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Will The Real Women Of WoW Please Stand Up

I know a few women who play WoW. I have talked with them on Vent and they are real. I also know several people who claim in chat to be women.

And of course there are dudes who roll female toons, for whatever reason: sometimes for asthetics, sometimes to get more loot 'cuz they're a chic' or sometimes to see themself dance... weird.

Now I'm a guy in RL and yes I have a few female toons and it's fun.

Somehow it's so much more gratifying to have a woman toon go kick the crap of of a dragon or hold their own in bgs.

For some reason, it seems to me that female toons get treated a little kinder, sometimes get loot preference but are hit on far too much. It's kinda awkward being a dude and having some young pup of a kid ask my female toon to dance for him... again weird.

Anyway what I really what to know is how many women play WoW.

Really.

And it's not to pick up on them. Trust me, I've got that area of my RL covered quite nicely thank you very much. I am in LA, by the beach, living the dream: playing WoW, getting paid and enjoying this life. There are plenty of RL women around whose company I enjoy.

So I'm just curious how many women play WoW and why do they do it? Is it for some of the same reasons I play? Do they like killing things or gaining rep or making pretty dresses (Yes I have an alt the makes pretty dresses and I Love It - Rich Purple Silk Shirt for the AH Win!)

Do women play WoW with their partner or by themself? Do they get hit on all the time? Do they like kicking the crap out of people in PvP?

Just curious.

If you're a woman - a real life woman and not some dude who wants to pretend they are a chic - then comment here and give us your thoughts. What do you like about the game and what would you change?

And Dudes - again, this is for the ladies. Don't mess it up. If you're smart, you could learn how to treat a lady by listening to what she says here. So for your sake, and for this post - shut it.

Ladies, the microphone is all yours...

Reader Comments (73)

I'm a girl too, and I've been playing since about 6 months after release when I bought myself a computer that could play it. I've always been interested in RPGs, and being a mac/console gamer previously, never really had a chance to check out MMORPGs (EQ didn't count because the mac servers were separate from the PC ones and hence completely deserted).

I liked Warcraft 2 and 3 for their storylines but I'm terrible at RTS games, so when I first heard about World of Warcraft I thought "meh" because I thought it was going to be like Warcraft. When I finally did my research on it, I realized it was the exact game I've been looking for my entire life.

I pulled my fiance off of Guild Wars to join me right away by buying him his own copy of the game. We've been playing it together extensively ever since in both factions, I have 4 level 70s and 4 more 60+ characters I leveled pre-BC that I'll probably start playing again when Wrath comes out.

The two of us have found our best combination is him as a protection paladin and myself as a restoration druid. Our favorite pastime is to grab three random other people and go AoE-farm heroics in an hour or less. We tend to make a name for ourselves on any server we roll on, and the friends we make online have to compete for spots in our quick instance runs. Our favorite is Shattered Halls -- 5 badges in only 45 minutes! I just love making friends that way.

My favorite parts of the game are PvE. I love doing all the quests I can, getting exalted with as many factions as possible. Leveling every class to 70 and getting them outfitted with epics. I'm not big on PvP, but I have dabbled in arenas and battlegrounds from time to time for some gear upgrades.

I never get hit on. Ever. I don't keep it a secret that I'm a girl, but most end-game guilds have plenty of female members already and are mature enough that they're not surprised by another. There's the occasional crush from a younger male guildmember, but they know very well that paladin I run with is my SO. It's kinda cute in a way.

July 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKiryn

I've been playing since about a week before christmas and, of course, am a female (otherwise why would I reply here?). I got dragged into WOW my bro-in-law and best friend Todd. After a year of trying to get me into he finally buys it so I say 'Ok'.

Two months, give or take, and I have a lvl 70 Druid named Swifthania and about six other toons. WOW has become an addiction for me. I love the thrill of leveling and being a druid (i'm also fond of my 55 hunter). I absolutely adore my guild, Buterballz, and everyone in the guild. WOW has become a big thing for me.

