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ThatLukeGuy Waterworks Kobold Offline Happy little trees Posts: 124 Joined: Aug 14^th, 2010 Gender:	You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games May 11^th, 2014 at 3:45pm	Print Post
	According to the article, guys playing as chicks jump more than real chicks playing as chicks.� "In player movements, males playing as female avatars really showed their true colors. Men moved and jumped more, and stood farther from other players when they clustered in groups, even when they played as females. The jumping was particularly noticeable: Men playing as a female avatar jumped 112 times more on average during a quest than women playing as a female avatar." http://news.yahoo.com/boys-boys-cant-hide-gender-video-games-114023353.html Thoughts?


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_ Waterworks Kobold Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 139 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #1 - May 11^th, 2014 at 3:46pm	Print Post
	Must....Fap....To.....Pixels....

	1v1 me mid techies.
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ThatLukeGuy Waterworks Kobold Offline Happy little trees Posts: 124 Joined: Aug 14^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #2 - May 11^th, 2014 at 3:49pm	Print Post
	Don't fap if the pixels jump over towards you then stop short a few feet away to have a "chat"


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Ugg the Unwise Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 365 Joined: Apr 14^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #3 - May 11^th, 2014 at 4:51pm	Print Post
	ThatLukeGuy wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 3:45pm: According to the article, guys playing as chicks jump more than real chicks playing as chicks.� "In player movements, males playing as female avatars really showed their true colors. Men moved and jumped more, and stood farther from other players when they clustered in groups, even when they played as females. The jumping was particularly noticeable: Men playing as a female avatar jumped 112 times more on average during a quest than women playing as a female avatar." http://news.yahoo.com/boys-boys-cant-hide-gender-video-games-114023353.html Thoughts? Gotta love idiots with a calculator and access to excell...


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Daze Stormreaver Piker Offline I Love Drama! I do ... I really do. Posts: 647 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #4 - May 11^th, 2014 at 4:55pm	Print Post
	I guess this means I am actually a woman..... I tend to play female characters because they are prettier and I like boobies but I don't jump everywhere or separate myself. Does that make me a lesbian?

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Angry Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 1699 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #5 - May 11^th, 2014 at 4:59pm	Print Post
	I jump around a lot on my boy toon.


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Meli Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 397 Joined: Jan 30^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #6 - May 11^th, 2014 at 5:10pm	Print Post
	ThatLukeGuy wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 3:45pm: According to the article, guys playing as chicks jump more than real chicks playing as chicks.� "In player movements, males playing as female avatars really showed their true colors. Men moved and jumped more, and stood farther from other players when they clustered in groups, even when they played as females. The jumping was particularly noticeable: Men playing as a female avatar jumped 112 times more on average during a quest than women playing as a female avatar." http://news.yahoo.com/boys-boys-cant-hide-gender-video-games-114023353.html Thoughts? How does he know that the guys playing chicks are actually guys? The article doesn't say. And if he trusted some only internet response then there is a lol right there. Jumping is fun and I think this study doesn't have a large enough sample size or take into account a host of other factors. I've observed plenty of other female players who like to jump also. Anyone taking this study on which to base judgements based on isolated incidents btw is also doing themselves a disservice. The motivations to actually do and publish such a survey are interesting though.


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Viktor Vaughn Puppy Farmer Offline Eberron burns Posts: 1561 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #7 - May 11^th, 2014 at 5:19pm	Print Post
	Everyone on the internet are guys till proven otherwise.


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Meli Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 397 Joined: Jan 30^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #8 - May 11^th, 2014 at 5:25pm	Print Post
	Viktor Vaughn wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 5:19pm: Everyone on the internet are guys till proven otherwise. ^ yup. safest way.


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ThatLukeGuy Waterworks Kobold Offline Happy little trees Posts: 124 Joined: Aug 14^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #9 - May 11^th, 2014 at 5:28pm	Print Post
	^ This


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Ugg the Unwise Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 365 Joined: Apr 14^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #10 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:05pm	Print Post
	Angry wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 4:59pm: I jump around a lot on my boy toon. I jump around with my wf toons... Guess we're both considered 'bad data'


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Distributed Abbot Raider Offline Posts: 855 Joined: Oct 4^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #11 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:07pm	Print Post
	Viktor Vaughn wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 5:19pm: Everyone on the internet are guys till proven otherwise. Boobs being the appropriate proof.


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Viktor Vaughn Puppy Farmer Offline Eberron burns Posts: 1561 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #12 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:09pm	Print Post
	Distributed wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 6:07pm: Boobs being the appropriate proof. On skype with voice confirmation.
	« Last Edit: May 11^th, 2014 at 6:09pm by Viktor Vaughn »

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AngryKobold Waterworks Kobold Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 190 Location: Riding a Minotaur Joined: Nov 1^st, 2013 Gender:	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #13 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:13pm	Print Post
	Viktor Vaughn wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 5:19pm: Everyone on the internet are guys till proven otherwise. Twenty years ago when I started playing online games I had a friend which had a horrible tragedy... ... since that time I have assumed everyone is a 42 year old over weight guy playing in their underwear until proven otherwise. This basic assumption has saved me much drama in many games.


