Poll: Where to meet gamer girls.

[TheMasterGL16]

Ok, I?m posting this for 2 reasons, I?ll admit up front I want a badge for getting A TON of posts and responses and something tells me this page will go off like the 4th of July.

Reason number two should be pretty obvious. I am a gamer and I would like to meet a nice, intelligent, girl who shares my love of games. I would just for ONCE like to meet/date a girl who doesn?t try to pull me away from WoW and get me to quit because it seems too nerdy. So I would appreciate some suggestions on where to meet such a girl.

I ALSO have added a poll because I would like to get a statistic on what percentage of gamers are girls.

Oh, I would also like to add that I do NOT consider the internet an option for meeting people. I?m looking for real life places where you can meet real life people.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Oh good, because you certainly aren't going to meet many girls on here.

If you're dating girls that want to change who you are they're not worth your time anyway, you shouldn't have to drastically change who you are for a girl, thats just wrong. And that's my advice, because it's hard to give directions on where to meet girls without knowing you better personally.

 

[TheMasterGL16]

Oh good, because you certainly aren't going to meet many girls on here.

If you're dating girls that want to change who you are they're not worth your time anyway, you shouldn't have to drastically change who you are for a girl, thats just wrong. And that's my advice, because it's hard to give directions on where to meet girls without knowing you better personally.

Nice to see you posting on my posts again. lol.

 

[TheMasterGL16]

...Oh. I was going to say, MMOs are a great place to meet those of the female persuasion.
Not to stereotype, but I've met a bunch of nice girls over WoW, some of which have become my good friends, and one of whom is my absolute best friend.

Otherwise? I dunno. Conventions maybe?

Ok, I WOULD NEVER do that, but just as a point of interest, how on earth did you manage to get a girl you met in WoW to talk to you in real life??? I can't even imagine a way to ask for a phone number over a WoW chat channel that's not creepy.

 

[kat-24]

I know many girls who play WoW, many of whom are happily married to husbands that play WoW... also, Gamer girls aren't few and far between, at this point... you shouldn't have much trouble finding one if you're involved in the gaming community, they're not a rare species anymore, and are just as common as male gamers, polls like this shouldn't be neccisary...

 

[SquirrelPants]

...Oh. I was going to say, MMOs are a great place to meet those of the female persuasion.
Not to stereotype, but I've met a bunch of nice girls over WoW, some of which have become my good friends, and one of whom is my absolute best friend.

Otherwise? I dunno. Conventions maybe?

Ok, I WOULD NEVER do that, but just as a point of interest, how on earth did you manage to get a girl you met in WoW to talk to you in real life??? I can't even imagine a way to ask for a phone number over a WoW chat channel that's not creepy.

Try getting to know them first?
I had three girls on a forum once, one of which is still asking for MY phone number, simply because I got to know them. Personally, I don't like her too much, but that's a different story for a different day(and thread).

 

[TheMasterGL16]

I know many girls who play WoW, many of whom are happily married to husbands that play WoW... also, Gamer girls aren't few and far between, at this point... you shouldn't have much trouble finding one if you're involved in the gaming community, they're not a rare species anymore, and are just as common as male gamers, polls like this shouldn't be neccisary...

see THAT'S what I'm asking, I've always been the lone gamer hanging out with a bunch of people who don't game, mostly musicians to be specific. How do I get "involved in the gaming community"?

 

[Christemo]

ive met some gamer girls (if 30-yeard olds count) in wow. we have bout 5-6 in the guild.

 

[Aschenkatza]

...Oh. I was going to say, MMOs are a great place to meet those of the female persuasion.
Not to stereotype, but I've met a bunch of nice girls over WoW, some of which have become my good friends, and one of whom is my absolute best friend.

Otherwise? I dunno. Conventions maybe?

Ok, I WOULD NEVER do that, but just as a point of interest, how on earth did you manage to get a girl you met in WoW to talk to you in real life??? I can't even imagine a way to ask for a phone number over a WoW chat channel that's not creepy.

I actually used to play WoW[and I am a female] and I talked to many guys over vent mostly. Once I started to drift away and the guild fell apart, I stays in contact with them and eventually they asked if they could text me and I said yes.
The whole point is to not ask just ANY female on WoW for a number[that is creepy], but to ask people you trust and really want to keep in contact with.
Tip: Be Casual. Get Vent/Teamspeak

Conventions and MMOs. But I know quite a few women who love FPSs more than MMOs

 

[Inverse Skies]

Nice to see you posting on my posts again. lol.

Lol, I'll post on just about anything on here. Whether anyone pays attention is a different matter.

 

[husenki]

...Oh. I was going to say, MMOs are a great place to meet those of the female persuasion.
Not to stereotype, but I've met a bunch of nice girls over WoW, some of which have become my good friends, and one of whom is my absolute best friend.

Otherwise? I dunno. Conventions maybe?

Ok, I WOULD NEVER do that, but just as a point of interest, how on earth did you manage to get a girl you met in WoW to talk to you in real life??? I can't even imagine a way to ask for a phone number over a WoW chat channel that's not creepy.

