Azimuth's guide to being a girl gamer

[Leakysandwich]

I dont see the need for any fuss about girl gamers...

I dont know maybe its just me, but in my online circles i have never experienced players freaking out like this if they find out a girl is playing with.
Yes some ppl are idiots and immature morons - maybe even more so in the male online gaming community, because you can just do what the f#(& you want and nobody knows you, but you would find this in real life as well.
Just dont bother with such people. Seriously.
(At least in WOW you can just hit 'ignore' and Bob's your uncle.)

So yes, i dont care who is owning who in a game of COD/GOW/TF2, if you're good, you're good. It also means that if you are the one being owned, you should actually take notes on how to play better and stop making excuses, or insulting the other players (male OR female).

[Maplassie]

Ya, I think I know the one you mean. Alot of people dont think she is a girl though.

whats her name/nic???? im sure I could have played against her before???? or you might have mentioned her...

Li|1+h (Lilith)

And she is a girl

[sycogrim]

Li|1+h (Lilith)

And she is a girl

ah yes I remember her... I thought Lilith was a guy but now that you mention it after watching Supernatural.... but yes she is brilliant I take my hat off to her.... I think i only managed to kill her once during the one session

[halfdood]

A small part of me leaps for joy when I see or hear of female gamers.

Here's to playing co-op with my wife one day and arguing over what we are gonna play next

(and solving the issue over a game of UT3)

[Necuno]

lol. woman are expensive irl... then watch your gold drop when they join you online

[XeroS1x]

No, dont remember her. But I know what you mean. Often better than the guys

[Azimuth]

I dont know maybe its just me, but in my online circles i have never experienced players freaking out like this if they find out a girl is playing with.
Yes some ppl are idiots and immature morons - maybe even more so in the male online gaming community, because you can just do what the f#(& you want and nobody knows you, but you would find this in real life as well.
Just dont bother with such people. Seriously.

Yeaahhhhh, I'm going to assume you haven't spent much time playing with girls then. :P I've encountered quite a lot of harassment on local servers, on one occasion being extremely sexually explicit and offensive. I do, however, include the OMG INSTANT FRIEND INVITES and people trying to talk to me about random personal stuff while I'm playing as harassment, though, even if it's quite benign. It's true, of course, that this sort of thing happens in real life too.

That said, a lot (most) guys are perfectly nice to game with. I do tend to keep quiet on public voice channels, though. Most of the time I'm playing online, especially on Xbox LIVE, the people I'm playing with have no idea I'm female.

[phoenix]

<rant>

How long until we regard other people based on something other than their chromosomes?
While there are obvious differences which should be taken into account [such as those involving childbirth],
there have been, and still are, silly, irrational notions around discriminating against people based on their gender.
It is one of those stupid things that no thinking person should be suscetible to.
</rant>

[hideinlight]

Some girl once called me noob over voice chat in HoN then everyone laughed. I almost cried...

Girls are just hard to beat in team games. They're able to control and manipulate male gamers in any way they wish to do their bidding, everyone listens to the girl...
Another thing I noticed is that everyone in the team gives 100% when there's a girl in the team, to "impress" her.

[Kyubi_ZA]

Some girl once called me noob over voice chat in HoN then everyone laughed. I almost cried...

Girls are just hard to beat in team games. They're able to control and manipulate male gamers in any way they wish to do their bidding, everyone listens to the girl...
Another thing I noticed is that everyone in the team gives 100% when there's a girl in the team, to "impress" her.

LoooooooooooL