Guild Wars Gender Survey

Phantium

Phantium

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Netherlands

Europe United [EU]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Monarch
The only possible exception I'd make to this rule is the warrior class, because the male warriors all look like freakin' idiots.
I feel offended.

Ramus

Ramus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

Zero Tolerance

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantium
I feel offended.
We should go on strike.

Willow

Willow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

I'm female. My characters are female.

Drakenbow

Drakenbow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

US, MS

The Brotherwood

R/E

I'm male and play male characters.

I tend to roleplay a good bit and let's face it... I'll never understand women and have come terms with it My wife will attest to that

However, I may create a psycho female necro modeled after my ex-wife... or a select ex-girlfr.... uhhh acquaintance

Soul Monarch

Soul Monarch

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the between.

Heros Etc.

Me/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramus
We should go on strike.
It's okay, I just can't stand to play the "big guy" in a game. It drives completely nuts.

If you like it, more power to you! But for me, I'll stick to Mesmers or Rangers.

MasterDinadan

MasterDinadan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

The Zaishen Force

Me/E

I'm a male and my main character is a male elementalist.
I do, however, have a levle 7 female warrior alt. I just can't stand the look of male warriors. Except perhaps for warrior and monk, I like the look of all the male classes

Magus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

I'm a male and I have 2 male characters and 2 female characters. Personally, I agree with your sister in that more female characters are male players. I know many males who, besides their "main" character who is male, have 3 female characters.

Vyse Aenarion[GIG]

Vyse Aenarion[GIG]

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

pittsburgh and buffalo.

I'm a dude, and my only character is a dude.

OnlyHuman

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

I am male
It depends on which profession:
Warrior: Male
Ranger: Male
Monk: Male
Ele: Female
Mes: Female
Necro: either

But my girlfriend play a female necro

Tabrizia

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

Female and have 4 female character's

Hubby has two females and one male

chpmmttn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

i'm a guy and my main character is a female warrior. if i'm going to spend all that time staring at someones backside i'd rather it be a female.

my second character is a female mesmer, but i haven't gotten very far with her. i just kept making her bow over and over again.

Orithya Hyleora

Orithya Hyleora

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

Long Beach, California

The Pookie's Minions

E/N

Female in real life with all female characters.

nub

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
im male, all my chars will be female, id rather stare at a chicks ass all day long than a guys, and that the female char's look so much better than the males.
i used to say that when playing games like diablo or dungeon siege, but in online games like guild wars, i realise that i'm not the only one doing the staring.

i'm male, all my chars are male

Kaiwyn

Kaiwyn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

BC Canada

I am female and have 4 female characters though I wouldn't mind trying a male Ranger later on. My friend is male and he plays females.

I, too, wish we could change the builds of our characters.

midnyte13

midnyte13

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Romac
i am male, my main is female and my next highest alt is female...i play females because they look better from my angle ...tomb raider introduced me to the pleasures of staring at female ass while i play.
What he said.

Mephala

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

I'm female and have 3 female characters.

nechronius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Southern Cali

Herald of the Storm

W/R

Please note this about male players in general:

If a male plays a male avatar, then he is projecting an in-game extension of himself, of what he is on the inside or what he wants to be.

If a male plays a female avatar, then he is objectifying females because he likes staring at their backsides or whatever other giggly, curvy bits the developers want to addict them with.

For obvious appeal to the male audience, the men are HOOOGE and muscular/tough/athletic and the women are athletic/willowy/hot.

I have four male chars and I am male and that's my worthless two bits.

Zelkova

Zelkova

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

I'm female and all of my characters (4) are female.

Rellok

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Madison, WI

W/Mo

I think if you could get the statistics on who is playing the game # of females, and the # of female characters, it would become fairly obvious that more than half of the female characters are played by males.

I'm male and my characters are male.

Matt

Mimu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

England, UK

Call of Destiny [call]

I'm male in real life, and my characters are:

1.)A female necromancer
2.)A female elementalist
3.)A female ranger
4.)A male warrior

Simply because male necromancers look ill, elementalists have a crappy dance, female rangers look better than male in my opinion..then I hate both female and male warriors, but male's a little better.

DismalClown

DismalClown

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

I'm a male. I started playing male characters but after the male mesmer I switched to playing all females. And the male monk's robes are too form fitting.

Out of the males only the warrior and the ranger don't look gay. Now if you're going for gay that's fine.

kaloo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Storm Striders[STRD]

N/W

2 Mesmers 1 male, 1 female

ElectricBrain

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Vancouver, BC, Canada

LoDs

E/Mo

Male running 1 Male

RHR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Bremerton, WA

FMS

W/N

I am a Male, age 62, and a 30 year veteran of America's Military forces. I am Heterosexual, married to the same woman for 42 years. I am, in no way, Homophobic, either!

