05-14-2003, 08:36 PM
Being the sexy and sassy femme fatale who prodded you to make a discussion about this, by rights I should be here making my piece. B)
I think going for the poll was an iffy idea, but you're cute, cuddly, and most of all receptive to constructive criticism, so we'll let you off lightly. :) Best way to get a response around here is to present a topic of discussion, rattle off your ideas/thoughts/opinions/suggestions, and sit back and watch the Lurkers come out of hiding for a sniff.
(::just found out she's far from flunking a class she thought she'd flunk::)
I am a female gamer, and I've made that clear from my Starsiege days. 'Twas the old Exodus guild it was, where I was the Tank Girl in the Olympian.
I think it has a lot of bearing on gameplay. For instance, I'm more likely to play Diablo over Baldur's Gate when PMS strikes. Spam mindless kill raging death!!!
As for in-game avatars, I play my characters based on what they do, not what they look like. However, if there was an option to have a character of either gender, such as a female barbarian or necromancer or a male sorcerer, I'd go for female.
(Another thing: truth online. I used to be one of the folks who'd never use the same non-de-plume twice, untracable e-mail address, fake name/location, etc., until I hooked up with the DSF and really hit upon a community I cared about. What if I disappeared? As a friend of mine said, all they'll know you by is a smartass joke and a fake name. What if I got into an accident and disappeared for a couple months? How would my LL and DSFC friends contact me?)
I've played male characters on stage and in roleplaying games, but I always feel weird playing male characters on Battle.net. In the realms everyone assumes that you're the same gender as the character you're playing.
And why, oh why, oh WHY, Blizzard Entertainment, did you make the Amazon's breasts visible from light-years away, then market a free online gaming server to go with it?! Pick a mainstream realm chatroom, any hour of the day, and there is BOUND to be an amazon in it with some breast-related name. I dunno, maybe if Blizzard could've curbed their juvenile enthusiasm and made her more like the rogue of D1...
I guess I just get bothered sometimes.
Anyway... :P
I think any forum or community would be at a loss if it didn't have perspectives from different ages, races, nationalities, or genders. We've got the wise sages and elders component here, as well as the hipster twentysomethings, and the overeager teenagers. (And the wise teenagers, the hipster sages, and the overeager twentysomethings. And so on, and so forth, ad nauseum.)
Truth be told, I seriously thought Occhi was female. Held Occhi in high esteem for being a radical female gamer. Then found out Occhi has a wife and kids. Opinion has not changed. :D (Also had a small crush on someone I thought was around my age--Pete, no less! But that's okay. I fell for the Pete-in-Training, Kasreyn. ;))
I think going for the poll was an iffy idea, but you're cute, cuddly, and most of all receptive to constructive criticism, so we'll let you off lightly. :) Best way to get a response around here is to present a topic of discussion, rattle off your ideas/thoughts/opinions/suggestions, and sit back and watch the Lurkers come out of hiding for a sniff.
(::just found out she's far from flunking a class she thought she'd flunk::)
I am a female gamer, and I've made that clear from my Starsiege days. 'Twas the old Exodus guild it was, where I was the Tank Girl in the Olympian.
I think it has a lot of bearing on gameplay. For instance, I'm more likely to play Diablo over Baldur's Gate when PMS strikes. Spam mindless kill raging death!!!
As for in-game avatars, I play my characters based on what they do, not what they look like. However, if there was an option to have a character of either gender, such as a female barbarian or necromancer or a male sorcerer, I'd go for female.
(Another thing: truth online. I used to be one of the folks who'd never use the same non-de-plume twice, untracable e-mail address, fake name/location, etc., until I hooked up with the DSF and really hit upon a community I cared about. What if I disappeared? As a friend of mine said, all they'll know you by is a smartass joke and a fake name. What if I got into an accident and disappeared for a couple months? How would my LL and DSFC friends contact me?)
I've played male characters on stage and in roleplaying games, but I always feel weird playing male characters on Battle.net. In the realms everyone assumes that you're the same gender as the character you're playing.
And why, oh why, oh WHY, Blizzard Entertainment, did you make the Amazon's breasts visible from light-years away, then market a free online gaming server to go with it?! Pick a mainstream realm chatroom, any hour of the day, and there is BOUND to be an amazon in it with some breast-related name. I dunno, maybe if Blizzard could've curbed their juvenile enthusiasm and made her more like the rogue of D1...
I guess I just get bothered sometimes.
Anyway... :P
I think any forum or community would be at a loss if it didn't have perspectives from different ages, races, nationalities, or genders. We've got the wise sages and elders component here, as well as the hipster twentysomethings, and the overeager teenagers. (And the wise teenagers, the hipster sages, and the overeager twentysomethings. And so on, and so forth, ad nauseum.)
Truth be told, I seriously thought Occhi was female. Held Occhi in high esteem for being a radical female gamer. Then found out Occhi has a wife and kids. Opinion has not changed. :D (Also had a small crush on someone I thought was around my age--Pete, no less! But that's okay. I fell for the Pete-in-Training, Kasreyn. ;))
UPDATE: Spamblaster.