I m a girl get over it

[DaveMage]

Ok, I've just read through all 8 pages of this thread and there is something that concerns me greatly...

Have fun. We just got back from DisneyWorld ourselves.

They let YOU into MY state?

I'm gonna have to speak with the border guard about this....

 

[Thanee]

an honest politician

Hey, there are honest politicians, they are just not very successful.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Hijinks]

Did he also know that most EQ players would sell their own mothers for good gear, skive from work to go on raids and scream blue murder at the screen when witnessing a ninja looter first hand?

Well, no, I left that part out of my interview :þ

I've only taken days off for gaming reasons three or four times in my life ... I think I'm pretty darn responsible! *whistles innocently*

 

[Thanee]

Anyway I have to disagree, in part, with the above statement. I got my current job partly because, at the time, I was seriously into EverQuest on the pc. The supervisor who interviewed me knew a bit about the game and knew it meant a lot of multitasking and logic, not to mention patience, teamwork, and the ability to set goals and reach them. My current supervisor thinks playing dnd is sweet, even if he doesn't do it himself; he's always asking me questions about it. So either my insurance company is really liberal (unlikely - it's insurance), or attitudes are changing about gaming.

That's pretty cool, I hear a lot of people do not mention their "geeky hobbies" when applying for a job, since they have this bad reputation and they do not want to lower their chances because of that. Kinda sad, actually, since as you say, these hobbies train quite a few rather useful abilities, too.

Bye
Thanee

 

[ThirdWizard]

That's pretty cool, I hear a lot of people do not mention their "geeky hobbies" when applying for a job, since they have this bad reputation and they do not want to lower their chances because of that. Kinda sad, actually, since as you say, these hobbies train quite a few rather useful abilities, too.

Once someone noticed my email address and figured out that I like D&D. Her husband played, so it was a plus! But they still didn't hire me, they hired internally. Or maybe she didn't like her husband.


EDIT: By the way, as for the origional post, I got over it years ago. Good to see a new person on the boars, though.

 

[Henry]

... that was really weird. Stop stealing my thoughts, Crothian!

QueenD, you now know Crothian's true secret... He is a secret ENWorld invention, an AI with a thought-reading apparatus attached, which reads minds and then posts random contents of these minds. We've been developing it for the military for years, but now that you've blown the secret, we'll have to activate the embedded bombs, destroy him, dismantle the deflector arrays, fill in the installation with concrete, salt the earth, cover up the paperwork, find a new Crothian to brainwash and put in place, and THEN release it on the Internet in a joke post, to make it look laughable and non-credible.


I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Well, no, I left that part out of my interview :þ

I've only taken days off for gaming reasons three or four times in my life ... I think I'm pretty darn responsible! *whistles innocently*

LOL I was sooooo close to calling in sick today to get in on the Guild Wars preview event going on right now. My friends that are playing it keep taunting me.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!

I am happy. Very happy. It has been my mission for years to thwart the development of this technology. Now that I am on to your plan, its destruction is inevitable!

 

[Malic]

I have noticed that the gamers on this site are predominantly from the US and the whole RPG industry and gamers are huge in comparison to here in the UK. This would probably explain as to why there is more exceptance over there due to the fact there are a lot more female players.

Hi there Sarajaine, I really don't think the size of the industry makes much difference. I've never encountered any anti-girl bias here in Australia, and our gaming sector isn't exactly huge. Of course I did not play until Uni, so perhaps that has something to do with it (school groups might have more problems).

Good luck finding an accepting group.
{Edit: on reading more of thread} Or not, if you don't really want to.

PS. Is cheerleading a big thing in the UK? I mean, the pro teams in some the big sports have them here, but I would be suprised if 'being into cheerleading' was on the radar as a stereotype in Oz - except in American college movies Just curious about the choice of words ...

Cheers!

 

[Taren Nighteyes]

I am happy. Very happy. It has been my mission for years to thwart the development of this technology. Now that I am on to your plan, its destruction is inevitable!

*Cue evil laugh*