Another new question to all you girl gamers out there...
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*Snicker... Yea.. *Smacks self on forehead.. yea.. That's me.Megacherv said:It was something along the lines ofSatine Phoenix said:Really?Megacherv said:Yea, I'm that Satine.
I guess the world never really truly changes and Men and Women will always look at each other like alien species. I'm not offended at all. Mostly entertained. On your side of the screen it may be mind blowing. On my side of the screen its a fun experience I had when I was younger. Being out of it for 6 months feels like a lifetime ago.
Oh well. ... oh, what was your favorite quote?
Oh and my favorite post so far on this forum has been the guy who openly plays girl characters to get the perks. Priceless.
"Weren't you in a butt movie?"
"I don't do anal"
"No, because you have a big butt"
"...I do have a big but..."
I'm saying It (watching TV) used to be something families did together. Before that they listened to radio shows together. Gaming was something my family did together. Maybe that's why I (and other people with my same view) don't look at gaming as an all boy sport.
My take on this forum is that people who are jerks are going to be jerks no matter what. As long as they can hide behind a mic or screen and not look anyone in the eyes, its a free for all. Am I understanding this correctly? If I was the only girl in a game and the people I gamed with were jerks, i'm sure i'd get ridiculed. FORTUNATELY I only play with groups that have been recommended to me and there is NO joking around about anyone's race or gender. I enjoy that kind of game play best. The kind that is game centric rather than jerk centric. Even going into games anonymously, If i feel that i'm playing with a bunch of immature 15 year olds i'll leave and play with the more mature and strategy focused 15 year olds.
The one thing that does gross me out is when girls join in on the behavior because they want to fit in with the boys. When a girl plays a boys game, she has to work harder. When she wants to fit in, sometimes she will try too hard and become obnoxious. Skill and talent will come through every time. Girls don't have to sacrifice their dignity to be like the boys. Sometimes the girl has been playing for so long that she doesn't realize the integration of her gaming personality and outwardly becomes the girl who hides behind rude remarks.
PS: Calling someone a FAG isn't actually funny. No wonder there are so many socially awkward people in the world.
I played L4D2 on Xbox Live recently, and used the mic for the first time (on XBOX). It was really fun. I met this maybe 13 year old boy who was really resourceful and nice. Then when I switched games, there was this guy playing who was one of those troll types -- but he was really fun and nice. I was laughing my ass off!
I played as Bill: "Hey Bill, what's wrong man? You sound like a chick!" "I am a chick." "Well dude! When did you get the sex change?" "Back in 'Nam."
I played as Bill: "Hey Bill, what's wrong man? You sound like a chick!" "I am a chick." "Well dude! When did you get the sex change?" "Back in 'Nam."
I'm been called a *****, slut, skank, ****, whore, comments to do with ass ramming, and a was called a pedophile for an entire match...And not in that funny ribbing way either (i guess there are times when it can be funny, haven't come across a time yet)
Maybe its just a Halo 3 Xbox Live thing.
Maybe its just a Halo 3 Xbox Live thing.
At the moment I'm mainly playing BFBC2. I don't get harassed at all. I get friended ALOT. And last night was the first time anyone called me "honey".
I'm on PS3. I've heard (but have had no practical experience) that the guys are much better behaved on PS3 than Xbox.
I'm on PS3. I've heard (but have had no practical experience) that the guys are much better behaved on PS3 than Xbox.
I have been gaming for years, and use my mic in games that I can. I have never, ever been harassed for being a girl, nor have had I had people 'go easy on me' in some way or hit on me.
It's really not as bad as other girls make it out to be. Honestly, I wish girls wouldn't be so freaked out for using the mic or something. I remember in a few TF2 games I was in, one nick that I had noticed in text chat quite a few times, after I started using the mic, they started to use the mic as well and it turned out to be a girl. It appears that she may have been afraid to speak until I had, because there was absolutely no alarm to any of the other players, that a woman was talking on the mic. No one even made a single comment about anyone's gender.
Seriously Ladies, STOP HIDING. It's really not as bad as everyone has blown it up to be. I don't mind playing with males, but it would be nice if there was more of my own gender in games and especially LANs. Seriously, join a large LAN party (Like DesertBash), no one makes a single comment about you being a girl, I wasn't even hit on there.
It's really not as bad as other girls make it out to be. Honestly, I wish girls wouldn't be so freaked out for using the mic or something. I remember in a few TF2 games I was in, one nick that I had noticed in text chat quite a few times, after I started using the mic, they started to use the mic as well and it turned out to be a girl. It appears that she may have been afraid to speak until I had, because there was absolutely no alarm to any of the other players, that a woman was talking on the mic. No one even made a single comment about anyone's gender.
Seriously Ladies, STOP HIDING. It's really not as bad as everyone has blown it up to be. I don't mind playing with males, but it would be nice if there was more of my own gender in games and especially LANs. Seriously, join a large LAN party (Like DesertBash), no one makes a single comment about you being a girl, I wasn't even hit on there.
I hate to derail this thread and I'm sorry if I, in any way, offends you but what is like to be a mute?Demented Teddy said:
Luckily, I'm not a girl, but long story short:
Last week, I went to my sister's apartment, and I brought my copy of Halo 3 and CoD4 (I'm not getting MW2) as well as my mic. She pops Halo 3 and my mic in the 360, goes to a multiplayer match, says a couple of words, and the douchebaggery/white knight-ism comes to life in the lobby. Phone number requests, tits or GTFO, the works. She minimized the chat volume and held her own in whatever matches she played. CoD4 was a little different, as most of the people on that game were indifferent, but the competition ran through her like an open door (metaphorically speaking).
