It physically hurts to recall starving for the attention of a member of the opposite sex.
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yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I used to hate when a woman would join our party, because suddenly all the men would be trying to knock eachother down and act up to impress her, and whatever happy little unity we had would crumble quickly.
No fault of the woman’s, she just wants to play the game like the rest of us, but as soon as I hear a girls voice I groan inside and “oh here we fucking go”
Gaja0@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What game? Most competitive e game guy players iI have encountered are hostile to women players.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
MMOs mostly, Rappelz I spent the most time in. I noticed it a lot in Destiny raids too though.
I almost never partied up in competitive games. You only get to get a team wanting to stay together after you have a really good game, and thats only ever because the enemy team sucked. As soon as you come up against a team better than the one you built your fairweather friends turn nasty.
lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
When I’m in a male dominated space and a woman joins, I feel myself over-compensating in trying to be welcoming to the woman. I want to be the “good guy”. I sort of feel like I should make that effort. But also I’d rather just get on with it and not have to think about it.
papalonian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yup, same boat. I want to make sure they feel welcomed to the group but I don’t want to make them feel like an “other”
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Insyead try being the bad guy to the other guys. It’s more welcoming a lot of the time.
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m either good enough to play a game rather good or absolutely painfully unaware of how to handle it, I don’t have the time to be hateful towards other players at all, not that I want that.
Sometimes you just need to change game or stop playing before acting like a terrible person. Nobody is that terrible they usually learn it. Competitive games are breeding ground for this logic as they reward toxicity more or less openly.
If you’re turned off by this, good. It means you have standards. I know we like to keep mentioning these mw2 lobbies, but in comparison with this they were tame. The hatred on these platforms feels more real than what it used to be.