The only thing weird about this topic, is how often people bring it up!
I think one has issues when they find problem with another player choosing a female avatar, âbecause itâs a girl dude and youâre a guyâ (being sarcastic). Iâve never seen it as a big deal personally. Heck, play some Overwatch and half the heroes are women. I think the age of macho male bullcrap is ending, albeit slower than Iâd like it to end.
No. The character is not the playerâs in-game avatar.
For the record, my main is maleâŚand of course Horde.
#ForTheHorde
#BornToBeBelf
Um, this is news.
I see nothing wrong with leading a woman on ingame, OP.
Is it hate or friends joking with you? Are you just being too sensitive?
I ask because I play with a lot of male irl friends. We pick on each other. I have a priest, for example, named Chiron after one of Herculesâ teachers. My friends would jokingly refer to him as Sharon just to get my goat. It wasnât malicious. Not all poking is bullying.
To answer the question of whether it is weird for a male to play a female character: no. I would dare to make the unbacked claim that the majority or at least close to half of female characters in this game are played by males. They all have various reasons. You are not the minority.
I assume everybody in game is a until proven otherwise, with sparkles! It saves time assuming pronouns.
Does anyone else think the only reason this is such an issue is that society places too high of an importance on sex?
nothing matters.
True. things only have the value we give them.
Nah, its just when dudes pretend to be girls its weird.
Playing a female character is perfectly fine. Pretending to be a girl is weird to people. If you feel you are a girl and are pretending to be a girl, thats fine.
Dudes who have girly names, act like girls, and then when they join your discord group or something and have a dude voice and act like a dude, its very jarring.
Also people who say they just like staring at a female butt rather than a male butt when theyâre playing, why are you staring at their butts? Get it together!
Itâs no weirder (and actually far less weird) than the people who sleep with body pillows with a portrait of Sylvanas on it.
Well this topic is new and exciting
Seriously though if your friends are gonna get mad over something so stupid then let them go to bed angry.
This isnât my reasoning, but this reminded me of a funny YouTube skit a channel called Viva La Dirt League made on this topic called New Skin. Itâs a PUBG skit but itâs the same concept. Unfortunately it has some mild language so I probably shouldnât link it, but itâs easy to find with a search.
Whatâs weird is why people keep starting these threads.
Enjoy life OP.
Play what you find fun.
OP.
Your friend is the one in the wrong.
WHY ON EARTH would YOU want to look at a male characterâs behind all day long?!
Female is the way to go! ((unless thatâs your thing, Iâm not judging))
Either way, turn it around and make HIM feel bad for making you feel bad.
Is⌠is it 2005 again?
WoW is an mmorpg, many people play the opposite sex in mmorpgâs. RPGâs let players explore different aspects that they might not be able to live out irl. Some males irl want to see what itâs like to live as a woman, just as there are women who want to see what itâs like to be a man. Some people want to see what itâs like to be a reptilian-humanoid while others want to live out their fantasies and see what itâs like to be a cow.
Itâs only weird if you want it to be weird.
Funny
I apply this rule to fighting games and most 3rd person games like AC:Odyssey but in WoW I cant roll a female char.