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Post by The Wytch-King on May 7, 2004 23:18:46 GMT
After extracting where and how old you are, here's another interesting question: Do we count any ladies among us, or are we - Kai forbid! - a truly monastic community? The Wytch-King
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Post by Ofecks on May 7, 2004 23:42:26 GMT
Don't get your hopes up. I don't think LW is easy for the ladies to get into. My girlfriend is a pretty geeky (she played D&D a lot in high school), but she just didn't like LW. Maybe it's because Lone Wolf is a male character, and girls would rather be a heroine than a hero when it comes to role-playing stuff.
Ask yourself this... if Lone Wolf were female, how would your interest in the series change, if any? I personally would like it less because, it's harder to enjoy myself in female shoes. If the books were written in 1st or 3rd person, I wouldn't care, but since LW is supposed to be YOU, I think being the same gender as the hero is necessary to get the full experience.
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Post by outspaced on May 8, 2004 8:44:18 GMT
I personally would like it less because, it's harder to enjoy myself in female shoes. Yeah, those heels are murder on the arches. A wind whistles through the Project Aon Forum, blowing with it a ragged tumbleweed. Somewhere in the distance a c0ck crowed. ;D Perhaps I'm a little odd, but that's never really bothered me! Many of the TSR Endless Quest series of gamebooks utilised a female protagonist, and it didn't affect my enjoyment of them (not that most were particularly good, you understand, but the gender of the lead character wasn't ever a reason for that, in my opinion). The companion HeartQuest series, on the other hand, had as a tagline: Pick a path to adventure and love and were truly hilarious! You play a female character who is on her first adventure . . . and looking for her first love. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! ;D How incredibly condescending can you get? Obviously all female role-players are only interested in fairy-tale stories of dashing swordsmen with roguish charm! Ah, I've calmed down now. I probably should add that whenever playing a computer RPG I almost always choose to play a female character. They get better portraits, better speech (particularly in Neverwinter Nights; the male soundsets are all dreadful, apart from the Deep South Evangelist which always raises a smile). Plus, if I roll a male character and guide him through a dungeon, I'm going to spend 50% of the game looking at his butt. Not a nice thought.
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 8, 2004 12:14:08 GMT
Perhaps I'm a little odd, but [playing a female character] never really bothered me! [...] I probably should add that whenever playing a computer RPG I almost always choose to play a female character. They get better portraits, better speech [...] Hmm, again we agree ... I, too, like to play a female character now and then. At least 25% to 33% of my rpg characters are female, I think (never counted, though). Even worse with computer games! ;D There seems to be a 90% chance that my character is female. (Portraits & speech, like Outspaced mentioned.) And my Icewind Dale II party has only two male characters, the rest's female. (I did try to add a third male, but none of the ladies was willing to relinquish her place in the party. What am I to do? ) As for female players, I know a young lady who does indeed like to play male characters, so it goes both ways ... Maybe (just a very vague theory) it's not the male protagonist, but the game book format that doesn't appeal to many female players? Said lady friend is very interested in rpgs, but she doesn't find much appeal in computer games - no fellow players, only the computer. With game books it might be the same. (To be honest, I can see her point; I like game books and computer games, but for me, they cannot compare to roleplaying in a group as well.) The Wytch-King
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Post by Relenoir on May 8, 2004 23:18:33 GMT
I think I would have appreciated it less when I was younger, but if I were to come across it now as an adult, I don't think I'd mind at all. Actually, I know of at least one. . . can't remember what her handle is, but she started one of the threads a while back about New Order re-releases. *goes online through another browser* Riane. Will Riane stand up and be counted on behalf of the fairer gender? Well, I'm probably in about the same boat, I'd say one out of every three characters I've run in RPG's has been female. Right now, I have three characters, for three games that we play for a few weeks at a time and then switch to another game. My Star Wars and Werewolf characters are male, but my AD&D monk is female, so I guess that proves my point! She goes both ways? Oh, I guess I read it wrong at first, and got a little excited. My wife plays males occasionally, but I don't think I've ever seen my friend Allyson play a male character except as an NPC when she was running the game. Inclined to agree. My wife doesn't like to do video game RPG's like Final Fantasy unless I play with her. She gave up on the Lone Wolf books after she got killed by the Gourgaz in Flight from the Dark a couple of times, even though she enjoys reading. Regardless, she loves to sit at a table with everyone else and play.
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 9, 2004 0:56:21 GMT
She goes both ways? Oh, I guess I read it wrong at first, and got a little excited. Tread very carefully there, young man ... You're talking of a young lady who is almost my sister, and you really don't want to invoke the wrath of Grey Star's nemesis, now do you? * very malevolent stare* Especially if he knows you are married ... ;D The Wytch-King P.S.: You're playing Star Wars and Werewolf? A man of taste, obviously!
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Post by AlbinoChocobo on May 9, 2004 17:25:33 GMT
.. plus they never seem to carry my size ;D
Admit it, that is the kind of comment you can't hope to get away with.
Maybe the gamebook format does not appeal that much to female gamers. Maybe the internet forum format doesn't either.
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Post by Relenoir on May 9, 2004 20:39:54 GMT
*Relenoir appears very chastised as he humbly polishes the boots of Mr. Wytch-King.* *Relenoir curses his own impetuousness as he thinks about having to scour the walls and floor of the Darkling Room for the next two weeks. . .* Cute post, Wytch-King. ;D
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Post by Vonotar on May 9, 2004 20:43:30 GMT
After extracting where and how old you are, here's another interesting question: Do we count any ladies among us, or are we - Kai forbid! - a truly monastic community? The Wytch-King We had better find a female member soon, or someone may try to invent a 'Lone Wolf love interest' for the forum. We all know how well that turned out last time, don't we?
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Post by Relenoir on May 9, 2004 20:58:20 GMT
DON'T SAY IT!!! Don't mention the "Q" word!
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 9, 2004 21:10:01 GMT
Cute post, Wytch-King. ;D Same to you, Relenoir ... DON'T SAY IT!!! Don't mention the "Q" word! Good grief, stop him! And someone distract Outspaced, quickly! ... Hey, wait, someone distract me as well! The Wytch-King edit: Blast, we were to slow ... Ah, the horror! ;D
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Post by Vonotar on May 9, 2004 21:15:26 GMT
Good grief, stop him! And someone distract Outspaced, quickly! ... Hey, wait, someone distract me as well! Urr, I'm the only other person online at the moment. I have to save the forum somehow! *Panics, drops Magic Staff of Doom (since Lone Wolf doesn't possess the Sommerswerd), falls into nearby Shadow Gate*
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 9, 2004 21:26:17 GMT
Well, Outspaced, looks like we rule supreme here now ... ;D
The Wytch-King
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Post by outspaced on May 9, 2004 21:28:11 GMT
Well, Outspaced, looks like we rule supreme here now ... ;D I'll drink to that!
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Post by Vonotar on May 9, 2004 21:33:51 GMT
Well, Outspaced, looks like we rule supreme here now ... ;D The Wytch-King I'll be back - with 3 Doomstones and an invincible army of love interests.
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