Strange.
Last week, I went to my sister's apartment, and I brought my copy of Halo 3 and CoD4 (I'm not getting MW2) as well as my mic. She pops Halo 3 and my mic in the 360, goes to a multiplayer match, says a couple of words, and the douchebaggery/white knight-ism comes to life in the lobby. Phone number requests, tits or GTFO, the works. She minimized the chat volume and held her own in whatever matches she played. CoD4 was a little different, as most of the people on that game were indifferent, but the competition ran through her like an open door (metaphorically speaking).
Strange.
Like a beating of the chest thing?MiracleOfSound said:
A "My controller is bigger than your controller!" kind of thing?
So I suppose they are sad bastards. But somehow, not feeling the sympathy here.
Edit: Also, how cool would it be if XBL added a "Sad Bastard" zone where you could banish these people too after too many warnings?
My sister plays games fairly often, and when she plays online, I've yet to hear any bad comments about her.This may be because she doesn't play well, but I digress When I'm playing and a female joins, they tend to catch a lot of the players off guard with how good they are, and are then treated with the same obscenities that the rest of us get when dominating.
The fact that this topic exists alone is proof that girls aren't accepted as gamers.
'Girl-gamer' is a commonly accepted term, where 'Boy-gamer' doesn't quite exist, we call those 'gamer' instead.
You can compare this to 'Bald people' and 'people', where the wording alone simply assumes that normal people have hair, and bald people are different from us. Therefore, no matter how hard we work, no matter how hard we try, bald people can never be treated as just people.
The problem isn't in being nice or behaving differently towards females you encounter. The problem is in the fact that you're already trying to single them out before they're even there.
It's a logical process, for the common male gamer is stereotyped to be shunned by possible female surroundings and having a girl interested in the same things he does is already a very big deal for him. He'd like to date and marry a gamer, because she won't nag about him spending too much time with that computer, and what better trophy wife to bring to your gaming friends than one that games?
Apart from that, Boys and Girls don't exactly get along smoothly in most social situations. It almost always boils down to carefully stepping around each other, trying not to say anything wrong, and misinterpreting everything as subtle hints.
If that's what a lot of people are like in real life, you can't really expect getting along normally online either.
I'd prefer people being more capable of looking past gender in most situations. It would make life much less awkward.
And finally, in response to anyone who thinks girls that overly show or exploit being a girl in games is wrong, some food for thought;
-There's a room somewhere in the world, filled with all kinds of women. A lot of them would want to get into a relationship with a man desperately enough to take anything they can get.
It's dark in there, no one can see each other.
If they hear a man's voice, they immediately believe he's the most handsome person in the world. They will give him free things so that he will like them and maybe even fall in love with them.
You walk in there knowing all the above. What would you do?
I've known plenty of women capable of farming gold in Wow using nothing but their mic and ventrilo, sure beats farming fire elementals ad infinitum.
'Girl-gamer' is a commonly accepted term, where 'Boy-gamer' doesn't quite exist, we call those 'gamer' instead.
You can compare this to 'Bald people' and 'people', where the wording alone simply assumes that normal people have hair, and bald people are different from us. Therefore, no matter how hard we work, no matter how hard we try, bald people can never be treated as just people.
The problem isn't in being nice or behaving differently towards females you encounter. The problem is in the fact that you're already trying to single them out before they're even there.
It's a logical process, for the common male gamer is stereotyped to be shunned by possible female surroundings and having a girl interested in the same things he does is already a very big deal for him. He'd like to date and marry a gamer, because she won't nag about him spending too much time with that computer, and what better trophy wife to bring to your gaming friends than one that games?
Apart from that, Boys and Girls don't exactly get along smoothly in most social situations. It almost always boils down to carefully stepping around each other, trying not to say anything wrong, and misinterpreting everything as subtle hints.
If that's what a lot of people are like in real life, you can't really expect getting along normally online either.
I'd prefer people being more capable of looking past gender in most situations. It would make life much less awkward.
And finally, in response to anyone who thinks girls that overly show or exploit being a girl in games is wrong, some food for thought;
-There's a room somewhere in the world, filled with all kinds of women. A lot of them would want to get into a relationship with a man desperately enough to take anything they can get.
It's dark in there, no one can see each other.
If they hear a man's voice, they immediately believe he's the most handsome person in the world. They will give him free things so that he will like them and maybe even fall in love with them.
You walk in there knowing all the above. What would you do?
I've known plenty of women capable of farming gold in Wow using nothing but their mic and ventrilo, sure beats farming fire elementals ad infinitum.
Well I'm glad that I'm appreciated.....mine is basically the same I use here and everywhere else......which is basically my first and middle name.L3m0n_L1m3 said:
The most I get is just repeatedly hit on. over and over and over again. Until I kick the guys ass then they get intimidated and don't play with me anymore
meh. oh well.
Yeah, it's kind of like a 'look guys how I dominate this woman, I'm such a big man huurgghg'. They don't get that it makes them look desperate for attention from the girl.meganmeave said:
It does, but it's usually in a fairly good-natured tone. I have never been made to feel seriously uncomfortable.
Maybe one day they will understand. Until then, they are doing the rest of the fellas a favor.MiracleOfSound said:
All the rest of the guys online look classy comparatively.