Girl Gamers - the final discussion
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Okay, cool. I thought this was heading someplace unpleasant for a moment, but you've invoked the GIFT, and I agree completely. Anonymity is a huge root for this problem.Sansha said:
What ive noticed is, like all sports/entertainment, they are some girls in it just to attract some guys.
But ive noticed that "oh look at me, im a girl gamer" is the new "girls arent allowed".
They cant out loud just say "girls suck, youre not allowed" so what they say is "look at the girl, shes all like, im so special, i play games." even though she said nothing of the sort, shes just playing the fucking game.
lol full circle
But ive noticed that "oh look at me, im a girl gamer" is the new "girls arent allowed".
They cant out loud just say "girls suck, youre not allowed" so what they say is "look at the girl, shes all like, im so special, i play games." even though she said nothing of the sort, shes just playing the fucking game.
lol full circle
Man...I love anonymitySansha said:
OT: MY general experience say that girls suck at gaming.
That said, gaming has little need of extreme physical strength than some other stuff (some sports for example) and so, girls SHOULD be able to be more or less equal.
That said, there ARE differences in brains between genders. Without claiming to be a scientist, I seem to think that boys in general have a better spatial understanding than girls for example. And while I cant quite remember what spatial means I think it was about space/3D understanding? Difficult to explain this when I'm not writing in my mothertongue
There are certainly areas the "girlbrain" is better in as well.
That said, it is not very hard to imagine that games cater to certain "intelligences", and neither is it hard to imagine that since games are often made by and for men/boys, they will cater to these. And as such, boys will naturally (in general) be "better" gamers.
Huh, this post got a lot longer than I was planning. Anyway, I guess you see where I'm heading with it
LOL this again??
these threads are so tired they should be put on lockdown the second they're posted lol
i dont fully understand if you have...
water is wet.
girls game.
the sky is blue.
the end.
no one should care about a gamer simply because of their gender. (the majority of folks here seem to be on the trolley)
so, on behalf of my fellow gamer girls everywhere.. let's all move on and stop making threads like this.
these threads are so tired they should be put on lockdown the second they're posted lol
i dont fully understand if you have...
then why are you bothering to post yet another thread about this tired subject? in theory if you were genuinely sick of these "girl gamer" threads, you would be part of the solution rather than the problem.Sansha said:
water is wet.
girls game.
the sky is blue.
the end.
no one should care about a gamer simply because of their gender. (the majority of folks here seem to be on the trolley)
so, on behalf of my fellow gamer girls everywhere.. let's all move on and stop making threads like this.
haha.
Once I was pwned in Quake Live deathmatch by a girl.
Sure,if they play enough they can get high skills.
Regarding gender,the only difference I spot between female and male gamers is that females mostly tend to play more "casual" games than "core" games.
Most of the people that I know that play Zynga games on Facebook are women,while most of the people I meet at fps deathmatches are men.
Anyway,if they like it,let them play it.
I generally thing that variety is something good,and that also implies at gaming.
The more the females start playing core games the better.
Once I was pwned in Quake Live deathmatch by a girl.
Sure,if they play enough they can get high skills.
Regarding gender,the only difference I spot between female and male gamers is that females mostly tend to play more "casual" games than "core" games.
Most of the people that I know that play Zynga games on Facebook are women,while most of the people I meet at fps deathmatches are men.
Anyway,if they like it,let them play it.
I generally thing that variety is something good,and that also implies at gaming.
The more the females start playing core games the better.
I've never actually met a good girl gamer. I've met ok girl gamers, and it's not because they didn't play much, they played loads they just weren't good at it. This fact however, was nothing to do with their gender, it's just that the sample group that I have met has far too few girl gamers, and plenty of guy gamers.
To be fair, we didn't set foot on it. We landed on it, stomped around in heavy boots for a while. Sorry, bad joke I know. Just when I hear "Set foot" I imagine someone running around barefoot.... That would be kinda awesome though.Metalhandkerchief said:
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OT:
I do infact know alot of girl-gamers. Both my sisters game, two of my female friends are educating themselves into game-developers, and maybe 70% of the women I know play games in some capacity.
