This poll is just for fun, what is your favorite race? And what race do you think is least played? I'd go first;

Favorite: Nord or Khajiit (Depending on type of character). Nord if i play my warrior, only because of the looks. Khajiit if i play my low life pickpocket thief. Being outcast adds alot to the roleplay.

What i think is the least played: Argonian, personally i dont think Bethesda has done any great work with these lizards I find them looking rather awkward really

You must be new to these forums, Argonian fans are everywhere.

My favourite are Nords, least played I think are Imperials as they're rather ordinary with no good racials.

Most favourite: Argonians. Because humans, elves and orks have been everywhere for decades.
Least played: Argonians. For the very same reason.

Argonians are pretty popular on these forums, Argonian fans are pretty much every where.

My favourite race is Khajiit and the least played is Altmer.

People keep saying Argonians but... no... they are actually pretty commonly played. Last time I remember there was a community poll on it Orcs were BY FAR the least played race but that was before Skyrim had even been announced yet, seems there are more Orc players amongst the new community. I personally prefer Bretons and I virtually never play Bosmer or Dunmer, I hate them.

Most played - Nord
Least played - Argonian.

I play as a Nord because I have Celtic ancestry and I just naturally identify with it plus, Nord is usually the default so I'm happy to play the first playthrough with the default. It usually ends up being my main character for the life of the game

I chose Argomian as least played simply because as a reptile I suspect people will naturally associate with it the least. And the underwater breathing is not too useful for the most part of the game.

Argonians, least played? New to the forums or just kidding? If there aren't a lot of you out there you just bring it up everywhere, over and over.

Hahah, you and I, Bud? Same thinking. :foodndrink:

Orcs are cool.... until you try to log onto that Save file the next day.

What? You've lost me.

Most played: Nord
Least played: Bosmer

The bosmer males this time around look good, but so do the other elf males and Bosmer NPCs have been pretty annoying in the last few TES games (Fargoth and the ADoring Fan, anyone?) with rather irritating voices so they still carry that stigma. Females don't look pretty this time around (I think they do look awesomely feral though) and most people who roll a female character seem to want a pretty one (see the character screenshot with all those modded plastic Barbie textures). So I don't think there will be many people rolling Bosmer.

I rolled a female Nord with a big scar myself, since I wanted my first character to fit in with the main storyline. I think a lot of people rolled a Nord for that reason too. I normally roll Bretons or Imperials, but I think my next character might be a female dunmer since they look awesome this time around.

I like creating them but I can't play them for a sustainable amount of time.

Oh yes, that I can understand unfortunately.

Argonians are my favourite. I just love the lore surrounding them and the uniqueness compared to other fantasy games.
Least played? Probably Redguard, because of racism I've never played one, and I rarely hear about others on this forum having played one.

Rest of the world > Forums.

Lol @ people voting Argonian as least played. Check the community poll, that one is more accurate given the number of voters http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1252690-skyrim-community-poll/

Favourite: Argonians. Always has been for a long time.
Least played: Either Orcs, Altmer or Imperials.

I think people (in a broad sense) tend to go with either someone they easily can associate with (any man race) or the poster child of the game (Nord in Skyrim, Imperial in Oblivion, Dark Elf in Morrowind). Then there are those who choose a certain race due to looks, RP reasons and more. But generally the first two are usually the largest ones (with the 'looks' and 'gameplay' people coming in close). IIRC, this is usually the case when you look at statistics on this forum, if you also weight the races/species due to "mainstream" and "casual" factors (as the forum statistics are sometimes biased to a certain set of players, this is seen in the "controversial" Facebook vote before the "protest" votes came in.)

Favorite: Argonian. Currently playing a badass assassin female.
Least played by others: I don't care. Play whoever you like, I'm playing Argonian, Bosmer, Khajiit and Nord.

Oooo. Hard to say. I often start with an Altmer, just because I'm a bit of a mage player at heart and I really like the Altmer. But I like all the Elves, the Beast race and orks.

But I tend to lean towards any non-human race, because they are interesting looking and, well, I am a human. RPing something that isn't is something I find more enjoyable.

Of the human races I always lean Imperial (though I have a big soft spot for the Redguard).

Least played race - I think the Redguard. I don't know why, I like them a lot, but they often seem overlooked and a bit unappreciated (even though held out against the Thalmor).




I think Argonians have great heads. They could do with bodies that look a bit more beast like, but I like their design.

Favourite: Imperials (by far, just look at my post history to see why)
Least played: Redguards (which is a damn shame, because they're a fine race, and personally my second favourite)

It would make sense for orks based on game appearance (since some people place a lot on that), they don't look as painful as they did in Morrowind and they don't look as cartoony as they did in Oblivion.

They look pretty nifty now.

Favorites : Khajiit and then argoniens : just love the beast race. Would have been perfect if hand to hand and unarmored combat style skills still exist.

Least played I would go with bosmer : weak racial powers and ugly face do not help.

well I seem to be stuck with nords, at least until the construction set comes out. I keep trying to play as another race, but they always turn out hideous, I mean, have you seen those races? Bretons are all wrinkled up like a 60 yr-old homeless person (no offense to any 60 yr-old homeless people who are... probably not reading this right now), wood elves have really weird eyes, altmer wind up with sunken cheeks, argonians have sort of plastic-y looking skin, dunmer, well, don't think anything needs to be said there, and imperial, well imperial aren't too bad, however a lesser case of the breton wrinkles, and a completely useless racial ability make them rather unnatractive to play.

So what does that leave? Orcs (who were never meant to look good and therefore live up to expectations magnificently), Redguards (look fine, but I can't play them 'cause I know that dark skinned races living in a northern climate would suffer from vitamin-D deficiency), Khajiit (who are seen as attractive to only the most depraved among you :nono: , but, the males anyway look pretty vicious). Lastly, the nords, tall, good looking, useful racial abilities (the frost resist is quite handy against some types of dragons, ice wraiths, 1/3 of the spellcasters in the game, etc., and fear is good in a pinch). It seems to me that the game wants us to play as nords, and try as I might, I find myself getting svcked in.

I never would have though that one day my main char would be a nord thief, and yet here I am, and considering starting up a Nord mage if you would believe, the horror! Race mods can't come out soon enough, thank goodness I have Skyrim for the PC.

/sign, also Down with the Emperor!

Favorite Race: Bosmer, I like the looks of em and most of the times I end up playing a stealth character and the beast races just aren't really mine

I mostly play Argonian and Khajiit, they beast races are very interesting in lore and appearance. I also like Orcs how they improved in Skyrim compared to Oblivion. I think I never played an elf, I'm so sick of them.