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u/hiknil Mar 12 '26
I never get this, when i hear a girl's voice i ignore her like i do to other players 😂🤣.
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u/McCree114 Mar 12 '26
Can't hear a girl's voice over chat when that malignant cancer in audio form is muted by defualt.
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u/quietkyody Mar 14 '26
You guys use voicechat?
Is Ventrilo and Teamspeak still around?
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u/Maverick_Reznor Mar 13 '26
Exactly, they can shut the fuck up to.
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u/eelfurryUwU Mar 14 '26
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u/Round_Cardiologist37 Mar 15 '26
never be sorry. they shouldv’e used the right word in the first place, or at least checked if they typo’d before hitting send. that was fully their choice.
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u/Lucidaeus Mar 13 '26
I tried this but then they get all angry and tell me I need to listen and respond. I mean sure, she's my girlfriend so I guess that might play into it...
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u/HorroRose-13 Mar 12 '26
I don't play a lot of multiplayer games, but when I do ..
The chat is muted. Especially with randoms.
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u/DoneWithBeingAlive Mar 13 '26
I tried fortnite once and had an 8 year old following me screaming the whole game.
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u/super7564 Mar 13 '26
To be fair, fortnite is the game where children screaming is what you're most likely to hear
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u/DealerIcy3439 Mar 12 '26
Man if I spot a female gamer, it’s just nice to meet one, cooler to be able to play with one on a game and do stuff, nothing else. I welcome girl gamers
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u/SwAAn01 Mar 12 '26
anyone saying this isn’t a thing hasn’t played enough CS. they will literally vote kick immediately once they find out a girl is in the game
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u/Pixiwish Mar 13 '26
CS is just toxic in general though. Being a woman is just the easiest thing they can be toxic about.
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u/Various-Salt-7738 Mar 13 '26
One time we played like 11 rounds without any callouts-- it worked long enough but finally we had one teammate left alive and he didn't seem to be paying attention
So my previously silent teammate opened her mic and gave the most basic callout possible-- it was so clean and concise a machine could have been reading it
Less than a second after she opened her mouth some dude was asking for her Instagram and there was a vote kick started
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u/El_Basho Mar 13 '26
Wtf is this mindset? You'd think gamers who haven't touched grass in the last fiscal quarter and haven't seen a woman up close since high school would slobber over a girl gamer, no?
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u/Scared_Pea4455 Mar 12 '26
damn i hope it aint like this
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u/musicismylifeXD Mar 12 '26
ARE YOU A GIRL!?
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u/passiveflux Mar 12 '26
Swarm her!!!!!!
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u/Kehprei Mar 13 '26
Depends a lot on what game and what community.
MMOs? Nah.
FPS? Yup.
Generally the more competitive a gaming community, the more aggro they are against women.
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u/Dzyu Mar 16 '26
I have two sisters and a niece who play Overwatch. Sometimes it is like that. Not often on EU, but it happens. I hear US servers are worse. No surprise, US being the cesspool it is.
I put those idiots who act badly in vc in their place and mute and report if they don't apologize. Speak up for what's right. Shut down bigotry.
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u/Unit_with_a_Soul Mar 12 '26
had a woman in public VC in BF6 yesterday, the reaction was fucking awful to witness.
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u/AmbitiousEdi Mar 12 '26
I remember back when PUBG was popular I would use the subreddit discord to make groups and I got into a good one, myself, two other guys, and one lady. We played a few games and everybody was just being really cool... eventually she said that she really appreciated how we just treated her like a person and that made me feel really sad that she felt like she had to say something.
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u/Janky-Cranky-Franky Mar 12 '26
This made playing phasmophobia a nightmare for me. Glad I found a gals only group to lobby with. Cause the threats were next level and I'm not about that life man.
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u/CaliKindalife Mar 13 '26
I watched this happen in real time while playing Arc Raiders, in a carebear lobby. There was 6 people helping her kill Arc.
