Have you seen that commercial for ask.com where the guy "finds what he's looking for," and what he's looking for is "chicks with swords"? Ah, well... Since I brought it up, here are 2 videos of chicks with swords. Both are from Tribal Fest 7... That is to say, they are dance videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o3MR-XAliw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1gGDcdLJi4
I would normally have saved that for the end, but it is naughty of me to tease you guys too much. Now, on to the MMORPG part of this post:
My husband told me that he was talking to this 24 year old woman at work who plays EQ1. She tried EQ2 and WoW and didn't like them. I asked him how long she'd been playing. (Actually, I asked him, "24? How long has she been playing? Since she was in the womb?" because I am a smarty pants like that.). Apparently she's been playing for 5 years now. He went on to tell me that she commented that most women she knows that play like to play "girly" support classes like clerics, druids and enchanters, but she was different because she played a dark elf shadow knight.
At this point, I asked my husband if he mentioned that I also played a dark elf shadow knight. But, no, he hadn't. Somehow, the whole wife thing just never crossed his mind. (I'm not mad, btw. I think it is kind of funny.)
I am not so sure about her observation, though. I have known a lot of (RL) female players who play warriors, paladins, and shadow knights, including those who originally played clerics and druids and such, but later switched. I suspect that this might be one of those cases where there's a stereotype that only appears to be true. Having played both support classes and melee classes, it seems to me that people were far more likely to assume I was male IRL (in the absence of any indication or evidence in favor of either sex) when I was playing the melee classes and to assume I was female when I was playing support classes... With all the crossdressing that goes on, who knows what anyone is hiding under their armor anyway?
Playing support classes is pretty thankless. And, if you ask me, pretty boring... but I am one for cracking skulls, rather than sitting back and lending a hand to the guy who is cracking the skulls. That's just me. Give this chick a big sword and some plate armor, and I'll be ready to roll.
If I ever play EQ1 again, I am going to play a big, ugly male troll SK, and I am not going to tell anyone that I am really female. They'll just have to hear me on Vent or TS to find out. That's my plan, anyway... Hey, after a zillion years in the game, I gotta do something to change it up a little. ;)
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