Gender [Archive] - Fallen Earth Forums

Stowaway

01-21-2007, 12:06 PM

Especially in MMOs and/or roleplay. It seems to be a big myth for some people but most of us will have known gamer girls who play consoles with the guys, it's not that huge a difference really to then know girls who play PC games. Not in this day and age.

(and before any smart arse says it, no not including the ones that pretend) :rolleyes:

If anything there's probably more than people know about cos they're avoiding the hassle of being known as females, the amount of people who still 'ZOMG A GIRL' and then try and buy them a load of stuff and be their best friend :p Yeh, it's hard being a girl!

Male, for the record.

Mo0k

01-21-2007, 01:06 PM

I'm a real boy!

Ndition

01-21-2007, 01:07 PM

I'm a real boy!

not plastic eh?

Imperius

01-21-2007, 01:10 PM

At least he's not a barbie girl, in a barbie world.

For some reason I now want to type: Put another shrimp on the barbie mate!

Haruhi

01-21-2007, 01:10 PM

I'm a real boy!

Keep telling yourself that :rolleyes:

Mo0k

01-21-2007, 01:16 PM

Keep telling yourself that :rolleyes:

The operation and the court case says otherwise!

Imperius

01-21-2007, 01:18 PM

Oh but a cricket, a farie and a German woodcutter can say to the contrary as well.

Haruhi

01-21-2007, 01:22 PM

Ah-ha!

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4831/poll2xl.png

I knew it :cool:

Taelanna

01-21-2007, 01:29 PM

Nice, Haruhi, very nice! :)

Peace, Tae

dem1urge

01-21-2007, 01:32 PM

Im male and proud of it. And to all of you that don't believe in girl gamers, you'd be surpised!

I'm married to a woman-gamer -- I'm very lucky that way! :D

Rodrigo

01-21-2007, 01:34 PM

only 3 women ? NOOOOOOOOOO !!!! its a bad post apocaliptic world

Haruhi

01-21-2007, 01:35 PM

only 3 women ? NOOOOOOOOOO !!!! its a bad post apocaliptic world

Don't worry, I know at least 2 others. Still horribly uneven, but it's a start!

Cthulhuvong

01-21-2007, 01:35 PM

I'm married to a woman-gamer -- I'm very lucky that way! :D

Yes you are. I'm dating one, so I think the stock is getting larger as the years go on.

dem1urge

01-21-2007, 01:36 PM

I'm married to a woman-gamer -- I'm very lucky that way! :D

Oh, and I forgot to mention: She's awaiting the release of this game with MUCH anticipation! (just like me)

Dominic Hale

01-21-2007, 01:56 PM

Oh geez, this is going to end up like smurfette and the smurfs.. Seeing as nobody will want Clicky. :(

Mo0k

01-21-2007, 01:58 PM

Oh geez, this is going to end up like smurfette and the smurfs.. Seeing as nobody will want Clicky. :(

Hahaha! Burn!

On FE.se, it's a ratio of 8:1, in favour of males... there's a good load of females interested in FE, mark my words. That may just be coz they fancied the Gibson in Mad Max, though.

Haruhi

01-21-2007, 01:59 PM

Oh geez, this is going to end up like smurfette and the smurfs.. Seeing as nobody will want Clicky. :(

Oh, you are so funny dom. You will be funnier with 3 knives stuck in your head! :D

Dominic Hale

01-21-2007, 01:59 PM

Indeed I shall.

Breagha

01-21-2007, 04:42 PM

*raises hand* Girl *nods*

Not that it did a lot to even the scores *smiles wryly*

Ripperjack

01-21-2007, 05:38 PM

I've been banned from more then enough gaming forums, for ranting about gamer genders, so I will leave it at this:

MMORPG = Meny Men Online Role Playing Girls.

Breagha

01-21-2007, 05:46 PM

*cries* But I like playing MMORPGs...

*sniffles and trudges off* Mean boys that don't want to let the girls play *sulks*

Stedfast

01-21-2007, 07:00 PM

I've been banned from more then enough gaming forums, for ranting about gamer genders, so I will leave it at this:

MMORPG = Meny Men Online Role Playing Girls.

So right and the reason I am always given is people tend to give me things and I hate looking at a male on screen. both lame excuses. lol

KingCole32

01-21-2007, 07:03 PM

I'm male and not at all surprised to see the current male-to-female ratio sill favoring men.

Stowaway

01-21-2007, 07:20 PM

So right and the reason I am always given is people tend to give me things and I hate looking at a male on screen. both lame excuses. lol

There's nothing wrong with a guy having a girl toon tho.
To say otherwise would be to say there is no legitmacy for playable female characters existing in any game, singleplayer or mutliplayer.

We're talking about the actual gender of the gamer here, and it was already stated that nobody meant guys who pretend to be girls behind the toon aswell.

Randomistic Halo

01-21-2007, 07:25 PM

I'm a Girl the 6th one lol. oh well.

it just makes us girls more unique and special than you boys. :P
you're just too common

Khayman

01-21-2007, 07:26 PM

Ah yes, that really anoys me when people find out that a certain toon was created by the oppersite sex and then go around shouting all sorts of remarks and insults.

Some people fail to see that the person behind the toon happened to created him/her for other reasons, maybe for role playing or something else.

Just some immature people out there have a fixed perception about this.

Stowaway

01-21-2007, 07:26 PM

Well....

At least the roads in FE will be safer for this ratio ...

I JOKE I JOKE !!

