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Sigmar · 06-19-2003, 05:14 AM

That sterotype is getting old-fashioned.

Two of the people in my circle of friends are girls who play games on a regular basis, one of which I find to be attractive and who I currently going out with [img]smile.gif[/img] Neither of them are labelled as nerds or geeks, times are moving on. In Gibraltar playing video-games isn't considered a nerd activity anymore, especially now with the introduction of games like GTA-3 and Vice city

I've found it's a more socially acceptable hobby nowadays.

So no I don't think a female gamer (or any other gamer for that matter) is bullied or consisdered a "nerd" (does it really matter if a number of people label you as a "nerd" if you're doing something you enjoy anyway?) simply because of her gaming activities, but because of other factors. She's just like every other person.

Before it used to be OK to believe that the only people playing videogames were kids between 10 and 14 playing games at every possible moment, the social image associated with us gamers is improving but it has not yet reached it's ideal status.

[ 06-19-2003, 05:16 AM: Message edited by: Sigmar ]

06-19-2003, 05:14 AM	#3
Sigmar Unicorn Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: N/a Posts: 4,222	That sterotype is getting old-fashioned. Two of the people in my circle of friends are girls who play games on a regular basis, one of which I find to be attractive and who I currently going out with [img]smile.gif[/img] Neither of them are labelled as nerds or geeks, times are moving on. In Gibraltar playing video-games isn't considered a nerd activity anymore, especially now with the introduction of games like GTA-3 and Vice city I've found it's a more socially acceptable hobby nowadays. So no I don't think a female gamer (or any other gamer for that matter) is bullied or consisdered a "nerd" (does it really matter if a number of people label you as a "nerd" if you're doing something you enjoy anyway?) simply because of her gaming activities, but because of other factors. She's just like every other person. Before it used to be OK to believe that the only people playing videogames were kids between 10 and 14 playing games at every possible moment, the social image associated with us gamers is improving but it has not yet reached it's ideal status. [ 06-19-2003, 05:16 AM: Message edited by: Sigmar ]