Female Gamers

[dhollmusik]

What Bastila and male Revan had, in my opinion, was passion and hormones. Not love. They had the bond, but not the connection. The male Revan dialog to Bastila is over the top bad, and sounds like a 16 year old boy talking to his high school girlfriend. It felt pushed. It felt needy.

 

Yep...that's exactly what it was. I imagine Juhani to better understand, and feel, love but by all accounts she never found her partner.

[Corinthian]

Avery, what you have here is a man who is intellectually stunted owing to the fact that the Council mindscrewed him and a woman who's suppressed her emotions her entire life (The man did that too, but that was years before). This isn't something to be surprised about.

[Jae Onasi]

I was just reviewing this thread for a female gamer thread over in gwguru, and thought I'd ask this question.

 

What could a Kotor MMO do to enhance playability and enjoyability for both genders? Are these things going to be different for the genders, and if so, how? Are there going to be similarities? If so, what would those be?

[tk102]

Strip Pazaak.

[Inyri]

I don't think there's anything that could tempt me to play a KotOR MMO. I had my fill of 10 year olds running around screaming and yelling and ganking my kills when I played SWG.

 

Although strip pazaak would be a start. >.>

[Astor]

Strip Pazaak.

 

Nah, anything with 'strip' in it loses it's appeal if it's not real.

 

Although strip pazaak would be a start. >.>

 

[Inyri]

That strongly depends on how realistic the model is. For instance if Grey Edwards from the Final Fantasy movie (as bad as it was) played strip poker in the film, it would've had more female viewers I guarantee.

[Astor]

That strongly depends on how realistic the model is. For instance if Grey Edwards from the Final Fantasy movie (as bad as it was) played strip poker in the film, it would've had more female viewers I guarantee.

 

C'mon everyone, I think Inyri needs some alone time...

[Ctrl Alt Del]

What could a Kotor MMO do to enhance playability and enjoyability for both genders? Are these things going to be different for the genders, and if so, how? Are there going to be similarities? If so, what would those be?

The only thing I can think on is a strong social feature, but that's intrinsic to any MMO out there.

[Arátoeldar]

I don't think there's anything that could tempt me to play a KotOR MMO. I had my fill of 10 year olds running around screaming and yelling and ganking my kills when I played SWG.

 

Ditto

 

While I have never played an MMO. I have had my fill of idiots playing multiplayer games. When I do play online. It is usually a game that the button mashing ADHD consolized generation of 13 year old kiddies tend to stay away from. I was following a LotR:O thread on SA until the idiots popped into the thread.

 

As an older male gamer, for me story is paramount. Secondly would be gameplay. There is no way Old Republic MMO can make the story interesting enough for me to play it.

[DarthAve]

If we're still on topic, yesterday, the guys in my music analysis were all shocked when I pulled out game informer. It was a little funny, especially cause right after, I checked my horoscope in my Seventeen.

 

I'm just glad girl gamers are becoming more socially acceptable with games appealing to all like Guitar Hero and DDR.

[Inyri]

Reminds me of the time I was with my boyfriend and his friend and I mentioned modding and they all looked at me funny. We were playing laser tag. What did they expect?!

[Det. Bart Lasiter]

Reminds me of the time I was with my boyfriend and his friend and I mentioned modding and they all looked at me funny. We were playing laser tag. What did they expect?!

A barrage of laser fire.

[Rev7]

I'm from Wisconsin after all, and I do know my cheese.

Something to make the blood of a female gamer possibly boil (or snort in derision, anyway).

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3613881.ece

Oh wow

 

 

 

[Inyri]

I find it amusing that it only attracted 200,000 users in the UK, but immediately attracted 1.2 million in France. Poor France.

[Da_man]

Ditto

 

While I have never played an MMO. I have had my fill of idiots playing multiplayer games. When I do play online. It is usually a game that the button mashing ADHD consolized generation of 13 year old kiddies tend to stay away from. I was following a LotR:O thread on SA until the idiots popped into the thread.

 

As an older male gamer, for me story is paramount. Secondly would be gameplay. There is no way Old Republic MMO can make the story interesting enough for me to play it.

Quoted For undeniable Truth. That is the reason I almost never play any of the Halo games online. That is why I play Burnout a lot, which doesn't require button-mashing, and needs a lot of concentration.

The Bimbos online thing is a lawsuit just waiting to happen. I can't wait to see the look on the creator's face when he gets sued because some nine year old starved herself to death trying to be a bimbo.

