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I'm not someone that plays a lot of MMO, but when I did I had no idea "Sugar Daddies" were even a thing. Still, the whole thing is fascinating, and creepy.
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Kotaku: MMO Players Feel Conflicted About Online Sugar Daddies
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I'm not someone that plays a lot of MMO, but when I did I had no idea "Sugar Daddies" were even a thing. Still, the whole thing is fascinating, and creepy.
Back when I played WoW (like... Burning Crusade and before) I had a couple male and a couple female characters... the female characters I played as got so much free stuff it was ridiculous
An old girlfriend of mine got funded on the regular when we played MMOs that relied heavily on cash shops all from being a girl. Shit was insane to me... And low-key annoying because I had to grind like a chump.
Never saw a difference playing either female or male characters. Never even had someone stop me and give me free stuff or ask if I was female IRL. I don't know if it was so much different on american servers than european(german) servers but from the start of online communities you always assumed it was a dude with a female avatar, unless proven otherwise (voicechat)
TIL "Sugar Universe", complete with social network and all.
I...I think I need to lie down.
Meanwhile my bank account number is...
I...I think I need to lie down.
Meanwhile my bank account number is...
I almost always played female characters just to get fre stuff in MMOs.
Heck my first female character, a Dark Elf in EQ (back in 99) got free armor because she looked "exotic" from some male human she ran by.
Heck my first female character, a Dark Elf in EQ (back in 99) got free armor because she looked "exotic" from some male human she ran by.
Yes, played stuff like Second Life, WoW, and whatnot and always got free shit from random males along with friend requests. Had a close online friend ..in 2011 who I really did like doing this to me on Mabinogi, mostly cause I did like him a lot. I told the friend not to do it after while, but they continued. Me and that friend aren't really as close of friends anymore due to unrelated reasons behind this.
Ive heard many stories about this in my time of playing FFXIV, players of both genders are horny as hell in that game.
Remember stories like this as well from my Ragnarok Online friends.
Remember stories like this as well from my Ragnarok Online friends.
I play female characters a lot of the time and this shit never happens to me... what am I doing wrong guys?
Underrated post.
I remember hearing a lot of stories of behavior/treatment to female MMO players in the past, never knew it started from the craigslist story though. With that said, I even have seen stuff like this in other games like Destiny, any game with a more persistent/shared space that puts emphasis on cosmetics and item rarity seems to create such situations.
This reminds of the first episode of SAO (the only episode that I watched) where a man and a woman started dating in the game, but when the real life persons started replacing the avatar the guy discovers that the woman was actually a man
People can get turned on while roleplaying.
And also, those guys always have the hope that by giving them money the women will probably "know them better" and will fall in love with him thanks to how special they are
Why did they have to publish this. This was a goldmine for me and my female avatars, now all those horny gamers are gonna be suspicious....
I'm not sure I get the point of this article. Like, yes, some people do and some people do not like this. applies to anything ever.
Some people use sex (or flirting or whatever) as a tool to get things from people, it's not any different irl, drinks at bars etc.
Some people use sex (or flirting or whatever) as a tool to get things from people, it's not any different irl, drinks at bars etc.
I play as female characters in MMOs and I had people ask me for photos of my feet and if I was a milf. I'm a guy.
Back in Ragnarok Online, I was one of the most wealthiest player in the game in the International Servers. I'm talking Golden Thief Bug Card, Ghost ring card, nearly hundred of million of zeny etc. For those who had played the game will know I was fairly powerful (and lucky)
I was around 14-15 at the time.
Girls would offer their body on cam to hope to become friends and I would share some of my wealth
This was a very common thing in MMO's before I would say 2009.
I was around 14-15 at the time.
Girls would offer their body on cam to hope to become friends and I would share some of my wealth
This was a very common thing in MMO's before I would say 2009.
Selling your body for a games virtual currency.
Yeah that seems reasonable.
Some players can be very creepy in MMORPGs. I've seen (and reported) a fair share of them in FFXIV; usually they try hitting on my character in some way. : \
Lol, do people actually still do that in MMO nowadays? Hitting female avatars by giving them gold and stuff.
Most female friends I know aren't too comfortable when they encountered such male players.
Most female friends I know aren't too comfortable when they encountered such male players.
I use my female blood elf to sell stuff in person, got discounts often
Yeah, I remember that conversation now.
Yeah, I remember that conversation now.
Hang out in Limsa Lominsa long enough and you're nearly guaranteed to have a creep try to come on to you. I've had it happen in dungeons, too.
There's a reason I afk at my apartment, lol.
Limsa is FFXIV's hive of scum and villainy.
There's a reason I afk at my apartment, lol.
Limsa is FFXIV's hive of scum and villainy.
When I restarted Guild Wars II (It was only a dabbling) as a female character, people were acting really weird around me. Didn't get gold though.
what, was my "generic bodytype 1 out of 4" in WoW not pixelbeauty enough? ;)
And even in FF14, playing the female Miqo'te, never had someone just "flirting" with me, asking me if I was a female IRL or just giving me stuff because I had a female avatar. Maybe it was the green hair :/
In destiny one I had a female charecter and I decided to try to act flirtatious with me emotes to see if I could get someone to hit on me. There was a group of characters sitting in a circle on the ground. I walked up and started dancing in the middle of the circle. Less than a minute later I got a message asking if I was really a girl and where I lived. Now I was obviously trying to get attention from people but I was surprised at how little effort I had to put into it to get a reaction.
Wait, somebody fucked another person for 5,000 gold? Isn't that like $3 back then. Maybe, I'm misremembering.