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Well, Scotland is awesome that way. :D But it's not exactly a widely popular dress code.

I am a bona fide female, and a bona fide gamer.

I play because I enjoy it. Just like everyone else. Why does it matter that I'm a chick. I love kickin' butt, and killing things. I love that WoW gives me the opportunity to do all these amazing things that I couldn't do otherwise. I love that moment when you first sign on and the dramatic music starts and I'm there in this other world, with all these amazing sights, and creatures, and I can do whatever I want.

IRL I work in a game store and hate nothing more when some idiot guy comes and asks me if I actually play games or do I just work there. Why is gaming automatically this male thing. Why is it so unbeleiveable that I am a girl, and I play WoW. I hate the question, why do I play? I play for most of the same reason any guy plays. It's fun.

I get to kill things, I am taken to this other world where the real world doesn't matter. I can be anything, and do anything. I can do magic, or I can be an assassin. I can ride a frickin' dragon! It's an escape, and it's a blast. Why should the boys have all the fun.

And if you find yourself face to face with another female gamer and want to know why she plays, save her the insulting questions of why, and just ask yourself "Why do you play?" 9 times out of 10 it's the same reason she does.

I play WoW simply because I love games. It didn't start with WoW though, it ended there through natural progression I suppose. One MMO got me going on this road, and it was the wonderful masterpiece called Shadowbane (now a hollow shell of it's once masterful glory). True PvP, you could kill a guild member if you so please and I loved being the scourge of my server. Joining guilds, ninja loot a rune, get a summons from a friend and bam...more enemies, and loved it. The game itself eventually fell apart at which time I made my way over to EQ, that passion soon fizzled out and I took a break, mainly for console playing. EQ2 came out and I felt it was time to get back into things...but leveling in that game sucks and 3 months in Antonica will do things to you. Then 2004 came around and *boom* WoW entered my life. I have been with it ever sense, with one little scurry into Guild Wars which maybe lasted a day at most...that game sucks.

I have been a gamer for as long as I cam remember, playing Mario on my Nintendo (the cute little gray one ::insert "awwwww" here::) and Jaws. Then Sega Genesis..the console to beat all consoles (major ahaha now). Then Nintendo64, yay for MarioKart. Then, WOW, what is this Playstation thing?! WOW!! Spyro!!! OMG theres a PS2 OMG!! ::drool for XBOX:: OMG a PS3, I have to have that!!! The XBOX360 later followed the PS3 because we felt we might as well have it. Keep in mind, my boyfriend and I have no kids, these are for us!

I think MMO's were just a course of nature, it had to happen. In regards to women and PvP, I love PvP, not BG PvP so much, but world PvP. I love going to some little Alliance area in a disputed zone and wreaking havoc. Yes, I am a ganker. I still have a little disrespect for WoW PvP after playing Shadowbane, which will always hold special place in my heart.

I get various responses to being a woman in WoW. It's either an apathetic attitude towards it, they don't believe me, they think I should be in the kitchen cooking dinner for my man, or that I must be some lonely, fat, ugly woman who can't get a date, why else would I be playing. I have come to the determination that the latter people are so afraid of women thats it's sad really. I have come across so many men who are obviously terrified of women, and we have now "entered their domain" and they don't know what to do, so they determined the best way to handle to situation is to act tough, so they act rude and stupid.

But there are so many men out there who go freaking crazy when they meet an RL female in 'their' game. My boyfriend considers himself lucky to have a woman who enjoys games, and I have guy friends tell me they wish their girlfriends were more like me lol.

Hello, I'm Fahx, and I'm a female gamer.

well frist of i'm a dued i one thing my freind told me was that female toons never get attcked they just have to brust in to dance then it's all good well i made a bet with my freind and said 1000g says your rong and i made a female human rouge casus i think ther easy to level and when i got to 30 me and my bud went to hissbred felids to go up to hord that were questing well the frist on ran away the second one danced with me and the 3rd 4th 5th 6th-19th 20th attcked me but 1 thing i did find out was that femail toons DO get more lot DO get attcked byw hord more and last but not lest get asked to dance A LOT

I'm a girl in RL as well.

