really though like sure i get that being a male seems to be the default for most people like in general chat and what not youd be like he this or he that, without seeing someones character but in dungeon groups together when you can see the toon is a female, ive been called him or sir so many times when theyre right in front of me.
and i know that having a female toon doesnt mean that youre actually female. i have a lot of male alts myself just cause i like the way some of them look way better than the female models. but it's almost as if people really believe girls don't exist on the internet still.
i'm not really too annoyed nor do i bother correcting people unless theyre guildies but its just something ive been noticing happening a lot. not just me but to others too.
its just cuz 80+% of the playerbase is male... you probably know the "girls dont play WoW" meme.. even though I know multiple who do.... it sucks but He seems to be a default throughout the internet... i use They instead whenever i am unsure though... change is often slow............
I usually intuitively refer to the gender of the character, not all the time but still.
I'm just going by the gender of the character they play. Their problem if they get offended or annoyed by that.
Like most people here have already said, most people just assume since the ratio is about 80/20 male/female.
I've found however that sometimes you can be referred to as a she in chat if you have a feminine name. I often play female characters and rarely correct people if they misgender me; I'll let the rude awakening happen when I join Discord for raids :lol:
There's no neutral word (a commonly accepted one anyway) to describe a person whose gender is unknown, so the word he has the highest probability of being correct. Simple as that really. At least to me.
Silly undead, there are no girls on the internet.
I usually call people their Class. I dont even use their ingame name. Its usually interpreted as disrespectful or anti social but it gets the job done. "Mage, sheep moon".
We did a poll here last year and there were like 10% girls on barrens chat if I remember right.
I guess it’s just an assumption everyone makes.
The only time I assume another player is female is when its a female character with a feminine, RP-sounding name. And even then I'm not totally sure.
I'm just going by the gender of the character they play. Their problem if they get offended or annoyed by that.
Exactly this, especially on an RP server
There's no neutral word (a commonly accepted one anyway) to describe a person whose gender is unknown, so the word he has the highest probability of being correct. Simple as that really. At least to me.
Singular "they" is acceptable.
Because most players are male, why would you expect people to do anything else lol.
The female players in my guild almost all have extremely girly-sounding names: Fieromommy, Ivyfbaby, MeenusMiss, et cetera. Others like Codex, Moryella, and Kahotep will just announce in guild chat that they're girls without anyone asking. Male players seem more likely to keep their gender unknown until they speak up in discord. Ergo, everyone is male until proven otherwise.
It’s funny most of the female players I’ve come across actually play male models.
I’ve come to just never assume who is what and go by there class instead as Stfuppercut said.