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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 09:51
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http://popcultref.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/xbox-fail/

Because you know, girl gamers don't exist.

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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 10:00
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MinervaLi wrote:

Because you know, girl gamers don't exist.

Of course they do. See...

Wait... that might not be the best example.

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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 11:49
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August 7, 2010 by Chantaal

I feel a little weird jumpstarting this blog again with a rant, but at least something’s going on, right? Right.

Last night, I emailed Xbox Support with a question about my account – namely, how to downgrade from Xbox LIVE Gold to Silver because I’m poor, but is that labeled clearly anywhere? No, of course not. Why give people the option to stop giving you money? I see what you did there, Xbox.

When I checked my email today, I got an obvious form letter personalized by someone called Joyce. (The name is important, because it makes the following even worse.) The form letter didn’t bug me. Their roundabout answer with a simple link to billing online didn’t bother me (even though I wanted my credit card completely out of their system). Oh, no. This is what bothered me:

Hello Chantaal,

Thank you for using XBOX Customer Support online! I am Joyce and I will be helping you today with this issue.

As I understand, when your son tries to sign in to Xbox LIVE, [redacted]

I know how disappointing it is when your son cannot enjoy the Xbox Live service due to this matter.

Really, Xbox? REALLY?

For the record, I said nothing about having a son (because I don’t) or about this being a boyfriend’s account (cause he has his own). I simply put in a request about my account, and I get a form letter assuming I’m doing this for my son. When I mentioned this on twitter, I got a friend saying she’d gotten the exact same assumption in her responses. I know why Xbox would make the assumption, but I can’t imagine why they’d go ahead and say it so blatantly in their response when no indicators were given. It’s horrible PR.

I would love to cancel my account outright, but I kind of like not losing all my achievement points. No more money for you, Xbox LIVE

I'm so glad this chick posted this. How funny! I'm sure 'Joyce' didn't realize she was being presumptuous, but it is the little things like this that make our world inherently sexist and after years and years of living in it, people like myself (and Chantal, apparently) get a little sick of it.

/feminist rant

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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 12:48
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Superheidi wrote:
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August 7, 2010 by Chantaal

I feel a little weird jumpstarting this blog again with a rant, but at least something’s going on, right? Right.

Last night, I emailed Xbox Support with a question about my account – namely, how to downgrade from Xbox LIVE Gold to Silver because I’m poor, but is that labeled clearly anywhere? No, of course not. Why give people the option to stop giving you money? I see what you did there, Xbox.

When I checked my email today, I got an obvious form letter personalized by someone called Joyce. (The name is important, because it makes the following even worse.) The form letter didn’t bug me. Their roundabout answer with a simple link to billing online didn’t bother me (even though I wanted my credit card completely out of their system). Oh, no. This is what bothered me:

Hello Chantaal,

Thank you for using XBOX Customer Support online! I am Joyce and I will be helping you today with this issue.

As I understand, when your son tries to sign in to Xbox LIVE, [redacted]

I know how disappointing it is when your son cannot enjoy the Xbox Live service due to this matter.

Really, Xbox? REALLY?

For the record, I said nothing about having a son (because I don’t) or about this being a boyfriend’s account (cause he has his own). I simply put in a request about my account, and I get a form letter assuming I’m doing this for my son. When I mentioned this on twitter, I got a friend saying she’d gotten the exact same assumption in her responses. I know why Xbox would make the assumption, but I can’t imagine why they’d go ahead and say it so blatantly in their response when no indicators were given. It’s horrible PR.

I would love to cancel my account outright, but I kind of like not losing all my achievement points. No more money for you, Xbox LIVE

I'm so glad this chick posted this. How funny! I'm sure 'Joyce' didn't realize she was being presumptuous, but it is the little things like this that make our world inherently sexist and after years and years of living in it, people like myself (and Chantal, apparently) get a little sick of it.

/feminist rant

It sounds like an automated, AI (artifical intelligence) response that responds by recognizing certain keywords and following a script. AOL (wayyyy back in the late 90's) had something similar to this which used to frustrate me to no end. I even sent a e-mail asking if I was speaking to a live person or a customer service smartbot, and got a bizarre response which completely ignored my question and confirmed my suspisions.

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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 22:07
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Cash Bailey wrote:
MinervaLi wrote:

Because you know, girl gamers don't exist.

Of course they do. See...

Wait... that might not be the best example.

That joystick is for the Atari 2600. I had one. The sad thing is, if that particular joystick is an original model, it was likely made before she was ever born.