Khayman

01-21-2007, 07:36 PM

*slaps* :p

Kavis

01-21-2007, 07:49 PM

Im pretty sure Im a dude

and I've never played a female character in a MMORPG

Meiko

01-21-2007, 08:49 PM

iv only ever played one and it just felt wrong

Khayman

01-21-2007, 09:19 PM

I've played loads of different gender characters, and to be honest I don't know what all the fuss is about 0.0

Breagha

01-21-2007, 09:27 PM

Seconded. And thirded. And forthed, etc.

Thank you, Khayman.

Cthulhu

01-21-2007, 09:29 PM

Indeed. Gender only matters in RP when you think about it...and I personally don't mind the odd switch-er-oo of perspectives.

Zena

01-21-2007, 11:37 PM

Women also play male characters more often than people think, based on a recent survey.

Denser

01-21-2007, 11:40 PM

I wonder why? :rolleyes: it couldn't be to escape from all of the attention, could it?

RalpGalland

01-22-2007, 12:07 AM

When in RP, I couldn't give a flying fu** about who's behind the character, as long as they are darn good at RP'ing. :p

Altho, that does not count for my cousin and my neighbour, as those guys creep me out when they play female characters... At least, they do dabble in RP'ing, and it lessens the creepyness..sometimes.

In another MMORPG, My character ended up marrying a character controlled by a guy... We had alot of laughs, but "she" did tend to go to the "extremes" when it came to RP'ing a woman. PMS? My character are not ever going near any female character ever again that has PMS!

Mekarex

01-22-2007, 01:17 AM

girl here!...well at least now I am o.o

RalpGalland

01-22-2007, 01:36 AM

girl here!...well at least now I am o.o

Something you want to tell us? :D

Mo0k

01-22-2007, 01:37 AM

Something you want to tell us? :D

I think she means that she's here now, not that she's a girl now... :P

RalpGalland

01-22-2007, 01:42 AM

I think she means that she's here now, not that she's a girl now... :P

You never know in todays society..Here today, gone tomorrow, wearing boxers/thongs next week....... :D

Mo0k

01-22-2007, 01:48 AM

Here today, gone tomorrow

HAHAHA! What are you referring to? Balls? :D

Mekarex

01-22-2007, 02:24 AM

You guys are freakin hilarious!:D

Khurdy

01-22-2007, 07:31 AM

7 girls, very good, very good, in the next post we need photos, *cof cof*

Stowaway

01-22-2007, 07:57 AM

That's why they don't come out of the shadows. FOOL! *whap* ;)

Imperius

01-22-2007, 10:17 AM

So what about the Gender benders? Aren't they represented here?
Not that I care really, but since I've lived in San Francisco before, well...I got used to seeing it. Fun people.

Zena

01-22-2007, 10:34 AM

That's why they don't come out of the shadows. FOOL! *whap* ;)

...and why they sometimes play male characters.

Mo0k

01-22-2007, 10:42 AM

...and why they sometimes play male characters.

Not as bad as finding out your e-crush is a mangina...

Uh, what?

*flee*

Maxiboy

01-22-2007, 10:50 AM

Yay! im a male! or atleast i think thats what the thing there means...the fleshy pointy thing...

ooh, women playing too? now thats always nice :o

H4y a gurl! l3ts cyb3r!! - VG Cats.

Khayman

01-22-2007, 11:32 AM

girl here!...well at least now I am o.o

That must of costed a pretty penny.

Shrapnel101

01-22-2007, 11:35 AM

Dude tell you what.... this is a secret.. lol.. a hem.. If you ever play a game and theres a chick in it... maybe just maybe she'll have on a skirt and a halter top... you know what Im talking about... I've seen you all look, you bunch of pervs... wait I played Diablo 2 Crap... sorry my mistake, carry on! oh and another thing in the PS2 Time Splitters theres a chick on there with a shirt that says SLUT! lol yeah carrry on!

Mo0k

01-22-2007, 11:40 AM

Shrapnel101

01-22-2007, 11:41 AM

I was joking? Jesus with shoes on.. hasnt anyone ever heard a joke?

Khayman

01-22-2007, 11:41 AM

Amazing feedback there, purely intriguing.

Shrapnel101

01-22-2007, 11:42 AM

Refering to me or him?

Khurdy

01-22-2007, 11:45 AM

That's why they don't come out of the shadows. FOOL! *whap* ;)

Taking easy, only is a joke, hehehe.

Khayman

01-22-2007, 11:50 AM

The darkness enshrouds us all at some point, and it is in that darkness that you shall truly find yourself.

DoomyMcDoom

01-22-2007, 01:07 PM

I'm male through and through, got the proof in my pants.
need I say more?

Stowaway

01-22-2007, 01:10 PM

Taking easy, only is a joke, hehehe.

Me joke too. :p

Rodrigo

01-22-2007, 01:26 PM

I'm male through and through, got the proof in my pants.
need I say more?

You speak like a crazy chota with a blondiehunkinmybikebackseat :S im scared !

Axel

01-22-2007, 01:33 PM

I have played a female char in WoW... well actually I'm still playing it and it's pretty good. Just say something like: I can use new bracers, are there some good drops for female paladin?
Trust me, no one ever said NO, when I was asking: Can I need this please?
No one yell at me and I get invitations to the raids again :-)

It's not that bad with my male pally, but you can feel the difference.

I'm male, male, male! But you know, when you gotta watch most of the time butt of your character I prefer to see fine woman... back part more then male behinds ...

Randomistic Halo

01-22-2007, 01:42 PM

Stowaway

01-22-2007, 01:48 PM

DoomyMcDoom

01-22-2007, 01:53 PM

You speak like a crazy chota with a blondiehunkinmybikebackseat :S im scared !

one I'm an enforcer 2 don't be scared. there's no reason to be.
Most I'd do with you is trade your tech for my coin. and possibly you want someone to shoot stuff for ya I'm here. long as you pay for the ammo i'll shoot anything for ya...

