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):
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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