Really?

[Geek King]

I see a lot of you are looking for regular groups right now, so I'll throw this out. I'm currently part of a decent-sized gaming group of thirty-somethings (with the odd forty-ish) that has no problem with treating female gamers as gamers. One of our long-time female players is going for her fifth-degree blackbelt in Tae-Kwon-Do, in fact.

If any of you are in the Dayton-Cincinatti area of Ohio, I can give you times and directions if you'd like to check us out. Just send a PM. Keep in mind, we are all long-time geeks, and tease each other quite a bit. Even when trying to be serious, sometimes things go downhill into the realm of Douglas Adams one-liners, Monty Python quotes, and such. But let us not go there, `tis a silly place.

[Mytical]

Does this apply to guy gamers who live in that area? Cause I recently find myself with some free time....and am in that area.

[Geek King]

Does this apply to guy gamers who live in that area? Cause I recently find myself with some free time....and am in that area.

Sure, I'll throw you a PM with some details.

[Fudgethatkay]

I've met Patrick Stewart. He was there year before last for Dragon Con and I simply could NOT leave without his autograph. He's really funny. I was wearing some porcelain kitty ears I bought in one of the dealers rooms, and had totally forgot I was wearing them. He said he liked them.

I saw Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner too, but I turned into a blithering star struck idiot and couldn't even talk when I was within 20 feet of them much less get autographs. Maybe I'll try again this year.

I know I am so late with this, but I met and spoke to George Takei only in Japanese...

[Duelist925]

O.O
So...many....geek...girls.....*falls over*

[teh_blumchenkinder]

I actually have been playing for (just a teensy bit longer) than my boyfriend...
and met him because of gaming. DnD, 3.5.
Morgana... nice. I think you're the first lady I've heard of who played DnD when it was new.
Elspeth-- Warhammer or WH40K? ... and you live in the State of Apples and Rain, oui? I live in Potatolandia. Otherwise I'd totally volunteer a friend of mine who runs the 40k minis. As it is, we all rp wh40k right now/no mini's.

O.O
So...many....geek...girls.....*falls over*

We tend to hide. Or be shy. Or not mention our hobbies, as it's 'dubious' in males to begin with (according to societal norms). It is getting better, however.

[Andara Bledin]

My happy little claim is that I've waltzed with Larry Niven.

^-.-^

[EricKei]

O.O
So...many....geek...girls.....*falls over*

Yeah. Ain't it awseome? ^_^

We tend to hide. Or be shy. Or not mention our hobbies, as it's 'dubious' in males to begin with (according to societal norms). It is getting better, however.

I would care more about societal norms of society was more normal...Ya know, like all of us

[zombiequeen]

Let's see, my husband would have refused to marry me if I DIDN'T know about gaming.
*Tosses self onto the geek girl pile*
I bet that guy would have an aneurism if he found out that my husband collects plushie cows, and enjoys "girly" things like going jewelry shopping (Seriously, he goes straight for the jewelry counter)
I've only met ONE incompetent female employee of a store, who insisted I'd prefer Cooking Mama to Gears of War 2 when I went in and bought it. I don't even own a Wii! I kind of pulled a "Whaaa? Girl gamer giving another girl gamer bad advice?" face and then bought Gears anyways. Which sure, I prefer playing Viva Pinata most days, but I can still kick butt at any other game if my wrists are up to it.

[firecat88]

I guess I'm somewhat of a geek in many forms. I'm a proud Whovian and have sworn to someday own this: http://shop.fark.com/product/Disappearing-TARDIS-Mug I've also seen the entirety of Farscape. I'm a bookworm too. I've read Stoker, Lewis, Alcott, Dickens, Tolkien....as well as Butcher, Goodkind, Kenyon, Riordan. As far as music geekiness, I'm a very proud fan of anything that's Celtic music. :3 Everything from Altan to Young Dubliners.

[Laund-o-rama Mama]

Geek here too! I'm a Trekkie, a gamer, I draw comics and have been known to write fanfiction.

[Elspeth]

I
Elspeth-- Warhammer or WH40K? ... and you live in the State of Apples and Rain, oui? I live in Potatolandia. Otherwise I'd totally volunteer a friend of mine who runs the 40k minis. As it is, we all rp wh40k right now/no mini's.

Right now 40k. Once I get this set done i am getting the warhammer starter set. i like them as models right now. And yes over here in the land of rain/apples/coffee

[phoenixv07]

Yeah. Ain't it awseome? ^_^

This. A million times this.

[mharbourgirl]

Jumping on the dogpile.

I too have been playing video games since Pong. My first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000. My first console was an Atari 7800.

Dad started reading LotR to me when I was 8. By the time he finished Fellowship I stole the set and read the rest of it on my own. Right after that my science-minded aunt and uncle introduced me to Asimov and Clarke and Niven. Found Heinlein when I was about 12. Got freaked out by Lovecraft at 14 (not so much these days).

Met the Hubster on one of the early internet chatrooms (anyone remember talkers, and Resort?). We've built 3 computers together, and I'm currently using old BoobTube while Megatron is lurking under Hubster's desk. See, I used to have a tshirt that said 'When other little girls wanted to marry doctors or lawyers when they grew up, I kinda wanted to marry MacGuyver'. And I did marry him, though you have to add a little Red Green to the mix, because the Hubster believes that duct tape fixes everything that epoxy resin can't.

I like driving games, the Sims, RTS games, and Elder Scrolls. Oh, and Rock Band rocks like a rockin' thing. I finally get to be a rock star without the pressure of an actual audience. Have a fond memory of a day I was in EB games and got into an involved discussion of Dirt 2 and Test Drive Unlimited with the blue-haired chick. By the time we were done and looked around, there were at least 6 guys staring at us in slack-jawed amazement. I like hot cars, what can I say? And yes, I watch Top Gear. I LOVE that show.

I also have a detailed zombie defence plan.

Can I join the club?