A Gamer Girl Speaks.

Remember those days before the “gamer” titles? When you could sit in front of your Nintendo NES all day and no one really thought much of it. Most of the rest of the worlds was doing it too… I mean even our own mother and 5 year old sister’s were doing it! (The sister = me.)

Now look at it… it has turned into this huge thing. Competitions, Conventions, Expo’s that thousands of people turn up to to experience the new technology awaiting us. But that isn’t what I am getting into really in this blog… I am just wondering why the attitude of those days has changed so much. Do you ever realize how most people feel you are only a gamer depending on how good you are at these games?

Okay I am going to touch a subject that most people, including myself, am totally sick of hearing about, and wish it would pass, but it hasn’t.

“Girl Gamers”

I have been reading other blogs and arguments about this subject. But it can be so annoying being in this “gaming” world, and being treated so differently when I would rather just be treated like any other guy and gamer out there, and I speak for most girls on this one. Just because I am not the best at some games (can’t be good at each and every one, sorry), I have been called a “fake” and many other things. Guys are mostly the contributers to this.

Sure, some girls are “attention whores” or w/e (I am not talking about those at this time.) But since when did gaming become only about how good you are besides it just being about fun? So what if I don’t do the total best at competitions, I get nervous and there will probably be people out there better then myself. I accept that. But, I thought being a “gamer” meant you just played and enjoyed video games?

“Guy Gamers?”

Okay… so that obviously isn’t a title widely used, but have you ever seen fingers pointed at a guy, and him being called a “fake?” Well, I know I haven’t. I just wish guys would get over the shock that girls do game, and have been this whole time! The reason it made it so well known is the internet, and it came as a huge shock to guys, and hasn’t gone away since. So, the question is, when will it, or will it ever?

I basically wasn’t even aware I was a “gamer” until the internet. I have been playing video games pretty much non-stop since I was 5 years old, but until I was online, playing MMO’s and surfing gaming sites did I realize that gaming was a society in itself. I remember putting a picture of myself on a gaming site, and being called a “fake” because I was a girl. That was many years ago now, but that day always makes me realize why I saw girls taking pictures of themselves with their gaming equipment, and still do to this day. Is it because we want attention? No, it’s because guy’s STILL don’t believe it otherwise, and it seems to bug them a lot in ways…

Anyways… this subject has grown old over the years, and yet still continues on to this day. But mainly what I am curious about is when did you get the title “real gamer” depending on how good you are?