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Mortiferus
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: 12 Apr 2009
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 52
Location: ...Scandinavia
14 Apr 2009, 4:37 am
I used to love Sonic the Hedgehog and Final Fantasy as a kid. I still like classic Sega Megadrive/SNES games, in fact I just completed E.V.O The Search for Eden (emulator...) a few days ago.
I have played WoW in the past but the gender issue in such games annoys me. In general in the Internet I really dislike how people's attitude to you changes when you reveal you're a female. It can totally kill any sensible conversation you're having with someone. A "cool guy" will suddenly be all about asking for pictures and other lame stuff. The most extreme example is this guy who went from talking about black metal to a total creep asking me if I would marry him. 
Does anyone else let people just assume you're male, or even lie about it?
DasObscure
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 56
Location: Finland, Planet Earth
14 Apr 2009, 2:18 pm
I've been fascinated with VG and CG for as long as I can remember, I've always liked dabbling with electronics. I never saw obsession with gaming being so much a guy-thing as an Aspie-thing.
I've played PS and NES moderately in my childhood, more now at an older age, sometimes with emulators. I played chess on our Atari as a lil' kid though 
I've always been obsessed with puzzle- and logic-games, not so much RP'ing even though I was introduced to WoW last year and have been playing - at times even obsessively - since.
14 Apr 2009, 8:40 pm
14 Apr 2009, 10:33 pm
That game is awesome. Every time someone brings up Spore, it just reminds me of EVO, and I feel like playing it again.
I'm not a female, but I know exactly what you mean
I've seen entire chatrooms go crazy just because a female enters...it kind of reminds me of those old cartoons where all the cavemen would be fighting over a woman.
15 Apr 2009, 4:12 pm
Is there anyone here who thinks its odd and any other women who are the same or am i the only strange woman out there
I also play warhammer too and have an army of dwarves and 40k army of witch hunters
I'm a man, and I don't think its weird.. in my mind it just goes like this.. people are people and people like stuff. I've never understood the logic in gender, racial, national etc stereotypes/roles *shrugs*
Because men tend to be more aggressive in the hunter/gatherer sense of the things. We desire goals and challenges and seek them out! Women, on the other hand, are ruled by emotions. For the most part video games tend to lack emotions. However games like WOW and The Sims brings a sense of ownership that creates a dynamic relationship which seems to work for both sexes.
Not sure about The Sims, but it's definitely true in WoW. I would say probably a good third of my guild consist of couples. In fact, a married couple are the co-leaders. Something like MMO's would be, in my opinion, great for the couple on a budget.
15 Apr 2009, 4:15 pm
Is there anyone here who thinks its odd and any other women who are the same or am i the only strange woman out there
I also play warhammer too and have an army of dwarves and 40k army of witch hunters
I don't think it's strange at all. In fact, if I have one "must have" criteria in a prospective girlfriend, it's gaming.
16 Apr 2009, 2:26 am
18 Apr 2009, 6:28 am
I'm a gilr that's into games!
I play WoW mainly 
as a female belf cos my boyfriend says I look like one! Also play lots of other stuff!
I also work in a video game store
18 Apr 2009, 12:41 pm
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19 Apr 2009, 3:30 pm
Tried WoW many times but still it's hard and confusing
What about wow do you find confusing ?
Well, I don't like to wear alot of armor on me, the combat a little slow, what good race and class
to choose from, and I don't like spending 15 dollars a month on it.
Well, I don't like to wear alot of armor on me, the combat a little slow, what good race and class
to choose from, and I don't like spending 15 dollars a month on it.[/quote]
Yeh the monthly fees are a bit much considering blizzard make so much money from them but every major patch is ridiculously bugged and they dont even upgrade servers so you sometimes spend 10 mins running at the entrance trying to get in to an instance and there is random lagg.
But if you dont like armour then you can play a mage 'cos they wear only cloth and are overpowered at DPS
Warlocks are also clothies and they get cool minions - I like the succibi . As for good races, all alliance fail and probably the best race on the horde are blood elves 'cos they look the best trolls, undead and taruen are alright but orcs are just hideous! I agree that combat is a bit slow at low levels when questing but tank or DPS a high level instance and it's not slow also PvP makes for fast combat
19 Apr 2009, 8:12 pm
Tried WoW many times but still it's hard and confusing
What about wow do you find confusing ?
Well, I don't like to wear alot of armor on me, the combat a little slow, what good race and class
to choose from, and I don't like spending 15 dollars a month on it.
Well, I don't like to wear alot of armor on me, the combat a little slow, what good race and class
to choose from, and I don't like spending 15 dollars a month on it.
Yeh the monthly fees are a bit much considering blizzard make so much money from them but every major patch is ridiculously bugged and they dont even upgrade servers so you sometimes spend 10 mins running at the entrance trying to get in to an instance and there is random lagg.
But if you dont like armour then you can play a mage 'cos they wear only cloth and are overpowered at DPS
Warlocks are also clothies and they get cool minions - I like the succibi . As for good races, all alliance fail and probably the best race on the horde are blood elves 'cos they look the best trolls, undead and taruen are alright but orcs are just hideous! I agree that combat is a bit slow at low levels when questing but tank or DPS a high level instance and it's not slow also PvP makes for fast combat [/quote]
Oh I forgot about skills, I don't want to pay to level up some skills or have too many
