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No, we're not. In fact, we're pretty awesome people. The comment your referring to is by randombullseye, right? Yes, that comment pissed me off. I was hoping it wouldn't get you down, but it's pretty obvious it did. Don't worry, a lot of people hated that comment -- it was mean, disrespectful, and condescending.
@VenusInFurs Yeah now that the anger has dissipated I can see that I was being snide and rude by writing this , thanks.
Spelling improved. Still needs work. Won't criticize the excessive whitespace, because it beats the alternative.
Also, just FYI, "annoying people," "a small minority of Valve fans," "minority of blonde girls," "crowds," "dentists," and "doctors" are all subsets of "people." So your hate list is in fact shorter than your like list. Unless you double hate those things, and triple hate crowds of them. But that would just be asinine.
How do you feel about clowns?
Also, just FYI, "annoying people," "a small minority of Valve fans," "minority of blonde girls," "crowds," "dentists," and "doctors" are all subsets of "people." So your hate list is in fact shorter than your like list. Unless you double hate those things, and triple hate crowds of them. But that would just be asinine.
How do you feel about clowns?
I think white supremacists are more hateful than gamers. Unless you are a white supremacist gamer in which case you are prime to be on the next episode of MTV's True Life.
I saw the original blog, but didn't see the comments before the blog was apparently hidden. I have to admit that the blog pissed me off a bit but only because I think that female gamers are getting really tired of the whole "where are the female gamers" thing. If people open their eyes, we're all over the place.
There are a small number of very obvious females here on Dtoid... and probably a lot more that just aren't obvious. There are tons of females that play games like MAG online... I rarely get into a game where there isn't at least one other obvious female (and by obvious I mean a nick like "aGirlKilledU". Again, there are probably a lot more that aren't as obvious. A few nights ago, while playing COD I was on the opposing team to a bunch from the PSM clan - a female clan. Nine of the twelve people in that game were female.
PAX... last year PAX seemed about 25-30% female... and these are women willing to pay money to attend a gaming event.
... then there are the countless women who regard gaming as an activity... they game on the Wii or their cell phones or on the PC, but dont' consider themselves "gamers". In terms of PC games, the last stats I saw indicated that almost 60% of people playing The Sims were female and that about 25% of World of Warcraft gamers were female.
The whole "where are the female gamers" thing just pushes a button... women do play games, but the biggest problem with those types of blogs is that the men or boys that tend to write those blogs seem to be looking for dates. It's hard to explain but it sometimes seems that those blogs just emphasize that game is a "man's world" and apparently women who game should be there merely as a dating pool for male gamers, rather than gaming just because they actually love the hobby.
Meh... it's hard to explain but it's rare to see a "where are the women gamers" blog that actually talks about where the women who game actually are - because we're everywhere but apparently just not being seen. :(
There are a small number of very obvious females here on Dtoid... and probably a lot more that just aren't obvious. There are tons of females that play games like MAG online... I rarely get into a game where there isn't at least one other obvious female (and by obvious I mean a nick like "aGirlKilledU". Again, there are probably a lot more that aren't as obvious. A few nights ago, while playing COD I was on the opposing team to a bunch from the PSM clan - a female clan. Nine of the twelve people in that game were female.
PAX... last year PAX seemed about 25-30% female... and these are women willing to pay money to attend a gaming event.
... then there are the countless women who regard gaming as an activity... they game on the Wii or their cell phones or on the PC, but dont' consider themselves "gamers". In terms of PC games, the last stats I saw indicated that almost 60% of people playing The Sims were female and that about 25% of World of Warcraft gamers were female.
The whole "where are the female gamers" thing just pushes a button... women do play games, but the biggest problem with those types of blogs is that the men or boys that tend to write those blogs seem to be looking for dates. It's hard to explain but it sometimes seems that those blogs just emphasize that game is a "man's world" and apparently women who game should be there merely as a dating pool for male gamers, rather than gaming just because they actually love the hobby.
Meh... it's hard to explain but it's rare to see a "where are the women gamers" blog that actually talks about where the women who game actually are - because we're everywhere but apparently just not being seen. :(
Oh... and in terms of gamers being hateful... nah, it's the internet. People are more inclined to let their annoyance show. It doesn't matter the hobby or activity, I'm sure that even if you grow competitive roses there will be some internet dickhead that will assure you that you're doing it wrong! :)
I'll start with a reference to a humorous batman comic book panel. It has nothing to do with anything, but it is a funny scene where Batman calls Robin names. I thought it would be a funny way to open a comment, as at this point it is a dead horse of a meme.
Girs are into games. Games are mainstream as anything else. Also facebook is girly, an opinion I stand by.
Posts like this are bullshit and why the internet is stupid. My comments, your blog, and everything else are all inherently stupid. Knowing better, but doing something anyway is the definition of stupidity. Otherwise this post was ignorance, not knowing any better and doing something. A lot of people aren't into role playing games or even understand it. Saying anything about them to someone who doesn't have the slightest idea what it is, will lose them almost completely. An opinion based on a first impression shared with a group of people online who don't know either person involved.
