I'm amazed how few people on here have heard of Felicia and her spoof series The Guild.  It's been going for a quite a while. I thought it was standard issues for most mmo gamers, especially WoW players. Ah well. Very surprised.

Originally posted by MMOSavant

I'm amazed how few people on here have heard of Felicia and her spoof series The Guild.  It's been going for a quite a while. I thought it was standard issues for most mmo gamers, especially WoW players. Ah well. Very surprised.

lol same...

Originally posted by MMOSavant

I'm amazed how few people on here have heard of Felicia and her spoof series The Guild.  It's been going for a quite a while. I thought it was standard issues for most mmo gamers, especially WoW players. Ah well. Very surprised.

Why would it be standard issue for MMO gamers?

Originally posted by MMOSavant

I'm amazed how few people on here have heard of Felicia and her spoof series The Guild.  It's been going for a quite a while. I thought it was standard issues for most mmo gamers, especially WoW players. Ah well. Very surprised.

You're amazed about that?

I'm amazed people doesn't know about Dr Horrible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apEZpYnN_1g cause those who have seen it knows who Felicia is

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by MMOSavant

I'm amazed how few people on here have heard of Felicia and her spoof series The Guild.  It's been going for a quite a while. I thought it was standard issues for most mmo gamers, especially WoW players. Ah well. Very surprised.

Why would it be standard issue for MMO gamers?

Because it's about a guild who only know each other through their characters in-game, they are obviously playing a WoW-like game, it's funny and uses gamer in-jokes and typical mmorpg motifs, it's popular and it's been around for a quite a while. I thought it was well known amongst the mmo gamer community, so i'm surprised at how many on this thread have not heard of it. Go to YouTube and see what you think. Maybe start with the first series though.

I read a couple of posts here and i got to say that i cant put in my head how are people amazed at particular girl being a gamer...

I mean, come on. Even my ex-gf was a gamer, and followed games more hardcore than me. More than half of girls in my company are gamers. Maybe this is over a top a bit, but very few girl that i talked to, mentioned things like Farmville, Sims or anything similar on FB when me or her started topic about games (yet it has proven that they are low intelligence ones). You would be amazed how many girls are playing games hardcore.

Felicia is cute, have nice voice and all of that, and thats all. For me to decide if i want to be with her/mary her/spend a night with her/walk in park with her, i would need to meet her in personal, to see her attitude, to know her interests. Being cute is not everything for anyone with common sense. This being said, I can freely say that i even know a couple of local celebrities in person that seems to be duchebags on TV and all, but in reallity are nice people.

Considering being girl in-game: i am one of those guys that use Female characters in many games (lol @ my sig :D). Main reason is that i love Heroines in Roleplaying Games, Comic Books, Novels etc. However when i see some weirdo that automaticly think that female character = female irl, i use him as much as i can. It is their fault that they cant tell what is game and what is real life. Sad thing is that you cant get rid of girl-hunters in game once they start to bothering you. Somehow they are fanatically sure that they will gonna meet you in real life even when you live in Europe and He is living in South pole.

Originally posted by Dragonantis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi6MIMA2Jxw

This video has her recording voice acting for GW2. Its pretty good :)

Oh, I remember her, from a show called "The Guild", that was pretty funny.

And I thought my threads got derailed.

Originally posted by Distopia

You said it looked like jealousy.

Please point out where I said a thing about her other than "Who-day"? As in I had no idea who she even was.

Again show me where I said that. You can't because I did not. 

Originally posted by atziluth

Originally posted by Distopia

You said it looked like jealousy.

Please point out where I said a thing about her other than "Who-day"? As in I had no idea who she even was.

Again show me where I said that. You can't because I did not. 

You said "The real reason for hate in this thread... because Felicia has managed to be successful. " which is a common way to express the sentiment that "People hate Felicia because they are jealous". 

If you didn't intend to give that implication, elaborate how you think "Felicia being successful" is the "real reason" for hating her. 