I play a level 70 Blood elf rogue, am a pretty good player, and can be as vicious as any male player when it comes to elitistism.

I started when my boyfriend was driving me up the wall being on all the time, about 6 months before BC came out. Got my ally lock to 60, raided with her in MC/BWL, and that guild broke up.. so we rolled a holy pally and BE rogue and I'm still playing the rogue, lol.

It drives me up the farking wall when people freak out finding out I'm a female IrL. Especially when it comes to vent. Think they'd never seen a girl before...

I play with my wife, my main tanks, she heals or dps' (im the knight in shining armor :D )

but in all seriousness - she wipes the floor with me when it comes to pvp or just general levelling. its not even because shes at home more, she just generally PWNS ME!

i love playing with her online, it doesnt better curling up in front of a movie together... but it comes close ;)

I too am a female gamer. I grew up playing a random assortment of computer games, but WoW is my first MMO. My boyfriend introduced me to the game right before TBC and I've been hooked ever since.

It started with us playing toons together, we've leveled 2 pairs to 70 (2 rogues, 2 pallies) and have another set nearing 70 (priest/lock). I just recently started going solo and I am having a blast exploring the world solo on my lil gnome Warrior.

Why I play the game? Same reason why anyone plays any game--it's an escape from the toils of real life. Plus it goes really well with my goal-oriented personality.

I don't know if I'm lucky or just oblivious, but I have never been hit on or harassed in game because of my gender. Maybe its because I have always (until recently) played with my boyfriend or the fact that I am in a guild with many other women...

As a total noob, I've already seen what something like...playing a female draenei will get you. Like that when a bunch of male toons strip down and /dance everyone claps, but when I did it, I got 10 gold. Ok, well...thanks for my mount, I guess.

Love gaming and definitely female! Grew up with the board/card and actually outside game playing that kids use to do - lol! Moved onto to the original Pong - and haven't really looked back. My daughter plays WoW as well. Not my husband or son though - lol.

I love MMO's and play EQ2 as well as WoW. I've ventured into Aoc, LoTRO and GW as well but not playing any of those currently. WoW has alot of features I find interesting - its progession is easy, there is enough variety of activities to do - I personally love BGS, world PvP and leveling - that it keeps it entertaining.

I do find it interesting that 'girls/chicks/women' are suppose to have a reason to play games - why is that? All the women I know play for a variety of reasons - spouse/boyfriend plays or raiding or pvp or rp or escapism or just plain fun.

As for ingame all my toons but one are female. My main's guild knows I'm a woman - vent - but others I don't annouce it but do not deny it either. I don't care sex/age of other players as long as they play well and act maturely.

So..
I'm a girl, and a WoW player. I originally started playing as a way to keep in touch with a guy I absolutely consider my best friend. I found out a few other friends played, and they plotted against me.

I was more of a console gamer girl myself. I loved the Tomb Raider series and all of that . So I do consider myself a gamer girl, not a girl who likes a gamer. I just didn't think I'd like WoW so much, because I wouldn't want to spend the time on it, or that it'd be too role play, which I just haven't really been into.

WoW can be a good stress reliever, and it's fun to "hang out" with friends in game. We have a great time in my guild doing instance runs and all manner of things. I do like battlegrounds, but only every so often. I have been told I'm good at em when I do em, though.

