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[Cathey]

Victia wrote...

Cathey wrote...
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I would try thing (and may) but I am pretty sure that the people at Game wouldnt have a clue about it  - yes that is the type of employees that they have in game stores in the uk

Ah. My local is a Gamestation. I'm too lazy to go further on the bus for Game   Maybe Gamestation has better employees? Haha.

Good to see a lot of female gamers here though. Although I think the extra points go to the guys who play FemShep!

[Homey C-Dawg]

Reading through this thread, the responses seem to indicate that more female gamers have trouble 'relating' to playing a male character than male gamers have 'relating' to playing a female character.

Not sure what that indicates. Probably nothing. It's interesting from a psychological point of view though.

Never mind me...I just think about stuff like that.

Modifié par Homey C-Dawg, 28 juillet 2011 - 10:44 .

[The Uncanny]

Homey C-Dawg wrote...

Reading through this thread, the responses seem to indicate that more female gamers have trouble 'relating' to playing a male character than male gamers have 'relating' to playing a female character.

I think that is an assumption as it rather depends how you interpret some of the responses.

I, for instance, simply said that I didn't like playing as a guy in BW games.

There can be numerous factors which contribute to that. Art design. Voice acting. Plot.

I think I can 'relate' to a male character just fine. I'd just sooner not play as one when I have the option not to.

[Homey C-Dawg]

The Uncanny wrote...

I think that is an assumption as it rather depends how you interpret some of the responses.

I, for instance, simply said that I didn't like playing as a guy in BW games.

There can be numerous factors which contribute to that. Art design. Voice acting. Plot.

I think I can 'relate' to a male character just fine. I'd just sooner not play as one when I have the option not to.

Actually I just used the word 'relate' because thats the word so many of the posts used.

Just referring to this thread too, of course. Nothing scientific about it, I just found it somewhat interesting.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Nimrel wrote...

38, female, I've been gaming since the Intellivision -- now I feel old.
I play a female character whenever I can, I find it easier to relate. I can say that I'm the gamer in our household, hubby hasn't been really into a game since Neverwinter - damn grad school uses up gaming time, oh well more computer time for me.

OMG. I remember that, too. Feel young, sister. Feel young.

[The Uncanny]

Homey C-Dawg wrote...

Actually I just used the word 'relate' because thats the word so many of the posts used.

Just referring to this thread too, of course. Nothing scientific about it, I just found it somewhat interesting.

That's perfectly fair. I hadn't noticed that.

It is an intriguing observation.

[Chaos-fusion]

Valentia X wrote...

Eh, I'd say we are- we're just probably not more than 10% of the competitive multiplayer crowd. I occasionally go online, but not nearly as much as I used to. After the thirtieth time of 'go to the kitchen and make me a sandwich', it began to lose its lustre and I decided that maybe single player was where it was at.

Not saying that every man I ever played against online was a douche rocket, I met some very nice ones, but after a certain point, you get tired of 'girls shouldn't game' or getting kicked off of a team just because you're a female.

I occasional read a site that collects gender-based insults and such from gamers. I was quite disturbed ( I don't know why, I should've expected it) at one point to read "Yes, [penis] pictures are common. Don't send them.". Never use a mic when I play, so I've never gotten that before, but a frind of mine gets it constantly if we play an MMO together. Probably the same kind of guys that claim femshep shouldn't exist because it's not realistic for a woman to do such things.

There are also more older gamers here than I thought. I knew they were here, but still. That's brilliant. And people say games are for kids*. *(Seriously, why? Have they ever once been marketed as a kids thing?)

Modifié par Chaos-fusion, 29 juillet 2011 - 12:53 .

[Eranen]

Aris Ravenstar wrote...

I'm female and play exclusively female characters in BW games. I keep telling myself I need to try out the males but I usually quit fairly early on. I just like being able to play a woman.

I'm almost the same way, If there is a choice to play as a female I usually do. I don't know why,  maybe because I'm female and I like to relate more?
Although I don't always play exclusively as a women, and it's not like you can playing a game like Half-Life or The Witcher when your character is predetermined male (I especially enjoyed playing as a guy in Dragon Age.) 

[vorianxavier]

I'm male, but I mostly play FemShep because despite my sex I identify more readily with female protagonists.

