| From: | James Dening james.dening@****.co.uk |
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| Subject: | Married players |
| Date: | Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:29:03 -0000 |
>> I think I do an okay job playing my female character, I'm certainly more
>> aware of her mindset and what she wants than with my male characters, and
to
>>be honest I enjoy playing her a fair bit more.
> a guy were happily married for, say, 7 or 8 years, maybe I'd allow it.
What, on the grounds he would understand women better? Hmm - I
did all my trying to get into women's pa...erm, minds, years ago - I'd
say I'm less empathic towards them these days, now I'm engaged/settled
down. Sure, I understand one particular woman pretty well, but not
women in general _so much_ anymore....
I've played women before, and didn't find it too much of a problem - I
mean, in a RPG, everyone's usually a bit of a weirdo anyway! I mean,
how many RL people have a) a mysterious figure from their past
with a vendetta against them; b) a propensity for either turning invisible,
breaking milspec computer security systems or a PAC on a groin mount?
Like, none, yes? In a typical shadowrun game....well, that kinda pulls in
everyone, yes? ;-)
The other point that occurs to me, is, how do you justify *anyone* playing
a meta - surely an Elven viewpoint on life would be far more different to
that of a human than only the gender gap?
J.
