Multiplayer question for you all.

You ask these questions like female players don't exist :/

I mix the two. I base it on looks lol... If the girls look too feminine then I go for male. It breaks the immersion cause I don't feel like I'm defensive enough with a bra chestplate...

I do like playing as female but I see myself playing as males more.

Both. MMORPG I got several male and female characters. Also I like to pic operators in Rainbow Six Siege kinda randomly. :P

I comfortably make females..... because ummmmm.... I'm a female ? akward smile

First and foremost, male, since im male, i feel like playing myself, even though i realy dont try to model myself that/too much to the best of my abilities and the games tools, being male is just somewhat enough. Give me black hair, thin or thick big beard and im good to go. BUT i do always love to make a female version of myself aswell, i did so in Crimecraf, primarly played as male, but tried to make a pretty female character aswell and proggress there a bit too, was neglected a little less than half amount of level proggresion. If i had GTA V, id do the same since i noticed theres two slots, one male, one female. But uh, if a game requires too much time investement, then i got NO time to make and play as a female character, like say, WoW, never did that there, too much proggresion, not worth at all, not at all, i feel like playing like myself, its just natural, common sense, comfortable most that way, my insticts, my gut feeling tells me to or...something....thats the best i can do at explaining that. Id choose male but the both option also applies so il stick with that i guess.....? But if i were to play as female characters, id love to make them as pretty as possible, opened clothing from toe to torso, makeup such as lipstick and nail polish on all 20 nails and clearly visible, etc.

If I get to choose it is always female.

Are you comfortable enough to always make a female?

I don't understand why would need to be "comfortable enough". It is a damn fake character.

For me it totally depends on the game! I'm a male and usually go for a male character, but my alts usually tend to be 50/50.. My main will always be a male but my alts may be females it mostly depends on the " backstory" that i create for the character or because some classes i prefer to play as a female and others are nicer as a male. Or just for fun: sometimes it's nice to see a badass tank lady on the field or a cheerish cleric lady! (same goes for races! Who doesn't love a tiny gnome for a tank character or a mountain big dude as a cleric ans so on)
But being honest it mostly depends on whatever is going through my mind during character creation.

90% of the times I make a male 1st and female 2nd.

I like to make female characters because THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN SOME BOUNCING TIDDIES ON YOUR SCREEN :3 I feel more comfortable. ;)

Male because I'm male. Easiest choice ever. xD

Usually male because of my todger

Whatever feels more appealing to watch for hours to come... Its internet. Real gender should be of little consequence.

Even in solo games. My fav char in demon souls is female because female fluted armor is sweet, and females get soul boosting bracelet :P

Only pick female if the game has a 'class' system.

Female --> mages (sometimes archers or rogues)
Male --> all other classes

Roughly 52% of gamers are women but thanks in part probably to the rather inappropriate behavior of certain boys and men in social games a lot of these women choose to not divulge this fact if possible, and a lot of them don't feel comfortable in certain games.

The mindset behind this question is part of that problem. 20 years ago most of the people online were male, because the industries that first started getting access to the internet were traditionally male. This and the fact that women don't advertise being women in most circumstances has led to this illusion and misconception that "there are no girls on the internet". This is just plain wrong, and everyone who thinks this is even remotely true needs to take a step back and take in the new facts about the situation.

51% of the world's population is on the internet, and that divide is not between genders - it's between rich and poor, and to some degree between young and old. In most first world countries nearly everyone has access to the internet, and in studies around half of the girls in the US plays games, even if only a smaller percentage label themselves as gamers.

As for which gender I play I don't have a steady choice - I don't play a lot of multiplayer games but whenever I make characters I like to give them a little core of backstory or an idea that I build them around, it's more fun to play that way. I'll play whichever gender makes that idea more fun to play.

Both but my main usually is a male char [when i played mmo's] my alts are like 50/50 it really depends what name i picked for an alt :)

If I'm in full control it's normally male, if I have a chance to pick a different race, then it just depends on what I can pick.
But in most cases, my main will always be a male, alts, however are in the 50/50 area.

I tend to design myself as a character in the game, so yeah usually male for me.

Female. I get to spend all of my RL time as a male, so why not?

Usually what I'm in the mood for, and fits the role/class/race I want to play better. Like I won't play a hulking colossus male of a thief in favour to the petite and sneaky-looking female :)

If the gender doesn't change anything important other than the look of the character, I usually just dont really care all that much and just go with the default gender. I guess that might just be in relation to the type of person I am irl. I'm a female but if someone refers to me as a male, I never make an effort to correct them unless it'd be necessary information to them somehow. I also must add that no matter which character I choose, there is really no reason I'd feel uncomfortable as it. If people refer to me as a guy, cool... If people in the game try to hit on my character, cool. It's not the end of the world and I doubt either of those things would really affect how I play the game which is what I'm there for.

depends if there are love choices. if so i go male if not i'll mix genders maybe more on the female end but i'll take a robot when i can cause they are the master race.

there are 2 kinds of rpg gamers. those that play them self and those that plat it like a movie.

If it's with romances (story wise or RP), definitely male. But I created female alternate characters with "normal" builds from time to time, just for variety. Tried to RP with them, but while it was working for special events, I never felt comfortable for ongoing story arcs (as in not playing the role well).

when i used to play mp i picked whatever i liked, gender didn't matter.

I'm a female, and I always choose female, because I play enough as a male in most of games where you cannot choose.