Do you play your own gender ingame? POLL TIME!!

xaosmg123 · December 2013

When playing STO, I always play as a male. I'm a male so I feel its more immersive as my own gender. I can get into the game more and when I RP - I can be myself in this amazing gameworld!

I love this game - wayyy more than I ever expected to and I don't want women to take offense when someone asks if they are male or female irl. Truth is, if more players played their own gender ingame then most wouldn't even think to ask. (Unless you are playing STO to find yourself a Trekkie to date - m or f)

I would love to know who plays males and who plays females. Men or women - boys and girls. Lets find out if more males play as females than females play as males!

POST YOUR RESPONSE, LIST YOUR CHARACTER NAMES AND GENDER, IF YOU WANT, AS WELL AS YOUR REAL LIFE GENDER. (Again, only post what you feel comfortable with)

Fed - male - Xalon

Rom - male - Xalion

KDF - male - Xaos

And I am a MALE irl.

Thanks for posting and I hope I get to group or rp with most of you ingame sometime! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

matth431 · December 2013

No, I play it later on, whilst Googling "Naughty Mature Ladies".

cidjack · December 2013

Mine:

KDF - Male

Fed - Male

Fed - Male

Fed - Female

Fed - Female

Romulan - Female

starswordc · December 2013

I'm a guy IRL but I play a female character 90% of the time if the game gives me a choice and I have literally no idea whatsoever why. Female Bajoran Fed (my avatar), male Lethean KDF.

johngazman · December 2013

Fed; 2x Male, 1x Female
KDF; 2x Male, 1x Female
Romulan; 1x Male, 2x Female

And i'm male in reality.

coupaholic · December 2013

I'm a tough Nausicaan guy in game, and a whimpy skinny guy IRL.

jonsills · December 2013

My own gender? Frak, I don't usually play my own species in this game!

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dahminus · December 2013

3 males and a female. The girl is my wife's. She didn't enjoy the game, but I leveled her character anyway.

So pseudo-full male for a male

orangeitis · December 2013

The question to me is like "Do you play your own species ingame?" when having to do with characters, rather than avatars.

The ratio of the sexes of my characters are 50:50.

starfish1701 · December 2013

Yes, I play a male character probably 95% of the time.

lincolninspace · December 2013

Irl= male

Fed = Male alien (freaky reptillian)

KDF = Gorn male

Rom = Romulan male

I do not erp but the sf dentals used to keep humping me on Drozana station :rolleyes:.

jodarkrider · December 2013

There's a sex in STO? Where do you find that?

(trollolololol

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hevach · December 2013

I prefer to play my sex in the bedroom with my wife. Am I right guys? High five? Don't leave me hanging?

Oh come on, it wasn't that bad of a joke.

Mine are about 80/20 male/female. Over other MMOs and games where gender choice isn't fixed, I'd say it skews a bit lower, maybe 70/30. I'm much more likely to play a female character if it actually affects the experience, such as Fallout and Mass Effect were some situations play out differently or offer different solutions depending on your gender.

talonxv · December 2013

Imma guy.

Fed Male Tac officer: Basically me, even has my name.
Fed female Engineer Bajoran.
Fed Male Sci

Female Orion Sci
Male Alien[drow] eng

Female Rom tac
Male alien eng

Split it about 50/50 just because.

And sometimes as a guy and I have no shame, you don't want to look at a guys behind as he runs.

sunfrancks · December 2013

Male IRL.

Fed Main: Female Lib Borg.

KDF Main: Female Orion.

Rom Main: Male Reman.

I always usually have female characters.....

xstaythirstyx · December 2013

My Friends, does a game avatar really matter? It's not like you can pick up girls in this virtual realm. However; I tend to play more males than female avatars. Gender really does not matter to me, it is just an avatar. Has anyone ever played Scarlet Blade? Play it at your own risk. The game is sexist to the bone and designed for the younger male crowd.

Stay Thirsty

mirrorchaos · December 2013

that thread title can be translated a few different ways btw. maybe a good idea to replace the word sex with gender. i used to have the nickname "one lap wonder" and got pm'ed about it from a female racer on a forum elsewhere a while back about it without realizing that it can be translated into "that" way :P.

got 7 males and 7 females ingame.

split up 5 feds, 5 kdf and 4 roms.

not telling you my gender, see no reason to.

aloishammer · December 2013

xaosmg123 wrote: »

If males played as males for the most part, there would be no need to even wonder if someone ur grouped with is playing their own sex.

