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dessgeega

i'm actually curious how they got the demographic information that underlies this poll's premise. maybe they just assumed it had to be the case since they're a videogame site? maybe they took a poll.
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:32 am Post subject:

all the gamer GRRRRLS are gonna vote for that last one

daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:33 am Post subject:

they they they they

those girls

dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:46 am Post subject:

dess write them a letter asking about their methodology.

and then turn it into an article.

ps but keep the misspellings of methodology please.
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Pink Teddy Bear · . Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180

Hehe, I still think it's funny that people think girls play videogames!

I think everyone should know by now that girls are too busy playing with Barbies and going out shopping to play videogames. Sheeeeeeesh.

daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

They play more casual games, which don't need FAQs 13.9% 8035

They don't play as many games as males do 43.37% 25078

They took one look at the message boards and ran 23.01% 13307

They're actually here, they just don't vote in polls 8.92% 5155

They're so much better at games, they don't need any help 10.8% 6246

TOTAL VOTES 57821

i must say, i dont play as many videogames as my boyfriend
so
hmmmm

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

You want to see UK gaming forums! At NTSC-UK (which styled itself as a British Insert Credit) they had a 'Wench Thread' where you were to post NSFW pictures of women. Like if you thought the boy's club atmosphere was overt on American gaming forums, it's nothing compared what we have over here.

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject:

Pink Teddy Bear · . Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject:

the only game they are playign is stack the dishes
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

yesterday the poll was are you malle or female. Barely more than six percent of the responders marked female on the poll.

edit: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2949
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

that picture is pretty hot

i used to read the top ten posts at gamefaqs daily because i thought they were so stupid, and an eFriend did the same thing and we discussed them! we were both pretty happy when a list that didn't suck appeared.

also, man, i've seen what happens to females who post on the message boards at gamefaqs. it's quite scary.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject:

cycle those aren't really women unless they have a computer in the kitchen and even then they don't post on gamefaqs because they are all on myspace

myspace is the only place for women on the internet
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

maybe i should join myface.

i remember back when i played AVARA there was this guy called stark who pretended to be a chick and SEDUCED and CYERSEXED a guy called missileman (he'd never live this down) and when asked why he did, he said it was a "social experiment".

right. the guy was also a compulsive liar and total nutjob. and he kept trying to sex the real ladies who played the game, with hilarious results.

those were the days.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject:

pretending to be a sheila so you can seduce men in internet games in order to get good items is a proud tradition
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

man, guys sure can be stupid!
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject:

cycle thats lauren

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

yes i know daph

the one that got away
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject:

http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2007/07/06/top-10-things-female-gamers-hear-on-xbox-live/

old but relevant
someone is possessing my body so i post this

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

yeah i hate it when that shit happens, i also hate the special treatment girls get a t forums even at SB, that's why i treated nana and dess and whoever else like shit before i became friends with them. I'm just evening things out, you know?

daph did i treat you like shit at first? I can't remember, but i clearly remember hating dess and nana!

also daph, people still play marathong?
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

cycle you never treated me like shit, i think everyone thoiught i was a guy at first thats usually how i come off and then im like no i have a vagina and everyones like OH THE TABLES HAVE TURNED NOW THINGS ARE A BIG DEAL

seriously everyone thinks im a guy on the intenret, its a great way to keep people from paying much attentin to me

but i do talk a lot so i dunno
who cares anyway

sediment · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject:

there are a number of people who think I'm a guy too!

though, to be fair I rarely specify a gender. And happen to be physiologically male.

But the initial assumption is, typically, that a speaker on the internuts is teste-equipped.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

wait you're a chick?

hey sediment, how you doin'?
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sediment · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject:

do note i did state i'm physiologically male. Embarassed

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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

hey babe, i'm no judge, that's cool
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

sometimes i think i'm single-handedly ruining these forums.
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sediment · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

sorry, was explaining my deep and complex point of view regarding a subject with no real social merit and with likely no ultimate effect on the game in question on the City of Heroes forums.

anyway, uh, it pleases me that you're not going to judge me for being a transgendered individual! it has historically been quite a turnoff for most of my dates.
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

Daphaknee I did not know you were a female! Though I guess your name is basically "Daphnee" with an extra "a" and a leg-joint.

Anyway, I initially thought thought dess was a female so I guess my gender-guess-o-meter needs to be recalibrated? Or maybe it's spot-on?

Sediment, I hope you were asking them to make some actual useful and enjoyable reason to get to the CoH/CoV end-game?
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject:

Anyway, the whole idea of treating gamers differently because they are girls is inherently retarded to me, and girls who demand special treatment or validation just because they play video games are just as culpable as the boys-who-constantly-ask-for-nude-pics that those game-playing girls denigrate. Treating someone differently because of their gender is still sexism whichever way you slice it.

