I just have to admit it- I am the steriotypical female gamer. But who cares?

[Erana]

If you don't know me, I fit the bill for the steriotypical female gamer.
I like girly outfits for my character, I always play the healer, I love the brightly colored, child-friendly sidescrollers. I like DDR. I (moderately, and excluding "Pix Plz") like to get attention for being female on the internet. I oogle over how pretty Link is (albeit platonically) and the most incriminating: I am mediocre at games. I can play Halo on Heroic well enough, but I fail epically at multiplayer, and I am cannon fodder with Legendary, to give a sense of scale.

Does this mean that I have failed those who say that girls can be good at video games? Am I being a hypocrite when defending the equality of women in video games? What does this prove? And now that we have established that some people do fit the steriotype, who really cares about it? People talk negatively about it, but I don't see any significant problem.
/rhetorical question montage

I guess the point is, is the steriotype itself really that bad, or is it the fact that it is the box people try to put on people* that is the problem?

*In retrospect, that sounds like a subtle Solid Snake refrence...

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

That's not the stereotype as I saw it...I always thought it was the girls who only played stuff like Nintendogs and The Sims. But that's more of a stereotypical casual girl gamer.

 

[goatzilla8463]

theres nothing wrong with being a sterotypical chick gamer. and being bad doesnt mean u will gain the ire of the comunity. if anyone does give u shit for being bad, tell them to go get sunshine

 

[Strong Intelligent]

The Sims

I'm most certainly not a girl, and I'm downright obsessed with Sims games. Sue me. :/

 

[Extravaganza]

That's not the stereotype as I saw it...I always thought it was the girls who only played stuff like Nintendogs and The Sims. But that's more of a stereotypical casual girl gamer.

haha its true i always thought girls played the SIMs

 

[Fronken]

Tits or GTFO...Sorry, i just couldn't resist ^^

Nah but seriously, female gamers are awesome, i'm lucky enough to have a couple of them as good friends irl, and i dont really care if they fit the stereotype or if they pwn everything they see, it doesnt matter, the fact that its a Girl (those mysterious things one dream about) and Games (our biggest hobby) Combined...it's just to awesome to nitpick.

 

[Erana]

I lost my disc to that a while ago, along with my precious Halo and Morrowind, among others...
I'm left with only KOTOR in terms of Xbox games, but I have a bit of a vendetta agianst Bioware as of now...

Of course, the Sims never worked for me, for some reason. But I got bored with that... I prefered Transformers over barbies as a child.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

You can't really help being some type of random stereotype these days...

 

[Waverer]

Meh I absolutely hate the whole 'healer girl' bit. I have yet to see a male healer in any of the big game series. Anyone want to give me some examples?

You haven't really failed anyone. There are people that prove that girls can be good at games, you're just not one of them it seems. People who do not fit stereotypes are always the ones who care about it. Negatively portraying someone as something that they are not will always hit a nerve.

 

[Strong Intelligent]

That's not the stereotype as I saw it...I always thought it was the girls who only played stuff like Nintendogs and The Sims. But that's more of a stereotypical casual girl gamer.

haha its true i always thought girls played the SIMs

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

The Sims

I'm most certainly not a girl, and I'm downright obsessed with Sims games. Sue me. :/

Ummm...I never said that The Sims is purely enjoyed by girls. I didn't mean to imply that guys couldn't enjoy it, too. But I just meant that girls are more likely to enjoy a life simulation game. Like how they used to play "House" and always say that "ITS NOT LUPUS!"

 

[Theo Samaritan]

I like DDR.

I'm a 20 year old male, and I play DDR. I've got a 32 year old male friend who also plays DDR. Bad example!

Also, no you're not being a hypocrite. Just because you feel that you are the stereotype doesn't mean you cannot protest it.

 

[Uncompetative]

Erana how competitive are you?

 

[Biag]

I'm a dude, and I can't even play on Heroic. You intimidate me.

Anyway, you don't represent the female gaming population. Arguing against the girls-are-bad-at-games stereotype doesn't make you a hypocrite.

 

[Erana]

I like DDR.

I'm a 20 year old male, and I play DDR. I've got a 32 year old male friend who also plays DDR. Bad example!

Also, no you're not being a hypocrite. Just because you feel that you are the stereotype doesn't mean you cannot protest it.

After watching the competitive gaming show on G4, and how they were saying that it was alright for both teams to have failed epically on a really easy DDR song because, "Guys don't play DDR," I have to say that your breed is considered as non-existent as my own according to gaming idiots.

Erana how competitive are you?

I am the anti-competitiveness. Why do you ask?

 

[njautobody]

I guess it is just a matter of preference, I consider myself a competitive gamer but enjoy playing games non-competitively also. To me, even if I'm just playing "casually" with the guys it still becomes a huge competition in the end of who can be the best in the game. Girls tend to not make it a huge competition which is definitely a welcome change. But then again you get some girls who welcome the competition also. It all depends on your preference for gaming, It's not really a stereotype rather It's a preference.

 

[njautobody]

I like DDR.

I'm a 20 year old male, and I play DDR. I've got a 32 year old male friend who also plays DDR. Bad example!

Also, no you're not being a hypocrite. Just because you feel that you are the stereotype doesn't mean you cannot protest it.

I also am a 20 year old male who plays DDR I've been playing since '02 I think?

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

Canada has stereotypes to it i can stapled to me alot, 'hey hows is your Igloo doing?, wait wheres the power outlet fit in that' (i swear that guy was high)

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

huh....what....female gamers?

What you are and how you play shouldn't matter whatsoever.

Sadly it does and that's the problem isn't it?

Play nice people.