Your Thoughts on Having Both Gender Pirates?!
 

I was wondering what you thought or if you have both Gender of Pirates ? I have 3 Lassies & 1 Guy. Jade Willows, Destiny, Belle & Dread (Pirate) Roberts (yes Princess Bride) who is my Guy. I just created Dread & haven't played with him much yet but did this morning. I crewed with a couple of guys & I did tell them I was a Lassie not a Guy. They kind of flipped. Good thing we sank & I found other things to do. They weren't mean just couldn't understand why I'd have a guy Pirate. I know several people that have both. I find it interesting & even feel & act a little different when I use him. All of my Pirates have their own personality of course. It is kind of freeing to be a guy for awhile! Share your thoughts/feelings on the subject. I am interested to hear what you all think. BTW I am up for crewing on a ship as a Cannoneer any time, Day or Night. It is my favorite thing in Potco> I was up all night Blasting with an awesome crew I found. So I will crew with any of you Proudly & I have to mention to the McRaging Guild that beings Li Trubaine is a member & also my Pixie Pal I kind of feel like you are the Pixie Piratez Sister Guild. You are very lucky to have her & from what I hear you are a great Guild! May the wind be always in your sails Mateys!!

I have two guys and one female pirate - there are plenty of people out there that just don't understand why I'd do that, but it's up to me, not them, and I like playing as both. So pthbbb :P

When I first started playing (back in 2007) I'll admit I was a bit 'leery' of the 'cross-gender' pirate... espically since the game was new and everyone was on their first pirate, I wondered why someone would do that...

(Note here: Though 'leery' - I was never against it, it was more wondering than anything and never said anything to a few that I did meet - only because I felt that in a virtual world - be what you want ;) )

Now, I don't even think about it - I know several 'gender-switched' pirates, all are good people, and have never even given it a thought in some time until you actually posted this :)

I think ya just gotta take it with a grain of sand and play on :D

Well I got 3 guys and 1 girl (that girl is my sis's pirate)
It doesnt really matter unless someone starts flirting with the same gender or something.

HAHAHA nice thread. Yah, I have 3 guys [Machazzard (40,mastered), Mac Machazzard (29), and Firehazzard (11)] and i have one girl [Mac's Assassin (12)] I don't play her as much but when I do it seems that whenever I need help I get it easier 10 fold. lol I wonder why....??? oh well....

I had a female pirate. Don't play her very often, but I have her on my now basic account.

I have no issue with it personally. Unless its that guy playing a female pirate that keeps reminding me.. that shes a he, or vica versa. If you play male and female pirates, dont expect your friends and fellow pirates to be keeping your gender straight!

Have fun mateys.

I don't see anything wrong with the gender change in pirates. If that makes the game more interesting for a person than "Have at It". When I started POTCO, I created a male pirate whose name was Goliath. But, I didn't feel at ease with him, so I created a wench toon. Goliath was soon deleted...and all my pirates have been wenches since. But, that is just me. Everone is different. So peeps, If it werks, then------->

I only have 2 pirates at the moment, Sven and Adelie. The answer for myself (and I'm sticking to it) is...

THE CLOTHES!

Yup. That's my reason. Everyone in the guild does seem to keep my gender straight just fine though. I don't personally have a problem with anyone who plays a different gender. There are lot of girls who play guy characteres (in other games as well) just so they won't get hit on by others. Doesn't really matter what gender you play, just the person behind the pirate.

I don't see anything wrong with this. I have many friends that have different gender pirates and love playing both. Personally, I don't care to play as male pirate. I did make a male pirate but soon after deleted him. I prefer to play my girl pirates.

I just want to add part of why I made a guy was because a very good Pixie Pal of mine is a guy & plays with his daughter on Pixie Hollow (very cool Daddy) so I wanted to experience what he does to an extent & I also thought it would be fun seeing things from a different point of view! Dread is special, I think my girls are more fun clothes wise etc. Yeah :) but I enjoy him for a totally different reason.

We have a couple of family members that play. I have two guys (Tobias and Micromorgan). My son's Pirate is Nathanial Keelbreaker. Auntie Grizelda is the fourth. We have one guy and two girls on test.

I'm the primary player at this point. My wife and daughter don't play much so the girls aren't real active right now.

Once in a while I'll work on leveling them, but I mostly like being Toby.

Two guys (Nate and Bucky) and one KICK AFT Girl (Ms. Eliza)...

When people ask me why I like playing Eliza more, as a guy - my answer is simple. If I have to look at the backside of pirate running around the islands for long periods of time...

It's nice that the view is a pleasant one.


In all honest, they each have their own personality that developed. Eliza is a big, sweet girl who is like a big sister most of the time. And the way I play her, a lot of other pirates give positive responses.

I don't see a problem with having a character that is not your gender. I personally have four guys, three on open and one on test. I did at one point have a girl, but I never logged on due to not wanting to grind and quest again, so now I stick with one pirate. If a boy wants to play as a girl or vice versa, then its no problem at all.

