Not taking it seriously. I get the fact that the author attempts to be humorous. The bottom line is the article is complete shit and all of the articles there are. If you are 12 and you enjoy them then that's fine. My point is the damn articles are completely butched, horrible and unprofessional. Ultimately they shouldn't warrant front page coverage on diablofans, they are not worthy.
Seriously... writing an article trying to make gender choosing in games seem really complex, sharing no information thats new to anyone, horrible writing, horrible topic, horrible from every angle.
Maybe a thread in the forums would be fine, but this is not front page news. This article is not more important than the blizzcon ticket contest winners. Just more filler to take up space and make it so actually newsworthy posts and genuinely on-point articles get bumped away. I wish there was some kind of filter or moderator who monitored sol invictus for plugging away at that website. Plug articles that are actually worth a damn. And it's not hate, i'd like to see them do better and if the plugs on the front page went to articles worth reading then I would applaud. But this should be unacceptable, it has been numerous times thinking I was being sent to an article worth reading then feeling like "wtf? did i seriously just waste that much time reading so much garbage compiled by a 12 year old?"
Each time was because of front page news post by sol invictus plugging towards a shitty article on hellforge, trying to make it sound like i was about to be in for a good read.................................
Writing a degrading joke on Jesus/Religion in an article is just lame, somehow it's becoming the 'hip' thing to do in order to increase your e-penis. If it were instead a racist joke or a jab against Black People or Asian's (not a racist here) the whole internet would frown and the article would not have made it on diablofans.com's front page.
Not many come out and just say it but yes I'm religious. I know it's the internet and yes, I know there will be a flood of mighty keyboard warriors getting a hardon right about now; ready to flame me for even saying my piece but fuck it.
I don't understand why you need to take this harmless joke so seriously. He said nothing degrading about your religion. I'm Jewish and people make fun of my religion all the time. A kid has tagged a swazi on my curb before, but I don't let it get to me. If you think this is a degrading joke about your religion then you my friend don't know anything about religious intolerance. Its people like you that make the rest of the world so self conscious about what they say and make sure they don't hurt the feelings of some over sensitive person. I say laugh at everything and make fun of everything. Thats why i watch southpark
For me it really just depends on which sex looks "cooler" in each class. Usually I play guys but rarely I'll play a girl if the class fits and I find a name I like.
Since I'm a man I'll always choose 'male' if the possibility is given. It wasn't always that way though... when I played Guild Wars I had some female and some male characters, now I just regret and wish I would make them males because that's what I am... I mean think of it, think what would happen if in real life you couldn't know who's male and who's female until you jump with him/her to bed.... ahhh!!madness!!! Okay, nevermind... that was completely unrelated.
i see no reason for anyone to be upset about the article. No, I didn't think it was funny at all. But no one held a gun to my head and made me read it. Live and let live. And as for the post of the offended christian...ugh...dude. I'm catholic too, but loosen up. There was nothing degrading about it. There's always gotta be 'that guy' in every forum. But I suppose you are entitled to your voice. Squandering it is your choice.
I've known a few girls in World of Warcraft who played as male characters in order to simply play the game as normal players do (e.g. raid and PVP) and not get sidetracked by the guys who try to hit on them for having a female character or get benefits (e.g. free stuff) just for being girls.
But I've also known girls who played female characters because they wanted people to know that they were female.
It really comes down to individual preference, and the article makes a pretty good attempt to draw out some of the archetypes.
I really don't care either way, but it is always better to have the choice.
(who’s ever heard of a male Amazon? That’d just be silly) Nerd fact:
In reality, it is believed that the amazons were descendants of the Sarmatian people. (see the move “King Arthur”)
Speaking as a female player... I like having the choice of gender. There are times when I want to play a girl and other times i want to play the big hulking brute lol just kidding. I really don't like games where you are stuck being a boy for some chrs, and a girl for others. In Diablo 2 it kind of sucked that only girls were sorc, and only boys were barbs. I really like the fact that D3 will have both.
I don't understand why you need to take this harmless joke so seriously. He said nothing degrading about your religion. I'm Jewish and people make fun of my religion all the time. A kid has tagged a swazi on my curb before, but I don't let it get to me. If you think this is a degrading joke about your religion then you my friend don't know anything about religious intolerance. Its people like you that make the rest of the world so self conscious about what they say and make sure they don't hurt the feelings of some over sensitive person. I say laugh at everything and make fun of everything. Thats why i watch southpark
Holy "%/$, a swastika?!?! Maybe he was a buddhist wishing you good fortune...
