As stated below other comments. It’s a role playing game. I could not identify being a female character. Let’s say if I played D&D I wouldn’t be able to make a female character. I need something to identify myself to that toon.
It’s a fantasy as well in which your ideal person would be that rep you in that fantasy.
Now I don’t hold no ill will of ppl that can identify themselves or have fantasy of being female. It’s ok. Just not me.
I can’t make my character look nearly as funny/goofy as a female. I want to have fun, looking at “female” pixels as opposed to male ones doesn’t do it for me.
cuz im a dood why would I want to be a chick?
Only thing I ever hear people say is they want to look at a female but I don’t find cartoons attractive. Makes no sense.
imagine being so deep in the closet that seeing some pixels is enough to tip you over the edge
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I enjoy playing my gender because my mother didn’t do drugs.
Very confusing comments when a lot of these just rounds to “I feel like it.” You guys get baited did bad in the forums it’s funny lol.
If you’re playing a specific toon gender because “if I stare at pixels representing man butt I might turn gay”, you have a biiiig issue and I’d therapy.
I play whatever model and animation I prefer. It happens to be male most of the time in this particular game. In other games, I might play more female toons.
Because I don’t have deep-seated issues about my sexuality.
As a girl who umm partakes in both sides of the spectrum, I play both male and female because both appeal to me.
Mailbox dancing as a male toon is pretty funny.
Cool armor whichever and animations. I main draenei male usually.
I’m a guy so i play guy characters. Not really more complicated.
In actually voiced games i usually pick based on VA. Example in Cyberpunk i play as Female V just because of that.
I play both male and female characters.
Prior to Void Elves being added, all my Alliance characters were female because I just don’t find the males of any Alliance race aesthetically appealing. On the flipside, my Horde character roster was a mix of Male and Female Blood Elves, and a female Tauren. A Male Vulpera Shaman joined them when they became available.
Aesthetics matter to me. WoW has a glut of “big manly and/or unattractive (to me) musclebound power fantasy” males and a dearth of “slimmer fit/athletic, agile, traditionally attractive” males of which only Blood Elves and Void Elves currently provide for players as far as I’m concerned.
You can see the sexual dimorphism between the sexes in wow. Males are nearly always absurdly bigger than the females and generally unattractive in the traditional sense, while females are usually (but not always!) beautified, with curvaceous figures and attractive faces. But if you are looking for a male avatar representative of a traditionally attractive swimmer/fitness model, Blood Elves and Void Elves are the only options.
Prior to their unveiling I had hoped that Kul Tirans would have been humans that actually looked more well… “real world” human. Ideally a slimmer more agile swashbuckler type of human. Instead we got yet another neanderthal cave man on steroids but in beargut flavor.
There’s a reason Blood Elves dominate the Horde population. I am firmly of the opinion that its because they have more idyllic body and face appearances. But that’s just my opinion.
Now that Void Elves are available on the Alliance, my Alliance roster is closer to my Horde roster. I have a mix of male and female characters on both factions now, but every male I have on Alliance is a Void Elf currently. I will say, however, that the new younger face options added to Human males make them less of an eyesore to me and I might be willing to make a human male in the future.
I play both male and female. I have my Undead Death Knight and Priest because I like the look of Undead. I have my Female Blood Elf Hunter because I enjoy how how she looks in her skimpy armor wielding a bow.
I have some characters of each gender. I like variety.
If this is trolling like you think, then it’s a harmless one. Most trolling posts have some agenda to it.
There were the dudes that played Skyrim…
I’ll just throw that out there. lol
I’m a gay male. I play both male and female characters. Before the Alliance got Void Elves, all my characters were female. Did that somehow revoke my “gay” card because I was playing only female characters, staring at a female all day, and putting her in skimpy outfits? No it did not. I’m still as gay as I was before I started playing WoW.
Even as someone who is attracted to men, I don’t look at my male characters as sex objects.
Did it ever occur to you that a straight male might play a male characters to live out a power fantasy of his own? Let’s face it, most guys playing wow are not a fitness model Adonis. But through a male avatar we can be, at least for a little while, as we play the game.
I get to be an athletic attractive male hero when I play this character. I am not looking at my character thinking about boning him. I look at him and think “that’s me right now. I can’t be that guy in real life, but I can be him here, beat up monsters, and save the world!”.
I look at my female characters the same way. I’m not a female IRL. But I get to be one in game and enjoy all the frilly things that society tells me guys can’t enjoy. I can put on a pretty dress or I can wear some skimpy chain bikini and strut through town, sometimes making players follow me for a few seconds just to get a better look.
According to you, if I enjoy playing a male, I’m gay because I am looking at man butt all day.
But what about for all the years I played only female characters? Was I miraculously straight back then? (the answer there is “no” btw).
People play characters of certain types for any number of reasons. Some want to live out a power fantasy and put themselves in the role of a certain type character. Some want to ogle sexy pixels on a screen. And some just pick what they think looks cool.
This has been an interesting thread:
However, when you repeat over and over again that you are straight, and don’t like staring at men’s butts… Who are you trying to convince?
I don’t look at this game or characters in a sexual manner. I play male because that character is me from the stand point if immersion. That’s it. It’s harder to feel like I am that character if it’s female. That being said, I have a rogue alt and for the sake of how I think a rogue should look I am a female NE because I think human makes are too bulky for the class.
Aesthetics choose the gender for me, if the animations + gear + overall appearance look better in a particular gender I pick it.
I don’t really try to personify myself in a game but rather build a character to match a sorta story of their own; male / female / non-binary / etc. all are available options.
you hate good fuel economy?
bingo. the only time i really look at my characters is on the selection screen, so it’s not something i put a ton of thought into, but this is basically it.
i’m really puzzled by how many people say they spend large amounts of time just staring at their character as opposed to, say, playing the game