, I keep using them and it's always fun to see where the story will take them knowing their personality, or how a story could change their personality. 4 of them are guys, 3 are girls (including one awesome halfling!) And depending on what kind of class/party/alignment I want to play and in what mood I am, I pick the appropriate one.

WonKo

Depends what mood I am in. First playthrough is usually with a guy though not always. If I have to create a fully party its usually gender balanced.

Aenor

I don't even pretend to understand women and playing as one ain't gonna change that.

Awong124

Depends on the game. If given a choice I mostly play as a guy, unless playing as a girl provides a significantly different experience (ex. ME3). I also play as a girl if the game doesn't allow me to customize my character into a good looking guy. In Skyrim all the male characters seem to look really ugly, I ended up creating and playing a really hot looking woman instead.

jhart1018

I prefer to play as a girl, but I'll play as a guy because I wanted to see what the other romances were like. I rolled a male paladin to have him romance Viconia and get her to alignment switch because I thought it would be funny. I always meant to go back and try the Aerie one, but I never got to. Something else to look forward to for BG2:EE.

Anduin

I like roleplaying, but when I roleplay as a girl, I end up being this slut who will sleep with anyone...

It is far more realistic for me to be a guy who wants to be a slut and not able to sleep with anyone...

junk11

Only plays as a girl when it's needed in the game..eg. Tomb Raider or bloodRayne
but still I will only play male character for any game that has gender selection

Akerhon

First i play as a guy, often as as barbarian or warrior (i'm made ​​for melee),
then I enjoy trying a little of everything.
I particularly like roleplaying as a drow, even if there are no suitable dialogs ... just for fun.