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[The Basilisk]

As MechwarriorOnline will be more a computer game then a dating service it dosn't bother me if my oposite player is male or female as long as *it* (the warmachine) goes down.

By the way big mighty powerful macho warmachines ..... hmmm

[HardDrive]

KingCobra, on 26 November 2011 - 09:08 AM, said:

I dont think they look like eather sexes just metal boxes of death and destruction.But i do like female Madcat pilots check it out

http://mechworld.moo...otos/4556864768 upper left box bottom row middle pic

As far as animated representations of real women go, thats not a bad one at all.

[HardDrive]

I would have voted no, but being as these are just sophisticated tanks I have no interest in seeing "designs that aren't."

[Arro]

I'd like to throw in a little fact: When tanks were introduced during the First World War they were assigned genders, "male" tanks favouring heavier guns derived from the field guns and artillery of the era, and "female" tanks favouring machine guns and tasked with specific anti-infantry roles. Eventually the terminology was phased out as more and more tanks were designed to incorporate both sorts of weapons to varying degrees.

Applying the same logic to mechs, you could say that designs like the Piranha or Firestarter are "feminine" mech designs due to their preponderance towards anti-infantry weaponry, whereas something like the Devastator is a "masculine" mech design due to its armament of PPCs and Gauss Rifles, almost exclusively considered weapons to use against hard targets. By that logic, something like the Warhammer could be considered a gender neutral or genderless mech design, as it carries a balanced array of weapons for use against infantry and armour.

Of course, if we're talking about male and female mech designs as in mechs with giant hips and lumpy chests or tragically-positioned groin cannons, then I think you're just being a bit silly!

Edited by Arro, 26 November 2011 - 10:08 AM.

[Glory in the Highest]

Tweaks, on 26 November 2011 - 09:13 AM, said:

Why would we even WANT 'Mechs that look feminine? 'Mechs are not meant to be ****, they are meant to look mean and scary!

Ok speaking from a lady's perspective - first of all, a 'Mech doesn't look "****" (whatever that means) if it's feminine. Misogyny much? Come on now. Get off this kick of thinking femininity = fragility/weakness. I even saw one of you use the word "fragile"!

Anyway, a lot of OmniMechs have a feminine feel to them ... TimberWolf, NovaCat, Mad Dog, ShadowCat... IMO, anyway. I'd call them a "she" before a "he". Curvy and sleek. Some of them are downright succubi.

As for the IS, the Griffin is a girly-mech and one of my favorites by far.

Urbies on the other hand ...

Edited by glory, 26 November 2011 - 10:35 AM.

[Melissia]

With the exception of some of the assaults (Atlas comes to mind with its huge shoulders)... not really.

Most just look androgynous.

Edited by Melissia, 26 November 2011 - 10:31 AM.

[Mechteric]

Mechs are asexual, therefore gender doesn't apply.


However I do hope the devs put in feminine paint/camo designs and the like to have extra choices in decorations. Of course I anticipate the Black Widow design to be the most popular

[Melissia]

Well yeah, who wouldn't want to be like one of the most badass mechwarriors in history? hehe.

[Hayden]

Spider comes to mind as not looking particularly masculine.

[Uncl Munkeh]

feor, on 26 November 2011 - 09:04 AM, said:

I say no, as I maintain to this day that the Kintaro has a skirt.



No to say that there aren't mechs with particularly masculine features....

That is so funny!

[Datum]

I tend to think of the Clan Omnis as female.
I think it's because of that **** computer voice back in MW2 that I grew up with.
Visually, though, certain ones do look very feminine in their proportions, such as the Stormcrow or Mad Dog.

[DCleric]

If you are talking Physical appearance, yes a few have more feminine proportions. If you are talking about how one thinks of their mech, well I must admit to a rather misogynist personality trait in that I always think of my mechs as feminine. Sorry it's a bad response from my days in the navy. Ships are always to be treated like a lady and then they'll always bring you home.

[Mattiator]

I refer to all of my 'Mechs as feminine, similar to ships. Even MechWarrior refers to 'Mechs as feminine. Most of the 'feminine design' 'Mechs I can think of off the top of my head have already been mentioned. Most of the designs are gender neutral, in my opinion, but I agree there are more 'Male' designs (i.e. Atlas, Centurion, etc.) then there are 'female' designs (i.e. Vixen, Valkyrie, etc.)

"She's not the biggest mech around, but she's fast, and packs quite a punch" -Training Captain on the Shadowcat.
The above quote was also said of the Bushwhacker.

The Shadowcat:

The Incubus/Vixen:

[CeeKay Boques]

This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for killing, this is for fun.

The projectile weapon below your waist is built for sending projectiles into a hostile environment (only 1 in a million live) and penetrating the objective.

Most guns are built on this same design, elongated barrel for direction, muzzle for release. As men are built evolutionarily for killing, wouldn't that be the prime design for a robot with the same nature?

That being said, you might refer to your mech as "she", because of either its fickle nature, or the comforting, at home feeling you have in the command couch.

A woman does not bring a circular boomarang weapon to fight with because she identifies with it more, she brings the exact same thing, the most effective killer. Its not the masculine design, but the paint that might matter... if a woman warrior so needed to exclaim her feminity so much that that was necessary. Perhaps in the 31st century, mankind has finally gotten over their sexism and just take the best design available to them...

Would a woman feel weird shooting out **** rockets? Probably just as much as if I had to fire that Mackies Wanginator.

[Makaveli]

When you see these http://www.flickr.co...N08/6324417115/ hanging from my Thor, you will have no doubt the mechanical preference of my Mech.

Edited by Makaveli, 26 November 2011 - 12:54 PM.

[Melissia]

DCleric, on 26 November 2011 - 11:41 AM, said:

If you are talking Physical appearance, yes a few have more feminine proportions. If you are talking about how one thinks of their mech, well I must admit to a rather misogynist personality trait in that I always think of my mechs as feminine. Sorry it's a bad response from my days in the navy. Ships are always to be treated like a lady and then they'll always bring you home.

Personally, I don't think that thinking of a massive, technologically advanced killing machine capable of destroying entire cities as "feminine" is misogynistic in and of itself...

[Orzorn]

Thinking of mechs in any sort of gender is just thinking or looking waaay too hard into things.

If I wanted to get technical, mechs are a sort of craft, and crafts (such as ships) are usually referred to in a feminine manner.

Yes, even the Atlas!

[Melissia]

The Atlas must be a Bearded Lady, then.

[Karn Evil]

Following the naval tradition of all ships being female, if I refer to my 'Mech with a gender-specific pronoun at all, it's bound to be feminine, with the singular exception of the Daishi named Halloween Jack, which gets a masculine pronoun largely because of the origin of its nickname.

[MaddMaxx]

Why would anyone castrate the Kintaro like that? Other than to answer the stupidest question ever posed.

Would you ever aim for a Mechs ******? (do not answer that please)