I'd certainly complement you on the intricate formulation of the post.Takatchi said:
As far as different treatments go, I'd say only the desperate actually care.
Then there's those who are adepts of the "Jolly Fat Man" theory.
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As far as different treatments go, I'd say only the desperate actually care.
Then there's those who are adepts of the "Jolly Fat Man" theory.
I got the impression it mostly boils down to "girl gamers are rare because the anonimity allowed on the internet causes the retards to harass them whenever they appear".Takatchi said:
Though I thought that way before the flood of recent threads, so maybe i'm only reading half of what's said
Before I ripped my headphones out, stomped on them and burned them before a pagan altar as an offering to some dark god or another in return for a little peace and quiet from the onslaught of idiocy coming through the XBL airways, I completely understood why girl gamers would want to remain anonymous and silent.
Imagine you wanted to play a video game but had a following of 15 year old boys giggling at the notion of talking to an actual female without her being able to escape without leaving the game altogether. The big difference is, I don't usually have an army of underage twerps begging me to send hot and illustrious photos of myself. Come to think of it, that's a horribly disturbing thought.
As far as guys who admire girl gamers because they already have a hobby in common, it's a noble goal, but good luck drawing the decent ones out of hiding. You'll have to abandon the traditional flowers and chocolates for some Warez and hardware upgrades.
@anarchemitis - It's an acquired taste. You'll grow to love it.
Imagine you wanted to play a video game but had a following of 15 year old boys giggling at the notion of talking to an actual female without her being able to escape without leaving the game altogether. The big difference is, I don't usually have an army of underage twerps begging me to send hot and illustrious photos of myself. Come to think of it, that's a horribly disturbing thought.
As far as guys who admire girl gamers because they already have a hobby in common, it's a noble goal, but good luck drawing the decent ones out of hiding. You'll have to abandon the traditional flowers and chocolates for some Warez and hardware upgrades.
@anarchemitis - It's an acquired taste. You'll grow to love it.
galletea said:
People are stupid. Gotta learn to deal with that.
@ Wilson: I lol'ed... This one was quite good. You should have asked the WoW forums though...That would have been scary.
@ nilcypher who will definitely hang me for this: Why all the hate on overbearing dickheads?
I'm one of the people that don't get the obsession with girl gamers... eesh, if you got stomped, why's it matter if they've got dangly bits or not?
That said, the thought that 'only unattractive women game' is obnoxious too. I know women who game who are indeed good looking. I know some who are hideous.
It's like any other hobby, you get all sorts of different people.
That said, the thought that 'only unattractive women game' is obnoxious too. I know women who game who are indeed good looking. I know some who are hideous.
It's like any other hobby, you get all sorts of different people.
Prejudice is a bad habit that many people pick up without being aware of it. Gamer Girl = Unattractive is like Fat = Lazy or Black = Ghetto Trash. Some prejudices are less politically correct than others, but they're all basically the same logical mistake: judging before you know a person is foolish. When you overgeneralize things into a category, it's a loss of fidelity. When you overgeneralize a person, it's injustice. What to do about it? Condemn ignorance, try to educate others - that's all you can do.
my girlfriend is living proof that hot gamer grrrls exist.... and she doesn't just play Rock Band, either! she's down for stuff like left4dead, mass effect, soul calibur and forza 2.... a lot of guys have told me how lucky i am, and i tend to agree......
EDIT: sorry, forgot to say thanks for another great episode of "Ask the Internet"... i always love reading these....
EDIT: sorry, forgot to say thanks for another great episode of "Ask the Internet"... i always love reading these....
Is that GameTrailers there? They have quite possibly the worst community in the entire world... the most idiotic group of pathetic, disgusting, misinformed, militant, jackoff tweenagers I have ever seen in my entire life. Sometimes when I glance at the main page for new videos I get pulled into the forums with a thread title, and vomit almost always ensues. I even signed up one time to correct an error some poster had made in an advice thread, and my reply was ignored on the basis of my community score or whatever not being high enough. The guy then proceeded to follow the incorrect advice the other members gave him. I wanted to stick a drill bit in my ear.
Really, I can't believe that people like this actually exist. People think that I'm an antisocial jerk when I make broad, sweeping generalisations about the idiocy, ignorance, and general trashiness of the rest of the human population, but it's all true. You might not think opinions like the ones above are widespread, but they most certainly, definitely are, and not just among children, but a huge portion of adults as well. Fuck, what a horrible, wretched world.
Really, I can't believe that people like this actually exist. People think that I'm an antisocial jerk when I make broad, sweeping generalisations about the idiocy, ignorance, and general trashiness of the rest of the human population, but it's all true. You might not think opinions like the ones above are widespread, but they most certainly, definitely are, and not just among children, but a huge portion of adults as well. Fuck, what a horrible, wretched world.
I guess most of the people were questioning your girlfriend for at least a moment ( i did, sorry for that), and here´s the problem why we do this:Yog Sothoth said:
Games today are mostly designed for guys:
lets just take soul calibur and mass effect you mentioned
theyre great fighting and role playing game, but there are tits, lots of tits
It's unfortunate that publishers push developers to market games using softcore porn, and even more unfortunate that there are a fuckload of drooling, idiot frat fuck, shop class drop-out males who will pounce at anything for precisely that reason.I3uster said:
SNAP!wilsonscrazybed said:
Another awesome (if a little disturbing, to think that SOME people think in this manner) thread, it's awesomeness knows no bounds. Kudos to Wilson.