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shaman oga
Nexus Balusa Horizon
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:43:00 -
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I wonder why a lot of males are using female characters
It's not a critique i'm just asking, why? Do you like when a bunch of clones surround you in the pre-game lobby, admiring your new scout suits? 
I'm just curious, so what are your thoughts or your experiences?
PS. not only in Dust even in other rpg |
ALM1GHTY STATIUS
Imperfects
Negative-Feedback
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:45:00 -
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smaller waist and head makes them OP, skinnier all around except for dat ass. |
ReGnUM MiNdReaDeR DEI
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:46:00 -
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I ussally pick female characters in other mmos that show skin thats just me |
kenderr cillo
Grupo de Asalto Chacal
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:46:00 -
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What do u like to see more? A male or a female body?
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Noraa Anderson
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:49:00 -
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I do it because I want to be a girl, what's your excuse? |
BUGSBUNNY LOONEY
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:50:00 -
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Because they can
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shaman oga
Nexus Balusa Horizon
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:52:00 -
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kenderr cillo wrote:What do u like to see more? A male or a female body?
female of course, but now i ask to you, why are you using a male character? |
Julius Vindice
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:52:00 -
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Some of my corp. mates say they go girl because they have smaller hitboxs (which is false), but in my opinion it's so they can watch the girls honky tonk badonka donk. |
Sgt Kirk
SyNergy Gaming
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:57:00 -
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some want attention |
xaerael Kabiel
Immobile Infantry
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Posted - 2013.04.24 11:57:00 -
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There's mountains of reasons people choose a different gender avatar to their biological one. They range from aesthetic to gender dysphoria.
My reason is historical. I originally came up with the name "Xaerael" for a Diablo 2 character. An Assassin to be exact. Assassins were female in D2, so there wasn't a choice. The next game I played had the option of playing an assassin, but had gender options. I decided since my D2 character was female, my new assassin would have the same name and be female.
Eventually, as the internet developed, "Xaerael" became my standard handle, and eventually my IRL nickname (to the point people think it's actually my real name and I just have an unusual foreign name), and now my professional artist name, but any iterations of game characters remained female, harking back to that original D2 character.
TL;DR, Habit I guess. |
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Nguruthos IX
Hellstorm Inc
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:00:00 -
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Dat Pixel.
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shaman oga
Nexus Balusa Horizon
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:01:00 -
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xaerael Kabiel wrote:There's mountains of reasons people choose a different gender avatar to their biological one. They range from aesthetic to gender dysphoria.
My reason is historical. I originally came up with the name "Xaerael" for a Diablo 2 character. An Assassin to be exact. Assassins were female in D2, so there wasn't a choice. The next game I played had the option of playing an assassin, but had gender options. I decided since my D2 character was female, my new assassin would have the same name and be female.
Eventually, as the internet developed, "Xaerael" became my standard handle, and eventually my IRL nickname (to the point people think it's actually my real name and I just have an unusual foreign name), and now my professional artist name, but any iterations of game characters remained female, harking back to that original D2 character.
TL;DR, Habit I guess.
the kind of answer i like to read +1, stories  |
Acturus Galaxy
Horizons' Edge
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:17:00 -
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I play a male character but choose a female character when my daughter is playing along. She will only play/watch games if my character is female and she cheers when a female characters ends at the top of the scoreboards
I would feel awkward playing a female character being stalked by male characters. I prefer to be the one doing the stalking of the female characters  |
Surt gods end
Demon Ronin
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:21:00 -
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You.. wait, what? what are you talking about?  ....They are not really girls?! Why then do I wear my one proto suit in the lobby for then?!  |
5aEKUXeRJGJ27kCDnDVYak4q
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:22:00 -
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I thought the female models are slimmer but today I saw a female soldier standing next to a male one on the MCC, the female was suprisingly tall and their sizes are roughly the same, and has the same profile/amount of pixels to hit. |
KingBabar
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:40:00 -
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shaman oga wrote:kenderr cillo wrote:What do u like to see more? A male or a female body?
female of course, but now i ask to you, why are you using a male character?
'Exactly, why would I stare at a mans arse for hours after hours? |
General Hornet
Internal Error.
Negative-Feedback
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:48:00 -
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The guys who choose female characters because they are infactuated by there pixels looks are the weirdest ones. Why stare at any video game characters azz when there are real women out there in the real world. |
Enkidu Camuel
The Tritan Industries
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:55:00 -
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I'm a guy and I always pick female characters in MMO's, RPG's and other games that allows you to pick the gender of your character... why is that? just like KingBabar said I rather watch ass and boobs for hours than a male arse and second and most important: the design, in several MMO's and other games the armors and weapons looks better in female characters than the male characters, why would I have to play with Conan the Barbarian when I can play with Xena? |
Surt gods end
Demon Ronin
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:57:00 -
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General Hornet wrote:The guys who choose female characters because they are infactuated by there pixels looks are the weirdest ones. Why stare at any video game characters azz when there are real women out there in the real world.
