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

[stormcaller]

I play Halo on easy, lose at normal
Civ on Chieftain, sometimes lose
Wc3 my pride and joy on easy -60%
WoW I usually come one or two spots above the end of the dps list in a 25-man.

Don't beat yourself up over it, I could say I'm a stereotypical male player (Orcs are awesome, flying limbs too) but then I remember I only play Rts and MMO's and suck at them.

There's nothing wrong with the box, the box is fine,everyone get in the box, there is no box! people share opinions and since to them it seems those opinions are shared by the majority of their group/gender/race/whatever they create the "box" around it and say that is my group/gender/race/whatever if they see someone who is not in their magical box they give them evil stares and tell them "Hey you look like one of us,get in the box!".

Ok I may have gotten a little Boxxy with that(Oh,that's awesome but I guess it's one of those stupid jokes that only makes sense to me) but what I'm trying to say is that yes alot of people have similar tastes and they group up and start to impose these tastes upon others.

Your not a "girl gamer" your a girl who plays the healer, likes brightly coloured side-scrollers (I'm with you on the colours grey and brown are a tad monotonous(sp?)),likes DDR, likes attention (since when was this a girl-only trait? have people not seen those guys who sit there flexing their arms all day?), likes Link platonically (Female Blood Elf here, call me sexist but they look cute in a way), is mediocre at games (I'm crap don't worry), doesn't play multiplayer very well (multiplayer!? hell I have enough hassle figuring out "player" in general) and dies in legendary (I could probably win,they'd all die laughing at me)


Damn I shoulda just quoted...

 

[Theo Samaritan]

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.

I don't watch G4 but I assume it was something like a 3-footer?

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

I have only been playing for the last 3 years or so, but I'm passing ITG 13's with relative ease. No-where near a PIU-Pro though ¬_¬

Sorry, thread de-railment!

 

[Ancientgamer]

The only thing wrong with you with you is that you're trying to put a label on yourself at all. Play what you want and laugh at those who think inside the box. You're not ignorant, which is what annoys most people about casual gamers anyway.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Might as well join in on this self-examination...

I suck at versus multiplayer as I usually get a 1:3 Kill/Death ratio.
I enjoy cute things in games, such as the dog in Fable 2, and also tend to play as a female in games with an emphasis on feminine clothing that doesn't look slutty.
I hate wearing armor in games, as I prefer clothing and robes.
I like to play a support role, but only if I have allies worth helping. I can barely do Halo 3 on Heroic, and Legendary was only possible for me with the magic of 4 player co-op and respawning.
And my favorite 3 colors are Red, Purple, and Pink.
I don't actually enjoy explosions and action movies.
I enjoyed "The Notebook"
And most of my favorite pokemon are the cutest ones.
And last, and most stereotypically feminine of all, I have never asked a girl out and am almost 19. (Girls don't usually date girls, right?) Or a guy, for those about to make stupid comments.

 

[njautobody]

also tend to play as a female in games with an emphasis on feminine clothing that doesn't look slutty.
I hate wearing armor in games, as I prefer clothing and robes.
I like to play a support role, but only if I have allies worth helping. I can barely do Halo 3 on Heroic, and Legendary was only possible for me with the magic of 4 player co-op and respawning.

Same here, I've always preferred the female characters to male characters in games. Also with playing the support character except in online games like COD. Even in COD I will only play war and I am usually the one that goes in for the flag while everyone else takes out the ones around me. I guess that I fit into the girl gamer "stereotype" even though I'm a guy.

EDIT: I also enjoyed Eternal Sonata because it was a cute game.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Stereotyping is bad, mmm'kay?

Oh, well...the real problem is how these so-called stereotypes came about in the first place...

 

[out0v0rder]

The part about you being fat and ugly is absent. Stereotypical my ass.

 

[Bofus Teefus]

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.

This isn't my stereotype for female gamers. Most of the gamer chicks I know play L4D and/or GTAIV, are ultra-competitive, and could probably beat the everloving crap out of me at either game. My roommate is a female gamer, and her favorites are Resident Evil series, L4D, and...Animal Crossing. Come to think of it, we often team up on L4D on split-screen with another split-screen male/female pair, and with that team we barely ever lose at versus. If I had to broad-brush all female players, I'd say they're less likely to run off by themselves and get killed.

I'm not knocking your skill level or what you like to play at all, though. It's just different from most of the chicks I play with/against. For all I know, the stereotype fits, and I've just got an odd sample.

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.

It's unfortunate that this isn't a more common attitude.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

The part about you being fat and ugly is absent. Stereotypical my ass.

Bravo, my friend, bravo.

 

[McClaud]

I've never had problems with the regular stereotypical gamer girl. My wife is one, and she plays a lot of games that are often put into the "girl gamer" category. Her favorite two games at the moment are Rock Band 2 and MySims Kingdoms.

The problems I've had are with supposed gamer girls who are more about showing off their naughty bits and getting guys to follow them around in large groups. Nothing more annoying than someone who detracts from the gaming experience by turning it into a purely sexual experience.

 

[njautobody]

Stereotyping is bad, mmm'kay?

Yeah, I hate stereotyping thats why I put it in quotes. I was trying to get it across as pretty much anyone can fit into it. It's all a persons choice in how they want to do something.

 

[Chickenlittle]

I think this might have killed the stereotype.

I've never actually encountered a realm life example of "stereotypical female gamer".

Thank you.

 

[LifeSarcastic]

You are not the stereotype. Thing is stereotypes are usually wrong(you should probably read that as are always wrong) no one can perfectly fit that stereotype 100% of the time. If that's the girl gamer stereotype then there are more women on this planet then I thought. Because a lot of guys fit most of those. Is that box moving? Nah...just my imagination. No one could be hiding in it.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

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Spoiler

Don't feel bad about the easy thing, I play games for the story or the immersion, rarely for the Hard Core Challenge, so I almost always play on easy

*runs away*

 

[poet_lawreate]

My experience of being a girl gamer online is that often they don't actually believe me. So I changed my avs to pictures of me but that doesn't help, because you can get pictures of any girl off the innernets.

Seem to be lots of girls on this thread- do you ever get actual abuse ingame if you're talking? I have gotten 'awh! She's a girl' and 'Tits or GTFO' comments before which I usually respond to with a damn good fragging.
But of course I'm generalising. Most civilised gamers don't care whether you're a girl, they'll shoot you anyway.

And Erana? DDR is awesome and amazing and I have converted so many guy gamers to its ways.

 

[Nicolai]

I think people overlook that there are far more differences between people than between genders. There is always a way of breaking a stereotype with any given person, unless the stereotype is so general as to be meaningless. Celebrate enjoying what you enjoy and leave other people to their enjoyment, there's plenty to go around.

 

[theklng]

i honestly didn't know there was a stereotype for gamer girls. not that it matters; i'm all for equality so i kill people from any gender just the same.

 

[gmer412]

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Spoiler

Don't feel bad about the easy thing, I play games for the story or the immersion, rarely for the Hard Core Challenge, so I almost always play on easy

*runs away*

Dude, me too! I never get the idea that "you are only worthwhile as a human if you can beat every game on hard mode."

Anyway, no, you are certainly not the stereotype. In the (few) MMOs I've played, I prefer to be a healer.