Randomistic Halo

01-22-2007, 02:09 PM

Oh that's such a funny view to have it.

If the guy isn't claiming to be a girl then why on earth would anyone have a problem with it.... it's a character.

Think of shakespeare and plays

or the games and movies and books that have female characters....

to say you can't play a female, even if its just that you create a female toon and not even rping one ic or ooc, what's the problem.

Are you sure it's not cos you might like the look of the toon and it creeps you out to think it's a guy 'behind' it.

Lara Croft was designed by guys you know ...... ;)

No it's not that, thats all fine a male creating the characters its their job to, that fine, i s'pose i dont mind really, it was just a shock to my system when erm this guy i know well not just any guy, my boyfriend to be exact creates a new char and its a girl, its just something i'd rather not think about. i really was put off by it knowing behind that char was my bf and he was playing a girl.

Oh and it was different in Elizabethan times as girls were not allowed to act so the men had to undertake the female part s :)

Stowaway

01-22-2007, 02:11 PM

hey, you should be all for it.

It means he's comfortable in his sexuality to not have to be all macho about never playing a girl, cos he's a guy and those pixels are girls pixels, and he's a MANNNN. :D

I could understand people thinking it 'peculier' if a guy were RPing a girl. (I personally have no problem with this myself but can understand why some would). But definately if they're an OOCer , its no big deal. Just a toon, just pixels.... Sexy little pixels. Tee hee.

Mo0k

01-22-2007, 02:12 PM

No it's not that, thats all fine a male creating the characters its their job to, that fine, i s'pose i dont mind really, it was just a shock to my system when erm this guy i know well not just any guy, my boyfriend to be exact creates a new char and its a girl, its just something i'd rather not think about. i really was put off by it knowing behind that char was my bf and he was playing a girl.

Oh and it was different in Elizabethan times as girls were not allowed to act so the men had to undertake the female part s :)

Take it this way: if you were a guy playing a game for the next year that you would spend perhaps 20 or 30 hours a week playing, would you want to stare at a guys, or a girls arse all day?

RalpGalland

01-22-2007, 02:15 PM

Take it this way: if you were a guy playing a game for the next year that you would spend perhaps 20 or 30 hours a week playing, would you want to stare at a guys, or a girls arse all day?

A "handsome me" wouldn't be that bad...really... Finally being handsome, musculous and not being a goof.... Heck yah! I'd stare on my arse all day :p

Mo0k

01-22-2007, 02:22 PM

A "handsome me" wouldn't be that bad...really... Finally being handsome, musculous and not being a goof.... Heck yah! I'd stare on my arse all day :p

Well, I'd be staring at your glorious 'tasche!

Randomistic Halo

01-22-2007, 02:24 PM

Take it this way: if you were a guy playing a game for the next year that you would spend perhaps 20 or 30 hours a week playing, would you want to stare at a guys, or a girls arse all day?

true, i s'pose if i didnt love the attention a girl char gets from males lol - id pobably play a male - b/c i must say on guildwars i do like the male dervish chars. lmao.

but heh, i suppose it was just the shock - but best persuasion you'll ever win with is when yuo mention acting. - b/c I s'pose it is similar and i am about to play a male role, tomoro and for A Midsummer Nights Dream performance in the near future, so i do get the point. and it is all fun and not real.

Stowaway

01-22-2007, 02:25 PM

That's the spirit.

If you can accept guys pretending to be girls for a character, then you can accept them just playing them cos 'they look nice'

Good on you

Axel

01-22-2007, 02:28 PM

You know, I'm playing Blood Elf paladin now... have any of you ever seen male Blood Elf char (I mean WoW ofc)? They are sooooooo gay... No thanks.

Randomistic Halo

01-22-2007, 02:31 PM

That's the spirit.

If you can accept guys pretending to be girls for a character, then you can accept them just playing them cos 'they look nice'

Good on you

ahh - but i still don't agree with liking a character, i find it awful that i do, my bf always jokes about cus i do... (erm back on subject in hand) ........but i do find it a bit sick in ways..what am i saying i had a go at a guy the other day for complaining about this just b/c another char commented on my char aaarrrrgghhh... IGNORE me guys!! lol

:eek:

Stowaway

01-22-2007, 06:42 PM

.... The batteries on my translator seem to have gone flat ...

Anybody...?

:D ;)

Randomistic Halo

01-22-2007, 06:51 PM

.... The batteries on my translator seem to have gone flat ...

Anybody...?

:D ;)

hmmm - i went off subject completely don't worry.
i started on about fancying a character lol.

Khayman

01-22-2007, 08:19 PM

fantasizing..mmm.

Dominic Hale

01-22-2007, 08:25 PM

Take it this way: if you were a guy playing a game for the next year that you would spend perhaps 20 or 30 hours a week playing, would you want to stare at a guys, or a girls arse all day?

The answer to this time old question, is to quit staring at your ass and play the game! Anyway, done right, it's forgiveable for some male players to play female characters. But it's the ones that exclusively do, and develop fruity and strange characteristics, those ones bug me.

Khayman

01-22-2007, 08:30 PM

oui oui......

Imperius

01-22-2007, 08:58 PM

I think the No Elves allowed slogan, needs to be extended to:
No Dancing Elves allowed.

Mekarex

01-23-2007, 12:53 AM

ok ok what if the person sitting behind the computer WAS once a guy but is now a girl, what would you say then?:p

Axel

01-23-2007, 01:48 AM

ok ok what if the person sitting behind the computer WAS once a guy but is now a girl, what would you say then?:p

I say: I don't wanna know.

