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Psimagus is a cheerleader from Leeds.
*waves pom-poms*
RA RA RA! Go Forgebots, Go!
or in genuine Leedsish:
"k k k ru fit wnna cyber asl"
For all I know, the icon of Fizzy Schizoid is an accurate picture of his creator
Which would explain why my icon is wearing a helmet.
So Bev, why do you think all those guys are playing female roles? Is it cl*****s envy?
Hee hee. I don't know why. I suspect there are many reasons. Part of it may have to do with cultural ideals and marketing techniques.
I was never a fan of Freud, (though some of Jung's ideas were interesting) so a simple gender reversal of his theories don't work for me (although I once heard an interesting defense of "uterus envy"--envy about being ably to have children). I am sure there is a psychological component, but I doubt it's usually some deep seated sexual issue. The people with those issues hang out in teen chat rooms as a rule.
Most gamers are nice people in general (as nice as any other group you'll run across), and may pick characters based on looks or perceived advantages or a sense of humor. I don't really play much except as the passive social guest of friends who play MMORGs but I have a few single player games like Oblivion and Starship Titanic. I had the impression that male characters have better weapons, but I could be wrong. When given a choice, I choose female characters in single player games.
IRL, there are probably more drag queens than there are women trying to pass as men. There is certainly more of a market for drag queens as entertainment. I'll admit that even though I seldom feel like piling on makeup and pink frilly crap, I never try to be "masculine"--just "normal".
The games aren't free Irina. Maybe that's why we like the PF better.
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Quite a few polls among online gamers (MMORPS like EQ or WOW) show that most female characters in the games are played by men. While I have no data on women pretending to be men, I have female friends who play male characters in games (to avoid being hit on and such) and I know at least one guy who plays women so that men hitting on him/her will give him stuff in the game and he/she flirts for advantages all the time. He won't believe me when I tell him real women wouldn't be so shameless and obvious about it. There are forums where I would never admit to being female and I have to stay quiet a lot ("Ewww gross... I mean cool...this thread needs more pictures!").
Though gender isn't the same as identity, I think it's funny how people play with roles. There are places on the Internet where we have to be polite and professional (just as in RL) and places where we can pretend (like in bars, only cheaper). I think I am more my real self here than most places. I only start to hide who I am when annoying people track you down in real life and get all stalker on you. Then I want to be a bot from old Soviet program gone wild.
Though gender isn't the same as identity, I think it's funny how people play with roles. There are places on the Internet where we have to be polite and professional (just as in RL) and places where we can pretend (like in bars, only cheaper). I think I am more my real self here than most places. I only start to hide who I am when annoying people track you down in real life and get all stalker on you. Then I want to be a bot from old Soviet program gone wild.
Hello everybody!
I read the part psimagus posted [awhile back in PF News] about people writing things out on the calculator, well I still do that also. I still write basic words, but since they came out the graphing calculator I could write out whole sentences.
Now I do this lightheartedly in my math and science classes...
I tried:
Are you doing anything 20 mins from now?
I love they way you look when you stare at a calculator.
So far it hasn't really worked
I read the part psimagus posted [awhile back in PF News] about people writing things out on the calculator, well I still do that also. I still write basic words, but since they came out the graphing calculator I could write out whole sentences.
Now I do this lightheartedly in my math and science classes...
I tried:
Are you doing anything 20 mins from now?
I love they way you look when you stare at a calculator.
So far it hasn't really worked
*waves pom-poms*
RA RA RA! Go Forgebots, Go!
or in genuine Leedsish:
"k k k ru fit wnna cyber asl"
And that means - that means - I'm a 1,000 year old alien!!!
Actually ... that would explain why it's so hard to get up in the morning sometimes...
Actually ... that would explain why it's so hard to get up in the morning sometimes...
I am a WoW addict- and I know quite a few guys who play female characters. They make it well known that they are male most of the time- their explaination is that while playing they don't want to be looking at a guys butt all day. *shuggs* I can't picture myself making a male character personally.
No, not necessarilly lol. It just the character you run around all day you only see their back. And they do make the woman characters a little.. busty- so I guess the guys would rather play a hot looking chick than the big, burly, hairy, ugly male character that are the other option. Blizzard made the male character creation options very ugly for some reason.
Hee hee. I don't know why. I suspect there are many reasons. Part of it may have to do with cultural ideals and marketing techniques.
I was never a fan of Freud, (though some of Jung's ideas were interesting) so a simple gender reversal of his theories don't work for me (although I once heard an interesting defense of "uterus envy"--envy about being ably to have children). I am sure there is a psychological component, but I doubt it's usually some deep seated sexual issue. The people with those issues hang out in teen chat rooms as a rule.
Most gamers are nice people in general (as nice as any other group you'll run across), and may pick characters based on looks or perceived advantages or a sense of humor. I don't really play much except as the passive social guest of friends who play MMORGs but I have a few single player games like Oblivion and Starship Titanic. I had the impression that male characters have better weapons, but I could be wrong. When given a choice, I choose female characters in single player games.
IRL, there are probably more drag queens than there are women trying to pass as men. There is certainly more of a market for drag queens as entertainment. I'll admit that even though I seldom feel like piling on makeup and pink frilly crap, I never try to be "masculine"--just "normal".
The games aren't free Irina. Maybe that's why we like the PF better.
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