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1794 days, 14 hours, 48 minutes ago

philmikehawk77

MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

1794 days, 13 hours, 5 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

lulz 0_o

1794 days, 12 hours, 39 minutes ago

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... there are a few females of the species here, but their main ambition is to invade your home, kill off or enslave all of the lifeforms around, replace them with their own offspring and exploit any resources they can find to build larger homes from which to repeat the process. They are called Wo-Men.

1794 days, 8 hours, 52 minutes ago

joseph bradshaw

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Yeah I don't know if there are any ladies around. It there are it's possible they are under cover.

I'm always surprised what happens in little fringe bubbles like this when a lady shows up. You can see by the 2 strange responses above how it tends to go.

I used to think it was just teenage boys trying to figure out how to act around ladies, but it seems like every game I play if a lady shows up shit just starts getting weird.

GOTTA BE FUNNY!!!!! GOTTA ACT LIKE I NO CARE!!! GOTTA ASK FOR SANDWICH CUZ SANDWICH FUNNY LOLALALALA!!!!

I don't understand it, but it's a thing. -shrug-

The web is dark and full of terrors.

1794 days, 8 hours, 41 minutes ago

emork the lizard king

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No big thing here, Joseph. Many in this community are mid-age and potential problems with this were solved long ago.

1794 days, 8 hours, 18 minutes ago

joseph bradshaw

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Thumbs up to that. I used to develop Roguelikes and as they got popular the freakin' politics really became a drag. I just want to game. This is where I escape the pressures of daily life with the constant politics and the outrage.

I just want to game man. I think I came to the right place.

1794 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes ago

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there is at least one....and she would be happy to destroy you....

1794 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes ago

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Yes there are females here. Most make no mention of their sex as it is irrevelant to the game. Sex and age - who cares when your ship is being blown out from under you.

1794 days, 3 hours, 5 minutes ago

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Only the Robots, and Borg don't have females.

I don't think anything consisting of greater than 75% synthetic materials can be considered to have a sex.

Unless you count crystals... I think they might bud or something.

1794 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

mule

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Borg Females?
What about 7 of 9 (or whatever her name was?) She sure looked female to me. :)

1794 days, 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

mule

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There was also the Borg Queen, that a short search tells me was a humanoid female of Species 125.

1794 days, 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

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And by current statistics females represent around 50% of online gamers so they may be one or two on here.

But bare in mind that I think the majority of the players used to play it in the 90's when it was a male dominated hobby I expect the majority of the players on this site will be late 30's+ and male.

1794 days, 2 hours, 22 minutes ago

mule

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Unfortunately, if you follow some of the recent gaming news, there seems to be a small but vocal "anti-female" component to some gaming sites. Add to that not wanting to be hit on by your stereotypical male gamer, and I suspect many female gamers prefer flying under the radar. I know I would.

1794 days, 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

michael corleone

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I've been told, more or less based on unspoken rule, one should not backstab in Planets.. and now you tell me they are here! I'm gonna run, run like hell.

1794 days, 1 hours, 53 minutes ago

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Oh yea, sure...

They LOOK female alright...

I'm pretty sure assimilation occurs by means of contact....

I wont elaborate on the potential dangers of supposing a Borg was indeed female...

1794 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes ago

mule

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Michael... I REALLY REALLY hope that was posted in jest. The people I love the most just happen to be of the female persuasion.

1794 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes ago

zaque

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Martinr I don't know about that. After I started playing here because a friend of mine told me about it, my wife went to her study and pulled out her original VGA Planets documents just to be helpful.

1794 days, 0 hours, 28 minutes ago

michael corleone

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@Mule

I'm not gay either. But I'm old enough to speak about real life phenomenoms.

It's like you had that nice cloaker where you wanted to relax,
but they are not just having a Loki, they have that ongoing ionstorm around them
and they are gonna tow and finally colonize you to an Amorphous planet.

1793 days, 23 hours, 47 minutes ago

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second lulz in row

1793 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes ago

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People are misunderstanding Gamergate... anyone claiming it is misogynist rage is not listening to both sides.

