Cross-dress for success in online gaming

[LostInTime]

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In an About.com poll taken last summer, nearly two-thirds of the 920 respondents said they play characters of the opposite sex in online role-playing games.

Kathryn Wright, WomenGamers.com's consulting psychologist, earlier this decade found that 60 per cent of male players who don female avatars, or on-screen personas, do it to gain an advantage in game play.

An enthusiast with the online handle Jackpot649 nailed the zeitgeist in his response to the About.com query: "I'm a guy, but if I gotta look at an avatar all day, I'd sooner look at a female avatar. Plus, people give you more free stuff."

[stephanie_craxford]

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In an About.com poll taken last summer, nearly two-thirds of the 920 respondents said they play characters of the opposite sex in online role-playing games.

Kathryn Wright, WomenGamers.com's consulting psychologist, earlier this decade found that 60 per cent of male players who don female avatars, or on-screen personas, do it to gain an advantage in game play.

An enthusiast with the online handle Jackpot649 nailed the zeitgeist in his response to the About.com query: "I'm a guy, but if I gotta look at an avatar all day, I'd sooner look at a female avatar. Plus, people give you more free stuff."

A good link for the Wiki article about this topic.

Steph

[LostInTime]

Glad to be of some help. 

[sheila18]

lost in time:
that is interesting! thanks. My first question was about the consulting psycologist, my first assumption is it gotta be a marketing consultant ...but then again ...
   I wonder what marketing research has been done on transgendered folk.
Obviously they felt it was odd that there were way too many chicks playing what is condidered a guy endevour ...or is it a trans endevour?   
sheila18

[LostInTime]

First rule of the Internet....the hot looking female avvy you are talking to is probably a 13 yo male sitting at home.   

[Kimberly]

The 'sexier' the avatar, the more of a clue it is too, lol.

^*chortle* Never had any problem with my Tauren though (WOW type character, anthropomorphic ... cow. -- she is cute too!)

[Melissa]

First rule of the Internet....the hot looking female avvy you are talking to is probably a 13 yo male sitting at home.   

But I swear it's a real picture of me.

Melissa

[sheila18]

First rule of the Internet....the hot looking female avvy you are talking to is probably a 13 yo male sitting at home.  

you know , i had not considered that when replying to your post, you're right. That is a paradigm shift
I must admit that since I came out i get more stuff !
sheila18