Male, and either Nord, Dunmer, or Breton. The Nord would be a native, the Dunmer a refugee (or son/descendant of refugees) from Vvardenfel, and the Breton would be a tourist. Or something.

Male and female have different attribute bonuses for most races. For instance, female Nords have higher Willpower and lower Endurance than male nords. This makes female Nords ideal as Battlemages, which isn't the case with male Nords.

I don't know what gender my first character will be. I never play as myself (it seems a bit egotistical, to me), so I will pick whatever suits the character I want to create.

What I find particularly worrisome is that many people claim they can't relate to a character of the opposite six. This claim seems to be particularly common among male gamers. Really, guys? Do you find it easier to relate to a talking, anthropomorphic lizard than a female human? Is this just some element of the phony machismo of gamer nerd culture, or are males really so lacking in simple empathy?

Male.

Well while I understand that there are many women who make fantastic firefighters (I know one), dont blame him for pointing out an undeniable fact. Its simple biology. The way men act because of it may be wrong but you cannot deny scientific facts like that... I suppose other tasks and methods of getting around issues in TES could apply to all but his example was innocent enough.

Besides BGS designs their games with that biology in mind. Ever looked at the stat distribution for males and females of the same race?

Female of the elf persuasion. My male characters in any game tend to be pretty random, do-everything characters. I prefer playing evil female characters for rp purposes.

No, you have any problem with that?!

All my first characters are male, then the next is female, then whatever has funnier dialogue choices is what i choose for all the rest.

My first main character in Oblivion was male, so this time female.

I play both genders in games, especially in games like Elderscrolls, and I usually have multiple characters because playing only one character at a time is for noobs

Male, because iam one and im never gonna play female.

Why do some guys play as a chick? Ive thought about it for a while.

In my case, merely to see the new dialogue choices (60%) and a bit of pervyness (40%).

Some guys are insecure and like to see a female body (Generally the teen boys or guys who never matured), others have other reasons, they'd need to tell you themselves.

- Because I find it easier to roleplay as/with a girl than to identiy myself with a bulky muscular male standard-body.
- Because I don't want to spend my time in game looking at a man's behind.



So guys who like to see female bodies are insecure? I don't quite follow.

Because women are clearly superior to men, obviously. :tongue:

Gotta love honesty +Rep to you

Agreed! :celebration:

Me too, I end up creating a female character (usually a mod created race) but for some reason I never feel very motivated to play with it...




Also, there's this.

I dare to say, that both sixes are equal.

Yes they are. :hugs:

Alga Highlander is female.

Why? Because I've been playing as a male for my entire life. Not only would it be a change, I'd get to see a woman beat up dragons!

Both

I actually create two characters when I start up a game where I can choose my gender. Whatever character I play first (or whatever character I like less) is typically an experimental character so that I know what to do with the character that I like more.

Male. :disguise:

Male for the main quest, because being big, imposing, and knightly (in a sense) is more fitting. I know that sounds a bit sixist, but, in my opinion, a male knight/warrior is the most "fitting" main character in this story type.

Male. Can't bring myself to play a female.

I do it because I wish I was female IRL.
other probably do it because they're attracted to females. :rolleyes:



Female Breton, Bosmer or Dunmer.

Easy, the insecure people are the one who don't like looking at other guys's bodies, in some cases even other men in their underwear, if just looking at pixelated women can be pervyness then so can pixelated men be to the insecure types (even more so as they are often thinking about these things thus see it more than is healthy. So they often play women to say, "Hey look at me, i'm playin a girl in her underwear, i must really love women", mainly to themselves. Accept it or not, t's human nature.




*bows* I'm always honest, sometimes too much. Of course it does make it difficult talking to others, especially if they say things like "Aren't i brilliant?" (Even worse when it's your boss, mine has learned to just not ask me)