Are Girl Gamers Underestimated?

I can appreciate a girl who could kick my butt in Madden 2K12...........lol OR any other versus game.

Both the gaming industry and the community it supports is rife with misogyny. This fact was made apparent when the gaming equivalent of the birther movement reared its ugly head and demand that Aisha Taylor prove that she actually played games.

Under-reported, IMHO.

I'm sure girls can be really good gamers. My Ex used to play all day long. Even sometimes she would call me in the middle of the night if she's stuck somewhere and needs help.

But I also noticed that even though girls can be very good gamers, they still can't be as competitive as boys. Girls are only good when they focus on few games and sometimes those games won't be more than 10 games and probably those 10 games are of 3 different types. Boys play more games and can be really good at them in no time and those games can be of many different types. Boys don't need much of time to master a game. I think the reason is that boys easily blend in gaming communities and they also can play games with their friend most of the time or anytime, while girls don't have many female friends that would spend time with them playing games. Also, a gamer girl is still a "girl".. she wouldn't want to be surrounded by gamer boys all the time.

I like girls who can play games, most of them are really good.

Girl Wood!

All the time. But they really shouldn't be, It just takes practice to be a beast such as muself(;

I have played some really amazing gamer chicks, they get proprs from me!~

In my experience they usually suck. Though I know there are good ones out there.

Gamer girls are amazing, and can be way better than dudes at games... But there is a big difference between a gamer girl and a girl that just do happens to get caught on film holding a controller... that distinction is often not made...

As a girl who plays video games, I've had people underestimate my skills.

You're a girl who's good at playing video games? Big whoop.

If you mean by number of males who are gamers I think yes . As in underestimating there skills I do not think most people do. Just jerks ... I mean within the gaming world you would find of the biggest racist , sexiest , and all around jerks . However I don't think this is a majority of gamers . These are just the people who stand out .

You mostly find sexism in gaming, not racism.

Try being a black person on live .

Ha, please. You are looking too far with this racism crap.

And if someone brunt a cross on your lawn you would say Thank you for the light .

I don't have Xbox live or Playstation Network, so I would not know of racism on there and I do not care.

What is your issue .. you say that there is no racism on live ... and then you say you never been on it .

What's YOUR issue? I never heard of anyone bring up racism on live and I said I would not know of racism on live. I did not say there was no racism on live.

It depends a lot on the game ..for example it is not a lot of that in Mass Effect.. however in COD games it is a lot of it .

How would they know you're black though? Some dude joined an Xbox live party my friend and I were in and that dude was in denial that my friend was even black

Many time ppl can guess by your voice , or your profile picture.

Nope, you're too short-sighted. When are humans NOT hateful in competition?

im a girl and i play all kinds of games Like Halo, assassin's creed, grand theft auto's and a few others

I have a friend that is freaking beast at gaming. I've never played against her, but I've heard she kicks ass hahaXD

I'm a girl gamer. I kick ass at L4D. I'm not even tooting my own horn. I've played games since I was 2, and was beating Sonic 2 as a 4-year-old. What gives us the bad rep is those girls who play to look cool. I've come across dozens. "Oh I play games tee-hee." it pisses me off when I get them on my team. So let the real women game to let us have our day. The real girl gamers I've come across are not to be messed with!

Which L4D game is your favorite? Personally I prefer the second one. Can't deal with playing that game with other people though. I rather the AI be stupid and get my team eat by zombies than the people I'm playing with. -___-

The second is my favorite too. I hate getting stuck with the 10-15 year olds who like to shoot each other for fun. If you wanna play I'm StrongPeach17.

I haven't played in a long time, I'm so rusty with it. I just re-bought a copy as my last one was my ex's and he of coarse took it with him. That and I don't have a Xbox Live account. I mostly play single player RPG games so it doesn't make much sense for me to pay for one. Even more so with work and my 3 year old son. XD Life just gets in the way of my gaming. Ugh.

Aw well you can wait until your son wants one lol.

Definately. It's only a matter of time. I remember playing Mario with my dad on an old school NES when I was little. I want to be able to do that with him as he grows up.

I find that it helps with coordination and multitasking with using both sticks. They actually need it.

Guy In Real Life... GIRL. lol jk

I just wish i knew even one girl into videogames. Where are they all? +1 for girl gamers!!