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[ReloadPsi]

Sadly I cannot find the article pertaining to this subject as I read it a very long time ago. Nevertheless it touched on the subject that, according to a survey this news website had taken, bisexual players were most likely to prefer playing as characters of the opposite gender to themselves. My friend showed it to me because of that particular section of said article, though it was mainly about homophobia in gaming. But anyway...

I don't know how true this is, but I would consider myself proof of this; I tend to always prefer using the ladies in nearly every game I play!

Does anyone think this has any credibility? Do any of you like to use opposite gender characters a lot? Of those of you that do, do you happen to be bi?

And for the hell of it I'll list a few female characters I've enjoyed using in games as they come to mind...

Kitana (Mortal Kombat II... easiest character for me to win with once you learned her moves)
Tifa (FF7... so broken if you grind her Limit Breaks early on)
Li Mei (the last three MK games... well I liked her fighting style)
Casey Lynch (Guitar Hero II and III)

Honourable mention: I always thought it would be cool to have a short sequence in one of the Metal Gear games where something bad happens to Snake and you have to play as Meryl to do something about it. Never happened though :/

[black orb]

>>> Ladies in action-fighting videogames are pretty awesome, they are always faster and a bit weaker than male characters..
I use them a lot in games like Tenchu and Onimusha.

[Vermachtnis]

I found out way back in Ultima Online I'm more tolerable when I play a female characters. I like to play as Cassandra in Soul Calibur. And Shiki and Athena in SNK games.

[Samson]

I certainly like playing girls, and I'm bi.

I dunno though. I also like playing Austrailians because they throw around jars o' piss, and I'm not Australian.

[turkeyberry]

I play male characters in fighters and games with a big cast of playable characters if I like them, but in MMOs or RPGs where you pick male or female, I always pick female. I think people are nicer to girls in MMOs anyway lol

[NeoCracker]

I play as girls a lot, and I"m straight.

In SC III Tira was one of my favorites. I played as that Japanese chick in GH 3, and my second best character in Tekken is Christie.

Though overall I use guys more, I'm all up for the kick ass ladies.

[Meat Puppet]

I mostly play as my gender. I never really feel that there’s much excitement in playing the opposite gender, and only ever do it if I’m forced to do so. A good lady friend of mine plays as males if they’re good looking!! Pssh.

[Mirage]

I very often always play as girls...