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<blockquote data-quote="Acquana" data-source="post: 1986761" data-attributes="member: 1616"><p>Well, yeah, we were pretty fortunate. I went to an art school, and under the influence of Rangerwickett, went to the gaming club we had. I was able to get into a game and start my own <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=7353" target="_blank">(Route 66)</a>, and the number of girl gamers was amazing. Admittedly, in a lot of the other gaming groups within the club there were a lot of guys, but somehow when I started my own, I just couldn't find any guys to game! There were like five chicks including myself. I invited this one dude I'd met a few times, but he said an entire girl group would creep him out. I'm glad he didn't join because I later found him to be a pretentious jerk. However I found another guy ... later ended up going out with him. ^_^</p><p></p><p>And as far as the artist thing ... I've been around artists so long I sometimes forget most aren't. My sister became an animator and married another, so during games with the two of them now and again the rest of us could always expect Disney-style sketches of what was going on. (And yes, it can work in fantasy, just think <em>Mark of Kri!) </em> Then I went to the Savannah College of Art and Design and started gaming them, and DMs in the group just had to get used to no one bothering to describe their character in words. Hold up she sketchbook "Yeah, it's this guy." It got to the point where the small handful who were in art majors that didn't require drawing (the video, fashion, and jewelry majors, along with one girl's boyfriend who later moved to town and started gaming) would be asking the rest of us for help.</p><p></p><p>Good times, good times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Acquana, post: 1986761, member: 1616"] Well, yeah, we were pretty fortunate. I went to an art school, and under the influence of Rangerwickett, went to the gaming club we had. I was able to get into a game and start my own [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=7353](Route 66)[/URL], and the number of girl gamers was amazing. Admittedly, in a lot of the other gaming groups within the club there were a lot of guys, but somehow when I started my own, I just couldn't find any guys to game! There were like five chicks including myself. I invited this one dude I'd met a few times, but he said an entire girl group would creep him out. I'm glad he didn't join because I later found him to be a pretentious jerk. However I found another guy ... later ended up going out with him. ^_^ And as far as the artist thing ... I've been around artists so long I sometimes forget most aren't. My sister became an animator and married another, so during games with the two of them now and again the rest of us could always expect Disney-style sketches of what was going on. (And yes, it can work in fantasy, just think [I]Mark of Kri!) [/I] Then I went to the Savannah College of Art and Design and started gaming them, and DMs in the group just had to get used to no one bothering to describe their character in words. Hold up she sketchbook "Yeah, it's this guy." It got to the point where the small handful who were in art majors that didn't require drawing (the video, fashion, and jewelry majors, along with one girl's boyfriend who later moved to town and started gaming) would be asking the rest of us for help. Good times, good times. [/QUOTE]
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