RalpGalland

01-23-2007, 02:16 AM

Well, I'd be staring at your glorious 'tasche!

*Places signs around his house that says: "No Mo0k allowed!"*

You are not worthy of staring at my 'tasche'!

RalpGalland

01-23-2007, 02:21 AM

ok ok what if the person sitting behind the computer WAS once a guy but is now a girl, what would you say then?:p

Too much information!

But in reality, dun do me a thing :p

I guess my "wild" past(wich really was more of me always being at the wrong places) with crossdresser friends, gay friends, lesbian friends, "no sex till I'm married" said the 40 year old neut friend, more stupid than Mr.Bean friends...And more.

I dun care what they do, or "who" they are, as long as I like the person...And that has rubbed off to how I treat people in the games. And when it comes to RP, I don't care at all who's behind the character(unless w become friends), cuz what matters is the characters.

sinoth

01-23-2007, 02:24 AM

*Places signs around his house that says: "No Mo0k allowed!"*

You are not worthy of staring at my 'tasche'!

Ouch. Your 'stache is legendary... I'm not sure if Mo0k will be able to cope.

Maxiboy

01-23-2007, 03:31 AM

Well just add something in about males playing female characters...

I find it very weird and freakish - i don't like it at all, especially when you know the guy behind the female character its strange and makes me feel awkward.
but thats just my opinion - mind you i do get used to it after a while but i still don't like it.

Agreed >< Its very awkward.

And when it comes too guys being nice to girls, dont expect to get anything from me you trannies!
I never give women any priviliges above males, thats just being a sissy and thinking women are weak and cant take care of themselves, wich makes you a sexist. SEXIST! ^^ :P
And if your having trouble rping with the fact that, that girl there might be a man irl, just keep this in mind "The Internet, where men are men, where women are men, and children F.B.I Agents. And youll never have an awkward moment in-game ever! *chuckle*

Stowaway

01-23-2007, 09:23 AM

Too much information!

But in reality, dun do me a thing :p

I dun care what they do, or "who" they are, as long as I like the person...And that has rubbed off to how I treat people in the games. And when it comes to RP, I don't care at all who's behind the character(unless w become friends), cuz what matters is the characters.

Well said and agreed.

Randomistic Halo

01-23-2007, 12:31 PM

i've kind of don't really care now, because one thing about me playing RP games is that, i easily start chatting to anyone and become friends not matter who it is, and i can usually guess whether the person behind the char is a male or female.

But it is weird thou randomistically weird :D

Mekarex

01-23-2007, 12:36 PM

good answers :p

JosephGoD

01-23-2007, 12:46 PM

Glad to see there are some girls... NOTE: Bad Idea to hit on girls in FE, they may be armed!

Cthulhuvong

01-23-2007, 01:40 PM

Glad to see there are some girls... NOTE: Bad Idea to hit on girls in FE, they may be armed!

QFT. Just like in Galaxies, do not hit on girls because they'll probably pwn your ass. One hit and bam, you're down for the count.

St Groto Warrior

01-23-2007, 02:28 PM

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p292/shiftgreen/sauce1.jpg

Cyberpunk

01-23-2007, 03:35 PM

fe is the perfect game for girls: it's not about cleaning up a house. you can clean up a world! :D .
reminds me of the old beastie boys song: *sing* girls to do the dishes, girls to clean up my room, girls to do the laundry*sing*...words of wise people ;) .

Lunken

01-23-2007, 04:37 PM

Male over here

Imperius

01-23-2007, 05:06 PM

So then that's a female over there on your other side? :confused:

Scotsman262

01-23-2007, 05:28 PM

What? No third option for the confused or mutated altered?

Major Scientist

01-23-2007, 08:32 PM

Male and I'm proud to be part of the Samuel L. Jackson-wannabe majority! The internet is a a bad place to pick up chicks anyway, only gamer babe I found was a Human Bounty Hunter in Auto Assault and she had a suspiciously dominatrix naming scheme. *shudders*

Stowaway

01-26-2007, 09:30 AM

MMORPG Article on Gender in games

Community Spotlight: Playing the Opposite Sex

http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/1086/page/1

Cyberpunk

01-26-2007, 11:40 AM

this poll needs more options. what about canadians and bavarians? :p

SirDrunk

01-26-2007, 01:41 PM

At internet you only can find 2 genders. Homosexuals and Males. :D;) The rest doesnt exist.

Becouse remember... internet is for porn! :p:eek:

Randomistic Halo

01-26-2007, 02:37 PM

The internet is a a bad place to pick up chicks

ummm.. i dont agree with that statement. lol. but thats just me - cus its not always, and some ppl may not intend to it just happens.

Shafty

01-27-2007, 05:09 AM

I'm male... my name is actually a variance of my German ancestry influenced last name.
And I actually know more female online game players than males by two.
Of course, I live in the Silicon Valley, so that might have something to do with it...
But anyways, there's my contribution to the gender poll.

elate

01-27-2007, 06:51 AM

Never understood men who play female characters. Can someone explain that one to me?

Shafty

01-27-2007, 09:44 AM

Even my wife would rather I stare at a female rear end for hours playing a game than a male's. So she doesn't object when I switch it around.
And I used to make insane tips in early SWG as a female Twi'Lek Dancer.
*chuckles*
Good thing I'm married, or my mother might have started worrying...

Mekarex

01-27-2007, 01:13 PM

Reposting this link to the MMORPG article on playing the opposite gender

http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cf...re/1086/page/1

Snorkel

01-27-2007, 01:17 PM

i am in the camp shafty is in, my main in MMOs is a male toon, but i would rath stare at the back end of a female then a male one :D

RalpGalland

01-28-2007, 07:03 PM

Something to chew on, for those that think women don't play games:

From ESA (http://www.theesa.com/index.php) webpage:

"Thirty-eight percent of all game players are women. In fact, women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (30%) than boys age 17 or younger (23%)."

