What challenges have you encountered as a female gamer?

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  • QueenTomato's Avatar
    Hey Legion-ers!

    As this month's theme is Women in Gaming, we wanted to ask you:


    What challenges have you encountered as a female gamer and what would need to change to make the gaming experience better?
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  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    I am older now and giving fewer damns, but when I was a teen I was really uncomfortable about guys mistaking games with Tinder. Come on, I am there to enjoy the content, not to flirt.

    I wish there would be more of general disapproval of that kind of behaviour. Hitting on vulnerable girls one has never interacted before and who did not sign up for this is not okay.
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  • AhmedOsmaan's Avatar
    Level 17
    @Saka Good for you that you have reached this stage of inner peace. Unfortunately, I think that bullying against female Gamers has increased in the past years.

    A situation that I met myself with my cousin and his wife. We can call him an old school gamer from the days of the medal of honor . He wanted me to suggest a similar game for him and his wife to enjoy. I suggested playing pubg and valorant to him. Unfortunately, it was a very bad experience for them because of the bullying of the rest of his team. to the point that some matches the opposing team started insulting from the first minute without any reason.

    I think most of us suffer from bullying or insults or both in online games, but in the case of female gamers, the percentage is almost double.
    I really hope the situation improves. We may pressure game companies to increase the ban system in the event of bullying, insults, or harassment
  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    @AhmedOsmaan Yeah, I am not saying that the situation got any better. I have been avoiding games known for particularly toxic communities and trying to play mostly with people I know.

    Here's a thread I wrote about a quite recent report on harassment: https://dev-v1-lenovo.giantsplatform...-online-gaming
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  • firelordzukoo's Avatar
    Level 23
    Hey guys, I'm not a female but after just reading a few of the comments I've realized that this is a bigger problem in the community than I realized. It really is horrifying that even such a thing as gaming, can be ruined for people just based on gender. That really is just sad and all we can do is just advocate for equality in the gaming space as well. I'm writing this comment just to express my support for all the women in gaming, keep gaming and don't let all the comments of random people online get into your head! You're all better than the haters anyway!

    Keep gaming and being yourself! Much love, and always, be kind!
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  • GoLLuM13's Avatar
    Level 52
    @Saka so if I understand flirting with a girl (respectfully) is forbidden too ? I'm just asking, you know I play FPS, so there's no time for that 🤣
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  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    @GoLLuM13 Not forbidden, just need to be respectful of the boundaries. Which a lot of people don't do.

    Flirting as the very first sentence is probably not a good idea. Don't be creepy/pushy. And so on.
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  • GoLLuM13's Avatar
    Level 52
    @Saka thank you for the clarification 😁 And yes, I fully agree with you, without respect, nothing can be acceptable. My friend (older than me) met his wife on WoW, they now have 2 beautiful kids 😊
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  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    @GoLLuM13 Nothing wrong with love stories in games. I met my husband in WoW. 10 years ago. 😅

    Imo these kinds of situations are similar to asking out a schoolmate for example, you need to get to mutual liking first before making any bigger moves.
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  • GoLLuM13's Avatar
    Level 52
    @Saka Well I guess I should play WoW instead of my regular FPS 🤣
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