Wow.. I hadn't even noticed this. What about you?

Mellori··89 votes·34,346 views

So, something I noticed last night while spamming games with a friend.. is that I tend to play similar champions.

No, not in playstyle. Not even in role. Not even in lane, category, or anything other than one factor.

I play a lot of female champions.

Now before you guys go on a rant, I'M a female gamer. There, I said it. And I honestly, 100%, legitimately didn't notice this until last night. But when it did, it blew my mind away. I mean, here. Look at this.

http://i.gyazo.com/45cca71f56b2cd0141116497d740f5d9.png

Out of the first three rows, it's not until the start of row 3 that we see a male champion. Draven. (Draaaaaaaaaaaven.) And he's at a level one mastery, I've only played him a couple times. Not only that but out of the first 3 rows, 30 champions in total, only 6 that I play are guys. Who knows. It could be that playing female champions, being a female myself, feels more enjoyable in the male-dominanted game of League (Admit it ladies, 95% of League players are dudes. And they make it obvious.)

So that's where I wanna ask you, boards. Do you play champions that are your gender? Or the opposite? Why do you play who you play?

354 Comments

GtGW48 votes

And most contexts of fantasy involve a measure of personal relation to the characters to immerse the player effectively. So its not surprising that the things you gravitate towards reflect well on your perception of either self or desired attributes.

Mellori5 votes

That's a really good point, actually. Hadn't exactly thought it out like that. I just noticed it and it kinda shocked me, I figured I had a least one male champion that I mained since I'm pretty sure they're evenly split to an extent... but I don't.

A Superb Villain75 votes

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So its not surprising that the things you gravitate towards reflect well on your perception of either self or desired attributes.

Viktor Veigar Velkoz Khazix

I... hm... Guess that ethics class was a waste of time.

I Main Swain19 votes

rebuild people

enslave people

disect people

kill people for fun

gaby1best21 votes

kill people for fun

To evolve dude. Evolve.

Noam Braumsky3 votes

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To evolve dude. Evolve and overcome.

Fixed :)

MagicalGirlRosel3 votes

Relevant username, huh?

Lowvyr2 votes

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And most contexts of fantasy involve a measure of personal relation to the characters to immerse the player effectively. So its not surprising that the things you gravitate towards reflect well on your perception of either self or desired attributes.

Aatrox Guess what I do in my free time.

Dr Poro10 votes

You... Inspire people?

RiotRiot Baconhawk24 votes

Femmes & monsters. My people.

http://i.imgur.com/eKFYrXA.png

Edit: self-identify as a female monster

Gavran1 votes

That "gift" is exceptionally pretty for digital handwriting on a random screenshot. x.x

RiotRiot Baconhawk8 votes

>is a girl >has a wacom at her desk >....

HAIL WHYDRA2 votes

is able to green text without the quote box mfw I cant

RiotRiot Baconhawk3 votes

use the escape character "" before the ">"

woobee10 votes

"No I can't gift you" ROFL

LOL Spammer4 votes

Wtf is that rp

RiotRiot Baconhawk20 votes

with a name like that I'm not telling you anything

ULTRAF0RCE1 votes

you might want to go on the new fek page the fem yas picture you had no longer seems to show up

RiotRiot Baconhawk6 votes

noooooo

harri1011 votes

I would just like to know how much money you actualy spent on this game lol

RiotRiot Baconhawk13 votes

before Riot, I spent $500 exactly

Xhader12 votes

So your first paycheck was basically the company returning money you loaned them, right? lmao

Mellori7 votes

This is perfect. ^ LOL.

J Epstein15 votes

Technically Valor is a male

TurquoiseYoshi4 votes

She doesn't main Valor though. She mains Quinn. It kinda counts, kinda doesn't.

TyrantCelestia8 votes

i downvoted you cuz PATRIARCHY!

Raw37 votes

[{quoted}](name=Adagio Dusk,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=iwNiMRAE,comment-id=0007,timestamp=2015-07-28T08:54:48.156+0000)

i downvoted you cuz PATRIARCHY!

