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Miya

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Anonymous Poll: Playing as the Opposite Sex
« on: August 31, 2005, 08:43:41 pm »
Hello everyone. I am just curious about how many people make characters that are not their own gender, whether it is a male playing a female, or a female playing a male, and what races you pick. So I devised this completely anonymous poll. Here\'s how it works, send me your answers to the following questions in Private Message (to do so click on the PM button at the bottom of this post):

(remember your answers will be completely anonymous and will not be revealed to anyone, or even that you responded to the poll, so be honest, and in cases where gender is ambiguous on the character model, such as the elf model, put down which gender you roleplay as, or at least that you tell others you are)

Question 1: Are you male or female in real life?
Question 2: How many characters do you play?
Question 3: What are each of your characters\' races and gender (no names are necessary)?
Question 4: For each character, what gender do you tell other people in the game that you are in real life?
Question 5: Which of your characters are married in game, if any?

I will edit this post with the results, as follows:
Number of replies: 0
Average number of characters per reply:
Average number of characters per reply that are the same sex as the replier:
Average number of characters per reply that are the opposite sex as the replier:
Percentage of repliers who play characters that are the opposite sex as the replier:
Percentage of total characters for all replies that are the opposite sex as their repliers:
Percentage of male characters that are played by female repliers:
Percentage of female characters that are played by female repliers:
Percentage of married female characters that are played by male repliers:
Percentage of married male characters that are played by female repliers:
(below I will write up what percentage of characters from each race that are played by their owners\' opposite sex)


Please note that this poll is not a scientific survey and probably will not reflect the true makeup of the entire planeshift community very accurately.

« Last Edit: August 31, 2005, 09:02:46 pm by Miya »
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2005, 08:47:34 pm »
Ooh! Very interesting! :D
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2005, 09:08:47 pm »
Yes very interesting indeed! :D
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2005, 09:42:02 pm »
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...in cases where gender is ambiguous on the character model, such as the elf model...
What?! The only Elf model available is male (females have to use Ynnwn), and obviously so... At least, it\'s obvious to me. Elves are naturally androgenous by Human standards, but it is still very easy to tell.
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2005, 12:04:54 am »
Yes, interesting it is. Gender issues seem to be the new hot topic around here.
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2005, 06:04:02 am »
My only issues is when you start talking about the person in control of the character when behaviour is an issue.  For instance, if I were to make a complaint about an individual, I would want to talk about that person in terms of his or her real life gender as opposed to simply the gender of his or her avatar / character.  That is because when you talk about the character instead of the person, you distance that person from the responsibility and accountability to the person\'s in-game actions.
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2005, 06:16:51 am »
I was going to post the results and update them live but I think I\'ll wait and post them at the end (maybe after a couple days). Thanks everyone for their replies so far.
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2005, 07:26:14 am »
sent mine in. Heres mine if anyone wondered though most of you probably know

Are you male or female in real life?
Male

How many characters do you play?
1

What are each of your characters\' races and gender (no names are necessary)?
Efflixi Aduro, male, lemur

For each character, what gender do you tell other people in the game that you are in real life?
Male...:P

Which of your characters are married in game, if any?
None, and i dont plan on marrying a guy playing a girl thats creepy, heck marrying a girl playing a girl is creepy
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2005, 10:24:47 am »
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sent mine in. Heres mine if anyone wondered though most of you probably know

Are you male or female in real life?
Male

How many characters do you play?
1

What are each of your characters\' races and gender (no names are necessary)?
Efflixi Aduro, male, lemur

For each character, what gender do you tell other people in the game that you are in real life?
Male...:P

Which of your characters are married in game, if any?
None, and i dont plan on marrying a guy playing a girl thats creepy, heck marrying a girl playing a girl is creepy

Now I know all your chars!!!
Mwahaha!!! :D


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Which of your characters are married in game, if any?
None, and i dont plan on marrying a guy playing a girl thats creepy, heck marrying a girl playing a girl is creepy

I don\'t think so... Think of Krans getting involved with other Krans :P It\'s the same thing...
Plus marrying a guy playing a girl isn\'t that creepy... it\'s all RP right?
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2005, 11:00:39 am »
/me wonders if more poeople than just himself voted...
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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2005, 12:43:47 pm »
I voted right after I saw this, right after my reply ;) ... I thought I was the first because there was no data there yet...
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« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2005, 12:46:17 pm »
well, sometime whiles i was typing the PM karyuu hit the reply button...

/me pokes miya \"who was first to reply?\"
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« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2005, 02:09:44 pm »
Don\'t need a PM for this. :)

Question 1: Are you male or female in real life?
Male

Question 2: How many characters do you play?
As of now, one (in-game)

Question 3: What are each of your characters\' races and gender (no names are necessary)?
Ylian male, Arnigus Faymore (I won\'t play a female char)

Question 4: For each character, what gender do you tell other people in the game that you are in real life?
Male and only male.
 
Question 5: Which of your characters are married in game, if any?
I RP Arnigus...need I say more? (that is a resounding no) :D
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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2005, 10:58:36 pm »
Why anonymous ?

Q1: male
Q2: 1
Q3: leji, female dermorian
Q4: male
Q5: leji
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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2005, 11:08:50 am »
normallly i find a cunning way to avoid question 4, or just give a non commital answer... somethihng like \"sure, why not\" also it depends how much i know the person aksing.

its really interesting the ways that people act to the different sexes.
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