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<blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 2514857" data-attributes="member: 7240">1. I'm going to use this quote the next time I justify why I don't let men play female characters. 2. Ewwwww.3. Actually, I have a player like this in my current campaign. Not a teenaged cat-girl but a guy who manufactures in-game excuses to touch the hot female player whenever she sits next to him at the table. But like so many female gamers (and I'm guessing you're no exception), she has had to become so used to this that her flinch reaction is nigh-imperceptible.I seem to recall discussing this very issue with you by the ENNies booth (forgive me if I'm misremembering). I seem to remember remarking to you (or some other poor guy I mistook for you) that Gencon is a pretty good environment for introverts generally. Usually at big gatherings of introverts, like my summer garden parties, there are lots of people sitting around in corners not talking to people. But there is surprisingly little of that at Gencon.I actually think this is true of most of us at Gencon -- it's just that most of us knew a few more people. But every morning, when I was alone in the hotel room, I had major attacks of &quot;these people all hate me; what am I doing here?&quot; before I would throw myself back into the con.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fusangite, post: 2514857, member: 7240"] 1. I'm going to use this quote the next time I justify why I don't let men play female characters. 2. Ewwwww. 3. Actually, I have a player like this in my current campaign. Not a teenaged cat-girl but a guy who manufactures in-game excuses to touch the hot female player whenever she sits next to him at the table. But like so many female gamers (and I'm guessing you're no exception), she has had to become so used to this that her flinch reaction is nigh-imperceptible.I seem to recall discussing this very issue with you by the ENNies booth (forgive me if I'm misremembering). I seem to remember remarking to you (or some other poor guy I mistook for you) that Gencon is a pretty good environment for introverts generally. Usually at big gatherings of introverts, like my summer garden parties, there are lots of people sitting around in corners not talking to people. But there is surprisingly little of that at Gencon.I actually think this is true of most of us at Gencon -- it's just that most of us knew a few more people. But every morning, when I was alone in the hotel room, I had major attacks of "these people all hate me; what am I doing here?" before I would throw myself back into the con. [/QUOTE]

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