All my toons are female, and I'll let a guy know if he asks that I am a girl. I don't advertise it. Seems like trouble. I've gotten hit on on my BE more so than my main troll female. (no love for the troll women!) and meh, it happens.
What was funny was when I was playing with my male friend on his female toon and I was on my main and he got hit on, not me. He mentioned he was a guy but I was a girl and the tables turned. :p

I think instances and now raids are my favorite things, but I do like collecting pets and random things like that. And all the holidays, I'm a nut about those.
So yeah...That's it. I have a lot of fun in game. Social aspects, the ridiculous amount of content, and mostly the FUN. That's what keeps me.

just to say i'm a real lady that love to wow, and it keeps me out of trouble. and this is my toon name on WOW also..
on moonrunner she is 1/2 way to 70 and on alex's serv i'm only lvl 5 lol sry i'll be lvlin her after i finish up moonrunner
i like these esp. and they help so much
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I dunno if I could be called a lady.. 36, full time job with part time school, so my WOW hours are limited.

My guild is pretty cool about the gender thing. I think they prefer it really, as we've got several kids, from pre-teens to post high school in the guild. Which, on one hand, sets the kids up with the right mentality, that girls can rock out the game too. ;) On the other, I think we help keep an even keel, as there's five of us that I know of, and three that I suspect. We're not on vent so it's all textual.

My main is a 64 NElf hunter. I only had the original to start with last year, not BC, so I took what I could play with. My friends that got me into the game told me to take a hunter as it was easiest to start with. That and they knew I'd love the pets. I wish we could have more than three! I have more pets in my bank than I do clothes, in fact!

I have mostly girl toons, but I do have 5-6 male toons. Don't like the looks of the undead, human, and orc males though. dunno why.

Before the guild I solo'ed my main to 39. And I found while being a lower level I got more of the "are you really a gurl!" comments than I do now that I'm higher up. And I have a ready answer for the idiots who scream "OMG You better be a real gurl playing that toon!" I simply tell them that I will be.. after the operation. Usually gets rid of them fast. I'm evil like that.

Why do I play? Relaxation, the social aspect, and doing something rather than mindlessly sitting in front of the TV. I've gamed since before Atari, although I can't remember what that old system was called now. I like most of the aspects of the environment, but the players can really tick me off some times. Seems our server is more of the immature brat population, though, so I go and play on lower pop servers for a break sometimes. But one of the most fun days I ever had was playing hide and seek with my friends in IF, giving hints through guild chat to find each other. Social and Silly and just plain fun.

I'm a chick thats obsessed with WoW. I've been playing for about a year. I don't get loot preferences or special treatment or even hit on. My gender, at least on my server, doesn't seem to be a big deal.

I recently started playing with my boyfriend though so I get special treatment from him =)

But I play simply because...well I don't know. The game is very addictive, esp. past level 50. I find myself becoming ever more competitive. But really, I like killing stuff and exploring and interacting with strangers.

Honestly, WoW is the only game that has ever dominated me like this.

Alright...

I'm a girl who plays WOW. I have several characters but mostly play my Hunter and Shaman.

I started playing about 8 months ago when my sister's coworkers wanted her to join them in their guild. Once she had it, I decided to try it out to see since I wanted to see what all my guy friends where into. Cause they at times would talk about it 24/7 lol!

What I enjoy about playing is being able to interact with others and have fun leveling and working as a time with our characters. I have never had a problem with people judging or anything. Cause they can tell I'm a girl by the way I talk in the chat box lol.

I've always been a gamer but WOW has made me become addicted to the computer at times :D

Both my better half and I play WoW; I'm the one who got him into it. We play together for the most part, and send each other various mats and crafted items. Nearly everyone in our guild either knows others in a non-WoW setting (work/school/long-established chatroom, etc) or is attached to someone who knows the rest, and gender has never been an issue.

I've always been more of an RPG player than a video gamer, because I get as much or more out of the social interaction of gaming as I do out of the actual game. If WoW were a single-player RPG I doubt it would interest me as much; similarly, if I didn't have any friends playing, it wouldn't be as fun. I don't mind joining instance pugs or questing with random strangers, but I enjoy it most when I'm playing with folks that I know.

