Women in Gaming Seminar

[Sidereal Knight]

Speaking of women and gaming, there was an interesting article in today's Indianapolis Star on this topic. I happen two of the women interviewed

http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/170807-2063-047.html

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Please feel welcome to come to the seminar on Saturday. I am running it for my friend (the pregnant wife of billd91). When requesting seminar space from GenCon, I have to put a number of people for registrants, but the seminar is free and there should be room for all to come and discuss gaming.

I'm sorry you thougth it was a meet and greet for single gamers. We will look at how the description was written and see if we can make it seem less that way next year.

Doomed: Seminars can be fun too! This particular one is great for women to discuss the various issues they have faced while gaming and I think a few men last year learned some valuable things about women gamers as well.

What is the time and place of the Geeks and Gamer Girls SEM? Assuming it doesn't conflict with any of my other plans at the Con, I would LOVE to come!

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Hi-

Why go to a seminar? Why not just use that time to play D&D, or watch anime flicks, or just plain hangout with your buddies? Lifes to short so game on instead.


Scott
Mr. Hand Grenade is your friend." - Lt. Dave Farrow, 82nd Airborne

I can game, watch movies, and hang out all the time... SEMs at GenCon (expecially this one) will provide a excellent opportunity to make more friends to hang out and game with-- all the while learning other's perspectives on women in gaming!

It's going to be grand!

 

[vulcan_idic]

I'm not going to GenCon, but I am sort of curious to see what this seminar is all about. If any of you do decide to go, would you post about it here later?

Thanks!

I've never been to GenCon, though I indeed on going one of these years... and I would really like to hear about this seminar if you would be so kind. This topic is fascinating to me on two levels.

The first is a desire to create an environment at the gaming table that in encouraging and welcoming to everyone... and this would be a nice way to know what I've been doing right, and what I've been doing wrong.

The second is a curiousity of what life is like for other people, people different than myself. What experiences have shaped you life, your mind, your thoughts - a way to walk a mile in the other's shoes so to speak; which to me is one of the reasons I love roleplaying in general, and why I occassionally play female characters to try to see things from another perspective. This is even better than that as these are actual experiences and actual thoughts and feelings of actual people.

 

[HiLiphNY]

Nice article in the IndyStar. . .


I've actually been blessed with gender equalibrium in the campaign I run here in NYC - 3 girls, 3 guys. It's a nice mix, and we get along famously. I won't be attending the seminar, no interest really, but it's nice to see that there is a forum for those interested.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Speaking of women and gaming, there was an interesting article in today's Indianapolis Star on this topic. I happen two of the women interviewed

http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/170807-2063-047.html

The article is excellent! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I'm sorry you thougth it was a meet and greet for single gamers. We will look at how the description was written and see if we can make it seem less that way next year.

When registering, I wasn't exactly paying a lot of attention to the descritpions... I was just trying to get into things before the GenCon site lost my info/stopped working, once again.

So, based on title alone, I opted to not sign up for that SEM and go for the Women in Gaming SEM...

Next year, I will be sure to look more closely at the descriptions!

 

[billd91]

When registering, I wasn't exactly paying a lot of attention to the descritpions... I was just trying to get into things before the GenCon site lost my info/stopped working, once again.

So, based on title alone, I opted to not sign up for that SEM and go for the Women in Gaming SEM...

Next year, I will be sure to look more closely at the descriptions!

I wouldn't worry about it much. Free seminars are easy to walk in and out of since they're free. Nobody is generally going to sweat it. Paid seminar (do they even have those anymore?) would be a bit more controlled.

 

[Xath]

Gamers and Geek Girls is on Saturday from 12-2 in the Marriott Ballroom: Section 7.

I'll be attending both.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I will be making every attempt to make it to the Geeks and Gamer Girls SEM... but, it does run at the same times as the Star Wars Episode III Preview Seminar...

And, I do love Star Wars...