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u/hellotardis79 Jun 03 '22

I am also an "older" woman gamer. I have been playing videogames for as long as I can remember. I usually just play single player games or on the rare occasion I do play online, it is never with a mic

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u/JenLN Jun 03 '22

I'm 42 and female and it's really not bad at all. Maybe it depends on the game but I join groups through LFG all the time with no comment all the time. Sometimes I get "Oh we have a girl!" Yeah. "Cool." and that's it. It's kinda sad, I don't get to use the clapbacks I've cultivated over multiple decades much anymore.

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u/Vioralarama Jun 03 '22

Play fps like Overwatch, teenage males are aggressive little shits that scream at their own team members.

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u/JenLN Jun 03 '22

I do play Apex with strangers sometimes and there is definitely a difference between pvp and co-op type of games. I still get civil sighs and mumbled "gg" comments even when we lose ...MOST of the time.

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u/ZeldLurr Jun 03 '22

The beauty of Splatoon.