And yeah, that guy you quoted: He does have a point but he overreacted. He just needs to get a thick skin because as long as there's a fair amount of self-labelled Christians who don't act Christian at all there's going to be people pissed off/making fun of them. (and I think that was more of a cultural joke) And it's not okay to be openly racist most of the time on the net, but that's about it really... everything else is fair game most of the time.
Roleplaying in general creates awkward situations that you wouldn't normally face though, so is it really that bad for people to play opposite genders in games? Even if you're jokingly flirting with someone, it's really your character flirting with their character. It's no different than reading about two people flirting in a book, except that you are controlling one of the characters. I don't think people assume that the player is the same gender as the character, but subconsciously we sorta think of it that way, especially if we're playing the character "in character" and doing things the way we think that character would do them rather than doing things how we would personally do them.
For example, just because you kill demons in a game, does that mean you'd do the same in real life? Nah, you'd die in act 1 in real life. So why stop there? Why not have a little fun roleplaying?
Plus, it makes a good cover story. "I'm not really a pervert. I just play one. Wanna come hang out sometime? In my basement?"
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found that article really interesting! I'm a gay male who nearly always plays female characters I don't really know why I guess they just look cooler it's nothing kinky or cross-dressing related and i certainly don't have gender or sexuality issues just sometimes it's good to completely remove yourself from any attachment to reality in order to immerse yourself in the game better and it's also funny to flirt with guys and enjoy some of the perks of being a woman for a while...I'm role-playing a CHARACTER and not roleplaying as myself generally when playing a woman and if i play a male character i play as myself rather than creating some fantasy character name and acting differently
That's one of the best articles I've ever read. I liked the scrubs reference, I like the fact that he wants samurai. I like the way he portrayed the key characteristics of each archetype with the inclusion of gender selection.The first part made me laugh.
I like to think of myself as a protector/perv. I mean really, who wants to stare at man-ass all day (even if they are just pixels)?
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Seriously... writing an article trying to make gender choosing in games seem really complex, sharing no information thats new to anyone, horrible writing, horrible topic, horrible from every angle.
Maybe a thread in the forums would be fine, but this is not front page news. This article is not more important than the blizzcon ticket contest winners. Just more filler to take up space and make it so actually newsworthy posts and genuinely on-point articles get bumped away. I wish there was some kind of filter or moderator who monitored sol invictus for plugging away at that website. Plug articles that are actually worth a damn. And it's not hate, i'd like to see them do better and if the plugs on the front page went to articles worth reading then I would applaud. But this should be unacceptable, it has been numerous times thinking I was being sent to an article worth reading then feeling like "wtf? did i seriously just waste that much time reading so much garbage compiled by a 12 year old?"
Each time was because of front page news post by sol invictus plugging towards a shitty article on hellforge, trying to make it sound like i was about to be in for a good read.................................
I don't understand why you need to take this harmless joke so seriously. He said nothing degrading about your religion. I'm Jewish and people make fun of my religion all the time. A kid has tagged a swazi on my curb before, but I don't let it get to me. If you think this is a degrading joke about your religion then you my friend don't know anything about religious intolerance. Its people like you that make the rest of the world so self conscious about what they say and make sure they don't hurt the feelings of some over sensitive person. I say laugh at everything and make fun of everything. Thats why i watch southpark
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But I've also known girls who played female characters because they wanted people to know that they were female.
It really comes down to individual preference, and the article makes a pretty good attempt to draw out some of the archetypes.
Hellforge: Forging a passion for video games.
(who’s ever heard of a male Amazon? That’d just be silly)
Nerd fact:
In reality, it is believed that the amazons were descendants of the Sarmatian people. (see the move “King Arthur”)
(hint hint blizzard)
Holy "%/$, a swastika?!?! Maybe he was a buddhist wishing you good fortune...
And yeah, that guy you quoted: He does have a point but he overreacted. He just needs to get a thick skin because as long as there's a fair amount of self-labelled Christians who don't act Christian at all there's going to be people pissed off/making fun of them. (and I think that was more of a cultural joke) And it's not okay to be openly racist most of the time on the net, but that's about it really... everything else is fair game most of the time.
For example, just because you kill demons in a game, does that mean you'd do the same in real life? Nah, you'd die in act 1 in real life. So why stop there? Why not have a little fun roleplaying?
Plus, it makes a good cover story. "I'm not really a pervert. I just play one. Wanna come hang out sometime? In my basement?"
You don't always know where you stand,
'Till you know that you won't run away.
There's something inside me that feels...
Like breathing in sulfur.
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I like to think of myself as a protector/perv. I mean really, who wants to stare at man-ass all day (even if they are just pixels)?
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.