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Subject: The commodification of the female gamer online
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Posted by: King Leopold789

Posted by: King Leopold789
seriously
dude i don't know what we are talking about, but for some reason i feel like im talking to myself.....


What

  • 01.01.2013 6:59 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

Perception not reception
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: Comrade Napoleon


I feel people would take the OP more seriously if it was made by anyone but the OP. She's made a negative reception for herself. And honestly I don't blame why some people may not like the OP.

  • 01.01.2013 6:59 PM PDT


Posted by: Decimator Omega
That was annoying.
Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Who said gamer girls can't be annoying idiots as well?


Mantis should've stepped on her. She's just annoying.

  • 01.01.2013 7:00 PM PDT

"The point of war is not to die for your country but to make the other son of a -blam!- die for his." George S. Patton

Posted by: Achronos
Every post whining about the weekly update delays it by 5 minutes.


Posted by: King Leopold789

Posted by: King Leopold789
seriously
dude i don't know what we are talking about, but for some reason i feel like im talking to myself.....
dude weird me too........

  • 01.01.2013 7:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: BestSpartan117
Perception not reception
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: Comrade Napoleon


I feel people would take the OP more seriously if it was made by anyone but the OP. She's made a negative perception for herself. And honestly I don't blame why some people may not like the OP.


Yes, he already pointed out my error. It's easy for me to mix up those words sometimes.

  • 01.01.2013 7:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: NinjaLord77

Posted by: Decimator Omega
That was annoying.
Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Who said gamer girls can't be annoying idiots as well?


Mantis should've stepped on her. She's just annoying.


That's why I wish 343 didn't remove Friendly Fire. Idiots can destroy vehicles but they can't kill each other.

  • 01.01.2013 7:01 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

Glad to be of help
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: BestSpartan117
Perception not reception
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: Comrade Napoleon


I feel people would take the OP more seriously if it was made by anyone but the OP. She's made a negative perception for herself. And honestly I don't blame why some people may not like the OP.


Yes, he already pointed out my error. It's easy for me to mix up those words sometimes.

  • 01.01.2013 7:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: BestSpartan117
Glad to be of help


Congrats, you didn't help with anything.

  • 01.01.2013 7:03 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

So what did we learn from this thread? That women aren't objects, that they should be treated like people.

Well whoop dee doo, I sure learnt a lot.

  • 01.01.2013 7:03 PM PDT

Brainwashing, idiotic media: "hur dur, vido gaems cas vilenc n iz nt gud. dey ned 2 b baned."

Logic: Really? Then please explain how there's violence in third world countries. I guess they're all poor due to the large amount of video games they buy.

If you as a girl what video game(s) she plays, it will be CoD majority of the time. I'm not saying all girls play it but a lot do and thus we really don't see them much playing games like Assassins Creed, Halo, and The Elder Scrolls.

[Edited on 01.01.2013 7:04 PM PST]

  • 01.01.2013 7:03 PM PDT


Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: NinjaLord77

Posted by: Decimator Omega
That was annoying.
Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Who said gamer girls can't be annoying idiots as well?


Mantis should've stepped on her. She's just annoying.


That's why I wish 343 didn't remove Friendly Fire. Idiots can destroy vehicles but they can't kill each other.


Is it on certain gametypes? Cause a person betrayed me on Dominion gametype and I was able to boot him.

  • 01.01.2013 7:05 PM PDT

50% are women? seems questionable. Would you kindly post a link to a source?

  • 01.01.2013 7:06 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

You're welcome

Now back on topic I think that female gamers aren't really that common really.

I strongly believe that online gaming is mostly a male predominant hobby.
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: BestSpartan117
Glad to be of help


Congrats, you didn't help with anything.

  • 01.01.2013 7:08 PM PDT
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making stuff up?

  • 01.01.2013 7:11 PM PDT

http://twitter.com/#!/ShakaSangoma

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Posted by: Shaka Sangoma
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Posted by: jaythenerdkid
estimates run as high as 50% of gamers being women
Bull-blam!-
It's 47% here

Educate yourself, son


It was a survey of 2000 households, I wouldn't call those "facts" credible without some other studies.

Also, Wii, handhelds, and mobile games don't count.
You can count whatever you like, they're still games

  • 01.01.2013 7:12 PM PDT

Stupidity, when sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic

Is commodification when you turn something into a toilet?

  • 01.01.2013 7:14 PM PDT
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So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

-Gandalf

I was waiting for that actually.
Posted by: NinjaLord77

Posted by: Decimator Omega
That was annoying.
Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Who said gamer girls can't be annoying idiots as well?


Mantis should've stepped on her. She's just annoying.

  • 01.01.2013 7:19 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Posted by: jaythenerdkid
This is a question I've been asked many times - if I don't like the heat that comes with revealing my identity online, why do it? The thing is, why should that have to be a consideration?
Stopped right here because I can answer this without having to read anything else.

You have to make that consideration because of all of the creeps, freaks, and white knights that come out when a girl outs herself on a predominately male forum.

