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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Djeta Thernadier" data-source="post: 2169739" data-attributes="member: 12043">I'm here. ::waves::Sarajaine, I can totally relate. I most definately do not look like someone who'd know a lot about gaming. (Trust me, I'm at my office job right now wearing a pink baseball shirt with Bambi on it and designer jeans and I look like the total opposite of your stereotypical gamer) I dated a guy in college who gamed and when I wanted to play, know what I was told??? I was told, they did not want any female players because they didn't think I'd catch on or that I'd quit if I ever broke up with the guy. (Needless to say, I did break up with him because he was a woman hating loon, and this didn't help his case. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) Then I met another gamer group. There was one girl in the group and she was unbearably catty and the thought of another female intruding about her gamer boys just made her worse. I fell out of touch with that group too. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Now I play two games on a regular basis. In one group, I'm the only girl and the only one whose PC has not died yet.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> I know what you mean about being taken seriously. It's almost like it's okay for guys to be geeky, but women should all be fluffy and rainbows and dreadful pop music and shopping and every other stereotypically female thing there is. And 20 sided dice are not on that list.Luckily, I think with the advent of the LOTR movies, being into fantasy is becomming more acceptable socially, and with it, hopefully more and more women will take to gaming. I have a female friend who is somewhat interested and have known a handful of women in my lfie who I think would probably get into it if it was more "socially acceptable". Oh, and sweetie, if any guy in your gaming group ever talks down to you are tells you to fetch the men a beer, kick him in the shins for me.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  And then, the next time you slay a dragon, keep all the treasure (and XP) for yourself. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />~DT</blockquote>

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