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RE: What it feels like to be a gamer girl
Holy shit, I had no idea people actually treated females 'badly' in online games, I remember playing Garry's Mod, when I was a teenager, we had a few females that used to play alongside males, All I can say was that there the guys actually worshiped the females (as they were so rare), however there was a bit of toxicity, mainly towards the younger kids (who sounded like little girls and thus got called little girls), however to my experience; no females were insulted (especially in the way you describe), so it's really a shame to hear bad experiences.
Indeed, worshiping is another side of a coin. Most of the time people don't pay attention if I am a girl. I think most of the offenders come from a "salty" category anyway. But I absolutely hate undeserved toxicity towards the kids. My team has a guy who is a 13-year old (the oldest in the group is 30), and he is a damn good player, we all respect him a lot as a person as well. I wish people cared about skills more than age. After all most of the people in cybersports are teenagers ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Absolutely! Its pretty stupid, but people can be judgmental idiots and just need to be told to shut the hell up. Everyone is just there to have a good time, and the hate is absolutely ridiculous sometimes