As for the flirting? Well actually I don't get much people flirting with my toons (even though they're all female...I just can't imagine playing a male...). Actually most people assume that my main 'Swifthania' is a male. I can't tell you how many times someone has referred to her as 'he' or 'dude'. It's pretty much the most irritating thing ever. Especially those few idiots who continue to call me a guy even after I let them know I'm a female (hell, my toon is a female). Do I have to put on a frilly dress and get followed around by a cute little kitten or rabbit for them to get the picture?

BTW, Butterballz is totally run by a woman. Heck most of our co-gms are female. Bwahahaha!

-Swift

July 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSwifthania

I'm female, I play WoW... I make female toons, and I've considered rolling a dude, because I get hit on in the game. Now, not from my guild, my guild jokes with me, but I know them, it's different. But It's always kind of weird to have strangers just PST me, about if I'm "really that hot IRL" Seriously? more female toons on the game are MALE irl, than female.... So aren't you taking an awful big chance in PSTing me, that I'm not some big, gurly, hairy, man, playing a chick toon, so that I can watch her butt while she's running?

OH, and feel free to actually PST me, if you're up for some fun times playing!!

Realm: Eldre'Thalas
Guild: Dark Aeons
Toon: Svenofnine (BE Priest)

July 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSvenofnine

Hey! I am almost 21 and very much a RL chick. I have played wow now since January of this year and I have a 70 hunter, 65 Rogue, 48 Priest, and a 27 Mage. I play the game mainly because its a great way to disappear from my troubles in life if only for a little bit and relieve and stress and tension I have built up that day on as many monsters as I can. There is something nice about knowing that when you log on you can be whatever the heck you want to be for a while whether that's an awesome Mage, A sneaky thief, or just a kick ass in your face hunter : ). And yes I also like to look good while I am beating up on the poor boars, spiders, and such so I am on a mission to collect all the dresses in the game. So that's basically why I play. I have a saying I like to say before a big battle, " Time to kick some ass and look hot doing it!" Hehe It basically sums it up for me.

As for do I get hit on a lot in the game most definitely. I can't count the number of times some guy decided my draenei looked cute in whatever she was wearing that day ( Festive Purple Dress, Lovely Red Dress, Vestment of Summer, Simple Dress, White Traditional Hanbok, Dark Green Wedding Hanbok, Royal Dangui, with Red Traditional Hanbok being the one I wear the most. ) and decided he had to comment on it by flirting with me. I even had some guy buy me Red Winter Clothes in the hopes that I would dance around in the outfit for him *~*.

I also notice that when questing with a group of guys they seem to pass on loot a lot letting me have it. Same with letting me have the chests ans such. I also seem to get healed first : P. I was in a party in hellfire one time and the healer that was with us was too busy over healing me and relic ( pet at the time. Got a new one now names Bait. ) to take care of the other members and we ended up getting owned as a result.

I don't know HOW MANY TIMES I have been asked the question, " I don't mean to be rude but are you really a girl?" I considered making a macro so I didn't have to waste the energy confirming it lol but that seemed a bit lazy. I am definitely not quiet about being a RL girl in the game if asked I will tell you. I love dancing naked in stormwind especially if you can con some other girls into doing it too and they bring some guy friends and before you know it you have every player in SW naked and dancing : O. GREAT fun naked dueling is cool too. I love my outfits and the Red Winter Clothes has actually become one of my favs. So I wear it alot now too. ( I only remove my gloves, chest piece, Tabard, and shoulder pads when wearing it so I still have pretty good armor and can quest ).

Anyway this is a little about me and why I play the game.

July 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBonnie

Hey there. I'm a gamer chick and what most of the other women in this blog have said is pretty much the truth. It might have been shocking that females played nerdy games back in the pen and paper D&D games... but it's a new time with much greater things ( such as World of Warcraft).

So, I'm 17, female, and started playing about two years ago. I was sick of listening to some guy in my math class talk about how his little friends were going to go to some 'raid' thing and kill 'elves'. I always read fantasy books, so I was pretty annoyed at the thought of killing Tanis Half-Elven. How rude! So I went out and bought the game.