 

I'm still amazed how this conversation got around to porn stars from a website for kids and teen girls, on a thread about female gamers.

 

That's why, in my female wisdom, I got rid of those posts. --Jae

[Arcesious]

I find it odd that the gaming club at my school only has four girls and 40-60 boys. :/

[stoffe]

I find it odd that the gaming club at my school only has four girls and 40-60 boys. :/

 

Not that surprising to me, given the "nerd" label often applied to gamers by non-gamers, and the locker room culture that often exists in gaming communities. I know a few girls who use male-sounding names and male avatars when playing multi-player games just to be left alone and treated as equals.

[Jae Onasi]

How is your club treating those girls, Arcesious?

[Astor]

Not that surprising to me, given the "nerd" label often applied to gamers by non-gamers, and the locker room culture that often exists in gaming communities. I know a few girls who use male-sounding names and male avatars when playing multi-player games just to be left alone and treated as equals.

 

It's definately more acceptable to be a female video-gamer than it is a female wargamer.

 

We only had one girl in our wargaming group, who left soon after joining because she was often patronised for being interested in what, to many outsiders is often seen as a pursuit for beardy old men with an extreme interest in history.

 

At least with video-gaming they can hide their identities. (no disrespect intended, ladies)

[Rachel_Ewok]

I guess this is kinda off topic from what is being talked about right now, but it is *in* topic if you were to just look at the thread.

 

 

Something that has always really annoyed me is the fact that you can't choose to be a female/male in Battlefront I and II. Sure, there is a female sniper, but I don't like to constantly be a sniper.

 

Yeah I know you really have to play as a male when you're playing as the Republic, and there aren't female storm troopers. But you could have female Imp officers, and also you could have any female unit for the Rebels...

 

So yeah, that's always something that had bugged me. I love Battlefront, but not the fact that it isn't really female/male gamer friendly.

 

(And yes, I'm a girl.... I *still* get people who think I'm a guy... Despite my username... People with alot less gender neutral usernames are known to be girls... so as to why it's not just a given for me is still a mystery to. =P)

 

I know a few girls who use male-sounding names and male avatars when playing multi-player games just to be left alone and treated as equals.

 

I have indeed been known to do that.

[Inyri]

I got called a he yesterday. It's something you either get used to or you asplode.

 

I know a few girls who use male-sounding names and male avatars when playing multi-player games just to be left alone and treated as equals.

I've done that before. I also set my gender to male in skype to get random 24 year old men to stop calling me.

 

It worked.

[Rachel_Ewok]

I got called a he yesterday. It's something you either get used to or you asplode.

 

 

Inyri... You're a GIRL! @_@

 

Just kidding, I knew that.

 

But yeah, I've gotten used to it, but I don't really need to that much anyway.. Because it doesn't happen too often. XD

 

(back to female gamers) This has probably already been said, but, also in KOTOR I think that the females were gypped of a romance, in both I and II, the guys get these amazing storylines (espicially in I)... and the females don't even get a kiss like male Revan does.... *oh well* (Thank god for mods =P)

[Web Rider]

(And yes, I'm a girl.... I *still* get people who think I'm a guy... Despite my username... People with alot less gender neutral usernames are known to be girls... so as to why it's not just a given for me is still a mystery to. =P)

I have indeed been known to do that.

 

I am consistently mistaken for a girl when I play a female character in MMOs, for some strange reason, I like to give my character a name, instead of "gankerkiller134234", it's like somehow you're a guy in a game if your gameworld revolves around being a jerk and killing people at random, and you're a girl if you're interested in character and story.

 

I generally answer people with: "do you ever feel stupid assuming that a female character means there's a female player?"

 

What happened to make so many male gamers seem to only be intersted in the violent aspects of a game? Personally I'd attribute it to marketing, making it look like that's the only way to be a "man".

[Arátoeldar]

Inyri... You're a GIRL! @_@

 

Just kidding, I knew that.

 

But yeah, I've gotten used to it, but I don't really need to that much anyway.. Because it doesn't happen too often. XD

 

(back to female gamers) This has probably already been said, but, also in KOTOR I think that the females were gypped of a romance, in both I and II, the guys get these amazing storylines (espicially in I)... and the females don't even get a kiss like male Revan does.... *oh well* (Thank god for mods =P)

 

Neither gender got a good romance in TSL because Chris Avallone doesn't like to write romance tracks for games.

 

I actually think that the females got a better romance in K1. They both had issues that they had to work out. The male romance had the feel as something straight out of Jr high.