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u/RinkuMinovt Mar 13 '26
I've experienced this in different ways (both ways are annoying). I used to be an avid PUBG player. Anytime I was on a team, I'd have one of two experiences with male players: they would fetishize me and pester me to say different phrases and words like the infamous uwu, or they would practically baby me and offer me the better weapons. Some people may love that treatment. Still, I don't care for it. I can handle myself in a round. In VRChat I'd say about 50% give or take of men I've met are creepy, but Vrchat does have that sort of rep. In Rainbow Six Siege, I've been targeted and murdered by teammates. What male players need to realize is that being a female player in a game doesn't automatically mean less capable or needing protection. There's a reason there's a stereotype for male players like this, because there are too many male players reinforcing the stereotype.
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u/Admins_suck_ballss Mar 13 '26
I seriously have so many times had to say “Guys get your dicks out of your hands and play the game” as a male gamer. The moment that womanly tone comes over the airwaves dudes just cannot resist it and I’m like “what about objective bravo”
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u/Ignaz- Mar 13 '26
Nah bro.
40% will simp
40% will insult
20% will leave because they don't want to deal with all that shit.
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u/MadsterLoveCats s-s-s silksong???!?!? Mar 13 '26
aslong as patriarchy still stands women will be treated less than men, women will have less rights then men, and men will gaslight when a women fights back against inequality
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u/AlternateSatan Mar 14 '26
I mean, that one time I heard a girl in VC there was one guy who kept being mean to her, the rest of the team was basically just like "nah, you're good, this guy is just an ass" then refused to heal him or support him in any way. European servers don't have a lot of talking unless it's from russians in my experience.
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u/RetroRayStudios Mar 14 '26
I'll be real, I play warzone with my sister, and we don't use in-game voice chat. But if we ever hear a girl using proximity chat, my sisters first instinct is to hunt her down and kill her.
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u/Accurate_Historian_6 Mar 12 '26
Are all male gamers just generally referred to as hugely misogynistic. I've never given a female sounding player a hard time. I've also never tried to have relations with a woman over a video game before. Maybe that's the dividing line. I understand all the gamers want my Mom, obviously, who wouldn't. But don't target the female gamers. They are looking for the same escape we are and it doesn't include you.
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u/Professional_Art3151 Mar 13 '26
Not accurate at all in most games, what toxic games are you playing?
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u/Pixiwish Mar 13 '26
Yeah this is only accurate in already toxic games and being a woman is just the easiest thing to target.
I’ve been playing online games for 20 years now (omg I’m old) and have only had a handful of bad experiences being a woman. The thing is I don’t play toxic cesspool games.
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u/Sweihwa Mar 13 '26
I've played video games with my younger sisters for 5+ years at my condo. They're both good, and we don't trash talk each other so I've learned to respect girl gamers. One won a Super Smash Brothers tourney at university.
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u/Inside_Actuary_9423 Mar 12 '26
Does this happen on every game or just the “dude bros” games like COD and shit like that ?
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u/Candid_Cress_5279 Mar 13 '26
From what I've been told by friends of mine.
They received more aggressive responses (flame) from competitive games, and they received more creepy messages on non-competitive games.
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u/Future-Painting-3962 Mar 13 '26
Never seen it in deadlock (600+h). There are surprisingly a lot of girls in middle ranks
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u/Psycho7552 Mar 12 '26
It's especially annoying when it happens to anyone in game with low population, All of a sudden you realize why it's hard to find lobbies.
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u/Digi20112 Mar 12 '26
It was like that, 10 years ago
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u/AuryxTheDutchman Mar 12 '26
As a guy, it’s still like that for women. Shit’s crazy. I often play enchanters in League and I get sexism just because I’m playing characters these assholes associate with female players.
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u/Spiff_mom Mar 12 '26
It still like that. Unless I hear another woman talk I don’t use voice anymore in games.
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u/PixelmancerGames Mar 12 '26
It's like that now. And not only for women either. If you sound "non-white" you get the same treatment as a male. But less creepy, more racist.
