Wheres all the black chars at?
PanicAcid
I've only seen one black (or what ever politically correct word we are using right now) charicter on GWs and that was a friend of mine who made it for fun.. Is it just me or does nobody seem to go for that option?
Artemis Bladewing
Join date august... hmm since when do u play GW?
Just go to tombs and you'll have many running around... or any bigger trade city
Just go to tombs and you'll have many running around... or any bigger trade city
Mugon M. Musashi
I've seen a lot of black skin characters
I created one too a while ago
but in the end, I guess it's just cosmetic
I created one too a while ago
but in the end, I guess it's just cosmetic
moonshadow
All of my characters (I have 3) are black...and my DH created one character that's black. (we're both white,btw). I've seen other black characters, but you are right, they are few and far between.
Daydreamer
I have a male W/Me, and a female E/Mo that are not very black... just tanned. Does that count? 
Mithie
I have a ghostly pale necromancer with armor that's dyed black. That counts, right?
Fungus Amongus
Being a male, I have to create female characters because, quite frankly, I would rather look at a female for hours on end rather than a male. So when I decided to make a male, only one class would fit the bill...and he needed to be black. See avatar.
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Shamblemonkee
For me the reason why I haven't created and characters with the darker skins is purely cosmetic i.e. A lot of the faces are drawn and coloured (eye's, lips, etc) in ways that just aren't right on a dark face.
Bright red lips, bright blue eyes, and so on... i think on female elementalists there are only two faces that don't have blue eyes.... call me picky or whatever but I just don't think it looks right / natural.
Bright red lips, bright blue eyes, and so on... i think on female elementalists there are only two faces that don't have blue eyes.... call me picky or whatever but I just don't think it looks right / natural.
Kuku Monk
My necro is more of a charcoal color. I thought it would be fit for a necro to be "dark."
ayb
at the risk of sounding like a racist and being flamed back into the stone age, white males really are the majority for online games. i would wager that on the average black guys/girls comprise less than 10% of an online game's userbase. i have no statistics or polls to back this up, this is only based on personal experience. i'd be more than happy to be proven wrong, too.
Shamblemonkee
You may be right, but don't forget that that actual females playing are largely out numbered by males and yet this isn't really reflected in game.
My point - in game appearances count for nothing as to who may be behind the wheel. Character appearance is a totally personal preference and (mostly) totally removed from actual physical appearances.
My point - in game appearances count for nothing as to who may be behind the wheel. Character appearance is a totally personal preference and (mostly) totally removed from actual physical appearances.
Sofonisba
Out of my 7 characters, (2 accounts - heh), I have three dark-skinned (monk, ranger, warrior).
The necro I had to keep deathly-pale, I wanted my water mage to look icy so she is white-white with white hair. I wanted my beautiful mesmer to look as much like me as possible - yeah, right! - so she is brown-haired and white also.
It is all cosmetic, though... I really don't like the way dark skin and white ele collectors' armor looks, so my second ele is white with the red pouty lips.
The necro I had to keep deathly-pale, I wanted my water mage to look icy so she is white-white with white hair. I wanted my beautiful mesmer to look as much like me as possible - yeah, right! - so she is brown-haired and white also.
It is all cosmetic, though... I really don't like the way dark skin and white ele collectors' armor looks, so my second ele is white with the red pouty lips.
ayb
i'm guilty of this myself. my first character, mo/r, i tried to make as realistic to my own appearance. pony tail, male, medium-dark skin but still caucasian. my other three characters are female, as short as i could make them (r/mo e/mo w/mo) as were 2 others that i ended up deleting (n/mo and me/ele).
Santanus_Perro
I have two black characters
Female El/Me--2nd to darkest skin color
Male W/Mo--Amalato skin color
By the way, Fungus, love your character's look--its one of the most unique I have seen in the game. Great job!!!
Female El/Me--2nd to darkest skin color
Male W/Mo--Amalato skin color
By the way, Fungus, love your character's look--its one of the most unique I have seen in the game. Great job!!!
Mhydrian
Most time when I see a black character its got a nice big racist name over its head, go figure. Anyways I wager most people who play GW are white....they make characters they feel comforatable with. Nothing wrong with it, If Im roleplaying a character I want it to represent myself, so Ill prolly make a white char.
