"Girls" and Video Games

Aside from my annoyance of the constant word, "Noob". I noticed a climbing sexist trend in the video game world. Guys complaining that "girls never play video games". Yet we do.

The video game industry knows women play games or they wouldn't be creating such popular games as Wedding Dash, Diner Dash, The Sims, and an array of Cooking and Fashion games. Now some girls, like me, enjoy the good old RPG like Fable, Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft as well. But here's the catch... The requirement/acceptability to play RPG's (if you're female) is that you must be over 300+ pounds and be ugly as possible. Probably a butch lesbian too. At least that's what I've been told and have read a countless amount of times in general chat.

Let me set the record straight here. I am the only girl in my family. I was raised as a middle child between two brothers that did nothing but play video games. My older brother needed someone to beat and my younger brother needed someone to play with. I was hooked. I've always had a vivid imagination as well so RPG was right up my alley. I mean hello, think about it, isn't a fantasy RPG almost more of a female thing than a guy thing? Girl's fantasize about unicorns, princesses, a knight in shining armor saving us from the dragon, witches, mermaids, making potions (love) all that. From day 1 that is associated with girls. Where as boys are trained to play with army men and shoot and kill. So what gives guys the right to say that women don't play games (especially RPGs) and if they do, they must be repulsive?

When you think of a guy that plays World of Warcraft, do you not picture an overweight, acne faced, coke-bottle glasses wearing, haven't showered in 5 days, teen (or middle aged) male living in his parents basement?

Realistically, the odds that someone that fits that description playing a game like WOW are pretty good, but the same guy plays Call of Duty too. Are all women to assume only ugly overweight losers play games? Do YOU want to be judged that way?

So is it then possible that a normal, or even a good looking, girl could play Dungeons and Dragons AND Wedding Dash at the same time?

Be logical.

All I hear/see is guys complaining that "no girls play games", "no girls play RPG's".... really? So when a female responds with, "Well I do!" why do you retaliate with extreme hatred and anger using "Well then you must be a fatty"!

Beggars can't be choosers. Choose your words wisely.

Guys and the Twilight Saga

Maybe I should just really call them boys! At least that seems to be their mentality. They are constantly criticizing this movie line based off of .....nothing. They don't read the books OR go to the movie, yet they say things like "that movie sucks" or it's "gay". How does one form an opinion on something without actually experiencing it? You might as well say giving birth is no problem because you don't give birth!

When the first movie was released I was constantly being told that Robert Pattinson was gay. Best part about this was that every guy that exclaimed this said "Cullen" is gay. When I corrected them with knowledgeable information, that his real name isn't actually, "Cullen". They say "oh well...then the guy that plays him IS." ... ok *rolls eyes*

Why is it so hard for guys to just look past a good looking guy and just enjoy the damn movie? Are you too used to seeing a Blond DD bimbo running around with a guy that looks like Ron Jeremy? Why is that believable to you but not a good looking guy with a good looking girl? Is it because in your opinion he is better looking than her? Is it because it's not believable a guy could fall in love with a Brunette in a movie and not a blond. Or maybe it's the fact he's not repeatedly trying to screw her, call her a "ho" every two seconds and goes onto the next girl. I know you're used to that in the movies, but that's not how "Love" works.

For Christ's sake women do not like "Edward Cullen" because of his looks. It's his attentiveness. His security, his eyes only for her, his risks, his affection, you get the point. Everything a woman wants, never gets and always deserves. Do you, as a man, honestly want to be treated like shit? You seriously want a girl to tell you to fuck off every two seconds, but then have sex with you and then act like you don't exist two seconds later? You really do not want, deep down inside, to find the one to grow old with and make you happy? This world has turned so sour and so deeply evolved just around sex we treat each other like whores. There is no respect for anyone anymore, in any way. Girls are just "bitches and hos" and guys are just "assholes and pimps".

