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Offline Nids848

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Women!!!!!!!!
« on: August 17, 2002, 08:15:45 PM »
i don't see any female Nid players. i was wondering if there are any more or am i the only one? bye

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2002, 09:47:28 PM »
i think you might be alone, sorry.
but on the bright side, your nids can co-evolve and mutate anytime with mine. ;D
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2002, 11:07:10 PM »
My suggestion in this forum you move straight down the page and don't make eye contact with any of the 'locals'
But more seriously women that enjoy this hobby are few and far between and there are even less on the net.
And don't worry were not all that seedy.

But if you ever have some question about the nid I would be glad to help.
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2002, 10:46:24 AM »
Hey who knows there might be a few.

My advice is to convince people to play and let them decide their own army.I have convinced 3 people to play.Heck my brother got a gurl to play Slanesh (wha?).
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2002, 05:12:14 PM »
i know a girl who plays necrons...great for you playing nids and not something like SOB or harlequins

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2002, 05:12:40 PM »
my boyfriend convinced my to play and my brother is trying to convince his girlfriend too. my friend krystal wants to start playing but she is interested in Chaos. i was gonna start playing SOB but they don't really look like girls. i mean if all the girls looked something like the howling banshees or something kewl like that then i would have played but they are hideous and i didn't wanna play an ugly army. my next army will probably be necrons cuz they are pretty kewl lookin.  bye

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2002, 12:27:49 AM »
Yeah, you're the only one...

Once upon a time...

EldarOnline had moved to YaBB. There were the people from the old ezBoard, though I was not among them... still, when I joined, the message board was young. There was no Obliterate, Grim Stalker's IG, or Apoka. There was no sidebar, and the Fiction page numbered less than a dozen. It wasn't all bad; people were a bit more courteous back then, or at least there wasn't anyone who really acted up... and the board was faster...

Back in those days, I could count the number of female members on one hand, the number of 'nid players on the other hand, and the number of Spammin' Mon-Keigh on a third hand, if I had one. If you drew a Venn diagram of these minorities, they would not overlap.

But, over time, more people came. The boards slowed slightly, though they are getting faster again. Some... less cultured members came along. The circles on the Venn diagram began to overlap; there became a Tyranid Spammin' Mon-Keigh ('doh!)... or two ('doh!!)... though to this day there has never been a female Spammin' Mon-Keigh, which is fortunate. As for female 'nid players, well, see the first line...
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2002, 08:29:59 AM »
... thats rather uh...fluffy. Im sad to say it but in some ways im glad most girls dont play...I get so intimidated...cause I like to beat newbies. Though I still try to best anyone that is better than me...I fail half the time...i should go post elsewhere

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2002, 07:23:53 AM »
I used to actually HAVE a gf that played 40K.  She has nids and space marines.  She was smart,very beautiful, very curvy, and "more than a handful".

GOD I MISS HER!!!  :(

Heh, K, back to the present.  I've actually met a decent ammount of female 40K players.  They're out there, you just need to look.
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2002, 04:18:16 PM »
Oh not at all, one of the only Female 40K players I've met played a mean Tyranid army. I think her name was Brooke. I met her at the Bay Area's DundraCon Rogue Trader tourney last February.

She was a great player (though I didn't compete against her) and she could paint as well as any guy there. She even gave me a copy of her Bug list.

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2002, 06:30:22 PM »
I know a girl who plays Black Templars, and a girl who plays the new Necron models.....

And ive seen ONE (Count...ONE) at a GW store painting. Aside from that....never seen any.

Somewhat disappointing isnt it?
It would be nice to meet a hot girl who plays....

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2002, 10:57:08 PM »
i know many girls who play magic the gathering...maybee i could get them into 40k...

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2002, 03:48:03 AM »
I have met very few women in the course of playing 40k. More specifically, just one, who (sadly) plays Space Marines.

I find this somewhat mysterious, as to me the things that attracted me to the hobby should attract both males and females, in reasonably even numbers.

Primarily I am a modeller and painter and whenever someone spots my army on its display shelf, or sees my paints and tools they invariably are curious and think that it looks interesting. The "40k girlfriends" that I know have generally been involved in making some scenery and sometimes helping out with the painting. But for some reason they have all stopped there and not played a game.

I was attracted to the gaming side of things largely by the competitive side of things. 40k is a game where luck plays a part, but is essentially a game of skill and strategy. I love competition and with a desire to prove that I was good enough to beat anyone, in essentially a mental game, got involved once I had decided which army had the most aesthetic appeal (that was Dark Eldar, because at the time Tyranids didn't have a Codex). I know plenty of women with a similar competitive streak, some of whom were part of the previous group of scenery builders and sometime painters. As with the last group none of these women have played a game of 40k.

I also find that wargaming is a nice way to socialise with friends. It is a great way to spend some time with friends and do something entertaining. I will often do similar things with friends (of both genders), just to spend some time with them. This should be something that attracts both men and women to wargaming from my perspective.

So why is it that wargaming is such a male dominated hobby? Is it the fact that there is such a geek boy image? With the number of women involved in the similarly geeky hobby of role playing I would presume not. Or is there something that I am completely missing that puts women off participating?

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2002, 10:25:25 AM »
I blame you

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2002, 06:41:14 PM »
i know one girl whos like 10yrs old who plays 40k, but i walked in2 my GW the other day and saw like 5 thats right 5, HOT girls, this sounds nerdy as hell but thats wot i saw i was so shocked that i broke down on the floor and started crappin my pants, well okay i browsed in the 40k section for a while, then went out, but its the thought that counts. ;D
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2002, 08:53:09 PM »
i would have chalenged them.

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« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2002, 11:06:43 AM »
To what a fight? or a duel? coz i didnt have any models with me :)
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2002, 12:08:37 PM »
Aww..c'mon.  War just isn't in most girls vocabulary.  I find most of them would be more interested in Football than playing any wargame.  And most girls don't lke football either.

Sure it would be nice to play against some females or just get them in the store - but you're dreaming.   :P
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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2002, 01:36:11 PM »
Sure would be nice to find a female nid player.I wonder how good the average female nid is.
Ich bin die Verkörperung des Todes!

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Reflecting on my past life,
And it doesn't have much time.

Cause at five o'clock,
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The sands of time,
for me, are running low!

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Re:Women!!!!!!!!
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2002, 04:44:12 PM »
well not being sexist or ageist but the 11 or 12 yr old girl who plays at my club is absolutely crap, and has never won a game, in 5 years of playin, but hey shes young. And id guess that girls would be prettey much the same as guys in tactics :) maybe better coz they average out being smarter than us dim witted guys
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