What It's Like For a Gamer Girl

[Teflon Billy]

...I went with some friends of mine, and quite honestly we were concerned that the convention stereotype would be all over the place. I honestly can't say I met anyone that really fit that profile, though.

Huh!...maybe Southwestern Canada is a sinkhole for this kind of thing

Maybe I need to get my ass over to Chicago

 

[Desdichado]

Either that or ENWorlders are more on the ball than other gamers? Gamers are superior to non-gamers in terms of creativity and intelligence, and ENWorlders not only have those attributes, but they're superior to gamers in general in terms of hygiene and social skills.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Either that or ENWorlders are more on the ball than other gamers? Gamers are superior to non-gamers in terms of creativity and intelligence, and ENWorlders not only have those attributes, but they're superior to gamers in general in terms of hygiene and social skills.

SOLD

 

[WizarDru]

Joshua, I've got mixed feelings on this one. Quite honestly, I lean more towards the thinking that creative people are attracted to gaming, not the other way around. That is to say, I meet lots of creative folks while gaming, but I don't think it's because gamers are more creative, as creative people like to game.

I remember when I was working for...THEM...and one of the contractors was in talking to a colleague. He mentioned, off-handedly, that he was a gamer and had his weekly D&D game scheduled that weekend. The colleague expressed suprise, as he didn't 'seem like the kind of guy that would play D&D'. Now, granted, this was when 3.0 was fresh and new...but I think it was a fairly telling statement. So, too, was the reply...the contractor explained that we were stealthy...you never knew when one of use was around.

Especially since I tend to make gamers as well as find them, I notice more diversity amongst my gamers. I also tend to find that gamers are members of multiple communities, so it's hard to always claim some folks as gamers. Are they anime fans? Are the sci-fi fans? Are they video/computer game players? Writers? Actors? Welders? It's really hard to pigeon-hole some folks...and I'm glad. I would agree with PC though, that on the whole, I've found that people I like to game with are very creative people...but there are plenty of people I'm probably wouldn't play with, either.

 

[d20Dwarf]

I went with some friends of mine, and quite honestly we were concerned that the convention stereotype would be all over the place. I honestly can't say I met anyone that really fit that profile, though.

Oh come on, I was there wasn't I?

 

[Desdichado]

Joshua, I've got mixed feelings on this one

Well, I'm not trying to hold it out as absolute truth, but based on my experience and some logical processes applied to my experience, gamers aren't as special as we'd like to think we are; we're just people like everyone else. It could be true that gaming tends to attract more creative people (thus approaching the same question from a different causal angle) but as I pointed out earlier (and Daniel did even better) there's plenty of other activities that both inspire and attract creativity, so gaming certainly doesn't have a lock on that one.

 

[Desdichado]

Oh come on, I was there wasn't I?

Were you? All the way up from Dallas for a gamesday? Now that's dedication to the hobby!

 

[d20Dwarf]

Were you? All the way up from Dallas for a gamesday? Now that's dedication to the hobby!

Actually I was probably at a different one from you.

 

[Silver Moon]

...your generalizations aren't any more true than Afrodyte's.

There certainly appear to be a lot of generalizations in this thread. Everyone would do well to remember that "All general statements are false!"

 

[Desdichado]

There certainly appear to be a lot of generalizations in this thread. Everyone would do well to remember that "All general statements are false!"

Yes, but also that many generalizations are generally true.