Poll: Do you model your character after yourself?

[notsoaveragejoe]

I tend to take RPG's as an excuse to explore a different person's perspective on the world. For example my Fallout 3 character had a green Mohawk and killed anyone so long as the price was right. Not really much like me at all

 

[Hiphophippo]

Take what you will from this, but when I'm given free reign over my character's appearance I tend to make him/her into a ridiculous Mexican parody. If possible a Luchador.

I just love Mexican culture, I guess.

 

[Shovel]

I do for looks, just because I'm too lazy to make something up, decisions I just go with what I find best to the game.

 

[Thedayrecker]

I just see how far into the realms of inhumanity i can stretch the character by sliding the sliders to ridiclous locations.

Oh the hilarity

OT: Sometimes I do (not so much looks, but decisions), but usually.... no

 

[Chancie]

Not as far as looks go. I don't make the character look anything like me, actually, but the decisions are all the choice that I would personally make.

 

[TheIr0nMike]

For the most part, otherwise I just make a random one up.

 

[Purplefood1]

Looks no i try to make my character as freaky looking as possible.
In desicions, sort of i just go with what i think will be funny which is generally being an evil guy but hey go figure

 

[Talvrae]

Sometimes, not always

 

[Evertw]

I sometimes do but not always, and mostly for looks.

 

[TehAudioSurfer]

I try but fail...badly that being said I just make someone with awesome eyes everything else is a wildcard.

Decision wise I do what I'd do in everyday land.

 

[Randomeaninglessword]

I usually do. But, on the second play-through I make them look however I want and make the opposite choices.

 

[GackleBlax]

I want to watch the world burn
Nice person in real life
Virtually, a destroyer of worlds.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

I just see how far into the realms of inhumanity i can stretch the character by sliding the sliders to ridiclous locations.

That is very disturbing sir. You have won on that accord, if such was your intention.

OT: On decisions, yes. Looks no. I generally play female characters, as to create masturbation material not have to be a man for once in video games. The voice tends to be not as great either, and I don't really want to have to look at man butt the entire time I'm playing a game.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Decision wise, yes. Looks wise, no.

 

[quiet_samurai]

I just see how far into the realms of inhumanity i can stretch the character by sliding the sliders to ridiclous locations.

Oh the hilarity

OT: Sometimes I do (not so much looks, but decisions), but usually.... no

Ugly shepard approves your post (this is his happy face.)

Oh my god, I just died from laughing. It's funny because the standard shepard voice, totally does not fit that guys looks. Ugly Shepard.... fucking awesome.

OT: I try... but it kind of take alot of patience and actually some real skill. Everytime I do I usually end up with something that looks like either

A- my retarded love child.

B- My dream image of me, you know the most perfect looking versions of our real self that we all ahve.

C - Robert Downey Jr.

I can't really explain the last one... it just sort of... happens. Maybe I need to talk to someone about it.

 

[Shiny Rabbit]

sometimes, it depends, for example, in Fallout 3, I'm a hot brunette with shoulder-length hair but in Saints Row 1, my guy looked like an older version of me if I'd had my skull crushed in various ways, now in Saints Row 2 I'm a muscly african-american with blonde hair which sort of matches mine.

As for my Xbox Live avatar, when the NXE first came out, I modeled my avatar as close to me as I possibly could but gave myself some nice shades and sweet shorts but now I've got green hair and a bunch of stuff I wouldn't be seen dead in.

 

[Jamiemitsu]

I tend to make an "improved" version of me, i.e., vaugeley similar appearance, but much more handsome, and usually going through goody to-shoes till an NPC pisses me off, and I become an assassin

 

[jeejvebe]

I usually match both looks and decisions, at least on my first playthrough.

 

[warrcry13]

When I make a character, in any game that has customization. I brainstorm think of a personality for said character and a back story and then make that character look appropriate to that story and personality. Be it a male or female character.

 

[The Fat Captain]

No, because I'm ugly and stupid and if any of these game situations were real, I'd inevitably scare off any potential love interests and ruin everything.

Which, thinking about it, would make for a hilarious game.