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Fri, 13 November 2009 12:16

CarrierII
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This thread could use the input of a female gamer, in the absence of one at this very moment, I shall attempt to empathise:

(This entire section assumes that the channel in which the various hypothetical individuals are in is strictly for the purpose of game related chat)
What choice would a female gamer have though? You can't just ignore all the stupid idiots flooding the channel because:

Action: Ignore them all and only speak when the game requires (I shall call this the "Hardcore" action (Oh dear God, more jokes...) as it's the option a serious female gamer would probably take)

Probable consequence: They get louder until either they're kicked or the channel is unusable. (Also note that the channel is unusable in the proper sense until they're kicked)

Action: Talk to them until they shut up. Note that the responses by the female gamer can be anything except those which would be likely to continue the irrelevant conversation much longer. (A fairly common response, in my personal experience - I shall refer to this as the "Typical" action)

Probable consequence: Eventually, after a period of irrelevant chatting, the talk (mostly) dies down to the essential game-related chat. A fairly good outcome, and probably not too hard to achieve, and not requiring the presence of a moderator - just give sarcastic responses until the idiots shut up.

Action: Be an "attention whore". (That is, to deliberately continue the conversation in a way that makes it focus on them, the female gamer, cluttering the channel with irrelevant conversation). Well, I don't need to finish this, the female gamer is clearly abusing the channel's purpose.

Probable consequence: People get banned/kicked.

See how the response, I at least, find, is the most common is the only one that doesn't require moderator intervention, something that is fairly rare? I think we have a partial answer...

As an aside to the particular circumstance that started this: Oblivion mentions Skype, unless I'm very out of touch, that is not a typical VOIP choice for gamers, who would probably use Vent/TS to chat with teammates, so surely the whole "male/female" debate is moot, as any conversation between Oblivion and his hypothetically female partner would be in a private channel?

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		Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Wed, 11 November 2009 15:36
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Wed, 11 November 2009 16:35
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Wed, 11 November 2009 17:09
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Thu, 12 November 2009 00:44
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Oblivion165 on Thu, 12 November 2009 01:54
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Thu, 12 November 2009 02:30
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 12 November 2009 03:53
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Thu, 12 November 2009 15:33
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 12 November 2009 15:40
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Thu, 12 November 2009 15:44
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 12 November 2009 15:49
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Thu, 12 November 2009 16:01
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 12 November 2009 16:37
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Thu, 12 November 2009 16:52
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 12 November 2009 16:56
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 01:19
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 03:10
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 07:51
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 07:59
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 08:11
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 08:19
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 08:26
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 08:49
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: SSADMVR on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:02
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:04
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: SSADMVR on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:08
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:10
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 13 November 2009 08:48
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 08:56
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:04
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:08
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:20
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:28
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:50
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:01
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:13
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:31
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:13
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:24
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:49
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 17:01
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Crimson on Sat, 14 November 2009 03:35
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Sat, 14 November 2009 05:04
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Sat, 14 November 2009 07:11
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: SSADMVR on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:07
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: SSADMVR on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:11
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:13
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Ryan3k on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:26
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:33
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:35
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:40
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:43
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:45
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 09:46
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:36
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:40
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:43
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:44
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:50
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Herr Surth on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:50
		Re: Looking for a new gamer By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 10:52
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: CarrierII on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:04
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:08
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: CarrierII on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:10
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: nikki6ixx on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:11
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:13
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Fri, 13 November 2009 12:15
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: liquidv2 on Sat, 14 November 2009 00:51
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: CarrierII on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:24
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:27
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: CarrierII on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:31
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Fri, 13 November 2009 11:40
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: CarrierII on Fri, 13 November 2009 12:16
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: nikki6ixx on Fri, 13 November 2009 14:32
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: CarrierII on Fri, 13 November 2009 16:12
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: nikki6ixx on Fri, 13 November 2009 17:05
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: IAmFenix on Fri, 13 November 2009 17:45
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Goztow on Sat, 14 November 2009 04:07
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Herr Surth on Sat, 14 November 2009 04:09
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Herr Surth on Sat, 14 November 2009 05:17
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Canadacdn on Mon, 16 November 2009 19:28
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Mon, 16 November 2009 19:30
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: RoCk2Star on Tue, 17 November 2009 02:48
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: liquidv2 on Tue, 17 November 2009 21:04
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: RadioactiveHell on Tue, 17 November 2009 21:08
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Tue, 17 November 2009 23:34
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Crimson on Thu, 19 November 2009 10:08
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 19 November 2009 10:57
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Sccrscorer on Thu, 19 November 2009 15:51
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: RadioactiveHell on Thu, 19 November 2009 16:10
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: nikki6ixx on Wed, 18 November 2009 00:32
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Wed, 18 November 2009 01:30
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Wed, 18 November 2009 01:45
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Wed, 18 November 2009 02:46
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Wed, 18 November 2009 23:27
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Herr Surth on Wed, 18 November 2009 02:57
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Thu, 19 November 2009 02:56
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Thu, 19 November 2009 03:20
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Thu, 19 November 2009 05:11
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Thu, 19 November 2009 05:55
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Thu, 19 November 2009 09:20
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Thu, 19 November 2009 17:49
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: archerman on Thu, 19 November 2009 14:15
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: BLÃ»Îµl4Î²ÃªL on Fri, 20 November 2009 06:56
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Fri, 20 November 2009 08:24
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Fri, 20 November 2009 10:29
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Fri, 20 November 2009 11:27
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 20 November 2009 11:50
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Fri, 20 November 2009 12:47
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Dover on Fri, 20 November 2009 13:10
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: Altzan on Fri, 20 November 2009 14:23
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		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: JohnDoe on Fri, 20 November 2009 14:46
		Re: Is Oblivion's request for a male gaming partner unfair? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 20 November 2009 15:04
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