[RynJ]

Female and I'm a FemShep player exclusively at the moment. I might do a Sheploo playthrough at some point, but I'm totally in love with my badass soldier lady! In DA2 I have 4 playthroughs, 2 chicks and 2 dudes. I identify more with female mains but I like playing dudes too, it's all about the different experiences.

[Clara Shepard]

femshep as a girl all the way, wanted to play as a guy at some point but never got to it

[mrklean007]

Cool to see that there's a fair amount of girl gamers here. I'm a guy, 19 years old and out of all the girls I'm friends with only one likes video games. Compare that to how every guy I'm friends with likes games and you can see how I might think girls are in the vast minority.

As far as my sheps go, they're all male. I keep telling myself I should try a femshep but I never get around to it. Although my desktop background is a picture of femshep! That counts for something...right?

[dragonavicious]

I am 20, female, and almost exclusively play FemShep. I feel her voice inflection is better, but mostly I identify with girl characters more and they are kind of rare so I use 'em when I can. I seriously love video games. RPGS usually but I like the Modern Warfare games and have played online before as well.

I think people just have a preconceived notion of "hardcore" gamers and that involves men staying up all night playing while drinking Mountain Dew and eating cheetos, but we all know that isn't true. There are lots of girl gamers out there, but either 1) Some guys kind of feel like gaming is an exclusive club and don't notice, or 2) Girls are pressured into "hiding" from the jackasses.

Although, I've never had issues online (and I had some good comebacks prepared too) The worst I got was shock when people discovered I was girl and a million XBox messages asking to be friends because I had a hot voice... no sandwich talk or anything else.

[Kidd]

26 years old, female, and I play almost exclusively FemShep (did roll a MaleShep once s/s got announced for ME3 ).

I don't think I have any real problem 'relating' to male characters per se, it's just that I play a man in every other game I play. So why not take the opportunity to play as women in BioWare games when I finally get an option? Not to mention... fiddling with the character creator and stuff is more fun when creating a girl. I guess it's because of what a friend said a while back, how there is a rich and wide world of fashion developed for women over the ages, while men are only now beginning to get a proper fashion of their own? Hence why dressing up Barbie dolls is more fun than Ken dolls... more you can do with them, kinda xD

Have had a few problems regarding my gender and people online, in several ways. But it gets better with every passing year, really. Here's to hoping the trend continues, so that my daughters can game without being asked rude things or being considered trash the moment her gender becomes known! 

... any of you other gamer girls ever feel like you almost don't have any female friends IRL btw due to difference in general interests? I mostly associate with just one, perhaps two girls depending on how you define it. But I meet lots of guy friends almost every day. I dunno, just wondering if I'm alone with that ^^;

Modifié par KiddDaBeauty, 29 juillet 2011 - 08:02 .

[Drone223]

I'm male but play two of each gender so far, love them all equally

Modifié par Drone223, 29 juillet 2011 - 08:09 .

[Kaydotz]

I'm of the female variety, and I've played femsheps exclusively.  Being able to play as such a well-crafted female protagonist is very refreshing after playing a gazillion male and a couple not-so-well-crafted female protagonists.  It's not that I can't connect with male characters, but I get this kind of awesome empowering feeling whenever my femshep kicks ass or does something awesome.  Femshep is like my alter-ego.

KiddDaBeauty wrote...

... any of you other gamer girls ever feel like you almost don't have any female friends IRL btw due to difference in general interests? I mostly associate with just one, perhaps two girls depending on how you define it. But I meet lots of guy friends almost every day. I dunno, just wondering if I'm alone with that ^^;

I can relate with you there.  I don't restrict myself to the stereotypical female interests or norms.  In fact, I'd say 95% of my interests would be considered historically male interests.  I had friends in high school, hell I was voted prom queen, but we weren't interested in the same things and I ended up drifting away from them after graduation.  So much easier for me to make guy friends, prob because I don't have to spout a bunch of bs just to have a decent conversation.  So anyways, you aren't alone with that.  

Modifié par Kaydotz, 29 juillet 2011 - 08:58 .

[Eudaemonium]

The Uncanny wrote...

Homey C-Dawg wrote...

Actually I just used the word 'relate' because thats the word so many of the posts used.

Just referring to this thread too, of course. Nothing scientific about it, I just found it somewhat interesting.

That's perfectly fair. I hadn't noticed that.

It is an intriguing observation.