Note. I called myself a gamer at the time because I played The Sims 2 almost all the time... but when I logged into WoW for the first time, I fell in love. I was a cute little Night Elf Rogue... grinded to 47 and was still in whites and a few random greens. When I disappeared, my boyfriend got the game to join me as a Night Elf Warrior, learned how to do well with quests and out leveled me in a few days. (Ugh!) I worked to keep up and when Burning Crusade came out, I made my first 'pretty' elf: Alyssae, a Blood Elf Priest.

I rolled her on a RP server and pretty much stayed level 5 for a few weeks until my boyfriend taunted me with pretty level 26 clothes... then level 40something... so on. Eventually I fell in LOVE with playing my priest and quit RPing so much.

Today, I'm stayin' up late with the guys in Kara and healing my amazing raiding guild's 25 mans.

How's THAT for a full story of a female's life in the game? I assume I wasn't really picked up on too much simply because I am obviously taken. And everyone is aware that I'm female and damn good at what I do. ;)

Gamers can be chicks just as much as guys. So even though some of us may start off poorly, give us a chance. We'll end up beating you on all the charts. *grin*

July 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlyssae

hi! im a RL female and i play wow
my ex got me into playing; i stayed cuz i love raiding :)

i got lucky, i havent heard any rude comments in wow for a very long time.
until just recently, i was leading my group thru kara, someone popped in vent; i said hi, and just kept going. the "guest" interrupted me: zomg you guys have females in your guild? how lucky! i dont have any. me:(jokingly) there's a lot more of us in wow than you think. "guest": we'll that's cuz you're a b*&^.
before my jaw could even drop, several people alt-tabbed and booted the kid; came back saying "no worries hails, it's taken care of" and we kept going. to be honest, this is why im in this guild -i know the guys will always have my back. when i have a recruit in my run who's making comments about me or other women in the raid, the guys will do a /cheer in /g when i tell him to shut up.

show me a girl in wow who's not getting hit on every single day and i will buy you your next epic flying mount!
being a girl in wow, you definitely have to learn to ignore certain comments and learn to laugh at if-you-could-do-a-cartoon-character-who-would-it-be type conversations

i dont get stuff for free cuz im a girl, i get gear cuz im a kick-ass tank; in fact, im pretty sure girls in all epics always know what they're doing.there's not a single raid leader who will take a crappy player just to have a girl in the raid.

i get competitive when it comes to damage meters, i beat guys in duels, and if i get talked into pvp i really enjoy killing the shit out of the horde... just as much as anyone else!

ps: i wish you'd get a girl to play with you on project lore!!

July 31, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHaileigh

Hi, I'm a girl and I play World of Warcraft!

I've been a gamer forever, though my interest has usually been mostly in the sorts of games made in Japan -- J-RPGs and the like. A few of my friends -- girls, incidentally -- got into WoW, and hearing her talk about it got me interested, so she bought me a copy so I could try it out. I got addicted really fast. I currently play a 70 Tauren Boomkin, I do Kara and ZA every week with my casual guild, and I really do enjoy the game.

But I do think that I enjoy it for different reasons than guys. For one thing, I'm really, really into lore, and I get annoyed a lot when lore is sacrificed for the game experience. Like making Illidan, Kael, and Vashj evil endbosses. It just frustrates me. I read all the quest text and genuinely love the storyline of Warcraft. I think that's the thing that I enjoy most about the game, actually, progressing through the story and living in such a big, beautiful world.

That's not to say I don't like my big Starfire crits and seeing bosses fall, though. I definitely do. In fact, another difference between me and the male players I play with is that I enjoy the kill and the learning more than I enjoy getting loot upgrades.

Another difference I've noticed is that I actually really care about what my character looks like, and I like different things than my male colleagues. Big, bulky, intimidating gear doesn't impress me as much as elegant, stately gear, which makes me glad that I'm clothkin most of the time. That's the main reason I'm not interested in playing a rogue or a warrior, actually ... the gear is just so boring looking to me!

