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[Tscheuss]

Hi all. Hope everyone is well.

New place, spiffy. Grats on an epic thread completion.

Probably going to pick a new game to play for a bit. Not sure what but checking out Secret World's forums atm. Suggestions? Hmm maybe ESO... I did play one day of beta but that's it...

Otherwise, has not been a good week for yours truly. C'est la vie.

Sorry to hear the week has not been good to you, and I hope it gets better.

*serves you a chocolate truffle

[Tscheuss]

Okay... so I get the whole "sluggish forums" routine again when trying to log in just now.

Hope we didn't break de forumz again already in the first 4 pages.

Cupcake Muskateers and the Thread that Ate the Forum (PG-13, Fantasy Violence and Suggestive Language)

[cdbd3rd]

I dunno...

I mean, I trust the people who are saying we're the only problem, but if the old thread was once again taken out of circulation this morning, I just spent 5 minutes getting the forums to load. ...

*one copy/browser reboot/refresh/paste later*

But now that they're loaded they're working well enough. *sigh*


edit: Kinduv. Just had another round of slugginess.

[Tscheuss]

I just had game login slug, too. Maybe related?

[FunnyCide]

Hi all. Hope everyone is well.

New place, spiffy. Grats on an epic thread completion.

Probably going to pick a new game to play for a bit. Not sure what but checking out Secret World's forums atm. Suggestions? Hmm maybe ESO... I did play one day of beta but that's it...

Otherwise, has not been a good week for yours truly. C'est la vie.

Sorry to hear that you haven't had a good week. =( *offers cupcakes and coffee*

[cdbd3rd]

Well forum is still kinda wonky.

Our old thread is out of circulation again.

Both games are DOA.

Too hot outside to mow grass or clean gutters.


That just leaves one thing to do - which figures since I'm actually halfway awake at the moment.


*Wanders off to find a movie to put in and fall asleep in front of*


edit: ...and *hugs* for Tin:

[Captain_Wizbang]

Alrighty, a new home. *and the crowd erupts in applause*

I, for one, welcome any weaponry that shoots out delicious baked goods.

OOHHH a Twinkie Musket

[Captain_Wizbang]

OK everybody, belly up to Bekki's bar, drinks are on me.

Hey Bekki, is my credit still good?

[Tinrae_has_cookies]

Thanks all. It's okay. Just one of those "I managed to PO nearly everyone in my life inadvertently through poor word choice, weeks" lol.

But! I do have something to share.

Things I learned from roleplaying a male MMO character as a female player for a couple months:

1. If it is a male avatar, everyone assumes you are a male player, no questions. No one ever asked me if I was indeed a male in real life. I would not have lied about it if asked, but no one ever did. Even the men did not detect my gender when I hung out with them. Granted I avoided voice chat, but was fairly true to everything else in my personality minus a ton of emoticons.

2. Women tend to be mean, even if they aren't mad at you. I was called a dolt and other non-profane names more times than I can recall, and all for silly things (no real arguments or upsets that I'm aware of.) I guessed that men are expected to just suck it up and take it, so that's what I did, but it still did not feel nice. This has never happened to me as a known female player regardless of avatar gender. I will definitely be aware of my tongue towards men going forward and I'm sorry if I ever did that to any of you.

3. Men tend to be pretty chill about everything. You can easily toss around a couple off-color jokes and not care that anyone is going to get offended. I found it pretty easy to get along with men in general. EXCEPT the White Knights. They are the worst. When their Princesses are miffed they go absolutely berserk and say some of the dumbest, most ridiculous threats I've ever heard online.

4. As time went on I got more and more annoyed with "grrrrl gamerz." The ones who just have to constantly remind you that they are FEMALE, OKAY?!!! As if this is some sort of rarity. I always got a kick out of the ".. well you're a guy so you wouldn't know how hard it is!!" comments. Pfft.

5. Women tend to be a whole lot more creative in general. They really seemed to put a lot of thought and effort into making certain things (projects, houses, avatar appearance, community events, etc) absolutely perfect and stunning. Most of the guys I met didn't have that level of dedication to stat-irrelevant minutiae. I believe most player-run events are actually female-run or at least female-heavy, and they do a fine job of it.

So overall pretty interesting experiment to me. I think I'll try it again sometime in the future in another universe.

[Tscheuss]

doppelpost

[Tscheuss]

I punch my uncle, and he just gives me a hug*. My cousin (boy) hits him, and my uncle either folds him up or holds him in the air by his ankles.

*Although the hug I got for kicking him in the shins made it a little tough to breathe.

[Missing_Minds]

But! I do have something to share.
Things I learned from roleplaying a male MMO character as a female player for a couple months:

*LAUGHS*

Ok, now I have to ask. How did they react after you came out of the dressing room?

[cdbd3rd]

*LAUGHS*

Ok, now I have to ask. How did they react after you came out of the dressing room?

I don't think she did - unless they're some of our lurker readers here.


Was an interesting read.

[Tscheuss]

We are continuing to have some issues with forum sluggishness. Unfortunately, that means there's something else going on other than a very large, old cupcake. We'll be looking into it more in the coming days. We appreciate your patience while we investigate this.

zomg! We are infamous.

[Tinrae_has_cookies]

*LAUGHS*

Ok, now I have to ask. How did they react after you came out of the dressing room?

I don't think she did - unless they're some of our lurker readers here.

CD is correct, it never once came out. A couple played(play?) DDO at one point so they could reasonably lurk. /shrug /wave

EDIT: Nevermind! I'm back in and a dude still. Gogo drama machine!

[Missing_Minds]

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/07/...?spt=sec&or=on

[Missing_Minds]

I am evil and horrible, folks.

You are a parent. Duh.

[FunnyCide]

Thanks all. It's okay. Just one of those "I managed to PO nearly everyone in my life inadvertently through poor word choice, weeks" lol.

But! I do have something to share.

So overall pretty interesting experiment to me. I think I'll try it again sometime in the future in another universe.

I'm not PO'd at you.

Wow, that is an interesting experiment. The turn about is if you played a female character everyone would still think you're a guy since a lot of guys play females.

[Tscheuss]

CD is correct, it never once came out. A couple played(play?) DDO at one point so they could reasonably lurk. /shrug /wave

EDIT: Nevermind! I'm back in and a dude still. Gogo drama machine!

Sounds like a great way to learn how they think.

[Tinrae_has_cookies]

I'm not PO'd at you.

Come talk to me while I'm still fresh on my fail streak this week!