(09-23-2015, 01:06 PM)Teadrinker Wrote:As a woman who's played in MMOs for well over a decade... that's kind of a dick move.(09-23-2015, 12:20 PM)Aaron Wrote: 4. Also this is a big one. To all the girls in game who ive said have pretty characters (A FC mate even jokes im thirsty lol) please do realize before you call me a internet pervert that ME CALLING YOUR "TOON" (WHICH ISNT YOU!) PRETTY DOES NOT MEAN I WANT TO FUCK YOU, YOUR TOON, OR GET INVOLVED IN A OOC ROMANCE WITH YOU.
If i wanted that id literally say straight up "Yo lets meet up somewhere". But i never will do that. Because thats weird as shit to me lol.
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Are you sure they're girls calling you a perv though?
No, seriously. I have this policy where unless I hear it on voice chat it's a dude until proven otherwise. It's yet to fail me.
...I'll file that under an additional confession.
I've known (and know) many, many women through these games. It can be really frustrating when people take a "voice or it didn't happen" attitude- especially when sometimes speaking up with your actual voice invites unwanted attention and harassment.
I know the thing you're talking about does happen from time to time, but people assuming male unless told otherwise is a real problem. It contributes to attitudes that games are male-oriented spaces (despite how many female gamers there really are), that women are rarities in gaming communities (even when they're not), and even that women don't really belong there.
I'm not saying you think these things, but I want you to be aware of what that sort of approach is part of.
(This is also the end of what I'll say about it since I don't want to start a sensitive off-topic argument)
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