Female Gamers: An Unpopular Opinion
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On a completely unrelated note, I have a gift code for a Female FFXIII Avatar outfit, Not sure who it is the male one was Yaag Rasch or something like that. First lady gamer to drop me a PM asking for it is welcome to it.
On topic: While it's true that some women gamers (though more often girl is the more appropriate term) make use of others willingness to pamper their sex it's far from a constant. That said I'm speaking from outside the high school demographic, which might make all the difference in this case.
On topic: While it's true that some women gamers (though more often girl is the more appropriate term) make use of others willingness to pamper their sex it's far from a constant. That said I'm speaking from outside the high school demographic, which might make all the difference in this case.
What bothers me is that in the Nintendo DS 'girls range' there sits Zelda: Phantom Hourglass! WTF! NO!
But seriously, I'd have to admit, a girl into games as a whole is rare for me and while I won't persue some randomer online cause she's a girl, if I met a girl and she advertised herself as a gamer I'd be very interested.
But seriously, I'd have to admit, a girl into games as a whole is rare for me and while I won't persue some randomer online cause she's a girl, if I met a girl and she advertised herself as a gamer I'd be very interested.
It's jihl nabaat and I have it already. Now if you have the chocobo one, I will take it!slackbheep said:
I consider the gamer a part of my personality as well as my Otaku/geek/Subculturist. I have gotten use to being the female who rather go to the comic book shop than spend ONE minute in Sephora. As a gamer who will be turning 30 next month it is nice to see how far the gaming culture has come, but also see how far it needs to come as well.
WOW character is Selynnah on Aerie Peak.
I agree with the majority of posts on this, in that it's really not necessary to draw attention to one's gender online. I believe in equality in that I don't think anyone should get special rights based on sex, race etc. which is why I take exception to women-only car insurance etc. I think it's sexist.
Yeah I agree, the nerve of some people to consider their gender a significant part of who they are. Pshh!
Don't worry my man, people don't get banned for honest opinions on this site, so long as they're not completely stupid and are properly and logically argued for.
Your little rant there is both
Your little rant there is both
someone say something about girls?!!?>! ()
but no, in my opinion it's the same with us Aussie's, so who cares whether anyone cares about caring about differences! a chick added me on xbox live because she liked accents and I'm pretty sure I was yelling at a dude about using akimbo at the time lol XD (I was pissed at the time).
lol I feel bad when I play against some girls (rainbow six vegas 2) who stop in their tracks to aim and then get headshot by me with a desert eagle & no ADS :S.
no offence to the plenty capable women out there.
)but no, in my opinion it's the same with us Aussie's, so who cares whether anyone cares about caring about differences! a chick added me on xbox live because she liked accents and I'm pretty sure I was yelling at a dude about using akimbo at the time lol XD (I was pissed at the time).
lol I feel bad when I play against some girls (rainbow six vegas 2) who stop in their tracks to aim and then get headshot by me with a desert eagle & no ADS :S.
no offence to the plenty capable women out there.
When I see a female avatar on my mmorpg, I will assume that person is a girl. While knowing they often are not, it solves my trouble of what to call them. Ínterestingly enough, I get a lot of "Dude, I'm a guy" when I refer to them as "she". This is much more common than the other way around, to be honest. Me, I only reveal my true sex when it's obvious they take me for a man. Much like I generally reveal what country I'm from only when they assume I'm american.
I honestly have never seen these gamer grrrls you speak of. While attention seeking people(I don't really want to use the word "whore" here as it implies it only applies to females) are always annoying, maybe the biggest problem lies with you who take offence by it. Putting "girl" in your name is no different than say "azn" or "pinoy" or "latino". Because most people on games will always assume you are western european/northern american, male and somewhere between 13-35 years old. And sometimes, that is not true. And yes it is the internet, and I can be whoever I wish. But I want myself to choose what my alternative identity is, not you or anyone else.