I don't think girls and guys play for that different of reasons, though. Girls like to see enemies fall, they like to feel tough in their characters' skins, they like looking cool. There are some differences, just because we're wired different, but I've met girls of every class and raid role and skill level, and even among us, there are different reasons for playing.

I think there are a few things in wow that make the experience different for women. One is that girls just get a hard time in wow. We really are treated differently. Luckily, I play a tauren, so we don't get hit on as much as belves, nelves, draenei, or human girls, but you'd be surprised how many times I've had the strangest /tells asking my name and where I was from. I think more people want to be friends with you if you're a girl in WoW. So they'll be extra sweet to you or watch their language (totally unneccessary, considering I swear like a sailor) or they'll help you do quests or give you first pick on loots. And then, on the other side, there are moments of outright harrassment, where people will boo you in a BG because they think you'll bring it down, or ask you to step out of a group before a tough boss because they know a guy who they think could do a better job.

The other thing is that, when you're a girl, you really notice that wow is made with guys in mind. Not because of the way the female models are oversexed, which I don't mind, but because there is NO sexualization of the male models. It's actually very frustrating. When the girls do sexually provocative dances, it's to be sensual, but the nelf and belf dances are just meant as jokes. I was so angry with Blizzard beefed up the male blood elf model in beta. Was that neccessary? They're a race of magic users, and I was actually looking forward to playing a really attractive male model. What's frustrating isn't how sexed up the girls are, it's the double standard. Why is Onyxia's female form elegant and sultry while Nefarian's is just a brute? Why do the female characters have pouty come-hither expressions while the guys only glare? The men are all hulking monsters and the women are all slender sex kittens. Why can't we have some compromise?

Just a thought.

I'd love to see a girl on Project Lore. I think one could add a different perspective.

July 31, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRosa

Hi! I started playing WOW when I moved in with my boyfriend 2 years ago. He got me into it because he knew he would be spending long hours playing it and wanted me to play too so we could play together(and he says, so I wouldn't get mad lol). Now I'm hooked and I love it! We have a great combo too, he's a tank (druid) and I'm a healer (pally). He's in the military too, and when he's gone I still keep playing and talk to my friends online and have a great time. It was easy to get me hooked because I like video games and this one is the best. I like to work on my trade skills and quest to make money and earn rep to learn new patterns. I like to raid to get new gear and kill new bosses!

I also like the lore behind the game and have read almost all the books. I like going into kara and knowing what happened there and why it is like it is. One thing about how "sexed up" the girl characters are, maybe it's for the girls/guys who play to feel sexed up and desired? I don't get that much because I play a dwarf, and I bet gnomettes don't get it either, or orcs or tauren, or even trolls. The only sexed up characters I can think of are the blood elves, night elves, and draeni. I think the human females are just goofy (they do the macarena!).

Anyway, we play together and have fun(and I play alone and have fun-- even with other gals in the game), and when we recently got married we tried to order copies of out characters for cake topper, but we didn't get them hehe.

August 1, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterErliona

I am not a female, but when I play wow, I often see my mom playing a lvl 58 on her own computer. Wow has been the first game she has ever really played a lot, unfortunately my mom had a crappy desk and held the mouse at a bad angle which damaged her shoulder, she still plays but now at a better desk and with her left hand while her whole right arm heals.

August 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterInternetTom

I'm a real woman, I play a female toon. A Draenai Mage to be totally exact. Why? Cuz I love gaming, and whats better than an MMORPG? LOL. No seriously, its fun, its social and I like RPG's so all the questing etc suits me, I've yet to get into pvp but I can't wait to now!

There are many advantages and disadvantages to being a woman on WoW. Mostly the disadvantage is the idiots that think because your a girl therefore you must be crap at the game. But its also great when your in a good guild, they know your a girl because all the guys tend to want to help out more when you need it. I;ve made tonnes of friends, I love my guild and I have fun, thats what it is all about.

September 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEllie

I'm a real woman. I started gaming when I was young on the account that I had 5 brothers and no sisters in my home. I go to a tech school now and I started playing WoW because I was sick and tired of listening to people talk about it 24/7 and not having a clue what anything meant.

