On being a girl in the Starcraft gaming community. - Page 3

On March 09 2008 04:08 anarchist wrote:
I see a lot of sexism and homophobia in these forums and on battle net all the time. this comes from the official 10 commandments of posting from tl.net

"Remember: we ban little girly-kids all the time because they sign on thinking they can say and do whatever they want to whomever they want right from the get-go - just like they're used to doing at other sites."

wtf? is ok for people who are women and people who are homosexual to play computer games? we're not even physicaly in the same space. It would be really great if people thought twice before saying something was gay. and i would love it if TL.net would take some leadership on this issue and take a stance against hate-speech.

On March 09 2008 04:00 grobo wrote:

I have been a part of tons of communities/game clans/guilds/whatever since i first started using the internet and i don't think i have ever gotten the question "are you a guy or a girl?" when i first meet people, at least not until you really start to know the person and talk more often etc. So when he/she finally asks you that question like a couple of weeks later or so i highly doubt they would instantly start saying stuff like "suck my cock bitch" when he finds out you are a girl, unless you're really trying to let everyone know you're a girl i don't really see the problem.

On March 09 2008 03:50 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:

or lack thereof.

On March 09 2008 04:21 CDRdude wrote:
The reaction to girls playing games really reminds me of homophobia. Just as you sometimes get hate directed your way, the most common insult on bnet (I think) is fag/gay used at hate speech. A lot of it seems totally irrational, and I don't think I can really understand it until I'm on the recieving end of such treatment. Your blog post really reminded me of this video:

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Anyway, it's cool that you don't get frustrated by any abuse that you get, more power to you.

On March 09 2008 03:34 Shauni wrote:


Haha. I thought you'd notice the sarcasm.

On March 09 2008 02:06 Niji-z wrote:
The most common response I get is disbelief. There are a lot of people who think that females who play Starcraft simply do not exist.

On March 09 2008 04:36 Caller wrote:
I got raped by a girl who goes to my school in wc3. Good thing she doesn't know it was me ^_^

On March 09 2008 04:13 Niji-z wrote:
Oh, and I deeply apologize to those who find this blog whiny, boring, or unnecessary.

On March 09 2008 04:49 jkillashark wrote:
Hiya niji. As corny as this may sound, this was very brave of you. I myself, try to do my best to be mannered to people online. Even when they act like a dick to me, I always have a small urge to just shoot back at them but that's just feeding the fire. I agree with what you said, why have a relationship with people who are assholes to you?

Sadly, the maturity level of people differs drastically. Some people will be able to see a female gamer as a peer. Others will just see a girl as a girl and that they are better than you because guys play more games. I remember back in the summer, my friend is a hardcore CvS2 player and he played a girl who was a P-groover. He said got freaking OCV-ed. But he treated her as a peer. I think because people can hide online, they can show their inner immaturity. That's just the way online gaming will always be.