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minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 days agoYes, but weirdly, none of us play MMOs.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]linkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoI know at least two who are in my coven / crew who play MMOs. I don’t like MMOs myself, but I’m way neurodivergent and do a lot of single-player and small-group co-op. I think I steered away from pub games around the rise of gamergate and the alt-right. Folks got scary.
minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoI know a few who play as male characters to avoid attention.
minus-squareatomicorange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 days agoI would play as male characters and then dye their armor pink and flirt relentlessly with the boys. It was fun, especially when you’d get on teamspeak with them after playing together for weeks and they’d be like “wait you’re a girl?”
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 days agoOh, I know. I’ve met a lot of women who do, it was more tongue-in-cheek at the old “Many Men Online Roleplaying Girls”.
Yes, but weirdly, none of us play MMOs.
I know at least two who are in my coven / crew who play MMOs.
I don’t like MMOs myself, but I’m way neurodivergent and do a lot of single-player and small-group co-op.
I think I steered away from pub games around the rise of gamergate and the alt-right. Folks got scary.
You’re not missing much
I know a few who play as male characters to avoid attention.
I would play as male characters and then dye their armor pink and flirt relentlessly with the boys. It was fun, especially when you’d get on teamspeak with them after playing together for weeks and they’d be like “wait you’re a girl?”
Oh, I know. I’ve met a lot of women who do, it was more tongue-in-cheek at the old “Many Men Online Roleplaying Girls”.