ENWorld women

This may or not have been done before, but I haven't seen it and was interested to see what kind of responses I get.

Of 12,000-odd users, how many are women? We're here at a board dedicated to a hobby that is largely populated by men. I myself have known a very few female gamers in real life and played with only one.

So if you're here, and you're of the female persuasion, post here and tell me about yourself! I would love to get to know some of the female population of ENWorld.

I'll start:

I'm Randomling, also known as Lucy. I live in London, I'm an undergraduate student reading English Language and Linguistics and falling in love with phonology and syntax. (Sad, I know.) I've been gaming a year and a half or so -- so, no, never played pre-3E D&D! Never! I'm 23, I'm a bisexual feminist who calls herself Wombat Girl, and I have my own boards as detailed in my sig.

Anybody want to come post here?

(Edit: removed OT tag.)

I'm not a woman, but the game I play on Sunday nights has three women at the table.

--sam

I'm a woman, my name is Hanh. I'm really a Texan but right now I live in New York. I work for one of the top engineering firms in the world as a computer scientist/engineer/researcher specifically in aerospace. I have three degrees and am currently completing my masters in engineering at Cornell University.

I have a love of poetry and literature which of course means that my first and absolute love is writing. I am an accomplished vocalist and in my former lifetime, was a socialite. I, too, have a strong fascination with linguistics as one of my degrees is in literature.

My gaming experience is limited as I have only been at a handful of actual tabletop games. I have been roleplaying online on and off for the last seven years which suits me better because it works around my hectic schedule.

ok...next!

Three degrees?! Wow, I dream of the day I can say that. (My current life plan is to go the academic route, I'm thinking about MAs at the moment.) What are your degrees in? Are they all BSc/BA?

randomling said:

Three degrees?! Wow, I dream of the day I can say that. (My current life plan is to go the academic route, I'm thinking about MAs at the moment.) What are your degrees in? Are they all BSc/BA?

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hehe I thought about the academic route but I needed money first because smart me told my parents to F-off when they wanted me to become a doctor.

Got sucked into the computer science - oy...the black pit...and now am swimming in it.

Biology
English
Computer Science
Writing
Systems Engineering

ok then technically 4, with 2 more classes and I'll have 5 -argh! beware Lucy! Once down the dark path of academia you go...forever will it dominate your destiny!

Wow, that's a pretty good selection of degrees!

And I'm looking forward to being sucked into academia.

I'm a woman, normally called Meri. I'm 23, live in Anchorage, AK, and I'm studying for my radiology degree. I'm married to another geek. I read much more, and much faster, than any sane person should. I've been gaming for about 12 years.

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KitanaVorr said:

My gaming experience is limited as I have only been at a handful of actual tabletop games. <snip>

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Kit - if you can make the long haul to Staten Island there's always room in my Sunday Forgotten Realms game...

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I am not a GamerGurl, but I am engaged to one...Woot