2013-02-20, 04:28 PM
MetaSeraphim Wrote:We had this crazy guy on the forums once named Khoi, he was a guy (obvious) and most of the characters he played were female, when people asked why he did or made fun of him for doing so he said something close to this, not an exact quote.Yeah, I hear that argument a surprising amount on Basil, by numerous guys.
"Why would I want to look at the pixels of a male avatar everyday when I can look at the pixels of a female avatar?"
But he also crossdressed, so.
If you have to affirm your sexuality or masculinity by looking at hot, sexy female 2D pixels all day then there is clearly something wrong with you. If playing a male character makes them feel uncomfortable then they've probably had a pineappled up upbringing.
You could of course use the same argument to people who watch ecchi anime or hentai, but at least those 2D women are drawn and animated to look like real women, whereas Maple characters are nothing.
I think my brother was kinda the same, when we used to play fighting games such as Tekken or something, I would choose the female characters because they were my preferred playstyle, they were always fast and light and interesting, whereas most of the male characters were massive bruisers with boring attacks. my brother always ripped on me for that.
I payed it back to him though when I kicked his ass as princess peach on Brawl.


