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Do your characters reflect your identity?

Discussion in 'Entertainment and Technology' started by AlexTheGrey, Jul 28, 2014.

  1. AlexTheGrey

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    This is a bit of a respin of an old thread, which can be found here: http://emptyclosets.com/forum/techn...your-characters-reflect-your-orientation.html

    Rephrased a bit, the question is: when you have an option to pick the sex/gender of your character, does it match your identity, or not? Does playing scripted characters where you don't get to pick, bother you?

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    For me, I don't mind playing a scripted character of any sex/gender. I do find myself creating characters of the opposite sex when I'm given an option though, trying to play a character of the same sex in an MMO is strangely unsettling for me.
     
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    meh, i like playing a female character but would not mind playing a male character
     
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    Interesting.. I'm a male, not confused with my gender at all, but I usually pick the girls.

    I find it more interesting, because you can totally be someone else then. Especially with games like the Sims. :lol:
     
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    I always play as my gender; it's kind of the first ways I had of expressing as much. =)
     
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    My characters are almost always designed to resemble me as closely as possible. They are almost always female, look like me in appearance, have my name or one of my nicknames/aliases, and where the game allows, they hit on other female characters as opposed to male.

    For some reason I just don't feel comfortable playing with characters who aren't extensions of myself, so yes, it does bother me when you have to use a predetermined scripted character.

    Although I was thinking generally of more 'serious' games, it makes for good (and rather disconcerting) fun in The Sims where eventually you can end up with a whole town full of different versions of yourself all interacting with each other. Weird.
     
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    In video games, I always pick male as my gender, ESPECIALLY if they use pronouns to refer back to me.

    As for OCs, no. They have a variety of genders.

    I have to say, though, a suspicious amount of them aren't straight...
     
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    My characters are always girls.
     
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    When given the option, my characters are 40/60 M/F. My choice depends on design. For instance, Castanic Males in TERA are way too hot to ignore, so I make that instead of Castanic Female :grin:

    In other games, the female designs may look cooler, so I pick them too.

    As for gender-locked classes, it doesn't matter. My choice is based on the playstyle, not the gender.
     
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    I try to make them reflect me, or at least an idealized version of me. That's why I shy away from games with rigidly-defined classes. I want to be my own warrior, dammit, not somebody else's! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    I tend to choose/create females. I'm a sucker for a bad ass woman, kicking teeth down throats, while looking fierce. Of course, in games where the characters are already made, then I go with what I like best, male or female. But when given the choice, it's usually almost always a female that I craft.

    If I had to make a ratio, it'd be along the lines of 80/20. With the first, 80, being the percentage I go female, and the second, 20, being the percentage I go male.

    So, in a way, kind of. But there is a great deal of liberties, in other aspects. Take Skyrim for example, as awesome as it would be to summon the dead, that isn't something I can actually do, LOL.
     
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    Nah, I tend to make OCs out of the character creators in games ha
     
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    Definitly male character, people actually treat me like a guy.
     
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    I like making ones with the same gender and orientation as me, but that last one isn't always an option in games
     
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    I prefer to stay away from pre-scripted characters. The act of character creation allows for a deeper connection with one's character which in turn allows for a more immersive experience. I do tend to make my characters like myself in one way or another but I avoid the uncanny valley of self-replication. Seeing as escapism is one of the reasons I play video games, if a character is too much like myself it tends to ruin the game. That being said, I do regularly create characters that are nothing like me. For example, Karla the female Orc Shaman I am currently playing in Skyrim.
     
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    I personally love when a game gives me the chance to personalize my character and I will usually pick a male character if there are options for dressing it in a more feminine, glam and flashy or androgynous manner (like I do in animal crossing).....but I will pick a female character if I'm stuck with a masculine male character with limited fashion choices and will usually dress the female character in the most glamorous of outfits (like I do in my pokemon game).....but I always try my best to create characters that I can see myself as...which I guess is interesting because it says a lot about the way I want to be seen and be
     
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    This is why I like Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and The Walking Dead. I can make choices that affect the world around me, and I can be rude or polite, cowardly or brave. I do feel like these characters reflect my identity based on the choices I make.
     
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    I usually pick a female character and make myself look nice also I'd like guys to want me as their bitch or girl and in real life I want to be their girl... Except I'm still a guy :wink:
    Plus females usually are drawn better in most games so I like being a bitch hehe

    That post makes it sound like I am trans. I will never become trans just to clarify that point.
     
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    Im always either a girl or a boy which looks like a girl.
     
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    I always chose a hot muscle stud for my charters in Baulders gate games...
    A warrior with style... :slight_smile:
     
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    I always chose a guy ... and when you could personalize them, I would always make him look like me: mid-long hairs, freckles ... And even now, I still always create male caracters, of when i create a female, she is never feminine ... always a tomboy ^^