Women of Norrath, what's your experience?

[JPMorgan]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think I did that for 1.5 years here. It worked ok for awhile, As people we're scripted to interact one way or the other, depending on gender.

I'm curious to how saying you're a male to avoid unwanted attention directed towards your gender would effect this. I'm a man, but my chat box isn't filled with vulgar tells from other male players about stuff they wouldn't say in front of a woman. In fact, that sort of stuff is said way more often in public, or semi-public channels.

Does it mean that they just talk about sports, automobiles or some other stereotypical male driven interest? I care very little about either of those things, and again they never even come up.

The only scripted behaviors I could imagine that would flare up between opposite genders, that don't come up between two individuals of the same gender -- with the exception of the presence of homosexuality (which isn't a big deal) -- is romantic intimacy. If someone is crude then they will be crude, no matter what their audience's gender. I'm uncomfortable with certain topics, and I'll pull the conversation away from them. If you say you're a male in this context, then what you're really doing is making yourself gender neutral. It's similar to de Beauvoir's the other.

Again, it isn't really right that you should have to resort to this, but I don't see how lying about your gender would be anything but beneficial if you have no intent to instigate or reap any of the effects of being a woman in an environment filled with creepy sexists. I can see how it would be annoying. But, in the end, who cares: unless the point is to highlight the fact that you are a woman -- for the purpose of an equality crusade or otherwise.

[Fame]

Trolling aside, you're all elfs to me

[JPMorgan]

Originally Posted by Fame [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Trolling aside, you're all elfs to me

That's the ticket.

[Ajkuhuun]

PS: can anybody name any females (sex, you jackasses) that have played at a highly competitive level in PVP in any MMO games?

http://www.twitch.tv/itshafu

World of Warcraft
1st - MLG Orlando 2008
1st - MLG Dallas 2008
1st - NA Blizzard Regionals 2008
3rd - Blizzcon 2008
3rd - ESL Leipzig 2008

Bloodline Champions
1st - Dreamhack Summer 2011

Female gamer Hafu wins MLG Orlando with Orz

when that guy was perving on your shoe size, can't you just say something like "size 15, i'll rip your dick off with my monster toes?"

And yeah, tried shit like that. Nothing helped, not even ignore. Douche just remade different toons. It's unfair to make this the stereotype though, there's fucking bug ass crazy people in each sex, this is just my "disturbing" story.

[Tiggles]

Originally Posted by Ajkuhuun [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.twitch.tv/itshafu

World of Warcraft
1st - MLG Orlando 2008
1st - MLG Dallas 2008
1st - NA Blizzard Regionals 2008
3rd - Blizzcon 2008
3rd - ESL Leipzig 2008

Bloodline Champions
1st - Dreamhack Summer 2011

Female gamer Hafu wins MLG Orlando with Orz




And yeah, tried shit like that. Nothing helped, not even ignore. Douche just remade different toons. It's unfair to make this the stereotype though, there's fucking bug ass crazy people in each sex, this is just my "disturbing" story.

Hafu is a good player but she is just one member of a team in all those wins, It's common knowledge she is carried by the other players and she just the public face and image of the team.

They could replace her with a superior player in about 15 minutes but they would lose her 1+ million plus twitch fans and the revenue they bring in.

This is why GPU companies sponsor "frag dolls" and other all female teams, they are not better then male teams but people like watching girls play video games.

http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/178...e_bending_over

Hafu was removed from her previous team for poor performance and was picked up by a competitive team only as a "fuck you" to the original team when they beat them in the finals.

[Naena]

Originally Posted by Tiggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hafu is a good player but she is just one member of a team in all those wins, It's common knowledge she is carried by the other players and she just the public face and image of the team.

They could replace her with a superior player in about 15 minutes but they would lose her 1+ million plus twitch fans and the revenue they bring in.

This is why GPU companies sponsor "frag dolls" and other all female teams, they are not better then male teams but people like watching girls play video games.

http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/178...e_bending_over

Hafu was removed from her previous team for poor performance and was picked up by a competitive team only as a "fuck you" to the original team when they beat them in the finals.

You don't get first place in MLG/3rd at Blizzcon from being carried, sure there might have been some players who could have done it better, but to say she was carried is going a bit far. You aren't going to pull off a win in a tourney as big as MLG or Blizzcon if someone on your team isn't one of the best at what they do.

But anyway, since the question all this came from was asking if there were any females who have played at a highly competitive level in PVP in any MMO games... There are plenty of females who have played at high level in PvP in WoW, which is without a doubt the most popular and competitive MMO ever. There are also girls that play at high level in SC2, and I'm sure pretty much every other competitive video game too.

There are plenty of guys who suck at MMOs/video games, just like there are girls that suck. However I probably know just as many girls who I trust to play their character to its full potential as guys.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Originally Posted by Naena [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You don't get first place in MLG/3rd at Blizzcon from being carried, sure there might have been some players who could have done it better, but to say she was carried is going a bit far. You aren't going to pull off a win in a tourney as big as MLG or Blizzcon if someone on your team isn't one of the best at what they do.

But anyway, since the question all this came from was asking if there were any females who have played at a highly competitive level in PVP in any MMO games... There are plenty of females who have played at high level in PvP in WoW, which is without a doubt the most popular and competitive MMO ever. There are also girls that play at high level in SC2, and I'm sure pretty much every other competitive video game too.

There are plenty of guys who suck at MMOs/video games, just like there are girls that suck. However I probably know just as many girls who I trust to play their character to its full potential as guys.

I'm sure by percentile it's all the same, but why is my guild like 95% men :P

[Faerie]

This thread is gonna be 8 billion pages long by tomorrow.

[Clark]

Originally Posted by Faerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This thread is gonna be 8 billion pages long by tomorrow.

o.O

[Faerie]

I don't know of any professional gamers, male or female. But there were plenty of women playing on Vallon Zek back in the day, in highly competitive guilds.