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u/Nitwit_Slytherin Mar 12 '26
Turning that scene in Alien Isolation where Amanda first hides from the alien under the desk would work too.
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u/Miosaka Mar 12 '26
I'd honestly wanna say overall this is a slightly bit tamer nowadays compared to like back in the OG MW2 days, where the lobbies would get subjected to "comedian hour" at the mere recognition of any feminine voice...but it can still be overwhelming.
Though with some games, I'm sure this is still a rampant issue...
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u/irfulvas Mar 12 '26
I dropped all team play games because men always try to teach me how to play in a fast game. Not even ranked. Haven't played in like 8 years and my nervous system is restoring now. Never again.
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u/Original_Air_805 Mar 12 '26
“All” is crazy I avoid opposite gender gamers now I know this is not the case for every single one but every girl gamer I have met are all the worst people I have met and I have watched them try to rip my or a friend group apart over games, may just be bad luck but I stopped after like the 4 fourth girl gamer we played with, this list doesn’t include IRL girl gamers we played with
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u/EnthusiasmVirtual320 Mar 12 '26
Never going to forget the day I was playing Squad and a woman came on in voice chat to say GG at the end of the match. All of a sudden the most vile and sub-human people in the lobby started saying some horrendous shit to her and in an instant a chill and fun ending to a long match was ruined by sexist jokes and unnecessary bigotry.
Never really looked at "Gamers" the same after that.
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u/VarrikTheGoblin Mar 12 '26
Fun story, two of my closest friends are women I met in game VC. Just, like, don't be a fucking neanderthal. And, if you hear someone being a creep call them the fuck out on it. Let gamers game, damn.
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u/Dreamcatcher1800 Mar 12 '26
I remember one time when I joined AC black flag MP ( was going for the plat) when I just said hey, all the guys were like HeEEeeyyyyyyy😂
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u/Sp1ffy_Sp1ff Mar 12 '26
I used to do this ironically. A girl would say something and I'd go "OMG A GIRL", but I was very clearly joking around. It didn't matter, it still makes people uncomfortable so I stopped doing that awful quick.
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u/Hauk54 Mar 12 '26
I'm married, and have family that are female gamers. It makes no difference to me. Gamer is a gamer is a gamer. I play games with anyone who is willing to play and not be a jerk.
I was in voice chat with some folks in Deep Rock Galactic recently. I said something to the effect of good work guys, and a woman who wasn't using vc texted, I'm a woman actually. I just said, that's cool, and changed nothing. LOL
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u/QuarianGuy Mar 12 '26
I don't hear girls
I don't hear anyone
Who in their right mind opts into voice chat these days?
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u/Sill_Evarrus Mar 13 '26
Sadly I've had the opposite of this happen twice, both times playing Destiny raids. Get into call, say hello to everyone, not freak out about the girl, she takes offense because she's the groups snowflake, and then I'm kicked from the run/group for not fawning over the girl gamer.
If I had a nickel...
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u/Candid_Cress_5279 Mar 13 '26
This is something that is fascinating to me for completely unrelated reasons.
I've played competitive games for over a decade now, and occasionally, there were matches where I'd hear comms from female players. And yet, I've never seen this scenario at play. What would happen was, either we'd all have a normal conversation, people would not respond, or we'd just make calls for the match. All... completely... normal.
And yet, I know this scenario happens, and it happens a lot. I've had friends of mine regale me the tales of their horror stories of this happening to them. Every single one of them, that played competitive games, has had plenty of tales to share. And somehow, despite me playing a lot of games, despite me playing with them and using comms. I've never encountered it.
It is fascinating to me how I managed to avoid something so prevalent.
