Nepenthe Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Used to be like 100:1... You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeOcelot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Any MMO I've played tends to have more female players than other types of games. In 2005/2006 when I was playing WoW at least a quarter of my guilds were female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Used to be like 100:1... The picture I posted looks like 100:1 to me, and that's from this month lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMZuk Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) There's a lot of generalizations as to what kind of games women play and what they like. Just as there's a lot of generalizations as to why they play. Exactly the same as the generalization that has been around for decades, that a gamer is a nerd, with no life and no friends. Generalizations can be useful at times, but mostly they give a very distorted image of the reality. I know five women who spend time playing computer games. With time I mean more than once or twice a month. Interestingly enough, they all prefer to play on the PC, but maybe that's because it is still a major gaming platform in Denmark. The exception is Guitar Hero, but that's mostly something we all play at drunk parties. Two of them are hardcore RPG fans. Of the three others, one of them occasionally plays RPGs but mostly simulators and strategy. One play simulations exclusively and the last one play browser games. Age wise they are between 25 and 45. Five people is not enough to determine anything from, but still, I'd say women are as diverse as men in what and how they play. Edited August 28, 2014 by TMZuk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Ugh, saw this advertisement gif today. Seems they still target the teen male audience. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Any MMO I've played tends to have more female players than other types of games. In 2005/2006 when I was playing WoW at least a quarter of my guilds were female. In my time playing MMOs of late, I'd say that ratio has grown to 1/3rd of a given guild, though admittedly global chats give the impression that it's not the case. Edited September 14, 2014 by Agiel Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Wait, this isn't an Onion article? No, this if for real! Awesome. Now if they would just stop drawing females in RPGs and Magic: The Gathering to look like porn stars, we might get some more "hardcore" lady gamers. Pillars of Eternity is so far pretty tasteful in this regard. 2 Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Yeah, and maybe have Harlequin romance novels didn't draw their men like porn stars more men would read those. 3 DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Yeah, and maybe have Harlequin romance novels didn't draw their men like porn stars more men would read those. Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company. Edited September 16, 2014 by PrimeHydra Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company. What, you can't do that now ? What kind of idiot women do you hang around with ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company. What, you can't do that now ? What kind of idiot women do you hang around with ? And what kind of nerd utopia do you live in? I want to move there. Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Certainly nowhere I have to feel ashamed or otherwise prevented from mentioning I played Dragon Age or The Witcher or Fallout (they beat me if I mention I played Daikatana), other than the baseline risk of mentioning any hobby. Do the women curl their lips in disgust, point their fingers and cry out "misogynist!!" at you if you do or something ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Certainly nowhere I have to feel ashamed or otherwise prevented from mentioning I played Dragon Age or The Witcher or Fallout (they beat me if I mention I played Daikatana), other than the baseline risk of mentioning any hobby. Do the women curl their lips in disgust, point their fingers and cry out "misogynist!!" at you if you do or something ? Oh wait, you're from Canada. You guys are cool by default. Luckyyyy Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighter Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 This is relevant here. Let men be men. We have our bikini babes, women have their romance literature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Oh wait, you're from Canada. You guys are cool by default. Luckyyyy Hardly, Canada is like the US but with a bit more self delusion when it comes to the people. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Yeah, and maybe have Harlequin romance novels didn't draw their men like porn stars more men would read those. Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company.Haha, yeah, dressing the women as nuns is sure going to make crpgs perfectly non-geeky! *snicker* You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Yeah, and maybe have Harlequin romance novels didn't draw their men like porn stars more men would read those. Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company.Haha, yeah, dressing the women as nuns is sure going to make crpgs perfectly non-geeky! *snicker* Right, because giving the female barbarian a proper "breastplate" is totally unsexy. You kids and your boy's club... Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Yeah, and maybe have Harlequin romance novels didn't draw their men like porn stars more men would read those. Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company.Haha, yeah, dressing the women as nuns is sure going to make crpgs perfectly non-geeky!*snicker* Right, because giving the female barbarian a proper "breastplate" is totally unsexy. You kids and your boy's club...Point: missed! You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 "Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company." Kidding right? What kind of women you know? Vast majority of women are not evil feminists who hate men or their toys. Not to mention plenty of women have no problem with games - espicially in 2014. That kind of hateful extrem feminism largely only exists on the interent or in small corners of the public world. But, in real life with real people, women aren't such psychopaths. Just liek the vast majoritym of men don't hate women and aren't against women playing gAmes or reading Harlequin romance novels. Most women are equalists who want true equality for both genders they are not feminists who want to be superior. 1 DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Yeah, and maybe have Harlequin romance novels didn't draw their men like porn stars more men would read those. Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company.Haha, yeah, dressing the women as nuns is sure going to make crpgs perfectly non-geeky!*snicker* Right, because giving the female barbarian a proper "breastplate" is totally unsexy. You kids and your boy's club...Point: missed! Not at all. If anything you're ignoring the possibility that games could be fun, and the characters attractive, without every elven priestess look like something out of Playboy. It's not about making games non-geeky. Geeky is good. It's about not scaring women away by pandering exclusively to a male market. The OP's article is evidence that maybe, just maybe, things can start changing in this smelly tree house we call CRPG fandom. But go ahead and mock me. Nothing changes if nothing changes 2 Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 "Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company." Kidding right? What kind of women you know? Vast majority of women are not evil feminists who hate men or their toys. Not to mention plenty of women have no problem with games - espicially in 2014. That kind of hateful extrem feminism largely only exists on the interent or in small corners of the public world. But, in real life with real people, women aren't such psychopaths. Just liek the vast majoritym of men don't hate women and aren't against women playing gAmes or reading Harlequin romance novels. Most women are equalists who want true equality for both genders they are not feminists who want to be superior. Oh, I agree. I never said anything about making females superior, so I'm not sure where this "femi-nazi" vibe is coming from. All I said was that it's extremely obvious, looking at the art of most CRPGs, that they're pandering to an exclusively male aesthetic. It's time that changed. The art I'm seeing for Pillars of Eternity gives me hope! 1 Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 "looking at the art of most CRPGs, that they're pandering to an exclusively male aesthetic. It's time that changed. The art I'm seeing for Pillars of Eternity gives me hope!" Don't be sexist. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Women should never anything that showcases the female form in anyway. I'm going to start complaining about skinny jeans and low-cut shirts now. 2 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 "Don't worry, nobody's going to take away your two-piece bikini "armor". Sorry for dreaming of a world in which guys can actually admit to liking CRPGs in female company." Kidding right? What kind of women you know? Vast majority of women are not evil feminists who hate men or their toys. Not to mention plenty of women have no problem with games - espicially in 2014. That kind of hateful extrem feminism largely only exists on the interent or in small corners of the public world. But, in real life with real people, women aren't such psychopaths. Just liek the vast majoritym of men don't hate women and aren't against women playing gAmes or reading Harlequin romance novels. Most women are equalists who want true equality for both genders they are not feminists who want to be superior. Oh, I agree. I never said anything about making females superior, so I'm not sure where this "femi-nazi" vibe is coming from. All I said was that it's extremely obvious, looking at the art of most CRPGs, that they're pandering to an exclusively male aesthetic. It's time that changed. The art I'm seeing for Pillars of Eternity gives me hope! Volo doesn't understand what the word feminism means. He thinks it means a hatred of men and the fact that women must be superior to men at the expense of men. He just doesn't get it. 2 "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeHydra Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Women should never anything that showcases the female form in anyway. I'm going to start complaining about skinny jeans and low-cut shirts now. Right, that's totally what I was talking about... Ask a fish head Anything you want to They won't answer (They can't talk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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