I play mainly because I find it fun. My favorite part is raiding which for a while I was doing everyday of the week. My roommates (3 girls) and I all play WoW and we generally play together. I don't think anyone has seriously hit on me in WoW. Throughout most of my time playing it has been a well known fact around those that are in my guild and friendly guilds that I am engaged. Hell, for a while I was only known has 's fiance. I have silenced rooms with talking and caused wipes from it too because pugged players realized 'OMG there is a girl'.

I also play because of the people (the ones I like at least), the atmosphere and because I get bored at work. I also enjoy being able to talk to people who are more perverted than me for once.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnani

Hi! I'm a girl too that plays WoW .. Like an addiction. About half my guild are also girls. :D Starting to outnumber the guys in the guild.

I play WoW because of my dad acually . He brought it home back when I was still living with my parents and soon after like a few days I was getting on his account to play my own toon I had made on there, a tankadin who is long since gone :( since I went and got my own a week after playing on his. I've always been a gamer girl since ..well forever. Yeah I'm major nerd. Before WoW I played RPG's ( DnD, White Wolf , ect . The kind with dice and paper >.> ) I played Command and Conquer , All the Blizzard games (Diablo, Starcraft , OLD SCHOOL Warcraft : Orcs Vs Humans and the whole line) Pretty much a tom boy / daddy's girl since the get go. But just never played a online till this one.

I really dont PVP except when I can get a good upgrade from there. I very much like the rep grinding (Dungeon wise. Farming tomes / armaments = BLEH!) and Raiding :D

I've had alot of people , I'm sure everyone whose female has had this problem, where they dont believe your a girl unless you talk to them on Vent / In game Voice , ect.

Which vent + perverted girls is hillarious. My Guild Leader caused a wipe in Kara by fake-moaning. Healers + tanks lost focus..and hillarity happened.

I have a plethora of toons. Its redicilious. ( 70 Warrior Tank, 70 Destro Lock, 70 MM / Surv Hunter, 70 Fire mage, 70 Resto Shammy.. a couple scattered lowbees and /gasp 2 Horde toons. 50 Tankadin + 35 Rogue :D)

I find for some reason..when your playing a tank and you say your female people have a hard time of accepting that your acually a girl that can tank. "Your a girl tank? No way." Like I should be playing some other class or something. >.<

Which I've had a few men tick me off that way. My guy friend has a pally tank and I have a lowbee one (my main tank being warrior) And he Tried to say once that he taught me to tank on the pally.. my guild master and me set him straight on that. When I play a class .. I research out all aspects of it. What Spec I want to play. What gear I need / Buff food , pots, Elixirs , ect. What rotations to use. Even what Professions they are going to be before I make them.

So ya. A Guy or anyone (who I've know like a week ) claiming to have taught me how to do stuff just is one of my major peeves. Its like people, when your a girl, think you cant do stuff / dont know how to play your class.. just for the fact your a female.

So ya. Theres my little rant. Sorry about that. Not normally so verbose.

September 15, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterIntegral

Oh God, not this again. Before anyone decides I'm an easy target in this "debate" (As I know I'll get people telling me I just don't understand, as always), I want you to know one thing:

I understand. I just want people to shut up about this whole thing. While the comments on the Internet about this subject have, over time, ranged from "Men sound surprised when they find out I'm a woman" to "Men are so sexist!", I have found very few people willing to stand up and say "We know you play games! Shut up about it! You're perpetuating the problem!"

What problem is this? It's the problem of nobody being able to drop this "issue". People talk about "making games to appeal to the female demographic", but the fact is that a game that's marketed to any group of people other than "People who would want to play this game" instantly fails.

And yet, the "issue" of "girl gamers" is an omnipresent one. On one side, we have female gamers touting their own presence. On the other, horny lads with easy access to the Internet.

Who wins? Certainly not us, the people who want no part of this situation. Back to the situation at hand, which has become a pitched battle.

For the purposes of brevity, the "female gamers touting their own presence" are Side 1, and the "horny lads with easy access to the Internet" are Side A.

