Do you want people to use the gender pronoun of your toon, or your actual gender?

Aexster - Dreamweaver
Aexster - Dreamweaver Posts: 30 Arc User
edited April 2011 in Off-Topic Discussion
Blahh. Maybe I can make it a little clearer since the title sounds confusing. Say you had a girl toon, and you were a guy irl, when people call you a she, do you correct them, or do you let them call you a she? Vice versa for girls.

Personally I used to correct people, and tell them I'm a guy, but lately, I really don't care. I'll just go along that since my toon is a girl. Plus, it's wasted time since I don't think people would remember if I was a guy or not.

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, just figured it would be here since it's general discussion, and this is something to discuss XD
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  • Psytrac - Dreamweaver
    Psytrac - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,488 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    usually I correct them, I make it fairly obvious I'm a guy. especially if we get along in whatever run we're doing and will be likely to do more
    I'm a guy, not a woman, that is all
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  • LenieClarke - Heavens Tear
    LenieClarke - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,275 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    i'd prefer if people used my RL gender, but it's not a strong preference and not something i get riled up over. i politely correct people once or twice, but i don't harp on it. i know there're people who insist on using the character's gender, and if it were a huge deal to me i probably wouldn't have made my various characters deliberately half of each gender...
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  • SinfuINature - Harshlands
    SinfuINature - Harshlands Posts: 533 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    i am only guy toons but if i was a girl then i would only correct friends... random squads i wouldnt care...
  • _blood_rain - Sanctuary
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary Posts: 2,532 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    My toon's gender is my rl gender, but because there are notoriously so many archer trannies, It gets confused with new people I meet anyway.

    Especially if their first impression is me talking about **** in faction chat(which I tend to do often). Also, because one of my common nicknames is "burrito" people tend to assume I'm a boy, because apparently a girl would never be named after food -.-

    Sometimes they still don't believe me even after I correct them :/

    Then its time to bust out the photographsb:sin(jk)
  • Psytrac - Dreamweaver
    Psytrac - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,488 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    venos and barbs, gender locked makes it kind of annoying, and they NEED something to seperate the genders with them. a little symbol or color of the icons would work well, I'm sure. Of course I'm the one that can go through a full run calling the barb "bro" and not get corrected till after we're out so.. *shrugs*

    (I prefer being corrected actually. make myself look less stupid to those that know lol)

    I play female characters for a few reasons, but the first and foremost. Why would I want to look at a guy all day? I like the way Psytrac looks, and my sin follows suit with the same style and everything.
    I'm a guy, not a woman, that is all
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  • Aexster - Dreamweaver
    Aexster - Dreamweaver Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Psytrac - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    venos and barbs, gender locked makes it kind of annoying, and they NEED something to seperate the genders with them. a little symbol or color of the icons would work well, I'm sure. Of course I'm the one that can go through a full run calling the barb "bro" and not get corrected till after we're out so.. *shrugs*

    (I prefer being corrected actually. make myself look less stupid to those that know lol)

    I play female characters for a few reasons, but the first and foremost. Why would I want to look at a guy all day? I like the way Psytrac looks, and my sin follows suit with the same style and everything.

    I agree with the reason below.

    I think if I made a couple of friends on here, I would tell them my actual gender. Everyone else can just call me by my toon gender.
  • Vixter - Harshlands
    Vixter - Harshlands Posts: 1,275 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    i assume all girl characters are guys unless they state otherwise :P

