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Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:08 am
by Hrvat
hulmey wrote:i think all the women should have a pic of themselves in their avatar in their bikini's

Naked
:lol:

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:07 am
by KLOBBER
Ditocoaf wrote:
KLOBBER wrote:Thank you, Twill. I do appreciate your help.
Your 1 gold medal....


Thank you for your opinion, private.

Your math is off, though; I have three medals.

How many do you have? I can't seem to find an exact number on your post.

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:17 am
by jiminski
Back to thread (As Twill is having a sense of humour failure ;) ) ...... is this really a serious suggestion?

What most ladies tend to do (subconsciously or not .. i am not sure) is put a picture of a lady; themselves or cartoon in their Avi.

This can be misleading and you need to get the picture right .. I did refer to Amazzony as 'mate' some weeks ago, partly because she was organising a tourney (sorry stereotypes die hard!) and partly because her avatar, though patently of a female, is subtly feminine and quite dark.. (too subtle for this old misogynist!)

And i also thought Zimmah was a girl due to the picture of his girlfriend.. not an idiot-proof system i admit!

but i think the depiction of Gender has to be down to choice and implied rather than stated!

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:53 am
by bassl
wcaclimbing wrote:Girls on the internet? Impossible.



j/k...
It wouldn't help to have that info on your profile page, cause people don't ususally look at that page.
What would work the best is if you wore a pic of a girl (maybe you) as your avatar. Then people can figure it out more easily.



Lol...I have recently put up a female avatar so we'll see if that helps at all. You're right though, I have never really looked at other players profiles so it would be kinda pointless.

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:59 am
by bassl
KLOBBER wrote:Why would you want anyone to know you're not a guy? That's the kind of information that's best kept to yourself.


Because the male gender isn't the only one that knows how to play the game and we'd like a little credit too.

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:00 pm
by kletka
yeti_c wrote:
kletka wrote:self-aware computers that will eventually be joining this site in large numbers ;)


You think we're not already here?

C.


Banzai, I always knew that!!

Hence, instead of gender there should be a place for a title like Mrs., Ms, Dr, Herr Doktor Professor, or like me
Sir Andrew Aguecheek of Middlesex :ugeek:

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:03 pm
by kletka
Hrvat wrote:Naked
:lol:


Are your reall that desperate to see Klobber naked, pervert :?:

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:16 pm
by bassl
I suppose it doesn't really matter. Like I said in the first post now that feedback is gone I don't think it will be as big of a deal.

Just thought the female gender should get a little credit where credit is due. Don't want all those gender confused people to be more confused now do we? Just a thought.

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:24 pm
by tzor
KLOBBER wrote:
Ditocoaf wrote:
KLOBBER wrote:Thank you, Twill. I do appreciate your help.
Your 1 gold medal....

Your math is off, though; I have three medals.


He is correct. You have one gold medal. The other two medals are silver and bronze.

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:24 pm
by jiminski
tzor wrote:
KLOBBER wrote:
Ditocoaf wrote:Your 1 gold medal....

Your math is off, though; I have three medals.


He is correct. You have one gold medal. The other two medals are silver and bronze.


well he does have you there Klobby!

now back onto thread.. either this was a sign of insufficient Mathematical acumen, or it is a sign of an inherent lack of linguistic comprehension.

Take your pick... traditionally it has been perceived that there is a gender based biological predisposition: with greater spatial skills favouring boys mathematically and girls having more skill in language and writing.

However, though this general dichotomy of gender aptitude may be provable empirically, it may simply be due to social exposure and have no basis in biological limitation.

To cut a long story short: because Klobber was not allowed to experiment with Lego as a little girl, she can not add up.


But again i reiterate, in my opinion, it is not necessary to be made totally aware of peoples gender, half the fun is not really knowing and trying to guess using similar stereotypes to those illustrated above ;)

Re: Gender

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:38 am
by xeno
If you're good at risk then you're a guy. If you're a cook then you're a woman cuz they're used to bein in the kitchen. No need for gender.

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:06 pm
by PLAYER57832
jiminski wrote:To cut a long story short: because Klobber was not allowed to experiment with Lego as a little girl, she can not add up.


Yes, let's all buy our girls (and boys) Legos !!! and blocks!!!

oh, and let's not forget music...

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:41 pm
by cicero
I think we're far enough off topic now guys ...

If you'd like to continue the Gender related discussion can I ask that you start a new thread in Chatter Box.

Any further posts here, in Suggestions & Bug Reports, should relate directly and constructively to the suggestion at hand.

Thanks

Cicero

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:03 pm
by White Moose
This idea is quite neat.

As already stated it should be a CHOICE to show/hide your gender.

You could have the choice of adding your gender in a tiny box:

Gender:

Male / Female

and then then another box:

Gender:

Show / Hide

You could also add a "Not specified" in the first box i mentioned.

There is one thing though..
What diffrens would it make to know the gender of the players?
Personally i wouldn't really mind it that much, though it would be quite nice to have it.

There is a problem with this aswell.
It's probably not that common.. but there has always been sexuall harassments in the world, so if you add genders here. then there MIGHT be some problems with this.
I'm not saying it WILL come, just that i MIGHT come. Though personally i haven't seen anything of it on this site.

Anyway, just my thoughts about this.

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:04 pm
by lancehoch
You would actually only need one line with three boxes: hide, male, female

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:18 pm
by Juls
I prefer not to have it listed, it is something people find out during good game chat. If it is listed, some guys can't stop with the chick
pick up lines, when I prefer a slightly more adult conversation. Or at least to not be targetted in the chat by adolscent boys, or men with the same
maturity level. Anyone who reads my wall can find out I am female, but it requires a little bit more effort.
If you have the option, male, female, hide, then I think hide will also start comments. Not that I can't handle it, and sometimes it is
pretty funny, but sometimes it gets old.

But I won't lose any sleep over it either way.

Re: Gender

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:04 am
by demon7896
PLAYER57832 wrote:I find it funny ... particularly since my job description is "mom". I can instantly tell who has and hasn't read my profile.

woah. ur a girl???

i seriously never knew that. if their avatar isn't a pic of a girl, i always think its a guy... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

Re: Gender

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:11 am
by Ditocoaf
The lesson here is clear: if you don't want to be referred to as "he", have one of the following three words in your username:

girl
princess
grl

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:53 pm
by Optimus Prime
Genders, as well as birthdays have been added this morning. :)

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84452

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:03 pm
by bbqpenguin
since your gender shouldn't really matter (either you're a human being, or you're not) i don't see why this should be put in. gender is mostly is social creation anyway and isn't any more relevant than race, hair color, number of toes you have, etc.


but alas, is see my argument is too late...

Re: Gender

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:24 pm
by happy2seeyou
I bet some people are going to lie on theirs. I'm going to go look at roncs to make sure she picked the correct box.

Re: Gender [Done]

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:43 pm
by richardgarr
Since people are so concerned about gender, and whether or not some one is a boy or a girl, i suppose someone needs to point out that there is a third gender that should be represented as well.
Transgender is also a valid option, and I am surprised no one has mentioned this.

I personally have many friends who wouldn't classify themselves as male or female, and prefer to be identified as TG. So by limiting the options to M or F you are discriminating against the 3rd sex. Which by the way, is recognized by the government, and is more common then most people know.

I suggest that you recognize the TG community , and give people the option to choose a M, F or TG .

Sincerely; Richardgarr
:D :D 8-)

Re: Gender [Done]

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:49 pm
by spiesr
There are 3 options. Male Female or Undisclosed. Transgenders may pick whichever they feel best describes them.