So yeah...
Fully aware of the existance of good female gamers.
In my social set, there are a whole lot of women I love and respect - sadly none play video games. The same is true for the guys - no gamers. I'm bloody alone. If anyone should be pitied, it's me. The closest I come to gaming with "girls" is making female RPG characters! I have a lovely red-headed Hawke in DAII :-D Ah well - not so bad then, eh?!
Well actually in theory with Biological dispotion(Women better at multitasking, Men better 3d spatial awareness and more risky) one sex should have a better natural ability in certain genres. Girls should in theory trump guys in RTS and MMORPGs games while guys should in theory be better at FPS and other twitch type games. Although since not everyone conforms to average as it is only an average you can't say this is a definite case. Yes there are other factors I just wanted to point out the ignored biological traits.
Is that anyway to start a thread?Sansha said:
OT: I have no problems with girl gamers. It is those that need to be "girl gamers" that bother me. I thought we were all just gamers. If someones gamer tag or clan tag mentions their gender the first thought that comes into my head is "attention whore". I am usually proven right. She is usually the mouthy one in a party of male gamers with the worst score.
Why allude to your having tits in your gamer tag? It tends to be some teenage girl who comes on to the server for attention. The one needing to feel special online because daddy won't buy her a pony and the football players won't look at her in real life. This doesn't tend to be the case as often when you only find out they are female from mic chatter.
My experience is that women are not as good at gaming. It is a practice thing I guess. I can't remember seinge a girl with the best K
ratio or top of the score boards. I've never been beaten on Streetfighter/MVC2/Tekken/etc by a girl and all the top Streetfighter players etc. are male. Having said that, it could be that "133t_Tb49937" who never switches his mic on is secretly a girl. You would not get good odds in the bookies on that though.
So guys who have gamertags like 'AwesomeDude344', 'KillerGuy69', 'SexyRepairMan' or any other name using any sort of masculine term is flaunting his gender in everybody's face?bjj hero said:OT: I have no problems with girl gamers. It is those that need to be "girl gamers" that bother me. I thought we were all just gamers. If someones gamer tag or clan tag mentions their gender the first thought that comes into my head is "attention whore". I am usually proven right. She is usually the mouthy one in a party of male gamers with the worst score.
Why allude to your having tits in your gamer tag? It tends to be some teenage girl who comes on to the server for attention. The one needing to feel special online because daddy won't buy her a pony and the football players won't look at her in real life. This doesn't tend to be the case as often when you only find out they are female from mic chatter.
My experience is that women are not as good at gaming. It is a practice thing I guess. I can't remember seinge a girl with the best K
Having said that, it could be that "133t_Tb49937" who never switches his mic on is secretly a girl. You would not get good odds in the bookies on that though.
The fact of the matter is, there's a prejudice amongst gamers. Us guys are free to express ourselves as men through video games as much as we want, but as soon as a girl so much as tries to talk on a headset, she gets harassed.
Its not exactly fair that girls have to hide their gender from the rest of the gaming community. How would you feel if you had to pretend to be a woman in order to play CoD without being teased, insulted, hit upon, and called (as you say) an attention whore?
Let's face it, the gaming community has several big flaws regarding the fairer sex that seriously need fixing.
Also, I have several female gamer friends who would gladly kick your ass ten times over in Halo, if that's what it takes to make you believe that girls are just as good as guys at video games. My best friend's girlfriend isn't even a hardcore gamer, and she is amazing when it comes to Metal Gear Solid, and another friends ex once made it to the final round of a hardcore Tekken tournament and she had never even played the game before.
My wife plays games. But she's pretty bad and I'm not sure why.
We both started playing this game called LOL or League of Legends and she's just terrible. We started off playing together (so we both played the same amount of time) but for some reason I got better and she didn't.
We both started playing this game called LOL or League of Legends and she's just terrible. We started off playing together (so we both played the same amount of time) but for some reason I got better and she didn't.
Saying this is the final discussion sounds like this is the ultimate showdown.
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