Wow, I guess making games that only appeal to the male libido and the male "epeen" sure is a winner in the game market eh? ruling out 38% of the gamers? :p

"Adult gamers have been playing an average of 12 years. Among most frequent gamers, adult males average 10 years for game playing, females for 8 years."

8 years of playing? I bet many of the youngsters on this forum can't even remember what they did 8 years ago...and yet, the girls were gaming with the "elite" even back then :p

"Fifty-eight of online game players are male."
"Forty-two percent of online game players are female."

Uh oh, it gets even worse for online games! Now making "epeen" games will rule out 42% of the online gamers! :p

In fact, these numbers from the software industry, makes me wonder why the developers of games try to make kiddy games and "epeen" games. :p

Tomb

01-28-2007, 07:11 PM

Apperently I don't look like a male. :o

Unixtam

01-28-2007, 07:14 PM

Apperently I don't look like a male. :o

Don't scare me like that!

~
Tam

Geist

01-28-2007, 07:18 PM

Sausage fest much? I'm not sure FE is exactly the game to appeal to the majority of women, then again female gamers always to tend to surprise. Generally much more preferable as backup over males I've found though, less alpha male and epeen crap.

Breagha

01-28-2007, 08:37 PM

What's epeen mean?

And that's some pretty interesting numbers... I knew girls played too, but that it's that many is pretty impressive... I would never have imagined...

Meiko

01-28-2007, 08:44 PM

internet penis when someone screams how much better they are then you

Ripperjack

01-28-2007, 09:40 PM

And that's some pretty interesting numbers... I knew girls played too, but that it's that many is pretty impressive... I would never have imagined...

That might have been true about 10 years ago, but today that is pretty low. Especially when you consider games like City of Heroes and WoW to have "girl", and I use that term loosely ;), populations of around 30% to 40%... apparently.

However, 10 to 1 is pretty spot on for the "horney guy wanting to dip his wick" to girl ratio here in real life Queensland, Gold Coast. Its like for every girl I see, there are a pack of 10 hormone charged Neanderthals following her, grunting, yelling and yahooing for her attention. :rolleyes:

RalpGalland

01-28-2007, 09:43 PM

That might have been true about 10 years ago, but today that is pretty low. Especially when you consider games like City of Heroes and WoW to have "girl", and I use that term loosely ;), populations of around 30% to 40%... apparently.

However, 10 to 1 is pretty spot on for the "horney guy wanting to dip his wick" to girl ratio here in real life Queensland, Gold Coast. Its like for every girl I see, there are a pack of 10 hormone charged Neanderthals following here, grunting, yelling and yahooing for her attention. :rolleyes:

Well, thats cuz the 9 other chicks are married, engaged or otherwise taken...sadly, some of em with those grunting drooling gons :p

Hey, we're men, deal with it :D

Ripperjack

01-28-2007, 09:49 PM

Hey, we're men, deal with it :D

36 years of virginity and STILL going stong.

How do I get by?... http://www.notaddicted.com/images/woodshelf/Smilies/yeahok.gif

Breagha

01-28-2007, 09:57 PM

internet penis when someone screams how much better they are then you

Aah... right... They have a term for that :P

Thanks for the clarification :)

RalpGalland

01-28-2007, 09:58 PM

36 years of virginity and STILL going stong.

How do I get by?... http://www.notaddicted.com/images/woodshelf/Smilies/yeahok.gif

Don't worry Jack, when you're 40 it will all be solved...Hollywood says so...Well, if you have a uber action figure collection, job as a game tester and uh.. have some crazy friends. :D

Geist

01-28-2007, 10:01 PM

What's epeen mean?

It's the root of all male disputes, who has the larger penis. Only in this case in online games it's about who has the larger e-penis or epeen. Mostly just categorized by how "leet" you are at kicking other players asses.

Breagha

01-28-2007, 10:05 PM

Thanks again :)

Geist

01-28-2007, 10:11 PM

*shrugs* I didn't feel it was defined well enough. :p

Ripperjack

01-28-2007, 10:12 PM

Well, if you have a uber action figure collection, job as a game tester and uh.. have some crazy friends. :D

Humm... In that case I am going to die a virgin then. :(

uber action figure collection?

No, but I have a large pile of Magic the Gathering cards.

job as a game tester?

No, my job in IT is as a web monkey and all round Mr. Fix-it-guru

have some crazy friends?

I don't have any friends.

Deost

01-29-2007, 05:42 AM

Take it this way: if you were a guy playing a game for the next year that you would spend perhaps 20 or 30 hours a week playing, would you want to stare at a guys, or a girls arse all day?

Hmm. Good question.

My answer: I'd rather be staring at my wife's. =P

Oh wait. I do that enough anyways.

Err...

Shrapnel101

01-29-2007, 08:10 AM

Me and My Girl Friend will probably be playing after I switch jobs buy my own house and get new electronic game machines (i.e. Computers) lol.

Breagha

01-29-2007, 03:44 PM

No, but I have a large pile of Magic the Gathering cards.

Magic's great funfun!!

Haven't played in years, though... Haven't played in so many years, in fact, that Tempest is still my favourite expansion followed closely by Ice Age :P

Kitsunelady

01-29-2007, 04:42 PM

I am of the female persuasion. Just in case the screenname didn't tip you off! All mmo characters I've played so far are female except one Blood Elf. Damn they're hawt... My husband husband and I are both console gamers, though I also branch out in to computer games for Starcraft, Diablo, and Fallout. And several mmo's. :)

Bronski

01-30-2007, 01:37 AM

When I was really into SWG I found that most of the females (IRL that is) were in their late 20's and early 30's. Quite a few of them were mothers as well. Quite a few were stay at home moms.

