Oh, a lot of female MMO players... play female characters. Exclusively. Wouldn't dream of playing a guy. I've got quite a few friends who've expressed that opinion. Likewise, there's a lot of guys who wouldn't imagine playing a female character.
Why? Possibly it has to do with how you approach your in-game avatar. How much you identify with your in-game avatar. If you truly see the character as a representation of yourself, that might make you less inclined to do any genderbending at the character creator.
I've heard someone say it just feels weird to hear male grunts from her character when she's playing a game.
On the flip side, you've got the "Digital Butt Syndrome" as described here, where, hey, I'd much rather stare at something I consider hot.
It certainly seems like heterosexual men are more inclined to do that than anyone else. Maybe that's a stereotype, but it does seem to be true. I know gay gamers, I know lesbian gamers, I know straight women gamers... it's the straight guys, though, that do this.
For the most part.
I'm personally fairly neutral on. In CoH, I have more female characters than male ones, but that seems to be entirely happenstance ... I just pick whatever sex fits the character concept. In other MMOs,where I don't RP...my character slots are either perfectly balanced...or mostly my own sex, male.
-- Acyl
Why? Possibly it has to do with how you approach your in-game avatar. How much you identify with your in-game avatar. If you truly see the character as a representation of yourself, that might make you less inclined to do any genderbending at the character creator.
I've heard someone say it just feels weird to hear male grunts from her character when she's playing a game.
On the flip side, you've got the "Digital Butt Syndrome" as described here, where, hey, I'd much rather stare at something I consider hot.
It certainly seems like heterosexual men are more inclined to do that than anyone else. Maybe that's a stereotype, but it does seem to be true. I know gay gamers, I know lesbian gamers, I know straight women gamers... it's the straight guys, though, that do this.
For the most part.
I'm personally fairly neutral on. In CoH, I have more female characters than male ones, but that seems to be entirely happenstance ... I just pick whatever sex fits the character concept. In other MMOs,where I don't RP...my character slots are either perfectly balanced...or mostly my own sex, male.
-- Acyl