The issue is that a few women are using their GENDER to influence the game industry to enact censorship in games. They want to remove violence and anything "objectifying" women from all games.

What sparked the fires was one of these women sleeping with 5 guys in the industry while lying to her BF, which then outed her since she had a feminist blog online. These men gave her "game" great reviews in exchange for sex, yet not one woman will acknowledge that this was 'wrong' for her to do.

Then she tried to capitalize on Robin Williams suicide to sell her game and that blew up in her face. Turns out she did softcore porn so that came out also.

The fact a vocal gamer feminist slept around and basically violated everything she preached, then started false claims she was being hounded in RL just escalated it into a frenzy.

Then other vocal gamer feminists got into the stray claiming she did nothing wrong and that everyone upset is a misogynist.

Blanket statements insulting people that play video games based on their gender is no way to calm people down.

1793 days, 23 hours, 31 minutes ago

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why do I have this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach?

1793 days, 23 hours, 1 minutes ago

mule

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Tom: Agreed.

If someone upsets a person or a group, they need to deal with him/her as an individual. Not as a gender, race, nationality, religion, etc. etc. They need to be specific and absolutely sure the "facts" can be proven and are pertinent.

In any event, I hope WE have no misogynists HERE.

1793 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes ago

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It's gonna make me giggle when you get wooped by a girl.

Lord knows I got my butt handed to me by a female commander a couple games ago.

I'm proud to have simply survived that game.

1793 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes ago

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and I hope we dont confuse criticising feminism / feminists --or just certain sec of the movement-- with misogyny. that if anything would suit them well, no doubt certain interest groups would pursue that approach.

1793 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes ago

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Mule - With a player base this large, I'm sure there's more than a few misogynists here.

Glyn - While I've not been following "Gamergate" very closely, I'll say two things. First, I don't care what was done, it doesn't warrant physical threats like those that were done in Utah, where that woman was scheduled to appear. Second, I've been playing games online since the mid-80's, and I've seen some pretty revolting stuff directed at women. Everything from constantly hitting on them, to outright threats. If I were female, I certainly wouldn't reveal that fact online. When my daughter is old enough to spend time online unsupervised, I'll recommend she do so with a male persona.

1793 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes ago

mule

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I hope I am misunderstanding some what I read. Otherwise, I would really be disappointed in our specific NU Planets gaming community. I would have thought better of us.

As far as using "Feminism" in a derogatory manner - check your definitions. "the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men." I will support any individual's desire to be treated and judged equally with any other individual - of whatever gender, race, religions, or other group of human beings.

1793 days, 22 hours, 28 minutes ago

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I haven't followed Gamergate that closely either but from what I can tell those accusations are unproven and in fact come from an angry ex-boyfriend making them a bit doubtful.
The fact she's received threats and been hounded for it is a fact however.
And I agree with Firefall even if it were all true it does not warrant death/rape/mutilation threats.
So yes there are two sides to it.
And one side is clearly insane and wrong.

1793 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes ago

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"And I agree with Firefall even if it were all true it does not warrant death/rape/mutilation threats.
So yes there are two sides to it.
And one side is clearly insane and wrong."

yep, one side. its the third and have nothing to do with the first and the second. it is the same side--while maybe not the same group of individuals--that get active when anything, just anything at all gets too much attention in internet. a side effect of internet access being available free for ell these days.

1793 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes ago

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just one example is league of legends, millions and millions of playes. one gets all kind of shit there for just playing the game--playing bad does not have to be involved. this sad phenomenon simply exists everywhere where too many people get together under anonymity. the worst ofc would and could do it even under their real identities. but there are actually also some *#&@ed up people out there in any case. ...so these are not be confused with the real issue or topic or debate at hand. and the merits of arguements should never be based on the "victim value" of one side compared to the other.

1793 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes ago

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@Siggi Please refrain yourself from commenting on subjects when you don't have a clue. Also please don't let the GG plague infect planets.

1793 days, 21 hours, 58 minutes ago

mule

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I don't think any of us really knows who does or does not "have a clue." Certainly not enough to tell someone else they shouldn't comment.

