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[Daennikus]

 

Modifié par Daennikus, 01 mai 2012 - 02:25 .

[Karstedt]

Wesus wrote...

If you get one, its bad.

You're talking about the ladies right?

[-Morbid-]

KiraTsukasa wrote...

I met a female ME3 player at work (she also plays Zelda and Skyrim, total turn on).

That's... sad kinda.



On topic, I've actually ran into several girls while playing, bust most don't talk much/at all, which is completely understandable. As a guy, it's painful to listen to other guys flirting with girls on games, so I can only imagine how bad it is for the girls.

I've also been lucky to not run into any of the obnoxious "grrrl gamers" who feel it necessary to announce that they are a girl first thing off, or any of those loud girls that seem think we will find their incompetence adorable as they babble on about how they are playing their brother's/boyfriend's game and "OMG I don't know how to do anything hahahahahahahahahaha I'm so silly" and etc.

[D4rk50ul808]

The only problem I have with female gamers is that they assume I will put up with them simply because they are female. Assuming that I have a hard time with the ladies and trying to use what they think is charm and flirting to score points with me usually results in a kick from my list. If I was in the hunt for a woman I'd rather see what she looks like first kthxbye

[Jenaimarre]

Descy_ wrote...

...ladies.

Came in here expecting to see this post.

[Stokie Stallion]

Spend enough credits you can get either in vast quantity

[Yorkston9152]

jaDanger wrote...

I try to build my mass effect teams like an action movie, so we need a diverse group. We need the streetwise black guy, the bad ass chick, and maybe a british guy. I try to get my british guy and streetwise black guy to be one and the same, so we can get a stoner, a hacker, or a latino transgender stoner hacker from australia.

group of guys i play with consists of 1 candiana stoner of latino decent *we think* 1 scottsman *go man skirt* a black man named ducky and me, an over caffinated hamster. Currently looking for one female to expand group diversity. Must enjoy blowing sht up, calling us names/telling us to go back to our basements and quite walks on the beach while wearing body armor.

[KiraTsukasa]

-Morbid- wrote...

KiraTsukasa wrote...

I met a female ME3 player at work (she also plays Zelda and Skyrim, total turn on).

That's... sad kinda.

What? I'm not allowed to like a girl because we have the same interests? Or do you think by "turn on" I'm thinking only of sex?

Either way, you're a complete moron.

[The RPGenius]

I don't know what you guys are complaining about; I've got 3 Female Gamer drops from Spectre Packs so far.

[Drummernate]

Female Gamers With Mics & N7 Level X Guns.

The rarest thing on Xbox live.

Ever.

[Falcyn]

Female gamers rarely talk in public matches, and threads like these should tell you exactly why.

[nhcre8tv1]

Descy_ wrote...

...ladies.

[jaDanger]

Hey yorkston, your squad isn't too far off from my ideal, I'd play around or few with you folks, though don't expect me to fill the lady role.

[thefiresidecat]

vonSlash wrote...

Major Durza wrote...

 Women are not going to show themselves.  For three reasons.
1. Guys hitting on them in-game.
2. Harassment.
3. Unfitting "banter"

Wall of text warning.  Writing some interesting tidbits of human psychology that fit rather well with the subject.

On Guys Hitting on Them In-Game:
There are quite a few guys who think that a game may lead them to a significant other.These guys have not thought about what this looks like from the female's point of view.They have not read up any sort of human social psychology.
Particularly when talking about... "Romantic" feelings people need a face/body to tie to the voice/personality, and it is the physical person that is bonded to (Especially for the women).  I am not only talking about genitalia, I am talking physical presence.  A woman simply cannot have those kind of feelings for a guy and sustain them if he does not have a physical presence in her life.
Example, the classic "Jodie" stories in the military, when a wife or girlfriend cheats when one is in training or on deployment.Or the one of the female's classic complaints about a relationship "He's never there for me."This works to an effect both ways, but it SEEMS that distance has more of an impact on females than males.Even if the impact is equal, the effect is the same: That kind of thing does not happen over a game.Keeping that in mind, how do you think a girl mentally reacts to a faceless voice hitting on her?  It would be, in their words, creepy.They seem to be rather fond of that word.