Secondly, why the hell should it matter what your gender is? If you want to create thread after thread acknowledging that you're a female, it's obvious that you want everyone to know. If you don't want it to be a big deal, then stop acting like it is.
You know how a horse blends into a group of blind zebras? It doesn't announce to them time and again that it's a horse.

  • 01.01.2013 7:22 PM PDT

http://twitter.com/#!/ShakaSangoma

Posted by: Xplode441
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
This is a question I've been asked many times - if I don't like the heat that comes with revealing my identity online, why do it? The thing is, why should that have to be a consideration?
Stopped right here because I can answer this without having to read anything else.

You have to make that consideration because of all of the creeps, freaks, and white knights that come out when a girl outs herself on a predominately male forum.

Secondly, why the hell should it matter what your gender is? If you want to create thread after thread acknowledging that you're a female, it's obvious that you want everyone to know. If you don't want it to be a big deal, then stop acting like it is.
You know how a horse blends into a group of blind zebras? It doesn't announce to them time and again that it's a horse.
I believe the point that she's trying to make (that you obviously missed by reading half the OP) is that a person's gender (or any other part about them) shouldn't change their contributions to the groups that they post on, simply because they're in the minority, and that women on the internet shouldn't have to hide their gender in order to be taken seriously

  • 01.01.2013 7:27 PM PDT

You look around.You fire your weapon before you realize.
Its just me. I fall and you walk up. You cry why.
When i pop up. You look at me in wonder. I say,"ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL."
You bend to my will and go to a cliff, walk off, and fall.
The last thing you hear is me stating as fact,"All will fail the battle of life, you just went early"


Posted by: jaythenerdkid
whether or not he's big and muscular enough to properly play the part


Not true. If he's scrawny or fat, he will get loads of flak over it.

  • 01.01.2013 7:32 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Posted by: Shaka Sangoma
I believe the point that she's trying to make (that you obviously missed by reading half the OP) is that a person's gender (or any other part about them) shouldn't change their contributions to the groups that they post on, simply because they're in the minority, and that women on the internet shouldn't have to hide their gender in order to be taken seriously
Nope, I've addressed that point where I said that they have to deal with the creeps, freaks, and white knights. The problem is that boys who get no action like to hit on girls on the internet. There's absolutely no solution to this. Anonymity reigns.

All of this, "I'm a girl, stop making a big deal about it." is stupid and futile because there is no solution to end it.

A contribution made by anyone on the internet will be judged based on who made it anyway. That's how this -blam!- works. "Oh, you just joined today? You don't have anything good to contribute." "Oh, you've been a member for nine years? Your ideas are always about going back to the websites roots, I don't want to read that again."

  • 01.01.2013 7:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xplode441


You bring up excellent points.

  • 01.01.2013 7:36 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

Sad but true.

However I did read a girl confessing that she only posted because she just wanted guys after her...

http://www.cracked.com/article_18536_the-5-biggest-mistakes-w omen-like-me21-make-internet.html

Relevant

Posted by: Xplode441
Posted by: Shaka Sangoma
I believe the point that she's trying to make (that you obviously missed by reading half the OP) is that a person's gender (or any other part about them) shouldn't change their contributions to the groups that they post on, simply because they're in the minority, and that women on the internet shouldn't have to hide their gender in order to be taken seriously
Nope, I've addressed that point where I said that they have to deal with the creeps, freaks, and white knights. The problem is that boys who get no action like to hit on girls on the internet. There's absolutely no solution to this. Anonymity reigns.

All of this, "I'm a girl, stop making a big deal about it." is stupid and futile because there is no solution to end it.

A contribution made by anyone on the internet will be judged based on who made it anyway. That's how this -blam!- works. "Oh, you just joined today? You don't have anything good to contribute." "Oh, you've been a member for nine years? Your ideas are always about going back to the websites roots, I don't want to read that again."

  • 01.01.2013 7:47 PM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: Recon Number 54I have no idea what I missed, but as guilty as I am of stirring stuff up in other threads, I haven't done it here, so...?

Posted by: NorbergK6
You take a long time to make a point, not worth making.
Yeah! Who cares about whether a large subset of the population are treated in a way that is not only unfair to them, but detrimental to the quality of the communities with which they choose to engage?

Let's make another vs thread instead.

Again, while I'm sorry you have no patience for people who put thought into their posts, that's your problem, not mine.

Posted by: monitor 16807
So what did we learn from this thread? That women aren't objects, that they should be treated like people.

Well whoop dee doo, I sure learnt a lot.
See, people say this. People say this a lot. "Geez, Jay, why don't you tell us something we don't know?"

Well...if you all know this is a problem, why haven't you done something about it? Seriously, why not?

Either people don't know that it's a problem, or people have not yet been sufficiently motivated to fix things. Either way, there's plenty of benefit to be had from the dialogue remaining open.

Complain about how I'm talking about old news once something's been done to fix things, love. Not before.

  • 01.01.2013 7:48 PM PDT

The Song Of Nephilim

Xenoblade <3


Posted by: SuperSonic527
Cooking games are all that is acceptable.


........*sigh*

You know what? Forget it.

  • 01.01.2013 7:51 PM PDT