1793 days, 21 hours, 56 minutes ago

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...and especially if the opinion is the right one ;)

1793 days, 21 hours, 53 minutes ago

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@erasmus I was saying that no matter what death threats can never be tolerated or excused.
If you think that's clueless than by all means say so.

1793 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes ago

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And yes I have no clue about GG or much interest in fact.
I doubt you do either.
What I do know is this: Women who do or say something that's controversial and gets in the spotlight *will* receive death and rape threats.
This is unfortunately one of the darker sides of the internet in general.

You don't have to be a feminist or even believe in equality to see how wrong this kind of behaviour is.

1793 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes ago

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Yes, Midshipman Philmikehawk77, there are females here. I'm one of them: Admiral Jessilaurn. And I dearly hope you get the point.

1793 days, 21 hours, 5 minutes ago

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The root issue isn't whether death threats are cool. I think almost everyone agrees about that. Corrupt sorta-journalists - that doesn't seem like the root either. Nobody trusts other people's opinions of games all that much, for one thing. Or should.

Is it that some younger males really would like to see scantily clad, (statistically) unrealistically curvy women in games because they aren't too likely to see much of that in real life; and on the other hand, (clearly enough) there's now some media pressure to normalize women's images and put a few more virtual clothes on? (I take it that this is mostly an FPS issue.)

Or what?

@Mule - I only wish dictionaries were good guides to what people actually believe and do, and how they feel. My Grandmother's feminism (she ran for office before WWII) was very, very, very different from much that I've seen since, which often bears only a very tenuous relationship to that dictionary definition, and frequently directly contradicts it. (Not to mention the many questions of implementation.)

1793 days, 20 hours, 59 minutes ago

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@michael+corleone
I'm sorry you've been so disappointed. But half of sociopaths are men (at least), so now, please imagine how a great many women feel.

Typically, men are worse at reading people than women. So maybe we're easier marks, but the traffic does go both ways. See "A Streetcar Named Desire."

1793 days, 20 hours, 51 minutes ago

rensha

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Well said @Nurb

1793 days, 20 hours, 32 minutes ago

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Feminism is not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_equality

Feminists want the same rights as men... not equal. Go to Reddit, jump in a feminist fourm and watch them throw insults at "equalists".

Did you all miss the http://why-we-dont-need-feminism.tumblr.com/ ?

Feminism is dead, long live gender equality!

1793 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes ago

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Siggi: Why do you think it is ok to label a whole group of people 'insane' that you haven't even bothered to listen to??? You do know that is called BIGOTRY right?

1793 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes ago

michael corleone

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@Nurb

Ok, I can open a bit... Thanks for thoughts, although I'm really not THAT disappointed. I even have a great girlfriend. What I wrote was mostly sarcasm of life but of course not all women are that alike. One can also make such a "black humour" about men. For me, it all goes and nobody's out of critic, me neither.

I actually know next to nothing about this issue, is it gamergate or something? In general, I just think it's quite lame to buy self esteem in net based on something trendy, let it be minorities, sexualities or anything. If one wants to support any idea, politics, group of people etc. one should really go and do smth about it in real life. If you want to support WWF and animals, give some money to them or do a concrete thing but don't blast people in net how they kill them. Taking sides in net doesn't really help much. Although it's a good channel to provide information, it's not really a place to try to be really serious. That's actually just embarrassing to get angry here. I don't mean to prevent conversation, I just wrote smth everybody should laugh at or pass. Some people get too naive and emotional about sarcasm, that's not a good thing if it's true or near it.

Believe me, I know a nice bunch of narcissists and probably psychopaths who made my life quite shit. Yes, most of them are men, some women. Both sex have their features.

1793 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes ago

pyrite

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We have something in common. I too am a meta-slacktivist. I never do anything in real life about it, but I'm always ready to post against slacktivism. :)

1793 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes ago

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@Glyn I was referring to the people who send out death/rape threats.
If calling them insane is bigotry then I guess I'm a bigot :)
I could have worded things better I guess.
English is after all not my first language so sometimes I tend to word things poorly.
I have no objection or really care wether or not you dislike feminists or women for that matter. As long as you can behave civilly and discuss it that is.

