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[DragonRacer]

RedJohn wrote...

I have lot of ladies in my friend list, actually ladies are more common than N7 weapons.

Question to ladies.
When you talk on the mic in a random lobby guys really make sexist jokes?

From my experience on PS3... not even once. And I almost always use my mic and, while not a chatterbox, I do greet people when they enter the room, call out big enemies when I see them in-game, thank people for reviving me, etc. The absolute worst thing ever said to me was someone asking if I was a girl or a young boy. Literally, that was the worst, and it wasn't even a bad thing at all. And once I confirmed I was a woman, they basically just thought it was cool and said they wished more women were gamers.

My overall experience is... I have been treated like just "one of the guys". Every now and then someone will acknowledge surprise that I am female, but afterwards everyone was either silent or cordial. Or has joined in with my jokes. And if the room seems nervously silent while playing, I will break the ice by being the first one to curse like a sailor, so nobody has to feel like they must be "proper gentlemen" in front of "the lady". You ain't gonna break me, boys, and I don't have virgin ears. 

And honestly, that's how I prefer it. I don't want to be on a pedestal or seen as some rare unicorn. Yes, I am a woman (and I do enjoy the occasional shopping trip)... but I have always been a tomboy/one of the guys since I was single digits in age. I drink whiskey and beer, I get stupidly worked up watching college football, I love fishing, I enjoy going bowling, I love to shoot pool in some smokey hole-in-the-wall bar. I play video games... sometimes by myself, sometimes with my husband. That's just who I am. And everyone has been totally cool with that, both in real life and just online.

So, either I have been very fortunate... or PS3 ME3 has a much more mature community than XBox... or this whole men-against-women-gamers thing is getting blown out of proportion.

[DragonRacer]

Zero132132 wrote...

The only thing I'd see as excluding or badgering women is that whenever either a phantom or banshee shows up, there's a bunch of misogynistic slurs following. Always makes me laugh, but I guess it could be somewhat abrasive.

Not for me. I am usually the first one calling a phantom a beeyotch. Usually in the form of, "Oh my God, why won't you die???? Die, beeyotch, die!!!" LOL

Then again, I am really not bothered by curse words and slurs in general. There have been very rare occasions when I have used the C-word on someone deserving... and that is considered a cardinal offense of female slurs. But words only have as much power as YOU give to them. *shrugs* Just my opinion, though.

Modifié par DragonRacer, 24 juin 2012 - 12:25 .

[Grammaton Dryad]

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Modifié par Grammaton Dryad, 24 juin 2012 - 01:13 .

[Black Phantom]

DragonRacer wrote...

So, either I have been very fortunate... or PS3 ME3 has a much more mature community than XBox... or this whole men-against-women-gamers thing is getting blown out of proportion.

Pretty much.

Then people post stupid threads like this to reinforce it.

Modifié par Ashen Earth, 24 juin 2012 - 01:00 .

[thegamefreek78648]

N7 gear, I know more female games than ive gotten those by far

[Aiyie]

makes a difference what game you play as well.

a game like ME3, where there's a decent storyline in the SP, and the multiplayer is coop, well, in my experience it attracts more ladies than something like say... BF3 or MW3. (seriously... take a look around the internet and tell me there's more squeeing going on for a character from COD than there is for Garrus).

[Aiyie]

Bioras wrote...

Immortal Strife wrote...

I have something like 60 URs; I am pretty sure I have not played with 60 females in Me3 MP. Or maybe I have and they are just quiet.

Again...a large percent of the people you have played with are female. Do you tell everyone you play with you are male?

hate to say it... but threads like this kinda prove that the stereotypes are still alive and well.

its just automatically assumed anyone you meet in a multiplayer game is a dude until proven otherwise.

can't say i don't fall into the trap either, at first i tend to assume the higher pitched voices i hear are kids, rather than women.  won't treat em any different because of it, woman or little kid, if you say or do something stupid, you'll get the same treatment as any dude would.

[Grammaton Dryad]

Aiyie wrote...

makes a difference what game you play as well.

a game like ME3, where there's a decent storyline in the SP, and the multiplayer is coop, well, in my experience it attracts more ladies than something like say... BF3 or MW3. (seriously... take a look around the internet and tell me there's more squeeing going on for a character from COD than there is for Garrus).

ROFLMAO!!! so true...

[DamiosD]

To me it does not matter if you are a guy or a girl, a newbie or an elite. as long as we play as a team and have fun then that's all that matters. However when it comes to a mic i do prefer a woman screaming in my ear then a man. there voice always seems to me more gentle and kind, despite the words, perhaps its just a different way of talking, more fun instead of raging, but hey that's just my observation.

[Leones Maneres]

Wait...

All those female quarians with the jiggly bums are being played by...dudes???

I feel so...soiled.

[Deihjan]

I can confirm for both.

[NubXL]

Never understood people believing female gamers are like unicorns. I've known females who game for my entire life, all the way back to the SNES when I was a kid. I know a girl now who can probably destroy all of you in any fighting game.

[Mystical_Gaming]

this thread ... lol

[NihongoHiro]

I have never understood why it matters.

[Raziel1030]

Who cares. Play games, have fun, go to sleep.

[igreenmagei]

KiraTsukasa wrote...

igreenmagei wrote...

I haven't met another woman on MP yet. It would be nice. Teenage boys making sexist jokes gets a bit tiring. They're being good natured about it, I just don't think they realise that joke about going back into the kitchen is as sparklingly witty as they think it is ._. This is the reason I'm sometimes reluctant to speak on the mic!

Why? Why would you revive a month dead thread that DESERVED to stay dead?

Oh sorry, I don't go on forums much so I suppose I don't really know the etiquette. It's just a topic close to my heart right now, because ME3 is the first game I've played a LOT of multiplayer  on XBL with

[GGW KillerTiger]

Well considering their are actually alot more female gamers out their than players tend to think I'd have to say N7/ultrarare weapons are 1billion times rarer.

[Chamroeun]

Unless every N7 Upgrade = 1 of the lesser race, I would say N7 weapons are more rare.

[Esther]

RedJohn wrote...

Question to ladies.
When you talk on the mic in a random lobby guys really make sexist jokes?

So far, not even once (I play on PC).
But some start to crack lots of jokes and entertain once they realize there is a female in their team.