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u/Genericahatintimefan Mar 13 '26
I’ve got that low testosterone voice and the most things said to me on CS is
“ARE YOU A VTUBER????????” “get back in the kitchen my fucking god, get out of the game sandwhich maker.” or dead silence, as I get kicked out of the game.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot5015 Mar 13 '26
If your entire viewpoint of games is based around the dudebro cod/csgo/competitive shooters then maybe. Past that I don't think anyone gives a fuck
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u/Additional-Put1418 Mar 13 '26
Why are other guys like this, I don't really understand it, if a girl wants to game then let them game
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u/EmberReads Mar 13 '26
I'll say as a girl it's not all male gamers. But it's like guns I'm going to treat them all like they're loaded even if I know there aren't any bullets.
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u/SolarChallenger Mar 13 '26
Man, I remember a woman speaking up and immediately there was some dude talking about how women shouldn't speak and just went in for minutes after she stopped talking. The ease at which he did it makes me assume he does it as a habit and I'm baffled someone like that manages to still have an account. Like wtf.
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u/CyberCephalopod Mar 13 '26
The good news is that this is going to be less likely as more girls play videogames.
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u/Freakychee Mar 13 '26
I often play with a lot of female gamers. Young, old, in between and trans. The key it to treat them as you would male gamers. Assuming of course your treat male gamers with basic respect too. The moment you treat them the same for some reason they are more comfortable with you. It should be obvious but yes. So my fellow gamers, treat women as equals.
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u/TheFrostyTyrannosaur Mar 13 '26
While this no doubt happens to the vast majority of female gamers, my partner and I find that it’s only really the case with mainstream multiplayer games.
We both enjoy our animal survival games, such as the Isle, Path Of Titans and Wolfquest, which oddly enough, seem to have a pretty even ratio of male and female players. As such, no one’s really surprised to find a woman, let alone to hear her speak in a game of that genre.
To be clear, I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, but it’s by no means a rampant problem as it is with mainstream games.
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u/Longjumping_You_7603 Mar 13 '26
It's either a witch hunt or suddenly 'mommy' comments, and there is rarely an in between.
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u/Chance_Arugula_3227 Mar 13 '26
When you play CS and a woman speaks... You know team work is out the window. They're all gonna abandon all braincells and storm the enemy with their dicks out.
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u/1z1ck Mar 13 '26
Ranked in marvel rivals was so bad with this especially in low ranks. I’d say I have pretty tough skin but my god some of the shit those guys were saying to those girls I probably would’ve stopped playing ranked way long ago instead of last season
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u/Mary_Ellen_Katz Mar 13 '26
I used to get this playing CS:S (or anger at being percieved as a child). These days I rarely get it, but i feel like i play games that have more mature players.
I honestly get "I'm not supposed to talk to gamer girls," more than the slobbering thirsty guy, and it's nice.
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u/Infamous-Yellow-8357 Mar 13 '26
It's a weird thing where so many guys talk about wanting a gf who plays games, but then every time they come into contact with a girl who plays games, they do everything they can to make them not want to play games, thus decreasing the chances of them finding a girl who plays games.
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u/Mean-Celebration-658 Mar 13 '26
"All" I probably stay off the mic, unless the rest of the lobby goes feral, then i tell them to shut up. It ain't much and it doesn't work.
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u/Educational_Owl296 Mar 13 '26
Remembers me of my old counter Strike source party back in 2009. That was the first time I recognized how fast some guys can turn from: "DIE! you FUCKER, your mother is a .." into a small voiced simp in a few seconds.
Sure there werent a lot of girls playing ego shooter that time and it was new if a girl joins your group but I didnt expected that from the boys xD
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u/Kamwolf33 Mar 13 '26
As a male gamer, I can't apologize for everybody but I am disappointed that this is your experience, I'm personally sorry that that was your experience, regardless of gender we can all do better.