    i am female and i play a female character as well. i try to make it obvious that i am female but, some people still think i am a guy ^^ sometimes i dont care, sometimes i correct them.
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  • _Ink_ - Raging Tide
    _Ink_ - Raging Tide Posts: 400 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I just let people call me whatever gender my current toon is. If we become friends I can define my gender for them but really, it doesn't matter to me. I get mistaken for a guy a lot anyway. Still not really sure why...
  • RainbowVidel - Sanctuary
    RainbowVidel - Sanctuary Posts: 1,316 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Oh look, it's this thread again... but anyway, I don't mind being called "she" or "her" since I know they are referring to my female character and not me personally.
  • BarbLord - Raging Tide
    BarbLord - Raging Tide Posts: 378 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I don't really care if i am called he or she by random people, for people I squad regulary, friends and faction I make sure they know my real gender, and if asked by anyone i will be honest about it as well
    But it would be to tiresome if I had to tell every random (who I will squad once) my rl gender
  • Ankiel - Raging Tide
    Ankiel - Raging Tide Posts: 260 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    i do get some eyebrows raised when i mention something about my wife while on my female sin, but in general, i only say if asked directly
  • Chickpea - Lost City
    Chickpea - Lost City Posts: 165 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    It doesn't really matter. Even if you have a female char and is female irl, you will be called "him" or "he" by pretty much everyone that doesn't know you. I would never even bother correcting people. I cant care less if some person thinks him a girl or guy irl. Its not like you're gonna get special treatment by randoms just for being female, some looser might start to hit on you in PM, but thats about it. Its more annoying than anything so might just let people assume you're male.

    If you're a guy playing a female char you will be called "him" most of the times to. Very rarely you will see someone go "Hey im a dude". Seems most guys with a female chars likes to be called "her"... and being embraced, wearing **** fashion while acting girly lol, its pretty cute b:chuckle.

    I normally call people by their in-game name anyway, its more personal than just saying "he" or "she" and you wont get corrected about genders.
  • vristion
    vristion Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I call everyone shemales till corrected, and then I take note of it. Easier that way, the list stays smaller.
  • Sirrobert - Dreamweaver
    Sirrobert - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,395 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I always call someone by the gender of his/her toon, simply cause I can never remember wether or not someone is different IRL.
    I asume people do the same for my toons, even though I make it clear that I'm a guy (not calling everyone saying I'm a guy, but I don't make it a secret). Note, that last is only on my girl toons, obviusly XD

    If I see a name in facchat that doesn't directly make the gender clear, I always call that person a he
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  • Waterfal - Sanctuary
    Waterfal - Sanctuary Posts: 2,723 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I don't really care if random people call me he or him even though I'm a girl irl.
    I will however state my gender to friends I make and to factions I join :)
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  • Flickerfae - Sanctuary
    Flickerfae - Sanctuary Posts: 351 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    My only male toon is my Barb, but that's not really a preference based on the fact that I'm a girl irl. It's more because I like female fashion better. b:chuckle

    A character is the front you present to the rest of the players. As such, expecting them to know your gender differs (even if you're a veno or barb!) is rather unreasonable unless you tell them outright. This is particularly true if your class isn't one of the gender-locked ones, yet you still play opposite gender... the only way for people to not identify you as the gender of the toon is to tell them outright, and that gets veery tedious in random squads.

    I actually make a game of it on my barb... I use more 'mannish' smileys ( b:laugh as opposed to b:chuckle ), and say stuff like "hey" instead of "hiya". I'm usually very bubbly and giggly in squad, so it's interesting for me to act... guyish. Then, I see if I can keep it up until the end of the instance. The squad is rarely tipped off by just standard play and conversation, so it's more of a challenge for me not to use one too many XDs and b:chuckle s.

