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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trowizilla" data-source="post: 2090009" data-attributes="member: 18181">1. How many female roleplayers do you have presently in your campaign(s)?2-3 out of 5-6, including myself (I'm the DM, generally).2. Percentagewise, with how many females did you share your hobby in your own gaming history so far in comparison to the males?Maybe 33%? I'm fairly new to this, though, so "history" basically means "a year and a half".3. How do female roleplayers change the style of play in your groups?They tend to be a moderating force, hushing up the guys when they're being too loud or filthy-mouthed. We do tend to band together a bit, but that may be because my main female player has been my very good friend since middle school, and because, honestly the guys I game with (not in general, necessarily) can act like sulky two-year-olds at times. 4. Do you think that female roleplayers are more drawn in to the storytelling aspect of the game? If so, why?I'm more interested in the story, but Main Female Player gets a certain gleam in her eye when all the d6s for Lightning Bolt come up 5 or 6. She's generally more curious and involved with the story than two of the guys, but not the other one. 5. Do you think that female roleplayers are more or less immune to powergaming/maximizing? If so, why?We're all newbies, so only one guy is really into powergaming anyway. The rest of us, guys included, like to be fairly competant, but not necessarily UBER or anything.6. Do you think that female roleplayers are generally ignorant about the rules, concentrating more on the stories and the roleplaying itself?Naah, we're all equally ignorant. New players = a lot of looking stuff up. If I need to save time, I'll make rulings on the fly, but that may be more of a DM thing than anything else.7. Where do you see advantages/disadvantages of a group that features some/majority/none female roleplayers?Some: good balance! Majority: I've never played this, but I imagine it'd be similar to "some". None: I wouldn't know...I couldn't be there! My guys get really off-topic when they don't have someone (not necessarily a girl) to steer them back toward the game, though. 8. Why do you think that male roleplayers are the vast majority in the hobby?Well, take this scenario: Girl (me!) is into fantasy novels, etc., thinks roleplaying could be fun. Resident roleplayers at high school are pimply, maladjusted creeps that clutch their chain-mail-bikini pictures and sneak into the girl's bathroom. Girl thinks "euw", gives up the roleplaying idea, not because she doesn't want to try it but because she can't find people to game with. I think this is changing, however, especially with the rise of anime fandom among teenage girls and the internet, which can connect fantasy-minded girls to non-creepy peers. 9. Do you think that socalled "Storytelling Games" like e.g. "Vampire" draw more female roleplayers to their genre than traditional roleplaying games like D&D? If so, why?Most of the "Vampire" players I've met were creepy guys, so no. However, a lot of girls go through a "goth" stage where pretending to be a vampire/werewolf/whatever is fairly sociably acceptable, so maybe. 10. Are there systems/settings out there in your estimation that are completely devoid of female roleplayers? If so, why?Beats me.11. Do you know female gamers, that, even after some years of play, have only miniscule/no knowledge of even the simplest rules? If so, why?The females I've played with have always put at least some effort to learn the rules. One guy, though, played for months with no idea what his clerical spells did.12. Did you ever play in groups that only featured female gamers? Did you (if so, how often percentagewise) play in a group that only featured male gamers?How do those groups differ in style?Nope, nope.13. Do you think a lot of female gamers are drawn into the hobby because their boyfriends are already playing it, or they want to get to know a boy better in the group, rather than out of personal interest?I think a lot of female gamers get drawn into the hobby through a friend, not necessarily a boyfriend, since, while a lot of us may have an interest in gaming, it's very difficult to find a group, especially since the only gamers some of us have seen have been the creepy type. It's easier to join a gaming group if you go with someone you're already close to and trust, rather than answering an ad at the Local Gaming Store. I've never known anyone to game for the purpose of "hooking up", although likings do develop at the table.14. Have you ever seen relationships break in a group, maybe even while playing? If so, why?Like any semi-competitive social situation, relationships can get tense, but no one has ever broken up. People do sulk and throw hissy fits sometimes. 15. Do you think that female gamers are more prone to draw private problems/conflicts into the actual roleplaying than males? If so, why?Unless it's the "I had a bad day, let's smash some zombies" kind of problem, not really. That's pretty equal among the sexes, anyway.16. Is there generally more quarreling in a group that features some female gamers? If so, why? Could this be also to the benefit of the gaming, e.g. problemes are being dicussed rather that ignored?Less quarreling, really; the girls generally hush up the guys when they're getting disruptive, or when there's too much OOC talking and they can't hear me. The girls have realized that I throw random monsters at them when they're not paying attention...the guys, not so much. 17. Do you think that the general approach of a female gamer is different from a male gamer? If so, how?My players all have very different approaches, so I don't really think it's a gendered thing.</blockquote>

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