I enjoy the explorative and creative aspects of WoW, as well as the cooperative aspects. While I can see the attractions of PvP, mainly that of fighting something that doesn't have a set routine or strategy, I don't enjoy it (which is why I live on a PvE server), and I really hate it when high-level toons flag and come to the starting areas and either kill the questgivers and vendors or try to trick the lower-level toons into clicking on them just so they can kill them. I really don't understand where the fun (or challenge) is in going after someone you can kill in one blow. I have a limited tolerance for battlegrounds; on one hand, they're (supposed to be) a cooperative effort with a distinct goal (other than to be a complete asshelm and pick on lowbies), but on the other, there's only so many times I can die in a stunlock before it becomes frustrating rather than fun.

I can't say that I've been treated any differently on WoW for playing female characters; so far in my eight months across multiple toons, I've only had two notable incidents involving toon gender. One time someone did several /boggle, /amaze, and similar emotes at my main, and then finally emoted himself sitting down to write a letter to the Azeroth Cryptozoological Society about having finally spotted a female dwarf. I laughed and he whispered me a bravo for going against the flow, and never spoke to each other again. The other time, someone spent a few minutes running in circles around my gnome toon while I was fishing in Darnassus, then started up with some lewd emotes and says and finished by saying that I was the perfect height for a blowjob and opening up a trade window with several gold in it. Perfect height to report him, too, although in retrospect I kind of wish I'd taken his gold before opening the ticket. ;)

All my toons are female and I'm a dude. When I first started to play wow I wanted to play character that I can relate to like a male human warrior, but I got quickly sick on how dumb the male toon looked while running so I decided to create a female human toon only this time I rolled a Paladin and yes I played her at first in the buff cuz I'm a guy but soon I started to get good gear and hey it actually looked good on her. 1-40 came quick and during that time I think I was asked about million times of I was irl a girl and I think I said yes maybe twice?
My main is still that female pally named Paladina I play solo no guilds no raid groups just me and my girl toon.

All of my toons are female and I am, well, female! I love playing the game, a friend of mine (Also female) got me playing and I'm so glad she did. I adore my guild, I adore most of the friends I've made, and I adore my toons.

It does, however, attract the menfolk. Especially when they've confirmed your gender on Vent or Teamspeak. This can cause problems.

I have 3 characters but usually play my main. Yes, I am a girl.

When I apply buffs, give advice or help out another character I always get told "thanks dude." If I am standing by another player and they comment on my "cool swords", "gear", etc. they always say "nice gear dude."

Every once in a while I will say "thanks, I am a girl." They ALWAYS ask "in real life?" I say "yes." That then starts a whole new conversation usually containing the phrase "not many girls play WOW" or "that's cool."

I have never been made fun of or had any bad comment said to me when they find out that I am a girl. There haven't been any bad comments typed in general or BG chat.

I started playing when our very close friends had been playing for years. One of which is a girl. My husband also plays and is a 70 Warlock.

We work from home so WOW gives us a nice "mind vacation" from work. Not as good a Vegas does, but pretty close! :-) The 5 of us (including our close friends) are all in the same guild and have 15-20 characters between us. We also all live within 15 minutes of each other which makes LAN parties great and puts a whole new spin on happy hours!

The 2 girls get great respect and of course our husband/boyfriends LOVE the fact that we are involved. Not for them mind you, but for us. :-)

First off, my girlfriend posted above, I won't say which but I pointed this thread out to her and she wanted to say something. Having a girlfriend who plays game is great... but I can't count how many times she has come to me and been pissed off when a guy says to her "WOW, you play games.....really"... It anger's her to no end.

I can say as a guy I have grouped with guild mates that are girls and we have a great time in fact some we joke with as if they are guys...I think they prefer and now after reading this board I see it, that they just want to be equal. It shouldn't matter.

I have done several runs in the past where I was on Vent and one person finds out a "real" girl (cause they've never seen one ;) is playing and they keep making small comments to find out if they are single or how old they are...and I immediately step in and say STOP....not happening. This is a game so leave the girl a lone, she's not her for a date. 9 times out of 10 I get a private tell saying "Thx".