My girlfriend and I met on WoW and we've been together for 4 months now, and I know someone who met there fiancee on WoW. Just sort of happens I suppose.

 

[kat-24]

I know many girls who play WoW, many of whom are happily married to husbands that play WoW... also, Gamer girls aren't few and far between, at this point... you shouldn't have much trouble finding one if you're involved in the gaming community, they're not a rare species anymore, and are just as common as male gamers, polls like this shouldn't be neccisary...

see THAT'S what I'm asking, I've always been the lone gamer hanging out with a bunch of people who don't game, mostly musicians to be specific. How do I get "involved in the gaming community"?

Look up tournaments, conventions near you, public LAN parties, you don't even need to be good, just go there and meet some people who share your interest in gaming.. The internet is great for finding events, they're all around you... Hell, I'm going to a tournament in a couple of weeks due to a tiny and obscure ad I saw in a movie theater... its all around you if you look

 

[TheMasterGL16]

I know many girls who play WoW, many of whom are happily married to husbands that play WoW... also, Gamer girls aren't few and far between, at this point... you shouldn't have much trouble finding one if you're involved in the gaming community, they're not a rare species anymore, and are just as common as male gamers, polls like this shouldn't be neccisary...

see THAT'S what I'm asking, I've always been the lone gamer hanging out with a bunch of people who don't game, mostly musicians to be specific. How do I get "involved in the gaming community"?

Look up tournaments, conventions near you, public LAN parties, you don't even need to be good, just go there and meet some people who share your interest in gaming.. The internet is great for finding events, they're all around you... Hell, I'm going to a tournament in a couple of weeks due to a tiny and obscure ad I saw in a movie theater... its all around you if you look

I live in Colorado and am planning on hitting up Intel Fest in a month or so... I've never been to a BIG LAN party before or even one that I haven't hosted for that matter.

 

[kat-24]

I know many girls who play WoW, many of whom are happily married to husbands that play WoW... also, Gamer girls aren't few and far between, at this point... you shouldn't have much trouble finding one if you're involved in the gaming community, they're not a rare species anymore, and are just as common as male gamers, polls like this shouldn't be neccisary...

see THAT'S what I'm asking, I've always been the lone gamer hanging out with a bunch of people who don't game, mostly musicians to be specific. How do I get "involved in the gaming community"?

Look up tournaments, conventions near you, public LAN parties, you don't even need to be good, just go there and meet some people who share your interest in gaming.. The internet is great for finding events, they're all around you... Hell, I'm going to a tournament in a couple of weeks due to a tiny and obscure ad I saw in a movie theater... its all around you if you look

I live in Colorado and am planning on hitting up Intel Fest in a month or so... I've never been to a BIG LAN party before or even one that I haven't hosted for that matter.

No shit? I live in Colorado too, this makes things a lot easier...

 

[LadyZephyr]

I honestly am shocked at how often I see posts like this. 90% of my friends are gamer girls. Maybe because I'm bigger in the fannish and blogging community and that's a predominately female domain. Hell, I've made a few friends in the video store, just striking up conversation about games. Once warned a gal off Sonic 2006, talked for a good ten minutes about Worst Games Evar~, and went our separate ways.

Seriously, it's not a big deal. Tho it helps to like some good story-based games. Talking about gameplay is pretty dull, but god knows you get me and my gals together, we'll talk for hours about the deeper messages in Metal Gear Solid 2. In my circles, everyone fucking loves pretentious meta discussions.

 

[Desaari]

How do I get "involved in the gaming community"?

Try joining a clan/team/guild in the games you play. You mentioned WoW; join a sociable guild that, as others have mentioned, use voice chat software such as vent, ts2, even xfire voice chat.
You also mentioned how you don't consider the internet an option for meeting such people. Aside from LAN parties/cyber cafes/conventions as have been previously mentioned you will probably have a hard time finding gaming communities that socialise in the real world.

 

[amara2021]

I honestly am shocked at how often I see posts like this. 90% of my friends are gamer girls. Maybe because I'm bigger in the fannish and blogging community and that's a predominately female domain. Hell, I've made a few friends in the video store, just striking up conversation about games. Once warned a gal off Sonic 2006, talked for a good ten minutes about Worst Games Evar~, and went our separate ways.

Seriously, it's not a big deal. Tho it helps to like some good story-based games. Talking about gameplay is pretty dull, but god knows you get me and my gals together, we'll talk for hours about the deeper messages in Metal Gear Solid 2. In my circles, everyone fucking loves pretentious meta discussions.

Ive done the same thing at game shops and its a good way to start a conversation with people your just meeting for the first time. But for some reason i don't find many friends who are all that into games, deeper than Halo, Madden, and Grand Theft Auto. Ha, even my best female friend is like that. And I go to a Technology specialized school. Most of my gaming girl frinds I met at A video game design camp I had gone to a few times. So Id say it would be best to find somone at a place where its more likely that you might share interests with the people there such as a convention, or through networking through other friends. But you never know, you might find interesting people in every day situations as well, if you make a point to bring up the subject a lot.