Random_Taffer on 19/5/2016 at 13:38
Quote Posted by MaryO
Another bearded woman here :cheeky:
Anyway, I´ve never thought of the gender of the taffers here before - guess that might make thief lovers a special kind of gender, not males, not females but simply taffers :D
Careful, Tumblr might hear you and add another.
TannisRoot on 20/5/2016 at 17:22
I try to be as gender neutral as possible on forums because it's really about the games, not me :p. It's actually nice that forums still allow this possibility where other forms of gamer communication (headsets, etc.) do not.
My sister did play and enjoy Thief 2 back in the day. I've been trying to get her to check out fan missions but she's moved on to more modern games (Dragon Age, Dark Souls 3).
I recall back in the day (a decade ago) the community had a surprisingly even gender distribution - at least that is what it seemed.
Nameless Voice on 20/5/2016 at 19:47
I strongly suspect that there are a lot more women around in gaming circles than you'd think, but most of them try to avoid revealing the fact because, frankly, a lot of gamers are not nice people.
I recall playing a game of League of Legends recently where a player (who had been doing rather badly) admitted they were female - cue immediate reaction of people saying she must be playing so badly because she's a girl... :nono:
On an unrelated note, the grammar in this thread's title is painful.
Random_Taffer on 20/5/2016 at 20:16
Yeah, I would suspect there's probably a much higher proportion of female players in LoL and WoW than most other games.
I'm not really sure why that is.
nickie on 20/5/2016 at 20:58
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
On an unrelated note, the grammar in this thread's title is painful.
After looking at them for a while, I sometimes edit titles when no-one's looking.
Nameless Voice on 20/5/2016 at 22:36
Quote Posted by Random_Taffer
Yeah, I would suspect there's probably a much higher proportion of female players in LoL and WoW than most other games.
I'm not really sure why that is.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that the official figure is something like 10%, but I don't really believe it. Zero in professional e-sports teams, though, at least that I've heard of.
If that's true and it actually is higher than most other games, then that's really depressing.
Quote Posted by nickie
After looking at them for a while, I sometimes edit titles when no-one's looking.
This is why I should never be a moderator.
Starker on 21/5/2016 at 16:41
Quote Posted by Random_Taffer
Yeah, I would suspect there's probably a much higher proportion of female players in LoL and WoW than most other games.
I'm not really sure why that is.
I can believe it for WoW. I've heard lots of women say they play it, even people who don't play video games otherwise. Back in the day, quite a lot of women played MUDs as well.