Sounded just like my wife. I don't play as a female character, but hey nothing wrong with it. Oh tell me you don't.  |
Natu Nobilis
Tronhadar Free Guard
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.04.24 12:59:00 -
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Because i feel pretty. |
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General Hornet
Internal Error.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:00:00 -
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Weirdos lol one of the very reasons gamers use to be stigmatized as being the weird loner geeks. Don't think I ever approached dust or any video game sexually that way. "I don't want to stare at a dudes azz all day" who thinks about that stuff while gaming? Lol. You guys need to go out and have some fun and get laid. |
Meat-Ball
Krullefor Organization
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:08:00 -
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I see this question come up in many different forums/genre's. Anyway I'll throw my answer out there as some might think on similair lines.
I pick female characters if I "feel" the job/class it's associated too calls for it.
For instance in Dust 514:
If im going to be concentrating on a HMG build. I can't wrap my mind around a female carying some heavy ass machine gun. It doesn't fit. So I would pick a male class.
If im going to be a sniper. I am going to be using "bich" tactics, staying away from the heat of battle to increase my survivability. <---Doesn't seem very manly....Add to the fact that I will be wearing a skin tight scout suit only adds to the idea of feminism. So seems logical to play a female character than a male in this case.
For instance in other genre's:
Playing a class that uses heavy armor and a great axe-- male
Playing a class that wears tight leather and uses daggers-- female
But hey that's just how my mind works...... |
Surt gods end
Demon Ronin
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:09:00 -
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General Hornet wrote:Weirdos lol one of the very reasons gamers use to be stigmatized as being the weird loner geeks. Don't think I ever approached dust or any video game sexually that way. "I don't want to stare at a dudes azz all day" who thinks about that stuff while gaming? Lol. You guys need to go out and have some fun and get laid.
Geez.. my wife told me the same thing too. lol BUT I DECREE THAT AT LEAST BEFORE ONE MATCH, EVERYONE SHOULD WEAR THEIR BEST SUITS AND LOOK, YES LOOK AT A FEMALE SUITS BUTT. THE DEV SPENT TIME MAKING IT. SHOW SOME RESPECT AT LEAST. |
General Hornet
Internal Error.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:15:00 -
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That is a pretty legit reason. The ones that baffle me is the guys who lust over them or admire there pixelated female parts. Dust isn't like xena warrior princess or nothing like that. The female mercs are fully clothed and the only thing that makes them different is there womanly parts. I wonder if the ones who say they don't want to stare at a dudes azz all day has that Buffalo bill silence of the lambs syndrome in real life. You are a man in real life but would you get a boob job and butt implants because you don't want to see yourself as a dude all day? Lol. |
Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:23:00 -
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I usually run male characters where they're available in games - except when the different classes have a fixed gender, like the Siren in Borderlands 2 (who's one of my favourite characters).
Every now and then, I like building a female character just for a bit of a change of scenery. |
semperfi1999
Internal Error.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:26:00 -
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Most of the people I know who run female suits do it for the psychological effect that the smaller visual pixels have. IE Female body is smaller and even if the hit boxes are the same you will try to keep up with what you can see which can make aiming slightly more difficult. |
Coleman Gray
GunFall Mobilization
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:30:00 -
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Apperntly I hear about for hitbox abusion, their not smaller I been told but rather misplaced to just around the body, so your aiming for the torso ect and eing just next to where the hitbox actually is. However I doubt CCP would make such a rookie game development mistake. |
Spacetits CDXX
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:34:00 -
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In Dust: I just think the female models look better (aesthetically, not sexually).
In RPGs etc.: sometimes I roll a male char, sometimes a female. It's just another aspect of the "role-playing" part of the game. |
Sleepy Zan
Internal Error.
Negative-Feedback
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:50:00 -
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because internet |
Ivan Avogadro
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.04.24 13:51:00 -
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KingBabar wrote:shaman oga wrote:kenderr cillo wrote:What do u like to see more? A male or a female body?
female of course, but now i ask to you, why are you using a male character? 'Exactly, why would I stare at a mans arse for hours after hours?
Is everyone just standing around barracks for hours on end? Because the actual playing portion of the game is 1st person. So I end up equipping a gun I find sexy. |
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Altina McAlterson
Not Guilty
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 14:06:00 -
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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. |
The Alaskan
Shadows United
TACNET
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Posted - 2013.04.24 14:11:00 -
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General Hornet wrote:Weirdos lol one of the very reasons gamers use to be stigmatized as being the weird loner geeks. Don't think I ever approached dust or any video game sexually that way. "I don't want to stare at a dudes azz all day" who thinks about that stuff while gaming? Lol. You guys need to go out and have some fun and get laid.
Having fun? I can do that. Getting laid? Whole other story. |
Lauren Ceiwa
Hard Knocks Inc.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 14:12:00 -
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Because I'm a girl? What the christ kind of question is that. |
Gaus Penfield
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.04.24 14:12:00 -
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I don't use one, but I can understand why a guy would want to look at a female azz all day instead of a male one. |
Corbina Ninja
Maphia Clan Corporation
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 14:18:00 -
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because boobs |
Mobius Wyvern
BetaMax.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 14:43:00 -
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ALM1GHTY STATIUS wrote:smaller waist and head makes them OP, skinnier all around except for dat ass.
