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[Matchy Pointy]

My girlfriend plays. nothing weird in that.

[MegaIllusiveMan]

El_Chala_Legalizado wrote...

Arppis wrote...

Lol women don't play video games!

Tru, the nly thng they play s cokin in the kichen LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!! ROFL

[Aarek]

The best person I have on my XBL friends list is a female gamer who is also in the army. Also have female gamers from other games on my friends list, some of which I've had contact with outside the game.

People make a bigger deal out of it than they should. Girls/women are people too.

[polymphus]

 

karmmh wrote...
In English, it's 50-50 whether you'd get your butt kicked for saying "girl", but pretty safe to say "female". I doubt any English speaking women would take offence to it in the same way French do.

Because it's condescending, the same as calling a man 'boy'. You don't call a woman a girl. 

I don't know any girl who would be offended to be called a woman, though.  

[MegaIllusiveMan]

ANyway, yeah, I have a lot of Female Friends in My Orgin List. ANd they play better than me :OOO

[Ferus37]

Blike wrote...

Found 1 in a gold lobby. She made a comment about someones loadout. Right after, she said:"Yes, I'm a girl" - i guess before someone asked or wut?
Do you seriously get asked that?

Yes, we do. 
At least, both me and my sister have been asked several times. I think most times we've played with randoms and someone else has a mic. Apparently it's difficult to tell the difference between a female voice and the voice of a young boy, because the question is usually phrased something like: "Are you a girl or a kid?"

[cursedpanther]

It happens that the current #1 N7 rating player on PC is also a female.

[tictactucrac]

polymphus wrote...

 

karmmh wrote...
In English, it's 50-50 whether you'd get your butt kicked for saying "girl", but pretty safe to say "female". I doubt any English speaking women would take offence to it in the same way French do.

Because it's condescending, the same as calling a man 'boy'. You don't call a woman a girl. 

I don't know any girl who would be offended to be called a woman, though.  

Oh okay. Same thing in French with Fille and Femme.

[Terry Yaki]

Seriously dude? Is this even news? I don't mean to sound like a douche, but come on, really?

[BadgerladDK]

Ferus37 wrote...

I think I have more women on my friends list than men, of the people who use mics that is. Don't know, or care to know, the gender of non-mic using players. Finding female players on ME3 on the PS3 isn't hard at all.

Also, this player, and occasional BSN poster, is female. Decent player, not awesome.
Does it matter? Would you like to geek out on other subjects? I am fairly good at geeking over various games, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, zombies, and horror and sci-fi in general.

Very well, then... Challenge accepted. Your topic is zombies. Your question, for 42 geek points is the following: In a class three zombie outbreak, what would be your two preferred modes of land based transportation, and why?

(Not wanting to pick on you, but you *did* ask, heh)

[Nissun]

Terry Yaki wrote...

Seriously dude? Is this even news? I don't mean to sound like a douche, but come on, really?

[karmmh]

tictactucrac wrote...

Seriously ? Good to know  


Edit : so "girl" doesn't just mean "young woman" ?

Yep, what polymphus said. It can come across as condescending, even if you don't mean it that way. Best to use another word.

[juweee]

Sinophile wrote...

Interrestingly, this thread has gotten more attention than some of the more well thought-out stuff I've posted in here. So do females(or girls) simply not play on PC then?

We play. We just don't talk much on mic. I for one have bad memories of the bad old days of online gaming where admitting you weren't a guy was tantamount to a cyber death sentence.

[Zero132132]

polymphus wrote...

 

karmmh wrote...
In English, it's 50-50 whether you'd get your butt kicked for saying "girl", but pretty safe to say "female". I doubt any English speaking women would take offence to it in the same way French do.

Because it's condescending, the same as calling a man 'boy'. You don't call a woman a girl. 

I don't know any girl who would be offended to be called a woman, though.  

Dammit, really? Girl is condescending too now? People always told me to stop using the term '****es' as a general term for women. Don't know if the forum censor  thing will censor that ****, but the word starts with a 'B.' Can someone just give me a list of non-condescending terms so I can stop pissing the women in my life off?

[HolyAvenger]

I run into a few in PUGs. Almost no one talks on PC though, so its hard to tell.

[Harbingerpromo]

Three people that I play very regularly are girls.

[LincolnWithHat]

setrus86 wrote...

...I have at least three women on my origin friendlist, is that strange?

Same, and I only have three or four origin friends. Go figure.