Well Bug, I am so jealous that you made Dread before I did! lol I totally thought of doing it the other night because of Princess Bride. Anyway, to the point......

As a mom, I have a girl pirate and a boy pirate. Grace my daughter helped design, and yes my three year old desided on the reavealing top, not me. Michael is designed with the help of my son. He likes to shoot the skeletons. Go fig!

Michael doesn't get out as much as Grace, but that's because it's easier to play when the kids aren't around and well, my sista pixies know who Grace is and it's alot more fun when you have friends to play with. I should play with Michael more, especially after being hit on, not once, but TWICE while being Grace. One was much more offensive than the other.

I think that is a strong reason why some of the ladies play as guy pirates, to limit the probably non-stop being hit on.

Not that I ever do that...





It is probably worse in games where the chat isn't as restrictive as in a Disney game.

I have 2 guy pirates and 2 girl pirates. My first pirate was a girl pirate and got to 40, but i deleted her. I think its ok, but a friend deleted me once when I told her I am a guy, on a girl pirate. I try to make sure all my friends know I am a guy.

Wow what a thread!

I understand why this question was asked. I personally have several pirates (two account, unlimited and basic). On my unlimited I have Kate Goldwalker (mastered), Kate Seawalker, Just Jack and Katieskye Walker. Just Jack is my son's pirate. On my basic account I have Kate Goldwalker and Yo-Duuh. I LOVE Star Wars and just had to make a Yo-Duuh. Yes he is short, gray haired and balding, with ears that stick out as far as I could get. Unfortuantely I cant make a pirate green. : ( I made Yo-Duuh just for fun and my guild knows all my pirates and now that Yo-Duuh is me, no problem.

However, I have experienced issues where there are guys playing as girl pirates and vice versa. I have no problem with a cross-gender pirate. The problem I do have is when a cross-gender pirate is flirting with a pirate of the opposite gender. Cross gender gril pirate flirting with a guy pirate and vice versa. I personally feel that this is crossing a line.

So, here is my advice. IF you have or plan on creating a cross gender pirate, make sure the people who are friends with you or in your guild know this. And if anyone starts to flirt with that cross gender pirate, I would suggest they be informed too.

I have noticed that being a girl and playing a guy pirate (my son's Just Jack and my Yo-Duuh) that several things are different in the game between the genders. First, the guys run strange. They clop clop their way around and from the back look like they are running head frist. Second, I think their arms are longer. I noticed this when attuning things. And I also noticed that they are created in the game to be stronger than girl pirates. I actually noticed this in a pvp match with a friend from my guild. My mastered Kate Goldwalker is stronger than his guy pirate in a few weapons, but yet he was still kicking my butt. The pvp match was a tie though, LOL.

As for playing a girl pirate - I DO NOT LIE about who I am. I don't conceal that I'm a man playing Eliza. If a guy hits on her, I let him down easy in a whisper.

However, I do occasionally flirt with other girls (ones I've confirmed are actually girl players and friends). But, I try not to be public about it because that might be a little much for nearby younguns.

So, if you see Eliza - sorry but she's not looking for a boyfriend! :laughks2:

Too many people are playing POTCO trying to hook up, I think.

EC

girl pirates seem to get more help from others than do guy pirates. I asked someone who was flipping a coin for help, on my guy pirate, he said no....so I decided to do an experiment. I returned to the guy who was flipping a coin on a girl pirate and asked for the same type of help(getting ships) and he glady said yes.

I disagree with this part. I don't believe that there is any difference in strength or abilities. The damage done is equal if the points in the weapons are equal. The health is equal if the points are equal.
The rep earned from defeating an enemy are equal.
Guy or girl, max health is 2502. (I seem to remember that number, anyways.)
It may be that he was beating you because he had more health than you,(spent more points in that passive skill) or because he was using his combos better, or because he was ...um... cheating somehow, but it wasn't because he was "Stronger" than your girl pirate.

I don't see why anyone would see it as a problem really, as long as we are ... uhm ... behaving ourselves, lol. I have a guy Pirate mostly just to see what we could do, and because i wanted to give a pirate a particular name ... and it wasn't (as a young fellow a few of us Pixies were talking to put it) a "chick" name.

all is equal in this world.....

Have a level 32 girl and i personally do not want to play as a guy. But hate being hit on so i see the appeal. I try to keep a coat on her and no run by friends. Learned the hard way with really offensive stalkers. Should have made her fat or skinny and flat. LOL. Pixie piratez out there will understand the reference " not as easy as staying out of Dewdrop Ridge." Have to much work invested in her to delete so learning to cope.

Of 10 pirates, one is a girl, as I once felt I had a need to test everything in the game. I like the girl, though I make a point to friend no one and crew with no one when I use her.

She's purdy though. As well, I like the name.