I have 2 Male Characters: Monk/Warrior and Necromancer/Mesmer.

If I build any more, they are certain to be female, because like the guy before me, I'd rather look at a pretty little females' derriere than a guy's butt any day. Nuff said.

Aaaaagh

Aaaaagh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

I am a male, my 4 friends who play are also all males. My GF plays one toon on my account. My GF's toon is female. My toon, and my 4 friends toons are ALL females.

WHY?: Because of a theory I developed a long time ago; if I am going to spend 100's of hours staring at the postierior of something, its NOT going to be a mans ass.

cristidam

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

the Valahian Impalers

Mo/Me

im a male and i got 3 males and a female.

Gbuslayer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Male, all chars female(2)
Friend male all chars female
Nothing wrong with male characters or something I just prefer to spend my hours looking at a more appealing model

Slade xTekno

Slade xTekno

Rawr.

Join Date: Apr 2005

Read or Die Stooge Forum

W/

I am a male. I pick the gender of my charries in lots of RPGs, from D&D to Star Wars to Guild Wars, by the role they play and their stats. Although it's not set in stone, I follow this personal guideline:
Male: high Str, Con, or Wis; melee fighter; healers/protectors; dwarves and orcs [sorry, female just doesn't cut it for me with those];
Female: high Dex, Int, or Cha; ranged fighter; offensive casters; chars that depend on guile [ie Assassins and Bards]
I also make a male in every RPG I play named Slade Carter [normally some melee class].

As of now, I have
Slade Carter, Male Me/W [best-looking guy avatar] 8P
Angelic Favor, Male E/Mo [best dance evar11]
Lucrecia Nailo, Female N/R [I made her a drow. Plus, the male has horrible posture]
PvP Char

Rahl

Rahl

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Austin, Tx

Mmph Its [Good]

Mo/

Male, I play one male and one female Ranger.

DismalClown

DismalClown

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

The game that got me started playing females was CoH, good lord. Then I moved to WoW and had to play to horde and was surprised that a game company wasn't making all the females hot. Very surprising.

Acolyte

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

im male

play male fighters/rangers

play female monk/elem/mes

play necros as either, though usually female

Romac

Romac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

on a side note...it's also a lot of fun pwning people with a tiny female toon

Anariel

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Chicago

Left For Dead

Mo/E

I'm female and play a female character.

I think if you see a female character in the game, 70-90% of the time it will be a guy. The rest of the time it is a real female. :P

wabbit

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

London, UK

Male - with a male character. I may build a female character at some point, but as there appears to be no game difference, I don't feel under any obligation to do so.

Steel Circle

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

E/Mo

I'm female, and my two main are female. I've tried playing male chars when they look better, but the discussion certain groups tend to get into when it's all 'character' male remind me too much of the Army. I'm not offended or anything, but I'd prefer to skip some types of chit chat.
Don't care what other folks play, but it is interesting to ponder. Most of the time I honestly can't tell what a players 'real' gender is. I like that; makes the world more interesting.

Also, looking at the people who replied, and seeing how many of my female friends play, I'd be willing to bet that there are a lot more 'real' female players than most people think. Not that it really matters, but again, it is interesting.

LadyAluna

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

Female playing females.

cc.pyro

cc.pyro

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mayland

The Cheverly Crew

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by shady_knife
im male, all my chars will be female, id rather stare at a chicks ass all day long than a guys, and that the female char's look so much better than the males.
I guess you can get away with that one, although either way it's just pixels.

Anyway, I'm a male and have one character, a Male Warrior, mainly because last I checked there weren't very many female warriors, ever. Also the female warrior appears weak to me, when I play with a female warrior on my team I tend to not think, hey look another tank, I think, hey look another little caster, then i find out its a warrior.

Red Cross Knight

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

I'm a male that plays males. But what do you do if a female character hits on your male character only to discover the player behind the female character is male?
(I've had hour long flirtatious conversations with these kind of characters only to have them 'come out' that they're male).
I think you're correct in assuming that many female characters are controlled by males. This has put me right off the notion of online ingame romances.

shady_knife

shady_knife

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Australia, Victoria

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal Pancho
I'm a male, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I have a female Ranger for no reason other than she jiggles when the arrows fly
lol so true man so true

Azreal911

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Thornhill, ON, CAN

I am Male and play male characters, to me playing a female character when I have the option to just feels like cross dressing.