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The Myth of the "Ugly Women in TSW"

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  • Eir_SEir_S Member UncommonPosts: 4,440
    Originally posted by Po_gg
    Originally posted by Eir_S

    Well in that case, they should sell paper bags in the cash shop...

    I guess the situation is not THAT bad...  there was a "post your toon" topic after launch, it had some pretty decent ones.

    I'm not saying that from a personal POV.  I don't even play the game.  But people seem to be upset about having to look at their "ugly" characters.  I don't particularly think TSW's models are very good (in general), but in terms of faces, they're a lot better than some alternatives, including Everquest II, Vanguard, or Neverwinter.

    I know that's not saying much, but...

  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317
    Originally posted by Eir_S
    Originally posted by Po_gg
    Originally posted by Eir_S

    Well in that case, they should sell paper bags in the cash shop...

    I guess the situation is not THAT bad...  there was a "post your toon" topic after launch, it had some pretty decent ones.

    I'm not saying that from a personal POV.  I don't even play the game.  But people seem to be upset about having to look at their "ugly" characters.  I don't particularly think TSW's models are very good (in general), but in terms of faces, they're a lot better than some alternatives, including Everquest II, Vanguard, or Neverwinter.

    I know that's not saying much, but...

    I see your logic. Every mediocre looking person should find 3 ugly friends to hang with    :)

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  • Eir_SEir_S Member UncommonPosts: 4,440
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by Eir_S
    Originally posted by Po_gg
    Originally posted by Eir_S

    Well in that case, they should sell paper bags in the cash shop...

    I guess the situation is not THAT bad...  there was a "post your toon" topic after launch, it had some pretty decent ones.

    I'm not saying that from a personal POV.  I don't even play the game.  But people seem to be upset about having to look at their "ugly" characters.  I don't particularly think TSW's models are very good (in general), but in terms of faces, they're a lot better than some alternatives, including Everquest II, Vanguard, or Neverwinter.

    I know that's not saying much, but...

    I see your logic. Every mediocre looking person should find 3 ugly friends to hang with    :)

    LOL  Damn it, I guess I did say that in a round-about way...

  • Po_ggPo_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749
    Originally posted by Eir_S
    Originally posted by Po_gg
    Originally posted by Eir_S

    Well in that case, they should sell paper bags in the cash shop...

    I guess the situation is not THAT bad...  there was a "post your toon" topic after launch, it had some pretty decent ones.

    I'm not saying that from a personal POV.  I don't even play the game.  But people seem to be upset about having to look at their "ugly" characters.  I don't particularly think TSW's models are very good (in general), but in terms of faces, they're a lot better than some alternatives, including Everquest II, Vanguard, or Neverwinter.

    I know that's not saying much, but...

    Me neither (I have a male toon, but for the mentioned thread I made a female one and she was nice). I agree, there are both worse and better character creators out there. I have a very good Trill in STO for example, and a few hobbit lasses in LotRO :)

    And I agree with Wizardry on "The chemical faced,beauty salon look" too, I guess GW2 or ArcheAge (based on the videos I mean) are maybe a bit too much for my taste.

  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317
    Originally posted by Gravarg

    Beholders are ugly.  Women, not so much.

    I thought beauty was in the eye of the beholder? Question is, which eye?

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  • BigdaddyxBigdaddyx Member UncommonPosts: 2,039
    Originally posted by gaeanprayer
    If this is truly the perception of the average gamer, you guys need to crawl out of your holes and visit the real world for a bit. The women in this thread from TSW aren't 'average', TSW aims for realism and yet in the real world those women would still be models, still more beautiful than the 'average' woman. You guys are getting so used to air-brushed perfection that you're starting to think that's the norm. Reality check, people.

    In reality african american and asians comes with all kind of features. Have you tried making one of either in TSW? the nose, eyes, lips etc are such stereotypes that i am surprised anyone would even have an audactiy to type 'TSW is going for reality'.

    I suggest take your own advice and go outside and look at people around you in real life a bit more. And why all bodie types in TSW look like they just came from the ad for Baywatch? shouldn't people have different body types since TSW s going for reality?

  • SoulStainSoulStain Member Posts: 202

    I like that you can't make every character a supermodel. I hate games..especially those in a "real world" setting... where everyone running around is at the least of "soap opera star" looks. I wish you could make chubsters and "Olive Oyl/Gilligan" types too.

     

  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,963
    Originally posted by Bigdaddyx
    Originally posted by gaeanprayer
    If this is truly the perception of the average gamer, you guys need to crawl out of your holes and visit the real world for a bit. The women in this thread from TSW aren't 'average', TSW aims for realism and yet in the real world those women would still be models, still more beautiful than the 'average' woman. You guys are getting so used to air-brushed perfection that you're starting to think that's the norm. Reality check, people.

