Girls and gaming
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So how about NOT saying it? Maybe?SsilverR said:
Appart from that, I don't get the bullshit double-standards. Or intollerance for that matter. If someone makes a newb mistake, then offer advice to them. How you should act AFTER that depends on their reaction; if they try and learn and do better, keep helping with them and be patient with them. If they ignore/insult you and ignore the advice, get the kick/ban ready.
To my understanding it's basically roleplaying having sex with eachother via an online media such as an Instant Messager, most often applied to two individuals who do not or barely know one another. It's an incredibly petty and shallow act on both both people's parts, as not only are they both being immature and teaspoon-deep, but are also being egregious examples of biased views of different genders on the Internet (or indeed anywhere; namely all those 'lovely' things like treating other people as objects, etc), and give actual individuals whop are worth being referred to as 'a person' on the Internet a bad name.Miri_Chan said:
Yes, I have a strong moral standpoint on the idea, how could you tell?
To my understanding it's basically roleplaying having sex with eachother via an online media such as an Instant Messager, most often applied to two individuals who do not or barely know one another. It's an incredibly petty and shallow act on both both people's parts, as not only are they both being immature and teaspoon-deep, but are also being egregious examples of biased views of different genders on the Internet (or indeed anywhere; namely all those 'lovely' things like treating other people as objects, etc), and give actual individuals whop are worth being referred to as 'a person' on the Internet a bad name.Miri_Chan said:
Yes, I have a strong moral standpoint on the idea, how could you tell?[/quote]
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
okay I don't like that idea at all it sounds stupid and I agree with you also thank you for clarifying it for me
On warcraft my gnome mage is female and called Kneehigh, the amount of times i get flirted with by desperate guys and mistaken for a girl... girls do get a hard time.Pennyy9 said:
My fiance is really good at Warcraft and better than me at Oblivion. Sex plays no part in how good you are at games
As a girl that games, here is my two cents.
1. Yes, there are times that I have been treated badly or kicked right away for being a girl because some men are immature assholes. But as a whole, it doesn't happen that often.
2. In fact, I get more messages after playing a match or whatever asking me if I have a myspace or something. And yes, it happens all the time. Here's my proof (links to a post from my blog):
http://thoughtsfromagirlgamer.com/2009/05/02/being-a-girl-gamer-faq-revisited/
So, yeah. There are times I am treated differently, and it sucks, but I think most of it is stupid high school kids. I love gaming, and when I get in a group with other people who love it as much as I do I know that there won't be any problems. It won't be about my gender. It will be about winning.
1. Yes, there are times that I have been treated badly or kicked right away for being a girl because some men are immature assholes. But as a whole, it doesn't happen that often.
2. In fact, I get more messages after playing a match or whatever asking me if I have a myspace or something. And yes, it happens all the time. Here's my proof (links to a post from my blog):
http://thoughtsfromagirlgamer.com/2009/05/02/being-a-girl-gamer-faq-revisited/
So, yeah. There are times I am treated differently, and it sucks, but I think most of it is stupid high school kids. I love gaming, and when I get in a group with other people who love it as much as I do I know that there won't be any problems. It won't be about my gender. It will be about winning.