Hopefully FE will appeal to female gamers. During my time with SWG the female gamers I knew contributed at lot to the community.

Gems

02-09-2007, 07:09 PM

Hello boys!! ;)

grayclay88

02-09-2007, 07:44 PM

Sims, anyone?

Pfc4Life

02-09-2007, 09:04 PM

Guy...married father of two teenaged daughters.. yes... I live in estrogen central. Three weeks out of every month I spend Holed up trying desperately not too breathe too loudly.

Darkaster

02-09-2007, 09:39 PM

Magic's great funfun!!

Haven't played in years, though... Haven't played in so many years, in fact, that Tempest is still my favourite expansion followed closely by Ice Age :P

the Urza's Cylce was good too! After that it started to go downhill though... I quit playing around invasion or whatever it was called.

Breagha

02-10-2007, 10:40 AM

the Urza's Cylce was good too! After that it started to go downhill though... I quit playing around invasion or whatever it was called.
Too many artifacts... I like critters better :o

dem1urge

02-10-2007, 11:17 AM

Guy...married father of two teenaged daughters.. yes... I live in estrogen central. Three weeks out of every month I spend Holed up trying desperately not too breathe too loudly.

Heh, reminds me of my friend at work. He's a married father of three daughters so he pretty much stays locked up in his home office. LOL

Pfc4Life

02-12-2007, 05:15 PM

Thank god for my bass boat and MMORPGs or Id have been stark raving insane long ago......

Gems

02-13-2007, 03:25 PM

Thank god for my bass boat and MMORPGs or Id have been stark raving insane long ago......

I think you're insane ship has already sailed! ;)

Kage

02-13-2007, 04:26 PM

nerdum is no longer a boys only club. I've converted my wife over to the dark side and now she is an avid gamer, she even bought me a Wii this weekend, and when I say she bought if for me, I mean I have barely been able to wrestle the controller from her for more than a few minutes.

oh and old school kismet/stasis deck FTW

Rodrigo

02-14-2007, 11:15 PM

12 no-males members ! go on ! we need more !

Mar47

02-15-2007, 02:47 AM

Do teddybear's count as no male? :O then you can sign me and Delgado up :O

(no hate please..)

DMorvick

02-16-2007, 10:53 AM

Proud to be a female member of the FE community!

Major Scientist

02-16-2007, 04:50 PM

Fallen Earth, like Mars, needs more women!!!

Boudicca

02-16-2007, 05:02 PM

it looks like the ratio of male to female fans is much like the ratio of male to female employees at Icarus.
All you men and boys out there need to start recruiting sisters/girlfriends/wives pronto!

Stowaway

02-16-2007, 07:34 PM

All you men and boys out there need to start recruiting sisters/girlfriends/wives pronto!

Fallen Earth is like Las Vegas. We leave them behind.

And what happens in FEgas, stays in FEgas.

Just kiddin'

Madjorin

02-18-2007, 03:20 AM

I just don't understand what women find so interesting about real-life that they don't mmo...

Kage

02-18-2007, 09:04 AM

12 no-males members ! go on ! we need more !

In all fairness there is no trans-gender choice so after a few surgeries those numbers could change dramaticly

nimrod

02-18-2007, 09:25 AM

male here like u didnt know :P

Zena

02-18-2007, 02:55 PM

I just don't understand what women find so interesting about real-life that they don't mmo...

A better (i.e. higher) female to male ratio, for one. ;)

Madfae

02-18-2007, 09:43 PM

Well to refer back to the what gender you play....

I play a mix... If I'm rping, I'll more than likly play a male though, cus I don't think I could RP a women, and do it justice scared I'd come off as some guys idea of what a women is chick cliche ><

As to what gender you play ingame, hey what ever floats your boat. Just don't get offened when they are not what expect.

Unless of course they deliberatly misslead you into whats behind the screen. (That just sucks)

Though I have found playing a female toon on an MMO (as aposed to MMORPG) can be tiresome.

I've had men try and chat me up because my toon is female, and I'm like, dude, I'm a bloke... then they go rant at me for decieving them :confused:

Ah well.

The more female gamers the merrier, means more diversification... if thats even a real word.

DarkTreader

02-18-2007, 10:19 PM

Diversification is indeed a real word.

But we all know that there are really no girls on the internet. Men are men, women are men, and 14-year-olds are FBI agents.

grayclay88

02-18-2007, 10:45 PM

I am man, hear me roar!

Cthulhuvong

02-18-2007, 11:32 PM

I am man, hear me roar!

Was that you quietly sobbing in the corner?

Madfae

02-19-2007, 05:33 AM

No, that was me, sorry....

My bad :(

Major Scientist

03-22-2007, 10:35 PM

Bumpity Mcbumpbump

Brendon

03-23-2007, 01:02 AM

*Looks down*

Yep, man.

Wigumoto

03-23-2007, 08:48 AM

107 men to 16 women. That's gonna make repopulating the planet interesting.

Stowaway

03-23-2007, 09:09 AM

Don't worry, lots of the male population will have 1 of their 4 character slots be a female. :D

Zethcas

03-24-2007, 05:19 PM

I actually havnt met any male who doesnt have a female alt ;)

Well, we haven't met in a game, but once we do, you will have.

Major Scientist

03-24-2007, 07:46 PM

Actually, I also have yet to play a woman online (and Diablo doesn't count!)

