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Abdalion
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Posted - 2005.12.13 19:30:00 -
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There are many women that use male toons.
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Jaderpop
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Posted - 2005.12.13 19:36:00 -
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Edited by: Jaderpop on 13/12/2005 19:40:26
I Have personally, in my year and a half of playing eve talked to quite a few women in the game itself and half of them on TS so i know they exist. I even have a voice in my head that is a women and she plays eve sometimes for me.
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Wanoah
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Posted - 2005.12.13 19:46:00 -
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 Originally by: Abdalion
There are many women that use male toons.
Something you want to share, Abdalion? 
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Raem Civrie
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Posted - 2005.12.13 19:48:00 -
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Despite the whole "males on female toons" and "females on male toons", eve doesn't seem to have the same lure as many other MMO's. Maybe it's because the romantic aspect of it is more centered around piracy and exploration, two elements in entertainment usually associated with us guys rather than the gels.
At the same time, you see alot more women playing WoW, where the social element is untouched by ambition most of the time. In EVE, you make friends, but you still keep them at arms length.
This all is to say nothing about the girls that already play EVE, ofc. But the draw the game has on women seems much, much less. And I think it's something to do with the base design of the game, and the almost overboard competition and machiavellian elements.
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Elsebeth Rhiannon
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Posted - 2005.12.13 20:15:00 -
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Edited by: Elsebeth Rhiannon on 13/12/2005 20:16:32
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In EVE, you make friends, but you still keep them at arms length.
Speak for yourself.
That said, exactly that kind of thinking ("us guys like this, them gals like something different") is what is the problem here.
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Nekhad Jormuzzar
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Posted - 2005.12.13 20:47:00 -
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There are indeed differences in how males and female think and that has an impact on games they like. Men, for example, are on average more adapt at spatial orientation while women are better empaths.
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Derovius Vaden
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Posted - 2005.12.13 20:55:00 -
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Originally by: Nekhad Jormuzzar
There are indeed differences in how males and female think and that has an impact on games they like. Men, for example, are on average more adapt at spatial orientation while women are better empaths.
This person has never been roughed up by an aggressive woman, I can tell you that much.
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NickWest
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Posted - 2005.12.13 20:57:00 -
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You guys are all wrong, you can easily tell if they are female becuse of thier avatar. Since the inception of the IAOC (International Avatar Overcite Comitte) using an online avatar requires requires you to prove your out of game gender.
Or at least that's what I was told and why I sent pictures of my nethers to [email protected]
You guys had to do that too, right?
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Tessa Vaako
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Posted - 2005.12.13 21:36:00 -
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I would suggest that everyone go read The Escapest issue #17 "Girl Power" http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/17
If nothing else, read the article: "OMG Girlz Don't Exist on teh intarweb!!!!1" for a slighly humorous look at what girls face.
Oh and Females FTW :)
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Kiarra
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Posted - 2005.12.13 22:16:00 -
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I play Eve, have been since mid Beta, although I took about 2 years away owing to poor health reasons.
I dont get any hassle, never had done in any MMPORG and that includes WOW GW, DAOC and EQ.
Im now back in again though and playing catchup both with the Dragonstar Corp and my characters :)
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Sakira LeCastantas
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Posted - 2005.12.13 22:19:00 -
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The female-force is in us all >_>
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Brady
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Posted - 2005.12.13 22:22:00 -
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Dear CCP,
Considering the amount of male subscribers....might it be an idea to put "decent" adverts on the billboards in empire????
Wouldn't mind the freighter trips without bm's then..
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Glassback
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Posted - 2005.12.13 22:22:00 -
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How many girls are into Space/Star Trek/Wars and that answers your question.
G.
I've got an idea--an idea so smart that my head would explode if I even began to know what I'm talking about
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Aadahn
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Posted - 2005.12.13 22:35:00 -
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The women I've met here seem to be of average height so I'd say no, they're not smaller.
because of this post I will avoid low sec for the next week.
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Tony Fats
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:18:00 -
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Women tend to like different types of games than this.
Saying Eve should change to attract them is like saying it should change to attract more children. I didn't sign up to play The Smurfs Online.
What's wrong with having a "guy" style game. Girl gamers have WoW, Sims Online, a bunch of games.
I mean you don't see me walking into The Sims Online and asking them to recode the game to include guns, Eve is a violent, brutal, raw game where alot of times life just aint fair, watering it down to attract more girl gamers would diminish its flavor to the people who like it raw.
Of course there are SOME women in Eve that like it just how it is, hey my kind of gals.
It's like going into a sushi bar and asking for a burger.
McDonalds is that way --->
Pink ships? Sure why not, custom paintjobs for everybody, so people can paint their ships with pink flowers, but not changing the actual MECHANICS of the game to accomodate weak people of either gender.
I mean the jetcan "theft" code is already turning the game into Ultima Online's Trammel server. Now the carebears have no reason to ever leave highsec, what happens when all the highsec systems are full to overflowing? They gonna turn the whole game into highsec, so people can sit there and mine in 1.0 with large barge strip miners.
