Any other Female Game Players Here??

[QUOTE="Synthia"]

[QUOTE="wavey_gravey"] Although I do question why these topics keep coming up - does it really matter?zyxe

So long as women are still not finding respect from the community, it's INSANELY important! New gamer girls, or gamer girls who are not "outted" yet need to know that they can feel like they belong since more often than not when they look around at gaming they see mainly guys.

There might be a woman tossed in here and there but most gaming communities are vastly dominated by males which can make for an intimidating experience.

Same could be said for a guy, lets say he wants to take a class and finds out low and behold that it is heavily dominated by women, he might feel somewhat lost and in need of another "bro" to help him feel secure in an environment that he might not be accustomed to.

i completely agree. it's good to know that you're not alone, and when you are a minority it can be good to try to find others similar to you to identify with, if it suits you of course. i'm an engineer and that is still a male dominated field, and even though i never felt THAT alone being a female (mostly because that's just who i am), it was still very nice to know there were programs out there to get female engineers together. it's not everybody's cup of tea, of course, so it should never be forced upon someone, but it really does help even to just know there are others out there.

and it's not a whole "all women must band together!!!" kind of deal, either. there are plenty of females, gamer or non, that i dislike--just like there are plenty of males i dislike. still nice to know we're not alone.

the main reason i post in these threads is not to respond to the guys who are griefing the girls, it's to show the other girls who are likely reading these kinds of threads and posts that they aren't alone, even if they don't speak up and do not wish to join in the conversation. i'm not speaking for all females when i respond, but again maybe something i say, something i stand up for will affect another gamer in a positive way.

if the thread's original question is earnest, i totally get it. personally, i would love to game with my girl friends, or meet some new ones doing something i really enjoy. in my 25 years of gaming, i've only met a handful of girls to game with, it has been tough to find them. in fact, right now, i only have one (known) female friend on my steam friend list out of about 30 people, and i would like to increase that percentage, but as previously stated, so many females feel the need to hide it due to fear of automatic judgement or trolling.zyxe

Let alone the harrasment. I think it was Extra Credits who said some female users had to stop using Xbox Live and similar services altogether because of how vile and disgusting the messages they received were. Terrible stuff. No one should have to deal with that, regardless of their gender. Makes me sick knowing that it's so commonplace.

[QUOTE="zyxe"]if the thread's original question is earnest, i totally get it. personally, i would love to game with my girl friends, or meet some new ones doing something i really enjoy. in my 25 years of gaming, i've only met a handful of girls to game with, it has been tough to find them. in fact, right now, i only have one (known) female friend on my steam friend list out of about 30 people, and i would like to increase that percentage, but as previously stated, so many females feel the need to hide it due to fear of automatic judgement or trolling.c_rake

Let alone the harrasment. I think it was Extra Credits who said some female users had to stop using Xbox Live and similar services altogether because of how vile and disgusting the messages they received were. Terrible stuff. No one should have to deal with that, regardless of their gender. Makes me sick knowing that it's so commonplace.

My original point about why these threads keep coming up was more from a perspective of why should the gender of the gamer make any difference. wavey_gravey

i would say "mission accomplished" when this is true for the majority, when gender are just one of many traits used to describe others and not THE defining one.

same for race and orientation. it doesn't mean that these aren't parts of us, but they are not the whole.

i am (a(n))...

• engineer
• martial artist
• polish
• good cook
• goofball
• fashionista (ok, well, i TRY)
• good friend
• blonde
• gamer

and i happen to be female :) i am all of these things combined, you cannot take one part without the others. i am not blind enough to think that some of these things are more obvious than others, but it would be nice for the obvious things to not be the only thing anyone notices. then again, i think that's what a LOT of people in general want. some people online seem to forget that, male and female.

It really doesn't matter if you're female or not.

Making a thread about it will no doubt annoy some people.

Just saying.

It really doesn't matter if you're female or not.

Making a thread about it will no doubt annoy some people.

Just saying.

Ilovegames1992

Hey guys! I'm a male gamer! *crickets* What? Where's my attention?!

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Seriously, why do women always want attention because they happen to play games? Can't they just be "gamers"?

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

It really doesn't matter if you're female or not.

Making a thread about it will no doubt annoy some people.

Just saying.

zyxe

:lol:

I like this.

Hey guys! I'm a male gamer! *crickets* What? Where's my attention?!

...

Seriously, why do women always want attention because they happen to play games? Can't they just be "gamers"?

Delkura

What's so special about being a female gamer? Okay, you aren't the majority gender that plays video games. So?

I'm more impressed with a blind kid who plays video games than a female.

Chilly and Ilovegames are tryhards

I was born with a male body, but my personality, manner, behaviour, how I identify myself as a person and as my gender is female. I am female, sex and gender are two separate things.Smokescreened84

Personality isn't what determines one's gender. If that was the case a sizable portion of the homosexual comunity would be "female" because they like things women also like. Would My little Pony fans be considered "female" because they watch and love a show intended for girls? No. Your personality,likes,dislikes, and attitude defines you, sure. Yet it doesn't define your gender. You're born that way, if you feel you were given the short end of the stick oh well. You can get a sex change operation but that's just a sly way of lying to yourself.

It's like if an african american tried to claim he was Latino because he "felt like one". It's quite laughable.

True, what's between your legs doesn't define you(unless you're a pornstar). Yet you =/= your genetalia. Just like personality =/=gender.

i used to think you were a girl sometimes myself slashless

Chilly and Ilovegames are tryhards

[QUOTE="Smokescreened84"]I was born with a male body, but my personality, manner, behaviour, how I identify myself as a person and as my gender is female. I am female, sex and gender are two separate things.Slashless

Personality isn't what determines one's gender. If that was the case a sizable portion of the homosexual comunity would be "female" because they like things women also like. Would My little Pony fans be considered "female" because they watch and love a show intended for girls? No. Your personality,likes,dislikes, and attitude defines you, sure. Yet it doesn't define your gender. You're born that way, if you feel you were given the short end of the stick oh well. You can get a sex change operation but that's just a sly way of lying to yourself.

It's like if an african american tried to claim he was Latino because he "felt like one". It's quite laughable.

True, what's between your legs doesn't define you(unless you're a pornstar). Yet you =/= your genetalia. Just like personality =/=gender.

i used to think you were a girl sometimes myself slashless

TheFallenDemon

Yeah, I do like a lot of feminine things. However, that's because I'm French, not because I'm a girl. :P

I was just born with a large birth defect that has taken away a lot of my life before I even got to live it.Smokescreened84

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You just repeated what you said earlier.

Besides, that post was just a general thought on this silly born the wrong gender thing. It wasn't suppose to change anyone's mind or anything, certain users are too sutbborn for that to happen. ;)

Be whatever you want, fine by me. Like I was born a King. Sure my documents say male, but I know for a fact that this penis of mine is a birth defect and I am ruler of the world. Because gender isn't what's inbetween your legs, it's whatI believe;)

I was born with the wrong name.

Sure, documents say Levi, but I know I was supposed to be born a different name.

So from now on, users on this site and everyone in the real world shall refer to me as King T*tsMcGee, the name I believe I was supposed to be called, yet I was robbed of from my evil parents.

Why? Because lologic.

Enough. Play nice or I'll start handing out suspensions.

Enough. Play nice or I'll start handing out suspensions.

c_rake

There's nothing in this thread warranting a warning, let alone a suspension C_Rake.

I was born with the wrong name.

Sure, documents say Levi, but I know I was supposed to be born a different name.

So from now on, users on this site and everyone in the real world shall refer to me as King T*tsMcGee, the name I believe I was supposed to be called, yet I was robbed of from my evil parents.

Why? Because lologic.

Slashless

It's the same logic smoke used applied to another similar ideal Crombie.

If Smoke can call himself a she because he believes he was born with the wrong chromosome pair,why can't I apply such logic to my name?

King AwesomePossum of Paris The 3rd. That is what I would like to be refered to as.

It's the same logic smoke used applied to another similar ideal Crombie.

If Smoke can call himself a she because he believes he was born with the wrong chromosome pair,why can't I apply such logic to my name?

King AwesomePossum of Paris The 3rd. That is what I would like to be refered to as.

Slashless

You can legally change your name to anything. It's a bit more complicated changing your gender.Allicrombie

But why should I have to change it legally? Can't I just choose my name by whim? That's what Smoke does with his gender. He is a female by choice, not by documentation.

And I am King Kickass McWomenPleaser of Nigeria. By choice, not by documentation.

[This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]Slashless

Hey, I did warn you.

Pro-tip: while that kind of douchebaggery is tolerated in Off-Topic, it doesn't fly around here in PGD.

What's so special about being a female gamer? Okay, you aren't the majority gender that plays video games. So?

I'm more impressed with a blind kid who plays video games than a female.

Slashless

... the only choice I have made since coming to accept myself is to avoid having any romantic and intimate relationships since the transition is a very emotional thing to go through and it would be a strain on a relationship. Smokescreened84

Enough. Play nice or I'll start handing out suspensions.

c_rake

Thank you based c_rake.MethodManFTW

Based?

[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"]Thank you based c_rake.c_rake

Based?

It means cool, old man. :PMethodManFTW

You darn kids and your new-finagled lingo. Back in my day we just said "cool" when we called something cool.

[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"] It means cool, old man. :Pc_rake

You darn kids and your new-finagled lingo. Back in my day we just said "cool" when we called something cool.

That's totally radical, man!TheFallenDemon

Like, super gnarly, too, brah.

[QUOTE="Slashless"][This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]c_rake

Hey, I did warn you.

Pro-tip: while that kind of douchebaggery is tolerated in Off-Topic, it doesn't fly around here in PGD.

I don't think anything he said was offensive or warranting that.

[QUOTE="c_rake"]

[QUOTE="Slashless"][This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]Ilovegames1992

Hey, I did warn you.

Pro-tip: while that kind of douchebaggery is tolerated in Off-Topic, it doesn't fly around here in PGD.

I don't think anything he said was offensive or warranting that.

