Female Gamers
<div class="IPBDescription">Outnumbering Males....*gasp*</div> <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/08/27/games.women.reut/index.html' target='_blank'>Clicky!</a>
It cant be true!!! NNOoooOOOooooo....
I just scimmed through it....Kinda cool tho <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
[QUOTE]Study: Female gamers outnumber boys
Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Posted: 3:32 PM EDT (1932 GMT)
I do see a lot more girls, especially the students that I'm teaching, that want to play games.
-- Vikki Hrody, professor at the Illinois Institute of Art
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Challenging the stereotype that video gaming is the domain of teenage boys, an industry group Tuesday reported that more women over 18 than young boys are playing games and the average age of players has risen to 29.
A poll released by the Entertainment Software Association and conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates found 26 percent of game players are women 18 or older, while 21 percent are boys 6 to 17.
Video gaming has traditionally been seen as the province of teenage boys locked in dark rooms and twitching away at their game consoles, although in recent years the industry has worked to publish games catering to kids, women and older gamers.
Growing audience
In line with that trend, adults over 50 now make up 17 percent of the gaming population, the ESA said, compared with 13 percent three years ago.
The largest group of gamers, at 38 percent, is men 18 and up, while girls 6 to 17 account for 12 percent of game players, the poll found.
"I think that what used to be the standard in games, which was the female character in distress and the big macho man saving the day, is no longer the case," said Vikki Hrody, a faculty member at the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago, who teaches art for game design.
A random national sample of 806 adults, covering a total of 1,048 game players including kids, was used in the poll, the ESA said.
The average gamer spends 6.5 hours a week playing games, the ESA said, while boys 6 to 17 average 7.3 hours per week of game time.
Prefer mature games
As the age of gamers has risen, so has the number of games for adults. Of all games sold in 2002, the ESA said 13.2 percent carried a "Mature" or "M" rating, up from 9.9 percent in 2001 and under 8 percent in 2000.
Hrody said she and her friends much prefer many of those mature games, like war titles, to the games specially designed and targeted by game companies at the female market, such as dancing themes or Barbie.
"They don't hear enough about what the market is. I think they just assume that it's boys that are playing these games," she said. "(Girls' games are) very boring, there's no story line, it's almost like they play it down for girls."
The poll found little difference in the relationship between game play and income, with 39 percent of gamers reporting total household income of less than $50,000 a year and 41 percent reporting an income of more than $50,000.
It cant be true!!! NNOoooOOOooooo....
I just scimmed through it....Kinda cool tho <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
[QUOTE]Study: Female gamers outnumber boys
Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Posted: 3:32 PM EDT (1932 GMT)
I do see a lot more girls, especially the students that I'm teaching, that want to play games.
-- Vikki Hrody, professor at the Illinois Institute of Art
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Challenging the stereotype that video gaming is the domain of teenage boys, an industry group Tuesday reported that more women over 18 than young boys are playing games and the average age of players has risen to 29.
A poll released by the Entertainment Software Association and conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates found 26 percent of game players are women 18 or older, while 21 percent are boys 6 to 17.
Video gaming has traditionally been seen as the province of teenage boys locked in dark rooms and twitching away at their game consoles, although in recent years the industry has worked to publish games catering to kids, women and older gamers.
Growing audience
In line with that trend, adults over 50 now make up 17 percent of the gaming population, the ESA said, compared with 13 percent three years ago.
The largest group of gamers, at 38 percent, is men 18 and up, while girls 6 to 17 account for 12 percent of game players, the poll found.
"I think that what used to be the standard in games, which was the female character in distress and the big macho man saving the day, is no longer the case," said Vikki Hrody, a faculty member at the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago, who teaches art for game design.
A random national sample of 806 adults, covering a total of 1,048 game players including kids, was used in the poll, the ESA said.
The average gamer spends 6.5 hours a week playing games, the ESA said, while boys 6 to 17 average 7.3 hours per week of game time.
Prefer mature games
As the age of gamers has risen, so has the number of games for adults. Of all games sold in 2002, the ESA said 13.2 percent carried a "Mature" or "M" rating, up from 9.9 percent in 2001 and under 8 percent in 2000.
Hrody said she and her friends much prefer many of those mature games, like war titles, to the games specially designed and targeted by game companies at the female market, such as dancing themes or Barbie.
"They don't hear enough about what the market is. I think they just assume that it's boys that are playing these games," she said. "(Girls' games are) very boring, there's no story line, it's almost like they play it down for girls."
The poll found little difference in the relationship between game play and income, with 39 percent of gamers reporting total household income of less than $50,000 a year and 41 percent reporting an income of more than $50,000.
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met this chick living over in Mass., and OH my GOD she sent me the sexiest (fake?) pic. XD
i'd say the odds are 10:1 it's fake. time for a leech bath.
Exactly. I don't believe it, but wouldn't that be cool?
Since we download mods and post on game forums, we might be considered 'hardcore' gamers. Maybe a large percentage of the female gamers interviewed are casual and just play… The Sims? Or most just don’t play mods?
They would put other just to be funny :|
... that happens.
stoopit.
edit: i also find that there are *whoa* more girls on MMORPGs, especially ragnarok online. there are also a lot of impersonators, so you have to know what you're doing. it's not hard to find one out.
I think they're drawn to more social games like MMORPG's and The Sims and that business.
