not a troll, im asking for real

why do male players make female toons?

i always viewed this game as a roleplay fantasy type thing. like my toon was an extension of virtual self kind of thing so i never made a female toon. but recently i made a female elem and set her up to look like my girlfriend and named her my gf's name. my friend saw it and said im a homosexual because i made a girl toon. and it means i secretly want to be a girl. i def know for a fact its not true for me, but is it true for the other guys?

You'll get the same answer from most guys, I'm sure. We like to look at womens' butts, even virtual butts.

KANE

ummmm I dunno why they would say your a homosexual for doing that.... cause I dunno if they have noticed but all the armors are way over the top and really revealing....

But i'd see it the other way if you like making your male character strip and dance naked..

hey maybe its you're friends that are gay!

but naming the character after your gf is just... weird.

you're not gay lol XD
at least 50% of the female characters are played by guys you know :P
but as kane said, guys like half naked ladies always

Yeah, it's pretty much like Kane said.
Most guys think "If I'm going to spend my spare time staring at someones butt I'd prefer it to be a female one, even if it is only virtual."

Krazi, I'd guess your friend has fears about his own sexuality, if he's too insecure to play as a female character.

Read this guru article http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...nor-id2246.php on the subject.

Aren't friends wonderful. Always finding something new to cause you worry. Tell him as long as you are not looking at his butt, everything is fine.

On the Nightfall Collector's Edition DVD, one of the developers said pretty much exactly that - that he plays a a female elementalist because when you play an RPG, you'll be looking at one character for a long time, so it might as well be a hot woman.

Most of my characters are male, but I did make my warrior female because the male warriors look a bit oafish for my liking, especially in Gladiator's armour. I'm finding it a little disturbing to be chatted up in game based on the fact that my avatar is attractive, though... Sometimes even telling them that I'm actually a man with a beard doesn't put them off.

It's true, you are gay. You're a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

That would be why my main character is male. The majority of my characters are female because I prefer the look of female characters over male (warriors and paragons in particular).

Female Elonan Ele in Istani armour...need I say more?

I found funny that in the Nightfall CE behind the scenes DVD, one of the Anet devs said he plays girls to look at the butts too >_<

Ha! Wow, dude. Does your girlfriend know? My boyfriend and I both play, but if I caught him creating me as a character I'd probably freak out.

For what it's worth, yes, the female characters are totally hot. Much more so than the guys-- except for my elementalist. Heh.

Also, it seems as though you need to find some new friends... that aren't retarded. Thank you, drive thru.

Hmmm....

Looking at a female character from behind for a few hours a day or a male's? What to do, what to do?!

As a male, I'm gonna opt for the female every time.

Do you look at male butts IRL? If you don't, and you're a male, then you're not gay.

I have an even ratio of male and female characters. I pick gender based on armor, really. If I like the female armor better, I'll make it female, and vice versa.

It's really quite ridiculous the things people think when they see a man playing a female character.

*looks at avatar*

Truthfully I did find it a bit disturbing when I started to play the game; all those fellows walking and running about as gals. But then, I looked into making a Dervish. Those guys are kind of ugly! I didn't make my Female character becuase I wanted to look at her behind all the time, I did it becuase I wanted a good looking character. the Male Dervishes all look kind of weird, and frankly, it seemed a shame to waste the opprotunity for such a good looking character. Now she's the only character I take to parties and such. Also, I buy armor that covers them appropriately, none of that Elementalist undie armor for me!

And also, this may sound a bit weird, but...

Since the news about GW2 coming out, I'm kind of making an equal balance between my Male and Female characters. Sort of playing matchmaker so it makes sense that they have relatives in my GW2 game. Creepy, ain't it?

As a writer in my spare time, I look at it the same way I look at characters in a novel: characters.

I'm not playing myself (playing a game is enough for "getting away from reality"), I'm playing someone who, in my mind, I devise at least a small amount of backstory/personality for. So male, female, they are extensions of my psyche (in which all persons carry male and female traits), not the digital equivalent.

why's it weird to recreate my gf? she doesnt play or anything. and jus laughs at me when i say, oh im getting ectos tonight. so i made an asian female ele named Steph the nurse cus my gf name is steph and shes a nurse and i use her to farm ectos.

Although many of the female characters in the game are actually female (I get asked all the time if I am really a girl, *checking parts*...yeppers, I am a girl...) I know many guys that have made female characters...none of them are "gay". After many attempts at a male Rit, my boyfriend made a female. I asked him why, his response was "If I have to wear a dress, I might as well be a girl." Other male friends playing female characters agree that if they have to look at the back side of a character, they would rather look at a female butt. IMO people that throw the "gay" word around have their own issues...but that is a completely different topic

If you're going to look at a butt for several hpours a day, it might as well be a good looking one^^.

My reasons are going to be different from others. But my main one is because of the dance emote.

I have a female Ranger, War, Elm, Necro, Paragon, Dervish and mesmer.

I picked the female ranger for the way she holds the bow when in combat.

I really dislike the male dances for all of the other classes I mentioned.

Seriously, this is a fantasy world right? Do I really want to do the same dances in a virtual world as I do in real life?

I get a headache whenever I see the Necro dance.

Hope this helps, just my opinion.