1793 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes ago

mule

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Glyn: Feminism will be unnecessary WHEN we reach equality. We are not there yet. Posting other people's opinions (and that's all they are) will not change mine. What will change mine are when we reach equal pay for equal work, when women are no longer the overwhelming victims of physical abuse, when we are talking about the sexual abuse of men in the military - instead of women, etc. etc. Unfortunately, that list goes on far too long.

That said, we are closer (in the west) than we used to be. At least our religious fanatics don't shoot girls for just wanting an education or bar women from legally driving a car. But, not everyone lives in our neighborhood, and globally women's rights are in terrible shape.

And the "stuff" we see on the gaming sucks. I wonder if all the attackers would be quite so hateful if their mothers, sisters, and daughters were listening to what they were saying?

1793 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes ago

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This activity feed has hit an all time low. This is planets.nu, not a dating site.

1793 days, 18 hours, 19 minutes ago

rensha

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@Mule I can agree with much of what you say, as far as globally there are some really glaring issues. As far as physical abuse, I believe that in most countries/states the penalty is far higher for assaulting a woman as a man (felony in my state) where the opposite is just misdemeanor assault. Stopping it is impossible without someone physically there 24 hours to stop it. Just like any other crime.

Equal pay for equal work is a weak argument when comparing apples to apples in most cases the pay is equal. In very few areas of employment there is a small disparity in the wages. CEOs being a big and very visible one. But in the day to day it just isn't the case. The famously popular 70% number is a ridiculous spinning of the numbers when comparing averages over the entire population. I hope you can see how that is a disingenuous way of using the statistic. Men tend to gravitate toward some of the higher paying jobs as evidenced by the demographics in those fields.

Some cursory research on your part would have profited you the knowledge on "equal rights" in the west.

But, like I said there are some horrible examples of the lack of equality in many countries. Just very few of the claims of inequality are actually true in the west.

1793 days, 18 hours, 11 minutes ago

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And so.... back to the game :>

This isn't a dating site. We just try to defeat each other's forces and try not to get thrashed by whomever is on the other side.

1793 days, 18 hours, 8 minutes ago

mule

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Rensha: And I would suggest YOU do some research on pay. Equal pay for equal work does not mean we compare the secretary to the CEO. It means we compare COEs to CEOs or Engineers of two sexes with the same education and experience. And the pay levels are not even close to being equal.

I hope nobody comes back with another inaccuracy that I or someone else feels the need to correct. The only reason I referred to this at all is when G suggested feminism was unnecessary because everyone was already equal.
BUT - PLEASE... let's not turn this site or thread into some kind of political and/or social debate. I am sure most of us would rather get back to Planets talk. I know I would.

1793 days, 18 hours, 4 minutes ago

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@Mule, This cant from you is false as stated, which makes me suspect you're reciting, not thinking or analyzing.

To whit:

"the overwhelming victims of physical abuse" - actually, men suffer more violence in society, and by far: true, men are more violent than women (spousal murder aside, I believe) but they are also much more often the victims of violence.

Men are now falling behind as University students (and in school) not women.

Studies show that men who ask for directions are frequently refused them, or insulted - but not women.

Spousal abuse and rape are very large problems. (Human trafficking, too.) Here, women suffer far more and we haven't found a solution. Maybe the reverse.

Minority women often face far less job discrimination that minority men do, since they seem less threatening and fill two quotas at once.

Women suffer the most terrible problems in this list. No question. But not the only problems.

I'm one of those who suspect that more political correctness isn't going to help, 'cause we've tried that. For quite a wile now.

1793 days, 18 hours, 4 minutes ago

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@Rensha "Equal pay for equal work is a weak argument when comparing apples to apples in most cases the pay is equal. In very few areas of employment there is a small disparity in the wages. CEOs being a big and very visible one. But in the day to day it just isn't the case. The famously popular 70% number is a ridiculous spinning of the numbers when comparing averages over the entire population. I hope you can see how that is a disingenuous way of using the statistic. Men tend to gravitate toward some of the higher paying jobs as evidenced by the demographics in those fields."

