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Just wondered how you react as a dancer to a customer of the same sex?

Most of the dancers in SWG are female, and I've noticed that when a female warrior (All combat types I mean) come into the cantina's, they're mostly ignored (Yes I know about 95% of them are really male behind the character). Yet I take the time to flrit, wink, etc.. Most like it and I find I get good tips from them. Yet I also get some negative reaction from others in the cantina, most of knocking of the lesbo crap etc. Yet I do less than I've seen from a lot of others. So I wonder, do you guys just look for girls? Do any of you girls, pay any attention when women come in?

Ra-ka

My character is a female dancer (well, an entertainer right now, working on novice dance skill). She says hello to everyone I notice come into the cantina. Keyword there is "notice". I roleplay the whole time so if I have the camera spun around the wrong way sometimes I miss it when someone walks in, but I always, /greet, /wave, or /say hello to them. If several people come in at once I say something like, "Welcome to the cantina everyone. Hope you enjoy the show."

My character generally does not flirt unless someone tips her generously or starts flirting with her, and then she makes a decision based on how the person is acting. She doesn't "swing that way" so she wouldn't flirt with a female but she would certainly be friendly and polite after a nice tip or if someone is just being friendly and polite to her.

With armor and headmasks, I can't always TELL if someone is male or female, actually, until I do something like /wave and the game tells me "You wave to her." Names are often odd enough that you can't tell... :-)

C

I do not usually flirt with my patrons unless they flirt with me and I feel like it.. Ania is a bit shy, bless her heart. I try to pay the same amount of attention to everyone, unless they ignore me. And the above poster is right, with all the armor and helmets, half the time sex is hard to determine unless you perform an emote towards them!

The oddest situation I have gotten into was when a female patron started flirting with me and actually propositioned me! I just /blush'd and told her no, but continued acting polite and friendly towards her. Of course, shortly thereafter she started accusing a friend of mine of really being a guy and insulting her.. that was about when I stopped being nice

Ah, someone to add to the /ignore list...

C

As a guy, I'm very leary of all those female toons actually being men. So...I'll wait for those that flirt with me first, or ones that I catch watching me (when there are others that could be watched).

As for the others, and the same sex customers, I keep it to a hello, welcome, greet. There's a ton of socials that work just fine.

Generally I /smile or /wave or /greet everyone that walks in (if I see them). That lets me know who is a guy and who is a girl. When I get a tip I /blowkiss to the guys and /beam at the girls with a big Thank you for both. Don't care if the tip is only 10 credits, they all get the same. Other than that I play it by ear. If it's someone I know really well I might /cheek and I tend to /evilgrin and /curtsey a lot.

Min'tora Ehi

Well, I say hello and /wave to everyone that walks in, male or female.

I dance and my RL husband is a musician that travels around with me to cantina's, so I'm not one to flirt with the customers, either male, or female. I do make it a point to chatter away with anyone and everyone though..and I'm known to compulsively /hug a droid whenever I see one around

Oh, and being that I am married in game and out (to the same guy)..what I do when I geta tip is /hi5 whoever tipped me. Works great and people often get a kick out of it!

As an RLgirl, playing a girl... I have to say I am usually disappointed bymywelcome in the crushing majority of cantinas galaxy-wide. Or rather, the lack of welcome. On those rare occasions where one or more of the entertainment troupe is friendly and greets/converses withme in a way that doesn't feel 'canned' I tip generously and I do remember these people for if I run into them in the future.

But, that is the exception. The rule is thatmuch of the time I'm ignored totally, or get a generalized macro greeting.While many entertainers are AFK - especially in outlying cantinas - many are not. A large portion of the entertainers who ignore me totally unless and until I heal or tip them (and sometimes afterward), are busily flirting with the male clientele or chatting with their personal friends.

I didn't ever go into cantinas to flirt - either with males or females. I used to go to try and socialize andstrike upa conversation with the entertainers or other guests, make some friends, have a good time. But now I only go when I have to heal. At this point - even though I'm not interested in it - I'd be thrilled to have a dancer hit on me just because it would mean she knew I was there

I want to enjoy hanging around a cantina... but usually these days I leave as soon as I'm done healing because I don't feel engaged, or even welcomed, by thepeople there. I'll tip the person I /watched or /listened to or both, but it's like the perfunctory two dollars you leaveon the table ata sleazy diner because even though the service was non-existent, it's polite to tip.

Eck! I'm sorry to hear you've been treated so poorly!

As a rl female myself, playing a female character, I'd have to totally agree with what you're saying thugh. I see it all too often. Male customer walks in and....Bam! He's greeted and catered to like there's no tomorrow. A female walks in and a good potion of the time, get no recognition whatsoever. I personally feels that that blows!

I talk to anyone, and everyone that'll listen to me. I often continue my babble to patrons in /tells once they've left the cantina if I feel they are truly enjoying my cpmany and silliness.

My style is to be the silly, fun-loving dancer. The one who starts babbling away about everything from how many times I just fell on my butt,to how much I love the cute looks of a probot droid, to how much the Tusken Raider masks freak me out! I'm there to entertain, heal and make some friends, not flirt or whatnot, so I'm gonna cater to my customer, whether male or female! I hope that you'll run into someone like me, or my fellow posters. We're out there, that's for sure!

I always try to smile, greet or welcome everyone that comes into the cantina male or female. It's a shame that female characters are being ignored in these situations (whether they're a male or female in rl ) and being a girl playing a girl it's kind of sad to see the way female characters are treated in all games in general.

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As a rl female myself, playing a female character, I'd have to totally agree with what you're saying thugh. I see it all too often. Male customer walks in and....Bam! He's greeted and catered to like there's no tomorrow. A female walks in and a good potion of the time, get no recognition whatsoever. I personally feels that that blows!

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This is a very interesting thread.

As a male, I tend to greet and chat up everyone regardless of gender. I don't normally take it beyond pleasantries until I've seen the person come into the local venue a couple of times. With all of the unasked for attention that the average female gets in these sorts of games, I'd rather err on the side of caution and maybe appear reserved as opposed to giving the impression of hitting on someone. My char doesn't overtly flirt unless he knows someone very well and I'm sure that person will take it in the manner intended.

Dearic/Bria seems to be a very casual and friendly place compared to many out there so I haven't seen much of the behavior being mentioned here, but I think I'll look out for it in the future. I'd hate to think that my lady patrons were feeling ignored because the dancers were all concentrating on the men.

same here. when I dance I treat everyone the same cause everyone is a patron. I don't think a greeting has anything to do with sexuality or anything. People who don't freet or pay attentiont o a customer cause they feel it makes them "gay" are just pretty immature. I'm female and bi too however that doesn't influence how I treat the customers...err uhh well patrons...I mean spectators...cause you have to like pay to actually be a customer or a patron :laughs: