Most of the times I choose a male for the first time and if I do a second playtrough I do everything the opposite as my 1st playtrough so I pick a girl to who ends up being evil. So I have no problem with it.

Btw I are you sure you played it 21000 hour. Because the game was released in 2010. That means if it was released on 1 jan 2010 and we say the date today is 31 dec 2012 the game was released 1094 days ago. That would mean you have played the for 19 hours a day. So I hope it is a fault and you meant to say 2100 hours.

Btw I are you sure you played it 21000 hour. Because the game was released in 2010.

Fallout New Vegas was released in 2010. He said the Fallout series, as in including the first games in the series. Although I really doubt he has put over 2 years of playtime into the Fallout series.

Some guys have 40k hours in WOW. So don't think that 21k is impossible...

I think you misconstrued the question, I do think that Prizrak was asking "what do you the AG gamers think of a guy in real life playing as a female character in a video game?"

Yep I did now that I've reread it with a fresh mind.

I use a few female characters in Brawl, and in more in Tales of Symphonia and Vesperia.

Well it is an RPG: Role Playing Game.
You take a role of someone other than yourself.  This character doesn't have to resemble you in any way.  I don't think this is weird.
I've known many guys who picked the girl in Pokemon Gen 3 because her waistbag looked "cooler" than the backpack.

I think it's understandable, in my opinion.

In every game I play where there's some type of character creation or customization, I create my "Ideal" Character.

Your ideal character just happens to be female, sometimes :/

I see nothing wrong with playing as female characters.

Sometimes, male and female characters have different stats and whatnot.

In FE8 (Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones), for example, males have a higher strength cap than females if they are units that use swords, lances, etc.

On the other hand, female magic users have a higher magic cap than male magic users.

So yeah, it goes to preference and stuff.
If you want to play as a female character, go ahead.

My friends think I'm weird or quote "gay" for doing so.

what? you rather look at a girly figer then an buff dude.
i would think that watching buff dude all the time is more gay.

i like to watch girls. i do that all the time.
why would i want to watch a dude when i play a game?

Well in some games I do pick the other gender if it is useful. Like for this one game they can shoot you in genitals for a man which would be considered a Nutshot, but being a girl....
Yeah, for the same game, I also picked a girl because they have slimmer body figure meaning, it is less of a body mass to be shot upon. And I think they are faster. (That's a myth though).

I only pick it when it has benefits, but if you can't switch genders I would get a guy.

I also picked a girl because they have slimmer body figure meaning, it is less of a body mass to be shot upon.

the hit box could be the same size tho.