EVE General Discussion

What's the matter?

Don't like the fact that I don't give you resources and attention because you were born with a vagoo?

Or am I misunderstanding you?

Havent read all 8 either but I presume not, shes an attention whore anyways and her **** are crappy

My wife does not play Eve. I think I'm okay with this however.

Gave you a like for this link.

For most games I'm sure the number is pretty close to zero because the majority of games cater to 'guy gamers.'

And who asked for your gender in the first place?

How can you claim the high ground when, after presenting your own gender in terms of wanted to be congratulated or given attention for it, are ridiculed and made fun of? Why join a game where the majority basis is men and then come out with the fact that, of no relation to the game itself, you are in fact a female, and then say you demand no special respect for such a statement?

How is this in any way a logical thing to do?

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Hmm, sir, you seem to be mad at somebody for stating their gender.

Better wardrobe coordination? (*badum-tish!*)
Asterixes and vaginas give no bonuses in this game, although a lot of Gallente ships give bonuses to hybrid turrets and drones.
There is gender on the Internet because people use the Internet and most people have some gender identity. (Laktos expands upon this nicely a few posts below.)
While I can't comment on any other instance of attention seeking you may be referencing, I'm not sure that gaining attention is the intention of this thread. I agree with PinkKnife's statement regarding minority marginalization. (Although I still fail to comprehend why she wanted an address for my confusion.)

Gender is important. Gender is a key part of our identity. Humans perceive the world through the context of our personal identity. So to say "gender does not matter on the internet or inside of a video game" and therefore there is no reason to bring it up is wrong.

Gender is never a reason to discriminate. You are correct in that anybody, regardless of gender has the same ability to become good at mining or pvp etc. But it is not our characters that are good at mining or pvp, it is ourselves. When I am involved in a pvp fight, I am acting through my character, but the skills of tactical awareness, using the right modules in the right situations, reflexes with the mouse and keyboard etc. These are all my skills, not my characters.

And so because it is me (the human sat at the keyboard) playing this game, my personal identity effects in some way, everything I do.

This is why gender is very relevant even in a video game, and it's part of the reason humans naturally seek out others of their gender to socialise with. Because we feel most comfortable interacting with things that are familiar to us, like people who have similar identities that we can relate to.

There is no need for men to start forum threads searching for other men, because they are everywhere in this game. But for a woman playing this game, it is natural to seek out others of the same gender to socialise with, but it is very hard to find another woman in this game (as they make up only about 5% of the playerbase) and there is also the added difficulty of many men using female avatars, and some women using male avatars, so finding other women visually is impossible.

And thus, she makes a forum thread.