...

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Still, nice picture!

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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 22:18
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All Munn-related frivolity aside... during my formative years as a rabid C64 gamer the Atari joystick remained the best controller I ever had.

I finished countless all-time classics because of that damn stick.

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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 22:33
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Cash Bailey wrote:

All Munn-related frivolity aside... during my formative years as a rabid C64 gamer the Atari joystick remained the best controller I ever had.

I finished countless all-time classics because of that damn stick.

You and me both. I loved that damned Atari 2600. I kick myself for getting rid of it. I'd outgrown it (not realizing one day I'd want to grow back into it) when I was a teenager and I think I donated it.

I remember playing the C64 plenty of times as well - particularly the Bard's Tale series. Damn that was good stuff.

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 12:22
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lmao assholes I get that shit all the time from other gamers when I play left 4 dead when they see my name its "Princess of Darkness" they are like.

"Are you some gay dude?" I'm like "No I'm a chick" and they are like "Oh great we got a chick, I bet she can't even play" and I'm like "What makes you think you can play because you're dude." and some of them laugh and they are like "So are you hot?"

Ugh I swear

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 12:58
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Just to mildly be a Devil's Advocate - there's an unwritten rule in Warcraft that "Always assume a player is male, even if their character model is female". This is because, quite honestly, the great bulk of players are male, *including* those that play female characters.

I tend to play female characters in World of Warcraft, and I've had idiots actually hit on me. It just makes me sigh.

I've also had friends who played female characters, but let other male players think they really were female - they swore up and down that it was a great way to get free loot.

Sigh!

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 14:40
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Yeah, I played a bit of RED DEAD REDEMPTION multiplayer and just for the hell of it I chose to play as a woman. And I tell ya', I was getting posse invites every 20 seconds.

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 15:25
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Hey Tristan, which server? I'll totally come sexually harass your character Wink lol

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 19:14
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MinervaLi wrote:

Hey Tristan, which server? I'll totally come sexually harass your character Wink lol

I be Pig from the Greymane server, yar!

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Greymane&cn=Pig

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 19:50
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Hot

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 20:52
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This picture never fails to make me laugh. They're just SO damn happy about nothing.

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 21:00
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ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 21:25
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YATTA!!!!!11

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Thu, 08/12/2010 - 18:56
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I always play female characters if given a choice. I guess I just relate to the characters more that way - or, I get to imagine myself in the game AS the character more easily.

what's the deal with those fucking kneehigh stripey socks all women have to wear in geek porn?

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Thu, 08/12/2010 - 19:03
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That right there is Miss March from the 2007 Nerdcore Calendar, though the picture they used in the calendar is a different one from the same set.

As to your other question, while naked girls are always pleasant, adding one or two items of clothing on an otherwise naked form can often underline and somewhat enhance nudity. Naked girls in socks rule.

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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 00:36
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Naked girls in high heels rule even more.

I've belonged to a few private gaming forums in my day where we would play multiplayer games together just about every night and there were quite a few female members who could kick as much ass as anybody especially in FPS's like Ghost Recon. I respect the female gamer but my chances of ever seeing one in their natural habitat are as good as seeing a Yangtze River Dolphin.

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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:30
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RAN lol!

If I weren't so effing busy, I'd be back on Warcraft. Tristan and I played quite a bit before I got super busy in grad school.

I also LOVE a good non-combat RPG with puzzles. I don't like shit rushing at me - I need a moment to plan out my assults with turn-based combat.

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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 12:10
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Superheidi wrote:

RAN lol!

If I weren't so effing busy, I'd be back on Warcraft. Tristan and I played quite a bit before I got super busy in grad school.

Yes - just don't get between Heidi and her herbalism! That girl would stop a 40 man raid just so she could run across a field and pick some Silverleaf.

Those were fun days. When the expansion comes out you should play with me again. WE CAN BE WEREWOLVES.

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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 12:24
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Lol! I like herbs myself! I took a week off of work to play Everquest when it first came out and the fact that I did that scared me off of MMORPG's for life. I think Planescape: Torment was the last serious RPG I played.

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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 12:45
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Look, I'll pick herbs whenever I please.

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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 16:39
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Superheidi wrote:

Look, I'll pick herbs whenever I please.

Now, look - I'm sitting on 40K. I could buy you enough Silverleaf to choke a cat, yet you still insist on stopping every 10 steps to pick at the grass! God dammit!!1

Yes dear!

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