My largest hobby beyond gaming is reading and writing. So it's no surprise that I would like story driven and RPG type games. I generally do have the generic "Me" character that is male and does what I would do. However I also enjoy creating new characters following certain archetypes. Some are male while others are female. For instance the majority of magic using characters that I make are female, mostly because my favorite mage type characters are often the "evil sorceress". I still get the experience that I would get with my "Me" character but I also play through thinking about what my specific character would do in a situation rather than what I would do. I therefore get to have experiences and outcomes that I previously would never have seen, and I still have a connection to my character as I've molded their personality and traits off of my favorite characters from different books/stories. All in all, what I'm doing is creating a character that I would like to watch go through the story and see what happens when I mix things up. That being said I do tend to make characters that I still feel a connection with but that is more on a personality/emotional level rather than physical appearance.