Guys who pose as Female Charaters in MMO's A.k.A MMO Catfish

[dirtyklingon]

i player female toons because i grew up with strong women action heroes like ripley and buffy and janeway and so on. badass women with sex appeal who kick serious ***. kids growing up on twilight and harry potter have no clue really.

i don't pretend to be a girl though, nor do i attempt to decieve anyone, nor do i solicit for hand outs from strangers, nor do i accept unsolicitied handouts based on people thinking i'm a girl.


what's realyl creepy is when guys rush to hit on girls at the first sign of a "female". could be girly name or girly avatar. could be in voice chat and they talk for hte first time then the wanna be cassanovas pop up to instantly hit on the girl. so obnoxious. they can even be made aware that the girl ( if proven to be a girl) is in a relationship with the guy in chan with them and they claim to have a gf or wife themselves adn there they are acting like horn dogs. or on forums hitting on "girls" because girly name and girly avatar claiming they wouldn't do it in game but there you are doing it on forums.


none of these people are convincing anyone.


makes for good entertainment though for the rest of us. go on with yo badselves dawgz, embarass yourself moar.

[Kroesis]

Remember Rule 30 people!

[Harsk]

I believe the alternate title to "Catfish" is "Suckers"

[Distiny]

I tend to play female chars, especially when not FPS.
In MMO's you tend to spend a lot of hours staring at your screen and char so I prefer a virtual female's a-ss (dafuq why is that word censored...) to look at then a dude's...

[GarfrostPAX]

Wait, people actually care and fall for that nonsense?

Oh internet, how disappointing.

[Fiontar]

I've been playing MMOs for over 14 years. I've never had someone playing a female character try to "charm gold/loot" off of me. I often play female characters, because I prefer to look at a female character when I play. I've only twice had guys act in an inappropriate manner towards me and only once did I have some guy give me gold out of the blue because my character was "pretty". (That last was a long time ago, when most guys didn't realize that many female characters are played by males).

Interestingly, I did have a few instances of women getting "catty" with me when I was playing a female character, but that was just in World of Warcraft, where for a time some people just took guild politics a little too seriously. Aside from a pair of idiots in 14 years, the only difference I've encountered between playing a male character and a female character has been that a lot of people were less likely to follow my lead or take my suggestions in a party when they perceived me as female.

Anyway, the entire "free loot" thing is extremely overblown. I'm sure there are guys and gals that flirt for favors, but as a long time vet of the genre who has played for many thousands of hours over the years, I've seen very little of it.

I do realize that being an MMOTPS, there is bound to be some serious overlap in the player base between MMO players and TPS/FPS players. My impression that avatar gender reversal is a lot less common in the latter than the former, especially in games with a high percentage of players using voice chat. So, even though this is "old news" for most MMO players, it doesn't surprise me that some fans of this game still see it as an issue.

The MMO space has pretty much "gotten over it" and with many games having less than 25% female players, but showing over 50% of characters being female, it's clear a lot of people do play characters of the opposite gender. (Polls show a fair portion of female players occasionally or often play male characters as well).

So, I'd just say, if it bothers you, get over it!

[Kroesis]

I tend to play female chars, especially when not FPS.
In MMO's you tend to spend a lot of hours staring at your screen and char so I prefer a virtual female's a-ss (dafuq why is that word censored...) to look at then a dude's...

On SP games I use female characters for that reason, online games, however I use male chars to avoid upset!

[madfinger]

never understood the " i make female chars cuz i like to see a female from behind rather than a male char". Do you really stare at your char when you're playing?

I mean, character customization is important for me as it gives you that sense of uniqueness. But i don't stare so much time at my char to a point i need to make a female.... i just play the game.

When I'm playing any online game, i never look to the other people as male/female/kid/adult. When I'm online everyone are "gamers" to me.

[dirtyklingon]

On SP games I use female characters for that reason, online games, however I use male chars to avoid upset!

why should you worry about other people getting upset by something like that?

it's not their toon. if they get upset with you playing the toon you want the way you want it to look it's a pebcak issue.

[Harsk]

I get the feeling all the guys who say " I make a female character cause i don't wanna look at a male characters azz all day " are not really sure about themselves. lol