GameDaddy
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I highly doubt anything said here made much of a lasting impression. It is just one thread on one board in the wide labyrinth of cyberspace.
Enworld is still one of the big three leading forums. Opinions of the members here really count and influence a host of other gamers in smaller fora and gaming communities.
I didn't follow the contest as it creeped me out somewhat. But now I wonder how the complete composition of their "gamer chicks" will look like. Is there an even distribution of beautiful and not so much attractive? And have some choices been made by what type was already present (which might mean some more qualified might not been picked) or were the decisions totally random?
They probably should have had a larger pool of finalists for the first round to give more of the young ladies a chance to present. Remember the models will be winning a contract for a year to represent one of the nine avatars of the new RPG. While this isn't big in gaming circles, a modeling contract (even a small one) can be a career maker (or a career breaker) in the Modeling Industry. That alone demonstrates to me that this is more of a gamer company than a modeling company that is learning their way through two Industries at once.
So having the table turned around every once in a while is not such a big tragedy.
D'Oh (slaps forehead), Yes we should just abandon our Inner Geek and dumb ourselves down a notch or two, so we can be more like the common people and express prejudice like everyone else. (NOT!)
Pardon me, however I'm inclined to remain both geeky and smart, and plan to continue in the company of both visually appealing smart geeky women, and plain smart geeky women, for I have discovered that both can be a delight at the gaming table and just wouldn't want to cut out ...say half of female gamers for no other reason than their other outside interests don't necessarily coincide with mine. Be my guest if you want to though, as that will leave more gamers for my table. Do me a favor, and please don't turn them off of gaming.
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