Author Topic: Let Us Speak About Sex! (Read 4274 times)

siqueule · « **on:** January 25, 2006, 02:22:20 PM »

when I come in the forum, or the IRC, I say "hello boys" or 'hello guys" B)

Never "hello girls"

I know a lot of boys in this forum, and none girls <_<

I asked me what is the sex-ratio of the forum, if the girls like outpost 2 :blush:

Eddy-B · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2006, 02:37:27 PM »

i'm a 35 year old "boy?" .. why is there no " male/female " ?

Leviathan · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2006, 02:39:05 PM »

like most gaming forums, its mainly guys

Eddy-B · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2006, 02:40:37 PM »

i heard a research result on tv the other day (litterally 'the other day', that was yesterday):

"80% of the girls do not know how to use a pc."

CK9 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2006, 02:48:10 PM »

LMFAO! bull! Who do you think things like AIM and MSNIM are designed towards?

siqueule · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2006, 03:07:53 PM »

lol!! the girls, they must prefer the sims or the other nice games

op2, it's humains who melt because a microbe broke their oxygen connections :wacko:

thablkpanda · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2006, 03:58:31 PM »

Well it's true, the main reason guys use AIM and MSNIM is because all the women are on all the time. When I'm talking with a bunch of guy friends, it's either in a private IRC channel, or some other web protocool that most women just don't understand.

Nothing sexist or anything, It's just that they don't take the time to learn about the technicalities like we do- I guess it's like implanted in a male mind- technology, cars, women, food. Stay focused.

Heh. I do remember a couple females on this board in the past, but again, they didn't last long. I think Garett's girlfriend used to frequent here, but that was very long ago, when HE was still active, let alone her- who might not be a part of his life anymore.

I digress.

Chris.

CK9 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2006, 05:28:20 PM »

there's a lot more to that one that we shall not go into

plymoth45 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2006, 11:00:59 PM »

I know plently of girls on the net, but very few who game. Most of them just chat. I'm trying to slowly involve some of them in gaming lol.

Leviathan · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2006, 04:51:21 AM »

there were a few female op2 players, Falcon, MemSpiderDee, TalksWithHands, SorrySpider

siqueule · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2006, 06:03:07 AM »

they must not come very often in the forum, because I have never see them :unsure:

CK9 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 26, 2006, 11:37:44 AM »

Falcon was one of the best players, but she was also very modest. Anyone been in contact with her recently?

siqueule · « **Reply #12 on:** January 26, 2006, 11:39:56 AM »

... no, I don't have seen them :unsure:

CK9 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2006, 11:42:32 AM »

let's see...mem, spider, and TWH were all on IRC not too long ago...Falcon stopped by once, but either she's abondond the game or got bussy with raising her son. He has to be getting into his teen years by now...

siqueule · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2006, 11:43:47 AM »

maybe she had enought to be the best...
:unsure:

CK9 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2006, 11:46:42 AM »

okay, now you;re posting just to post

siqueule · « **Reply #16 on:** January 26, 2006, 11:49:30 AM »

it's to the topic don't sink :whistle:

Leviathan · « **Reply #17 on:** January 26, 2006, 12:38:39 PM »

they all have been on IRC.

i know sorry hasnt forgoten about us, she was on irc 3 weeks and 3 days ago. hopefully she will come online and c that we have a reunion happening.

Falcon and Mem i assume has given up on OP2. TWH also i assume, not on since last summer.

leeor_net · « **Reply #18 on:** January 26, 2006, 06:35:37 PM »

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there were a few female op2 players, Falcon, MemSpiderDee, TalksWithHands, SorrySpider

And not a single one of them are active any more... :unsure:

dm-horus · « **Reply #19 on:** January 27, 2006, 06:27:44 PM »

women are social creatures and from what ive experienced and heard in studies; women are better at reading people in person and getting to the facts while men are better at seeing thru bulk and reading the details. to guys, the net is sorta like going to a pub or a welding shop, a lunchroom at breaktime or a garage full of other guys who think like you. girls tend to go for online things that feed their social hunger while men enjoy the merging of their technical curiosity with the limited social desires we have. guys can satisfy their social needs just by typing to someone else while girls need a bit more than that. so thats my view tempered with some psychology ive studied.

one area of psych that im really intrigued in is "shop talk." men get GREAT satisfaction by talking with other men in their general fields of expertise and often derive emotions from the same parts of the brain that express belonging and family ties while women require stronger emotional-physical attachments to feel similar. guys are much easier to please than women but thats also what makes us so competitive and cooperative as compared to women. i read about one study showing that when put in a situation with peers, women are less likely than men to cooperatively solve a problem. while men are more likely to argue, women are more likely to work on their own or choose one person in a group to make major choices. the results are similar when grouped with either sex. in other words, men see another guy in a similar line of work automatically as a team mate and an opponent; what can he learn from him? how can he improve upon it? women are more direct and see a group of peers as opponents unless they are given a specific reason to think otherwise, especially if there is an emotional bond. men form this bond quicker and with less effort.

it may be as simple as women dont see the collaborative networking that happens online as worthwhile unless it is directly tied to their real-life emotional bonds. men also seek to increase their circle of power and dont seem to mind where this takes place, even online. women most likely dont see the point. all these decisions and thoughts take place subconciously and may not apply to all cases. of course, personality is a factor and some people may be less or more willing to listen to their subconcious and react to them. i know many women who treat the internet just like any guy would and men who see no point in the internet.

what it comes down to for both sexes is what you want to get out of it and how you look at it. is the internet/chat a means to an end or is it a way to unwind and just talk? also keep in mind that alot of the internet revoles around subjects that are male dominated and generally unfriendly to women: gaming, technology and porn. how many women do you know like to hang out at lan parties? how many of those work in a technical field? how many of those are chronic porn viewers? now ask yourself the same about men and the results should be very lop-sided

.... but whatever. i went off on a tangent there and its time for bed

CK9 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 27, 2006, 06:41:17 PM »

VERY well said. My female friends always wonder why I'm not very social, lol

Leviathan · « **Reply #21 on:** January 28, 2006, 04:30:13 AM »

hehe

good read

yes there just are not many girl gamers and girls online, but saying that i think i herd a study in the US that there are now more females online and men?

as for lan partys there are companys in the US and UK who are sponsering girls to be girl clans (fragdolls etc) to try and make gaming more apealing to females, to hopefully get more females into gameing and to get their money. a female clan won at quakecon last year

the bigest lan in the uk, the i-series now has a lot of women there compared to a few years ago but still mostly men. i went to a lan last summer and i'd say it was 50 male, 15 female. but as these are social lan's the women are mainly there for the socal side of it and not for laning or gaming so its not realy accurate.

dm-horus · « **Reply #22 on:** January 28, 2006, 09:06:58 AM »

anyone see that special on mtv2 about these 3 people trying to become professional gamers? if they were trying to convince people to try it themselves, id say anyone with 1/6th of a brain would say "f*** no!" hinging your life and welfare on super smash bros is insane. do it for fun, not to survive.

anyway, all the women on that show were either "ring girls", hangers-on to the champs or some guys gf. i was actually suprised any male on the show had a gf. even i thought it was pathetic. lol

CK9 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 28, 2006, 02:58:48 PM »

heck, if we still had the old colecovision, i'd play it for fun and profit. People wouldn't know how to play, lol

dm-horus · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2006, 10:14:24 AM »

atari stylee

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