Worlds Best XBLA Ikaruga Player is [possibly] Female

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Worlds Best XBLA Ikaruga Player is [possibly] Female

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Well, I was surprised anyway. Japanese player ga key has held the top spot since April, but his score was beaten in November by fellow Japanese player AUM aun with a score of 33,623,410. What makes me think they might be female? Because of their avatar (unless they like cross-dressing):

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I thought it was interesting anyway...

Does anyone know what the world records are for the other versions? How does this score compare?
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I believe some guys have female avatars for various reasons, and I've seen quite a few instances already. Mine's a female right now, since I'd rather have a cute girl on my screen than looking at a poor representation of myself.

However, if that player is a girl... :shock: :D
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I was so annoyed by this avatar shit that I selected the first choice on my jp account and it happened to be female.
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i'm sure japan is full of slim blonde white women who rock on ikaruga. don't you dare tell me otherwise
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I don't think this is enough evidence.
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Re: Worlds Best XBLA Ikaruga Player is [possibly] Female

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bcass wrote:Well, I was surprised anyway. Japanese player ga key has held the top spot since April, but his score was beaten in November by fellow Japanese player AUM aun with a score of 33,623,410. What makes me think they might be female? Because of their avatar (unless they like cross-dressing):

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I thought it was interesting anyway...

Does anyone know what the world records are for the other versions? How does this score compare?
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That doesn't mean anything, my avatars are always girls, and I'm a guy.

Then again, I made my XBox Live avatar look like me.
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I don't know what's more worrying - a female holding the world record Ikaruga score or a male having a female avatard.
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that's a mighty awful avatar, by the way.
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Doctor Fugue wrote:I believe some guys have female avatars for various reasons...
I found a similar trend on PC modding forums. An overwhelming amount of their modded PC pics feature some half naked chic draped across the desktop when showing off their computers. I can't help but think that the amount of female avatars/desktops/etc. is inversely proportional to folks' experience w/ analog women.

BTW, Doctor Fugue, NARC avatar ftw!!! :D
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A good chunk of the posters on here would be hot Asian models if our avatars were suppose to be representative of our actual appearance.
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bcass wrote:I don't know what's more worrying - a female holding the world record Ikaruga score or a male having a female avatard.
I don't know what's more annoying - someone thinking something virtual is an accurate representation of a real person, or a sexist.

Oh whatever, I'll just go with both.
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Well, even though I should know better, I often picture people looking like their avatars. It´s a pretty bizarre picture.
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i hope you don't look like your avatar :)
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Many Japanese players use female avatars, play any MMORPG with Japanese people and a good 90% of them will be playing female characters. Hell, I have some Japanese people on my friendlist that I know are male, and they have female avatars.
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undamned wrote:
BTW, Doctor Fugue, NARC avatar ftw!!! :D
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I hope to see more threads like this in the future.
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Female avatars are overrated. ;)

But then again, that's coming from someone who can find male avatars to be as attractive as female avatars.
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Elixir wrote:
bcass wrote:I don't know what's more worrying - a female holding the world record Ikaruga score or a male having a female avatard.
I don't know what's more annoying - someone thinking something virtual is an accurate representation of a real person, or a sexist.

Oh whatever, I'll just go with both.
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Espgaluda II, Ikaruga and Senkô no Ronde-player... not a professional, but her looks speak for her ^^

She is good at milking, too.
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I'll bet she is.
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undamned wrote:I can't help but think that the amount of female avatars/desktops/etc. is inversely proportional to folks' experience w/ analog women.
Correct!!
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iatneH wrote:analog women
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aventus wrote:[img]

... not a professional, but her looks speak for her ^^
I'm sure the back of a girl's head is attractive to some kinds of people.
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Icarus wrote:
aventus wrote:[img]

... not a professional, but her looks speak for her ^^
I'm sure the back of a girl's head is attractive to some kinds of people.
Exactly what I thought when I read that, heh.
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[quote="jpj"]i hope you don't look like your avatar :)[/quote

I hope we all look like our avatars!

And though admit I'm always (pleasantly) surprised to see female shmup players, I wish it wasn't an issue. I see why it is, as loads of us are male players, but I wish the way the world was meant female players didn't even cause us to raise an eyebrow...
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originalz wrote:Many Japanese players use female avatars, play any MMORPG with Japanese people and a good 90% of them will be playing female characters. Hell, I have some Japanese people on my friendlist that I know are male, and they have female avatars.
the same could be said about Americans. I can't quote 90% but its close to 50%. I usually play a guy but in Guild Wars I played a female since her dance was more enjoyable to watch. Belly Dance > Seinfeld dance IMO.
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