I honestly have never seen these gamer grrrls you speak of. While attention seeking people(I don't really want to use the word "whore" here as it implies it only applies to females) are always annoying, maybe the biggest problem lies with you who take offence by it. Putting "girl" in your name is no different than say "azn" or "pinoy" or "latino". Because most people on games will always assume you are western european/northern american, male and somewhere between 13-35 years old. And sometimes, that is not true. And yes it is the internet, and I can be whoever I wish. But I want myself to choose what my alternative identity is, not you or anyone else.
I have encountered two girls that I know of in online games, both in the world of combat flight sims.
The first was just "one of the boys" as far as the rest of our squadron (clan?) was concerned. Her name tag did not give any hint one way or the other as to her gender, so everybody else just assumed she was in fact a bloke and gave he no breaks. Those of us in the squadron gave her no breaks because she was one of the best virtual fighter pilots I have ever played against and she didn't need 'em! Seriously though, it was just never an issue. Our recruitment process was fairly thorough though, so we never really had many mongs in our group. And no, we weren't elitist, we just wanted to have relaxed fun without all the hassles that smack-talking assholes bring with them.
The second fell into the "GamerGrrrrlll" (or Attention Whore, if you will) category. This one plainly advertised who (or what) she was, and most certainly played on it. Fine by me, it doesn't wash with me though. Only problem was that while the majority of the chaps on the server she frequented went easy on her, and indeed would go out of their way and foresake their own victories to get her out of trouble, I stuck to my couldn't-give-a-toss attitude. The server stats showed that for a while I had shot her down almost twice as many times as anyone else had, and I got labeled as a dick for it. I mean seriously, wtf? If you fly straight and level while I am circling above looking for a victim, then I seriously don't give a crap if your icky-bits are on the inside or outside. I'm going to bounce you either way. And the stats also showed I hadn't shot her down any more than I had anyone else.
My point? It really doesn't matter one way or the other. I am not going to make assumptions about anybody based on their gender. Or their colour, creed, religion, taste in music etc etc. But if you do feel the need to try and play on it (and the impression I am getting from this thread is that more and more female gamers don't) then don't expect it to work on all of us. And if we ignore it (girls as well as boys!) then it will cease to be a problem. Simple!
The first was just "one of the boys" as far as the rest of our squadron (clan?) was concerned. Her name tag did not give any hint one way or the other as to her gender, so everybody else just assumed she was in fact a bloke and gave he no breaks. Those of us in the squadron gave her no breaks because she was one of the best virtual fighter pilots I have ever played against and she didn't need 'em! Seriously though, it was just never an issue. Our recruitment process was fairly thorough though, so we never really had many mongs in our group. And no, we weren't elitist, we just wanted to have relaxed fun without all the hassles that smack-talking assholes bring with them.
The second fell into the "GamerGrrrrlll" (or Attention Whore, if you will) category. This one plainly advertised who (or what) she was, and most certainly played on it. Fine by me, it doesn't wash with me though. Only problem was that while the majority of the chaps on the server she frequented went easy on her, and indeed would go out of their way and foresake their own victories to get her out of trouble, I stuck to my couldn't-give-a-toss attitude. The server stats showed that for a while I had shot her down almost twice as many times as anyone else had, and I got labeled as a dick for it. I mean seriously, wtf? If you fly straight and level while I am circling above looking for a victim, then I seriously don't give a crap if your icky-bits are on the inside or outside. I'm going to bounce you either way. And the stats also showed I hadn't shot her down any more than I had anyone else.
My point? It really doesn't matter one way or the other. I am not going to make assumptions about anybody based on their gender. Or their colour, creed, religion, taste in music etc etc. But if you do feel the need to try and play on it (and the impression I am getting from this thread is that more and more female gamers don't) then don't expect it to work on all of us. And if we ignore it (girls as well as boys!) then it will cease to be a problem. Simple!
Not sure I agree with that. I pride myself on being a man-whore of the most lecherous kind when in between significant others 0_oTandtroll said:
I don't think I've ever seen the problem of "gamer gurl" here... other websites is a different story, however.
I agree almost entirely, but there was one thing that I feel I must point out.
Not necesarily true, dude.mythgraven said: