They actually don’t though. The female to male gamer ratio is almost even between the two genders. Yes, I realize that they are counting phone games, but games are games. I’ve been playing video games for over 35 years (starting from family night Centipede wargames on the Atari 2600). We’ve always been around.
edit: oh, you said THIS game. Well I’d still argue that there’s more females playing than you think. Fully half my raid group is female.
And yeah, I get called dude all the time when I play. I’ve given up correcting people.
For a straight guy, it’s safer for them to assume that you are just a dude, particularly if you reject their advances.
So trust me, you’re all just dudes and happy to be dudes, so everyone is happy and on this game to chill.
I don’t know how to say this nicely, but when a girl goes out of her way to let people know she’s a girl, this is kind of like…crying for attention. Maybe that’s me being old-fashioned, I don’t know…you shouldn’t really be offended at being called a dude, as a lot of men are creepers that won’t leave you alone once they know you’re a girl…that’s my opinion.
Though in all fairness, I think with all these mgtow and male supremacist groups popping up on the internet constantly harping about how much they hate women these days, maybe I’m completely wrong…
As a former single dad, I can attest its the choices and not the gender. I made choices to put my kids first over my career. I didnt care about the extra pay, I felt I had to be a parent first. Turned down opportunities to visit other countries and set up remote locations.
When my company was sued for discrimination against women an minorities, they did a pay vs title comparison. Guess who got listed at the bottom of the barrel? ME! I got a 12% bump (was over $6K per year then) immediately and max raises for the next few years, just like any other person who was under midpoint did.
Its choices and I can use my own history to show that.
I don’t consider myself an RP guy. That said, there is an element of fantasy/roleplay, on some level, with each of my toons. Whether they are Female or Male, there is a certain investment in terms of imagination when I play them. It’s the draw of playing a game like this for me. So, when I’m seeing you or anyone else in-game, you are whatever gender your toon is.
I get sleepy if I’m buzzed and I don’t have any stimuli so when I drank and played wow random bgs were quite entertaining. Inhibitions are lowered so I didn’t even get bummed if we lost.
I’m not much of a drinker anymore. It never tastes good and hangovers suck. Maybe on a special occasion.
1.) yes, I have had people assume that I’m a guy, and it has never bothered me because most of the characters running around are actually male.
2.) sometimes, if it’s a chatty group, I’ll make my femaleness known because we’re all talking and it seems appropriate. Most of the time, however, I just flow with whatever they’re calling me, which is usually, “heals,” or “priest/shaman.” It just isn’t important.
3.). I’ve played this game a long time, and I have never had a problem with men/boys getting creepy/personal stalker-ish after learning a real girl was driving my toons. I really don’t think that’s a big problem. I just don’t.
So yep. I know what you mean. It just doesn’t bother me at all.
well hence my next sentence saying “we do exist” with a smiley face you should be able to infer that I was trying to be on the loose end about it. Do you think i sit at my screen and shake my fists at every player that calls me a guy? no lmao. i simply posted it on the forums to have a conversation about it.
When i am reading text i do not add context that does not exist,I read it for what it is. When i hear someones voice i can then apply hidden context based on tone and inflection.
But i do people the “courtesy” of not assuming those hidden contexts based on text.
You gave me my answer,thank you,I was simply looking for understanding.
And no i do not think you shake your fist at every player that calls you a guy,I think you “shake your fist” at a select few and that is why the comment you made exists. To which i would say,let it go,strangers and their opinions are irrelevant. You and your loved ones opinions are all that matters.
i intended no ill will.
Yep absolutely choices,the irony is they did a study where they first took 83 people,next study was 500,next study was 1300,next study was 5,000 people where they handed in applications,each study they removed another piece of information,eventually the following was removed
Gender
Race
Name
Birthday
All that was left was accolades. And guess who scored the lowest with hires? Women. And minorities.
Because it is about the choices they make/made for their career path. Not about the color of their skin,name or gender.
The irony was the news responded to this by bringing up an old study that was disproven by a larger study.
they said their study proves people with black names get jobs less,that study was redone with twice the amount of data/individuals and had no names and proved that false also.
peoples culture/choices make up the gaps. and people choose those things.
I do not advertise my gender. I don’t understand this need to tell everyone, everything about yourself on the internet.
No one needs to know every little detail about you. None of that information impacts your ability to play the game.
But noticed, when players do go out of their way to spill their guts on their personal information, they are generally looking for attention; no matter what gender they are.
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