Male or female in character creators?

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Mnementh said:

JRPGfan said:

^ this is me, as well.

If your role playing, typically you want your character to be a reflection of yourself (to some degree).

In actual Pen&Paper RPG groups I usually play characters that are nothing like me. That is the whole point. Why would I choose to play an overweight middle-aged man with no cardio?

It is even in the name: role playing, meaning I play a role, not myself.

In video games it is similar, I want to experience things from a different perspective.

My imagination just doesn't work for "real" role playing, neither in video games or what little experience I have of P&P.

I nearly always do best possible self insert. Only exception is if I treat it as strategy game (when 4+ characters).

Hardly played anything with much romance, but I think I'll usually keep it between men and women, even if I was playing the woman.