You see the pattern here, they are changing the game to cater to the lowest common denomiator, we'll have more and more low quality people that have no patience, they'll start whining about everything WAAH why do I have to wait, WAAAH how come people can wardec me, waaah waaah waaah.
Making Eve appeal to more girl gamers would just water it down even more until the game turns into consentual pvp watered down everquest in space.
Then the devs will sell the game to Electronic Arts and move to Bora Bora, and we'll have another E&B on our hands.
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Der Pfaffe
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:26:00 -
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We have several women in our corp. One is an ex-pirate and we have to feed her valium everytime she sees a hauler in anything lower than 0.5 
On contracts they are all heartless killers and you wouldn't want to find yourself on the wrong end of their guns.
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Hawk Firestorm
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:34:00 -
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Overall generally I have to say females in eve have been kind of a novelty in eve sadly.
I think overall I've only ever come across about 6 maybe in 2 odd years, and a few couples that play together.
I guess it's a case of boys toys.
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Nekhad Jormuzzar
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:48:00 -
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Edited by: Nekhad Jormuzzar on 13/12/2005 23:48:49
Originally by: Derovius Vaden
Originally by: Nekhad Jormuzzar
There are indeed differences in how males and female think and that has an impact on games they like. Men, for example, are on average more adapt at spatial orientation while women are better empaths.
This person has never been roughed up by an aggressive woman, I can tell you that much.
No, I haven't (and it doesn't seem likely that I will any time soon considering my build).
Fail to see what that has to do with my original post about well known facts on the (quite interesting for me at least) field of human neurology, though. Care to explain?
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bUBbLeS
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:52:00 -
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Does eve have a smaller female base than other MMOG?
yes - they all 32 a or less
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Marcus Grisbius
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:55:00 -
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Originally by: Lunas Feelgood
In E-R we got several females. And they are usely the most evil ones
SHOP has a few women too... they're the ones that are laughing the whole time they're podding people. They're vicious. It's quite scary. 
Certainty of death... little chance of success... what are we waiting for? - Gimli, son of Gloinn |
Shirer Aprenon
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:58:00 -
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Originally by: Arti K
Agreed. Women aren't special. They're more than half the population. Everyone get over themselves.
And the ugly men rejoiced at this news
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Shirer Aprenon
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Posted - 2005.12.13 23:58:00 -
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Edited by: Shirer Aprenon on 13/12/2005 23:59:07
And lo - double posting ftw
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jamesw
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Posted - 2005.12.14 00:10:00 -
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I have met many women during my time in EVE.
I cant quite put my finger on it, but they seem drawn to my dashing good looks and my amazing skills with Gallente ships.
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Slink Grinsdikild
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Posted - 2005.12.14 00:18:00 -
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Originally by: Captin ShadowHawk
Just wondering cos It seems to be a mostly male dominated game to me. If so how can ccp
reverse this trend and try to appeal to the female gamer? There is a lot out there un tapped.
Seriously, who cares?
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Oh wait, the sad gits do who play MMO's to try out pickup lines on anyone who's got a female avatar. 
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d'Mortaigne
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Posted - 2005.12.14 00:53:00 -
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Heck, I play to get away from women...
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Maestro Ulv
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Posted - 2005.12.14 00:59:00 -
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Originally by: Captin ShadowHawk
Just wondering cos It seems to be a mostly male dominated game to me. If so how can ccp
reverse this trend and try to appeal to the female gamer? There is a lot out there un tapped.
I talk to and play with lots of rl females in Eve, hell I met my gf here! I suggest a gall char with long hair and better looks, works fine here :p
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Satori xxx
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Posted - 2005.12.14 01:00:00 -
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Well there is actually a women's only channel in eve.
With around 21 members i think...this is a very small number compared to the amount around.
We hide from you ebil ebil men is all 
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Maestro Ulv
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Posted - 2005.12.14 01:03:00 -
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Originally by: Satori xxx
Well there is actually a women's only channel in eve.
With around 21 members i think...this is a very small number compared to the amount around.
And so begins the hunting of that channel by all the sad lonely caldari males
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Shiner BockBeer
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Posted - 2005.12.14 03:07:00 -
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As an aside...
Games do not need to be made to appeal to women, they just need to be marketed properly to women. Women like the same things men do in computer games, they're just less likely to try them because the marketing is so male-centric.
Case in point.
My old roomate (female) thought Unreal Tournament was pretty stupid util I pointed out it was a good stress reliever if she imagined her cow-orkers' faces on the other players...
Then I showed her the effects of the flak cannon at close range.
She still plays and she's deadly, but she finds Eve too meticulous and fiddly for her taste.
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chris lares
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Posted - 2005.12.14 13:32:00 -
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i think more women should play eve tis gd cos they can mine allday while we chat em up i r chris and i like to sex u women up 
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