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Divinitys Creature · May 26, 2005, 07:45 AM // 07:45

And as if you already don't know... I'm a guy

So all you lucky ladies, feel free to worship me

ROFL (what? I'm being serious)

TNT_bloo_ · May 26, 2005, 09:37 AM // 09:37

Both my wife and daughter play GW. 3 PCs, 3 copies of the game.

Smacking Charr together sure beats wasting time looking at the latest dopey TV sitcom or stupid "reality" show.

Lysstastic · May 26, 2005, 10:45 AM // 10:45

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Originally Posted by enyx

Computer animation eh?

May I ask what school do you go to?

Bournemouth University (in UK) it's like one of the only places to do it here :P

Spirit Firefly · May 26, 2005, 10:55 AM // 10:55

No wonder i cant get a good group everyones female. I'm moving to Korea.

Lysstastic · May 26, 2005, 11:09 AM // 11:09

ooh.. risky saying something like that in a thread full of females

Phoenix Denfer · May 26, 2005, 12:42 PM // 12:42

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Originally Posted by TNT_bloo_

Both my wife and daughter play GW. 3 PCs, 3 copies of the game.

Smacking Charr together sure beats wasting time looking at the latest dopey TV sitcom or stupid "reality" show.

My sentiments exactly! Viva Family Gamers!

Cindare Sunstriker · May 26, 2005, 04:39 PM // 16:39

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Originally Posted by Lysstastic

ooh.. risky saying something like that in a thread full of females

Hardly. More like a 'gee, wish these women would pay attention to me' attempt.

I say don't let the door hit 'em in the arse.

Alzbeta · May 26, 2005, 04:53 PM // 16:53

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Originally Posted by Keesa

Ooooh... I never knew...
/worship

Mwahaha! Thank you! You should give it a go some time... if you take the door out of the urn room, no-one can mourn it, so they become a ghost. They scare the bejeezus out of any other Sims walking through the house. It's great stuff, lemme tell ya. My favourite was still the bisexual love triangle, complete with inter-gender slappy war... /popcorn

Keesa · May 26, 2005, 04:53 PM // 16:53

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Originally Posted by Poppinjay

I'm male, but I think it would be interesting to see an all female guild pop up (based on RL not chars---but maybe both). I am not implying anything about how this guild would play, either better or worse. It would just be something I have never seen happen before and interesting just for that.

I have noticed more and more real female players in games. Even my GF is going to give it a try. A female friend of mine who has been playing muds for ages is also likely to give it a shot.

Now, with that said, I *DO* think that there are some statistical differences between the games that women like to play and the games men like to play just as there are statistical differences in the movies men like to watch and the movies women like to watch, the home furnishings that men prefer over those that women prefer, etc. But this shouldn't be confused with a statement such as "all women like X" or "Most women like X". People often think these differences are much larger than they really are.

What these statistical differences are as far as gaming is concerned, I would hate to guess. But take any two groups that differ phsyically, regionally, or culturally in some way and you will usually find statistically differences between them.

I have noticed that more and more women enjoy watching and playing sports as well. Though I don't think that this is a good thing for men or women, since there is somethign psychotic about caring so much for a team of people you don't even know that ones week is ruined if they lose a game, or that badmouthing the wrong team can cause a fistfight, or that riots break out over victories. But lot of women are into sports now and that shows that there aren't so many sharp divisions between what men enjoy doing and what women enjoy doing.

Poppin

I had a great sociology prof just recently who made some very (I thought) astute observations about women and their re-emergence in society as people capable of play. I sort of summarized it in an earlier post. Also, fewer women are choosing games that guarantee peer acceptance, branching out into less-traditionally societal-oriented games like solo tournament play. Outside of FPS or team sports online, poker, pool, and golf come to mind as experiencing a resurgence of female players. This is another major breakthrough for the gender in recent generations.

I've seen some all-women guilds for roleplay purposes and they've looked fun, but having never belonged to one, I can't speak with any authority as to whether they accomplished their guild objectives.

funbun · May 26, 2005, 05:18 PM // 17:18

How cares if they are women or not? If they can play they can play. The term n00b doesn't discriminate.