There's no need to wonder it anyway. It's a game, and allegedly a Role-Playing game at that.

There is no valid reason to even care what human gender is controlling the cat-person or catfish-faced (Benzite, anyone?) alien you're playing alongside.

That said, male player, 10 characters, 8 male and 2 female. (And two of the males are actually even Human. :P )

flash525 · December 2013

I have three characters, all of which are Male. Those are an Andorian, a Saurian and a Klingon. I am Male myself.

I don't truly see any practical reason for any normal Male to play a Female character unless they were being at least a little bit perverted. Lets be honest about it. If someone managed to figure out a ratio of all Women playing Male characters (by choice) and all Men playing female characters (again, by choice) you can bet the male ratio would be the higher one cause we tend to be more perverted in the sense.

Say what you will, but that's the truth about it. All you guys playing with women (should I rephrase that) you're all perverts. :P If that isn't the case, then it's quite simply likely to be that said person has grown a little too attracted to their polygon officers.

captainrevo1 · December 2013

xaosmg123 wrote: »

After coming back to STO, Ive noticed there are tons and tons of males playing as females, and even some females playing as males.

I made this post because I'm sick of females thinking its "creepy" or "rude" to ask if someone is male or female. If males played as males for the most part, there would be no need to even wonder if someone ur grouped with is playing their own sex.

While i dont think its creepy to ask people their real life gender in a casual conversation, i do think its none of anyone's business if the other person does not want to answer, and it slightly worries me that you have taken the time to find out 'tons' of peoples real life genders. I fail to see why it matters?

why should males play as males, just so you know who is who? what does it matter to you who a person is?

xaosmg123 wrote: »

a ton of players don't agree with males playing females, so we are all still adjusting to the whole opposite sex character dynamic

What on earth is there to adjust too?

sunfrancks · December 2013

flash525 wrote: »

Say what you will, but that's the truth about it. All you guys playing with women (should I rephrase that) you're all perverts. :P If that isn't the case, then it's quite simply likely to be that said person has grown a little too attracted to their polygon officers.

I take offense at that statement!

I just happen to prefer to look at a female running around, rather than a male. Does not mean I am a pervert, or am sexually attracted to my characters :rolleyes:

jodarkrider · December 2013

I have to say, it's funny and sad at the same time, how much emphasis and attention people pay to the concept of "gender" (Although to be technical, word 'sex' is more accurate here, given it's the physical sex you are born with... while word 'gender' is a stupid society construct which should be blown out of the sky, from the dictionaries and from humankind mindset too).

Just play and be whatever you want. Sheesh. Some people, seriously. :P

flash525 · December 2013

sunfrancks wrote: »

I take offense at that statement!

Please don't.

sunfrancks wrote: »

I just happen to prefer to look at a female running around, rather than a male.

Could you be in denial?

sunfrancks wrote: »

Does not mean I am a pervert, or am sexually attracted to my characters.

You are at the very least more attracted to the viewing of polygons shaped in female form than you are male form. True?

On a related, but unrelated note, I bet half the people complaining about this are only complaining because, when they talk to one of these female toons, they're not actually sure whether they're talking to a guy or a girl. They get all excited thinking they've found a girl gamer, only to find out they've just thrown up over a guy.

worffan101 · December 2013

Fed-male (TRIBBLE Vulcan), male (sexist, offensively heterosexual Ferengi), female (pansexual "living weapon" who doesn't care what other people think of anything she does).

Rommie-female (TRIBBLE Romulan).

KDF-female (straight Klingon with MASSIVE anger issues), male (genially bored/disinterested Gorn), female (Joined Trill with a fun backstory, because that's the only way I see a joined trill as a KDF lieutenant at any point in the STO storyline).

IRL: Male and straight, preferring strong, tough women with attitude. Jadzia Dax, the Borg Queen, the Duras sisters--pretty much anyone who's woman enough for Worf.

