| Name |
Views and Comments | Date |
| Mel |
This reminds me of when I was brand new to WOW. I was still under level 10, playing a female night elf and this guy suddenly started following me around. He was making the weirdest comments on "getting to know me" and "you're so sexy" I wish you could log out of a situation in real life like you can in WOW. (and yes, I am female) I enjoy the quests and leveling up my skills. The one thing I'm NOT there for is to find a boyfriend. |
9/17/2009 |
| adam r |
in many of the online games i play, it is also hard to find girl gamers. but the ones you do find, beware. in counter strike, if a player says they're a girl beware. since girls have a harder time, they work harder and if openly abmits they are a girl you have to watch out because they are most likely one of the best players you'll find |
4/21/2009 |
| Sush |
I think it can go both ways. Oftentimes I am heckled constantly if they find out my gender. On the bright side, new doors will open...preference to loot, gold, invites to raids, personal bodyguards, etc. but I choose not to milk the system. I usually keep my gender to myself unless I am friends with a player. It's all personal preference, and everyone is different. |
3/30/2009 |
| David Hakki |
It was soo good until the end article link. |
5/11/2008 |
| Anon |
As a female WoW player, one thing I've noticed is that the amount of respect you receive IS greatly dependent on your skill as a player, but also on the maturity level of the males you play with. If you're in a guild that happens to be overrun with angsty 10 year olds trying to find any reason to criticize someone, then that kind of thing is expected, regardless of how good they are at playing. I have to admit that being a noob several years after the game came out (a great deal of low-level characters are actually just alternative characters to the experienced peoples' main characters) was bad enough, but it seemed like at times, being a girl gave them an extra opportunity to poke fun. |
4/3/2008 |
| Zhek - warlock |
This isnt even true, i play World of warcraft in a promonent guild on my server that participates in something called raids. Its very difficult to organize the amount of people nessisary to complete objectives in raids and the quality of the player must be relatively high to preform adaquitly. And yes there are definately less females involved in our raids then males, to an extreme amount. there are 4 females and 21 males. However those 4 females: 2 priests a mage and a "pally" are treated as equals by the guild and given all the same privaliges as the male players. My point is that people who are mistreated in the World of Warcraft are not treated that way because of what race or gender they are, its because they are poor players and fail to sadisfy their role in the group, be it something like "Pulling agro" witch refers to creating a situation were the group is taking exessive damage from whatever it is your trying to fight by causeing themself to be attacked, Failing to keep your group alive if you are preforming a healing role, not dishing out enough "DPS" witch refers to the amount of damage you are causing your enimies, or just plain not paying attention. Nobody cares what race or gender you are in real life when you apply to a raid, the only thing they want is for you to know what your job is, do it well, and dont screw up!
This may or may not cause females to be mistreated more because "they are poor players" and i dont want to be the judge of weither or not thats true, but i can give an observation from my travels in azeroth. Of the players that i know for a fact to be female i have had a positive opinion of the playing of only 7, and granted that i have a negative opinion of the playing of The majority of the players i have encountered there is a definate trend towards nearly all the female players i have met being substandard. However i maintain that those females who do show quality playing, along with males, earn my regard and respect. Those who "suck" are shunned. |
12/26/2007 |
| anon |
As a female gamer myself, I have experienced both sides of the story. I am in a guild with many other female players, but have experienced serious sexist and derogatory comments from a previous guild (I found it surprising how quickly their attitude changed towards me once they found out I was female and they began asking for pictures etc) Female gamers have no stereotyped image, they can be anybody, just like the male gamers; |
7/16/2007 |
| moink |
"Girl gamers" ? What, are we all twelve?
I know a lot of women playing Warcraft. Not 50%, but not none either. I think it's because our guild enforces some minor standards of politeness, and tends to attract a slightly older crowd. Women tend to find other women online, and the reputation of the guild goes a long way in attracting players. I was a little worried about talking on Vent, but when I heard others treating the other women with respect, I felt much more comfortable.
If your friend only knows ten women, maybe it's because he's not open and receptive to them. |
2/5/2007 |
| anonymouse |
I'm not sure how I came across this article, but I'm appalled. I'm female, I play WoW, and I was welcomed with open arms as "one of the guys". The game is about entertainment, building skill, making friends, etc. To be honest, I've never received negative attention for being a female gamer, it's usually quite the opposite. |
1/2/2007 | |
