Why aren't girls into gaming?
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Dude, your quote was inappropriate, and I didn't get the reference either. If that isn't what you believe then you should take the effort to cite your reference, if you are trying to be funny. Or alternatively you could try adding something relevant to the debate.Yatrix said:
Seriously. I'm getting sick of all female characters having massive titties, or being completely underdeveloped.xitel said:
Or both!
Portal was the first game with a female protagonist without, as Yahtzee so properly put it, 'stonking great tits.' While she may not have been developed as some of the other characters I've played, she's still good, and a strong heroine in that she isn't the damsel in distress and actually saves her own ass.
But more to the point, the other comments are right. Being a female in a 'male oriented' community where the whole point is to unleash boyish aggression suddenly gets everyone up on you for having titties. It's annoying. It's incredibly irritating when guys try to treat me like I'm weak and need healing items and have to be walked by the hand. And then they all try to know me on a first name basis and all act like freaking idiots trying to get my attention and get a chance to fuck with me. Ironically useless, because I'm not interested in men. It sucks for me because it gives me an unnecessary advantage, because it makes me feel inferior, and I while I'm glad I owned those malechavinistic ass, I don't like ruining someone's fragile self esteem.
This one is ^^Jursa said:
I had an inkling you were joking, no your quote wasn't hilarious and if you'd have taken the time to find out; I am a lady.Yatrix said:
Me my dad and brother have spent endless hours trying to find the most interesting ways to die, who can make the best traps using snarks, the best way to get through Ravenholm (HL2)using nothing but the gravity gun and saw blades and who can get there gib to fly the farthest. After a stressful day at work there's nothing more relaxing than unloading a shotgun into someone's face as quickly as you can. It's funny (and annoying) when guys freak out over the fact that there being owned by a girl. Then I tell them how to fix that funny noise their car is making and they look at me like their not sure whether or not they've hallucinated me or not.Jursa said:
My wife plays but she often does it anonymously.
Recently she reminded herself why when she tried Sony Home and got harassed by legions of pathetic virgins.
Recently she reminded herself why when she tried Sony Home and got harassed by legions of pathetic virgins.
Ya know what? There are a lot of guys who aren't into gaming either. In fact, there's a reason most gamers are called "geeks" (I bear this title proudly, mind you): it's not a mainstream thing. Now, you could go into a big analysis that maybe a slightly larger majority of girls being vaguely and generally more socially-oriented or whatever have more of an interest in mainstream things, or you could discuss bad marketing or whatever, but the fact of the matter is that a majority of PEOPLE aren't into gaming, and regardless of whether they're male or female, they probably have similar reasons for not being into games.
Fact of the matter is, there ARE girls who are into gaming, a lot of them, and it's really not much of a mystery why. They find games fun for the same myriad reasons male gamers find them fun, running the gamut from exercising creativity to solving puzzles to the nearly inexpressable joy of shooting something until it explodes into glorious pixellated goo.
Now, given that there are a large number of female gamers out there, even if still in the technical minority (though it's a large minority), and you can't find girls who want to play with YOU, I would say that's an entirely different issue. The question you want to be asking then is, "Why aren't girls into gaming WITH ME?"
And, surely if there are areas where women gamers are having their very identities questioned when they just want to find people to splat pixels with, of course those women are going to avoid those areas. They'll seek out their gaming experiences elsewhere where they can avoid being treated like that. Generally most people will seek out environments, gaming or otherwise, where their personal identity isn't called into question everytime they say a word and where they will ultimately will be respected for their skill and amicability, regardless of what's between their legs.
Fact of the matter is, there ARE girls who are into gaming, a lot of them, and it's really not much of a mystery why. They find games fun for the same myriad reasons male gamers find them fun, running the gamut from exercising creativity to solving puzzles to the nearly inexpressable joy of shooting something until it explodes into glorious pixellated goo.
Now, given that there are a large number of female gamers out there, even if still in the technical minority (though it's a large minority), and you can't find girls who want to play with YOU, I would say that's an entirely different issue. The question you want to be asking then is, "Why aren't girls into gaming WITH ME?"
And, surely if there are areas where women gamers are having their very identities questioned when they just want to find people to splat pixels with, of course those women are going to avoid those areas. They'll seek out their gaming experiences elsewhere where they can avoid being treated like that. Generally most people will seek out environments, gaming or otherwise, where their personal identity isn't called into question everytime they say a word and where they will ultimately will be respected for their skill and amicability, regardless of what's between their legs.
Here Here! Well said I say.DeathQuaker said:
We're all the minority together...... just not to closely together, some of you smell funny......
Let the gore flow freely without the constraints of gender bias and sexual harassment!
Hello! Girl gamer right here!
Most of my friends game too, and all of our male friends think it's pretty damn cool. Good way to meet boys.
But yeah, the assholes I run into online while playing WoW or XBOX Live kinda put me off online gaming, but sometimes it can be used for our entertainment.
Me and my best friend's favorite thing to do on Live is to play Halo, whip the shit out of every other player, and once we've won, unmute our microphones and reveal our gender to our pwned brethren. Their reactions...priceless.
Most of my friends game too, and all of our male friends think it's pretty damn cool. Good way to meet boys.
But yeah, the assholes I run into online while playing WoW or XBOX Live kinda put me off online gaming, but sometimes it can be used for our entertainment.
Me and my best friend's favorite thing to do on Live is to play Halo, whip the shit out of every other player, and once we've won, unmute our microphones and reveal our gender to our pwned brethren. Their reactions...priceless.
"Remember the shotgun? She'd jump in the air and everyone would die." (Spoken wistfully by my Bro's friend recounting getting owned in a brief CS session at a LAN party)
I mostly avoid online gaming, not because of hoards of lame pick-up lines (I find them amusing) but because I'm extremely anti-social and I'm gaming in a vain attempt to convince myself that me and GLaDOS are the only beings in existence. But then I'm a recluse who will only attend social functions with the promise of free food and a corner to hide in with a book.
Also living in the middle of nowhere with Dial-Up the only option makes WoW raiding rather sucky.
I mostly avoid online gaming, not because of hoards of lame pick-up lines (I find them amusing) but because I'm extremely anti-social and I'm gaming in a vain attempt to convince myself that me and GLaDOS are the only beings in existence. But then I'm a recluse who will only attend social functions with the promise of free food and a corner to hide in with a book.
Also living in the middle of nowhere with Dial-Up the only option makes WoW raiding rather sucky.