Zethcas

03-24-2007, 07:50 PM

Noes you must not break the tradition everyone likes playing women :P

MMORPG=Many Men Online RolePlaying Girls.

(It's stolen, old, but still funny)

EDIT:....and already mentioned in this thread. *hangs head in shame*

grayclay88

03-24-2007, 07:54 PM

Actually, I also have yet to play a woman online (and Diablo doesn't count!)

If diablo doesnt count then nothing does.

Major Scientist

03-24-2007, 07:58 PM

ummm.. i dont agree with that statement. lol. but thats just me - cus its not always, and some ppl may not intend to it just happens.

Eh, I'm a geek who's online social interaction is currently limited to "Lol, noob!" on HL2 and the like.

If diablo doesnt count then nothing does.

I didn't pick the assassin class because I liked to play women, I picked it because it was a kick-butt class and all of the characters are divided based on a gender bias (just as there are no female Paladins in D2)

Jerik

03-24-2007, 08:09 PM

So do you think there will ever be a WoD (World of Diablo)? :p

Breagha

03-26-2007, 10:42 AM

Gods, I hope not!

Ripperjack

03-27-2007, 11:34 PM

MMORPG=Many Men Online RolePlaying Girls.

That is the creedo I live by.

EDIT:....and already mentioned in this thread. *hangs head in shame*

Yea, probably by ME!

Harbin

05-04-2009, 07:12 AM

Either way, Male here, trying to get some friends onto the forum and hopefully into the beta ahead of me. Maybe they'll get lucky. :<

xShepardx

05-04-2009, 08:52 AM

I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm male. And proud of it! :D

Keragor

05-04-2009, 08:57 AM

There's no way this poll can be accurate - everyone knows there's no girls on teh internetz.

Slightlycampana

05-04-2009, 09:37 AM

There's no way this poll can be accurate - everyone knows there's no girls on teh internetz.

Hey, you can dream, right?

Kashmir

05-04-2009, 09:56 AM

xShepardx

05-04-2009, 09:58 AM

Not only am I female but I met my husband through a MMORPG. I also know of at least two other couples who met via MMORPGs. All couples are still gaming and bringing a second generation of gamers along. My son loves watching the games. Now that he's reading, I find I have to censor the verbage a bit more.

It was so much easier when he couldn't read.

Blasphemy! You lie just to tez' us :o

Hey, you can dream, right?

You most certainly cannot. What do you think this is? E-harmony. We're focused on trying to survive the wastes, not find someone to snuggle with in front of an open fire. Psssssh.

Kashmir

05-04-2009, 10:03 AM

Blasphemy! You lie just to tez' us :o

If I ever get a beta invitation, I'll hunt you down and show you my boobs. :D

cdbd3rd

05-04-2009, 10:15 AM

If I ever get a beta invitation, I'll hunt you down and show you my boobs. :D

*chuckle*

Gurlz Rok. :)

Keragor

05-04-2009, 10:24 AM

If I ever get a beta invitation, I'll hunt you down and show you my boobs. :D

Any chance of getting in on that? :rofl:

xShepardx

05-04-2009, 10:54 AM

If I ever get a beta invitation, I'll hunt you down and show you my boobs. :D

Doesn't sound so bad. :D

I'm actually tempted to say it more often. -snickers-

DivineDevil

05-04-2009, 11:58 AM

Yes guys tend to favor this style of game, but there is alot of girls who play games too, and remember there is home economics (crafting) in this game, and lots of clothes to make or repair, food to cook, feeding the horses, and other activities to keep a good housewife occupied (hehe jk ladies)

Grungun

05-04-2009, 12:14 PM

I would sure like to hear what the devs ideas are about attracting female gamers in the long run. Maybe it's just not a priority here due to the setting and nature of the game. But I really believe that an MMORPG would have a much better chance in today's crowded market if it could draw in female customers new to the mmo world. Easier said than done though obviously.

smiggle

05-04-2009, 03:42 PM

It would do the game better, not only on just getting them to play the game, but women think differently then men, and may have a different view on the game and give back different and maybe even better feedback

Male here tho, not a feminist.

acedeelong

05-04-2009, 03:50 PM

I think there is a pretty good amount of ladies creeping around in these forums, perfect game for them to do so!

Tell your friends ;)

The Hammer

05-04-2009, 03:56 PM

If I ever get a beta invitation, I'll hunt you down and show you my boobs. :D

:o The hammer is intrigued by this.

Kashmir

05-04-2009, 04:22 PM

:o The hammer is intrigued by this.

So noted, Mr. The Hammer man!

Keragor

05-04-2009, 04:49 PM

:o The hammer is intrigued by this.

lol 3rd person always makes me chuckle.

Talking about being the 3rd person - you mind me tagging along to this strange arrangement you've got Kashmir?

Kashmir

05-04-2009, 05:01 PM

At this rate, I'm gonna need engraved invitations.....

Mallec Cyrus

05-04-2009, 05:31 PM

Sausage Fest !!

Kashmir

05-04-2009, 06:28 PM

Sausage Fest !!

We're talking those tiny little cocktail weenies, right? The ones you get in BBQ sauce at receptions?

sekaia

05-04-2009, 10:14 PM

*is a gamer chick waitin to sprout*

i am just now hitting my "game play puberty" =P

Medory

05-05-2009, 02:36 AM

Previous posters are right in that Fallout type genre is mostly a 'guy' thing, but sausage parties get boring fast :mad:

Soahl

05-05-2009, 03:46 AM

Oh, I'm sure we'll have a fair number of females. I know the group of friends I've been consorting with has a few. Me, I'm totally a guy like all the people that went to the Meet the Devs event in Portland, Oregon discovered. I had a girl with me there, even!

