Re: Jokes and women
In reply to #711 Jokes and women by Mark Gellis
In [email removed]> Mark Gellis writes: > >I was curious if anyone in the mailing list has women running as player >characters. Yes. Well, I used to. A while ago, we changed game systems and GMs (we tend to do that periodically). It's a fairly large group--four women, five men. We've ended up in some, ah, *interesting* situations, too. > A few of my female friends run in my game world. They are >often a lot more level-headed than some of my male friends who run. I >was wondering if anyone had any comments on this subject. Sure. Level-headed? Yes, I agree with that. Also (at least in the case of the ones I game with) *much* more vicious and bloodthirsty. Straight-forward, too. We have this one gentleman in our group who tends to look for hideously complicated solutions to just about anything (we all know someone like that, don't we? :-) ). Half the time he gets his thunder stolen by one particular lady who gets tired of his dithering (to tell the truth, she isn't alone) and does something direct (like tossing a grenade into a room without worrying about whether or not it's occupied). Now, is it just my particular set of female friends, or are most (all?) female gamers (vaguely) like this? I mean, level-headed, direct, dangerous, and no nonsense. I'm just wondering about *gamers*, too. >Also, for those interested in cruel jokes to play on their players... Oh, always... ;-) >Androids can basically look like any humanoid, right? And a good AI >program can give them pretty much any "personality," right? Right... The possibilities are very interesting... I'd better not describe the Biff-bot, though... :-) - -- Brent Woods INTERNET: [email removed] [address removed] PHONE: [phone removed] (voice) All opinions and material above is the responsibility of the originator. Submissions: [email removed], or [email removed] Administrator: [email removed] (James Perkins) The TML is made possible by facilities provided by Tektronix, Inc.