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Fake_Blood 19 Sep 2017 20:06:52 11,093 posts
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I kind of non ironically want to ask about being gender neutral?
Like, do you swing both ways or don't you swing at all?

Deleted user 19 September 2017 21:22:08

They boogie

TilenM 25 Sep 2017 22:46:53 24 posts
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@Daryoon As I didn't want to go out with "hey, are there any agender people (now I know gender-neutral is the right term) around here, I need help," I am really glad that you randomly came across this post

Thanks for your insight, I'll take it into account for the future!

riceNpea 25 Sep 2017 23:20:14 942 posts
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Dr_Mech 26 Sep 2017 00:03:10 1,175 posts
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As you've pointed out in your opening post, doing it to appeal to 'that crowd' (SJW or whatever, not really into that side of the internet) is usually a bad idea. As you said all they tend to do is tweet that it's 'nice for X to be doing this' and then not buy the product.

Making a well written strong female protagnist will not only get you the brownie points from that subset of people but generally most gamers won't be 'up in arms' about it unless it's poorly done. Look at Horizon: Zero Dawn for example, one of the best selling games and that had a female protaganist.

As for Genderless...what genre are we talking here? Sci-fi is bloody easy to make a genderless protaganist. You make them a robot, give them a synthetic voice that's a blend of both male and female and you're done. Other genres are a little harder to pull that off mind you.

As for which gender I pick, it's usually female, even though any time I'm allowed to name the character, the first one is always called Dave (this stems back to Diablo 2, where my first character was Brave Dave the Paladin and has continued to this day).

Dave can totally be a womans name...totally... >.>

riceNpea 26 Sep 2017 00:14:25 942 posts
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Deleted user 26 September 2017 00:40:45

I don't really care be it male or female, just make sure its 1080p60fps and like Onimusha but not Genji.

mrharvest 26 Sep 2017 04:41:34 5,718 posts
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Personally I prefer if I can pick. I choose male and female about 50/50 (very few games allow you to pick gender-neutral or asexual, unfortunately). If I had the option to also pick non-traditional sexuality for the character I play, I'd probably end up in a 30/30/30 split.

I think the great thing about games is that you get to try stuff out.

DreadedWalrus 26 Sep 2017 06:01:22 1,824 posts
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What would you do the other 10% of the time?

Edit: I worked it out. Select the "all of the above" option.

Edited by DreadedWalrus at 06:02:40 26-09-2017

Dirtbox 26 Sep 2017 06:11:18 92,595 posts
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Quite frankly, anyone that choses the buff guy is either gay, in the closet, or extremely insecure about their sexcuality.

I always choose women because I don't want to watch a muscleman's arse jiggle while I run around.

Dirtbox 26 Sep 2017 06:12:17 92,595 posts
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Plus if it's online you can trick the neckbeards into giving you shit.

mrharvest 26 Sep 2017 07:55:02 5,718 posts
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I like watching a muscleman's arse jiggle.

Edited by mrharvest at 07:55:30 26-09-2017

Load_2.0 26 Sep 2017 08:40:08 33,582 posts
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I always choose the buff guy!

I like my rpg parties to be mixed but when it comes to solo adventures I'm dudes all the way!

Oh.

Decks 26 Sep 2017 08:48:58 31,013 posts
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I like to play as a lithe young elven boy given the choice. Supple buttocks all the way.

Dirtbox 26 Sep 2017 15:08:51 92,595 posts
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Deleted user 26 September 2017 17:22:54

I'm not sure I like where this is going. Can't we all agree that scantily clad hot chicks is what makes most sense in any gaming environment?

Daryoon 26 Sep 2017 19:48:06 5,912 posts
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Female avatars always have the best clothing options. Half the time they don't even give men the option of long hair!

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