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27769: Re: [MUD-Dev] The Price of Being Male

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From: Vincent Archer <archer@frmug.org>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 23:06:55 +0200
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
According to Rayzam:

> But if it's that simple, would you never play a game where you
> were a female? I'll toss out Tomb Raider, again. If males want to
> play males because they are male, then I would expect Tomb Raider
> to have changed from Lara Croft to Larry Croft.

The problem with Lara Croft, compared to a MMOG, is that there's no
one out there to see you. People feel even more self-conscious in
company.  In a MMORPG, your avatar is, well, you. More or less. But
in Lara Croft?  You don't have an avatar. You have the same Lara
Croft that everyone has. It's just a puppet.

As an aside, the newest Lara Croft allows you to play a male
character now :)

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	Vincent Archer			Email:	archer@frmug.org

All men are mortal.  Socrates was mortal.  Therefore, all men are Socrates.
							(Woody Allen)
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