Emissary Vex.5690 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 There is a heart in the Domain of Vabbi called [be the Life of the Party](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Be_the_life_of_the_party "Be the Life of the Party"). One of the activities is to find and match up couples. There are straight couples and lesbian couples. But no gay couples? Guild Wars 2 has a history now of only having lesbian couples; and its happened a few too many times now to be a coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrubySzymek.1362 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 You can match male only couples aswell. Good luck with your adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emissary Vex.5690 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 You can't. I spent a good amount of time making sure I checked every NPC. ALL of the men asked to be matched with women; and one woman asked for another woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malleth.5621 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 There are gay matches. This was posted on reddit a few days ago infact: https://imgur.com/a/vsE6p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihnyx.6318 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Heh, you can expand that by "only human lesbians"? <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haishao.6851 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I've matched guys together twice during that heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emissary Vex.5690 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 There are sylvari lesbians though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emissary Vex.5690 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @Malleth.5621 said: > There are gay matches. This was posted on reddit a few days ago infact: https://imgur.com/a/vsE6p Oh thanks for sharing. I wonder if there is a code that randomizes it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEKnowledgy.1760 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @"Emissary Vex.5690" said: > You can't. I spent a good amount of time making sure I checked every NPC. ALL of the men asked to be matched with women; and one woman asked for another woman. so if they have female faces they are females? Are you sure about that? i've seen a few transgender male to female conversions that was pretty convincing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenooble.5014 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 King Joko doesn't look highly on the gays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare.1234 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @Chickenooble.5014 said: > King Joko doesn't look highly on the gays? he does if you seen his chamber of lovers, he likes a bit of everything that Joko does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlemanic.3198 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Wasn't there a gay sylvari couple? I can't remember. I think there was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrubySzymek.1362 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @castlemanic.3198 said: > Wasn't there a gay sylvari couple? I can't remember. I think there was. In sylvari personal story, it was green knight arc I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseofGilead.8907 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I've done that heart several times now, and I've gotten male-to-male pairings at least a couple of times. It's just semi-random. You can even end up matching the same person with two different people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Fro.6953 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I'd honestly prefer they just keep it all out of the *game.* :) Too many fires get started between people. Honestly, no offense to *anyone.* I would truly just rather leave this content in the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintpixie.7398 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 "Palawa Joko's Amusement Authority demands that our citizens possibly find love and definitely procreate. Your efforts in entertaining have resulted in an uptick in potential population, helping supply rise to meet demand. Well done, and praise Joko! " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayakaru.6583 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Aren't like a third of the sylvari male-gay? But why do you want gay couples so badly? Would it affect your gameplay. Can't you RP as a gay player instead? I fail to see how sexual orientation is relevant in a game where mighty warriors duke with dragons and liches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I'll confirm that you can get male-male pairs in that heart, I was rather pleased when it happened the first time I was there. I think it's pure RNG who you get sent to find after talking to a broken hearted person. One time there was a male-male pair that were standing about 5' from each other, I didn't even have to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewthief.8649 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @"Chicken Fro.6953" said: > I'd honestly prefer they just keep it all out of the *game.* :) Too many fires get started between people. Honestly, no offense to *anyone.