Tell me about it. My main is an NE Hunter, and people have to ask me if I'm actually a girl. >_< These horny boys bother me...
LOL Guild Wars was my first MMO, and it has introduced me to this social "element". I'm a guy, so all my characters are guys. When I met my first guy-playing-as-a-girl; I asked him why he did it. He told me that if he was going to stare at the rear end of a character all day he'd rather it be a female one. So to err on the safe side, I assume all girls are guys until proven otherwise
😛 I do slip-up every now and then (more on this later)
So, guys playing as girls can sorta make sense to me; after all, part of why I dug Lara Croft when it first came out was the novelty of staring at a girly character.
The thing is, I tend to "role play" a bit; not in game, but in my own head. I like to build toons that reflect at least a facet of my personality. I've even went as far as creating a "diary" thread in the guild forums where I write up "entries" of past adventures. Fun stuff...
So when I make friends from in game; even though it doesn't really matter what gender they are, eventually I get curious. If only so I can take remarks in their proper context.
I remember one friend I made; I went for months thinking he was a lady, when he was in fact a dude. It didn't really matter though; I never flirted or anything, it was just a subconscious assumption.
How I found out he was a guy?
One day he sends me this pic of a girl and a guy hugging, and I go "Sweet, is that your bf?" and he goes "that's a pic of me with my gf".
LOL awckwarrrrrrrrd.
I'm so thankful I'm not a "horny preteen" cuz ugh! That could have gone south so fast.
Aye I don't think I'd bother playing WoW if I was a woman, although I have to admit that at one stage I rolled a female Nelf Hunter and used my "femininity" to get gold and freebies. I got her mount and one for my Warrior by playing on the horny generosity of 14 year olds ><
That's pure evilness Headsnap xD What's hilarious is that I've gotten "favors" from other gamers without ever having to switch genders:
There's this one Class called the "Mesmer", and in the first Chapter, they dress very Aristocratic (read: girly), I'm talking frilly shirts, 3 piece suits and whatnot. They are a very subtle profession to play, and specialize in hexes, mana stealing and interrupts.
Anyway, I created a Mesmer one day, and I got more attention from other "guy" characters in one day than I ever did with all my characters combined. I'm talking whispers, convos, free items… lol. Very disturbing
😛 I'd like to think they were girl characters posing as guys to avoid unwanted attention >_>