just interested... I'm a guy that plays a gal. I know a couple other people do this kind of thing. Just curious to see how widespread it is... I wasn't sure where to post this, so it might not fit perfectly in the "Real World" area.

I'm a guy that plays guys, all the time. I don't think I know girls well enough to do justice RPing one. Even though I often find I understand girls better than guys, I've always got the excuse to fall back on that I am a guy, therefore I at least understand one. *G* If I could tell myself I would RP a girl as well as a guy, it wouldn't bother me though.

I've message-board RPed guys before, but I usually choose to RP girls, simply because it just feels more comfortable for me and I like writing/playing girls. I know lots of females who love to RP males, but I haven't done much of it and I like to stick with girls.

Im a man who always RPs as a man. I don't think I'm capable of RPing as a woman. I just don't understand them, and I'd probably look silly.

On the other hand, and maybe an interesting note, I'm a gay man who always RPs as a gay man. Just funny how that always seems to turn out.

But I digress, what was the topic?

I play both more or less, I just roll a die when making a char. Even=Male, Odd=Female. Whatever it is, is what I go with.

Only once made a non-male character. She died in about two D&D sessions.

Of course, one of my favorite characters ever (a half-orc berserker) died at level 3.

I am male.

Guido, for those who of you who live under rock(eater)s, is also male. I've never played a female character.

I've also never played a left-handed character. Ever. (Quite a few MUDs give you the option)

I also don't understand women well enough to play one, at least not one that would blend in. Maybe if it were Star Trek and I could play a vulcan woman or something. Funny when it seems it would be easier to understand a whole different race then the other gender of your own...

I've played female charachters many times.
All you have to do is smile, blush and flutter a lot and people will buy it. Nothing else needs to be done. And my female charachters always get more help than my male ones, so I tend to play female when I want to learn something new.

Always a man, and last time I checked, I was a man in real life, too. If I tried to play a woman, I'd probably try to say something, except instead of a 'regular' female voice, it'd be a deep bass. Blar. I did, however, on Awake2062, find out an excellent method for telling who is a man rping a woman - just watch what areas their descriptions pay attention to. Quick and easy.

I am male and roleplay a female. A great majority of my characters are also female.



After playing Ellara, may I disagree with everything in that post? Ellara got practically no help and if she ever blushed or fluttered I'd probably have a cardiac arrest.

You didn't get help because you don't blush and flutter


Besides, I didn't say you have to do that, I just said that if you do that nobody will doubt your femaleness.

I'm with Daganev. I made 1 female character ever. She was given hundreds of herbs, gold, promoted in the guild faster (despite killing people, which was excused very easily). I even stopped playing the character for -months-. Only to log in with no items, not 2 minutes after being on, someone wanted to purchase clothes for me. Also, I quite frankly, found myself fluttering, blushing, and everything more without even thinking about it.

Yeah, then, there is the flip side of the coin. (EDITED), for all those who -may- know him. Is a guy who goes round making female character -exclusively-. Odd? More than a little. What is more odd, is the fascination he has with seducing unsuspecting males. (Not that I have a problem with him wanting guys, but it's a little mean).

I think most people tend to base their characters on themselves, esspecially first characters. I would guess people start variating when they get tired, and want to try new things.

Note: I totally agree about the description thing. If their description is hardcore "hot". They are either a guy, or a -really- ugly chick, living vicariously.

I think a lot of us, perhaps even in hindsight, knew that fact pretty well. I remember you were always a bit meaner but mainly had a generically harsh tone than what I thought was normal for a woman.

I have a friend (male) who always plays female characters for the stuff he gets. He is such a whore! (you know who you are) His characters get all the gold, credits and whatever else they want. I don't know female played female chars who get all that for just fluttering lashes. *g* All his descriptions go on about his big boobs...a dead give away to me that it is a man playing a female. Another thing he likes to do is fight, because he is a kick ass combatant and he loves to trip people out.

Bad thing is, I think he has been sending -my- picture out as his!

I actually had no clue Ellara was a male, just like Fedith of Imperian.

I usually keep OOC out of my in game reactions, for example if it wasn't for these forums, only few people would know my name...

Now the first time I played a female char, I had a female help me with it. I learned quite a bit there, then I watched her play. I also watch how my girlfriend interacted with others. Finally, this applies to MUDs only really, I started looking at how girls described themselves, and watched there vocabulary.

My first online female char was on EQ... when people found out I was male in real life, they were surprised.

My second female char, people not only were surprised when they found out, but refused to beleive it.

I am proud to say I can play a female and no one would ever know I was male. It just takes secruity in your own gender, asking the right questions.

Hell, I play a MALE and no one ever knows I am male. Apparently 'cause my RL name sounds like a diminutive, blarh. And I just act girly too, apparently. Or I seem feminine anyway. I wonder, actually. I should play a girl sometime and see if anyone can tell the difference.

What made me wonder was how Ellara talked to the "maggots" when "she" was a drill sergeant, especially early on.

As Arnold would say, "Shiri is a girly man who needs to pump irons. Pumping irons is good for you and being girly isn't. Do you want to be a weak girly man all your life? Pump irons, girly man, and don't be girly."

But in all seriousness, my major chars have mainly been male since any female char I have gets hit on immeditately.. I'm talkling you walk to through the portal and someone wants to marry you immeditately. That scared me enough to quit with them altogether. I really don't know how real girls handle it, it's insane.

So, for example, my main char on Aetolia was Qin Duses, and he didn't ever get what he wanted since he was loyal, stern, and honorable to a fault, which meant any competition in affections was severely weakened. But I had fun with him, and now he is a grand old man who has never married and has no sons or daughters, and has a nagging mother who wants the seed of the family to go on. Thats fine. It's a character easier to relate with than a female one, and can lead to some really good rolepaly when his mother places marriage ads and sets up interviews.

Mainly, I make characters to roleplay, since leveling up and earning new skills can as easily be accomplished via Pokemon and isn't anything really new or exciting. Those level fiends up there, just view your char as a Raditz. What the mud experience uniquely offers is basically a continueous version of DnD that everyone can roleplay to at anytime. Nothing gets my blood boiling quicker than a Avatar (the game) like char who just levels and fights, and thats it.

As for roleplay perspective, I love the fact the game is deep in history, and female roles are just as important as male roles, or vice versa. Anyone who has played WoT muds or something akin will know what I mean by being forced into a role you don't want simply because it's more newbie safer to be from the Tower and learn about channeling than a rogue male. Wardens and Amazons? Well, I can't really give an opinion on those, since it isn't proper language. Anyways, congrats to anyone who successfully plays a convincing female char and hasn't been asked for marriage 5 times.