So a book (turned movie) comes along that is exact opposite. More realistic if you were a new person at a new school. Someone independent and strong living alone with your single father that's barely home. You aren't the blond tan retard that is bouncing up and down with super huge boobs in a high school movie. And you meet the "perfect" guy. Girls like this movie because it is realistic in the sense that they can relate to Bella.

Who the hell has parents that are married anymore? Who is outgoing and a cheerleader now-a-days? Exactly. So for all the Shallow Childish guys that think "Edward" is gay is setting a horrible example on how women should be treated and show their true feelings towards a guy they are jealous of. So retarded and sad. I have yet to say that Transformers sucks just because a woman (Megan Fox) is masturbated to everyday by a bunch of guys. Guys that love the movie, just because SHE is in it. Not the movie itself, not the storyline, oh no because that is NOT what movies are about, they are about looks. You shallow assholes have proved that is the most important thing about a movie. Guy or Girl. The guy better be uglier/fatter than you and the girl better be hot and naked otherwise the move "sucks" or is "gay".

I really feel bad for the Twilight franchise not getting more support from the male community, for not actually considering the story and basing everything off of hearsay and immaturity.

After all how many movies do us ladies have to see other naked women in running around for no reason? Imagine if we based movies solely off that like you guys do?!

"Jacob is too buff" "Girls only like the movie because naked buff guys are in it" "Edward is too pale" "Edward is a pole"

Shut...the...fuck..UP! Deal with it like we have to!

Learn that Jacob is buff because he is a friggin' werewolf. Learn the guys are "naked" (but not really because they wear shorts) because they are 108 degrees and overheat, not to mention every time they transform they rip their clothes to shreds.

Edward is PALE because he's a VAMPIRE geniuses. And he's thin because that's his build

Cry me a River, Boo-frickin'-hoo!

Racism, Hairism on Dallas Thanksgiving Game

So as I sat on the couch Thanksgiving night, drowning out the annoying relatives, I had no choice but to pretend I was watching Television. Of course after a long day's hard work for the Women slaving all day they get rewarded with what? Watching Football while the ungrateful family is not at the dinner table but huddled around the TV. She got to start her day at 6am, maybe earlier while the fatty husbands and brother in-laws slept in and enjoyed their day off. Instead of helping wifey they sit with their hands in their pants and sipping beer, getting drunk while they wait for the first football game of the day to turn on. Or perhaps he ditched you to do some much needed Deer Hunting. Because even though he hates the taste of venison he just wouldn't be a man if he didn't "get a deer this year".

So the game is on and you don't want to start trouble. You remain quiet and pretend to watch. Only it's half-time. The Dallas Cheerleaders are on.....great. You notice MOST of them are broom-headed blonds. (I refer to them as broom-heads because that is what their hair looks/feels like) Dry and horse like from overprocessing. You notice the camera guy NOT focus on Daughtry, the band that was performing, but only the cheerleaders which are dancing too fast to such a slow sad song. The camera man flows slowly one by one down the front row. Blond, Blond, Blond, Blond, I see a gorgeous African American woman coming up and I want to see her face as well, seeing as the camera man was so gracious to put us in the presence of persistent close ups of the Yellow haired Angels.. as the camera graces past the last blond and you see the Brunette hair and ebony skin come into view the camera quickly pulls back and turns fully onto the blond that was standing next to her. He does a scan of her body and then continues to pull backwards going back down the line of blonds you've already seen again.

I, at first though..."hmmmf, that's weird". But didn't expect it to happen again. But it did. Again, ...and again....and again. Constantly with any African American Woman. At one point the camera man must have took a bathroom break because the camera was on one blond for a full minute. Not the band.. not any fans, ......just that one blond. I immediately nudged my boyfriend and said "look at this?! they won't show Black women or Brunettes...just Blond white women!".. just when he finally looks the camera man (or perhaps a different one) pans down the back row of cheerleaders... all the way to the left and there is a Caucasian Brunette dancing. Light skin, bright blue eyes, dark shiny wavy hair (She reminded me of Megan Fox).. as soon as the camera got a glimpse of her shoulder with the dark hair against it, it automatically starting panning the other way...then suddenly it zoomed in on her face for a millisecond and then cut back to the blond we were stuck on moments earlier (again). I really saw it this time...I saw the Racism..and the Hairism. Caught! As the cheerleaders departed the field...the camera man once again blessed us females with an ass shot of the squad. As they formed a line and walked past the camera it was blond, blond, blond, blond, blond, oh i see dark hair coming, the camera then turned around and followed the blond (that was in front of the upcoming Megan Fox) until she was out of sight and then the football game restarted.

