redfish Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi all, I have been playing RuneScape for a while. From my personal experience, I saw that there are very few female players in all types of MMOGs including RuneScape. I am really curious why? They really don`t like MMOGs? or they are hiding under male clothes? Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stingman Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 More males play video games than females. Pretty simple actually. I'm not saying that women don't play video games at all, in fact I have several good friends online that are females. It's just that females seem to be less interested in video games, computers, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuicyJuice Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Because people just flame us...... oh your prob like 500 pounds in real life. Will you be my gf. your prob a guy. etc it gets very annoying thats why i play with my Chat off half the time "We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi JuicyJuice So, you are not happy with the unnecessary attention. Understandable. So, do you disguise in male avatar/clothes as a solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_klutz Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 G.I.R.L Guy In Real Life =/ If you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature. ^^^At least I'm not the only crazy one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuicyJuice Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 No i am a girl character aswell i just go to the worlds with less people "We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omali Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 It all harkens back to the early days of the internet, where men were men, women were men, and children were FBI agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Get 50 RC - go and play the GOP. You'll find more girls there than anywhere else. Probably because its more skiller focused, and not combat related. 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 It is just so sad to hear that. I believe that we should raise our voice more often without any restriction. GO GIRLS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hmm, to be honest, when I start MMOGing, combat was not my favorite skill. I would rather solve quests and kill NPCs if I really need to. Then I realized that, no matter I try to be honest and noble, the game rewards killing more. I.e. in order to accumulate more money, you should kill a lot and you should be good at combat skills. Then I changed my focus. Now, I am spending my time 50% combat related activities and 50% quest related activities. Happier? I am not sure, Richer? Yes! Should I blame game developers for creating such game logic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto_the_Phoenix Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 These demographics aren't just true in RS, but in most MMOGs or any multi-player game out there. Girls just don't normally play MMOGs on the scale that guys do (I'd estimate the ratio of males to females to be somewhere near 12:1), but that of course doesn't mean that they don't play at all. Linux User/Enthusiast | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Stack Overflow Member | GIMP User...Alright, the Elf City update lured me back to RS over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsakenMage Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I don't think we're underrepresented, but we do face a lot of stereotypes and worries that tend to hold us back from telling or showing people we are female. Here are some things I've experienced as a girl playing RuneScape (misspellings intentional): #1. "Be my gf plz" #2. "Ur hawt. Lets go to bed" #3. "Ur a fat 50yr old man living in ur moms basement" #4. "Girls on the internet don't exist" #5. "Girls dont play games" You get the idea. -.- Most of the time now I stay quiet in game, especially in public chat. With clan chat now in existance, I actually don't mind talking because at least its within a group of people who act reasonably respectable towards me and everyone else, rather than run into a bunch of immature teenagers (meaning yes, I do believe there are mature ones out there) and young adults who think they're all the hot stuff. -.- Some of the greatest PKers back in the day were females. Some of the greatest clan leaders were females. I don't think we're underrepresented at all. We're just overlooked until we do something drastic it seems. Adventurer's Log || YouTube || Facebook || Tip.it Times Work || Wanna Join the Editorial Panel?Maxed Out 01 October 2012 PDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star_Fox Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 girls do play runescape. its just the boys that have the tendency to become engaged with computer games more then girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyla Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 There are more males playing video games than girls. Whenever I buy a game, the sales assistant would usually refer girly games (death to that Bratz game). I picked up Dead Space and saw the guy beside me staring like "oh you know how to play?" Skill-based games are dominated by girls, or at least when I play non-combat Stealing Creation, probably 80% of the people playing are girls. Also with the pmod community, I think majority are girls. [brought to you by the Cult of the Sacred Crate]17th to 99 Smithing OSRS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chained_life Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Probably because [developmentally delayed]s who can't keep their pants on annoy them. Every forum I've been on, there's always a hot girl who gets trolled and runs away from the creeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirenLazah Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 G.I.R.L Guy In Real Life =/ LOL IRL :twss: :twss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Kurity Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Girls play runescape, and they can be just as nooby and developmentally delayed as any other player. O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuriqiu Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 There are many girls that play RS. Half of my friend list is girls now that I think of it. GOP and CW is full of girls, and most of them are extremely high leveled and can probably outsmart any guy player out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 I will definitely check GOP and CW as it seems everybody agree that there are more girls there. It has been a while since I actively play RuneScape. I was spending most of my time playing Oblivion and Morrowind, which by the way it would be great to see them online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talset65 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Rule #16. There are no girls on the internets. lol Tough times don't last. Tough people do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Seriously, as if there is an unwritten rule somewhere :) But I started to believe that they are not that underrepresented, they are just, hiding :D, due to obvious reasons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talset65 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Girls pretend to be guys to avoid being circled out. Guys pretend to be girls to avoid NOT being circled out. My friend pretends to be a girl online. I lol. Tough times don't last. Tough people do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Kurity Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 There are many girls that play RS. Half of my friend list is girls now that I think of it. GOP and CW is full of girls, and most of them are extremely high leveled and can probably outsmart any guy player out there. I beg to differ. O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FerretCU Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 My wife and afew of my friends girls play RS, we actually play on a regular basis according to work and such things. =D> always fun to talk in CC and have gen chat off. UPDATIN SIGGY ^,^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@Dan3HitU Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I read an online article not so long ago about the "dramatic increase in gamer girls" they're mainly on XBL and PSN, [-- DYNAMIC SIGNATURES FOR RUNESCAPE 3 & OLDSCHOOL 2007 RUNESCAPE --] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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