worldofwarcraft: Men, Women, and Warcraft

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@ 2007-09-24 19:15:00

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Men, Women, and Warcraft
This is something I've been curious about for a while and I figure this would be a great place to get some statistics. The question is, Ladies and Gentlemen, when you log onto WoW do you play as a male or female? If you play several characters, which do you play more?

Poll #1060620 Men, Women, and Warcraft
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

When you play WoW, what sex do you play as?

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I'm a male and I play as a female.
49 (12.9%)

I'm a male and I play as a male.
71 (18.7%)

I'm a female and I play as a male.
27 (7.1%)

I'm a female and I play as a female.
232 (61.2%)

I'm really curious about the results. I'm a woman and my main is a female human mage and I'm always a little surprised when people will address me as if I were a man, i.e., in battle seeing "protect him!" or "wait until he gets here" in reference to my female character. Really, guys, are you still that surprised to find that girls enjoy gaming? Personally, I much prefer playing female characters because it’s much easier for me to feel connected to them.

Likewise however, I have one male friend who always plays as a female and when I asked him way he basically said, "when you commit to a game you're going to be staring at someone's ass for hours and hours. Might as well be a good one." ;)

So what do you all think?

Those of you who play as the opposite sex, what are your reasons?

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	unkaaron 2007-09-24 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	I'm male and I play equally as both. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	extraneousrooot 2007-09-24 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	I am incredibly sick of hearing men try so hard to prove they're straight that they have to say LOL IF I HAVE TO STARE AT AN ASS IT BETTER BE A GIRL ASS LOLOL (Reply to this)(Thread)

	amarafox 2007-09-24 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	After my horror in dancing with my female night elf, I only play characters based on whether or not I like the dance. My main is a male orc. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	thoughtsunclean 2007-09-24 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Male, play as both. My main is male, but my female alts out-number my male characters by far. (Reply to this)

	lettres_mortes 2007-09-24 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	Female, because the male models are all ridiculous looking for the most part. I was going to play a Blood Elf male but then everyone bitched that they were too thin and they beefcaked them out too. Meh. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	maxomai 2007-09-24 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	I play both, just because I get different character concepts / like variety. (Reply to this)

	verbis 2007-09-24 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	Male playing male characters at about 2:1 female. (Reply to this)

	exploding_candy 2007-09-24 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	My main is a female, but my alts are both male and I've actually grown to like the male characters better. I think it's the sounds- while in combat, manly grunting > breathy little gasps/squeaks. (Reply to this)

	krmtdfrog 2007-09-24 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	This is about the third time this exact same poll has been asked in the past.... since '07 I believe? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	snowydonkey 2007-09-24 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	I'm female and my first character was a female. My second was a male. Frankly I just thought the gnome males were cute, and the females looked too squeaky, and if I'm going to spend days playing a character, I want to play something I think is cute. I don't think of my characters as "me", so I don't see any problem with any cross-gender playing :) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	queensugar 2007-09-24 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	Interesting research on gender-bending in online gaming: http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001369.php (Reply to this)

	reservoir 2007-09-24 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	I play both. (Reply to this)

	radiumx 2007-09-24 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	"when you commit to a game you're going to be staring at someone's ass for hours and hours. Might as well be a good one." Oddly enough, this is the given reason as to why Lara Croft looks the way she does. Developers thought staring at a hot ass made debugging the game a lot more tolerable. I don't care what gender my characters are, I just pick whatever fits the moment. (Reply to this)

	affectiion 2007-09-24 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	I'm a female, I play female characters. And thats purely for the aesthetics, I wouldn't want to look at a bulky shouldered male for hours at a time, I'd rather look at curves and flirt a lot. But I'm just that kinda girl, lol (Reply to this)

	_urination_burn 2007-09-24 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	i play as a female for the most part. minus my tauren warrior... i just think the male tauren are adorable. i /hug them every time i see one. (Reply to this)

	noodle_nose 2007-09-25 12:03 am UTC (link)
	i'm a female and i play female characters. i tried playing as a male a couple of times, but i just couldn't get into it. i guess because i like to use my character as a slight projection of myself, i connect better with a female. (Reply to this)

	fadeout1930 2007-09-25 12:08 am UTC (link)
	It might have to be anonymous to get honest answers but I'd be curious to see a poll on whether people look down on guys playing female characters... (Reply to this)

	tuftears 2007-09-25 12:09 am UTC (link)
	My main: male nelf druid. My second 70: male dwarf paladin. My third 70: female nelf hunter. 62 warrior: female dwarf warrior. Draw your own conclusions... I have several female Draenei after that, mostly because Draenei females are cute. (Reply to this)

	drakhzilla 2007-09-25 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Male playing male. (Reply to this)

	usekh 2007-09-25 12:18 am UTC (link)
	I tend to play females because the male char models are so totally fucking awful. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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