Do Girl Gamers Have Cooties?

After the big ado about LocoRoco being “racist,” it seems the gaming world is being torn apart by another “ist.” Some girl gamers claim the gaming community is sexist and that boy gamers don’t like playing with them just because they’re girls. Here are the stories of four female gamers:

Therese “trito” Andersson of g0d clan (far right) says some guys get angry when they lose to a girl. “I use to play against a guy and he would always beat me. Suddenly, I started to beat him and he got so upset I beat him just because I was a girl.”

Chantal “FAIRY 1” Deller (second from right) while playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live was called a “porker,” “fatty,” and a “dyke.” Later one of the guys who’d been harassing her apologized after he saw her pic and realized she’s no porker!

Chantal “Chantaljoy” Moshakos (third from right) was petrified the first time she played Live! for being called out for being a girl. She was half right! Half the guys started “kissing my ass” the other half told her to get off because she was girl. Overall, she felt totally embarrassed by comments like “shouldn’t I be buying shoes and drinking frappes with my girlfriends at the mall?”

Melissa “Elegyofhope” Castillo, Overlord of Unreal Films, (left) was playing training and this guy on her team and he found out she was a girl and he was like “hey baby, why are you playing with these losers when you can be playing with a real man!” Well, she had 16 kills and he had 4 at that point. The second lowest of the boys on her team.

There you have it. A few tales of discrimination. We can’t say for sure if this is the norm or rare but unfortunate cases. And if its true that boy gamers hate girl gamers, we can’t tell you why. Any girl-hating boy gamers out there care to explain?

Via GGL

After the big ado about LocoRoco being “racist,” it seems the gaming world is being torn apart by another “ist.” Some girl gamers claim the gaming community is sexist and that boy gamers don’t like playing with them just because they’re girls. Here are the stories of four female gamers:

Therese “trito” Andersson of g0d clan (far right) says some guys get angry when they lose to a girl. “I use to play against a guy and he would always beat me. Suddenly, I started to beat him and he got so upset I beat him just because I was a girl.”

Chantal “FAIRY 1” Deller (second from right) while playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live was called a “porker,” “fatty,” and a “dyke.” Later one of the guys who’d been harassing her apologized after he saw her pic and realized she’s no porker!

Chantal “Chantaljoy” Moshakos (third from right) was petrified the first time she played Live! for being called out for being a girl. She was half right! Half the guys started “kissing my ass” the other half told her to get off because she was girl. Overall, she felt totally embarrassed by comments like “shouldn’t I be buying shoes and drinking frappes with my girlfriends at the mall?”

Melissa “Elegyofhope” Castillo, Overlord of Unreal Films, (left) was playing training and this guy on her team and he found out she was a girl and he was like “hey baby, why are you playing with these losers when you can be playing with a real man!” Well, she had 16 kills and he had 4 at that point. The second lowest of the boys on her team.

There you have it. A few tales of discrimination. We can’t say for sure if this is the norm or rare but unfortunate cases. And if its true that boy gamers hate girl gamers, we can’t tell you why. Any girl-hating boy gamers out there care to explain?

Via GGL