It never really bothers me getting called a girl (when talking about more than one woman), for me it's more to do with the tone than the word. If it's done in a jovial fashion, like on this giveaway, then I don't mind at all. Girls and guys, boy and girls, they are just jovial ways of saying male/female, men/women. When done in a fun way, I don't think people actually mean them to be little girls and little boys, just a collective term for each sex, not an attempt to categorise them by age. If it was done in a condescending way, or aimed at a single person and not a group, then I might be offended. But life is too short to get all worked up about something as simple as being called a boy or girl instead of a man or woman.

Congratulations to the winners :)

And what a great thread this turned out to be, I enjoyed reading all (well most of) the comments. Thanks ddickinson for your generosity and setting this giveaway up and I'm looking forward to part two tomorrow!

Thanks again for the great giveaway ddickinson and also appreciate the statistics regarding favorite game genres for some of the female contingent of GOG. Two out of the top three coincide with mine which is cool to know that girls also enjoy playing these games as well. Also congrats to all the winners and once again +rep for the amazing generosity. :)

W00T!!

Congrats to the winners, our lovely ladies of GOG! :-D

Thanks ddickinson for the GA, and mostly for the interesting discussions that spawned - yes, even the unpleasant ones as these allow a glimpse into a person's beliefs.


Being addressed as girl or boy is usually an issue for individuals exiting adolescence, when one is usually too eager to grow up and be all adult. After a certain age, most people don't get offended by being called a boy or girl, it can even be refreshing, if the tone is not condescending! ~_^

I'm looking forward to seeing what discussions will develop in the guys giveaway. Hopefully it will be free of certain topics, but I'm looking forward to learning more about the different tastes the guys on GOG have.

Congratulations to the winners.

I'm really tempted to create a liberals vs. conservatives giveaway. Although I probably won't. Still, a couple of interesting related articles Google brought up:

Poll: Liberals game more than conservatives
Democrats and Republicans united by their love of videogames, study shows
The Politics of Gaming: Liberals Tend to Like GTA, Conservatives Play Madden; Everyone Loves Mario
Why do liberals play computer games like conservatives?

Congratulations Ladies and thanks, ddickinson, for hosting a very interesting giveaway! You do not disappoint :D

Congratulations to the lucky winners and thanks to ddickinson for a nice giveaway and discussion thread. :)

I was about to post a reply to that discussion but saw you closed the giveaway so didn't in fear of necro'ing a closed thread/distracting with another off-topic post.

I usually prefer playing female characters because i find it easier to get into the mind set/personality of the character. And i have no trouble playing blood thirsty female warriors. ^_~ (Literally blood thirsty in one case where my elven character wanted to become a vampire)

Although whatever the gender; most of my characters usually end up being morally ambiguous. I don't like completely black/white alignments.

I have a (female) friend that prefer playing male characters because she finds it easier to roleplay as them.

i have noticed female characters are usually stuck with a goody two-shoe paladin/cleric in rpgs as a romance option.

Anomen in BG, Alistair in DAO and Casavir in NwN2 (although in NwN2 the male character is stuck with the creepy elven druidess that have stalked him since he was a child. :p)

In what way is it easier? And why is it harder for male characters?

It's fine continuing the discussion, the thread is still open for discussion, it's only the giveaway part that has ended. You are right about the female character's love interest usually being for the goody two-shoe pretty boys. Sometimes it's okay, but it would be nice for modern RPGs to give more freedom to the player.

I alway try not to disappoint :-). Hopefully the guys giveaway will be just as interesting.

Not entirely sure about that, i just find it easier to write from a female perspective. My best guess would be because when i discovered roleplaying my first characters were female and so just have more practice playing as them? *shrugs*

And well, old habits die hard - so i rarely played anything else. I've begun giving male characters a fairer chance in recent years, when playing rpgs or creating characters for roleplaying games, though. ;)

Wonderful to see the stats in the results post, thank you! Congratulations to Crewdroog and FearfulSymmetry! I hope you both enjoy your games, and thank you for my present, ddickinson! For people like me with a burning curiosity to know what people choose for their prize(s) in contests like these, I picked Simon the Sorcerer 2.

I wasn't able to keep up with this thread because I've not been feeling well, but I look forward to seeing how the Boys' GA discussion turns out XD I'll be keeping this one favorited so that I can go back and see what all everyone talked about ;D

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Your wife has good taste in party members if she drop-kicked Anomen's obnoxious ass out. To this day, I've never been able to stand having him in my group. He starts talking and I kinda sorta start wanting him to be on point for every encounter, passive-aggressively hoping he runs into something like a dragon. Or a beholder. Or a fireball to the head.