On 2006-08-22, Sephera wrote:
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"I hope there is a more formal Women Gamers at GenCon event, and I hope it's more about women and women's ideas, wants, and visions in gaming than about how tough their fighter is because they have to prove they're not a weak little female. It made me sad to realize how that's still the experience of many women." I too, would be very interested in Women Gamers events at GenCon. I was not able to go to GenCon this year because I am on bedrest (and I didn't yet have a clue what GenCon was about), but I do plan to go with my husband next year. I guess part of what I'm looking for is somewhere to belong, a niche if you will. I play in a large home brew D&D type game. Our "usual" players are almost 50/50 gals and guys due in part to couples coming to play together. We have a few other guys that stop in to play when they can. It sometimes gets frustrating when the guys start side tracking and quoting from misc. gaming humor and to not have some place like that for women. I think this is part of what Ladies of Hack are working towards. Women just think differently than men and there are a few times where I'm fairly certain we had the DM stumped with one of our "female" thoughts was something he hadn't considered. I guess I'm digressing here. Basically, I would love to be able to identify with a group of Female Gamers. My friends and I loved the idea of Ladies of Hack shirts, just because there doesn't seem to be much out there like that. As you already have a foothold in the industry from publishing games, do you have ideas of what we could do to become more readily recognized? Or something along those lines. Who could we talk with about having more a more visual female presence at GenCon, and not just as objects of oddity or eye-candy? |
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