Fyre Dragonn · Jun 09, 2005, 08:15 PM // 20:15

When I bought my copy of GW I asked my Wife if she wanted to try it out because I knew she was a true RPG gamer then I was. She used to play a lot of the Final Fantasy <5 games so I knew she would want to try GW too. Well, bad idea!! LOL She started playing and never gave the Game back. I had to buy a new copy of the game and now we play missions and quests together.

A Romantic date for us now is to beat the crap out of Monsters!! LOL

And Yes my Wife is a True gamer!!

funbun · Jun 09, 2005, 08:39 PM // 20:39

Awwwwww. They should make a chick flick about that.

Cool, hope GW brings you closer to your wife.

elenna · Jun 09, 2005, 09:01 PM // 21:01

Female gamer here! I've been into computer games since my dad bought Castle Wolfenstein for our Apple 2plus. Then that expanded into RPG games in college.

I know plenty of female gamers (mostly RPG not computer).

Quote:

When I bought my copy of GW I asked my Wife if she wanted to try it out because I knew she was a true RPG gamer then I was. She used to play a lot of the Final Fantasy <5 games so I knew she would want to try GW too. Well, bad idea!! LOL She started playing and never gave the Game back. I had to buy a new copy of the game and now we play missions and quests together.

A Romantic date for us now is to beat the crap out of Monsters!! LOL

And Yes my Wife is a True gamer!!

This could have been written by my husband. LOL.

Swampgirl Inez · Jun 09, 2005, 09:06 PM // 21:06

I hope I'm female or my screen name is all wrong...

I've never been a seriously hard core gamer, but I don't shun them either. My first games were the arcades at the movie theaters and those written by my dad and brother for our Trash 80 . Since then, I've tried a few as they interested me. I really like puzzle and strategy games and I've only recently gotten into RPG's. That was my husband's doing.

And yes, a night alone together is usually pre-empted by "What quests/missions do you need to do?"

Toshiro · Jun 09, 2005, 09:13 PM // 21:13

My girlfriend wanted this game more than I did, we both love it so far.

Keesa · Jun 09, 2005, 09:14 PM // 21:14

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Originally Posted by Alzbeta

Mwahaha! Thank you! You should give it a go some time... if you take the door out of the urn room, no-one can mourn it, so they become a ghost. They scare the bejeezus out of any other Sims walking through the house. It's great stuff, lemme tell ya. My favourite was still the bisexual love triangle, complete with inter-gender slappy war... /popcorn

ooooh I'm glad you bumped this thread Inez. Ooops Fyre, sorry

Alzbeta!

I mentioned the ghost thing to someone the other night and then had to tell them about the bisexual love triangle. My pal managed to create a San Francisco couple, if ya know what I mean, and apparently one of the guys managed to set the kitchen on fire because his cooking skill was so low (I think). So this fire starts in the kitchen and he's panicking and screaming and waving his arms, funny stuff. Well, the other Sim was helping put the fire out, when his car pool arrived and honked the horn... so he stops helping with the fire and runs out to his car pool.

The first Sim died in the fire and the house burned down.

I had no idea it could be so entertaining.

The Destroyer · Jun 09, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25

My wife has been playing online games for a long while now the 7 years we have been together we have always played.

Miss Puddles · Jun 09, 2005, 10:24 PM // 22:24

one more here.

started playing about 7 years ago on cd-rom rpg's, been playing online games for about 2 years. i have many female friends who are gamers too, but 43% is a bit vague, as everyone else has mentioned. are these only purchases or do they purchase and play? is there a playing frequency required to be considered a gamer? pretty bogus stats. more info!

Swampgirl Inez · Jun 09, 2005, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Forgot to mention... half my guild is husband/wife teams.

CatsPaw · Jun 09, 2005, 10:53 PM // 22:53

Another woman here, I played Diablo LOD, and only go back as far as pacman and Donkey kong, and who can forget mortal combat.."get over here!" then moved to Sega, then PC...and never left. Played DoD for many many years, had a nice little squad there, now very competitive. I have fell in love with GW,and now am in a nice guild with lots of friends. I could ask for more women in my guild it is just me and one other crazy aussie chick (love ya Kaiya :P ) It is about time more women came to PC gaming, for years I felt like I was about the only one in DoD...talk about the come on's on that game...*sigh* Either I was a hot chick or a pre-pubescent boy.

Either way not safe for voice chat. Lol