June 5, 2006

• Female MMO Players

  I will now be implementing the "question of the day." Let's see how this works out.

  QUESTION OF THE DAY: If you could be a character from D&D and have all the powers and skills associated with that character, what race and class would it be and why?

  Well, that being thrown out there, I must confess that I am finding myself too bored and annoyed at my real life to continue to talk about it. I'm sure once I get back to college it will be worth talking about again, but right now I think I will stick to more entertaining things, like video games and why they are cool, along with nerd culture in general. I'm sure I will throw in a couple naughty ones, too, but not on myself probably. Those things will be moved to my hentai website, which is stated in my interests on the sidebar.

  To begin, a statement on female nerds in MMO's: There are none. Okay, just kidding, but really, think about it, how many times have you been talking to someone and known FOR SURE that they were a girl? I would say that less than 10% of all MMO players are female. Of those 10%, most are mistaken for males because everyone automatically assumes that girls don't play video games. Why? This phenomenon may have a number of causes.

  1. Often, male players assume that female players could not cut it in the MMO world because they are naturally video game retarded. This, in most cases, is true. Lots of girls are too completely "girly" to become immersed in the video game world.

  2. Nerdy girls ALWAYS seem to have boyfriends because they are rare. When a player states that he/she is female, then most male players (and myself) are instantly thinking, "She's got a boyfriend and they play together." This is also true in most cases. If the player then states that "she" does not have a boyfriend, red flags go up. A nerdy girl without a boyfriend...what's wrong with her? In these cases, it is usually a male player who likes to pretend he is a female one or a really, really creepy nerdy girl. Because of this, female players (actual ones, that is) are either ignored or thought to be male by associated statement.

  3. Everyone likes to have a character of the opposite gender sometimes. Heck, I have a couple male characters because I think they look cooler than the females in World of Warcraft. Therefore, it is hard to know if someone is really either gender. By #1, most are assumed male anyway.

  I guess it really isn't a bad thing. Who cares what gender you are, really. It doesn't matter one wit. Just explaining an interesting phenomenon that occurs in MMO's, along with video games in general. Few females play video games and it is a crying shame, but what can ya do?

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  -Katie

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