What's the deal with guys playing female characters in RPG's?

[Dis]

If it is truelly roleplay, does that mean they want to be girls? I'm just curious. I'm not exempt, I have played female characters.

any psychologists or wannabe psychologists want to comment?

[Verto]

1.) The female character possesses abilities they want. Their choice is purely strategic.
2.) They are perverts who want breasts.
3.) They are trying to play all the classes available.

[Whoha]

Well in tribes atleast people rationalized it by saying that female characters were smaller and harder to hit. This was of course false and there were 2 patches where female characters took extra damage from blaster/plasma weapons.

or more likely its the breasts like verto says.

[Mr. President]

The only reason Perfect Dark was so popular is because the hero had breasts.

[Kassiopeia]

1.) The female character possesses abilities they want. Their choice is purely strategic.
2.) They are perverts who want breasts.
3.) They are trying to play all the classes available.

3. b) The game is different with a female, thus making a second run (more) interesting. How about ramping up charisma and seducing your way out of tight spots? (I'm not sure if that's possible in any of the games out there at the moment though.)

[Dis]

I also did it in Fallout2, but in that game females could do things men couldn't. Such a great game.

But I was playing in KOTOR. kind of pointless. Women can do everything men can do

I guess it's nice to look at the breats. But sometimes I just have Bastila walk around with no clothes. It's kind of funny she addressed the jedi council with no clothes on (except her undies)

[Dis]

Originally posted by Mr. President
The only reason Perfect Dark was so popular is because the hero had breasts.

and tomb raider

[DarkCloud]

Because there aren't enough girls in fantasy-lands, playing as one confers special status to these people.

I've played as a female in numerous Legend of the Red Dragon games merely because it made my character much more popular... and it allows for more role-playing.

Besides, girls are better than boys

[Kuciwalker]

I've played as a female in numerous Legend of the Red Dragon games merely because it made my character much more popular...

Because people sometimes think you're actually a girl

I know in the Wheel of Time MUD, their are a bunch of female channelers (because male channelers go insane and are automatically hunted by everyone).

[DarkCloud]

b) The game is different with a female, thus making a second run (more) interesting. How about ramping up charisma and seducing your way out of tight spots? (I'm not sure if that's possible in any of the games out there at the moment though.)

Arcanum does this, I think.
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Skywalker-

Actually, some people mistook me for female here on this board in the past, so it doesn't bother me too much

[Theben]

So guys can project their ideal female into a character they can control.

I mean, how many ugly female characters are out there? Not too many, I imagine.

[DarkCloud]

I usually play a b*tchy/flirty one pretty much the opposite of myself (though I am somewhat flirty) so I guess for some, it's a psychological release so that they can be something different- at least in my case

[Theben]

I forgot the other one- the character who "does what I'd really like to do", and being female makes it easier to make the leap into something different, since genderwise she's already different. kind o' like what DC said.

Hey, I had a bunch of female RPG characters. Usually in my case, the males were more powerful, but the females more interesting.

[Space05us]

breasts.

[Apocalypse]

Yeah, I have to admit the breasts are usually the reason for going for a female character. Except for Fallout and Arcanum. That was story based too since gender actually mattered there. Every other game was just for the breasts I think. Even used Safana's pic for BG since that had the most cleavage...even though it wasn't that much.