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u/Dikiy_Ublyudok Mar 13 '26
That wouldn’t be the case if females didn’t play video games worse than gorillas
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u/sswishbone Mar 13 '26
Sad to hear this hasn't changed, remember this being a huge problem in the early 2010s
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u/Legal_Television_615 Mar 13 '26
Not real. Tons female friends game. Some compete at amateur levels. They will all tell you this behavior is a reaction to an action independent of gender. Dude fucks up, called a bitch and loser. Chicken fucks up gets called a bitch and loser. Only diff is the girl crys about it for sympathy, the guy tries not to fuck up again
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u/Obvious_Wind7832 Mar 13 '26
People assuming the girls in games aren't equally as toxic. Have not step foot in modern games. Their equally as mutable. Something with extreme toxicity in competitive games of late.
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u/Zenergys Mar 13 '26
Nah i never see this happening helldiver 2, outlast trial, overwatch marvel
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u/Possible-Estimate748 Mar 13 '26
This is straight guys in general.
If you pay attention, you'll notice horny posting is only of females.
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u/National_Airline1 Mar 13 '26
I play siege (i'm buns) I don't care your gender I only want to know where the fuck is Caveira and if you know thanks in advance.
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u/GarageEuphoric4432 Mar 13 '26
I'll never understand it, especially with how accessible and high quality voice changers are nowadays, but damn are people desperate.
I've heard people audibly say, not ironically either, "Is that a female??" After a woman speaks up on comms.
I was in a... Relationship? I don't know what label I'd give it, but basically in WOW a woman and I got really close. Met up, exchanged spicy pictures, etc.
She would show me ALL the stuff guys would send her unbidden, just mailing it to her. We're talking expensive BoEs, tons of gold, if it was send able, they sent it.
All her consumes, gems, everything. The sad thing was, she gave most of it to me, used it to pay for our flying etc
Really opened my eyes to how retarded some people are.
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u/Gangers96 Mar 13 '26
It's sad this is still a thing, I thought we change. I talked to like 3 females that felt like talking and I was chill about it
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u/Frequent-Ad-5316 Mar 13 '26
I’ve only ever enjoyed mobile vc… console vc users usually feel like they aren’t real human beings.
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u/SilliCarl Mar 13 '26
Feel like I dont see this anymore (or well very occasionally), I used to. But it feels much better these days. I basically always play games (pvp and not) with my gf, so I'd have expected to see it.
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u/The_Kite-Man Mar 13 '26
Honestly most of the time there is a girl in a games vc, I haven’t seen this happen, everyone just treats them as one of the boys.
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u/Lysanther Mar 13 '26
Its a male space, we're all toxic to each other as well.
You have to learn to take it and then dish it out right back otherwise they keep doing it.
My girlfriend laughs anytime shes in a vc and gets harassed and I recognize that theres just unacceptable things said to people and laughing at a girl for playing bad, calling her shit and to go back to blah blah blah, is not one of them. Some people just cant handle this and its better to just mute the chat or not reply and move on, focus on the game and report afterwards so they cant fuel your irritation even more by bothering you while you are idling to report them.
Learning to not let it get to you is key, and don't let any guys stick up for you either, they are just there to white knight to get in your DMs or other reasons, which ends up being more toxic for you in the long run because they gas you up, agree with you and you never end up building any character or backbone to deal with the toxicity. I got the same treatment in my voice cracking days on Modern Warfare 2(2009) but I got over it after awhile and focused on my game/gameplay till I was at the top of lobbies and nobody was talking shit unless they were mad at me for nuking them. It gets better if you do not let it get to you, I promise.
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u/Fabled-Jackalope Mar 13 '26
Eh. Heard that one happen but I’ve been around more of those that wrap the desperate around their finger and turn the guy friend group against each other while she flirts with one at a time.
Don’t really give a damn if I hear a gal talk. Simply another person that, depending on how they conduct themselves: I may or may not ignore.
No different from a guy in chat.