Guys, stop making girls feel awkward, I think more girls would actually play game but are afraid because of this very topic. From my perspective they don't want to be girl gamers but rather just....gamers, like us. No one calls us Guy gamers, so why should it be different.

Fact: Girls play games too and yes they can be better then you and if they are let it be, don't bitch and complain a girl beat you, fact is "a gamer beat you" a better one.

Thanks all...

Valaar

I'm a 37 year old female that plays WoW. I got into it because my boyfriend and all his buddies from work were playing so the only way to spend any time with him was "in-game". Since then I have leveled a tanking, eppiced out druid and started my own guild which has helped many others reach 70.
My boyfriend and I still raid and do heroics together but our playstyles are different. He has not ever run a BG while I sport a whole lot of PvP gear.
I have made several friends in the game, we all hang out on vent and a great many of them are female. We have several married or dating couples in the guild as well.
I was never much of a gamer until I found WoW, I like all the aspects of the game PvP, raiding, helping others to level and most especially the economics. It is a well rounded game with a little something for everyone.
I have just leveled another druid to 50, when she gets to 70 she'll go resto, so I can have my fun healing as well. (I didn't know any better when I first started playing and leveled my 1st druid as resto to 58, this new one has been a whole lot easier.)
I also have 3 "little kids" that I will eventually get around to leveling, a 22 Mage, 22 Shammy and a 26 hunter.
I think it's wonderful that this game appeals to both genders as well as all age groups.

Druids For the Win!!!!
Asherahbear

I'm a girl. I am 24 and I love WOW. I started playing to see what the big deal was. I am glad I did. People constantly assume I am a guy and pretty much I ignore it. I am one of three girls in my main character's guild. I pretty much enjoy it. All my characters are girls except two who are undead males. I just love the undead males.

I'm guilty of being female.

My husband got me into it when we were dating. He's gone on and off of the game. I'm just kind of stuck with it.

I absolutely hate talking on the mic, or in vent. Hate. It. I rolled a male character and it just gets so annoying to have someone freak out when I start talking. I also hate being treated like I don't know what I'm doing. I was running BF with a set group and on our 5th time in I said something on the mic. I was instructed to put my boyfriend back on so the group wouldn't wipe. It's insulting but there's little to be done about it so I usually stay silent.

It seems to be the same no matter what game you play though, TF2 is just as bad.

I don't think it'll ever keep me from playing though.

Jopa/Undermine

/raise hand
question: how do u get ur girlfriend to start playing WOW?
im out of ideas

Kaxgre: show her this thread? ;)

Sko/Jopa: I would go absolutely bananas if anyone ever told me to shut up and put my boyfriend back on....

Have enjoyed reading these comments. Thanks, gals.

Hi

I still find it odd that men are so shocked that girls are into things they consider to be male populated. I study computer science and it still shocks me that both men and other women are really shocked when they find that out.

I am surprisedd that guys are a bit stunned when they meet a girl in wow, I get the same reaction when guy friends of mine irl found out I have a ps3 and an xbox. All I ask is.... why?

I'm 21 I love wow, I have fun, really chill out and escape in wow! and I love most aspects of the game. (obviously no-one enjoys being ganked)

I enjoy bg's even tho they sometimes leave me swearing my head off ;p, I love pve and also just farming on my main a Nelf Hunter. I love the challenge and challenge my Hunter wherever possible, and am always on the lookout for the best gear. I feel exactly the same as you guys do when you win a fight you thought you would lose.

All my toons are female and I never hide the fact that I'm a girl nor do I advertise it. I haven't received any special treatment because of this and nor do I expect to, I am forever being targeted by horde players right in the middle of a quest more so than my friends with male toons.

Yes I have had a number of ppl hit on me and usually I just beat them at there own game and have fun ;p I dont see it as a big issue or why society in general still seems to think girls dont flirt.

I think the real question here is why do you guys find it so shocking? we play for the same reasons as you and get the same pleasure from it. So why is it shocking to you that us girls play Wow (the greatest game in the world ;p) ?