    In reality african american and asians comes with all kind of features. Have you tried making one of either in TSW? the nose, eyes, lips etc are such stereotypes that i am surprised anyone would even have an audactiy to type 'TSW is going for reality'.

    I suggest take your own advice and go outside and look at people around you in real life a bit more. And why all bodie types in TSW look like they just came from the ad for Baywatch? shouldn't people have different body types since TSW s going for reality?

    true, I tried to make a character who was close to my girlfriend. She is of chinese heritage. It was very difficult.

    Though Having said that, gaeanprayer is right, none of the women, as far as "artistic depiction of an actual human being" are average.

    That TSW woman with the glasses is not average, she just has a different set of features.

     

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  • BigdaddyxBigdaddyx Member UncommonPosts: 2,039
    Originally posted by Sovrath
    Originally posted by Bigdaddyx
    Originally posted by gaeanprayer
    If this is truly the perception of the average gamer, you guys need to crawl out of your holes and visit the real world for a bit. The women in this thread from TSW aren't 'average', TSW aims for realism and yet in the real world those women would still be models, still more beautiful than the 'average' woman. You guys are getting so used to air-brushed perfection that you're starting to think that's the norm. Reality check, people.

    In reality african american and asians comes with all kind of features. Have you tried making one of either in TSW? the nose, eyes, lips etc are such stereotypes that i am surprised anyone would even have an audactiy to type 'TSW is going for reality'.

    I suggest take your own advice and go outside and look at people around you in real life a bit more. And why all bodie types in TSW look like they just came from the ad for Baywatch? shouldn't people have different body types since TSW s going for reality?

    true, I tried to make a character who was close to my girlfriend. She is of chinese heritage. It was very difficult.

    Though Having said that, gaeanprayer is right, none of the women, as far as "artistic depiction of an actual human being" are average.

    That TSW woman with the glasses is not average, she just has a different set of features.

     

    I guess it also depends where you live. I was in Russia for two years. Once you live in a place like that women all over the world look average ;)

  • FromHellFromHell Member Posts: 1,311

    Ugly?

    Not really..

     

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  • GravargGravarg Member UncommonPosts: 3,424
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by Gravarg

    Beholders are ugly.  Women, not so much.

    I thought beauty was in the eye of the beholder? 

    i guess we could kill it, cut out it's eye, and drink the eye juice inside...that would make us beautiful people? :)

  • MardukkMardukk Member RarePosts: 2,222
    If that tsw girl in glasses is average I need to start hanging out with more gamers! The tsw models look much improved from launch. This whole topic mystifies me that its even a topic. A bunch of gamer guys critiquing game avatar looks haha. Apologies to the couple females in the thread I understand why you would care about looks (society etc...).
  • AerowynAerowyn Member Posts: 7,928
    Originally posted by Mardukk
    If that tsw girl in glasses is average I need to start hanging out with more gamers! The tsw models look much improved from launch. This whole topic mystifies me that its even a topic. A bunch of gamer guys critiquing game avatar looks haha. Apologies to the couple females in the thread I understand why you would care about looks (society etc...).

    when did this happen? i fired the game up couple months ago and overall looked the same

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  • AmegashieAmegashie Member UncommonPosts: 289
    Originally posted by Bigdaddyx
    Originally posted by gaeanprayer
    If this is truly the perception of the average gamer, you guys need to crawl out of your holes and visit the real world for a bit. The women in this thread from TSW aren't 'average', TSW aims for realism and yet in the real world those women would still be models, still more beautiful than the 'average' woman. You guys are getting so used to air-brushed perfection that you're starting to think that's the norm. Reality check, people.

    In reality african american and asians comes with all kind of features. Have you tried making one of either in TSW? the nose, eyes, lips etc are such stereotypes that i am surprised anyone would even have an audactiy to type 'TSW is going for reality'.

    You're mixing up going for realism with lack of options. I guess everyone can agree there should be a lot more choices for pretty much every feature of your character you can alter, including ones not usually found in Caucasians.

     

    That's something entirely different than what the guy you quoted was talking about though and he is spot on. 

  • AerowynAerowyn Member Posts: 7,928
    Originally posted by Amegashie
    Originally posted by Bigdaddyx
    Originally posted by gaeanprayer
    If this is truly the perception of the average gamer, you guys need to crawl out of your holes and visit the real world for a bit. The women in this thread from TSW aren't 'average', TSW aims for realism and yet in the real world those women would still be models, still more beautiful than the 'average' woman. You guys are getting so used to air-brushed perfection that you're starting to think that's the norm. Reality check, people.