I'm giving you advice. How to make friend. How to approach women.
Destructoid has a strong community full of female video game enthusists. A lot of them post comments, write blogs, or even do videos and podcasts for the site. They are actually right here, if you take a look.
Never give up on anything for any reason. There was a lady a few years ago who posted her impressive Sega Saturn collection that everyone on the website flocked to, because she posted pictures of herself. I still make jokes about her and how dumb she was. Fact of the matter is, she existed. As do many other women into gaming. If you look hard enough and build yourself up, you'll find them. If you're looking for that sort of thing.
Reference to the tagline of the website.
Brother, I meant to build you up not break you down.
@Venusinfurs
A lot of people hate what I say. I don't care, unlike this guy here or the majority of internet writers or whatever. I'm a particularly vicious troll sometimes, like just now, when I posted a summary of everything I said in the last post here. I should have relayed a story about how I tried to make friends last year by getting into Warhammer 40,000 or making more jokes about that stupid girl who hated the Magic the Gathering guy, but I didn't. I don't think either of those stories are necessary on some other guys user blog. I wanted to give this joker some advice and tough love. People don't like tough love, but it works. Mean, disrespectful, and condescending should describe the internet in its entirety. I want this guy to succeed just like everybody else, but his defeated attitude makes me want this guy to toughen up.
While calling his post stupid and bullshit might have been a little harsh, I tried to advice the guy on ways to improve his situation. If he wants to discuss this with me, I'll be happy to help. Who are these lot of people that hated the comment? Do they not read Batman comic books or visit Destrutoid often? Was it mean to call facebook girly? It is effeminate. I don't think anyone can deny that. Again, I advice this guy not to back down, never surrender, never give up. Is that a disrespectful thing to say to somebody? You should never give up Venus. Never surrender.
@Elsa
Is someone hiding mean, disrespectful, and condescending comments? This is troubling news to find out.
Girs are into games. Games are mainstream as anything else. Also facebook is girly, an opinion I stand by.
Posts like this are bullshit and why the internet is stupid. My comments, your blog, and everything else are all inherently stupid. Knowing better, but doing something anyway is the definition of stupidity. Otherwise this post was ignorance, not knowing any better and doing something. A lot of people aren't into role playing games or even understand it. Saying anything about them to someone who doesn't have the slightest idea what it is, will lose them almost completely. An opinion based on a first impression shared with a group of people online who don't know either person involved.
I'm giving you advice. How to make friend. How to approach women.
Destructoid has a strong community full of female video game enthusists. A lot of them post comments, write blogs, or even do videos and podcasts for the site. They are actually right here, if you take a look.
Never give up on anything for any reason. There was a lady a few years ago who posted her impressive Sega Saturn collection that everyone on the website flocked to, because she posted pictures of herself. I still make jokes about her and how dumb she was. Fact of the matter is, she existed. As do many other women into gaming. If you look hard enough and build yourself up, you'll find them. If you're looking for that sort of thing.
Reference to the tagline of the website.
Brother, I meant to build you up not break you down.
@Venusinfurs
A lot of people hate what I say. I don't care, unlike this guy here or the majority of internet writers or whatever. I'm a particularly vicious troll sometimes, like just now, when I posted a summary of everything I said in the last post here. I should have relayed a story about how I tried to make friends last year by getting into Warhammer 40,000 or making more jokes about that stupid girl who hated the Magic the Gathering guy, but I didn't. I don't think either of those stories are necessary on some other guys user blog. I wanted to give this joker some advice and tough love. People don't like tough love, but it works. Mean, disrespectful, and condescending should describe the internet in its entirety. I want this guy to succeed just like everybody else, but his defeated attitude makes me want this guy to toughen up.
While calling his post stupid and bullshit might have been a little harsh, I tried to advice the guy on ways to improve his situation. If he wants to discuss this with me, I'll be happy to help. Who are these lot of people that hated the comment? Do they not read Batman comic books or visit Destrutoid often? Was it mean to call facebook girly? It is effeminate. I don't think anyone can deny that. Again, I advice this guy not to back down, never surrender, never give up. Is that a disrespectful thing to say to somebody? You should never give up Venus. Never surrender.
@Elsa
Is someone hiding mean, disrespectful, and condescending comments? This is troubling news to find out.
My second post, I describe several martial arts movies. I laughed as I kept suggesting several of the more notorious ones.
Bashing the crappy movie The Karate Kid is a thing I do all the time. I hate that movie. Sidekicks was better.
And then I made many references to references on top of references. I ended with the quote I always use for everything ever. That nothing has any meaning, save what we choose to impose upon it. T idea fits every situation ever. Nothing really has anything inherently to it, until we add something onto it ourselves. Like silly posts on the internet, as an example.
Bashing the crappy movie The Karate Kid is a thing I do all the time. I hate that movie. Sidekicks was better.
And then I made many references to references on top of references. I ended with the quote I always use for everything ever. That nothing has any meaning, save what we choose to impose upon it. T idea fits every situation ever. Nothing really has anything inherently to it, until we add something onto it ourselves. Like silly posts on the internet, as an example.
