General Discussion

Carolyn Koh takes a look at the similarities and differences in female gamers.

Is there a difference between a Girl Gamer and a Gamer Girl? Some suggest that the term "Girl Gamer" is simply a designation of the gender of the gamer and that a "Gamer Girl" implies that the female gamer a hard-core gamer. One that can frag with the best of them.

Pffft. Semantics. I say. But former MMORPG.com Snior Editor Dana Massey took it one step further and called me a "Girlie" Gamer. When Laura Genender and I did a couple of debates early last year, Dana opined that we were perfect foils for each other. As he put it, Laura fragged with the best. She enjoyed beating the boys and shoving their noses into it. Whereas I ran like a girl, threw like a girl and would paint the toe-nails of my character if I could.

Read the Editorial here.

I think (personally) a lot of male gamers get hyped up about Girl gamers because it s spark of hope that you (a guy gamer) will be able to find a girl that shares one of your biggest intrests.  "And they gamed happily ever after"

I mean.. if you could me a funny, intelligent, good looking girl.. you'd want to go out with her right? Now imagine you met through a MMORPG...   Score! :P

anyways, thats my take on it :)

Now THAT is something I'd Love to see!!

A game where you actually decapitate the monster sometimes! I'd pay to play a game where sometimes you lop the head off the monster and it rolls around a bit while the body convulges before collapsing... or even better, in the fight with the mob, as you do battle and dmg you slowly dismember limbs and stuff ... that would rock! Im tired of all the monsters staying in one peice when I attack with my two handed heavy battle axe...

I say... Off with their heads! 

Join the group now or keep doing this interesting stuff.

The choice is yours, but meanwhile, XP are rolling around.  You're in, you're out!  You're call, but this carebear won't stop the XP machine for you!   Now if you excuse me, while I write this, I miss my chain pulling and the group is already talking, more pulling, less talking! 

Ok, I am a guy. Unshaven most of the time, been fighting with different wepaonry for almost 20 years now, and those that know me know that I am a very nononsense kind of guy. I am not macho... I am what makes macho guys nervous. At the same time... I color coordinate my equipment... My girlfriend (also gamer, but more adventure games and CS) always laugh when I sit with a new character, because the looks of equipment is always more important than the stats, and my credo when playing is "Style is everything". One of the most fun things ever made in any MMO is the character builder of CoH and CoV, and I abolutly loved the thousands of different pieces of clothing and equipment in AO to choose from. So I am pretty much the other side of the coin...

In my world... Its never who you are that matter, or what you are... Its how you are. How you behave and act, your priorities and your principles. I see no difference between someone in a pink armor and someone in a black, it is all in how they behave. I dont think most men worry too much about that either, I never sit and wonder if someone think I am homosexual just because I wear the stuff I like... I dont think lady gamers should worry about that either.

There are lots of idiots out there that just like to throw monkey poo around themselves... There is never a reason in the world to doubt yourself or change your personality just because of those idiots. Ignore them when possible, ridicule them when occation arise, but never... ever.. listen to them.

I guess I never really thought about which kind of Gamer Girl I am... I like to frag with the rest *and* dress my best!  I guess that's what this article missed for me, that Girl Gamers can do both and it's really okay.  Take the response to the guy who says he coordinates his armour and weapons... a gamer girl wouldn't be considered less of a girl because of the color of her armor, but the guy gamer would.  I think Gamer Girls enjoy a kind of freedom in this regard... although the trade-off is the ever tiring, "Are you really a girl?!"  Followed by the even more popular "Will you got out wih me?" 

That said, in my COH Super Group,  we have lots of women.  When I have teamed with many of them together, it's apparent that some have a more 'fluffy ' approach the game.  Those are usually the youger ones (and are usually daughters of women who are playing a more serious game).  YMMV

Game on!