tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174961188649730147.post5374901396897827193..comments2023-05-10T12:10:17.048+01:00Comments on Freebooted: EVEquality: The Rise of the Female GamerMat Westhorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553980835026556794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174961188649730147.post-35454564184001429602010-05-05T23:21:12.059+01:002010-05-05T23:21:12.059+01:00Speaking as a woman who plays Eve, or did up to th...Speaking as a woman who plays Eve, or did up to this point, I'd like to put in a word.<br /><br />Every woman is different. (Just like men that way) So I can't speak for all other women.<br /><br />But speaking for myself, I like helping people. The biggest charge I ever got out of eve was helping a lost explorer find her way out of a wormhole system a few days ago. It made my day. (Though making my own T2 hornet was cool too--would have been cooler if there was any way to tell it from every other T2 hornet, but still.) <br /><br />I don't *want* to go around attacking people. I don't like attacking people enough to get good at it, and even if I did, I don't like making people angry and sad.<br /><br />But I also sure don't like being a victim.<br /><br />And some days it doesn't seem like Eve has much else to offer. <br /><br />Most of the peaceable careers have griefers just *clustered* around them. Canflipping, Hulkageddon, High-sec Ganking, Wardecs, you name it. And people *admire* that.<br /><br />And just to put the cap on it, people make a big deal out of how they despise carebears. Where "carebears" means "people who aren't interested in PvP." Meaning, me.<br /><br />Now, gosh, why wouldn't *that* be attractive to someone who is not particularly aggressive? <br /><br />Dunno. Let's think on that a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174961188649730147.post-45833229193831527262010-04-22T19:20:09.301+01:002010-04-22T19:20:09.301+01:00Like the idea of expanding portals into the eve un...Like the idea of expanding portals into the eve universe. CCP could release a whole bunch of titles covering different genres which all provide some sort of crossover interaction.<br /><br />For example, instead of NPC's and regular station staff being AI controlled whilst walking around in station these could instead be other humans plugged into "eve sims". Rats in missions could be provided by players working through some sort of strategy game interface where they play across a bunch of higher objectives such as taking these resources raid this system (would certainly change missions for good and get rid of rescuing that damsel for the 1000th time).<br /><br />Covering a bunch of different genres like this could really open up the game to other players.Dan Poolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11320510025101572439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174961188649730147.post-63690762537282964932010-04-21T17:57:44.483+01:002010-04-21T17:57:44.483+01:00Heh, I did mischievously seek out female bloggers ...Heh, I did mischievously seek out female bloggers to link as a priority. They're the ones with the true insight on this topic after all.<br /><br />But if that is what CK is up to then it's a legendary bit of metagaming and he should be applauded.Mat Westhorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553980835026556794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174961188649730147.post-6229779983760025802010-04-21T17:48:07.676+01:002010-04-21T17:48:07.676+01:00@parity - hmmm.....I may have to jump on this cons...@parity - hmmm.....I may have to jump on this conspiracy bandwagon of yours ^_^OkamiKuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451464646513177602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174961188649730147.post-20139977565526822072010-04-21T17:46:29.229+01:002010-04-21T17:46:29.229+01:00Wow....nice post.
I have read several posts on th...Wow....nice post.<br /><br />I have read several posts on this topic now and while interesting, in the end this topic is something of a catch-22. <br /><br />I was kinda wondering how this would be talked about. Women are different from men (news flash), but not in ways that would make playing/not playing EVE so obvious. At least not without blowing generalizations completely out of proportion. But at the same time, the differences HAVE to figure in....just to what degree?? <br /><br />Seems to me most blogs I have read are doing a good job being fair. <br /><br />I thought I heard about CCP being at a industry function that was talking about the popularity of browser games connected to spots like Myspace and Facebook. <br /><br />I think things like what you talked about with minigames, and EVE Gate will definitely help increase female population to some degree.OkamiKuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451464646513177602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174961188649730147.post-40798077666576385182010-04-21T17:33:58.701+01:002010-04-21T17:33:58.701+01:00I think the whole blog banter was a cleverly disgu...I think the whole blog banter was a cleverly disguised plot to bring more women into the blogging community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com