I don't think anything he said was offensive or warranting that.Ilovegames1992

Not so much offensive as it was straight-up trolling (copying someone else's post and revising it to attack them isn't what I'd call "debate"), which, as I've been told, isn't technically allowed here. Didn't enforce it much before because I thought that rule on "respect" was more an optional guideline. Turns out it isn't. So I've had to step it up a bit. Hate having to actually moderate something, but I did warn him. Always do before acting. Not my fault he chose not to listen.

[QUOTE="arcangelgold"]It sort of seems like females are often hard to find on gaming -Unreal-

Most of them seem to make it as clear as possible. I rarely play a game and hear a female voice unexpectedly because I already have been told they're a female or I got the idea from their username.

Lol, nothing wrong with a woman being a female gamer or a female anything. But it gets old seeing females on that 'girl power' tip wanting equal treatment but putting themselves in a box, labeling themselves as a 'female (fill in the blank)' like they deserve a reward for doing something as a female. Respect is earned, not privalaged, male, female, black, white, whatever.

If a female kicks my butt gaming, I'm secure enough to give her props and take the loss without feeling salty. But if I whip her ass gaming, should she get a 'pass' just because she's a female gamer?

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"]

[QUOTE="arcangelgold"]It sort of seems like females are often hard to find on gaming HipHopBeats

Most of them seem to make it as clear as possible. I rarely play a game and hear a female voice unexpectedly because I already have been told they're a female or I got the idea from their username.

Lol, nothing wrong with a woman being a female gamer or a female anything. But it gets old seeing females on that 'girl power' tip wanting equal treatment but putting themselves in a box, labeling themselves as a 'female (fill in the blank)' like they deserve a reward for doing something as a female. Respect is earned, not privalaged, male, female, black, white, whatever.

If a female kicks my butt gaming, I'm secure enough to give her props and take the loss without feeling salty. But if I whip her ass gaming, should she get a 'pass' just because she's a female gamer?

Who asks for a pass?

[QUOTE="HipHopBeats"]

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"]Yeah right. Every opportunity they get, they're making their femininity abundantly clear so they can get attention. Proof pics (a certain someone in off topic is a perfect example of this), putting a little webcam picture on their games livestream whilst being dolled up, having some indication they're a female gamer in the username, mentioning they're a girl gamer on their games livestream status and so on.

Most of them seem to make it as clear as possible. I rarely play a game and hear a female voice unexpectedly because I already have been told they're a female or I got the idea from their username.

wavey_gravey

Lol, nothing wrong with a woman being a female gamer or a female anything. But it gets old seeing females on that 'girl power' tip wanting equal treatment but putting themselves in a box, labeling themselves as a 'female (fill in the blank)' like they deserve a reward for doing something as a female. Respect is earned, not privalaged, male, female, black, white, whatever.

If a female kicks my butt gaming, I'm secure enough to give her props and take the loss without feeling salty. But if I whip her ass gaming, should she get a 'pass' just because she's a female gamer?

Who asks for a pass?

Society in general leans towards women getting special treatment professionally, legally, etc. Special treatment should be based on individual performance, not gender, race or anything else.

Just saying women should stop lableing themselves and just be. What's wrong with just being a 'gamer'? Why the recognition as a 'female' gamer?

[QUOTE="wavey_gravey"]

[QUOTE="HipHopBeats"]

Lol, nothing wrong with a woman being a female gamer or a female anything. But it gets old seeing females on that 'girl power' tip wanting equal treatment but putting themselves in a box, labeling themselves as a 'female (fill in the blank)' like they deserve a reward for doing something as a female. Respect is earned, not privalaged, male, female, black, white, whatever.

If a female kicks my butt gaming, I'm secure enough to give her props and take the loss without feeling salty. But if I whip her ass gaming, should she get a 'pass' just because she's a female gamer?

HipHopBeats

Who asks for a pass?

Society in general leans towards women getting special treatment professionally, legally, etc. Special treatment should be based on individual performance, not gender, race or anything else.

[QUOTE="wavey_gravey"]

Who asks for a pass?

HipHopBeats

Society in general leans towards women getting special treatment professionally, legally, etc. Special treatment should be based on individual performance, not gender, race or anything else.

Just saying women should stop lableing themselves and just be. What's wrong with just being a 'gamer'? Why the recognition as a 'female' gamer?

(edit: meaning the thread is not about "girl power")

Wow, I'm impressed by the posts of some of the guys here. Anyway, I'm a girl, I've been playing games since the NES era, I only have one female friend that plays games with me.

I don't feel special about it and I don't want to drag attention. I know my username is a huge hint of my gender but I don't want to pretend I'm a guy either.

Nope, just male. I can understand why some females seek out each other, especially if they are online players but the number of males that get an erection at the thought of a female holding a controller/mouse is absurd. Dated a female gamer and while games was something to talk about or do, it really didn't make the relationship any special. The activity itself did but not that it was specifically gaming, just that we were having fun together/being a couple.

Now that I've dated a female gamer I would rather date a non gamer, so that way I keep it more or less "my thing" to do, to be able to seperate myself from everyone else, just like she would have "her thing" to do, whatever it may be.