Confessions of a full time Wizard confession

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The fact that I referenced Clueless, which is about as non-gamer-friendly as a movie can get, wasn't a tip-off for you that I'd seen it?

Sounds like Shelly isn't the only Clueless gamer around!

That's a 13 year old movie!

 

[Alzrius]

That's a 13 year old movie!

Yeah, which sort of proves that I have seen a non-gamer-friendly movie in the last fifteen years.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah, which sort of proves that I have seen a non-gamer-friendly movie in the last fifteen years.

Hold on, editing my original post to 10 years.

 

[guivre]

I'm sure Shelly is a wonderful women, and good writer. But the manner she comes across is EXACTLy like some of you say. Someone hit it on the head when they said from the movie "Clueless". Too hard on her humor, for me, hurts her writing, not help.

You can be a girly girl and a gamer, without falling back into a mall rat or valley girl sterotype.

Particularly when I don't buy the girly-girl act. It comes across as false, like she's not only trying too hard to be funny, but too hard to be "girly".

But, apparently someone likes to read it, it's easily skipped for those that don't.

 

[MacMathan]

Suffice to say it is not for the small percentage of dedicated and according to most polls very experienced players who come to EN.

It worked wonders for the women who now play regularly on our group even though neither are as "girly".

 

[broghammerj]

It worked wonders for the women who now play regularly on our group even though neither are as "girly".

I am just curious how the article helped the women in your group? I can only assume that they were casual players but somehow felt validated that there were other women playing?

 

[MacMathan]

I am just curious how the article helped the women in your group? I can only assume that they were casual players but somehow felt validated that there were other women playing?

I should have been more clear, I meant her actual book but her column is enjoyed to.

I think if you do not have the lexicon of geek background info (fantasy novels, movies etc) having a viewpoint such as this helps explain some of what goes on.

 

[GeeksDreamGirl]

Speaking as a geek girl, my gateway drugs to D&D were EverQuest and World of Warcraft. When I was in college, my boyfriend played D&D and I had no desire to try it out. But when he sat me in front of his computer and I made a wood elf bard and ran around the tree village killing bats, I was hooked. (In fact, I wouldn't reroll my "test run" character on a new account, so he had to reroll his. Hahahahhaha...)

After losing several years of my life to the EverCrack, I was sober for a bit before trying out WoW (again, on a boyfriend's computer - but this time I really did get my own account later!). I've been an off-and-on WoW junkie for a few years. (On at the moment - Eyriane on Kirin Tor.)

So when I became attached to another guy who played D&D, this time I was like, hmmmmmm... I should try this! Been having fun ever since.

 

[MacMathan]

I will echo that my lovely wife moved from Diablo II to EQ to WoW and picked up DnD along the way once we started going out.