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    I'm just going to make a thread of this. And I'd like to start it off with a quote from MoriEndi (this is dealing with the queen ads and about using king ads as well):

    Quote Originally Posted by MoriEndi View Post
    I dont think they would since the target demographic of games like these is men.
    I think it would be neat if they incorporated a queen into the game somehow though- even something as simple as the Queen "awards" you medals and rank instead of just getting them as a check off on a list or "treasure" plundered.
    Men are still the target demographic, yet the number of women gamers are increasing tremendously. And as you can see in the Evony Queen contest, its not just those creepy women that look or act like dudes either.

    Seems through history women are always having to prove themselves to do what the same things that men do. And now in the year 2009 we are still experiencing prehistoric movements in the gaming industry where women are so-called "behind" and I do mean this as a demographic and not their ability.

    I love playing with women gamers, other then yes, the sheer fact that I'm a heterosexual male, but also because they add chemistry and insight that is missing from the sausage party.

    I know some of this is outside of the scope of Evony, but within the scope is because Evony is a free browser game, it looks like it has appealed to more women then some of the blockbuster MMOS on the market. This is very good to see. But even on Evony, my current alliance has like two token females. I would like to see much more. A 50/50 in the future would be great.

    In WOW I have yet to see a single female tank. They usually are in the roles of healers or dps. This to me has nothing to do with capabilities but once again tradition and the past rules over.

    So female gamers I would like to see all of you in more online video games and different roles! Interest withstanding. I mean if you're the traditional type that likes to play Barbie's Magic Forest, then there is nothing wrong with that. But I know there are a lot of kick a$$ female gamers out there.

    By doing so you will change the ads.

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    I think thats akin to trying to get more men to play Hello Kitty Online MMO (google this if you think I'm joking) Some things are just not meant to be.

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    But that's the thing. A lot of these games are not "manly" games. They don't have heavy weightlifting, sweating, and picking up women.

    They have things which apply to both sexes.

    Hello Kitty's Online MMO is the extreme direction LOL. It's like telling women to come play "Sweaty Jockstraps Online!"

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    women can't play video games is this a joke

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    My WoW group used a female MT.
    The thing is most female players won't mention their gender because they know for every female gamer there are 5,000 slobbering idiots looking to harass them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nesterus View Post
    women can't play video games is this a joke
    http://encyclopediadramatica.com/No_...n_the_internet


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kempion View Post
    My WoW group used a female MT.
    The thing is most female players won't mention their gender because they know for every female gamer there are 5,000 slobbering idiots looking to harass them.
    Wow that is awesome (no pun intended). Yea, I don't blame a female gamer one single bit for hiding their gender and identity. Hopefully when there comes a time when there are a lot more females, this kind of thing will die down a bit. I still haven't encountered a single female tank. I think they are just as capable. I need a female to step up and prove me right.

    Was your MT really good? Did she have an attention to detail with aggro and such? Was there anything she did differently then the conventional guy playing a tank?

    women can't play video games is this a joke
    Just replace "play video games" with "get jobs" and this is how it was before.

    That article is hilarious but kinda outdated LOL. The whole pretending you're a girl to get gold on WOW doesn't work so much anymore. (Not that I've tried!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by chinothepony View Post
    Wow that is awesome (no pun intended). Yea, I don't blame a female gamer one single bit for hiding their gender and identity. Hopefully when there comes a time when there are a lot more females, this kind of thing will die down a bit. I still haven't encountered a single female tank. I think they are just as capable. I need a female to step up and prove me right.

    Was your MT really good? Did she have an attention to detail with aggro and such? Was there anything she did differently then the conventional guy playing a tank?
    There will always be dudes on the interwebz who have nothing better to do than stalk women. That will never change. The freaky part is these dudes probably stalk people around them.

    Our MT was really good. After a while though, anyone can play any class effectively with the right macros. I'm not taking anything away from her. She was better than effective, and she pulled of some amzaing saves - regularly. That's why we were doing 5 and 10-man instances with only three players. Warrior, Priest and Drood FTW. We were that good.

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    So she was a war tank. Wow that is impressive. If anything I'd think female players would be playing paly tanks.

    Macros or not, well don't know how long its been since you played, but WOW but the kyabash on all the auto-macros. You can only have macros that chain things together that don't use the global cooldown.

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