[polymphus]

Zero132132 wrote...
Dammit, really? Girl is condescending too now? People always told me to stop using the term '****es' as a general term for women. Don't know if the forum censor  thing will censor that ****, but the word starts with a 'B.' Can someone just give me a list of non-condescending terms so I can stop pissing the women in my life off?

Maybe BSN has broken my brain but I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. 

Do you really need telling that 'girl' is condescending? That calling an adult a child might be talking down to them just a tiny bit?

[Aetika]

Sinophile wrote...

Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...

polymphus wrote...

This thread is terrible. You're all terrible.

*being in this thread*

+15 Renegade

Interrestingly, this thread has gotten more attention than some of the more well thought-out stuff I've posted in here. So do females(or girls) simply not play on PC then?

OF COURSE we don´t. Pfft! I play on table for example.

[setrus86]

Zero132132 wrote...

polymphus wrote...

 

karmmh wrote...
In English, it's 50-50 whether you'd get your butt kicked for saying "girl", but pretty safe to say "female". I doubt any English speaking women would take offence to it in the same way French do.

Because it's condescending, the same as calling a man 'boy'. You don't call a woman a girl. 

I don't know any girl who would be offended to be called a woman, though.  

Dammit, really? Girl is condescending too now? People always told me to stop using the term '****es' as a general term for women. Don't know if the forum censor  thing will censor that ****, but the word starts with a 'B.' Can someone just give me a list of non-condescending terms so I can stop pissing the women in my life off?

I have this thing where I call them by their name/username...seems to work. 

[4ut0b4hn5child27]

I play on origin, plenty of best female players here. (one of my female friend even can solo Gold)

I clearly heard their voice on mic and arguing many character related to ME sometimes other game

so yeah, OP you must maze your mind more.

[Zero132132]

polymphus wrote...

Zero132132 wrote...
Dammit, really? Girl is condescending too now? People always told me to stop using the term '****es' as a general term for women. Don't know if the forum censor  thing will censor that ****, but the word starts with a 'B.' Can someone just give me a list of non-condescending terms so I can stop pissing the women in my life off?

Maybe BSN has broken my brain but I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. 

Do you really need telling that 'girl' is condescending? That calling an adult a child might be talking down to them just a tiny bit?

Trust me, I'm severely socially maladjusted. I need to be told a lot of stuff that most people just sort of know. I guess I sort of thought 'girl' could generally apply as a term for young women. Men don't need anything between boys and men because between 12 and 40 we're dumb****s, and there's already a word for that.

[Ferus37]

Larg_Kellein wrote...

Very well, then... Challenge accepted. Your topic is zombies. Your question, for 42 geek points is the following: In a class three zombie outbreak, what would be your two preferred modes of land based transportation, and why?

(Not wanting to pick on you, but you *did* ask, heh)

First choice is motorcycle. They're fast, can get in places cars can't, and are easier to maneuver. They're not as defensible as a car, but you're less likely to get stuck. Also, they use less fuel. Fuel will be an issue. 

Second depends on where I am.
If I'm somewhere with a well built rail system I am thinking a big armored steam train would be a decent place to live. You need water, and something to burn. The latter should be easy to find. The big risks with this are broken rails, automated systems that are down, and having to exit the vehicle on occasion. This is just me wanting something big and awesome though, haven't done the research on how viable it would really be. 

Barring available rails I think a biofueled car could be all right. One of those you can run on old fast-food oil. I could get fuel from more places than broken down cars and broken gas stations. And I could carry more things with me than I could on a motorcycle. 

Would you like me to go on, or have I shown my geekdom sufficiently?

[Nissun]

Zero132132 wrote...

polymphus wrote...

 

karmmh wrote...
In English, it's 50-50 whether you'd get your butt kicked for saying "girl", but pretty safe to say "female". I doubt any English speaking women would take offence to it in the same way French do.

Because it's condescending, the same as calling a man 'boy'. You don't call a woman a girl. 

I don't know any girl who would be offended to be called a woman, though.  

Dammit, really? Girl is condescending too now? People always told me to stop using the term '****es' as a general term for women. Don't know if the forum censor  thing will censor that ****, but the word starts with a 'B.' Can someone just give me a list of non-condescending terms so I can stop pissing the women in my life off?

Not the same thing. This is basic social etiquette, not a gender issue.

You don't walk up to an elderly man at the bank and refer to him as "dude". You refer to him as "sir" as a way to show respect to a stranger. If you have a close relationship with your grampa, you can call him "dude".