Posted Jul 02, 2006 at 06:33AM by Alaric S. Listed in: Xbox 360, MMORPG
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After the big ado about LocoRoco being "racist," it seems the gaming world is being torn apart by another "ist." Some girl gamers claim the gaming community is sexist and that boy gamers don't like playing with them just because they're girls. Here are the stories of four female gamers:

Therese "trito" Andersson of g0d clan (far right) says some guys get angry when they lose to a girl. "I use to play against a guy and he would always beat me. Suddenly, I started to beat him and he got so upset I beat him just because I was a girl."

Chantal “FAIRY 1” Deller (second from right) while playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live was called a "porker,” "fatty," and a "dyke." Later one of the guys who'd been harassing her apologized after he saw her pic and realized she's no porker!

Chantal “Chantaljoy” Moshakos (third from right) was petrified the first time she played Live! for being called out for being a girl. She was half right! Half the guys started "kissing my ass" the other half told her to get off because she was girl. Overall, she felt totally embarrassed by comments like “shouldn't I be buying shoes and drinking frappes with my girlfriends at the mall?”

Melissa “Elegyofhope” Castillo, Overlord of Unreal Films, (left) was playing training and this guy on her team and he found out she was a girl and he was like "hey baby, why are you playing with these losers when you can be playing with a real man!" Well, she had 16 kills and he had 4 at that point. The second lowest of the boys on her team.

There you have it. A few tales of discrimination. We can't say for sure if this is the norm or rare but unfortunate cases. And if its true that boy gamers hate girl gamers, we can't tell you why. Any girl-hating boy gamers out there care to explain?


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   by Echo_Evolution - 2006-07-02
 » ...

What was the *****ing point of this ***** post?

   by shady (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » who cares....

i don't care who i play against as long as they play fair good work to all the girls getting involved in gaming!

   by Branden - 2006-07-02
 » cool

If more girls are playing online then great. i was beat all the time on F.E.A.R. by a girl i got upset but not mad i didn't make fun of her or anything. and i didn't care i just continued. more girls playing is better. i dont see why guys get so angry if there beat by a girl i dont care. good sports man ship.

   by ... (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » ...

when a guy does that to a girl on live or online the guy has:
A.- never talked to a girl before
B.- Is a nerd
C.- Is gay
D.- All above

It's plain wrong.

I got my ass kicked in call of duty 2 buy a girl and we just kept playing

   by ok (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » i think you all need to realize.

Live makes fun of everybody, everyone on live blows. When i play halo i get called a girl even though i'm not a girl, everyone there sucks.

and isn't chantal Joy cliffy B's girlfriend?

   by BloodWolfpsp - 2006-07-02
 » Stupid

Everyone gets made fun of onxbox live, no matter if you are a guy, girl, gay, Lesbian, someone will make fun of you. If a girl is playing on live that surprises me because I have only seen one girl online, in my online life. PLUS THE GIRL CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.

   by peejah (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » exactly...

notice how every complaint is with halo 2....that game is horrid...stop playing for a month then try and play it again...i sold my xbox the game is so ghetto....making play host is worst thing bungie could of done......the women i know that play CS:S are worshiped....ladies move on from halo the game is crap....

   by snoop dugg (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » OMG

I want to marry “Chantaljoy”

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   by Vecha - 2006-07-02
 » they probably ended up...

with a bunch of lil kids who just hit puberty.

   by Snoop Dugg (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » Underground

just checked one of their gamer tags its set to underground thats why there gettin treated like fools

   by JCP (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » Shady is right

yeah who cares if their girls, as long as they play fairly, and its annoying listening to dudes trying to get laid over xbox live. I have no problem with anyone on live as long as they dont say anything to me cause I dont say anything to anyone unless its to help them out, oh an by the way THERE IS NOTHING FUNNIER IN HALO 2 THAN BEING TRASH TALKED BY A GIRL WHO IS HOST AND KNOWS IT LOL

   by Legendaryben (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » thats retarded

