Can somone explain this "booth babe" thing to me?
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Whether or not this is an issue I think this is a poor defense for booth babes as this argument just defends the situation rather than do anything to challenge it.Vault101 said:
All boys like hot girls. BOOM there's your answer.
You want someone to look at your stall, you get a hot girl to promote it. Simple. And it obviously does work or people wouldn't spend money getting the girls.
You want someone to look at your stall, you get a hot girl to promote it. Simple. And it obviously does work or people wouldn't spend money getting the girls.
seeing how cars are taken seriously despite(or maybe because) booth babes i don't think it will hurt anyone
maybe annoy a female gamer or 2
i don't care much about them since i don't go to conventions and no amount of boobies will me convince to buy a game i don't want
...unless those boobies are in the game too
maybe annoy a female gamer or 2
i don't care much about them since i don't go to conventions and no amount of boobies will me convince to buy a game i don't want
...unless those boobies are in the game too
Kind of annoys me when people pull the superiority "well actually I find it quite disgusting." Then again, a lot of surface behavior is done with the intent of giving the best outward appearance. Get over yourselves, it's just a base marketing ploy, no different from any other advertisement strategy. It doesn't affect your decision it's just for eye catching purposes. And they've chosen to do it. It's just something that's somewhat pleasant to look at in some way, so get off your pedestal.
Sex sells and until it doesn't then there will be a 'demand' for booth babes in male-dominated areas. Although, that being said, I'm yet to see a half-naked bloke at an arts and crafts fair :-/
Yeah, sweeping statements are dumb.
Except for the boys that like boys. And the boys that don't like anyone at all.JanatUrlich said:
Yeah, sweeping statements are dumb.
Hagi said:
Come on people, I obviously meant straight boys. Lets not be pedantic. The escapist has become way too much of a bitching ground lately.djs.specs said:
Even straight boys.JanatUrlich said:
When I think of 'hot' I think of your standard movie star model, basically Angelina Jolie. And honestly? I've trouble thinking of anything that looks more boring then that. It just looks fake and plastic. Probably not fair to girls who look that way, but I can't really help my preferences.
I like to think there's a little bit more diversity to people then just pubertal standards.
And I'm mostly just ranting a bit here, don't take it too seriously. It's not really directed at you. Just my knee-jerk reaction to little harmless things that still manage to annoy me.
While I can understand the marketing strategy as a woman I kind of find it sickening. It makes me personally feel unwelcome in the gaming community because it reminds me that the games developers don't see women as equal consumers.
It's kind of hard to explain but it really does make me uncomfortable. I feel the same way when I see racing girls. It's like the industry is saying 'In this field you can be nothing but eye candy for the men, the people who really matter.'
I have a lot of love for computer games and I've played since I was 5 years old on my Dad's friends tiny black Atari. I have sometimes felt like it would be better to be a guy because they are so much more considered and respected by games developers and marketing.
The late 90's for example where even the previously cartoony CVG magazine switched over to having naked women strewn over the cover. When someone complained they said they didn't care becuase their demographic was young men and they could last without their small female readership. This was the editorial mind...I cancelled my subscription and just went by the internet from then on.
Booth babes, in my opinion, are just another way the industry is shouting in women's faces 'This is not for you!' I'm not saying all women feel that way, but that's how I see it.
It's kind of hard to explain but it really does make me uncomfortable. I feel the same way when I see racing girls. It's like the industry is saying 'In this field you can be nothing but eye candy for the men, the people who really matter.'
I have a lot of love for computer games and I've played since I was 5 years old on my Dad's friends tiny black Atari. I have sometimes felt like it would be better to be a guy because they are so much more considered and respected by games developers and marketing.
The late 90's for example where even the previously cartoony CVG magazine switched over to having naked women strewn over the cover. When someone complained they said they didn't care becuase their demographic was young men and they could last without their small female readership. This was the editorial mind...I cancelled my subscription and just went by the internet from then on.
Booth babes, in my opinion, are just another way the industry is shouting in women's faces 'This is not for you!' I'm not saying all women feel that way, but that's how I see it.
Its funny that I was thinking about booth babes just before. In Lord Of War, theres a Weapons Convention with booth babes. I found the concept a bit odd. Someone might buy a book or a game because a pretty girl stood near it, but I cant imagine someone doing the same with an order of 100 military aircraft.
As for why their isnt any booth dudes, I think its because people have the oddest notion that women are somehow above being pandered to sexually. But that could just be because I watched to much 90's sitcoms.
As for why their isnt any booth dudes, I think its because people have the oddest notion that women are somehow above being pandered to sexually. But that could just be because I watched to much 90's sitcoms.
...but doesn't the word 'hot' encompass anyone's personal idea of an attractive woman? There isn't one type of woman that counts as 'hot'. That's a very simple minded view of women.Hagi said:
If you don't want me to take it seriously, don't rant.
now HOLD ON just a second thereyuval152 said:
first of all having alot of sexual partners doenst nessicarily make you a horrible person (but thats an issue for another day)
THIS has NOTHING to do with sexual partners
the women doing this are doing it BY CHOICE....and if your going to refer to them like that then what about the drooling man-children who like that kind of thing (thats not my opinion but you see where Im going}
I may not be 100% ok with the booth babe thing but I find that kind of offensive (and my "issues with women" alarm bells are going off)
