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<blockquote data-quote="beepeearr" data-source="post: 1617452" data-attributes="member: 20548"><p><<Heh the problems stems from the fact that a lot of gamers have very poor social skills, and those skills only get worse around females.>></p><p></p><p>Way too true.</p><p></p><p>I was going to type a really long post about my history with sexist behavior from gamers. But It would have been really long. I'm a guy, and have been married for 8 years, my wife also games, and usually she is the one targeted by poor behavior. We have moved several times over the past 8 years (military) and have had really poor luck finding a good group (about 2 good groups, one okay group, and 6 really bad ones). Not always because of sexism though, we ran into racists, deviants, and just some plain creepy people (where did all the normal gamers go). There are good gamers out there, just like there are honest auto mechanics and decent injury lawyers there just a lot harder to find than the alternative. </p><p></p><p>In general, the only problem I have ever had with a female gamer (ie a woman who is actually there to game, not support a boyfriend, or who just wants to see what it is like) is maybe they don't know the rules as well as some of the other players in the group (I think this is due more to the fact that most of the guys in our groups tended to be a bit obsessive about gaming or were more into power gaming), but they were usaully a lot more enthusiastic about the game, quick to stop a rule argument, and would do things in a game most guys wouldn't think to do. Like carrying a bag of flour to test for traps. </p><p></p><p>The bottom line is if you are not having fun find a new group, and if you keep finding bad groups in the same place look somewhere else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beepeearr, post: 1617452, member: 20548"] <<Heh the problems stems from the fact that a lot of gamers have very poor social skills, and those skills only get worse around females.>> Way too true. I was going to type a really long post about my history with sexist behavior from gamers. But It would have been really long. I'm a guy, and have been married for 8 years, my wife also games, and usually she is the one targeted by poor behavior. We have moved several times over the past 8 years (military) and have had really poor luck finding a good group (about 2 good groups, one okay group, and 6 really bad ones). Not always because of sexism though, we ran into racists, deviants, and just some plain creepy people (where did all the normal gamers go). There are good gamers out there, just like there are honest auto mechanics and decent injury lawyers there just a lot harder to find than the alternative. In general, the only problem I have ever had with a female gamer (ie a woman who is actually there to game, not support a boyfriend, or who just wants to see what it is like) is maybe they don't know the rules as well as some of the other players in the group (I think this is due more to the fact that most of the guys in our groups tended to be a bit obsessive about gaming or were more into power gaming), but they were usaully a lot more enthusiastic about the game, quick to stop a rule argument, and would do things in a game most guys wouldn't think to do. Like carrying a bag of flour to test for traps. The bottom line is if you are not having fun find a new group, and if you keep finding bad groups in the same place look somewhere else. [/QUOTE]
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