Originally posted by spookydom

Ahhhhh.....Felicia Princess of all the nerds :)

Wouldn't that make her Princess of everyone who reads this and plays video games? Holds up mirror.   :OP

Originally posted by TwoThreeFour

You said "The real reason for hate in this thread... because Felicia has managed to be successful. " which is a common way to express the sentiment that "People hate Felicia because they are jealous". 

If you didn't intend to give that implication, elaborate how you think "Felicia being successful" is the "real reason" for hating her. 

Simply because people like to tear down celebrities, even minor ones. There is a whole industry built on it... called reality TV. The majority of people out there unfortunately love to see people fail or tearing them down if they are successful. This is not necessarily jealousy, however that can be a cause of it. 

Please point out one rational argument on why Felicia Day is detrimental to female gamers. I have heard a lot of venom towards her, but little substance. I have asked already in this thread to be pointed towards the evidence... none has been given. So I have answered your question... now answer mine... Why the hatred towards her... not just dislike or criticism, but out right hatred (as admitted in a previous post). 

There simply is not a rational argument to be made, but instead of having a discussion on how to make female gaming better you are here attacking me for no good reason. Bravo. 

Originally posted by ariboersma

the woman is annoying, not very pretty and makes money off of you drooling over her made up persona.. If you saw her IRL you wouldn't look twice. I have seen her in person and was dumbfounded when I found out she was so desired by gamers.. also she makes us REAL female gamers look bad... but I will say one thing.. she isn't near as bad as Kaeyi or Pico(sp?)

I agree but what she did was pretty smart.  She wasn't getting anyway in Hollywood so she targeted a certain demographic of males with her very short episodic stuff and managed to be quite successful with it.  Thus, she's created a fanbase and she became indemand.

I give her credit for that.

Originally posted by atziluth

Simply because people like to tear down celebrities, even minor ones. There is a whole industry built on it... called reality TV. The majority of people out there unfortunately love to see people fail or tearing them down if they are successful. This is not necessarily jealousy, however that can be a cause of it. 

Please point out one rational argument on why Felicia Day is detrimental to female gamers. I have heard a lot of venom towards her, but little substance. I have asked already in this thread to be pointed towards the evidence... none has been given. So I have answered your question... now answer mine... Why the hatred towards her... not just dislike or criticism, but out right hatred (as admitted in a previous post). 

There simply is not a rational argument to be made, but instead of having a discussion on how to make female gaming better you are here attacking me for no good reason. Bravo. 

Maybe it's the idea the media portrays when it comes to female gamers? Maybe it's the sex symbol ideal as a whole? Exploitation is an ugly thing.

Why does the idea of the female gamer have to be one of the exotic entity? When today female gamers are a common thing. I'd argue they always were. To make it worse this goes for males or females, the idea that a gamer can't be attractive, social or have a "life". For many I don't think it has much to do with tearing down celebrity, more so the idea of tearing down a pretense formed by the media and stereotypes.

Originally posted by Omnifish

Originally posted by ariboersma

the woman is annoying, not very pretty and makes money off of you drooling over her made up persona.. If you saw her IRL you wouldn't look twice. I have seen her in person and was dumbfounded when I found out she was so desired by gamers.. also she makes us REAL female gamers look bad... but I will say one thing.. she isn't near as bad as Kaeyi or Pico(sp?)

 

I agree but what she did was pretty smart.  She wasn't getting anyway in Hollywood so she targeted a certain demographic of males with her very short episodic stuff and managed to be quite successful with it.  Thus, she's created a fanbase and she became indemand.

I give her credit for that.

Exactly, capitalism at its finest, she deserves more credit.

I hate felicia Day and I think she is overrated. I sincerely believe the only reason why she is half as popular as she is, is because she is a "real" gamer. In any other area she would just be a moderately attractive women.

Originally posted by atziluth

Originally posted by TwoThreeFour

You said "The real reason for hate in this thread... because Felicia has managed to be successful. " which is a common way to express the sentiment that "People hate Felicia because they are jealous". 

If you didn't intend to give that implication, elaborate how you think "Felicia being successful" is the "real reason" for hating her. 

Simply because people like to tear down celebrities, even minor ones. There is a whole industry built on it... called reality TV. The majority of people out there unfortunately love to see people fail or tearing them down if they are successful. This is not necessarily jealousy, however that can be a cause of it. 