On "Harassment":
More of an issue on XBox LIVE and other services that allow you to easily talk to or message ANYONE at ANYTIME.Pretty well summed up in the penny arcade video, guys unhappy with their lives just trying to spread some misery around.  Either gaining a laugh out of it, or simply hating.  I daresay this is a little less common than hitting on them, but this is just as annoying.  With some girls it just ruins their day when someone random insults them.  Depending on the way one was raised, one would either shrug off the insult or just feel like crap because of it.Females are more social than guys, and an all-female enviroment is generally more obviously caring than an all-guy enviroment.
Good example would have to be the differences in the way we socialize in general.  Girls make almost constant eye-contact with each other when talking, and comments are in general supportive when dealing with something unpleasant.  Eye contact is infrequent with guys in general, an occasional glance will suffice.  When dealing with something unpleasant, guys will tell each other something along the lines of "its not so bad", and compare amusing stories of when things went worse.
When I talk with girls, I try to maintain eye contact as they do.  This does not work well, it ends up being similar to a jamming signal.  to put it in nerd terms, its like I am trying to write something, and there are constant popups about pretty smilies or something, its distracting.  And if they have pretty eyes... distraction * 10.

On "Unfitting 'Banter':
"See the above notes on female social interaction.They take comments in a conversation much more seriously than guys do.So while guys may insult each other for fun, girls will more likely take it seriously.  To make it more obvious that we are not serious, we make the insults far too ridiculous and lacking imagination to be considered valid.  Well that is just viewed as pettiness to your usual female.  Banter is rarely received well.
I fall victim to this, too.  When I think someone is allright, I begin to mess with them.  A girl I play laser tag with is a platinum-blonde, so her hair glows slightly in the black lights.  In particular, one lock of hair that she bobby-pins off to the side glows about as much as a white t-shirt.  I call her "glowstreak", even this was not recieved too well at first.  I eventually talked with her, clarified that nicknames are not detrimental, and agreed to simply call her "Katie" outside of lasertag.  That kind of stuff us guys do with friends is not well recieved with the ladies, many of us do not understand.

It does not matter, either way.  Female, male, makes no difference.Well, it does for them for the above reasons, but for guys it should not matter.  What should matter is whether or not a team player opens their mic or not.
There is little to no incentive for a woman to open the mic, and a lot of incentive to keep it closed at all times.

Interesting insights, especially the bit about insults. I can only speak for myself, but without the little not-to-be-taken-too-seriously conversational jabs and jokes that men such as myself interject into virtually all conversation, I'd be bored as all hell talking to anyone who didn't have something serious to discuss.

Stereotyping much?

[gaminazn]

How are we supposed to be able to tell whether anyone is a female or not? 90% of people don't use the mike to begin with.

[MstrJedi Kyle]

I know more female gamers than I own N7 weapons.

[Nocturnalfox]

How about Female N7 weapons, they got to be the rarest....

[Atrocity]

Nocturnalfox wrote...

How about Female N7 weapons, they got to be the rarest....

BW, Scorpion, Valiant, Hurricane... all gals and not that rare 

Modifié par Atrocity, 01 mai 2012 - 07:41 .

[lordshenlong]

i like playing with girls...

Modifié par lordshenlong, 01 mai 2012 - 07:42 .

[Volumes]

There are more women than men on the planet.

At the very least one or two of them have to be gamers, right?

[ThisIsMadness91]

Without knowing for sure, I think I've come across more female players than N7 weapons. While I've only been in one match where a woman used her mic, I have been in a few matches where a player's gamertag at least suggests they're a woman. The only N7 rare weapon I've ever gotten is the Saber I.

[Kahninovre]

Never seen/heard a female gamer in me3
But l4d2 i see them often