So if we tell you the hitbox is the same 100 times in a row, will you finally stop making moronic posts like this? |
Chief Jon Redcorn
GHETTOSTAR GALACTICA
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Posted - 2013.04.24 15:10:00 -
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females make better valentine operatives |
Moonracer2000
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.04.24 15:30:00 -
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Mobius Wyvern wrote:ALM1GHTY STATIUS wrote:smaller waist and head makes them OP, skinnier all around except for dat ass. So if we tell you the hitbox is the same 100 times in a row, will you finally stop making moronic posts like this?
The hitboxes may be the same but the models are definitely different. A smaller model means less to see, less for players to aim at. The difference is probably very small but to me it seems big enough that I regret not choosing a female character.
The main positive to choosing a male character is no (okay, fewer) warbarge stalkers. |
Spacetits CDXX
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.04.24 15:35:00 -
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Moonracer2000 wrote:The main positive to choosing a male character is no (okay, fewer) warbarge stalkers.
Like I always say, people hassling you in public areas for having a female avatar is how you know it's really an MMO. |
Heathen Bastard
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.24 15:42:00 -
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honestly? I do it because i find the design funny. think about it, ****ing conan the barbarian is every single male character model. the "heroine thin" look is always in for the girls. So for me, whenever I play a girl, I want to use the biggest weapons and armor.(used to play wow, fury warrior? girl. mage? male.) just for the "there is no way in hell she is even capable of walking with all that crap on." lulz |
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Maken Tosch
Resheph Interstellar Strategy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.24 15:46:00 -
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Dudettes |
Herper Derp
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.04.24 15:55:00 -
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Corbina Ninja wrote:because boobs
Seriously, this is the only answer... unless we can get them to make bacon sammiches as well. |
Rynoceros
One-Armed Bandits
Atrocitas
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Posted - 2013.04.24 16:05:00 -
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I tried a female merc, to see if there were any advantages/disadvantages, but I just got pseudo humped in the Barge. The Cheetoh crumbs still haunt me.
I felt bad for the actual girls out there just trying to represent and game.
(I think they've made it so the females walk faster now, while the rest of us sputter around at the speed of smell.) |
Billi Gene
The Southern Legion
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.24 16:06:00 -
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I love my butch b!#@^ heavy, but i have to admit that it freaks me out sometimes, when a bunch of 13 year olds start trying to crowd me and rub pixels....
she is no longer my main :P |
Charlotte O'Dell
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2013.04.24 16:23:00 -
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Cuz if im looking at someone's butt all day, it might has well be a girl's. |
Altina McAlterson
Not Guilty
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 16:24:00 -
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It's not just getting bird dogged in the warbarge. Unfortunately when crouching and looking through a sniper scope you end up looking out at waist level. So some players have found entertainment in constantly wangramming my scope during matches. I honestly feel so bad for any woman that tries to play games. |
Xender17
Oblivion S.G.X
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Posted - 2013.04.24 16:51:00 -
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They should increase the hit boxes of females... |
TiMeSpLiT--TeR
Planetary Response Organisation
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Posted - 2013.04.24 17:03:00 -
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Famous Female Character Icons in Gaming:
Lara Croft
Joanna Dark
Chunli
Jill Valentine
Claire Redfield
Kitana
Mileena
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TiMeSpLiT--TeR
Planetary Response Organisation
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Posted - 2013.04.24 17:17:00 -
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Herper Derp wrote:Corbina Ninja wrote:because boobs Seriously, this is the only answer... unless we can get them to make bacon sammiches as well.
I third that. My wife has a big crush on Chris Redfield on Re5. Isn't wrong to have a crush on a female dropsuit? lol.
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WyrmHero1945
Greatness Achieved Through Training
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 18:34:00 -
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I do it for lore reasons but most of the time I play as male. |
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Val'herik Dorn
SyNergy Gaming
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 18:42:00 -
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Whenever i make a character i flip an old $.50 cent piece i got forever ago...
Heads its Male
Tails its Female
Couldn't care less what model is used... unless of course they have benefits like in some older games... then it matters and i have to bust out the spreadsheets. |
hooc roht
Black Soul Choir
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Posted - 2013.04.24 18:45:00 -
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another question:
Do women ever play as men? |
Wicked Glory
Internal Error.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 18:46:00 -
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idk |
5aEKUXeRJGJ27kCDnDVYak4q
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.04.24 18:49:00 -
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hooc roht wrote:another question:
Do women ever play as men?
I use male chars because I'm tired of all the unwanted attention. |
Altina McAlterson
Not Guilty
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.04.24 18:53:00 -
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hooc roht wrote:another question:
Do women ever play as men?
I read somewhere a few years ago that there are many, many more women gamers than most people would think but many of them use male avatars and names to avoid all the bullcrap. |
Brando Castaphanola
Assassins of Sativa
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Posted - 2013.04.24 19:01:00 -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBOQzSk14c |
TiMeSpLiT--TeR
Planetary Response Organisation
362
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Posted - 2013.04.24 19:54:00 -
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http://youtu.be/cL-mR79GErU |
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