if someone wants to play against a straight version, playing the actual char themselves defeats the purpose.

for what it's worth, i've actually wound up doing just that, making the chars i've wanted to play against and it's not the same. i don't mind doing it and i play m/f versions, but half the time, i'm a shitty version because it's not my best playing type and i'd rather play with them, not as them. not that any of the m/m versions are stellar either, so it's lose lose all around.