So check out this video, yeah it's Aktrez. Now before I go into my rant I just want to say, yeah I agree with a lot of what she says. However it's not as easy as "hey enougth of that". Check it out, I know it's long but some good points are raised. This is just a rant, don't take it too seriously, it's very random and badly written.

While some of the video goes off of topic, the majority sits with the topic of "How the outside World Views the gamer community" and what we can do to really encourage more gamers. While not everyone experiences abuse and problems within the gamer community, I sure have and I've delt some. 'It's just the way things are'. So do gamers will want this community, this 'internet hate machine' which makes or breaks people?

Destructoid is a great example of how gamer communities work and why I love it here. We don't take crap from idiots (unless they are funny) and we tend to widdle out those who just wouldn't suit Destructoid. We've all gone into intro threads and told them to not suck and proceed to spam said thread until they leave. Even I attack most females who feel the need to be a fucking whore on Destructoid and I am sure people are annoyed with how I act.

So I'll explain myself - all the decent regular female users we have on dtoid today haven't had hassle from me. Why? Because we all can tell who's going to be a whore and who's not. Who's going to be fucking useless and who's going to post shit we wanna read. I don't want Destructoid going back to the "hey guys i took a nap today" phase and it turn into a 7 page topic of guys masturbating over the fact some girl slept! I want Destructoid's female user base to be GAMERS! To love gaming! To be fucking intelligent and know what they are on about. I want male gamers to respect female gamers which is something that is still not happening on the grand scale, though is happening here.

A lot of female gamers I know ask how I got 'respect' from the gaming community. Which is weird... I don't really have the 'respectz' people seem to think, I don't get billions of pms and emails a day telling me how cool I am (sad face) but you know what... who cares!? I don't need that. Which is why *most* people don't think I'm an idiot. Also because I'm a bitch. Yes, I am a bitch. I just fucking say how I feel which sometimes is good and sometimes is not. I think every now and then "man.. i shouldn't of said that" because I would probably be more in touch with a lot of other female gamers & male gamers as I am sure many feel threatened by the way I am. I also feel bad that I've driven people away from Destructoid but you know... sometimes people don't belong. Sometimes you gotta say some shit and sometimes they just gotta gtfo.

While Aktrez brings up a good point about how slandering and such destroys peoples love of the game, it happens in all different types of communities. Like say football. I am not a fan of football. However a good 90% of England are OBSESSED with football. When people ask me what team do I support (a very every day question here) and my reply is "I'm not really into football", I get cast out of plenty of conversations. Coming online for the first time I am very sure many don't know the rules of the internet but we all as veteran users expect them too and ridicule those who don't. Fashion magazines making girls like me feel like shit and other girls starve themselves for that size zero. So many different examples, it's just we see it as gamers in our community. While I enjoy smack talk every now and then, being screamed at by idiots 13 year olds isn't fun. (thank you COD4 quick mute button).

One thing I really doesn't agree with however is her point about 'if a girl posts pictures of herself naked with controllers, it doesn't effect girl gamers as a whole' - it does. Sadly. While normal female gamers are online playing their games, attention whores spend their days telling us about the games they like instead of playing them, posting photos of themselves constantly, the naked controller one is just another sad thing we have to deal with. Sure lots of guys like it, but this isn't a male dominated hobby any more. So why are there not hundreds of MEN posing half naked with controllers.

BECAUSE ITS NOT ABOUT THAT! There are communities for it, and I don't want to be part of a community where people feel the need to post whore pictures of themselves. Because of these girls, guys thing girls don't game as much as they state they do and ends up with the age old "girls suck". You know what? Maybe those girls would be better if they fucking actually played the game more then 10 mins! I get better challenges from guys not because guys are better but because more guys dedicate their time to the game rather than girls who just talk about it. We gas too much and that is why we are 'not as good'. People who play with me in COD4 know I'm not the best, but I am an asset to any team I join as I know I don't suck.

"Who cares about someone who's never picked a game up before. That doesn't make them not a gamer" - urm... yes it does? Sorry Aktrez, I like you and all but I did lol ;-)

So yeah, uhh I should really stfu now but all that said, will trash talk end? I donno, lul. Agree or disagree with my points, try to keep the comments a little under control ;-)

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