I'd be interested to see a citation for the above. Everything I've seen from reputable sources (peer reviewed studies mostly) indicates inequality in a majority of fields - at least in the US.

1793 days, 18 hours, 1 minutes ago

rensha

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If you would reread my post you will see I was advocating for comparing them "apples to apples." Pay levels are equal in most cases. I feel the need to correct your inaccuracy. You're simply misinformed, which is not entirely your fault but it can be remedied if you approach the situation with an open mind and search out for all sources of reliable information rather than political talking points.

I think we all should approach things this way and if we did we would see the ways we are lied to by both governments and media en mass. Begin with reason then let it flow from there. I am willing to be convinced on any issue.

1793 days, 16 hours, 47 minutes ago

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for the record i am female, am anti-feminism and a bit of a misogynist....and by all means, objectify me....(as i stomp your fleet, feel free to look up the skirt.)

1793 days, 16 hours, 41 minutes ago

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Plenty of geeky ladies with leather LARP gauntlets and a +1 mace in their closet around.

1793 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes ago

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For those that believe there is no wage gap. Please look at this data:

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.pdf

1793 days, 16 hours, 24 minutes ago

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oligarchy / plutocracy is the American way of life (reply to Tom). Not really sure how this thread got derailed thou.

Oh, my last comment was a compliment. Had a big crush on a LARPing gal with leather gauntlets and a mace in her closet. Smart as hell, love Axis and Allies, D&D, and was cute too.

1793 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes ago

mule

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I was going to suggest anyone that disagrees with a 20% to 5% wage gap go try to change the data on Wiki and see how long it stands up. Sounding reasonable and saying one is open minded is not the same as being so.

Now can we get back to Planets? Isn't it obvious that nobody is going to change their mind?

1793 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes ago

rensha

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@Tom While that report may seem to destroy the argument against the pay gap. The report doesn't take into account a lot of variables. It is not a full picture it is simply a comparison of wages overall. Which is not how you get accurate statistics, unless you want to mislead people.

1793 days, 16 hours, 16 minutes ago

mule

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(Sigh.....)

1793 days, 16 hours, 15 minutes ago

rensha

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@Mule Consensus does not make an argument correct.

1793 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes ago

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@Mule
No it isn't obvious that no-one is going to change their mind. Many people do this. I've even done it myself, and on this very subject. More than once over my lifetime! I may again.

We could leave this discussion to the 14-yr-old trolls who play FPSes - I just hope we don't. An honest grown-up discussion by gamers on this topic would be a contribution. (And yes, most 14yr olds don't troll.)

C'mon Mule, you're better than a dismissive sigh. Life is complex, ideologies simple. Too simple, almost always.

I've had Wikipedia reject a statistic from me because it was merely from the New York Times, and they wanted a better source; but I've also had them reject facts from a book 'cause the movie of the book didn't include that fact, and more editors had seen the movie! (An example of consensus not being correct.)

1793 days, 15 hours, 44 minutes ago

mule

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NURB: My sigh was for the fact NU Planets does not provide this space for politics. Sure, we can all toss out a few opinions on most anything. But, we need to know when to stop. Some of us are not going to be convinced there is some conspiracy behind government data or Wiki, and it seems obvious that some of you must be getting your data from somewhere else. So, let's just drop it. OK?

I will now unsubscribe from this thread and recommend everyone else that is as tired of this as I am do so as well.

1793 days, 14 hours, 57 minutes ago

pyrite

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Gaming is a big industry. Big enough that politics is beginning to shape gaming. I think that's at the core of the GG dispute, and it's a part of life in the free world, and the gaming world, now.

You've lowered this debate by mischaracterizations, straw men, dismissive sighs, and more than once stated that (while you believe you have the right to express an opinion) you hope others won't bore everyone by replying to you - let's say with a fact. Now everyone who disagrees with even part of what you have to say, or who believes there might be a confounding variable or two to consider maturely when evaluating statistics, is a conspiracy theorist! This is very uncivil vituperation on your part. Perhaps you should have unsubscribed a little earlier.

