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Girls in the Gaming World
dkleinsc writes "The BBC is running an article about life as a female gaming squad. There's some discussion about the welcome or lack thereof women get in the gaming community, and arguments over whether it's a good idea to have separate women's matches."
Swell.. now that this the existence of female gamers is common knowledge, the most common messages in Counter-Strike will be "A/S/L?!" and "w4nna g0 c4mp1ng 0n 7h47 r00f709?!!!"
Trolling is a art,
let me know when they go wild
Ctrl-Alt-Del Comic about a girl gamer
My co-worker used to play online using a feminine name. If you'd ever seen my co-worker you'd realize how funny this was. Think Richard Stallman meets John Goodman... Anyway, he swore that he did better with a female name because people were less likely to kill him.
I heard that Slashdot moderators also go kindly on female posters.
Sarah_the_geek_grrl
I've spent the last year trying to get my fiancee interested in games... this last week, she started showing signs of being hooked on Roller Coaster Tycoon. I guess it goes: Mid-range PC: $800 RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe: $20 Watching my SO build a coaster that makes all the riders sick: Priceless!
Windows isn't the answer... it's the question. NO is the answer!
I've always thought typical female disdain for pixel-blasting violence to be a most endearing quality. I, for one, am against this slippery slope towards androgyny.
Wow. I never knew they would get computers in a kitchen.
Does anyone else see this as an attempt to make an issue out of a non-issue?
That's the nature of the politically correct world we live in. Soon you'll see:
The Gay Quake 3 Arena Championship
African American Counter-Strike
Unreal Tournament (Kosher Rules)
etc etc etc I'm only half joking here.
Trolling is a art,
Obviously the girls are only guys pretending to be girls. Not that I would know...
1. Serious Gamers
Guys don't like playing them because they're smarter, better, faster, and sometimes you fall in love...
2. "WHEEE CUTE!"
Usually they watch anime and/or create bad erotic fanart about doe-eyed male anime characters. They don't play any game that doesn't involve a cute catgirl or bunnygirl. See Final Fantasy XI or Ragnarok Online.
3. Your Mom Playing Solitaire
You know she's playing it right now. Remember that 1.5ghz Athlon system you built for her so she can send digital photos to grandma and make her own mix CD's? Yea, it's a $900 solitaire deck shuffler.
That this would even be an issue is testament to how little we've really achieved in gender equality.
... er, whatever)
:)
Why do we have to relegate everything to the sexes ?
I'm a liberal !
Let women go head to head with men ! (hmmm, there's something about that statement that
So long as I don't have a female boss, I'm happy !
I'm mean really guys, lets get realistic here
A slashdotting - you get the stick first and then the carrot !
Why is it that when the few girls get into the gaming spotlight they focus on a groups with names like "DoMe"?
I'm only half joking here.
Good. We'll only half-mod you to -1 Troll/Flamebait.
Don't be jealous of Mr. Grub. Maybe you're just cranky from not having your afternoon nap.
If she's so bad, get another girlfriend.
You also fail to take into consideration the concept of potential. I realise that as a man, I am potentially stronger, faster and fitter than a woman. I also realise that in reality, due to excessive pizza consumption, there are plenty of women who would kick my ass.
:)
I watched a TV show last night with some female body builder - I would bet money that she could kick the ass of pretty much any slashdotter, male, female or otherwise
---- Den ene knappen er powerknapp, den andre er Bender voice knapp "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass"
I would hate to see what your daughter does to other kids on the playground.
If my answers frighten you, stop asking scary questions.
Longevity is very important in video games considering most shooters leave me with a half-life of 2.5 minutes.
My 13 year old daughter is probably the most vicious player I have ever met! Not only does she frag you, she goes the "extra yard" by blowing up your corpse! And when we are playing death matches in Quake she will mutter things like "My name is Perfect Little Angel, how may I kill you today?"
Maybe this is what the guys are afraid of when they are playing online is that they could get their asses handed to them by "a girl".out for the sake of fairness: endurance and longevity.
Hey don't forget mutiple orgasms
So, GGW now stands for Girls in Gaming World and not Girls Gone Wild anymore?
Free XBox, PS2
My wife is an avid gamer, and has handed my butt to me on the proverbial platter several times in UT and UT2003 and now she's mastered (God help us all) the Raptor in the UT2004 demo. I've always been the proud monkey at LAN parties when she starts screaming "How'd you like that one, MotherF***er?" at all my guy friends. The family that plays together, stays together.
End of Line.
or else they will be constantly kicking the asses of us guys
Technoli
As a male, I for one, welcome our new female overlords!
New moderation category: +1 (Lexis-Nexis)
My blog
Or even this one
I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is an imaginary number. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and dial again.
Holy _crap._ The world's coming to an end, no doubt about it.
/. My view on life is now changed.
That's right, I just saw someone use and post a bilbliography on
This statement is false.
Baseball players have to be in good physical condition, video game players do not.
(cough) David Wells (cough)
So basically you are saying there should be competitive grocery shopping? Yeah your stupid.
Well, competitive grocery shopping might be a bit nuts.
But competitive grammar? You're on!
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
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personally i can't imagine any sort of results from a darts tournament being very inspiring.
I still smile when I remember one shot we were standing next to each other, when some one came around a corner, we both let loose rockets and he didn't stay long after that.
All said and doen a woman can compete with 90% of the men players with practice, the top 10% will take a while for them to penetrate simply due to skill level but that day can and will come.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
You do realize that these females are not going to sleep with you either, right?
And how much of that 43% are playing The Sims? That is the ONLY game that ANY woman I know plays. Here, we are talking about (mostly) FPS. I don't know a single woman who plays any FPS (though maybe they are closet FPS fans). Come to think of it, I don't know any women PERIOD. *jumps off a cliff*
I think it was something about Doom, the way it was done. I never had the slightest inclination to move out of the way when playing Quake, or any other FPS later, but I still lean sideways in my chair sometimes when an imp throws a fireball at me.
I have to say I can only imagine what it would be for me to live *as* a female gaming squad.
I suppose I would have 10 breasts and 10 arms to fondle myself wi....
OH, WAIT!
I had forgotten that Slashdot editors are incapable of using correct grammar! They must have meant, "Life for a female gaming squad."
when i get a good blowjob, it has my full undivided attention. my ex and i did try an experiment one day, she wanted to see if she could pull my attention away from irc.... and well she won but i wasnt disappointed.
For fucks sake! ./ next.
This is the thin end of the wedge!
They'll be on
Goddammit!
sig under development
Everyone knows BOY gamers have a joystick. GIRL gamers have a mouse with a ultra sensitive scroll-wheel. Sheesh.
Yeah, he'll realize that it's hard to drink beer why the pizza slice is in the way.
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
Holy shit. Jesus I got coffee everywhere you dumbfuck.
haaahaha... multitasking is overrated, don't read at less than threshold: 2 and drink at the same time.
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON
a 12 year old is much less mature than a 25 year old
Prove it.