You're right his post post wasn't rude, incredibly creepy but not rude. So then when faced with a thread that's no longer on topic what does he do?

He keeps it off topic by throwing insults back. There was two good ways to fix this and he choose the way of keeping it off-topic.

He could have ignored them and tried to get it back on topic or made a new thread where it wasn't worded so strangely. Have to bring this up though... why are you defending / speaking for him?

EDIT: Whats wrong with the quote system? It sometimes lets me quote a single post after i've removed everything else and sometimes it doesn't.

Can you blame them? The first three lines in the OP's post are fine. The next two turn the thread from just interest to creepy.

EDIT: k this is bothering me now I didn't change the post at all and the quote system still didn't work.

I've gotta go with Xinoxlx on this, the topic may not have been rude to start with but it was pretty bait-like - as if designed to attract the kind of responses he seems to revel in. Given his proclivities for hate-mongering and homophobia in the joke thread I don't think the OP needs defending.

Also, Azrailx may have been crude in this thread, but not inacurate. The joke thread is also rather funny.

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Regardless, I shall attempt to address the original topic:

Games with highly male player-bases can be uncomfortable to women, not least because most men believe they should be treated differently, without being entirely clear on how they should be treated differently; it often outs itself in fairly random gifts or other acts which may be kind, but deffinately seem creepy to the woman.

When I played WoW for a couple of months (ugh) I was in a guild with friends from Homeworld 2, which included some female gamers. They were competetive and so fit in well with a successful raiding guild. It was also the only place I ever saw a successful online-couple being formed, while still in highschool; they eventually went on to go to the same uni but I don't know what happened after that. My wife on the other hand, when she tried WoW out, wasn't competitive at all and joined a group of role-players; this didn't work out very well, all the "milady"s and bouquets of pixels were odd enough, but the reaction to her saying she was married didn't just return things to a semi-normal state but made people positively hostile.

Different games have different populations, and women tend to integrate into traditionally male-dominated comunities (such as RTS ones, or the harsher MMOs) in different ways.

EVE, my MMO of prefference for instance has a 97% male population according to the votes for the player-representatives-council from last year or the year before, it simply doesn't seem to be an attractive concept for women.Those who do play tend to either out-male the men, being 'one of the guys' to let people forget they're female (the leader of one of the former major alliances, Foyle, could very easily have auditioned for the QoT personality-wise. Mother of 2 and pure eveil in-game, not feminine at all.), or they find other women to hang out with. There's a few all-female corps and others run by women.

All of that is only an issue though if people know that they're female (voice coms for instance). If people don't know, it's much easier for them to do whatever they want without getting hassled. That includes pwning you.

Yes, there will be girls playing. No, they probably don't want to be very open about their gender just yet, and there's no reason they should be; it shouldn't change how you treat them, but it will. If they're nubs, help them as you would a male nub... or shout at them in caps like you would at a male nub. If they beat you... it raelly isn't a magical new experience. 90% chance you've already been beaten by a female gamer without you knowing it, how would knowing it change the experience?

So, you admit to being an ignorant fucker then? Looks like every reply on this thread calling you as much is spot on. Grats.

You can't even spell or speak coherently and yet Americans are the stupid ones?

Keep it civil folks.  If this thread doesn't calm down, it will be locked.

i no rite.  that half second to type the ^ is a killer.  same name without it.

if girls play this it doesn't matter if they make a clan it doesn't matter

if guys play this it doesn't matter if they make a clan it doesn't matter

if lesbians play this it doesn't matter if they make a clan it doesn't matter

if gays play this it doesn't matter if they make a clan it doesn't matter

if gamers play this it does matter if they make a clan it does matter

if people play this it does matter if they make a clan it does matter

sexuality  gender dont matter in gaming your fighting  people virtually it isn't like your going to a dating place

i wouldn't mind it beiing locked i think iit is a pointless thread anyway

i have to agree

We Didn't Start the Flame War...

Wahahhahaha...this has gotten pretty ridiculous. Well, at least people seem to be enjoying themselves.

...Back on-topic!

Yea, I was just joking abt en entire team of sednas (though I have to say, now I want to try it once). If you play well with the Queen then that is awesome. When you know what youre doing with her, she can become pretty damn insane and one of the few demigods that will consistently throw a wrench in my tactics. Having all the opponents pushing down a lane with bramble shields on is seriously annoying to deal with....lol

LETS DO THIS. HUGH!!!!!