1793 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes ago

joseph bradshaw

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As I said in the first few replies, these threads always take a turn for the weird.

I unsubscribed immediately.

1793 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes ago

pyrite

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Nurb=Pyrite (I wanted to try Pirates without embarrassing my main account, but now I try 'em, I like the pirates.)

1793 days, 14 hours, 35 minutes ago

maqusan

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Glyn: Show me 2 men who have received rape and death threats for speaking their mind in the gaming industry and I'll consider you really think this is about ethics. Until then you and your toxic, misogynist, bigoted, reactionary GG buddies can go throw your entitled little tantrum somewhere else.

1793 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes ago

rensha

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@Maqusan, You act as though we are advocating for an extreme position, that the rape and death threats were ok. I don't get that from Glyn's postings nor anyone else. There was a rundown of the overall gamergate situation. Which I refused to comment on. I withheld commenting hoping this would die back down and not escalate. But, I couldn't let @Mule's comments about gender equality slide.

For the record, I think the gamergate thing is something that initially started out as something that was of genuine concern but quickly spun out of control. Which is why no one really knows what it is about anymore.

1793 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes ago

rensha

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Also, it looks like the death threats are from possibly a couple of people, but I can only find the username of one person who sent them. This could be a sensationalizing of the story.

1793 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes ago

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I hate to actually reply but the fact is men and women will never be equal.....unfortunate, yes, but the truth. In many things women are far superior to men and vice versa. I believe two people doing the same job should get equal pay, but what happens when one of those people doesn't miss work or come in late, is just plain better. Does that person warrant a raise over the other?

1793 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes ago

maqusan

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You know who sent death threats and yet you've not turned them in to the police?

And you think female game designers are the ones with ethical problems?

1793 days, 14 hours, 1 minutes ago

rensha

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That's the most ignorant question ever...They have these posts copied onto news sites. With...wait for it...USERNAMES!!!

1793 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes ago

maqusan

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Ah. So it's not the same 2 people. It's the same two usernames. Well that's definitive then.

I'm sure my friend the tech journalist would be happy to know the avalanche of rape threats she got were just from a couple of bad eggs.

1793 days, 13 hours, 39 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

I just figure anyone bitching about big tits in video games to justify advocating censoring video games... is a horrible human being. I'll fight to the death to defend my freedom, that means anything goes in video games as far as I'm concerned. Heard about the game 'Hatred'?

Siggi: "And one side is clearly insane and wrong." You were perfectly clear, judging a group by a few is textbook bigotry.

/\/\ule: "We are not there yet" Really? Name one single law that discriminates against women. Reproductive rights still have a way to go, but that involves men just as much as women.

You realize that male pornstars are paid a fraction that the women are, even in gay porn. Frankly I believe in CAPITALISM, meaning we don't need wage regulation and when your employer pays you less than others and you feel it is unfair, quit.

1793 days, 10 hours, 13 minutes ago

michael corleone

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

@Pyrite,

I see you dodging my point somehow quite familiar way... :D

1793 days, 9 hours, 25 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

I just find it a tad hypocrite that nobody cares when a male recieves those threats, but when a woman (whos been proven a liar multiples times and a general scumbag) gets those (not even proven), all she did before is forgiven and everybody talks about it.
I'm not saying that threats are good btw.

1793 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

@Erasme - I don't see any where on this thread where no one cared about men receiving those threats. I said I didn't care what she'd done, those types of threats weren't warranted. As far as verified, what more verification do you need, other than the local PD releasing the text of the email?

1792 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

I like the way Mr. T put it, even if you are wearing gold rings and chains, you are just a better-dressed slave. Throughout history people who worked for another were known as servants. In modern times people have tried to decorate such positions by calling such people "employees." A servant is a servant - dependent on their master.

Servants can bleat all they want about how much they should get from their masters. However, true freedom comes, as Karl Marx said, by owning the means of production, i.e. - self-employment.