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Meli Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 397 Joined: Jan 30^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #14 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:14pm	Print Post
	Lame guys... You need to also check things like the adam's apple, the chin line and number of ribs/ribs to waist line. Just face it ... YOURE NOT SAFE. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO... *IT MIGHT BE A MALE* * THE PERSON WHO YOU HAVE BE DROOLING FOR MIGHT BE A MALE* oh the shame so... simplest solution? treat everyone the same way that's right... be an asshole consistantly to EVERYONE win win i say.


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Meli Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 397 Joined: Jan 30^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #15 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:18pm	Print Post
	Ugg the Unwise wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 6:05pm: I jump around with my wf toons... Guess we're both considered 'bad data' the first char I capped was a little male dwarf. so i started playing in October and didn't get a headset until Christmas. so in January when i got it working and got over being shy about it the person i had been trailing behind - a very good player who regularly used to take keen newbies in his dust as he zerged through quests - said "oh. you're a girl". at the time, being my first MMO, i didn't realise how much a surprise that must of been


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Meli Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 397 Joined: Jan 30^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #16 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:30pm	Print Post
	and at the risk of spamming up the thread like another around here we know and love (but protecting myself from editing) by the way that it is written the article should have been titled "You Can't Hide Your Male Gender in Video Games" females hide out all the time. very well i might add. /huge opened eyed grin


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Terebinthia Horoluth Raider Offline All your cupcakes are belong to me! :D Posts: 2499 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2011	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #17 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	Viktor Vaughn wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 6:09pm: On skype with voice confirmation. Oh bless your little cotton socks


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Terebinthia Horoluth Raider Offline All your cupcakes are belong to me! :D Posts: 2499 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2011	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #18 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	Meli wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 6:30pm: and at the risk of spamming up the thread like another around here we know and love (but protecting myself from editing) by the way that it is written the article should have been titled "You Can't Hide Your Male Gender in Video Games" females hide out all the time. very well i might add. /huge opened eyed grin Mel speaks sense, you should listen to her I am the odd one out in that I am not soliciting loots and don't Stfu. But I am a bit militant about female visibility. Plus the hit on me because I am a British chick people amuse me


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Lelouch Shroud Slacker Offline What is a moron? A person playing ddo Posts: 1073 Joined: Apr 19^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #19 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:42pm	Print Post
	Wait, if im a male playing a male, does that make me homo?
	« Last Edit: May 11^th, 2014 at 6:47pm by Lelouch »

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Yobai Epic Poster Offline Posts: 4126 Joined: Jul 26^th, 2012	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #20 - May 11^th, 2014 at 6:43pm	Print Post
	Meli wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 6:14pm: * THE PERSON WHO YOU HAVE BE DROOLING FOR MIGHT BE A MALE* why is that a problem? you some kind of homophobe?

	Revaulting wrote on Jul 7^th, 2015 at 8:16pm: Have you tried a lower difficulty, such as the official forums?
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Illetirated Stormreaver Piker Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 568 Joined: Nov 19^th, 2013	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #21 - May 11^th, 2014 at 7:17pm	Print Post
	Quote: It's not clear why male players jumped more than female ones, Consalvo said. "It could be attention-getting," she said. "A way to literally stand out in the crowd, sort of the equivalent of waving your arms around." Yeah right. I think if they had more general knowledge about the male gender they would have made the hypothesis that jumping and moving around allows the player to get more depth perception of his surroundings. That's biologically important data for males (prehistoric hunters, hiding from predators ... that kind of stuff) Calling male gamers attention whores ... fucking fake researchers.

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Viktor Vaughn Puppy Farmer Offline Eberron burns Posts: 1561 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #22 - May 11^th, 2014 at 8:22pm	Print Post
	Terebinthia wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 6:32pm: Oh bless your little cotton socks Im playing too much ddo, I read that as cocoon socks.


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Viktor Vaughn Puppy Farmer Offline Eberron burns Posts: 1561 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #23 - May 11^th, 2014 at 8:24pm	Print Post
	There is 1 good reason why people play female chars out of habit:in some games there is gear for male and female chars, gear for female chars is cheaper because there are always less female players.


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NaturalHazard VoD Slasher Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1889 Joined: Jul 28^th, 2011	Re: You Can't Hide Your Gender in Video Games Reply #24 - May 11^th, 2014 at 8:30pm	Print Post
	Viktor Vaughn wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 8:24pm: There is 1 good reason why people play female chars out of habit:in some games there is gear for male and female chars, gear for female chars is cheaper because there are always less female players. there might be less female players but I doubt female characters are in the minority.


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