PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
If your voice is higher pitched then you just get abused by players for sounding feminine or not manly. If you’re a woman, you’re lucky if you don’t get harassed. If you speak up for people being harassed, everyone will stop and gang up on you.
I no longer connect a mic to the computer I play online games on because it just isn’t worth it.
zephorah@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I’m a dnd fan, so ofc I played the MMO. Within the DND MMO, I had no harassment as a woman on a mic. In fact, it appeared as if ~50% of those playing and on mic were women. Granted, that was years ago. And maybe DND was, and is, a different scene.
Way back with vanilla and BC WOW, same though. No issues and lots of women playing. Self moderated social groupings, probably.
Granted, there was a social effect of 1 woman on a mic drawing out all the other women, a social permission & safety element.
No idea what it is now though, I’m too old for it now. If it’s rampant with harassment, that’s just sad, for everyone.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Gosh i wish i could experience what you’ve just described. I’ve never had that when gaming online. Sounds like a dream haha
zephorah@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Never played anything like call of duty, so idk, my experience is limited.
You would think, because we live in a society, it would just be cool like that.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Experienced it in Helldivers 2, rocket league, cs:go, Sea of Thieves…