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This post supremely pisses me off. What is this, the 1970s?
I bet a man with no legs couldn't win a long jump competition without prosthesis.
Quote unquote "without." Don't kid yourself dude.
Who are you? I might give you the pleasure of playing me. Heartz give me sometime because I am just moved into an apt and need to see if I can use someone's wii for this. Plaese aim me so I can talk to you better at sexyspictom.
Agreed
Cut it out, seriously
That's what I was thinking... I mean girl gamers are definitely more rare than male gamers, and if there are only 1 or 2 girls showing up to tourneys then it'll definitely go into guys' favor. =/ I kinda wish more girls played videogames so that this stereotype would just die already... also I just wanna get beaten by a girl for once, I only play like 1 girl for every 10 guys I play against...This post supremely pisses me off. What is this, the 1970s?
Women are less likely to become the best in a competitive video game because women are much less likely to even show up at a tournament to begin with, not because of anything else.
For example;
Say there are 20 people in a tournament of equal skill in which there are 10 girls. The chances of a girl winning the tournament are 10/20 or 1/2. Therefore that would be balanced. However, let's take a scenario where there are 20 people in a tournament of equal skill in which there is only one girl - the chances of that girl winning are reduced to 1/20. The second scenario is more representative of the general competitive smash population (if it's not closer to 1/50 or 1/100). Hence it looks like women are worse at smash and competitive gaming but the fact of the matter is is that they have to be VERY GOOD (we're talking about winning tournaments constantly) to stand out and say "hey, girls can play too!" And if they lose once everyone goes "Well, it's cause she's a girl, and girls can't be as good as guys." (Let's ignore the fact that she had beaten 30 guys prior to her first loss)
It's unfair, and reminds me of sexism 40 years ago when it came to jobs. Same thing happened; make one mistake and "Oh, women can't do *insert masculine job here.*"
If SephirothKen lost to a girl, no one would say "Oh, it's cause he's a guy" or "Guys can't be that good at Smash compared to girls," would we?
That is seriously not a good question. Why would I speak of Melee? Melee is in the past now. How behind-the-times do you think I am, anyway? God, you assume I don't know which game I am talking about.....because I'm a girl...
It seems you know him quite well, Ace. It matters not to me. As long as we are all on the same page.
haha funny thread, i read the first page and it said yu main roy? i guess that didnt last
brawl matches take like 7-8 minutes regardless of stock, and ur annoying
Flame me all you want, but if you wish to show your true hatred toward me, then brawl me. Words me nothing to me. And I only said it wasn't a good question. My intention wasn't to verbally attack you, soap.haha funny thread, i read the first page and it said yu main roy? i guess that didnt last
brawl matches take like 7-8 minutes regardless of stock, and ur annoying
Oh? You are from Ohio as well? I am from Rittman. And don't come down here for a tourney. The best tourneys are so not here. lol
Ok how about this we make it EVO rules just so you have a better chance.
This post supremely pisses me off. What is this, the 1970s?
Women are less likely to become the best in a competitive video game because women are much less likely to even show up at a tournament to begin with, not because of anything else.
For example;
Say there are 20 people in a tournament of equal skill in which there are 10 girls. The chances of a girl winning the tournament are 10/20 or 1/2. Therefore that would be balanced. However, let's take a scenario where there are 20 people in a tournament of equal skill in which there is only one girl - the chances of that girl winning are reduced to 1/20. The second scenario is more representative of the general competitive smash population (if it's not closer to 1/50 or 1/100). Hence it looks like women are worse at smash and competitive gaming but the fact of the matter is is that they have to be VERY GOOD (we're talking about winning tournaments constantly) to stand out and say "hey, girls can play too!" And if they lose once everyone goes "Well, it's cause she's a girl, and girls can't be as good as guys." (Let's ignore the fact that she had beaten 30 guys prior to her first loss)
It's unfair, and reminds me of sexism 40 years ago when it came to jobs. Same thing happened; make one mistake and "Oh, women can't do *insert masculine job here.*"
If SephirothKen lost to a girl, no one would say "Oh, it's cause he's a guy" or "Guys can't be that good at Smash compared to girls," would we?
I failed to see my error. I beg that you run it by me. If i have offended anyone or disobeyed any rules, then I apologize. My intent wasn't to harm. Vigilante merely made a comment that I had to remark on. I wasn't flaming in any shape or form. It is just as he said, trash talk in a friendly competitive way. I do take offense to that, because there were so many ways you could have sugarcoated, Leah. What banter do you speak of? I barely said anything. And if I did say much, it wasn't meant to anger anyone. I am not the enemy here. I am no firestarter.
Exactly. The question is "Are women underestimated in tourneys?" and in my opinion is yes they are, but they shouldn't be. I do believe I am participating in this thread appropriately.