Cycle, sometimes I feel like you keep egging me on to make inane one-line posts but then I realise I actually enjoy it and I don't know what to think. So I sip gently at my cup-a-soup and while away the workday.
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sediment · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject:

i'm lobbying for a complete toss of a new stalker set so it can be remade to better fit stalkers. the set is actually really interesting and fun for the other archetypes that get it - it being dual blades, a very fast, very endurance-intensive but combo-heavy and rewarding set for the sustained combatant - but for stalkers it's plodding and kind of dumb.

they recently added a significant amount of things to do at endgame, actually! perhaps not enough, but at least it's not all raid content. there's a new system that allows you to replay content from the levels up to your current range with increased difficulty and various complications, and it's pretty entertaining. especially since the badges associated with it are very cute - going at it without inspirations, for example, earns you titles like "dull," "unimaginative," or "coffee break."
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject:

Hmm dual blades. Has that dropped yet, or is it still on the test server only? I never got around to joining the test server because I didn't want my shit to get wiped at the drop of a hat! Plus the CoV early game is so boring after having done it a thousand times I wouldn't want to do it again just because the developers decided something wasn't working. I guess I'll stop wussing out one day and give it a shot though!

Is that system you speak of that Ourorobos dealie? It looked interesting when I saw it coming up.

To be honest the real reason I dropped City of Villains as anything but a casual game was because of the sheer stale repetitiveness of the whole system. It's very fun with a group of people and stupid characters, and I like it a lot more than World of Warcraft but it's so stale and uncustomisable in terms of gameplay and it gets boring after a while (Which is when I make a new character and start again!). I'd really like them to introduce a larger variety of new skills, or some way of making the missions more interesting and varied. As it stands though I like it a lot, I just have to play it in small doses with good people and can't long-haul it anymore.
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sediment · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject:

it's out. And yep, it's Ouroborous. It's pretty sweet!

you may have missed a free city of heroes expansion if you were villains-only, btw, as a celebratory act of ncsoft fully acquiring City of Whatevers (rather than splitting the IP with Cryptic) they gave "the other side" to everyone who didn't already have it a bit ago. I think it was for accounts active on the 7th.

They honestly don't wipe test that often! I have had a couple characters active on test for over a year now.
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject:

The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject:

I know!

I was just harking back to my earlier follies.
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject:

you people and your genders

Pink Teddy Bear · . Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180

With a name like daphaknee, I thought it was pretty obvious that she was a girl Confused

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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

icyclam thought my handle was crazy gendered on SB, though it may have been the custom title of Killfuck Soulshitter. It was an amusement to see him wrong for once.
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject:

what do you mean "for once"?
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject:

dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:04 pm Post subject:

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

whoa bro, too much info
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:12 pm Post subject:

earrings work best.

edit: i would be interested in seeing a large-scale study of game players and a good old fashioned demographic breakdown. then we can move onto the issues of race and income and whatnot and check them against hours played and other semi-objective measures and work them against their own self-evaluations of the seriousness of their involvement with games.

that'd be cool.
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject:

The way to a man's heart is, strangely enough, through his ears?
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject:

only if you push hard enough.

ok people enough with the softballs.

to follow up on my followup, what's everyone's guess at:

1) the male/female visitor ratio of gamefaqs
2) the male/female forum reader ratio
2) the male/female forum poster ratio

i would like to think the male female visitor ratio would be 0% for everyone but that seems unlikely.

(my guess for all three is who knows but if you held a gun to my head i'd guess 70/30, 80/20 and 90/10 respectively.)

doubledit: meant to post this before but you've all seen the fucking ridiculous dork rage piledriver of sexual frustration directed at the assassin's creed lady, right?
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject:

Are we talking about Jade Raymond? Because I can totally imagine that. The amount of hype that the company has indirectly encouraged around the "omg we have a hot producer chick" angle is pretty disturbing. Especially so since apparently she hates the whole thing and does her best just to get on with doing her job. I guess she can't feel too exploited though since she's still working there.

Anyway, I haven't seen any specific threads/posts of furious masturbation over her but I'm sure they exist. Links?
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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:59 pm Post subject:

well, i must say it's not much different than the amount of screentime you see with gametrailers and other devs.

NOT SAFE FOR WORK
http://xs221.xs.to/xs221/07465/jaderaymond.jpg

if women aren't supposed to play games, attractive women making games is some kinda dork arian heresy
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seryogin · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:03 am Post subject:

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Hey remember just after the first Gamer's Quarter podcast when everyone at Insert Credit found out Dess was trans and about 70% of them acted like complete pricks about it

I had to to bust out some hella angry PMs

The Great Unwashed · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:07 am Post subject:

On the whole I have to say I do not understand the obscure relationship between TGQ, SB and IC. I only get the TGQ wavelength of the spectrum so all this inter-forum hate and bitching and glorious camradarie is totally over my head. And people have shiny custom titles or little icons in place of their hearts sometimes! I don't even know.
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