There are only 2 types of workers in this world:

1. Masters - People who own their own businesses and are the masters of their destiny.

2. Servants - Those who depend on others for their livelihood.

That is why America is so great - we have true freedom. We can become self-employed freemen instead of being wage slaves.

1792 days, 23 hours, 8 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

and then, the customer arrive ... ;)

1792 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes ago

mule

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

I had to peek....

MJS, changing the direction away from gender abuse and inequality on purpose?

OK, how much freedom does the self employed booth owner in Mumbai or Mecca have? Freedom of speech, of religion, etc...? Not much, I think. Maybe the freedom to starve!

Not that our western freedoms are or should be absolute either. Just for example, freedom of speech must be balanced against slander and panic. And, BTW - having owned a business or two, I can tell you that I still had masters. Being a slave to an employer is not so different from being a slave to the market or your customers.

Only absolute wealth, such as the very very few can enjoy, gives freedom in a capitalist society. Anyone else, no matter their employment status, serves someone.

1792 days, 21 hours, 34 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Seems to me the original post here was from someone asking if there were any females playing this game. If the poster was a female testing the waters, I am sure she is long gone. Good job folks! . . . stomp, stomp, hatch slams . . . ENSIGN!! Find out who left the seat up in my head and space him!

1792 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

a female is unlikely to have chosen that particular username....

1792 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Jusme: Guys name is Phil-mark-hawk, gonna go with Occams Razor here... besides it's kinda sexist to assume that she would be easily upset by a forum online, it used to be common opinion that women had delicate sensibilities... not true for sure now if it ever was.

1792 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

phil-mike-hawk* (it makes a difference)

1792 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Family names? Done it myself - way back when.

1792 days, 20 hours, 24 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

= fill my cock*

1792 days, 20 hours, 24 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

if you really weren't getting it.....

1792 days, 20 hours, 6 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Is'nt it more supposed to be *feel* my cock?
Cocks as a general rule prefer to do the filling rather than getting filled.
But they do like to be felt.

1792 days, 20 hours, 3 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

see, and i thought giving the hubby an erection consisted of filling the tissue inside it with blood....

1792 days, 19 hours, 56 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Meh I suppose you could put it like that.
Although hopefully not literally like that.
I have this vivid image of a syringe full of blood now.....

1792 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

is the "syringe" poking me? LOL

1792 days, 19 hours, 5 minutes ago

mule

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Well, now that it has been explained to a dullard like myself, I hope PMH takes his or her 6th grade humor somewhere else. IMO, we don't need it here. Nor do we need the antagonism the whole thing has generated.

If NU gets overrun by the gamergate folks I won't stick around to watch it.

1792 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes ago

rkious

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Lets play Planets!! I don,t care if it,s a man or woman. I have two wonderful daughters that I would not mind playing planets. It has been wonderful to me and if they ever choose it would advance their thinking skills.

1792 days, 18 hours, 10 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

There are more females here than you might realize. I personally know four or five who have played planets on a number of sites over the years. You can not tell their sex by their names however. In fact with the trend to made up names with no vowels you can not tell what some of them are but I guess that is the goal.

1792 days, 9 hours, 7 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

This thread is a great resource. Now I know a number of people I have no interest in ever allying with.

1792 days, 7 hours, 36 minutes ago

zyki

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

You are giving this wonnabe Casanova too much attention.If i ever get to be Emperor, heads will fall! It doesnt matter what we are in real life... here i am a racist;)
All Crystals must die!

1792 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes ago

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Do Crystals have heads?

1792 days, 4 hours, 38 minutes ago

zyki

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

Havent managed to hunt down one jet...But if my first has a head, it will hang over my fireplace;)

1792 days, 3 hours, 27 minutes ago

emork the lizard king

RE: MY NAME IS PhilMikeHawk77 is there any females on this?

The Emperor wishes that the pubertal question which initiated this thread vanishes from his main screen of pleasure. Please obey by using a new thread to discuss the anatomy of Crystals or whatever.