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This article has the girls on the Ladies of WoW community over on LiveJournal in an uproar--mostly because while yes, sometimes guys are surprised that there are girl gamers, this chick makes it out to be that guys are surprised all the time and only want pics, etc etc.
I play WoW and I've only been asked for a picture once--after I'd talked to this guy for quite a while and he'd shared his picture with me. Most guys I talk to in-game are really nice and don't care about me being a girl--rather, they're pleasantly surprised and pleased that gasp! a girl is playing a game.
About stats, the fact is that there are a LOT of girls who play WoW especially. Why? A lot of us joined because boyfriends/guy friends were playing and we thought it looked cool. Normally I stick with RTS games but I decided to branch out into the MMO genre after seeing my friend play WoW in the open beta. Most of us are not hardcore gamers--though for some of us WoW has turned us into one.
Hopefully a female gamer perspective helps a bit--and as I do play more than World of Warcraft (Battlefield, Age of Mythology, Warcraft III, GTA...you get the picture) I do consider myself a gamer, though not always the best one.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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