Scarlet Allure
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Posted - 2006.06.27 19:57:00 -
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I am new to Eve as I have been playing for about a month. I am getting disillusioned, not because I donĘt like Eve, but because of my experiences with the community thus far.
My first character was a Minmatar. I wonĘt mention names as I honestly donĘt want to cause further drama to others but I joined a corporation after a few days. I was asked to come onto their Teamspeak server because it was supposed to ęmake gaming easierĘ.
I had trouble with Teamspeak because I am on a dial up. I had to constantly repeat myself because people were saying I was breaking up. There were a couple times that I was able to communicate really well when I was at my local broadband enabled coffee shop (this is why I think the problem was with my dial-up at home) but it is hard to talk much in a public setting like that. I did get some good help from the guys regarding game play basics which really helped me get past the initial learning curve.
Around two weeks into Eve, there was some talk on Teamspeak that really turned me off. I know I am a girl playing in a boys world (honestly, am I the only real girl in Eve?) and there is some stuff that I am willing to tolerate, but I knew that my current group was not really for me. I decided to 'fade away' and start over with a new character and find a new group.
I joined a new corporation. When they asked me to come on to Teamspeak, because of my prior experience, I lied and told them I was deaf (I know, I shouldnĘt have; but this is partially true as I do have about a 50% hearing loss). I didnĘt want to be badgered about coming onto Teamspeak all the time so I figured me being deaf would be a solid solution
This worked well and I was enjoying everything until I received an email from the corporation leader asking me to please not call people ęsweetieĘ or say ękissesĘ because it was causing issues with some of the guys on Teamspeak and he felt that they could get out of hand. I had no idea by saying ęthanks sweetieĘ to someone who gave me some upgrades would have been cause for lewd banter on their voice server.
Feeling somewhat irate and not wanting to spend months gaming with these people only to find out I have been the object of their jokes or lewd banter the whole time (yes I suppose I am a little insecure), I dropped the deaf act and confessed that I could hear and speak (note: IĘd only been in the corporation for a couple days at this point). I wanted to log into Teamspeak and make sure this was a corp I should be in.
When I logged into Teamspeak, the corp leader came on and rudely accused me of altering my voice and demanded to know why I was doing that. At first I had no idea what he was talking about. Apparently he thought I was doing something on my computer to change my voice. I tried to explain that I was on dial-up and I know it has effected voice communications before but he continued to accuse me (though before it was just hard for people to understand me sometimes; no one ever accused me of altering my voice before).
Needless to say, I am no longer in that corporation. I really havenĘt played for the last couple days as I am not sure what I am going to do at this point.
I hate to start over yet again, but if I do, this time I am creating a male character, avoiding Teamspeak, and telling everyone I am a boy. It just seems like that would be a lot easier.
My choices, continue as Scarlet Allure, start over as a guy, or just drop it. What would you do if you were me? Are there any other girls out there who have had to put up with this insanity?
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