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Samoth

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More players of the fairer gender.
« on: November 30, 2003, 05:41:05 am »
From what I have read so far, this game is going to be very community oriented.  Also it seems like there is a remarkably high balance of males to females amongst the forum fateful.

How do we make sure that the \"army of young men\" who want only to just hack and slash do not overrun this game and it is given a chance to evolve into someplace that people will want to go to visit regularly?

If an army of young women want to come to only hack and slash then I guess I am wrong.  :)

I guess what I am saying is that I am really not sure what the female MMORPG player wants to see in PS.  But I think it is important for the devs to know.

P.S.  If this belongs in \"wish list\" please start a thread there.
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2003, 05:51:15 am »
We\'re not a different species. What people want is entirely up to their individual personalities, not their gender.

If you think all the males here want to hack \'n\' slash and all the females want to do nice happy things that don\'t involve killing mobs, then I\'m afraid you\'re hugely mistaken. ;)
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2003, 06:00:28 am »
Thank you - beleive it or not that\'s what I was looking for - some sense of what could be done and what is not worth it.

I am sorry, I was not suggesting that you could pigion hole anyone or any gendor into such generalizations.

But I was trying to find something that might encourage more women to play planeshift, my sense is that it will make a better game.
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2003, 06:11:53 am »
I also hope projects such as these will help attract more females to the world of gaming.

For one thing, it\'ll help get rid of that little \'gamer\' stereotype: the little 12 year old boy geek with no social life and poor hygene. That\'s simply not true anymore.

I think it\'d also help us girls actually play online games in peace, without the constant comments and rude questions from guys following you around in fascination. \"You\'re a girl? REALLY!? I love you... will you go out with me??\" :P
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2003, 06:25:59 am »
Well if this thread falls into that category please just delete it.

Otherwise I\'m not sure what you can do about those comments other then making sure PS has a mechanism to block and report harassment.

\"I\'m really a 43 year old male accountant\" might work. :)

It\'s the oddest thing there is more of a chance that you will the lottery then actually meeting someone with whom you play online games.   But for some reason so many men take the opportunity to chat up every player they come across who might actually be a women in hope that they might meet them in real file.  (At a planeshift convention in the future possibly)
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2003, 06:34:47 am »
Truely? I wonder why I havn\'t won the lottery yet then...

I actually found my first proper love through a game. We were together for 2 years and met up at least 6 times, although the distance between us made that quite hard.

Dammit... now I want money! :D
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2003, 07:14:51 am »
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I think it\'d also help us girls actually play online games in peace, without the constant comments and rude questions from guys following you around in fascination. \"You\'re a girl? REALLY!? I love you... will you go out with me??\" :P


Really?  You seem to have liked it so far :D
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2003, 09:21:33 am »
**puts ?20 on a fishing hook then dangels it just out of moogies reach** :D

yay planeshift attracts all gamer types ^.^
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2003, 07:40:10 pm »
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I think it\'d also help us girls actually play online games in peace, without the constant comments and rude questions from guys following you around in fascination. \"You\'re a girl? REALLY!? I love you... will you go out with me??\" :P


That so reminds me of when I was playing a sorc in D2...blah, wrong gender weirdos. :D
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« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2003, 08:51:19 pm »
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\"You\'re a girl? REALLY!? I love you... will you go out with me??\" :P


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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2003, 12:46:28 am »
I am of the fairy TYPE. :]  (look at me fly around and stuff)
Are you asking for more \"she-male\" players of Planeshift, or what\'s the problem?
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2003, 01:02:51 am »
There are actually more female players then you seem to think, just not on the forums. Of course, its still a low percentage, but whatever.
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2003, 01:03:02 am »
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We\'re not a different species.


hmm not so sure about that.
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2003, 01:32:51 am »
I remember when i played eq my gf( lived down the street not across the country) would constaly get tangled up in conversations about the whol your a girl! I finally made them realize they werent going to get any and should continue playing.
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« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2003, 02:30:41 am »
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We\'re not a different species.


hmm not so sure about that.


It\'s different brain chemistry. How all the connections are made has a lot to do with how you act - Very similar to Linux and Windows actually.

One is very hard to understand, doesn\'t make any sense, and is confusing to the other.

The other one crashes lots, messes things up, and picks the worst possible time to make mistakes.

Wow, what an amazing analogy! :]

Interesting thing though - from talking lots with my mom I\'ve learned that females tend to take events in long lines, connecting them all to each other, while males tend to separate events because each event is an event, and therefore a separate thing.
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