Thirith on 26/7/2011 at 13:07
True, but it doesn't change the fact that the underlying issue reflects very poorly on the male gamer community. Regardless of whether this is a business decision or not, the whole thing is pretty pathetic.
lost_soul on 26/7/2011 at 13:58
To be fair, there aren't that many females into FPS games. I do have that one friend who used to play Quake/No One Lives Forever/Unreal/Half-life with me though.
Yakoob on 26/7/2011 at 14:25
Quote Posted by Thirith
True, but it doesn't change the fact that the underlying issue reflects very poorly on the male gamer community. Regardless of whether this is a business decision or not, the whole thing is pretty pathetic.
Yes, I agree. But a small lan center owners cant fix what is wrong with half of the male gaming population, can he? Best they can do is control the damage... which they did.
PigLick on 26/7/2011 at 14:50
I bet there are more girls interested in fps than you may consider, except they dont let it show because FUCK THOSE NERDS
Thirith on 26/7/2011 at 15:35
Quote Posted by Yakoob
Yes, I agree. But a small lan center owners cant fix what is wrong with half of the male gaming population, can he? Best they can do is control the damage... which they did.
Definitely. The people who made this decision may very well be right from a business point of view, and in the end doing the right thing at the expense of income doesn't keep you in business. It's not them that I find pathetic so much as the dicks who made them decide that this was the decision they needed to take, i.e. "mysogynistic jackwagons".
icemann on 26/7/2011 at 16:09
Most girls I've met outside of LANs have been more into Wolfenstein 3D & Doom than the more current gen FPS's. Course there's always exceptions.
doctorfrog on 26/7/2011 at 16:15
Pretty stupid, but who cares?
They could have just issued a two part warning:
Women: sweaty nerds might make you uncomfortable or say stupid things to you. Be ready for that, because we, the organizers of this event, ultimately cannot control the things that come out of their mouths or keyboards. In fact, we're so sure that the crowd we're having come will be unable to control themselves, we strongly suggest you don't come unless you're sure you can handle a bunch of sexually frustrated man-children.
Men: trash talk if you like, but act like an idiot, and you'll have to leave. And yes, we'll define "idiocy" however we want, you're technically an adult and should know better.
OTOH, if these guys want to throw a dick-waving party, let 'em. This is stupid, but it isn't an outrage.
Full disclosure: I'm a guy and I've never been to a LAN party or sexually harassed.
PigLick on 26/7/2011 at 16:38
I'm a guy and I was sexually harassed at a LAN :(
doctorfrog on 26/7/2011 at 16:44
Stop dressing like a whore, then.
Yakoob on 26/7/2011 at 18:23
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Definitely. The people who made this decision may very well be right from a business point of view, and in the end doing the right thing at the expense of income doesn't keep you in business. It's not them that I find pathetic so much as the dicks who made them decide that this was the decision they needed to take, i.e. "mysogynistic jackwagons".
Aye, I agree. Its sad our medium is basically oversaturated with either the misogynistic "nice guy" awkward aspie nerds, or the post-halo misogynistic douche frat boy mentality types. But as the medium grows and swallows more audiences, even with casual "mom" market, I think it will slowly be able to detach itself from that image.
Quote Posted by doctorfrog
Women: sweaty nerds might make you uncomfortable or say stupid things to you. Be ready for that, because we, the organizers of this event, ultimately cannot control the things that come out of their mouths or keyboards. In fact, we're so sure that the crowd we're having come will be unable to control themselves, we strongly suggest you don't come unless you're sure you can handle a bunch of sexually frustrated man-children.
While we're at it, lets put a "you may be discriminated or sexually harassed" disclaimer at all starbuckses, restaurants and generally crowdy place as well! That will work great at not offending both sides of our customer base!
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Men: trash talk if you like, but act like an idiot, and you'll have to leave. And yes, we'll define "idiocy" however we want, you're technically an adult and should know better.
That's like... asking 90% of your customers not to be themselves. And I don't think most of them are even capable of that :erg:
