Women of Norrath, what's your experience?

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

I don't think that it is acceptable that the first reply to a post on female experiences in EQ refers to women as whores.
Racism and homophobia aren't acceptable, so why is misogyny? If we casually refer to women as whores, even as a joke, then we create an atmosphere of low-level sexism and intimidation which leads to the mistreatment of women.
Have a look at the everyday sexism project
http://www.everydaysexism.com/
which gives 1000s of examples of, well, everyday sexism.

On the main point, as a male, no-one ever flirts with me online, probably because i'm double ugly (ugly on the inside, ugly on the outside). Playing a female toon in another game, someone was being pretty friendly and asked me how old i was. I replied "old and male" and he felt a little sheepish after that.

I have to say that I play to level up, have fun, get fat loots, but not really to chat with members of the opposite sex. And if people ask me RL questions that I'm not comfortable with, like the other posters suggest, I just answer as my toon "i'm a troll, i come from grobb"

Don't like racism homophobia or sexism? Don't go to red99. Don't reply to the red99 folk and you'll be a lot happier. Trying to use psychology and philosophy on those who only want to destroy and tear down, and then trying to apply that philosophy and psychology to the general male populace is laughable.

Also, if you're gonna do that RP crap, gotta go hard with it like Brut. I'm pretty sure he's an ogre from like, denmark or something now no lie.

[Asap]

I don't play female characters because females have cuties.

[Kimmie]

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

I don't play female characters because females have cuties.

circle circle, dot dot--now you have a cootie shot.

[myriverse]

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

I don't play female characters because females have cuties.

Cuties are a good thing to be/have.

Cooties? Not so much.

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

I never ask if someone is a girl IRL cause i don't really care, im not on eq to have elf cyber. Lets duo this evening though cecily, if u know what i mean bby.

^This.

And I've never been asked my IRL gender in a game, and tend to play female characters a lot.

[Cecily]

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

I don't play female characters because females have cuties.

Kids love Cuties because Cuties are made for kids.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

Kids love Cuties because Cuties are made for kids.

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Delicious, imo.

[whitebandit]

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

I don't play female characters because females have cuties.

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or

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[LethalLogic]

Who the heck cares...nobody knows your gender, race, religion, or sexual preferences unless you tell them. So zip it and play the dang game.

[Danth]

The wife's been participating in online gaming since about 1998. She's played everything from shooters to role-playing games. I can't recollect her ever having a great deal of undue problems due to her being a gal. The only peculiar attention we've received on P1999 was directed at both of us (more so at me), not at her specifically.

She and I have different opinions as to why that's the case given the horror stories we read. She believes it's because she's visibly in a relationship, therefore taken, hence the flirty sort of guys devote their attention elsewhere. My own opinion amounts to her not receiving much unwanted attention because she simply acts like an ordinary player. Ultimately most players care more about winning than about who's on the other side of the computer screen.

Danth

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

The wife's been participating in online gaming since about 1998. She's played everything from shooters to role-playing games. I can't recollect her ever having a great deal of undue problems due to her being a gal. The only peculiar attention we've received on P1999 was directed at both of us (more so at me), not at her specifically.

She and I have different opinions as to why that's the case given the horror stories we read. She believes it's because she's visibly in a relationship, therefore taken, hence the flirty sort of guys devote their attention elsewhere. My own opinion amounts to her not receiving much unwanted attention because she simply acts like an ordinary player. Ultimately most players care more about winning than about who's on the other side of the computer screen.

Danth

Danth Lara Andain 2014. Let's bring the magic back to P99. Reinstate global ooc pls :3