Please point out one rational argument on why Felicia Day is detrimental to female gamers. I have heard a lot of venom towards her, but little substance. I have asked already in this thread to be pointed towards the evidence... none has been given. So I have answered your question... now answer mine... Why the hatred towards her... not just dislike or criticism, but out right hatred (as admitted in a previous post). 

There simply is not a rational argument to be made, but instead of having a discussion on how to make female gaming better you are here attacking me for no good reason. Bravo. 

 I have expressed strong negative opinions regarding different subjects in this thread, my main strong dislike (or "hate) is towards the non-teenagers who use expressions such as "OMG Felicia Day!" since they reinforce negative stereotypes which forces me to be very careful with how I use the words "gamer", "geek" and "nerd" in real life. 

I want to use the word "gamer" as if it was "game connoisseur"  without having to deal with different stereotypes regarding manners, humor and social prowess. 

As for "Felicia Day" herself: I know too little about what is considered to be "good" voice acting to be able to judge whether or not her inclusion significantely increases or decreases the overall quality. I can imagine that a good voice actor is able to quickly convey a feeling/setting in accordance with the director's vision. If that's the case, I would have to first know the director's intentions to be able to judge how good the voice acting was.

I can imagine that people who know more about Felica Day, have better grounds on which they can analyze her underlying motivations and from them judge if she is being dishonest or abusive in any way. Personally, I think artists of any form should have a lot of leeway when it comes to their art. 

I do not particularely like any of the media productions in which I've seen her, but I do not automatically blame her for that, since I am under the impression that she is simply acting in those productions.

To reiterate: I have a minor dislike for the productions, which I've seen, in which Felicia Day appeared, but I do strongly dislike non-teenagers going "OMG Felicia Day!".

Originally posted by ariboersma

Originally posted by Drakxii

Originally posted by ariboersma

the woman is annoying, not very pretty and makes money off of you drooling over her made up persona.. If you saw her IRL you wouldn't look twice. I have seen her in person and was dumbfounded when I found out she was so desired by gamers.. also she makes us REAL female gamers look bad... but I will say one thing.. she isn't near as bad as Kaeyi or Pico(sp?)

Wow women can be catty...   I don't get this hate?  What so wrong with her?

 

I don't know about anyone else but I like her because the Dr. Stranglove and The Guild webserises.   Does it hurt that she is a cute red?  No not really but it also doesn't hurt that she is a good voice actor as well, she did a great job in FO:NV.  Is so bad that the op is happy that he gets to hear her voice in GW then some crappy no one?

 

Also as for Hale, she is liked because she is a very good VO artist that has done alot of games and even some cartoons.

I dislike her because she is fake. She makes me and those like me look bad because she is pretending to be us and making us look bad. I am not being catty. See my second post. Also you would probably get a better voice from a "no one" she isn't that great of a voice actor, she was only used in both games because she is known from pretending to be a gamer and soliciting responses from those that believe her.

How is she pretending to be a gamer? She's played gamers her entire life, therefore she is a gamer.

I'm a gay male so I don't find her physically attractive, but I still love her, and not because she is a gamer, but because she created the best web-series and was in Buffy.

Jealous people like you need to crawl back under your rock. The OP was happy to have her in GW2, why spoil that for him?

Go away. Thanks.

Originally posted by Valua

 

How is she pretending to be a gamer? She's played gamers her entire life, therefore she is a gamer.

 

I'm a gay male so I don't find her physically attractive, but I still love her, and not because she is a gamer, but because she created the best web-series and was in Buffy.

 

Jealous people like you need to crawl back under your rock. The OP was happy to have her in GW2, why spoil that for him?

 

Go away. Thanks.

 On what fact is this based? Second it's okay for you to express your "love" for her yet not okay for someone who feels the opposite to express themeselves?

This is starting to turn into an episode of leave Bittany alone if you ask me.

lol yet 5 months ago she was fan girling at Blizzcon about how great WoW was and there was nothing better. I guess that changes when people throw moeny at you.