I picked the blue options.

I didn't roleplay, I played myself. What did I want to do/say in that situation. That's how I played.

When given the choice, I always role play my characters to be as perfect as I am. ;)

" I didn't roleplay, I played myself. What did I want to do/say in that situation. That's how I played. "

I think I actually did.
 
In mass effect 1, I initially tried to go all out renegade but then there were some options where I just couldn't. So I chose whatever felt "right" for my shepard according to how she started off. That's why I like that they got rid of the paragon/renegade achievements in mass effect 2, cause now I can keep doing that without thinking (damn, I need 2-3 more big choices before the end to get either one of the achievements - in ME1, I literally got the renegade achievement with the final decision in the game since my para/ren points were so balanced out over the game)

For my second playthrough, I made a FemShep (Full renegade cause badass Jennifer Hale is badass) and decided to make her the polar opposite of my male Shepard who is full paragon.  For the sequel I still played with renegade in mind for pretty much most of the game until when I finally decided to be nice when talking to my teammates. Now she has full renegade as well as over half paragon. It's like my FemShep has gradually changed her personality from ridiculous badass to ridiculous badass with a heart. Much like Sten from Dragon Age: Origins. The entire game then feels like a journey where she  gets to know her crew more, much like in how the teammates open up to Shepard when they initiate deeper conversations. I'm definitely going to try balance her in Mass Effect 3 so that she's not just pure evil or pure good.

First playthrough: I picked what I wanted to see, leaning towards blue. 
Second playthrough: Blue all the way. 
Third playthrough: Red all the way.

I tend to do a full paragon playthrough and then a full renegade playthrough. That way you see both ends of the spectrum.

Yeah. 
 
My Shepard didn't stop wetting the bed until he was 13.

I generally play nice but sometimes the Renegade stuff looks too awesome, and I go that direction. But I usually play one that leans good and one that leans bad. I'm re-playing both Mass Effect 1 & 2 right now as a mean lady shepherd. Very fun being the tough chic, kicking ass and taking names. ;)

Well I'm a kind person in real life and I don't like being an asshole, so I played my Shepard like a full paragon

Yes in the first one my Shepard was very virtuous but in number two as the situation he was in got more and more desperate and  became much more morally ambiguous to complete the tasks he needed to  ie:  Helping torturer that guy in the Garrus loyalty misson, killing that bar tender who tries to poison you, shooting through that hostages arm to kill the Spectre in Lair of the Shadow Broker ect. I think the Mass Effect story is set up to make Shepard more morally conflicted as the series goes on.

I think Bioware should take the whole paragon/renegade system out of ME 3, it forces players to min/max if they want to complete certain missions or resolve arguements. It's boring going through the whole game and not being allowed to press RT and kick a dude out a window because my 'Renegade' score will go up. Leave the speech options so I can say what I would say but not be punished for it.

" I didn't roleplay, I played myself. What did I want to do/say in that situation. That's how I played. "

" I didn't roleplay, I played myself. What did I want to do/say in that situation. That's how I played. "

" I didn't roleplay, I played myself. What did I want to do/say in that situation. That's how I played. "

" I didn't roleplay, I played myself. What did I want to do/say in that situation. That's how I played. "

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I think Bioware should take the whole paragon/renegade system out of ME 3, it forces players to min/max if they want to complete certain missions or resolve arguements. It's boring going through the whole game and not being allowed to press RT and kick a dude out a window because my 'Renegade' score will go up. Leave the speech options so I can say what I would say but not be punished for it.

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Fuck no. I play it in a way that maximizes the amount of content I can see in a single playthrough, which means I make decisions that will benefit my goals even if I don't agree with them personally (although I totally punched that bitch reporter!)

I don't really role play. 
 
Just sometimes I think "WWMSD"  (What Would My Shepard Do). And decide on an action. 
 
Generally ends up being Paragon. 
 
I just make a Renegade character on the 2nd run.

If I'm not min-maxing then I'm probably not having fun.

I played Shepard in the way I thought she would think it necessary to protect the galaxy.  Not necessarily the way I would.  Lady Shepard is way more of a hardass than I am, I could tell that as soon as I loaded her up into the original Mass Effect and she raised her eyebrow and frowned angrily at the report from Eden Prime.  I built an image of what she respected, and what she wouldn't tolerate, and went from there.
 
Shepard is Shepard, Shepard ain't me.  I played Dragon Age and both of the Fallout games with the player character as my avatar, but Mass Effect is Shepard's story and I'm merely guiding her through it.  Dragon Age II will be Hawke's story, and I'll guide... probably him, through it.  Depends on who voice acts Lady Hawke.  If it's Jennifer Hale, then fuck yeah Lady Hawke.

