What happens when a guy logs in under his wife’s gamertag? A whole new understanding of gamer girl problems. A huge thank you to my buddy Slaus for writing this post!

I consider myself a normal guy really. Nothing special, run of the mill, pays his taxes and tries not to scratch himself in public kinda dude.  Puts pants on two legs at a time and just tries to enjoy life every now and then with a little bit of escapism via video games when time permits.

But I want to tell you about a time where I logged in to game, and ended up beginning down a road of pro-feminism, or being a little BLEEP as many my male friends have decided to call it. But I digress… let’s get to the story.

For quite awhile I was in absolute love with Mass Effect 3 multi-player. Not just because it took place in the world of Commander Shepherd and I got to play as some of my favourite species and classes, but more so because it was cooperative.

…and I was good at it.

Really good at it.

Guaranteed first or second ranking per match good. Another reason I was in love with the game was because I got to play it alongside my wife, my long-time childhood friend; Mark as well as other really cool friends and strangers who happened to fill out the remaining spots. But one day I decided to login to try and unlock a few perks and packs for my wife since she was having a terrible time getting valuable items which you could randomly get in the perk packs. Therefore I decided to log in as her one time, play as a character which was one of my favourites, and rack up enough points to afford her a few packs in hopes at least of them would be an unlock for something worthwhile. Little did I know I’d be unlocking much more.

As soon as I logged onto the “lobby” which is an area where the 4 players wait before going into the match, the first thing I hear over the headphones was: “Oh great.. a girl player? F*ck. Are you serious? Let’s kick her and hope we get someone else.” Of course for those of you unfamiliar with how this works, they knew the character was a female due to my wife’s moniker or gamer tag as it’s called. Then another player chimed in : “We can’t do a gold match with a girl player. There are even girls who play this game? Shouldn’t she be playing my little pony or something.”

What annoys me the most are the guys who think that because I'm a girl, I'm automatically example 1 and that I need them to hold my hand and play the game for me.  My most recent example, during my last TR (Peech's 3rd), is the guy who put a bow of the silver flame in my name and told me I needed to loot it.  I told him Thanks, but I don't need it.  He started lecturing me on how good it was vs undead and blah blah blah.  I cut him off telling him I didn't need it because I ALREADY HAD AN EPIC ONE.  He told me I didn't have to be RUDE about it and I shot back that he didn't need to assume I couldn't play this game cuz I have tits.  He dropped party so fast there's no way I hadn't hit the nail on the head.  I kinda felt bad for the guy because that attitude on Ghallanda will have not made him any friends.

I'm a little surprised that happened on Ghallanda. Guess it has changed since I played.

you should of course go "yes I'm a fucking female gamer, grow the fuck up"

"HOLY FUCK!!  THAT MUST BE WHY I'M BLEEDING!!11!1!!"  /afk tampon

Hot and sour soup!  IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

I think the biggest issue I have with the girls that are trying to "play up" their gender is that they perpetuate those stereotypes and bias and make it harder for the females who just want to enjoy gaming and be respected for their skill.

I just wanted to remind you guys that I have a vagina.  In case you forgot.  Feel free to send me money!