Poll: Are you ever yourself in games?

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Azraellod

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only in RPGs. in almost any other type of game i become extremely aggressive, if not a complete anarchist.

in real life i am basically the opposite of that... wait, not the opposite, because i don't really create stuff. i tend to be logical about everything.
 

Utarefson

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Mostly yes, that's the reason i barely play games with female main characters.
 

Cowabungaa

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Usually I'm who I want to be in games, instead of who I actually am. I've noticed that it's slowly going the other way though, especially in RPG's I start playing the docile character who wants to talk his way out of bad situations. And well, that's who I am in real life, someone who prefers to avoid confrontations.
 

covertmonkey

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in games and on the internet i tend to be the person i would like to be in the real world Covertmonkey but i cannot be Covertmonkey in the real world due to my own nature unfortunately so no i do not act like myself in games i am far more heartless and mean:).
 

koichan

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Hard topic to answer :D

Are you ever yourself in games?
-moral choices - yes, unless i'm doing the evil route on purpose (which i find nearly impossibly hard to do)
-character race/gender/features - never
 

DoW Lowen

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I don't normally teabag people as often as I do in games, but yeah generally the same.
 

Proteus214

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If anything when I play a game I try not to be myself or even project a sense of "me" onto the character. I tend to see it as just being an observer that's going along for the ride.

But when I play online games, I tend to turn into a colossal dick...who knew?
 

soren7550

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In games, I'm most often really nice, but in reality I don't really have anything to do with people. Sooo...no?
 

Emeli

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Single player RPGs have caused me to think I might have a very real mental disorder, since try as I might, I have never successfully played the evil path on a game, I just... I just... can't! The poor worm man, being picked on by the racist human kids! I don't care if I want the sith powers, I have to help him! It's not healthy is it?

In MMOs, I've recieved some fairly solid advice that I should stop being myself, or at least tone it down a little. It was mainly just these couple of incidents. I mean, the first one was completely unprovoked, the guy called me a whore on guildchat because I was telling the story of how I was cutting my toenails and slipped and bruised one knee really badly and he logged on just as I said that I was unable to cross my legs, so I have to say that the resulting exchange was hardly something I could be blamed for. And that other time, when I accidentally roared at the guys who had just merged into the guild, I didn't realise my mic was up that loud, and they said the ringing in their ears eventually stopped, and their music was on REALLY LOUD.

But I digress. Yes, I'm myself. If someone's in need, I'm a goddamn sucker, if they're happy and healthy, they must bear the full brunt of my sharp tongue.
 

TheNumber1Zero

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online games I'm whatever I feel like.which kinda is me,considering that it's kinda of a flip of a hat/different for each person
 

Kuchinawa212

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Nah for some reason I start to talk like Jango Fett when I play any online shooter.
And I'm not Jango Fett so no. I do not act like myself when playing games

And in RTS if I was he general, I'd go hide in a corner. But I always throw him to the fray first
 

RanD00M

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sky14kemea said:
nah, im way too lazy and stubborn to get through a game XD

i like RPG's :p so i need to be able to work with people :/
I second this pointfull emotion.

Also im way to fat to be any video-game character.(don´t tell me to play the sims for that)
 

barryween

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When I make moral choices or game play choices, it is usually what I would do. On Live I am not as loud and obnoxious as I am in real life. So, with others online, no, making my game character act like how I would, yes.
 

Jedoro

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I always try to be me in games, making the decisions I would make IRL.

Damn Fallout 3 and me not being able to get some of its achievements cause I can't be evil...