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Latest Blog Entry - Men playing as women in MMOs? Is it Koscher or is it Queer?
From my blog The Official MMO philosophizing corner. [Enigma]

The thread has arised from time to time among mmorpg.com of guys posting how strange it is to play as a woman and some would post as to why they do play as women.

Thought I would give my 2 cents here. Keep in mind this is just my outlook on it and it is, in no way, meant to be a persuasive argument for or against this practice.

First, Ill get to the nitty gritty. Yes. I've played a female avatar. No. I am not gay.  No. I did not do it for monetary gain or sexual perversion. I never hid the fact that I roled a female avatar and everyone in my guild knew who I was.  I only rolled one female avatar and that was Everquest 2. My guild was Desolation (our feerless leader, Kunou's, Guild). Everyone in that guild knew who I was.

When do I think its right to play a female? Its right when you do not take advantage of other players by making them think you are a female.  We all know that females get more attention in a Guild or in a party. It is very obvious. When a female logs into a MMO, that guild will light up with chatter. When I male avatar logs in, it's "Hey, man, what's up."

I believe playing as a woman to deceive your guild is wrong. Very wrong. Tell them you are a guy. Don't hide the fact. I have a male toon in Everquest 2 now but I lot of the females are guys in real life and no....they aren't gay!

I know this is really hard to comprehend for some folks who are completely against playing a female avatar but there are normal male folks who play female avatars and female folks who play male avatars.

With that said, I think Warhammer will be a very interesting game since some classes are gender specific only (which is wrong, IMO). You will see a great many Witches running around that are truly men. Why? Because they love the melee DPS that class has to offer but lo and behold, no male counterpart.

Playing a female avatar is fine in my book.  However, some no-nos in my book:

  1. if you do it and start to "roleplay" (you know what I mean) with a male player making him think you are a female...then that's pretty messed up by not letting him know.....or if you intice an AOC Gamemaster (but that's a whole other story!)
  2. If you play a female avatar to get free stuff. Don't be a leech or a moron. Going around as a female avatar just to get free stuff or free dungeon runs will do nothing but make you look like a great big A-hole if it comes out that you are a guy.
  3. Don't buy that software that makes your voice sound like a female in Ventrillo or Teamspeak. Let them know you are guy up front. Don't masquerade it to the point that your guild believe you are female in real life because that will result in number 2. Getting free stuff.

My opinion is this. Anyone should play whatever he or she feels like playing without fear of someone thinking they are weird. However, if you cross the line by making others think you are truly that opposite class and by pretending to get free stuff or roleplaying with them in lonely darkened rooms, then you need to look deeper within yourself and analyze what you are doing and deciding if it goes deeper than mearly choosing your avatar.

By the way, I am playing a Chosen in WAR when it comes out so I will def be a male! Also, I play a male in WoW and City of Heroes. In Everquest 2 I have one female and 4 males. So just roll what you want to play!

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    • Did Buddha prophecy about Jesus?
    • Originally posted by kedoremos

      God does not exist.

      All religions are fairy tails spun by aristocracy to control the masses.

      Christ was a carpenter/anarchist who led a bunch of rejects into creating religions based on his beliefs.

      Never did he perform a miracle. Never was he the son of god [sic - no caps].

      Mary was a woman who had an extra-marital affair and blamed the pregnancy on god [god].

       

      You've heard all this before, or maybe you haven't seeing as how you live in the Bible Belt.


       

      wow. so you were actually there huh? That must be impressive. So Jesus was only a carpenter and anarchist who led a bunch of rejects into creating a religion that now spans the entire globe and is believed (since the death and resurrection of Christ)  by BILLIONs of people; both great and small.

      So you believe that Roman citizens who were Christians got hooked on a fairy tale by a "bunch of rejects" to the point that even though they were murdered en masse by Nero they still believed to the very end? To the ones who were impaled on a pole and lit on fire while still alive so that Nero could illuminate his evening banquets...they were engrossed by a Charismatic anarchist?

      Jesus said to give to Ceaser what is Ceaser and give to God what is God's.  Christ also said to respect your leaders no matter how corrupt they are because God had willed them into office for whatever mysterious purpose and if these leaders sin, God will deal with them in His way...not through our revenge. These are not the words of an anarchist to me.

      Trust me....your arguments are severly flawed but I respect your faith on not believing in the obvious ;)

    • Posted: 12/01/08 9:46 PM
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    • Hell, while we're at it let's have:

      • black smurfs
      • a black santa claus
      • a black jesus...oh wait.... nm
      • a black elvis impersonator
      • a black Indiana Jones
      • a black Captain America
      • a black Ronald McDonald
      • a black Grinch of Whoville
      • a black King Arthur
      • a black ET if they make a sequel
      • three black ghostbusters with one white ghostbuster who hardly has any lines.
      • a black Freddy Kreuger
      • a black Neo (actually...Will Smith was suppose to be Neo but turned it down for Wild Wild West, so nm lol)
      • a black Harry Potter
      • a black Charlie Brown
      • a black Cobra Commander
      • a black Pokemon
      • black hurrican names

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      • Black Holes (they make the most destructive element in the universe comparable to blacks
      • Black listed (it sounds bad)
      • Black Twizzlers (they taste so so so bad)

      Let's keep:

      • Black Tie events
      • Black suits
      • Black silk ties
      • Black silk lingerie
      • Black cats
      • black belts
      • black ninja
      • riki
      • Bill Cosby
      • Black Chocolate Alasken Bake fudge pie
      • Black Russians
    • Posted: 12/01/08 9:37 PM
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