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perceptive.
edit: i've also been to forums where it's a general unspoken rule and assumption that all girls that play games are anti social, ugly, and (coined phrase) "attention wh0res". it's really sad. i've met some really sweet people playing games. so have friends of mine. some even fly around to see each other... (no w/o flapping jokes, idiots).
so, don't perpetuate the stereotypes! go meet somebody.
<i>A WEEK?</i> Gah, I played more then twice that much per day over the summer. Hehehe, and I'm not talking sims, tycoon games, or barbie's thing game, that was straight up NS gamin'. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> *good times*
<!--QuoteBegin--Liku+Aug 27 2003, 08:51 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Liku @ Aug 27 2003, 08:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Torgo+Aug 27 2003, 05:46 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Torgo @ Aug 27 2003, 05:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'll believe it when I see it.... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Exactly. I don't believe it, but wouldn't that be cool?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
*dreads the day when other girls find out how easy it is to be bombarded with complimenting guys every night while in the luxury of your own home, and playing an awesome game.* It will be a sad sad day, but soon enough girls/ ladies will find out, and all my fun will be ruined. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> Oh well, until then let the fun times roll! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
38% men 18yrs+ > 26% womem 18yrs+
21% boys 6-17 > 12% girls 6-17
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we have nothin to worry about.... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> altho i don't find it surprising that a lot of girls play games. all of my girly friends all play games.... i kick their butts at pretty much everything, but it's nothing new to me.
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Sadly same here, I play way too much :\
38% men 18yrs+ > 26% womem 18yrs+
21% boys 6-17 > 12% girls 6-17
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we have nothin to worry about.... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> altho i don't find it surprising that a lot of girls play games. all of my girly friends all play games.... i kick their butts at pretty much everything, but it's nothing new to me. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
[insert something about chauvinism]
[insert subtle apology and compliment for jane]
[insert too many smilies]
just followin' the format.
You aren't getting my phone number, but I do exist, and so do many other girl gamers. post your pic site:
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=10&t=42564&st=45' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...0&t=42564&st=45</a>
I'm on pg 4, Boo's on pg 4+5; p.s. she's a girl gamer too. Oh and you probably don't realize this but there are a lot of girl gamers who play with non-girly names and don't use their mic. There are more of these people then you think. There are many immature guys that can ruin the game for girls, so I contemplated the no talking/ non girly name thing myself until I found a really good server that didn't let guys treat girls poorly (you'd be surprised what guys can get away with, even when admins are on, you admins (on servers I don't play on) need to watch for that crap). <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I'm way too lazy to type anyway. Yay for good servers!
<!--QuoteBegin--BlaqWolf+Aug 27 2003, 09:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlaqWolf @ Aug 27 2003, 09:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->. . . altho i don't find it surprising that a lot of girls play games. all of my girly friends all play games.... i kick their butts at pretty much everything, but it's nothing new to me.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Meh BlaqWolf, you are fairly decent a player, don't make girls sound bad because you have teh skillz. Even though I am not very good a player, I still school many guys, so let's not go <i>there</i> shall we <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->.
You know I thought I saw a girl at a LAN once, I got kind of worried, but as I got closer I saw that she was just typing up a love letter to her boyfriend.
<!--QuoteBegin--BlaqWolf+Aug 27 2003, 09:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlaqWolf @ Aug 27 2003, 09:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->. . . altho i don't find it surprising that a lot of girls play games. all of my girly friends all play games.... i kick their butts at pretty much everything, but it's nothing new to me.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Meh BlaqWolf, you are fairly decent a player, don't make girls sound bad because you have teh skillz. Even though I am not very good a player, I still school many guys, so let's not go <i>there</i> shall we <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
heh... don't take it that way. you are pretty good too (esp that one game where we almost kicked ****). the girly gamers i play with aren't that good anyway, but i'm sure there are girl gamers out there that could smoke me before i was able to boot the game up.
i just found that % thing all messed up and i was clearing it up in me head.
no offense was intended.
mhmm keep making stuff up, LANs filled with lesbians, suuure.
I'm just a-prayin' that it's true <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
mhmm keep making stuff up, LANs filled with lesbians, suuure. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
*sigh* remember how I talked about those guys that ruin it for girls. . . /me points in dr.d's general area <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I meant one of the GUYS was interested in me *doesn't like girls, AT ALL* especially not like that!
--Jane
mhmm keep making stuff up, LANs filled with lesbians, suuure. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
dr. d, you're never like this. why now? what happened?
girls i've gotten to know have given me their #s... for diff reasons. some liked talking on the phone, one didn't want to call <i>my</i> num cuz of the bill, etc.
we're telling you flat-out that girls exist out there.
what's the problem?
mhmm keep making stuff up, LANs filled with lesbians, suuure. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
*sigh* remember how I talked about those guys that ruin it for girls. . . /me points in dr.d's general area <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I meant one of the GUYS was interested in me *doesn't like girls, AT ALL* especially not like that!
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Of course it was a guy that was interested in you, cause there wouldn't be girls there except for the ones that are trying to pick up guys like you hehe, besides we know lesbians only exist in movies.
Now let's stop all this non-sense about girls playing video games, eesh honestly.
<i>At least I think he's trying to be satirical. I hope...</i>
good call, but what do you doubt, exactly?
you said "i doubt it is true".
what is this in reference to?
obviously there aren't a fat lot of gaming girls to meet out there. just some, in my experience.
but they still exist. case closed. i mean.. w7f. they exist IRL.. they exist on games, too.
what.. i mean.. i just don't get it. why not??