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Originally posted by UncertaintyP

Originally posted by Flyte27

To tell the truth the first thing that comes into my mind is why would anyone want to wear high heals?  They are devices made by man so that women will look sexy, but they are painful to wear and bad for the body.  If I was a girl I would never wear such a thing.

 

No they weren't.

OK they started out as boots for riding horses, but the current incarnation of high heels is obviously not for riding horses.  It does say that men wore them for fashion too at some point, but now it's just women.

SWG. Nuff said.

who cares?

They are shoes, and pretty shoes at that.

Originally posted by Flyte27

Originally posted by deviliscious

For flat footed women yes they can be uncomfortable, and painful ( I have seen my sisters feet after we went dancing), but for girls like me with very high arches I am more comfortable in heels than I am in most tennis shoes. In order for me to even be able to wear most tennis shoes I have to put in high arc supports that often slip when I run anyhow or I am in sever pain. Now ballet shoes , or heels I am fine.  There are only a few brands currently on the market that even make shoes with enough high arc support, and often the ones that claim they do, do not even feel like it when I am wearing them. For me heels are a blessing not a curse. LOL!

 

Yeah, but how can you run or do anything in high heels?  If someone was chasing you for some reason or you had to run somewhere fast you would be in big trouble.

It's the same as Bikini Armor. It's magic.

Originally posted by ketrine

who cares?

They are shoes, and pretty shoes at that.

Generally they make no sense to wear though as they hinder your walking and running ability.  That is my only qualm against them.  If they made you look sexy and allowed you to walk normally then I wouldn't care much.  According to Wikki most of the high heals originally were not that high and had some form of reason to be worn.  The high heels now are just for show and they hinder your movement.  I would apply a High heel movement penalty in game. :P  60% movment speed reduction and a chance to trip on movement.

Originally posted by gillvane1

Originally posted by Flyte27

Originally posted by deviliscious

For flat footed women yes they can be uncomfortable, and painful ( I have seen my sisters feet after we went dancing), but for girls like me with very high arches I am more comfortable in heels than I am in most tennis shoes. In order for me to even be able to wear most tennis shoes I have to put in high arc supports that often slip when I run anyhow or I am in sever pain. Now ballet shoes , or heels I am fine.  There are only a few brands currently on the market that even make shoes with enough high arc support, and often the ones that claim they do, do not even feel like it when I am wearing them. For me heels are a blessing not a curse. LOL!

 

Yeah, but how can you run or do anything in high heels?  If someone was chasing you for some reason or you had to run somewhere fast you would be in big trouble.

 

It's the same as Bikini Armor. It's magic.

 

 

 

Haha thats true.  It looks more like strip dancer then warrior.

Originally posted by Consensus

Girls? Whats girls, precious??

 

 

 

Come on now. stop pretending you all know bollocks about girls. this is a mmorpg forum for christs sake. if you want to attract girls unplug your computer.

 

seriously where is the "I am not a girl and do not claim to speak for them" option?

Sorry I'm from the real world, where we don't have any retarded "play games" OR " talk to women" dichotomies.

Originally posted by Flyte27
 

The first thing that comes to me mind is Barby meets JI Joe.  :)

It would scare me a bit to see things like this in an MMO, but I understand that women have to have their thing to and guys will just have to put up with it I guess.  I was hoping that with the womens gainning more power in in the world they would leave dress up behind them and embrace the more combat oriented male approach to games instead using female characters.  IT's OK to add dress up and dancing to a game, but it seems to sterotypical of what a submissive girl would do.

I think you're being stereotypical by assuming that combat is the only thing male players enjoy.  I hate combat in most mmos.  It's just so fake.  The winner is decided by simple math, there's no real risk, and it becomes very monotonous after awhile. 

On the other hand, I have no interest in fashion IRL.  I did however enjoy playing an Image Designer in SWG.  I like playing merchant type characters, and the only other alternative was become and crafter and make things by *click* *click* *click* ten thousand times.  At least avatar customization gave me a chance to practice some creativity, and I apparently had a decent eye for aesthetics.  I might have chosen something different if the crafting was less of a grind, but it wasn't and I didn't.  Admittedly it wasn't bad compared to most games, but it was still to repetitive for me.

I hate grinding, so whenever I start looking at a new game, I always start by looking for tradeskill or service roles.  These bring me into contact with other players, so it's not always so predictable.