I go on xbox live and out of nowhere I am all of a sudden a *****got and I eat my mom out for breakfast... people have to realize that whether your a girl or boy, or the richest person in the world your going to be made fun of. Hell, If Bill Gates went on xbox live and noone he was playing with new he was Bill Gates he would be made fun of... So all these "Girl Gamers" need to stfu becuz its sad if anyone actually feels sorry for them.. All they tryin to do is get attention

   by Neoriceisgood (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » Uh oh

No it's all a lie! There are no girls on the internet! there are no girls at all! You know what girls are? They're a sceme by those commies to let us lower our defences! But I know better than that, so whenever I run into a supposed "girl" on one of those on-line games I grab hold of my Commie Zapper and take precautions by filling those commies up with the full load.

Except, I don't play games.

   by (Registered) (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » .....................

So what, everybody gets mae fun of on Xbox Live...

   by Neoriceisgood (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » to comment 15

Even Santa Claus ? ='(

   by readme (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » girls

those girls are good looking i would like to play with them and then have a game of halo 2 lol.
but itys true while on xbox live if a girl comes in then man it mental blokes start talking trash to get the girls attation hey look at me.
but if any of those girls wanna play c u online

   by dale_man2k5 (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » :)

whats so wrong playing a girl>?????? most of the time there hot so its all good...lol

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   by adzdad (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » adazda

"most of the time there hot" -> Is seriously doubt that lol

   by Princess (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » big deal

girls should just get over it. This happens to me all the time
It's going to happen whether you like it or not
boys have big egos
you're there to PLAY not COMPLAIN

- princess

   by 7 (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » girls

they smell funny

   by Ppd264 - 2006-07-02
 » LMAO

THIS POST IS SOOO FUNNY, haha i think the guys that play video games 24/7 need some girl/girls in there life. There life is dedicated to video games that no girl will pop into their life. Video games are cool, but heyy when you play a girl you gotta have some respect.


Lol look at all the video games guys are buying anyway, they buy them because there are some hot girls in it ex. WWE

P.S. this comment is coming from a guy

   by Noin (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » amen to 23.

*****es are fo cooking and *****ing, nothing else (thats what the friggin God made em for - its even stated in the bible!! beat that u *****es)

   by Shatterdome - 2006-07-02
 » ..

Bah if it ever happens it 99% chance stupid pre-pubecent teens, that aren't worth the air they breathe...such as #23, #21, #2 and #1.

It's not impossible to reach a certain level of maturity while your a teen, you can still do it if you try...

And rock on girl gamers, I know they are out there, I have a few friends that play and it's good to see. No one should holdout on doing something they enjoy because of other stupid a$$ peoples remarks or thoughts....

   by Shatterdome - 2006-07-02
 » and #24

add #24 to that list as well...

   by Neok (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » i agree with tom numer 23

good job tom you said that well.

   by jj (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » sexists...

They are just as arrogant and biggoted as racists. Im sure all these female disrespecting jackasses are just your typical slack jawed central and southern american redneck hicks. The problem is that female gamers are a minority and the majority fears minorities taking superiority so that they go into offensive mode to try and keep the minorities down.

All they need is the next martin luther king jr of female gamers to speak up and bring pride to females who are gamers. I for one have lots of respect for girls who are daring enough to enter the male infested world of gaming. Even my girlfriend been a avid gamer since the days of NES.

   by Baleur (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » lol @ this..

those ppl must me either 12 years old or homosexuals, because the more girls in your life the better. Girls *****in rock, i friggen love girls, and honestly its more fun to play vs 1 intelligent gamer-girl than 10 nerdy 12yearolds.

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   by Awakened (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » lol

Most of the "Hot" girl gamers aren't really gamers at all they might game a little but there really just there for marketing and adertisment.

   by kenebene (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » wow.

qj is smart ... hey lets give out their gamertags so everyone can harass them.

some people really need to just "Grow Up".

   by Chrisy9 (Unregistered) - 2006-07-02
 » who cares

cant be annoyed reading the other posts but my girlfriend is sitting playing on live right now, and in that game some other girl was gettin abused and called fat because "no hot chick in america plays video games"
anyhoo let them be :P like to see more girls playing ;)



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