Sansha said:
act like a person, not a girl.
I know exactly what you're saying but I just find it funny. If you had said "act like a person, not a Mexican" or "act like a person, not a black" you would be tarred and feathered in zero time flat.
More on topic I have to say, I tend towards game that have less women in them or at least not as visible of a female gaming population. For MMOs like Ultima Online Freeshards, which seem to have a vagina = admin powers policy, I will usually aggressively hit on the female admins. I do this mostly because I know stereotypical 'gamer girls' will be grateful for my doing so, and because these particular ones have admin powers/will give me free stuff. And yes it worked like a charm. 3 out of 3 female admins were essentially in my pocket spawning gold and various in game items for me. I know; I'm a jerk(more so for encouraging corruption than being 'sexist'.)
As for people who don't have the power to benefit me in any way It basically depends on my mood as to how I act. And no I don't consider nude photos or cybering to be a benefit, photos can be had for free of(most likely) more attractive women, and cybering just sounds really fucking boring to me. Often times I will not care at all and will just play the game.
Other times I will try to hit on them as awkwardly as possible. Not because I think it will ever actually somehow endear me to them, although it has on several occasions... not sure how that actually happened. I do it because I find it completely hilarious to hit on internet women as brazenly and weirdly as I can manage with lines like "hey baby, you ever make it with a pro gamer? All that micro makes for agile fingers. knowutimeen?" Or "My penis is 7.47 inches, just like the jet plane."
But then again I also hit on guys and I'm not in the least bit gay. I'd post some of the things I'd say to them except most of them are a lot more lewd as I'm trying to bait homophobes; and I'd rather not get in trouble for 'offensive posting.'
So to any and all the women that I have made feel uncomfortable over my years of gaming, I offer my apologies for I am but a consummate videogame troll. I'd like to see a lot more gamers from any and all demographics, women included. I'm merely posting this to try to add an opinion that seems to be less heard in this thread from the other side of the table as it were.
Also as an addendum(food for thought) I have to say that 'gamer-girls' are just as desperate for attention as the men that gamer-guys who hit on them/white knight them. It seems kind of like a natural progression to me. "Girls need attention and boys need us" - Meiko. Just like with everything else on the internet this trend is ballooned to insane proportions by the Oscar Wilde effect("Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.") The internet masks everyone so the bulk of women and the bulk of men immediately fall into their most primal urges. Which dooms both genders equally, so I guess just make the best of it.
EmzOLV said:
Wow, you're willing to go through a lot more shit to make a gamer friend than I would be willing to. I have absolutely no patience for stupid behavior. I will either start trolling or point out the exact insanity of what they are doing, in the harshest language I can manage. But then again in like 10 years of gaming I've only made about 30 friends of whom I only actively talk to about five of, so perhaps I'm not the best person to comment on such.
