- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Girls can be rude. One of my pet peeves is hearing, 'You just got raped by a girl!' after any game I lose. I admit, I am guilty of this very same thing, ESPECIALLY if I want to piss off the other team for being rude, harassing me, calling me something vulgar, and so forth. However, I think saying things like this is actually quite counterproductive -- as long as we distinguish ourselves from the majority of the gaming community as some sort of exception, they will, too.
Let's not forget something, however. Boys can be rude, too. The example mechwarrior20 cited about the girl and sniper is quite commonplace amongst male Halo players. From my experience, that example is actually quite tame, and, depending on the circumstances, even funny. I doubt he's posted every time a male player said something like this.
If mechwarrior20 has never talked any sort of smack, kudos to him. The fact is a good percentage of online gamers do this very thing, and, while numbers don't necessarily make something right, just remember that girl has probably heard something similar or worse many, many times.
[Edited on 12/6/2005]