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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arravis" data-source="post: 309760" data-attributes="member: 327">Umbran, that is true, but I know the reality of my gaming table and it's not that they enjoy or like the same exact thing, nor should they. It's definately "different but equal". My number one job as a DM is to entertain my players, everything else falls secondary in my opinion. The female gamers in my group do enjoy most of the things the male players in my group enjoy, but there are things they enjoy on their own, seperate from the male players. So I try to make sure everyone gets equal share of the "entertainment" points and no one gender gets more attention then the other and no one gender gets a game that's designed with their interest in mind (which I beleive D&D is somewhat).I beleive it's naive to think that women and men like the same exact thing or that they are entertained in the same exact way. There's a flood of evidence out there that shows otherwise.I never look down, mistreat, coddle, or give any special treatment to my female players. I treat each one as individuals and each individual is entertained in ther own way. There are gender patterns in this though. I find it much easier to entertain my male players cause I have a better understanding of what is entertaining for them, since my own life (and gender) is closers to theirs. I work hard to make sure I'm able to entertain my female players as well and to make sure they have a good game and they get what they are looking for out of my games. It's harder for me to do so since their life situation is different from mine (I'm male) and that's one of the reasons I often post some of my ideas for my games here, cause it allows me to get some input from that demographic.In the end, all I'm trying to achieve is equal amounts of fun for every single player in my campaign. I want everyone to have their moment in the spotlight, I want everyone to feel special and like the hours I've DM'd wasn't time wasted.So, no, I don't see my female players as walking reproductive organs anymore then I see my male players in that way. I see two groups of people that are entertained in slightly different ways and I find it a refreshing challenge to make sure that both are entertained.I do think it's unrealistic that men (or women) aren't going to be attracted to women (or men) at the gaming table at some point. I do agree that those issues need to be left out of the game and don't really have a place there. I do not see anything wrong though with looking for a mate in a passtime you like. That's how you meet people. You like skydiving, go skydiving; when you do so, you might meet a skydiving mate and you can go skydiving together. Sounds perfectly natural to me, I don't see the problem.</blockquote>

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