im curious to see if its just a male popluted or if some girls do play.

When I started mudding, the majority of players were University students who were studying computer-related subjects. That field of study tends to be extremely male-dominated, so hardly surprising there were very few female players.

These days the internet is widely available to everyone, and I think that tends to be reflected by the ratio of male/female players.

I think you're also gonna find that the results are going to be slightly skewered on the forums, just about all the lady admins I know read and post on sites like this, but only a few of the guys do.

At the risk of sounding sexist, I think there's another reason why females may outnumber males.  You'll most likely get a similar number of both who work outside the home for a living and play after work or from work; but even today, the majority of parents staying home to take care of young children are females.  This means there are more of us who have the free time to be able to be here.

Well, that might be a reason... And it's not really a sexist reason either, because young children are more at ease with their mother. Mainly because they bond more easily with their mother then with their father.

As it stands at the moment, the men outnumber the women. WEE!

You do realize that is a bad thing, don't you?

That's strictly a matter of opinion. Why do you think it's a bad thing? Anyone outnumbering the other, is not a bad thing as you so put it.

hehe, c'mon women, we know you're out there!! VOTE!
(sounds like a campaign slogan)

This is easily the worst topic ever.

Hello .

Ingham is easily the worst person ever.

Damn straight I am. Now crawl back under that rock you came from or share your horrid nightmares about me with my ex girlfriend.

*bursts out crying* Waaaaah!!!!

Kyandra is picking on me : (

I love it when I can play a male char on a mud first, then go female and people really think i'm a she-male.. hehe..

But picking on you is sooooo much fun

*wink*

Paddling yourself is quite entertaining for others to watch. Please take good pictures next time and share them with others.

you got that backwards

you do not paddle me

i will happliy watch you paddle yourself

takes cold shower

So..... Read any good books lately?

Ya know, if I didn't have you to tormet Seth, I might not come read the notes.

*wicked evil chuckles*

Actually, I read a lot. And not all of it is good clean fun, but it's all fun.

How about you? Hmmm, maybe we should start a poll......

Hey, how come I don't see "it" on the list?? I mean I was neutered a long, long time ago by a fellow Admin and have remained an it ever since.

Actually, it's a tool I use to show impartiality to both male and female players, but it's effective. Real life I am male last I checked though my wife may argue since I do housework.

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They always say frequent sex is the first thing you lose when you age, I disagree. You just lose your memory of when the last time was.

TopMudSites.

Women are more social then men, and a higher percentage of female MUDders spend more time socializing than working on their character.

There's also the tendancy for male MUDders to be extra helpful to female MUDders, reducing the requirement for females MUDders to go exploring on their own.

There are exceptions to this rule, and women can end up banding together forming a group of amazons that are more organized and dedicated than the male clans (sometimes).

Message boards are a social hangout, and it makes more sense that women spend more time on them than men.

I've noticed a trend with the male players portraying females. Typically males take female behavior to the extreme. Super b*tchy, uber dominatrix, or major slutty. Before any of you snap, yes there are many males that play females in a less than sterotypical nature. I personally feel cross-gender RP is an excellent test of someone's imagination and abilities. However... it is generally those that claim to be female IRL when they are actually males that tend to play their females to such extremes.

Any males that play their females in the aforementioned behaviors care to comment why? (and I mean all of your females, not just now and then, this is for those that -always- play the slut, dominatrix or mega-b*tch).

I never realised that those sort of people were actually men...

I don't have a set gender when I RP. It might just be my perception of it, but women seem to get more respect in MUDs than men. Also, people with male characters are, from what I've seen, more prone to rulebreaking, spam, or general annoyance. And real-life women are less likely to make male characters. I know this is very, VERY sexist of me, but it's how I see things.

If I had to choose, though, my first choice would be a female character. Somehow, they just seem more graceful, more powerful, and generally just more fun.

That's funny...I know of several instances where men in the game I play have created a female character *specifically to simper and ask for money*.

You know what I think it is...I think that men are better at playing the stereotypes of women that other men expect. When these guys (and I'm not by any means saying all male gamers do this) encounter a real female, they often don't believe she's really female because she doesn't act like all the other 'females' he knows. lol....

I could not vote as I am a being from a far off planet and we are neither male nor female, we are eternal and reproduce by mere thought... We are far superior then you earthlings.

[quote= (crymerci @ Sep. 23 2002,4:28 pm)]Geesh, I hear that! Another female here...

I am male but love to see the female join the game!
most of the females that i have role played with put some much into there desc. and rp that it just rocks!

Ha! i am male and the one that stays home with the kids. So that is not always true!

Eh. I've been known to say it before. The full quote goes something like this... "There are no female MUDders. Nor are there any male MUDders. A string of text cannot have a sex."

-D

Well, I am male (although my god character switches gender on a random basis all the time) and our player-base is and always has been mostly male.

Thats not to say its all male though - but the ratio is probably something like 10 to 1. (I've never spent the time to work it out). Personally I can't say I have seen any difference in playing ability between males and females. You get emperors and newbies, deadly killing machines and joxsters of both sexes.

What I can say for sure is that we only have 1 female coder (although another expressed an interest but never had time).