"I picked the blue options. "

I roleplayed my Shep.  My Shepard's personality can be distilled as "servant of the innocent first and judge, jury, and executioner to the guilty second."  Basically, I picked the blue option until I was sure that the person was guilty.  Once sure of wrong doing, I shot the person in the face.

I don't really roleplay it, but I do have a very clear arc for my main Shepard that I'm pretty comfortable with, going from ME1 to ME2 and it's one of the reason I'm excited for ME3. He has weaknesses, fears, vices, prejudices, hopes, and all that. While reconciling my Shepard's outlook and the way he does things with my Completionist self is a bit challenging, I feel like, from the way I've made him, and the way his story is going, I've never really had a problem. I consider myself more of the Director than anything.
 
So kind of, I guess.

I just go straight paragon or straight renegade, the game is kinda weak considering that it rewards you for dialogue options for either being all good or all evil but I don't mind. I like seeing both extremes, never played down the middle.

I pick the option I feel like I would realistically make.

I did this. It tells you what should have happened if you were there. 
 
Then I make a second file to be a massive ass to everyone.
 
 
Did the former in Persona 3 too. HUGE MISTAKE.

" I picked the blue options. "

I played as heelish as possible in the hope that his face would eventually fall off to reveal a Terminator skull. Also, pushing guys out of a window.

Kind of hard to roleplay when your only options are to be a dick or a saint.
This isn't exactly a deep RPG here folks.

I make the decisions based on what I think would be the right thing to do, the first time round. 

I tried taking a more nuanced approach the first time through ME1, being ruthless when it mattered (sacrificing the Council, killing the Rachni, etc.), but not just being a dick for the sake of it.  IIRC I still ended up being a "Paragon" at the end playing like that, which annoyed me.  Playing ME1 (& later ME2) on PC I just went straight Renegade/Dick.  
 
The whole Paragon/Renegade system and the mechanics surrounding it are hands down the worst thing about Mass Effect, because they actively discourage role playing.  Those mechanics made sense in the Star Wars universe (KOTOR) and in a fairytale setting (Fable) -where people are either 'Good' or 'Evil'- but the Mass Effect universe is less black & white than that.  The system doesn't fit with the universe.

I make him have my flaws. 

The whole thing pisses me off. 
Personally I'd prefer they didn't have achievements AT ALL for how you choose to do things (even if it is like ME2 where you can max either) because it still encourages you to lean more to one side. I realise this is an entirely personal problem and I could solve it by not caring about achievements but I'm addicted to those stupid fucking things, they're the bane of my gaming. The only positive I can think of for achievements is that they get you to finish things you otherwise wouldn't, or do things you otherwise wouldn't. They also seem to sway the Giantbomb editors on certain things, like Pacman DX's being so easy, which is debatably bad.
 
I also don't like the blue and red labels which lead to people just robotically choosing the same every time. For a game that emphasises YOUR choices and YOUR story, the idea of someone just saying, "I pick the blue options," is entirely hilarious, which I assume was intended by TheSeductiveMoose. Wouldn't it be better to use your own understanding of what is right and wrong (or paragon/renegade if you prefer) than to just accept whatever Bioware tells you is good or bad?

Did blue option in the first and second play through 
Third red option currently playing it again. 

I make my Shepard an irresistible love beast.

Yep, my main character will go to the edges of dark space to help out a friend, but won't hesitate to pump your armor full of thermal bullets if you cross him. 

When I play my Sheperd who has the same name as me, I do what I would do. Other than that, I roleplay him extensively. 

First playthrough, paragon.  Second playthrough, Renegade.  Third playthrough, I base his morals on my own.

I generally go for the Paragon options, but there have been times when the rage haze clouds Shepard's morals. Dudes have been kicked through windows on more than one occasion. He doesn't show it but he's smiling on the inside. I like to think of it as being quietly sinister.

I play a mostly paragon shepard and have him snap a few times when the other person is just a jackass that doesnt need any saving, like that fatass korgan warlord who spent the night recovering from first degree burns

Yeah, I did. In Mass Effect, I killed all of the colonists on Feros when they were under the influence of the Thorian. I thought about it logically from Duke Shepard's point of view. I said, "okay, they will be trying to kill me, and anybody who shoots at me, is done. What if the Thorian's control extends beyond the current subversive effect? They might be gone forever." This is how I played that. I also killed the Asari trapped in the Thorian, because she did help it, and I did not feel I could let her walk away. 
 
But, in Mass Effect 2, I still had a chance to help Feros in a more positive way by convincing the lady to forbid all of the unnecessary testing they were undergoing. So, even though he didn't necessarily do what he wanted, he did what he had to, to survive, and he at least gained a little bit of redemption in the end. 
 
I actually don't play all of my Shepards like this, but this is the one that I wanted to play through a specific way.