Gaming Inequality

[ruffles]

oh lol

[Emulation_Chief]

Hello:

Gender discrimination in video games is as long as VG history itself. If you can recall video game and its creators, you will notice the name of male figures. Basically, that transform video gamers into male figures, specially during promotions.

That does not mean females are excluded. Video games are games. And games have to be fun for everyone. Not only boys or men. Let's be fair with everyone. All of us deserve it.

[Broadus]

Sexism is just as bad as racism. I don't know why anyone could be stupid enough to think it's okay to be so bluntly and rudely sexist and racist. I bring up racism because I was playing Call of Duty 4 the other day and my team and I were playing against Mexicans (or Mexican-Americans? whatever) and my whole team (whom I did not know) kept saying crap like "LEARN SOME DAMN ENGLISH" and various lines about burritos and they basically put lots of emphasis on their supposed Mexican-ness. Y'know, I'm sure it was all in fun and jest, and at the time I really didn't care, but it's not a good thing. Obviously these white people would not have spoken like they did to the face of any Mexican because it was really rude and they'd be in big trouble.
I don't wanna' hear any crap about how racism is off-topic. It's the same department of prejudism brought up only by the ability to hear other players to determine their sex or race.
It is the Internet, though. You could always file a complaint against someone in XBOX Live... Y'know, I've never met any girls on XBOX Live!

[hodey]

Get over it. It is just part of gaming, espically online games. It is all mind games. Stop spending all this time complaining about what someone said, practice, then kick thier a$$. That simple ...

[Solidsnake3000]

Sexism is just as bad as racism. I don't know why anyone could be stupid enough to think it's okay to be so bluntly and rudely sexist and racist. I bring up racism because I was playing Call of Duty 4 the other day and my team and I were playing against Mexicans (or Mexican-Americans? whatever) and my whole team (whom I did not know) kept saying crap like "LEARN SOME DAMN ENGLISH" and various lines about burritos and they basically put lots of emphasis on their supposed Mexican-ness. Y'know, I'm sure it was all in fun and jest, and at the time I really didn't care, but it's not a good thing. Obviously these white people would not have spoken like they did to the face of any Mexican because it was really rude and they'd be in big trouble.
I don't wanna' hear any crap about how racism is off-topic. It's the same department of prejudism brought up only by the ability to hear other players to determine their sex or race.
It is the Internet, though. You could always file a complaint against someone in XBOX Live... Y'know, I've never met any girls on XBOX Live!

Agreed I see what you mean about the racism and it can't be stopped like at one time playing Phantasy star I got all these comments like f**k Haiti because my name was *Haitian Fresh91* and go back to your Island and some others like stupid ni**a but i reported them like always I seen at time when people made fun of girls and Chinese people. I didn't think it was fair but to hell with them I say

[staticshade]

ahh xbl users

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/04...e-orientation/

this video shows some of this silly behaviour in action you just have to remember that some of these people don't talk to girls in real life so they don't know what to say so they talk $#@! instead

[Broadus]

LOL that video is awesome

[Lehst]

I agree this is pretty ridiculous. Anyone is allowed to want to be able to play the game and have fun. We all know life isn't fair, and we do move on, but it isn't wrong to wish things to be fair. Sometimes things change and they do become fair because enough people spoke up. However I doubt much can be changed about this particular issue. The morons are the majority and there doesn't seem to be a way to speak your mind in a way that will get through to them.

And please, before you spout words like 'get over it', think about how you'd feel if you couldn't play your game like you have been. Would you like it if everyone ganged up on you, or if they all protected you and took away the challege? No, you wouldn't throw a tantrum but you wouldn't be pleased either. No one likes to miss out.

I think the writer of the original article merely wanted to say, "Please stop treating me so differently; I only want to play the game the same as you do." I can't help but wonder why it's so wrong to tell people that this stuff happens, and how infuriating it is. There might even be a few people that don't realize how their actions are ruining the fun for others. It's possible just more one person has now decided to treat people with different voices the same as everyone else, because they read the article.


Someone else posted that they often kick you if you don't have a mic on. That is sad to hear, but even if you could play without a mic and be treated normally, isn't that still unfair? The player is still being singled out, they don't get to join in all the ridiculous shouting with everyone else. Not that this is a big issue, but something to consider as well.

Lastly, the whole racism/sexism stuff boils down to just one thing. Bullying. It sounds like the other players just act like assholes to feel superior, using stereotypes as an excuse. It's a shame, but the majority will always treat those that are in some small way different from them without respect. Just because someone is mexican doesn't mean they are stupid, and just because someone is a girl doesn't mean they are pathetic at games. Even if you come across people that DO happen to fit those descriptions, it doesn't mean rest are that way. And I bet the ones that aren't get treated poorly anyways so then they SEEM stupid because they get upset by it all.

Although I'm afraid if anyone reads this response it's only people that already mostly agree with me. Do jerks that reply with stuff like 'stop crying and go to the kitchen' even bother reading more than the first post?

[Broadus]

Well people like Hodey (who posted six months ago) will try to pass all this discrimination off as nothing, meaning that they themselves probably do the discriminating often. Just because you can beat someone at a video game doesn't mean that their offensive discrimination is less insulting, and they certainly won't change their lives just because I showed them what-for in Call of Duty.

[playgamerz]

mic on XBL ? i don't use it .....

i'm not even english nor american....