soicanignorethefools said:
The only time it's ever backfired on me is the one and only "MMO" I've ever tried, Defiance. I got so many group, party, clan and friend requests from horny guys since I was running around as a hot girl character. |
Same here, in Everquest I played a female high elf cleric. It was fun at first, free gifts and always someone to help. But then comes that akward moment you have to tell someone, you do realize I'm not actually a girl, after they start sharing their life story with you. You would think they could figure it out, it's not that difficult to tell which female chars are played by females, unless the guy takes a concious effort to confuse you. My male enchanter got more attention anyway, crack dealers were even more popular than healers.
Playing as a female character also makes me care a bit more for the character. Call it sexist if you want, but I've grown up with a "men should just suck it up and don't complain" attitude. And, besides better to look at, females also tend to block less of the screen while playing. I don't need some double wide space marine taking up 30% of the view the entire game. Plus it always fun to see a little girl beat up thugs in saints row.
