Highlight of the Week
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Is it that time of the week already? Yes, yes it is.
This week’s highlight comes from recent commenter Cuppycake, and her blog (seriously where did all these females come from, everyone knows the interweb is for guys) Cuppytalk. Specifically, this post.
In this post we see a prime example of the reason the genre is classified as an extreme geek thing…even amongst other gamers. Folks who give stuff away to females (or those they think are females) make me sad. If you want to get rid of crap, just send it to me, not some random person you hope is a female. I guess what I’m really saying to all of you is…”Can I have your stuff?”
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March 29th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Well, it certainly isn’t anything new to see guys go out of their way to impress women or ingratiate themselves with a girl. Example: Send a hot guy and a hot girl to a bar. See who can get more free drinks. My money’s on the girl, personally. That’s just the system, fellas.
It doesn’t really come as a surprise that this behavior carries over to a virtual setting. You can go on and on about how silly social interaction conventions are, but ultimately, they are what they are. What’s interesting for me is seeing just how willing people are to believe that they’re showering their affections on a real girl, given the anonymity factor and the knowledge that many men choose to play female characters.