Playing LOTRO I've come across many female players and I know they are female because we chatted while in a group. I think that the ratio of female to male player on LOTRO may be a little higher than other games due to the popularity if the IP with women. (No. I don't have any numbers on that. It's simply an observation I've made.) I really enjoy it when I get into a fellowship (group) that has  female players. These girls really rock! They have a different approach to gaming that I think male players do. Men are all about the strategy but women are more interested in the social end and they can wup some butt when combat starts.

As for looking for love on an online game, it may happen I wouldn't get your hopes up. I think the odds are seriously against any guy hoping to find romance in am MMO. Try the lottery. I think your odds would be better. I really don't look for that since there aren't that many women in my age group (i'm in my late 40's) that play MMO's. And to be honest I'm more interested in killing orcs and living the Middle-earth experience. If I wanted to find romance online there is always Match.com or eHarmony for that!  But if I should happen to find a single, 40-somthing, Tolkien loving, gaming girl then who am I to argue with good fortune!

Originally posted by Friction2u

 

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Originally posted by Waterlily
I just wanted to let you all know this. I know it's quite shocking and interesting but it's a fact, there are girls in MMO.

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This is a lie. It's a well established fact that there are no girls on the interwebs.

Those that DO claim to be female are always lonely males practising gender-bending.

LOL! silly boy. Yes real girls do play, start using a headset and cam when you play so you can realize this.  We were actually born this way and everything! our round things are higher.  It is all the pixel boys in dresses giving us a bad rep. 

FYI, there are no girls on the internet.  Truth

Well,Well if that is so...then were are they hiding :)
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Like to have one, will make the life alot better.........

only 2 kinds of people on the interwebs

guys

and

guys pretending to be girls

Originally posted by NandimRi

only 2 kinds of people on the interwebs

guys

and

guys pretending to be girls

I am a real girl. I play online games with real friends. It is a shame that you have been playing with little boys so long that you wouldn't know a real girl when you see one.

Jeez, this again?

Fact: There are a lot of men who game.

Fact: There are a lot of men who play women while gaming.

Fact: There are women who game.

Fact: There are women who play men while gaming.

Fact: None of this really has any relevence on the game itself.

My opinion: Stop worrying about whether or not the person(s) you are grouping with are female or male in real life.  It doesn't matter one lick.  If you are worried about the issue then I think you're more interested in using a game as a pick-up joint than actually playing and I definitely don't want to play with you. 

A bit of advice: Stop sharing personal information with strangers.  It's a dangerous practice.

Originally posted by crzybrtndr

Jeez, this again?

Fact: There are a lot of men who game.

Fact: There are a lot of men who play women while gaming.

Fact: There are women who game.

Fact: There are women who play men while gaming.

Fact: None of this really has any relevence on the game itself.

My opinion: Stop worrying about whether or not the person(s) you are grouping with are female or male in real life.  It doesn't matter one lick.  If you are worried about the issue then I think you're more interested in using a game as a pick-up joint than actually playing and I definitely don't want to play with you. 

A bit of advice: Stop sharing personal information with strangers.  It's a dangerous practice.

Its all lies women don't use computers, they don't play games, and they certainly do not pass gas.  There is one saying that fits this situation quite well. . .

The Internet; where men are men, women are men, and children are the FBI.

Originally posted by crzybrtndr

Jeez, this again?

Fact: There are a lot of men who game.

Fact: There are a lot of men who play women while gaming.

Fact: There are women who game.

Fact: There are women who play men while gaming.

Fact: None of this really has any relevence on the game itself.

My opinion: Stop worrying about whether or not the person(s) you are grouping with are female or male in real life.  It doesn't matter one lick.  If you are worried about the issue then I think you're more interested in using a game as a pick-up joint than actually playing and I definitely don't want to play with you. 

A bit of advice: Stop sharing personal information with strangers.  It's a dangerous practice.

