https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/19/star-wars-game-to-allow-same-sex-relationships/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/19/star-wars-game-to-allow-same-sex-relationships/#comment-12773 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=16911#comment-12773 LOL. This is actually a lot more complex than being a gay/straight issue. Studies show that 85% of the MMORPG community is male, yet there is a very high population of female characters on game servers, which leads to the MMORPG gender bender conundrum. (There are numerous scientific studies on this, believe it or not!!) In short it has less to do with sexual orientation and more with pure role playing, perception etc. To use a non-MMO example – straight men LOVE controlling Lara Croft in Tomb Raider games. If they actually had the option to let Lara have a romance, would it be with a man, or with a woman…? LOL

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