That's so dumb.

no worry... its a mistake I seem to get because of the avatar. I just don't have a male character to switch it to and certainly won't use a pic of myself haha.

Dumb but true. most online console gamers are annoying.... and creepy.

Really?

It's worst then dumb....it's creepy and very immature. Weather it be to simply flirt, or harass the gal for kicking your ass. Ether way taint right.....

hope my little girl doesn't have to contend with this when she starts to play video games, it saddens me as a father to know this happens

Neither do I! But it IS an issue for some. A male friend once said to me that it was just weird to him to see a girl holding a game control as it 'looked wrong'. The same guy also asked me a random medical question and when I gave him a detailed answer he said "You're pretty smart for a girl". For a girl? I was almost - ALMOST - tempted to say that even though us women only have one head, it's the one with the brain in. I managed to refrain myself and merely offer a belittling smile, instead. lol

Altho I have a deep respect for girl gamers as they are often very talented and are as skilled as any guy gamer given they devote the same time to the game I do have to say one thing: please don't turn your whole body when turning in Mario Kart. You don't all do it, so I apologize to the ones that don't ^^

loljk, I think you open a whole can of worms in MMOs tho, can't compare it to Skyrim's model. It will be interesting in TESO if people have class or not...

I agree some games have plenty of jerks that like to harass female gamers and give guys a bad name oh and I'm a guy

Goes without saying really.

Yeah it's just wrong, but fortunately the kind of sick people that do that are few in number. Just keep your daughter to the Elder Scrolls, you can't go wrong there

Btw I'm a dude but I can't bring myself to playing as a female character, it just doesn't feel right.

Ha my wife would have said it to em

That's sad, even today you gotta put up with that crap with gaming of all things, really,really sad

on behalf of all male gamers.

Haha More power to your wife. (I still regret not saying it myself...mine is an evil laugh !)

It's easy enough on the whole to ignore, but I've heard some incredibly sixist comments from male gamers. I remember when I was 14 and playing my Sega master system as a little blue hedgehog without a care in the world.

But I never let anyone take away my fun. And this forum seems to be full of cool gamers!

Well yeah, it's full of people who play Elder Scrolls games

and in my tired state I mistook the thread as "which do you play more of" I am such a derp, I'm a male.

Guy here. And those kids who harass female players have a serious insecurity problem IMO (or various of them).

The fact that they're kids is the problem.

Wow! Good on you!

Male, 17.

Really? I use to play in a Minecraft server where there are tons of 12-16 year-old kids (including 2 or 3 girls), and if they don't mention their age, you'd easily mistake them for advlts. They're absolutely mature and respectful towards female players, even when they (girls) beat them (boys) at PvP's (and I assure you, they do).

It's also a problem of attitude and education, and not just age.

Female, 51, here too! *waves*

It depends on who you're playing with and the game you're playing. But yeah it's not just age, there's the whole childhood upbringing and all that which determines the attitude of each player. Minecraft is a casual, relaxing game where people generally get on, CoD is another story.

This, I've met teenagers that are more mature than certain 20 year olds I know.

Believe me, the advlt males are worse than the kids. I've encountered a few REALLY hateful males (mainly on Twitter) who in an increasing number of cases are banned for the insults they throw at female gamers!

It's out of order, full stop. Gender shouldn't even come into it.

I have noticed the "tolerance" here towards females seems to be on another level than in other forums also. I like to think its because those that appreciate RPGs (especially this one) tend to be a little more sensitive towrads life in general. Maybe that's just me patting myself on the back, though?

This.

I don't really like to call it "tolerance", because there's nothing to tolerate here. I frankly care a crap if someone is a girl or a boy. All I care is to have fun with him / her.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't quite understand why I should "tolerate" something that should be just normal.

Male IRL and in all games. Just can't relate to female characters, so all of my characters have been male.