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Lepidus  12/06/06 2:08:08 PM
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Carolyn Koh asks this important question. Are girl gamers a myth or reality?

We don't just play Barbie Make-up World or My Pretty Pink Ponies either. Those titles didn't even exist when I was growing up. I played Centipede, Pacman, and Joust (although I stank at Joust) but I didn't play those on a PC. I had to put a quarter into a machine. Time went by and I graduated to PC games such as Eric the Unready, Camelot, created a pilot with nickname of Pinky in Gunship 2000, solved puzzles as Guy Threepwood and played Castle Wolfenstein on the office LAN after hours with the guys in engineering.

I don't play PvP games unless it's team against team / realm against realm. Just my preference... but although I do not play PvP regularly, I've always like shooters. I preferred picking up a rifle and plinking ducks, sinking battleships with torpedoes and killing aliens... and learning to lose to my dates. Or else not beating them too, too badly.

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Hashbrick  12/06/06 2:17:53 PM
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One thing comes to mind.. Suck it!

Of coarse women play games, what the hell kind of question is that? My gf used to play WoW with me all the time, it's engaging for both sexes and each year will bring in more and more women into the gaming field. Technology is soon to make computers the only thing we ever need, even for a job, I see a lot more work at home jobs being designed and soon that may be the only thing we as people will ever need to get through life.

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Guler  12/06/06 2:18:10 PM
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Am I the only one who gets a little annoyed that "a girl gamer" is even classified as differently then a normal guy gamer. Having been a gamer for the past 15 years of my life (I got hooked with pencil and paper D&D) I can honestly say I don’t think of myself as any different then a normal guy gamer.

Sure I am not as rude or vulgar as most guys, but on the other hand I have met guys that are more upper class and polite then I am in games. Another thing this article might be written from the perspective of a United States gamer, as in some countries in Europe and Asia women make up 40-50% of the gaming population. This editorial is pretty much beating a dead horse and only furthers the stereotype that female gamers should be looked at differently or as a rare event.

 
 
Hellrose_AF  12/06/06 2:25:35 PM
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WE ALL KNOW girls play games
Why do we need to hear this over and over again?

I'm a girl... I already know I play games...
and I'm especially NOT interested in what kind of games some random chick likes to play.
Is that supposed to prove anything??

If there's gonna be a girl gamer article, tell me something new. Tell me something special that a girl gamer is doing, running a successful guild maybe, or ranking high warlord. SOMETHING OTHER THAN "LOOK AT ME I PLAY GAMES OMG!!"

Thanks.

Very subjective best MMO list:
Saga of Ryzom, Anarchy Online, Lineage 2, WoW
Waiting for:
Age of Conan, Aion, Lineage 3
Hashbrick  12/06/06 2:34:55 PM
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One thing comes to mind.. Suck it!

Originally posted by Guler
Am I the only one who gets a little annoyed that "a girl gamer" is even classified differently as a normal guy gamer. Having been a gamer for the past 15 years of my life (I got hooked with pencil and paper D&D) I can honestly say I don’t think of myself as any different then a normal guy gamer.
Sure I am not as rude or vulgar as most guys, but on the other hand I have met guys that are more upper class and polite then I am in games. Another thing this article might be written from the perspective of a United States gamer, as in some countries in Europe and Asia women make up 40-50% of the gaming population. This editorial is pretty much beating a dead horse and only furthers the stereotype that female gamers should be looked at differently or as a rare event.

I couldn't agree more, its a huge stereotype that will soon fade away but it will take time. Don't think twice, women are people too and can game just like the rest of us.

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Harpy_Lady  12/06/06 2:44:26 PM
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I actually rather enjoyed this article. It is simply amazing the amount of idiots out there refuse to believe that I am female in RL and not just a guy pretending to be female. They can get downright rude, not just annoying.
 
Jowen  12/06/06 3:42:56 PM
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Is this article ten years old or what?

I care as little for your gender as the colour of your skin.
 
Aura00  12/06/06 3:56:09 PM
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Please forgive the gamers who may assume there is a male at the other end of your female avatar.  They simply haven't realized that real-life identification methods (i.e. looking) do not work in the lands of MMORPG.  

As an avid City of Heroes/Villains player, I've found some other guidelines that help, not that it ever actually matters.

 - If her chest has been scaled up from the already-generous default proportions, odds are, you're talking to a guy

 - If her outfit is a horrible mis-match of fishnets, high heels and a thong bikini bottom, odds are, you're talking to a guy

 - If her avatar name is "BeegBewBeez" or "5LUTL1PP5", odds are, you're talking to a guy

In general, I find I can identify real girl gamers over the course of running a few missions based on the way they talk/type (generally more coherent and a bit more open to general chatty topics instead of straight strategy), and their general play strategies (females tend to be a little more cooperative in approach).  All opinion, of course, because A) none of these traits are exclusive to one gender or the other and B)  I've never found it important  enough to  outright ask someone their gender, so I have no actual proof of these theories.

That said, to the guys out there (and maybe some girls too), DON'T LET THE AVATAR FOOL YOU!

And if you happen to play CoH and see a pretty Peacebringer named Prism Angel, there's something abut her you should know.

I set her battlecry text to "Dude, I'm a dude." for the sake of conveneience.

Michael K. Donovan
Reklaw  12/06/06 4:09:33 PM
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Originally posted by Guler

Am I the only one who gets a little annoyed that "a girl gamer" is even classified as differently then a normal guy gamer. Having been a gamer for the past 15 years of my life (I got hooked with pencil and paper D&D) I can honestly say I don’t think of myself as any different then a normal guy gamer.

Sure I am not as rude or vulgar as most guys, but on the other hand I have met guys that are more upper class and polite then I am in games. Another thing this article might be written from the perspective of a United States gamer, as in some countries in Europe and Asia women make up 40-50% of the gaming population. This editorial is pretty much beating a dead horse and only furthers the stereotype that female gamers should be looked at differently or as a rare event.

 

Not really, seems the whole topic is about just that  but in respects towards "girl gamers" i really don't care what or who someone is, aslong he/she is mature, fun to play with and loves challenges then i don't care if its male or female, but somehow people will always cast some people into stereotype's, they just narrowminded in games and probebly the same in rl, some of my friends wife's/girlfriends play games from COD to WOW but they also play more sim like games as The Sims and since a short while Deserate Housewifes (wich my girlfriend is playing atm ;) these are just my experainces with the woman around me in rl so this does not mean i state that most woman are atracted by sim games (just to make that clear:)

But a gamer should always be a gamer regardless if its a guy/man or girl/woman

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TARDISjunkie  12/06/06 4:47:14 PM
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