WHAT THE FUCK?!

Screw it ladies...no longer should we be nice about a guy that has thinning hair or is bald. If sexy styled Dark hair is your thing let it be heard and be a fuckin' shallow bitch about it. Welcome men into OUR world. A world YOU created. But wanted NO consequences!

"Flexitarian"? BAH!

Meet the "FLEXITARIAN"

It's an okay article but i think it's a gay term. In other words she's just an omnivore. You can't be 90% vegetarian and 10% meat eater and consider yourself vegetarian . Hi, there is VEGGIE SAUSAGE if you love sausage so much. I don't eat the meat because of the simple empathy towards animals and their mistreatment. I find it selfish to kill a living breathing sweet innocent animal simply because there is no other food on earth you can consume. Plus the health benefits of not eating meat are simply astounding.

I think she, and the entire article are Ridiculous. The best part is when they talk about meat eaters that sometimes incorporate a 'vegetarian' meal. Umm... you mean like a salad (w/bacon bits, ham, chicken and bacon dressing of course) before you sink your teeth into that rare bloody steak? Then it's not a vegetarian MEAL!

R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D!!!

almost as bad as people using the statement "I'm a swinger" instead of "I'm gay"

Haiti

Meet Haiti, She likes long walks on the beach, poetry, Marilyn Manson and having control over your soul. Piss her off and you'll become nothing but a floating head worshipping the very ground she walks on. Obey and you'll be rewarded heavily.

So I've been level 80 for quite a while now and it's not what i expected but it's not bad either, I like the feeling of accomplishing my goal. The Necro class has gone threw quite a few changes in the past months and for the better i might say. In the beginning it was the hardest class to play (next to the demonologist) because of being so squishy and your spells nor pets did much. At least with the demo their spells can do over 1k damage. Haiti's will never be that High until a level cap of 100 is reached. With the last changes to the Neco class, the pets were buffed up more, capabilities are more often and they were given more hit points. A lot of people complained about this for some reason (probably because they spec into the ice feat part of the tree) but really, it's for the better if your playing your necro the 'correct' way in my mind.

My advice to any that are building a necro is to put your feats into your pets! Remember you mainly a PET class. They do your bidding so make them as uber as possible. Going down the ice feats is just foolish in my opinion, but hey trying something new/different is fun too!

Don't let anyone tell you how to play your class, play your class the way you want to play it and enjoy the game. Remember you can solo AOC!

Crazy Asian Canadian

If you're not familiar w/the story...

Read full story here, Crazy Asian Canadian

I was informed of this event by my younger brother who couldn't believe it happened. I however, was not shocked. In fact I replied, "it's about time, we're about due for another crazy person/event like this, been awhile". Not that i support or like this type of thing but hello.. Gein, Gacy, Bundy, Dalmer. I know this guy isn't a serial killer (yet) but he's definitely the type. Best part is how he's acting all sad about what he did now. I guarantee if he's let loose he'd do it again. He knows what it's like now and obviously enjoyed doing it. Wouldn't doubt if he was a little happy in the pants as well. The act of playing god gets these guys off.

My brother commented, "What's with these Asians?" When I asked what he meant he kindly reminded me of 1. Crazy Asian guy that killed multiple people in upper Wisconsin a few years ago during the deer hunting season. 2. Crazy Asian that killed multiple people at Virgina Tech, and now 3. Crazy Asian on bus.