I don't really care either way, even when I rp. (I like light RP, nothing too serious, although as an amateur actor I like a bit of a challenge)

captainrevo1 · December 2013

flash525 wrote: »

I have three characters, all of which are Male. Those are an Andorian, a Saurian and a Klingon. I am Male myself.

I don't truly see any practical reason for any normal Male to play a Female character unless they were being at least a little bit perverted. Lets be honest about it. If someone managed to figure out a ratio of all Women playing Male characters (by choice) and all Men playing female characters (again, by choice) you can bet the male ratio would be the higher one cause we tend to be more perverted in the sense.

Say what you will, but that's the truth about it. All you guys playing with women (should I rephrase that) you're all perverts. :P If that isn't the case, then it's quite simply likely to be that said person has grown a little too attracted to their polygon officers.

What you think is the truth and what the truth actually is are too very different things.

So its ok to create an andorian, a klingon and a reptilian like alien which are not even the same species as us, but playing as a female means people are perverts and going too far?

I dont create female characters because i fancy computer generated characters, or because i'm perverted. i create them because I like variety in my characters. whether they are giant lizards, or liberated borg, or whatever. female characters often have different clothing options and i like to mix up my characters so they all look very different.

aloishammer · December 2013

flash525 wrote: »

Say what you will, but that's the truth about it. All you guys playing with women (should I rephrase that) you're all perverts. :P If that isn't the case, then it's quite simply likely to be that said person has grown a little too attracted to their polygon officers.

"My name is Phil Robertson, and I support this statement." :P

sandormen123 · December 2013

The GENDER I play ingame is female.
I don't do the naughty thing on/with my computer. My missus is jealous enough of my avatar. She would drop the hammer on me if she caught me... ...immersing myself... :eek:

gonalius · December 2013

I'm male and have two male characters (Human Federation & a Klingon) and a female Romulan. I went female for that for a touch of balance. As it turns out, I think the Romulan plot does seem more suited to a female character. But that could just be my sexist neanderthal inner-self talking.

philipclayberg · December 2013

FED human - male - Mal
FED-allied Romulan - female - T'kav
KDF Orion - female - K'nesh

I am male in real life.

flash525 · December 2013

worffan101 wrote: »

Fed-male (TRIBBLE Vulcan), male (sexist, offensively heterosexual Ferengi), female (pansexual "living weapon" who doesn't care what other people think of anything she does).

Rommie-female (TRIBBLE Romulan).

Taking it to the extreme. I admire.

captainrevo1 wrote: »

What you think is the truth and what the truth actually is are too very different things.

I swear some people take some things far too seriously. :rolleyes: Either way, my previous statement, it's an opinion (my opinion) thus, from my perspective, I'm not wrong. It's what I happen to believe.

captainrevo1 wrote: »

So its ok to create an andorian, a klingon and a reptilian like alien which are not even the same species as us, but playing as a female means people are perverts and going too far?

I never said people were going to far, I only said they were perverted.

If you create an Andorian, Klingon or Reptilian Male you're missing a couple of features. One of them tends to be TRIBBLE. It's no secret that in society TRIBBLE have become a big thing (sometimes too big, but that typically depends on the implants). You can jump to a hundred different games and you'll see the same thing. Game developers flaunt these features at us because they know it attracts us.

Season 7 had a Vulcan with her shirt undone. Not your traditional Vulcan. Normally a Vulcan would be all dressed up, and looking at where she's firing her phaser, but not this one. Cryptic/PWE did this because they knew it would attract male viewers (male moreso because there tend to be more guys playing these games than there are girls). LoR, what did we have there, a strapping young romulan officer? Oh! No, we had another woman with a devious look in her eye. Why? Because it attracts viewers.

Why do you think there are so many Female Orions running around? Sex Appeal, even if it's of the polygon variety.

captainrevo1 wrote: »

I dont create female characters because i fancy computer generated characters, or because i'm perverted. i create them because I like variety in my characters. whether they are giant lizards, or liberated borg, or whatever. female characters often have different clothing options and i like to mix up my characters so they all look very different.

:rolleyes: The female characters of this game have enlarged chest areas and the option to wear skirts. That's it. I suppose you've got more hair features too. Otherwise, they look pretty much the same.

Do you play your own gender ingame? POLL TIME!!

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