Nobody give a crap about your downvoted kid, he's not gonna lose any sleep tonight over a fucking downvoted.

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O Fallen Scholar7 votes

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Nobody give a crap about your downvoted kid, he's not gonna lose any sleep tonight over a fucking downvoted.

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Nobody cares tht you're lucky. Damn roleplayers.

ElJanitorFrank5 votes

You can't smell his sarcasm? Do you need special sarcasm glasses to see it or something?

I'm pretty damn sure he's being sarcastic.

Raw5 votes

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You can't smell his sarcasm? Do you need special sarcasm glasses to see it or something?

I'm pretty damn sure he's being sarcastic.

No such thing is "sarcasm" on League of Legends forum, this is a serious place for serious gamers.

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gaby1best3 votes

Sincerely, stop using that. The boards don't have a signature 'system' for a reason.

Raw8 votes

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Sincerely, stop using that. The boards don't have a signature 'system' for a reason.

Na. I'm not a sheep, I'm gonna do whatever I like.

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S2C2Xd9KOy7 votes

Mine are pretty much even. I wouldn't say you play mostly female champions because you are female but your first 2 rows allow you to play any role. I usually prefer female champs tbh bc typically they're the mages ;p

Raw7 votes
PaladinNO1 votes

Nice IP collection you got there. :)

And yeah, I know dat feel. While I don't have every champion (don't care to), I only play 4 (apart from whatever I get in ARAM)... Ignore the boiled rice; the eryzer - he's just there because Riot messed up and had the CM system active in ARAM on its release.

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Raw2 votes

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Nice IP collection you got there. :)

And yeah, I know dat feel. While I don't have every champion (don't care to), I only play 4 (apart from whatever I get in ARAM)... Ignore the boiled rice; the eryzer - he's just there because Riot messed up and had the CM system active in ARAM on its release.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2u4ow0i.jpg

I tried to find a way to spend my ip.......Ran out of good name to change to, I'm on my number 16th.

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Maratsune7 votes

YES. I'm so glad I saw this. I'm the exact same way. I can't think of many male characters that I play with any degree of comfort or skill. I simply play female characters more, and any female characters that I don't play, I'm always willing to try. I gravitate towards them way more.

Faves; Karma Jinx Orianna Sona Soraka Syndra Zyra Nami Nidalee Morgana Ahri Annie Ashe Cassiopeia Lissandra Shyvana Lux Lulu ... Yeah. The only male champs I ENJOY are Bard and Vladimir. I play Vlad because I think he's cute D;

And yeah I'm a chick, but I really think that there are more chicks playing League than people seem to think... And I think that female champs are just more fun than male champs :o lol.

TurquoiseYoshi10 votes

Is Bard a male? Is it a female? I think it's just a thing.

woobee9 votes

Bard has stated itself that it's a BWOWOWOWOOWEeweoew.

RottedApples6 votes

Draven is too low on that list.

RiotSparkle6 votes

There have actually been some interesting findings around "gender switching" in MMOs specifically. According to the below academic study, men are 3x - 5x more likely to play a female character than women are to play a male one.

Study: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2013.874493?journalCode=rics20#.Vbk0-vlVhBd

AIIan3 votes

So... Lemme see... Vi Jungle Nasus Top Teemo Mid Ashe ADC Blitzcrank Supp' If there's a pattern, I can't see it.

ChaosThief17 votes

Vi: can't escape ult Nasus: can't escape W Teemo: can't escape shrooms Ashe: can't escape passive Blitz: can't escape pull

I see the pattern CLEARLY.

Blue Moon Wolf23 votes

you could say that it's a pattern... (•.•) ( •.•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) they can't escape from.

NinjaToad992 votes

I own 18 female champions and 26 male champions, yet I enjoy playing the females more, (for the most part) but just because of their kits.

TurquoiseYoshi37 votes

I swear I didn't read the last part as "just because of their tits." I didn't do it.

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