10 Embarrassing Things We All Did In Famous Video Games

8. Playing As A Woman To Get More Loot - World Of Warcraft

As any guy who has ever played an MMORPG knows, you always end up having an easier ride if you play as a female character, and even more so if you pretend to be a female behind the keyboard as well.

Not to stereotype the user-base of World of Warcraft too much, but some of its denizens are a tad...deprived in the relationship department, and so will seek solace in the digital arms of a lady Blood Elf, for instance. As such, playing as a female character and having a little cutesy wordplay with male players can result in you being gifted equipment, weapons and armour which would otherwise be considerably more difficult to obtain.

And you'll probably have an easier time with raids, too, in that players will be less likely to tell you to p*** off because you're a Lvl 15 "noob". The effect has worn off somewhat in 2014, given that gaming isn't the nerdy activity primarily for males that it once was, though many of us no doubt have painful memories of pretending to be women and whoring our digital selves out for loot. The things we said, the promises we made. Oh dear.