The Amazing Krandor
I have a very dark-skinned necromancer, as well. I wanted to go with red and black as an overall color scheme, so I took black skin and red hair to go with the (happily) default red & black armor (I thought I would have to dye it that color!). So, if you see an all red-and-black necro, it could very well be me!
Perishiko ReLLiK
I made a black mesmer, then people pointed and laughed at my fairy dance, and called me black... so i deleted myself. It was quite sad.
Marc Grahamsworth
I don't quite see the point of this question but anyway, I happen to have a "black" character since he's based on the paladin in Diablo II I used to play (who also happens to be "black"). So I've got one of the minority of "black" characters in the game. I don't see the big deal about it though since people with black skin are still humans right? 
Just because their pigment is a different shade doesn't mean anything.
Just because their pigment is a different shade doesn't mean anything.
Audhumla
I thought of a neat name for my monk, Thurgood Thivinus, and I felt with the name Thurgood, it would only be proper that he be black.
Divine Elemental
whenever i make a pvp char
its black with yellow tats and is big
im Mellow Man!
btw monk male is wat im talking about
its black with yellow tats and is big
im Mellow Man!
btw monk male is wat im talking about
shady_knife
black rangers > *
white ppl in the bush/forest stand out, where as black/brown ppl blend in, for me it goes........
warrior - black
ranger - black
mesmer - whtie
necro - white
ele - either
monk - either
white ppl in the bush/forest stand out, where as black/brown ppl blend in, for me it goes........
warrior - black
ranger - black
mesmer - whtie
necro - white
ele - either
monk - either
ayb
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black rangers > *
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jesh
I'd have to say you win the nerd award for knowing what thing each ranger morphs into.
To your credit, I did laugh my butt off.
To your credit, I did laugh my butt off.
Maiyn
I have two darker characters! :P My monk is pastey white tho. Well, actually she looks sort of asian. So hey, I <3 minorites 
I agree with ya tho. Not a lot of diversity hehe. I do see different skin tone often enough though.
I agree with ya tho. Not a lot of diversity hehe. I do see different skin tone often enough though.
ayb
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Originally Posted by jesh
I'd have to say you win the nerd award for knowing what thing each ranger morphs into.
To your credit, I did laugh my butt off. |
CKaz
I have what appears to be/close to a black female e/me
I played an erudite enchanter (also female) in EQ on TZ for 2+ years so it seemed to fit
Didn't really notice a shortage myself /shrug
I played an erudite enchanter (also female) in EQ on TZ for 2+ years so it seemed to fit
Didn't really notice a shortage myself /shrug
Night Daftshadow
i've seen plenty of black characters in GW. one time i saw this one black female ranger with blonde hair, that person must've been color blind or something. it was pretty hilarious.
Criminally Sane
Got a black ranger, a tan ranger, an uberpale ele, and a white warrior. Ph33r my colorfulness.
Lasareth
Not exactly sure what the OP is trying to incite by making this topic, but my answer isn't "well don't accuse me of being racist, I made such-and-such black character."
Instead, I'll just say the truth. I enjoy playing the white characters more. To me they are projections of what I would prefer to play AS given the choices presented to me. Would I party with black characters? Yeah, it's not like I'm a white power advocate. I'm not going to jab at someone because THEY chose a black character. That's their choice.
The reason the OPTION to change skin color is to match the personal preference. The appearance of fewer dark-skinned characters versus light-skinned characters should be quite apparent--people prefer playing as the latter more. It's kind of silly to ask why a person in real life is white or black and not the other, and then complain that there are so few of one type, isn't it ?
Instead, I'll just say the truth. I enjoy playing the white characters more. To me they are projections of what I would prefer to play AS given the choices presented to me. Would I party with black characters? Yeah, it's not like I'm a white power advocate. I'm not going to jab at someone because THEY chose a black character. That's their choice.
The reason the OPTION to change skin color is to match the personal preference. The appearance of fewer dark-skinned characters versus light-skinned characters should be quite apparent--people prefer playing as the latter more. It's kind of silly to ask why a person in real life is white or black and not the other, and then complain that there are so few of one type, isn't it ?