Whether or not you are male or female is not "personal information". Besides that, guilds I have been in we did applications via headset and  web cam,  and had more requirements for guild members than just their ingame stats and abilities, we also made our decsion on whether or not to let them join based mainly on their personality and whether or not we think that their personality fit with our guild.  This is becomming a more common practice these days so that guilds can weed out troublemakers before they ever get in the door. The world is a dangerous place, you could be in more harm from someone living next door to you than someone you meet online. Honestly I do not think it is any more dangerous to talk to people online than it is to go to the grocery store these days.  In fact , it  is actually more dangerous for you to go to the grocery store than to talk to people online. LOL
 

Originally posted by Locklain

Its all lies women don't use computers, they don't play games, and they certainly do not pass gas.  There is one saying that fits this situation quite well. . .

The Internet; where men are men, women are men, and children are the FBI.

I LOL'd @ that hahahah! but hey where do I fit in? I am a  real girl, I built my computer, am athletic  and love games...  not fair! -.- lmao!

Originally posted by deviliscious

 

I LOL'd @ that hahahah! but hey where do I fit in? I am a  real girl, I built my computer, am athletic  and love games...  not fair! -.- lmao!

I am one of "those guys" that play female characters.  I find I am VERY critical about character animations and most male avatars walk/run like they are either carrying an anvil on their shoulders or walk/run just like the female characters (which generally is feminine in itself).

As it has been said before the whole argument over who is male or female is moot.  Are people feeling more vulnerable with the thought of males playing female avatars?  If so you really need to get out more often.  Also, I know women play video games, is that going to change how I play?  No, it is not.  I don't feel I conduct myself inappropriately around others so it shouldn't matter.

Originally posted by Locklain

I am one of "those guys" that play female characters.  I find I am VERY critical about character animations and most male avatars walk/run like they are either carrying an anvil on their shoulders or walk/run just like the female characters (which generally is feminine in itself).

As it has been said before the whole argument over who is male or female is moot.  Are people feeling more vulnerable with the thought of males playing female avatars?  If so you really need to get out more often.  Also, I know women play video games, is that going to change how I play?  No, it is not.  I don't feel I conduct myself inappropriately around others so it shouldn't matter.

LOl I have known many guys that had female characters, and all for many different reasons.  Though they always told me whether or not they were a guy or not if we became friends.  It is the lil boys that dress up as girls to walk around and act like scammers and  and try to con other guys that give  both  the real women, and the guys who play female avatars for other reasons  a bad rep.

Originally posted by deviliscious

Originally posted by Locklain

I am one of "those guys" that play female characters.  I find I am VERY critical about character animations and most male avatars walk/run like they are either carrying an anvil on their shoulders or walk/run just like the female characters (which generally is feminine in itself).

As it has been said before the whole argument over who is male or female is moot.  Are people feeling more vulnerable with the thought of males playing female avatars?  If so you really need to get out more often.  Also, I know women play video games, is that going to change how I play?  No, it is not.  I don't feel I conduct myself inappropriately around others so it shouldn't matter.

 

LOl I have known many guys that had female characters, and all for many different reasons.  Though they always told me whether or not they were a guy or not if we became friends.  It is the lil boys that dress up as girls to walk around and act like scammers and  and try to con other guys that give  both  the real women, and the guys who play female avatars for other reasons  a bad rep.

Isn't that assuming that all girl gamers are cool, and none of them give female players a bad rap?

I agree with some of the other posters that don't find your gender relevant. Either you are a team player, or you get my party wiped, and if you can hold an intelligent convesation, that's a bonus. I don't care if you are a girl, a guy, or Jabba the Hut in real life.

Originally posted by gillvane1

Isn't that assuming that all girl gamers are cool, and none of them give female players a bad rap?

I agree with some of the other posters that don't find your gender relevant. Either you are a team player, or you get my party wiped, and if you can hold an intelligent convesation, that's a bonus. I don't care if you are a girl, a guy, or Jabba the Hut in real life.

Oh no there are bad apples in every gender.. I have had my share of phsycho girl stalkers, but the majority of women are not like that.  When it concerns who I am "hanging out with" in a game whether it be male or female I do care if they are a creep or not.  I like the idea of web cams, and headsets when considering guild applicants because it gives you a better idea of the person you are dealing with.  It helps weed out alot of the unstable players that would result in getting your group wiped as well, and makes for overall better gameplay in the group. When you have a group that plays together on and off the game you have a  better functioning group within the game.  Forced grouping does not help that, it hinders it. People should be able to find each other in games with common interests by having a variety of  options of things to do in the games not forcing them to group with people they have nothing in common with just to get anything done.

