I honestly don’t know. My SO won’t go, even when he needs to. I think he gets it from his grandfather, that “manly” generation that takes pride in waiting until the last fucking minute, like they’re more honorable or some shit for not doing anything about it.

>But even here it is better to chose your fights correctly. For example the slandering of Witcher 3 for missing black people was totally out of place since this was a story about a even less represented minority the Slavic people.

I may have to check those out, especially as I love the RPG story elements.

Yep. Back when I played Halo, I had to have a gender-neutral/masculine armor color/emblem. Otherwise I’d catch shit.

I’d rather see compiled data from online games w/ registered users. Although, that might be an issue with underage players using their parents info to play.

But that also assumes Group A (girls) weren’t playing right along with Group B (boys) from the start. Sure, bitchy little shits in school will pick on you for liking anything they don’t like (or hell, even the things they do like), but that doesn’t represent the opinions or values of the group as a whole. It’s not…

Yes, it’s like being a unicorn when someone realizes you actually play games, or have an interest in things that were for some reason deemed “boy” things.

That’s how it is with my female friends, as an adult. At a recent get-together, I had some guy friends who also play MMOs, and started talking to them about a new expac.. and my female friends (I only have two, out of the entirety of them, that play games) had zero idea what any of us were talking about. I can’t even…

Eh, I think that dialogue is more about exclusionary development/marketing. There are games I’d like to play, but being pigeonholed into a male character with a male viewpoint gets old. I think that’s why I’ve encountered more women in the MMO genre than others. Also, the toxicity of FPS communities like CS, Halo,…

It’s taught at a young age too.

That’s why I stopped playing Halo shortly before H2 dropped.

That’s the thing I don’t get - In MMOs most female characters are likely played by males, yet when I’m playing I still get weird compliments about my “hot” character.

Had a lot of GMs and guildies that felt they needed to look out for me. I can handle my own, but it was a nice gesture that they’d warn me of certain players who were on the creepy side. It never got too paternalistic, which I’d find annoying, and I never really had anyone persist in bothering me once I shut it down…

I always hear that too, but I’ve never randomly received free loot. I have had established, long-time friends try to give me extra stuff (like, cosmetic drops that weren’t worth much) just as a friendly gesture, and when that happens (3-4 times) I always send them the gold (market value) for the item.

Majority mob. Same reason we don’t have a direct democracy.

I’ve only had one or two bad incidents in an MMO over my gender; fortunately I had DPS meters to back my skills up. But, I do often get the weird “Are you a Girl IRL? Can I see a pic?” “Your character is hot” type stuff.

I noticed a lot of females and males in the 30-60 demo while playing WoW. My old raiding guild had a 50-something female GM, and a few older gents as well as the 20-something crowd. Rarely encountered someone under 18-19 both in guilds and in Pug raids with voice.

Agreed.

YES.

That sucks. I think it depends on the community - as I never encountered that issue in SWTOR or GW2. When it comes to WoW, I came late to the game, and I didn’t really run LFG as I had an active guild, so I think that’s what spared me from a shared experience. Counter Strike and Halo on the other hand, I had to stay…