To be fair I did correct him by letting him know that 84% of all psychotic serial killers are WHITE men mostly starting their killing sprees in their twenties. Canada is still safer than the US no matter how you look at it. The United States is the hands-down leading producer of serial killers, with 76% of the WORLD'S total! Europe comes in a distant second with a measly 17%. England has produced 28% of the European total, Germany is close w/27% and France is 3rd w/13%.

Interesting considering these are the WHITEST countries.

Something to think about to all those caucasian guys out there who think they are sooo superior.

AGE OF CONAN

So I finally can get on and have been playing for about 1.5 days. It's extremely glitchy. My first class was the Necromancer ( been the main reason I even purchased the game ) followed by the Ranger and the healer. I've been switching between the three and the Necro is definitely the Hardest one. You're very week and you're minions don't seem to help much. Yet I can stand and fight just fine against 5 enemies with my Ranger and kick butt. My cleric's Holy damage is devastating and usually 1 cast can kill an enemy (so far). I'm hoping as I level up though my Necro's true colors shine threw. As with any game I've played so far (DDO and LOTRO for example) the Spell casters are usually always weaklings till the later levels where they can pretty much solo anything or kill the most skilled fighter type with a click of a spell or two, plus they can mega buff themselves.
I am impressed with the graphics and unique atmosphere of the game.
An assortment of characters and the character creation itself is awesome! ( You can even have Tattoos! )
I preordered my game from Gamestop and got it a day before release even! With the preorder I got early access (3 days early), A War Mammoth, and little book, which I haven't read yet.
The downtime for this game within the 3 days it's been up has been horrible. I think if they're going to get everything ready for the big release tomorrow (May 20th). Then they should have done that in the last 5 hours leading up to the official release. Not everyday, constantly shutting it down. So us people that paid for the early access get screwed! :(
My biggest complaint in the creation of the game isn't so much nudity itself but the fact that the only nudity is, OF COURSE, on the females. Heaven forbid us girls that like to game get to see any meat on the guys. Wouldn't want the males out there to feel inadequate like we do every 2 seconds the T.V., Movie, Video Game or Internet is turned on. I thought I could just ignore it but it's hard to ignore guys that create female characters just to look at them naked. Sadly, it's probably the ONE and ONLY FEMALE they ever have or will see naked, next to their Moms.
So far the only NPCS in the game that act like dirty retarded hookers are the blonds.. At least there is some Fact to the game. Hehehe

AGE of CONAN - Early Acess Disappointing

I was VERY excited for this game to come out. I pre-ordered it and paid extra to get early acess to the game. I downloaded the GIANT file, Larger than both DDO (Dungeons and Dragons Online) AND LOTRO (Lord of the Rings Online) put together. It took over 12 hours for the download with an uber fast connection and a decent computer. The next day I was pretty much downloading any patches that we needed while awaiting the 17th of May when us early acess people could finally log into the game. While the nice movie trailer played yesterday and I was able to get all the way to the actually log in part. However, it wasn't yet time for release. So I was all set to go for Today (May 17th). Well, Now it's 6:36pm and I still can't get the game to work. All patches are done, everything is downloaded..blah blah blah.. And now the movie trailer plays with sound and a beautiful Black screen.. Which then mixes with some thick blue lightening and then turns into a vortex and now I have the background of some mountains and a sunset. Then some of the mountains disappear and now i have glitchy looking balloon on my screen and I cannot go any further. According to forums the patch will fix this.. now we wait again another 3.5 hours. And still it fixes nothing. There is no help on the website and the only place with any information is the tentonhammer.com. Anyways I ended up redownloading everything as some of the people on the forum suggested and guess what? NOTHING Changed. This is Bull!

The website says nothing but that they're adding yet another two servers cuz of high demand and they're glad to see that so many people are enjoying the game! :( Blah

This sucks. I'm not about to run out and get a new video card when I just watched the videos yesterday, what's going on? Very disappointed!