    It's much more fun than putting "guyveno" or "girlbarb" in the name, and people still getting it wrong, anyway. b:surrender
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  • TekkOneStylz - Harshlands
    TekkOneStylz - Harshlands Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    it used to annoy the hell outta me when i saw a hot ''female'' then it turned out to be a guy lol. Then they talk about how they make female chars so they have something nice to look at ... lol ok i guess. Then they take it further and say that ''oh guy characters look ***'' D:< ur character creation skills r *** b:scorn ..lol no but i cant play female characters, i tried playing a veno once and got annoyed at the ammount of guys trying to hit on me and i didnt wanna keep telling everyone im a guy every second so i tried convincing my self that i was just playing hard to get... lol and then i just quit and stick to being male and if i really wanted something ''nice to look at '' or to ''look up someone's skirt'' -_- , then i would just look out for the fine looking females in pw b:sin . And then hope that they dont have male genit-b:shutup
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  • Boogiepanda - Raging Tide
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide Posts: 4,682 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    <- 100% legit girl.
  • Sirsmokealot - Raging Tide
    Sirsmokealot - Raging Tide Posts: 320 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Beauty of the internet is you can be who you want to be...It dont really bother me if a guy pretends to be a girl or a girl pretends to be a guy I think the only people it does bother is the ones after cyber sex and I learnt my lesson with that after I broke two cd roms trying it out.
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  • Psytrac - Dreamweaver
    Psytrac - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,488 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    TekkOneStylz - Harshlands wrote: »
    i tried playing a veno once and got annoyed at the ammount of guys trying to hit on me and i didnt wanna keep telling everyone im a guy every second
    look for a picture of Xeian
    I'm a guy, not a woman, that is all
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  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    SinfuINature - Harshlands wrote: »
    i am only guy toons but if i was a girl then i would only correct friends... random squads i wouldnt care...
    ^This. I have 2 female toons, but I don't really play them.
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Guys who play girl characters creep me out.

    With the exception for venos because you can't be a guy and archers, because male archers definitely look ***.
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  • SinfuINature - Harshlands
    SinfuINature - Harshlands Posts: 533 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Michael_Dark - Lost City wrote: »
    Guys who play girl characters creep me out.

    With the exception for venos because you can't be a guy and archers, because male archers definitely look ***.

    lol... but so do male BM's but we dont complain b:avoid

    but if i make a seeker i might be a female just b/c it different...
  • Psytrac - Dreamweaver
    Psytrac - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,488 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Michael_Dark - Lost City wrote: »
    Guys who play girl characters creep me out.

    With the exception for venos because you can't be a guy and archers, because male archers definitely look ***.
    think of it this way: what would YOU rather look at all day?

    also I've had so many people hitting on my barb and my other male characters that I got sick of it real quick, so I made a female to make it much easier on myself. ("sorry, I'm a guy" ends flirting real quick)
    I'm a guy, not a woman, that is all
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  • TheDan - Sanctuary
    TheDan - Sanctuary Posts: 3,495 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    SinfuINature - Harshlands wrote: »
    lol... but so do male BM's but we dont complain b:avoid

    Only when your bf is playing one.
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  • frankieraye
    frankieraye Posts: 250 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I don't correct them, but if they ask what I am irl I'll tell them the truth.
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    SinfuINature - Harshlands wrote: »
    lol... but so do male BM's but we dont complain b:avoid

    but if i make a seeker i might be a female just b/c it different...

    lol. Point = you. b:chuckle

    Psytrac - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    think of it this way: what would YOU rather look at all day?

    also I've had so many people hitting on my barb and my other male characters that I got sick of it real quick, so I made a female to make it much easier on myself. ("sorry, I'm a guy" ends flirting real quick)

    I guess I'd rather look at a girl if all I'm doing is playing with myself all day. lol. I usually am paying attention to other people in the game and I don't have any problems with h0mophobia or having to look at my male characters. I don't get aroused by manga or 3d avatars so I'd rather just play my gender.
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  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Michael_Dark - Lost City wrote: »
    Guys who play girl characters creep me out.

    With the exception for venos because you can't be a guy and archers, because male archers definitely look ***.

    I carry my female toons around because they're on another account. Well one is; my Psy :3
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  • SoniMax - Sanctuary
    SoniMax - Sanctuary Posts: 529 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Michael_Dark - Lost City wrote: »
    Guys who play girl characters creep me out.

    With the exception for venos because you can't be a guy and archers, because male archers definitely look ***.
    i need a "thumbs up" icon
    B.t.w. i'm playin as my Rrl gender(♂) and i'm rarely tought to be a girl if i do i make sure to correct the person who tought i was.
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  • Drazomyst - Dreamweaver
    Drazomyst - Dreamweaver Posts: 226 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    He. Him. His. I only had to do that when on my veno though, for obvious reasons.
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