ENWorld women

[Gregor]

I am a 26 year old female. I grew up in the Boston area.

I have been around gaming for a long time, but just recently started playing (previous people I knew who gamed wouldn't let me join...one group , run by an ex boyfriend, didn't want any women in the group cause that was their "man time" ; second group were a handful of pretentious little twits who essentially told me I was not "goth" enough to play with them; that group had two women).

I went to three colleges, ended up with two degrees, not as impressive as Kitana's 3 degrees but still pretty respectable. These degrees were not in spelling as you can see, they were in pyschology and sociology. I have a strong interest in the social impact of gaming. IMO , I think gamers and people who are open to gaming tend to be smarter and more creative than non gamers.

Aside from gaming my interests include sideshow/carnival stuff, fantasy, sci fi, MST3K, collecting record albums from the 50's with really goofy cover art, musicals, animation (& anime), animals, writing & reading (non fiction, fantasy, satire, erotica). My favorite author is Christopher Moore, my favorite bands are Rush and the Counting Crows. I also like a large assortment of other bands / musicians that don't "go" together. I refuse to identify myself with a genre. I want a PT Cruiser and when I get one, I am going to take lots of aimless drives, listening to music, because that's fun. I have a soft spot for cute fluffy animals (esp. bats), cute fluffy plush toys, and chocolate.

My dislikes are loud, obnoxious people, reality tv, people who talk in hip hop slang once they are out of high school, people who chat on cel phones in public places, pretentiousness and people who lack common sense. And I often take slack for this but...I am not a big fan of small children.

I don't think I fit the "gamer" stereotype. I am a bit anti-social but not in a psychotic way. I just prefer to keep to myself. I have a boyfriend, also a gamer, and a few close friends. I don't like doing stuff like going to clubs, parties etc. and try to avoid such things at all costs.

I currently work for one of the biggest publishers in the country, and explaining my job would require way more space than I want to take up here. I handle the companys book returns.

I like chocolate chip cookies and diet coke.

I have known approximately 6 female gamers in my life, including me.



That's me, in a nutshell.

~Sheri

You and I have WAYYYYY too much in common....

 

[BOZ]

(And alsh2o, please add another chapter to the "EN Storytelling" round-robin thread, I enjoyed your last contribution).

hmm, must locate...

 

[BOZ]

All this time, I thought Sixchan and Kahuna Burger were guys. Oops.

i think sixchan still is a guy. but i was also surprised about kahuna :embarrassed grin:

i don't assume that everyone on the internet is male per se, but i do assume that they are exact duplicate copies of me, and i get upset when i learn they are not.

 

[CaptainCalico]

Late chiming in (somewhat soggy visit to the renfaire this weekend).

I've been gaming for about 12 years - would have been sooner but no one in my highschool gamed, I was garteful for the handful who actually read sci-fi and fantasy. Just about ready to start DMing my first campaign.

In my extended group there are two other women who game, one of whom also runs, and a little girl who just started kindergarten and who recently got her first dicebag.

 

[BOZ]

if you want to see gamergrrls check out nutkinland... we've been overrun with them in recent months.

 

[Conner@Home]

...
A tip for your girlfriend, though: my eldest brother required an emergency Caesar, and my elder sister an instrumental. The rest of us were wisely induced three weeks early. ...

Thanks Ag, I'll let her new boyfriend know if I ever run into him...

 

[KitanaVorr]

My wife is very anti-gaming. What advice can you gals give me to get her more interested in gaming (in general) or at least more tolerant of it?

Find out what she likes - see how it relates to gaming - and then show her. Find out what it is about gaming that she doesn't like, and then show her how that might be incorrect, or how you can fix it so that it works for her.

Really its quite individualized depending on the woman.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

You and I have WAYYYYY too much in common....

Great minds....



~S

 

[King_Stannis]

Aside from gaming my interests include .....MST3K,

Hey Djeta! Just curious if you have a tape collection of all of those old MST3K episodes. I probably have about 100 or so of the episodes - 3 to a tape - mostly from the Joel era. That was probably one of the smartest things I've ever done, seeing as the airing rights have expired to just about all of them.

In fact, I was just watching "Catalina Caper" the other night when my wife went to bed.

 

[Tanstaafl]

My wife is very anti-gaming. What advice can you gals give me to get her more interested in gaming (in general) or at least more tolerant of it?

Invite her to come to a game session (or have one at your home) where she can observe... she'll gain a new understanding of the process & may become interested enough to try it. If she's not interested in gaming herself, she may at least become slightly less 'anti-gaming.'

In my experience, a lot of people who are against gaming haven't every really tried to understand what it's all about or have misconceptions about RPGs and/or gamers.

Good Luck!