It's a bit biased though, seeing as the men who play femshep posting in this thread are going to be the ones who can identify or relate to a female protagonist. Those who can't are most likely elsewhere.

I'm male, and I've been playing female characters since Baldur's Gate, and i always do when I have the option available. I always relate better to them for some reason (this probably has something to do with my upbringing, where most of my main influences were women; the majority of my friends IRL are also female).

Also I think the disconnect allows me to make decisions in-character more, which is particularly emphasised with voiced protagonists since I tend to identify them as their own people in their own story, not as avatars of myself. I've never felt that Shepard was 'me' (even manshep), just somebody I occasionally step in and guide into certain decisions.

[Renessa]

Female, 43 (and I can't believe I just admittet to that )

I always prefer to play a female whenever possible. I can identify much more with femShep or Lady Hawke etc.

But, I must admit Bioware is one of the rare developers where I actually enjoy playing males as well. (Geralt is fine as well, strangely enough, but I would have enjoyed Alpha Protocol ten times more if I had been able to play as female)

I have two male Sheps, one male Warden and I am running my second male Hawke at the moment.

For me playing males is a totally different way of role playing. The female characters are all more or less variations of myself. Sometimes my better self, sometimes I use one PC to vent my agressions etc.

With the males I have to choose a character from the start and then I play them like this - so I have a John Wayne Shep (Renegon) and a Gregory Peck Shep (Paragon) and an Errol Flyn Hawke (sarcastic, flirty mostly) etc. (Yes, I love old Hollywood movies...[smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/whistling.png[/smilie] ) Otherwise I have difficulties making them "manly" enough, if that makes sense.

[nranola]

Adding to the count here. Female playing FemShep. If there's an option to assume the role of a female character I'm most likely to take it; there's just not enough female protagonists in games to go around. I also find it easier to relate to a female character seeing as I'm female myself.

Not saying that I don't like playing as a dude. I've played (and will keep playing) a number of RPGs, nearly all of them starring male leads, but that didn't make the games any less enjoyable to me.

[Obsidian Gryphon]

TheMarshal wrote...

Male, 29. I exclusively play FemShep in Mass Effect. It's not just because I find Meer's portrayal of ManShep to be unappealing, but because just about every male video game protagonist seems to be fitting the same archetype, and I'm tired of it. Maybe it's just 'cause I'm getting older, but crap like this just makes my eyes roll back into my head.

I like strong female protagonists when they stand on their own without being oversexualized, where they're not just the "smaller, faster, more agile" option, and I got that with Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and a handful of other games.

   True. A vision popped into mind when I read this; femShep headbutting Uvek. I was taken aback when she did that and then laughed (I like it!). It didn't matter she's human,etc, she's not going to let Uvek get away with his insults and defintely willing to stand toe to toe with him to make her point. That's Shep!

[RGC_Ines]

Im female, and I always play a fem PC if only game let me to choose PC gender. I don't have problem with male PC in games like CoD or MoH, but in RPG I want fem character. That's why I never finished Gothic, Two Worlds etc..I just can't feel any bound with male PC in this kind of games...

[Gabey5]

3 male sheps
1 femshep

i'm  a dood

Modifié par Gabey5, 29 juillet 2011 - 10:43 .

[Nexpeed]

dude here, plays femshep for my GF, i do the gunfighting and she gets to have the say in what femshep's gonna say, seems we have a good team-up

[JenMaxon]

sevalaricgirl wrote...I'm 49, female and play computer games.  My best friend is 56, female and plays computer games.  We're out there.   We just avoid these forums.  I'm only on this forum because I'm playing DA2 again and just popped over here.

Yup - Hi BTW.  I'm also a female gamer (well) over 40.  I know a lot of gamers like me - partly I think because I tend to socialise online with women like myself (there are places we go, I'm just not prepared to divulge where).  Just because we're not regularly knocking round the regular game boards doesn't mean we don't exist.

Regarding the gender of my Shepards, I'd say this - There's a male Shep?

[Sandbox47]

Ah, I do preffer to play as FemShep but not because it feels like "Yay, girl power" but more because I just don't like the ManShep VA. Naw yeah, I'm female myself. The age thing... I don't know. I know a lot of women my age (20 -30, I'm... *sigh* 27) who game way more than I do. I think that I, personally, know more women who game than I do men. But that's because of the kind of people I hang out with. I've seen the polls and they don't impress me.