While I am currently downloading SSFIITHDR (wow that's one long acronym)I thought I'd share this...again..
How many ladies out there have heard that line? I couldn't believe it, but a good friend of mine, knowing that I was formerly working at the best video game company in the world, actually said that. Why? Here's the story:
I asked him if I could play and he said sure. I did tell him I wasn't good at the game, but I laid the Chun Li / Cammy smack down on him. He turns to me and says, "You play Street Fighter? But you're a girl. Girls don't play Street Fighter." Apparently he's one of the better people in his group of friends that almost always wins and was surprised a girl beat him. I told him, "It's not that I'm good, it's just you're that bad!" And then we laugh and decided to finish the game and watch Cammy's ending.
So yes, girls do play Street Fighter and play it well. So don't get all mean and cheap and start throwing your opponent just because she's a girl. Respect her as a fellow gamer and then maybe ask her out on a date later. At least you have one thing in common.
Frankly, I don't understand why people seem to be baffled when coming to terms with women playing video games. When I was a kid, my sister would always kick my ass in every video game. However, as time progressed I did my best to observe her when she would play Pac-Man or Rootbeer Tapper (that one was our favorite back in the day) so I could eventually beat her score. In the end, I left her old score on both games in the dust. She was in complete shock to see that all of her scores were taken off of the scoreboard and replaced with my initials. Two months later, she got her ultimate revenge by completely slaughtering me in Mortal Kombat II versus mode with 28 wins (compared to my 0 wins, and I think I do alright in that game normally). It just goes to show how your gender has absolutely nothing to do with how well you play video games.
Cheekyphuzz777 [Mark]06:14 AM CST