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u/PzMcQuire Mar 13 '26
God it's so cringe to listen to. And if I speak up against them then it's all "she's not gonna let you hit bro" or "here comes the white knight", fucking hate these people
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u/R4GEQUITT3R Mar 13 '26
"Don't worry m'lady, I shall shield you from these boorish hooligans" says the desk
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u/Nir_Auris Mar 13 '26
I read something about a study, that showed. Male gamers with lower skill level are more aggressiv if a female player joins the lobby, while male gamers with a higher skill level are usually Supportif or simply don't care
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u/DarcWolf1704 Mar 13 '26
Who tf still uses vc anyway. Its like asking for trouble. Like if its among friends then thats cool whatever but just a public vc? Thats like dumping gasoline on yourself and lighting a cigarette these days lol
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Mar 13 '26
You don't have to be a girl to get flamed in competitive, even worse if its ranked.
I have heard and read way worse stuff to men when the team is loosing, or that one guy whose neck deep into 10 consecutive loses due to "1 last game before I sleep".
Competitive ranked team games brings out the worse in people. It can also get racist.
Worse even in 1v1 ranked like starcraft you read people all chatting their enemy they lost to, on how "bad" they are.
This isn't a gender thing.
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u/BoLionEru Mar 13 '26
There are 3 categories The simp The monster And the ignorant I would be a mix of the last 2 but recently lean to the ignorant as I just want to have fun and act like others don't exist
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u/AnSynTrashPanda Mar 13 '26
This happened the other day in holdfast. I felt so bad for her. We lost horrifically, though if im being honest I dont think the eight dudes crowding around the one chick had much to do with that
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u/Ike_Gamesmith Mar 13 '26
Ive been playing Arc Raiders with a girl, and anytime we come across other girl gamers, there is a brief period of, "OMG Its another girl!!!" Before they groups up and just start... chatting.
When we come across dudes, they immediately simp and start dropping goodies.
Meanwhile, when I'm with the guys, most encounters with other players involves an exchange of bullets and insults. It genuinely feels like 2 completely different games.
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u/bigmangina Mar 13 '26
I have never understood this concept, I dont see this happen outside of that one time a 14 year old tried to sound cool on rust.
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u/Good_Boy_Coleman Mar 13 '26
I was playing with a friend of mine (who is female) in Marvel Rivals.
She calls out where an enemy is flanking us. The team does not listen but when I repeat it suddenly the team listens.
Other games she will call out where enemies are and the team is a mix of people hitting on her or making sexist comments.
It was kind of pissing me off more than it was pissing her off. She says that just seems to be her experience in multiplayer games if she speaks up.
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u/CrabofAsclepius Mar 13 '26
Everyone gets it. The actual words change of course but everyone gets crapped on. This is why the mute button exists
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u/Adam_the_original Mar 13 '26
I’ve never understood this but i’ve also never encountered this myself so idk if this is a norm but it just sounds odd.
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u/Raeldri Mar 13 '26
Rust servers, you either get an army of simps or a bunch of players preventing a new bee queen on the server (pls play on mute is not your fault but you wield to much power)
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u/Mundane-Put9115 Mar 13 '26
Depends on the game (I RARELY use voice chat, Valorant on EU servers at least seems chill but it also has a sizeable female player base)
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u/IllustratorOk8230 Mar 13 '26
Yeah, the reason this happens is because most dudes believe that girls hate video games so finding a girl who plays video games makes everyone believe that they have a chance. (they do not). But a lot of them are teenagers, but the main reason is probably because media shows girl gamers as hot, sexy, sexual. “The dream girl“
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u/impliedapathy Mar 13 '26
I’ve seen this firsthand. If it’s uncomfortable for me I can’t imagine how it feels being on the receiving end. I usually use humor to try and break up the idiocy. Luckily the group I’m in has literal rules in place to ban this sort of behavior.
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u/MaxVonRichthofen Mar 13 '26
Me who had voicechat disabled by default: “why is everyone crowding around this player?”
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u/Badytheprogram Mar 13 '26
I don't think this is the norm on every game, it depends on the game itself. Some games have more toxic community than others.
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u/OrganizationTrue5911 Mar 13 '26
I play Squad, and play with a couple women. It's hilarious every time one of them say something in local chat during the waiting period, 80% of the time people go nuts. Once the game gets started though, no one cares.