* I would truly just rather leave this content in the real world. Seriously. I really don't understand why this kind of thing adds anything to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihnyx.6318 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @Ayakaru.6583 said: > Aren't like a third of the sylvari male-gay? > But why do you want gay couples so badly? > Would it affect your gameplay. Can't you RP as a gay player instead? I fail to see how sexual orientation is relevant in a game where mighty warriors duke with dragons and liches It's not just a game where warriors fight gods and dragons, there's a lot of casualization in this game, therefore, it kind of make sense. And being a mighty warrior being necessarily straight is kind of a cliche, that some people could get offended by. I know at least of one book with dragons where one of the dragon knight is gay (one of the dragonriders of Pern) I don't think it's a priority, but I would love for example to have a marriage feature that would serve for sharing account bound stuff between two characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewthief.8649 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @Deihnyx.6318 said: > > @Ayakaru.6583 said: > > Aren't like a third of the sylvari male-gay? > > But why do you want gay couples so badly? > > Would it affect your gameplay. Can't you RP as a gay player instead? I fail to see how sexual orientation is relevant in a game where mighty warriors duke with dragons and liches > > It's not just a game where warriors fight gods and dragons, there's a lot of casualization in this game, therefore, it kind of make sense. > And being a mighty warrior being necessarily straight is kind of a cliche, that some people could get offended by. I know at least of one book with dragons where one of the dragon knight is gay (one of the dragonriders of Pern) > > I don't think it's a priority, but I would love for example to have a marriage feature that would serve for sharing account bound stuff between two characters. Yeah, I really don't think it belongs in the game. Any of it, to be honest. I honestly do not get why the sexual orientation of a pixelated character, in an MMO, is a valid concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacial.9516 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Who's to say Anet made a conscious decision about the pairings of this particular heart? They may have added a number of seekers and a number of love interests, then set each seeker to randomly choose one of the remaining interests when you speak with them. Either way, I see no reason to specifically target nor avoid same gender pairings. If it makes sense then do it and just let whatever happens happen. *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayumi Spender.1082 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @crewthief.8649 said: > > @Deihnyx.6318 said: > > > @Ayakaru.6583 said: > > > Aren't like a third of the sylvari male-gay? > > > But why do you want gay couples so badly? > > > Would it affect your gameplay. Can't you RP as a gay player instead? I fail to see how sexual orientation is relevant in a game where mighty warriors duke with dragons and liches > > > > It's not just a game where warriors fight gods and dragons, there's a lot of casualization in this game, therefore, it kind of make sense. > > And being a mighty warrior being necessarily straight is kind of a cliche, that some people could get offended by. I know at least of one book with dragons where one of the dragon knight is gay (one of the dragonriders of Pern) > > > > I don't think it's a priority, but I would love for example to have a marriage feature that would serve for sharing account bound stuff between two characters. > > Yeah, I really don't think it belongs in the game. Any of it, to be honest. I honestly do not get why the sexual orientation of a pixelated character, in an MMO, is a valid concern. > > I'll be okay with it as long as I can stay asexual. I don't think it would be fair to be forced into marriage in any way, shape, or form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtakuModeEngage.8679 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 > @"Chicken Fro.6953" said: > I'd honestly prefer they just keep it all out of the *game.* :) Too many fires get started between people. Honestly, no offense to *anyone.* I would truly just rather leave this content in the real world. But media reflects the culture and culture reflectd the media, it is unavoidable. This happeness for two reasons: If media is to be taken seriously and have a lot of depth and realness to it, it must reflect real life events and culture trends. Not only that, but the LGBT community has been ranting for years about being unrepresented in media, and so now game developers, film makers, and even novalist are attempting to ammed that to keep and/or grow their audience. As a bisexual myself however, I say fuck it. Dont lose sight of whats truly important: telling a good story. If diversly sexual characters have a pivitol role in the plot, and are needed to drive the story; they should be in. But if they add nothing to the natural deveopment of the story and are placed there just for the sake of having them there, then they become no more than paper place holders. Characters should be created for the sake of the story, and not the sake of the audience. If its a good story, people will read it without you attempting to crowd please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda.1967 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 They may have a history of putting lesbian couples more in the front line of things (Caithe & Faolin, Marjory & Kasmeer)... but there actually are quite a few gay couples throughout the game. As someone already mentioned, there is in fact a gay Sylvari couple in the Sylvari Personal Story, there are also a few gay Sylvari couples that can be located in The Grove by anyone. I don't remember which settlement it was in, but in one of the human towns you can overhear a conversation where a male proudly proclaims "I'm glad I married my husband". In fact, there are actually more gay couples located throughout the world in open areas of the map than there are lesbian couples, you just have to explore and find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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