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Originally posted by deviliscious

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Originally posted by Friction2u

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Originally posted by Waterlily
I just wanted to let you all know this. I know it's quite shocking and interesting but it's a fact, there are girls in MMO.

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This is a lie. It's a well established fact that there are no girls on the interwebs.

Those that DO claim to be female are always lonely males practising gender-bending.

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LOL! silly boy. Yes real girls do play, start using a headset and cam when you play so you can realize this. We were actually born this way and everything! our round things are higher. It is all the pixel boys in dresses giving us a bad rep.

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Friction hits Deviliscious with a Dry Humour spell.

Deviliscious critically fails her saving throw.

Deviliscious is hit for 27,000 points of embarrassment damage.

Originally posted by Friction2u

 

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Originally posted by deviliscious

 

LOL! silly boy. Yes real girls do play, start using a headset and cam when you play so you can realize this. We were actually born this way and everything! our round things are higher. It is all the pixel boys in dresses giving us a bad rep.

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Friction hits Deviliscious with a Dry Humour spell.

Deviliscious critically fails her saving throw.

Deviliscious is hit for 27,000 points of embarrassment damage.

 *thinks you have played rping games too long* omg !  these guys really do exist!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfc4g2_R_8s

 and here i thought they were just making this up.

Sorry devilicious, but in my years of online gaming, I've found it's not the 'lil boys in dresses' giving female gamers a bad rep, but rather the females who just can't resist pointing out their gender to everyone and their brother.  In general, and of course there are exceptions, any female gamer who has to make it so widely known that she is a 'real girl' is trying entirely too hard to get herself some attention.  THAT is what gives girl gamers a bad rep.

You may like using headsets and web cams for whatever reason, but you'll never convince me they're used for the purpose of finding out someone's personality.  Headsets, fine...web cams?  ROFL...gimme a break...

Originally posted by crzybrtndr

Sorry devilicious, but in my years of online gaming, I've found it's not the 'lil boys in dresses' giving female gamers a bad rep, but rather the females who just can't resist pointing out their gender to everyone and their brother.  In general, and of course there are exceptions, any female gamer who has to make it so widely known that she is a 'real girl' is trying entirely too hard to get herself some attention.  THAT is what gives girl gamers a bad rep.

why does it bother you if a girl tells people she is a girl? That is offensive to you? Where I live guys open doors for us,  buy us flowers and I have never paid a cover charge in my life. Yes I get special treatment for being a girl and that is because we are physically, and psycholigically different than males.  It bothers you if guys speak differntly to females than they do to males? if women treat women differently? I talk to girls about things I would never discuss with men, and I discuss things with men I would not normally discuss with a woman. This is just the facts of our species. we do not live in a UNi sex world,  and we should not try to treat games as if it is one.

You may like using headsets and web cams for whatever reason, but you'll never convince me they're used for the purpose of finding out someone's personality.  Headsets, fine...web cams?  ROFL...gimme a break...

yes web cams are used. You can very well tell if you are talking to a person who has not bathed in days, or if you are talkign to someone who is put together. Which I do think that proper hygiene does tell alot about a persons personality.  So you think that a 350lb person who has not left their home in 5 years would have the same personality as a person who works everyday, excercises and goes clubbing on the weekneds? I think not.

I play female characters for one and one reason only. I'd rather look at a female toon for 50+levels then a damn dude toon for 50+ levels. I dont put my self into the game where i actually think im in the game doing these thing so i have no need to be a guy toon.

Originally posted by Goldknyght

I play female characters for one and one reason only. I'd rather look at a female toon for 50+levels then a damn dude toon for 50+ levels. I dont put my self into the game where i actually think im in the game doing these thing so i have no need to be a guy toon.

I only did that in City of Heroes. Just couldn't resist, the character creation is just to good.