"Girl Gamer Syndrome"

[Slayer_2]

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Well said, I personally don't advertise that I'm a gamer (at least, not often). But if someone is discussing gaming, I will of course, say that I game. That said, if you DO advertise the fact, it's cool, as long as you aren't bragging, in which case, can it, I could likely cream you

As a kid I was always told I should be playing sports instead of wasting my time with gaming (the good old "your brother plays sports, why don't you?"), and to this day I'm still rather reluctant to discuss my hobby, unless someone else initiates. I used to get a lot of flak for gaming, although now my family is more tolerating (or they've just given up).

With time, I'm sure gaming will be more a more widely acceptable hobby, for both genders.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Because when we think "gamer" we still think male.
And in some areas, that is 100% true.

Latin America, I'm looking at you...

 

[Reaper195]

Anyone that demands attention through whatever can fuck off, irrelevant of gender.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

There's very few chicks I associate with that I wouldn't jump at the chance to fuck anyway. Otherwise I probably wouldn't associate with most of them.

If they played games that would just be a perk.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

My friend is female, plays games and runs her own gaming website. She never boasts or makes an issue of it. A person playing games isnt a big deal regardless of gender. Although i do agree with the aggro girls get in games just for being female being wrong. I guess most of that is from incompetent men or immature boys who never had the balls to approach a girl in real life and now have one on line. An like all those idiots who insult you and slag down your family in online games.....its the knowledge they can say what they want online. Its safe and its not in person so they can act like arseholes if they want and there is no consequences.....eg a smack in their faces.

Also blogging "im off to play COD ttyl" isn't as attention seeking and fairly normal comment. Saying "OMG im playing COD, im such a nerd!!!" is just drawing attention and making a big deal about something that really isnt that big a deal. The point of gaming is that anyone can game, just a matter of finding the game you like.

Attention whores, just ignore them, same as the idiots who harass you online.

 

[Samus Aran but a man]

Sounds like facebook ladies just want some attention

 

[Crazycat690]

This is interesting, I've never really looked at this from a guy's perspective. I may just find the whole thing annoying because I am a girl. Although, sometimes I think girls that have "girl gamer syndrome" make the rest of us look bad. Like, I feel like I don't get taken as seriously when I play online and such because I'm a girl. Perhaps that's a different topic entirely though.

Well, I've only met one girl that advertise her gaming. First, I thought it was nice, something in common, I ended up dating her and we had a decent relationship. So I suppose it really is an attractive characteristic in girls to play games for an gamer guy

Although it can go too far, later when I broke up with her it was like she used her interest in gaming to try and win me back so to say, making it seem very false to begin with. That was annoying.

So I suppose you already have your answer on this topic but I'd too say it's just a way to lure guys if they openly advertise it alot. I'm gonna go the Sigmund Freud route on this and say it's all sexual motives. I mean I'd also guess it's to impress friends and such, but that can also be traced back to sexual desires and motives.

I'd also like to add that you as a girl might find this annoying because... well how do I say this without making you and everyone else hate me... Because they become your rivals, so yes I'd also say you find them annoying because they are your competition (that is if you are also a gamer girl). People easily get jealous of many things, this could be one. Doesn't have to though, I mean I like to paint and make art, then there's a girl who also paints, and she advertise it every chance she gets and I find that also very annoying. I'd guess that's because she's a competitor in a similar interest.

Hope you people can find some sense in this rant, I'm in a hurry to get to a Xmas party Btw Merry Xmas everybody!

 

[Fappy]

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On a similar note, good job OP. Your thread is so popular spammers are coming to it now!

 

[LilithSlave]

Funny, I haven't really noticed anyone doing that.

Most of my friends are just nerds and talk about video games because they like video games.

 

[museofdoom]

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[Zeraiya]

I know what you mean

I'm a girl and I play video games, but I never advertise it. I just talk about it naturally to other people who play video games. That's the start and end of it.

Those type of girls are seriously trashing the image of a lot of 'girl gamers'. It's sad.

 

[jopomeister]

The annoying thing about it is that they've got it oh so wrong.
Playing CoD once or twice ≠ Gamer
Girls who claim to be gamers who've only played one or two games in their lifetime are just... Wrong.

 

[bootz]

What I hate are girls who make fun of gamers and say they are dumb. Then talk about angry birds for 15 mins.
"You play video games you must be a loser"
"I like the black angry bird he's the bomb"
/sigh

 

[Ayrtonh]

I would just like to say that I mean absolutely NO offense by my message on this, which is;
I find this a very funny (though I understand your point) because all the girl gamers I know at the moment, are lesbians. I'm not kidding and I'm definitely not making fun of them or anything, but the thought that they are trying to appeal to guys that way is kind of outlandish to me at the moment maybe later.

 

[ms_sunlight]

I'd also like to add that you as a girl might find this annoying because... well how do I say this without making you and everyone else hate me... Because they become your rivals, so yes I'd also say you find them annoying because they are your competition (that is if you are also a gamer girl). People easily get jealous of many things, this could be one. Doesn't have to though, I mean I like to paint and make art, then there's a girl who also paints, and she advertise it every chance she gets and I find that also very annoying. I'd guess that's because she's a competitor in a similar interest.

I don't know, for me that feels all a bit much like living in some anime high school comedy. I don't have rivals - there will always be other people who are better at stuff than me, but that doesn't make me any less than I am. I'm certainly not competing for men - I'm married!

 

[cdstephens]

It's partly the guys' fault for paying attention to them.

I personally like gamer girls better than non-gamer girls because we have more in common.

 

[Haylarious]

I'm a girl who happens to play videogames but I would never in a million years call myself a "Gamer Girl", I'm just a Gamer.

I notice a lot of the girls on Facebook post numerous comments about how they loved playing COD and how they're unique and special because they were "Gamer Gurrls". However, ask them simply questions that a gamer would know and their clueless. Most of them are just doing it for attention.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Personally, I accept with the greatest of ease that gamers come in both genders. "Girl gamers" announcing their gender are really just segregating themselves. If they want to be accepted, they need to act like they're no different from anyone else.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Personally, I accept with the greatest of ease that gamers come in both genders. "Girl gamers" announcing their gender are really just segregating themselves. If they want to be accepted, they need to act like they're no different from anyone else.

 

[Crazycat690]

I'd also like to add that you as a girl might find this annoying because... well how do I say this without making you and everyone else hate me... Because they become your rivals, so yes I'd also say you find them annoying because they are your competition (that is if you are also a gamer girl). People easily get jealous of many things, this could be one. Doesn't have to though, I mean I like to paint and make art, then there's a girl who also paints, and she advertise it every chance she gets and I find that also very annoying. I'd guess that's because she's a competitor in a similar interest.

I don't know, for me that feels all a bit much like living in some anime high school comedy. I don't have rivals - there will always be other people who are better at stuff than me, but that doesn't make me any less than I am. I'm certainly not competing for men - I'm married!

Well it was simply a sleepy hypothesis, besides, even though you're married doesn't mean you might still compete for attention. I mean, no matter how innocent and in love with your man you might be, attention from the other gender is always wanted