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happy_doughnut · Apr 16th, 2003, 06:34 PM

I agree pretty much with everything Rei and Meryl said :

Online, I know plenty of guys who say that girls who are into gaming are really "cool"; that they don't know any girl IRL that truly likes games. Then many go onto say how they would "love" to meet a girl that shared this common interest with them. However, I only hear this from guys online, and have never met anyone in real life that actually showed such will.

In fact, sometime last year, I went to an arcade with my brother. Sure enough, it was packed with guys and 2 or 3 girls there with their boyfriends just looking and whatnot. I got plenty of stares as if I was there to hook up with someone. Typical scenery perfectly suited for stereotyping. How pathetic can you get?
I brushed it off, though, and went along to where my brother was versing some guy. My brother lost, and I decided to give it ago.
Apparently this guy had been there for quite a while, since a small circle had formed. There I go and he says, " A girl ? How cute" and laughs

. To his surprise (and my own) I won.
He then went on to claim how he had "gone easy on me 'cause I was a chick". He comepletely denied the fact I had beaten him. Me; a "girl".
I was completely ready to deck that guy.

I'm not saying all guys are like this, but many are.
Being beaten by a girl, at anything, not just videogames, seems to be deragatory to most guys. So then, I really wonder if a guy really wants to meet a girl who's into gaming, because by the way most act, they sure don't seem like it.

Apr 16th, 2003, 06:34 PM	#18
happy_doughnut just a rolling stone Joined: Apr 2002 Location: of what? Posts: 1,561	I agree pretty much with everything Rei and Meryl said : Online, I know plenty of guys who say that girls who are into gaming are really "cool"; that they don't know any girl IRL that truly likes games. Then many go onto say how they would "love" to meet a girl that shared this common interest with them. However, I only hear this from guys online, and have never met anyone in real life that actually showed such will. In fact, sometime last year, I went to an arcade with my brother. Sure enough, it was packed with guys and 2 or 3 girls there with their boyfriends just looking and whatnot. I got plenty of stares as if I was there to hook up with someone. Typical scenery perfectly suited for stereotyping. How pathetic can you get? I brushed it off, though, and went along to where my brother was versing some guy. My brother lost, and I decided to give it ago. Apparently this guy had been there for quite a while, since a small circle had formed. There I go and he says, " A girl ? How cute" and laughs . To his surprise (and my own) I won. He then went on to claim how he had "gone easy on me 'cause I was a chick". He comepletely denied the fact I had beaten him. Me; a "girl". I was completely ready to deck that guy. I'm not saying all guys are like this, but many are. Being beaten by a girl, at anything, not just videogames, seems to be deragatory to most guys. So then, I really wonder if a guy really wants to meet a girl who's into gaming, because by the way most act, they sure don't seem like it.