Hail to the Chief

One thing you notice very quickly if you play MMOs for any length of time is how different the experience is based on the gender of your character. Playing as a female character means dealing with a lot more unwanted attention than a male character.

It’s not necessarily offensive, mind you – just irritating, dealing with a constant barrage of friend requests, guild invitations, and guys who, on seeing a woman, decide they needed to ‘protect’ you – generally by following you around, making it impossible to complete your quests by killing anything near you before you get a chance, and generally getting in the way.

At least, I’d always assumed this sort of behaviour was a response to a female avatar – I’d only ever seen this sort of thing while playing as one of my female characters in Champions Online. But now…

Well, it’s weird. I’ve been seeing the same sort of thing happen around my newest character… Zombie Abraham Lincoln.

I guess even as an undead shambling monster, Lincoln’s still popular enough people want to be his friend?