    In reality african american and asians comes with all kind of features. Have you tried making one of either in TSW? the nose, eyes, lips etc are such stereotypes that i am surprised anyone would even have an audactiy to type 'TSW is going for reality'.

    You're mixing up going for realism with lack of options. I guess everyone can agree there should be a lot more choices for pretty much every feature of your character you can alter, including ones not usually found in Caucasians.

     

    That's something entirely different than what the guy you quoted was talking about though and he is spot on. 

    how is he spot on? there are TONS of extremely beautiful average joes walking around the world that are not air brushed movie stars.. so why if they are trying to make a game "realistic" can I not make a toon that to me looks anything better than below average in the beauty spectrum...

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  • KonfessKonfess Member RarePosts: 1,667
    I'm sorry, but that outfit makes Her ass look fat, hehe.

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  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317
    Originally posted by Gravarg
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by Gravarg

    Beholders are ugly.  Women, not so much.

    I thought beauty was in the eye of the beholder? 

    i guess we could kill it, cut out it's eye, and drink the eye juice inside...that would make us beautiful people? :)

    eww! I don't think you drink it. I'd be more inclined to rub the eyeball juice on the skin for that youthful glow. Kind of a Beholder Balm.

    All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.

    I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.

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  • FromHellFromHell Member Posts: 1,311

    Try to create a woman like this in TsW, then we'll discuss this further

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  • GravargGravarg Member UncommonPosts: 3,424
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by Gravarg
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by Gravarg

    Beholders are ugly.  Women, not so much.

    I thought beauty was in the eye of the beholder? 

    i guess we could kill it, cut out it's eye, and drink the eye juice inside...that would make us beautiful people? :)

    eww! I don't think you drink it. I'd be more inclined to rub the eyeball juice on the skin for that youthful glow. Kind of a Beholder Balm.

    It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again?  That's actually a cool advertisement, Wizards should come out with some Beholder Balm for the ladies, my wife would buy some lol.

  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317
    Originally posted by Gravarg
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by Gravarg
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by Gravarg

    Beholders are ugly.  Women, not so much.

    I thought beauty was in the eye of the beholder? 

    i guess we could kill it, cut out it's eye, and drink the eye juice inside...that would make us beautiful people? :)

    eww! I don't think you drink it. I'd be more inclined to rub the eyeball juice on the skin for that youthful glow. Kind of a Beholder Balm.

    It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again?  That's actually a cool advertisement, Wizards should come out with some Beholder Balm for the ladies, my wife would buy some lol.

    lol. I was actually thinking about SotL after I suggested it. 

     

    All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.

    I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.

    I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.

    I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.

  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317
    Originally posted by FromHell

    Try to create a woman like this in TsW, then we'll discuss this further

    Is that in-game, or from a TSW cinematic?

    All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.

    I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.

    I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.

    I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.

  • AerowynAerowyn Member Posts: 7,928
    Originally posted by eyelolled
    Originally posted by FromHell

    Try to create a woman like this in TsW, then we'll discuss this further

     

    Is that in-game, or from a TSW cinematic?

    I lolled :)

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  • ScalplessScalpless Member UncommonPosts: 1,426

    TSW's problem isn't that all of its female models are ugly. The problem is that the majority of them is. If you want a female character who doesn't look ugly and weird, you'll have to choose between only a few faces. The same can be said about male characters, but to a lesser degree. Faces are also badly animated, which is why they often look bad during cutscenes.

  • AmegashieAmegashie Member UncommonPosts: 289
    Originally posted by Aerowyn
    Originally posted by Amegashie
    Originally posted by Bigdaddyx
    Originally posted by gaeanprayer
    If this is truly the perception of the average gamer, you guys need to crawl out of your holes and visit the real world for a bit. The women in this thread from TSW aren't 'average', TSW aims for realism and yet in the real world those women would still be models, still more beautiful than the 'average' woman. You guys are getting so used to air-brushed perfection that you're starting to think that's the norm. Reality check, people.

    In reality african american and asians comes with all kind of features. Have you tried making one of either in TSW? the nose, eyes, lips etc are such stereotypes that i am surprised anyone would even have an audactiy to type 'TSW is going for reality'.

    You're mixing up going for realism with lack of options. I guess everyone can agree there should be a lot more choices for pretty much every feature of your character you can alter, including ones not usually found in Caucasians.

     

    That's something entirely different than what the guy you quoted was talking about though and he is spot on. 

    how is he spot on? there are TONS of extremely beautiful average joes walking around the world that are not air brushed movie stars.. so why if they are trying to make a game "realistic" can I not make a toon that to me looks anything better than below average in the beauty spectrum...

     

    The "to me" part seems to be the problem here. 

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