Kashmir

05-05-2009, 12:23 PM

I just realized (takes me a while, huh?) that I came off looking like a big ol' cyber-slut.

I'm really not, promise.

Sang

05-05-2009, 12:42 PM

All woman here ... not a girl or an elf .... more like ... a chota :devil:

**sharpens blades**

Annxii

05-05-2009, 12:57 PM

I can't run from having a Y-chromosom but there's still a good chance that I'll pick a female character :)

Dark Phoenix

05-05-2009, 03:54 PM

I can't run from having a Y-chromosom but there's still a good chance that I'll pick a female character :)
False Advertisement!:p

Trashy

05-05-2009, 04:22 PM

Woman in Online Games actually get treated better then the men do. Some guys will even inpersonate being a woman just because they get treated better in games. Free gold, items, and men tend to help girls out in games more.I don't know why but I've always liked helping people no matter what sex they are. Guess some people have it really bad.

Soahl

05-05-2009, 04:28 PM

I'll have multiple characters, likely equal parts male and female. Mostly because I like writing stories of the characters I play in various games and, well, variation is a wonderful thing.

Rawmeat

05-05-2009, 10:50 PM

Where is the Hermaphrodite section :w00t:

Flute

05-06-2009, 05:59 AM

To the poster above who said women get treated better than men in online games ... well, not really. It's true that female avatars get favourable treatment in some games, but if people figure out that you really are a woman playing a female character you can get hastled into hiding in some games. I hope the level of this game will be such that it's somewhere that I can be myself, without taking the ugly dwarf option either.

Harbin

05-06-2009, 06:10 AM

I just like helping people in-game, and try to help everyone I can. Doesn't matter whether or not their avatar persona or real-life is female in sex. People have called me out for 'liking' that persona and that's why I helped them, but I'm just as willing to help them if they're polite. That is, if I can help them and they aren't eons above me in level.

Golden rule doesn't work in practice, but I work by example.

Wait a sec, Flute, you're 'In the middle of the Pacific Ocean.' Hawaii, by any chance? If so, woohoo to another member from the poor tiny islands on for this game.

Good day, all.
Harbin

smisser

05-06-2009, 07:00 AM

I'm a girl :) and i'm proud on it xD :)

Barnaby the Mad

05-08-2009, 04:45 PM

Men make the world but women make the men.

smiggle

05-08-2009, 04:48 PM

Men make the world but women make the men.
True.

Hey, what came first? The man or the woman?

THINK ABOUT IT.

Sticky

05-08-2009, 05:42 PM

True.

Hey, what came first? The man or the woman?

THINK ABOUT IT.

Well it depends on your religious views. If you're Christian then man obviously.

Barnaby the Mad

05-09-2009, 01:25 AM

True.

Hey, what came first? The man or the woman?

THINK ABOUT IT.

I think technically we're all female at some point in the development of the zygote.

Hammerfist

05-19-2009, 01:37 AM

True.

Hey, what came first? The man or the woman?

THINK ABOUT IT.

Ahh the famous Hen or Egg speculation :) all biological lifeforms are made by the same 96 atoms in the universe now think about that ;)

Dark Phoenix

05-19-2009, 08:26 AM

Well it depends on your religious views. If you're Christian then man obviously.

Actually if I remember correctly the bible contradicts itself, in one place in Genesis it says God created Woman from one of Adams ribs and in another said he created man and woman at the same time.

Dark Phoenix

05-19-2009, 08:28 AM

I'm a girl :) and i'm proud on it xD :)

So women gamers do exist! I thought they were a myth like the Jackalope :D

FelixTheCrazy

05-19-2009, 08:31 AM

Actually if I remember correctly the bible contradicts itself, in one place in Genesis it says God created Woman from one of Adams ribs and in another said he created man and woman at the same time.

Not a contradiction, simply 2 different women. As Adam and Lilith were created at the same time Adam watched as she was built from the inside out and was so disgusted that he couldn't bear to look at her. So God had to put him to sleep and remove a rib and created Eve while he was out...or something like that...

Gelgoog

05-19-2009, 11:46 PM

Not a contradiction, simply 2 different women. As Adam and Lilith were created at the same time Adam watched as she was built from the inside out and was so disgusted that he couldn't bear to look at her. So God had to put him to sleep and remove a rib and created Eve while he was out...or something like that...

wait? I though they were both created at the same time, but Lilith refused to be obedient to Adam and left and then later went to shack it up with the devil and became a demon who eats newborns.

cdbd3rd

05-24-2009, 08:19 PM

I just realized (takes me a while, huh?) that I came off looking like a big ol' cyber-slut.

I'm really not, promise.

Aw, man.... Does that mean no boobs? :(

I mean, like, if we ever get there? :blushing:

Conscript68576

05-25-2009, 05:59 PM

wait? I though they were both created at the same time, but Lilith refused to be obedient to Adam and left and then later went to shack it up with the devil and became a demon who eats newborns.

Ok, I'll admit that I am an atheist to start, but I'v never heard of Lilith before, that is new to me. Yet Im not sure why some people didn't know there are girl gamers, I know alot of girl gamers and remember seeing an advertisment for girl gamers join something called 'gamernook'.

Sang

05-25-2009, 06:21 PM

Theres alot more female gamers then ppl realize, we are just well hidden among all the guys playing fem toons.

BTW ... I met my husband to be in a game and no I wasnt looking lol

bstuart

05-25-2009, 07:03 PM

Theres alot more female gamers then ppl realize, we are just well hidden among all the guys playing fem toons.

BTW ... I met my husband to be in a game and no I wasnt looking lol

well games seem to be a good meeting place
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