Side 1 forms "female-only" groups, segregating themselves from the wider community. At first glance, given that the wider community contains Side A, it seems sensible enough. But then again, Side A isn't all of us.

Side A is surprised when females - who have mostly either segregated themselves or not bothered to make their gender known - make themselves known. Of course they are. Side 1 has ensured their own rarity.

As Side A is populated by horny idiots, the result is obvious. Side 1 concludes Side A is to blame for not "behaving properly". Side A wants sex. Side 1 sees this as further proof of immaturity and/or sexism, depending who you ask.

And then there's the rest of us. Who are we?

We're Side µ. We're the ones who don't see a person's gender as being an issue. We're the ones who consider "-only" clans to be (at best) stupid and (at worst) discrimination.

We're the ones who game, rather than the ones who complain.

September 23, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBlayze

I'm a girl and I play WoW. Most girls that I know that play play for social interaction, to get attention, or to play with their boyfriends.

Well, I play with my boyfriend, but I don't play for any of those things.

I am the only girl in my guild, and my guild cleared Sunwell. Most people talk to me and can't believe that I'm a girl and I have cleared Sunwell, a place many boys would give anything to even see. They think I must not have good gaming reflexes or something.

I don't flaunt I'm a girl since most people will automatically think I was given free gear or my boyfriend plays my character. But there are hard core WoW girls out there, they may just be hiding =)

September 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRaeina

I am a 34 yoa woman that loves to play WoW. My stepsons got me into the game pre-BC. Even though I've never dinged 70 (yet), I have played off and on for a couple of years with lots and lots of enjoyment. I started on a PvE with an Alliance warrior and hunter. I only capped each somewhere in the 30s due to the painfully slow progression leveling pass 30 was a few years ago and (of course) had adult responsibilities. In the last year I have had more time to play and have switched to a PvP and THE HORDE! I have a 64 blood elf warlock and just rolled an alt, blood elf paladin (currently lvl 16). They are both a blast!

Even though my stepsons are big gamers, they are currently busy with school (as they should be - one a sophomore in college, the other a Senior in H.S.). My husband has no desire for video games. Sometimes I am able to get him to play the Wii, but very seldom. So I am the lone gamer....and the lone female in the family. Not the usual WoW gamer profile.

Being a woman well pass 22 yoa in WoW is interesting. Many times its enjoyable, sometimes....not so much. But I love it and take it in for all it brings to my gaming experience. I also love to see how many girls and young women are playing and hope that as time goes by, my age bracket will have a few more added to the roster.

Love Project Lore and.....For the Horde! ;-)

October 1, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNezira

I'm a 27 year old girl who plays wow. My husband bought it when it first came out and the first thing I said when I saw it was "It's so ugly". But he got me to try it and here I am now, eagerly anticipated the expansion!

Funniest part of being a girl is the first time I use vent in a new guild. Invariably there will be SOMEONE who goes, "OMG WAS THAT A GIRL!?!?!" Never fails.

Although guys are more likely to help you out and give you mats and stuff, they are also more likely to say you suck in a raid setting. Or to offer advice on how to play your class. Oh, I know, everyone gets told how to play their class but for some reason guys think girls need more help.

I happen to be a kick ass enhancement shaman (Danarys on Destromath (H) ftw!).

Anyway, girls rule!

October 6, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterphoebe81

I've been playing WoW for nearly three years. My husband (then boyfriend) introduced me to the game so I wouldn't be bored out of my mind when I'd go over to his place only to find him in the middle of an instance.

During the summer of 2007 we both rolled on a new server so we could be in a guild with one of my husband's coworkers. At first the running joke (as I didn't have vent at the time) was that I was D's imaginary girlfriend and he was somehow playing characters of two very different classes at the same time. I have since proven to be a real person and a good player, but the joke is still pretty funny. The guild is very tight-knit, as we are at least acquainted with every other member in real life.