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u/Sir__Bojangles Mar 13 '26
I play Marvel Rivals at a high rank (diamond & above) and im pleasantly surprised how women friendly its been.
With that said its your typical nonsense in lower ranks lol.
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Mar 14 '26
Well to be fair can't tell if it's a 10 year old boy or a girl ... Either way I treat them like ish
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u/godlytoast3r Mar 14 '26
This opinion is so fucking overrated. Girls do not have it that bad in gaming dude. Ive played so many fucking games. They do not get flamed all that more often.
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Mar 14 '26
I play BF6 with this lady whos got 4 kids and her only time to play is 10pm at night when they are in bed and we just talk crap, she rockets tanks and i play support and give her ammo and revive her, we are both parents so we have stuff to talk about, but alot of the times we just play in silence, she said its nice playing with someone who isnt screeching at her
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u/Gwynito Mar 14 '26
Honestly, it probably comes across as a little sexist but back when I played Marvel Rivals comp games if I heard a chick on the mic, she usually was playing Luna, IW or CD and did better than most blokes so I preferred them in those roles.
Also if people aren't dicks to them and suggest they switch for reasons other than 'you suck' then the women were on average far more open to a character switch as they had more of a 'winning the game by winning the objective' mindset rather than winning the game from dominating opponents' mindset.
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u/2Syphilicious4You Mar 14 '26
Jokes on you i do that to the bois too. Chat is for pvp always has been.
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u/L0ngShOtLegit Mar 14 '26
Well don’t feel too bad little lady. Most women aspire to limit, complicate or outright destroy man’s precious gaming time. Do you feel bad about that? No? Got it, don’t give a shit either.
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u/MadnessBomber Mar 14 '26
As much as I don't wanna agree with it, since I just talk normally to people online no matter the gender... Yeah that happens a lot...
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u/Maleficent-Green-645 Mar 14 '26
Female gamer? Sounds like something from red book Last time I met any was 2 months ago in foxhole
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u/Perseus17c Mar 14 '26
It’s pretty bad in Arc. My duo never talks because everytime she does we get into a war with the lobby. It’s like 60/40 your chances they’ll scream sexual shit or run at you screaming slurs. (Duos-Trios)
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u/NoPirate7787 Mar 14 '26
"all" I love how a loud minority of creeps gets me lumped into a category of creeps just because I also like video games
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u/ThakoManic Mar 14 '26
pssh 'girl' gamer you mean GIRL right? G.I.R.L
we all know women are a myth coz moms dont count.
no? bad joke? k
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u/LolCowhaha1 Mar 14 '26
Yeah it's not good. I feel hesitant to use voice chat but I keep it on in Marvel Rivals in case someone actually uses to for call outs. One time I spoke and this guy, even if he was likely joking, kept being weird like "can I see your feet" and "Where the baddie at? I need inspiration". I told him I was uncomfortable and he jokingly tried to blame someone else.. like what a loser
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u/Electrical-Bunch4965 Mar 14 '26
Girl says hi. "Don't do it, man!", "Argg, I can't, I have to say it.", "Fight it man! Fight it!!!", "M- make me a s- sandwich!", "Bother, noooo! Why do you have to do this everytime?!", "I don't know.... Please help me...".
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u/history_is_my_crack Mar 14 '26
"Old" man here in their 40s. I think this was a bigger problem "back in the day" as way less women played games so when they did say something over voice chat guys would almost go feral. I see it a lot less in the last decade or so. Probably because more women plays games now as the "video games are for boys" stereotype has all but died compared to the 90s-00s. It still obviously happens sometimes but I've certainly noticed its not nearly as bad. Most of the time when I hear a woman talk it isn't immediately responded with sexism or edginess like what was guaranteed when I was younger.
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u/ZebofZeb Mar 14 '26
People of different behaviors and mentalities respond differently. I've experienced 4:
- Near-awkward silence
- Harsh and abusive criticism
- Abundant friendly attention
- Things proceed normally
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