October 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMeredith

I've always played games here and there since I was little but it didn't become an everyday thing until WoW. I got hooked on the challenge of being a prot warrior and tanking well even though i've heard countless times girls can't tank. I'll be honest, I didn't realize i'd get as far as I have... seeing all of MH/BT but I love proving my ex wrong - he said I shouldn't even bother tanking... screw that! I love being all girly IRL, one night i'm drinking Cosmos and watching Sex and the City with my girlfriends... another night i'm tanking Illidan or kicking ass in pvp :p

Can't wait for the expansion, might do some pugs without using vent... love it when someone says, "Awesome tanking dude." Thanks man :p

November 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCari

My roommate (male) had played all up through college and I had given him so much crap about it. When we eventually moved in together he started the "let me just put the 10-day free trial on your laptop, see what you think" stuff.

It only took two days to be hooked. I like a sense of accomplishment from quests or being at the top of the damage meter in Kara.

My roommate is now the one who gives me crap about me saying a new piece of gear for my lock is "so pretty" (talking about spell damage and the like, not actually aesthetics). My entire guild is made up of guys and I'm known as the one who likes her things "pretty".

Yes, I am a 23-year-old girl IRL hooked on WoW.

November 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEmily

I'm a Woman and a Mother. I have been a gamer since Texas instrument, pacman and space invaders.

I love wow and I enjoy pvp and Raiding. I'm an Hardcore raider and the Best F*ing tank on the server. Yes, I'm MT for my guild. Anything i lead is always win. I love kicking some boy in pvp and tell him you were bested by a girl. It's awesome. Sometimes i get hit on but I am not patronized/ Moat people know better!

Someone on my faction pisses me off too badly i jump on my ton in the other faction and gank them for a while. It's so gratifying!

November 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commentervictoria

I'm a 22-year-old female college student and I love WoW. It's the first MMO I've ever played and I'm just loving it. I also play a fair number of console games, but not as obsessively. I'm more into PvE than anything (not as competitive as the guys maybe? ;) My main is a male toon, but I have gone on to create both female and male alts and I enjoy them all. Actually, my male toon has been hit on more than any of my girls! Wonder what's up with that, lol! I would definitely classify myself as a geek, and probably like the game for the same reasons as you do - gameplay, lore, strat, social aspects, etc. I play solo most of the time but occasionally with friends or guildies, esp. for instances (obv).

February 26, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAlice

I'm a 56 y.o. grammie and I play WOW. Just started in March. Have a son (40) who showed me the game and piqued my interest. He's played forever and was a DSL beta tester.

My elf toon gets more hits than my trolls or taurens. I like the problem solving aspect of the quests and the achievements. It's a beautiful game to play as well.

May 26, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterdatgrl

I play 'cause it's FUN!

Okay, to be more accurate, I play for the PvE and the RP - I'm not big on PvP (and I suck at it), and I haven't really had a chance to do many instances, and NO raids. But I really like taking a huge fucking hammer and HITTING THINGS UNTIL THEY DIE. And then getting paid for it. I play because my real life is fucking stressful and going into WoW for a couple hours to RP with my guildies, or let them try (and fail) to teach me how to PvP effectively, or just kill things and turn in quests and see my XP bar go up millimetre by fucking millimetre is a nice escape from my real life.

Hilariously, despite my female toons and my definitely girly manner of chatting and emoting, most people I talk to assume I'm a guy (though talking about my wife when chatting OOC might have something to do with that), and I don't see a reason to stop. The one thing that makes me sad is that pretty much any time I get RP outside my guild, it's a guy toon (I won't make assumptions on the player, but I'm guessing mainly guys) who wants to get into my girl's pants.

Breaks my heart to tell 'em that Siân don't swing that way. NOT. Though I really do with that one day a GIRL would start hitting on my girl in an Inn, instead of a guy. Toons, that is. Just for a change of pace. But then, the guys who want to do nothing but eRP probably have no idea what actual non-porno lesbian sex is like, and I'm not going to try to teach them.

Guys, all I ask is that every interaction not be about trying to get into my toon's mail +7 stamina pants. The stamina bonus won't do anything once the pants are off, if you know what I mean.

September 2, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBeka

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