Posts
Hey All
So something that I have noticed as of recently is a lot of hatred among my fellow gamers/geeks/nerds, now I am not talking about the friendly bad talk in game or the classic "Im gonna to cut you bitch!" or the "Im gonna own you bitch!" Those are all said in good gamer love! :P What I am talking about is the actual hatred among my fellow gamer girls, (and a few gamer guys) And this truly makes me sad! :(
If you follow me on twitter you saw my tweet about a week ago that simply states "Geeks and Gamers need to be proud of who we are! We are already frowned upon enough by "normal" society, we don't need it among ourselves! :D" Though if you ask me I would just simply say what is normal?? Cause to me I am perfectly normal, my obsessive gaming and constant need to own at all video games along with my drive to get all the achievements possible along with my sick need to make sure that everything is perfect :P That is normal to me. Where as to my sister, the massive amounts of make up she owns and changing her clothes four or five times a day and going out to the desert and spending the weekend off roading is completely normal! So the question there is what is really normal?? But I will go into that on a later post! For now we are working on the hatred!
Team Unicorn - named such because you know gamer girls are as elusive as uincorns! - Michele Boyd, Clare Grant, Milynn Sarley and Rileah Vanderbilt; recently released a video entitled "G33k and G4m3r Girls" as a parody of Katy Perry's, California Girls. (Yes I am fully aware of the ComicCon version of this song too done a while before this one, but because this is the well known one, mainly because of the girls themselves we will stick with this one for the blog). I have to say that I personally loved this video, as seen by the fact that I posted it on this very blog with heart felt love over the fact that they did something so amazing. The problem at hand though is the hate that they received from the geek and gamer community!
Now as a girl yes I understand where the hatred is coming from, but as a girl GAMER I don't understand they why of it! Yes these girls are all beautiful and lovely and yes I understand they don't represent our everyday girls, heck I will the first say that yes I know I am not one of the "hot" or "sexy" girls but I am proud of who I am! Both as a girl and as a gamer. Why should we hate on someone because they are beautiful and sexy, and are proud of it themselves?? What because they are this they should hide themselves in a closet and never show it off to the world?? Doesn't that go against everything that we are always saying as a society?? Don't we normally want to put the people that are like this on the pedestal and "worship" them?? Not I personally, I am more interested in what each person stands for and what they are doing with their fame rather then how pretty they are. And each one of these girls has done me very proud. They showed here that girl gamers are not in all reality Unicorns, and a figment of the worlds imagination yet again. So why the hate?? I know that I personally would never be able to do what they did in the video, only because I am not built like them :P but I sure as hell don't hate or fault them for being and doing so!
So explain to me girls (and guys), why are we hating on them for going out there and showing yet again that girls do game?? And not just the sterotypical nerdy girl/guy, you know what I am talking about the ones with the big thick glasses, buck teeth and no fashion sense at all and are still virgins that live in their mothers basement with no social life that is always used to portray us. I for one thank them! Lets show those boys who rule! :P You know I am just kidding guys. I will say this though PLEASE! from one gamer to another stop with the geek on geek hate! Like I said before, we get enough of it from outside the gaming community. Heck most of them consider us to be "sick" and in need of "help" because we are "gamers" O.o Yea I don't get it either but listen to what people are saying and you will see. Apparently we are suppose to "grow-up" and be "normal". We really don't need the self hatred! We have been trying to change this sterotype for years! And here we have girls going out and doing it, and all you can do is hate on them! How hypocritical is that?? If you are really not happy with how they do it then stop bitching and do something yourselves, show that they are not the majority!
Yes I am a girl! Yes I am a gamer! Yes I am cute! Yes I have a fashion sense! Yes I function in real life(well for the most part)! Yes I can quote Starwars! Yes I own 20 sided dice! Yes I pwn at video games! Yes I play Modern Warfare2! Yes I play World of Warcraft, and not just a raider but a RAID LEADER! Yes I h ave collectibles! Yes I own comics! Yes I love Star Trek! Yes I wear make up! Yes I play sports! Yes I have a family! Yes I have a steady job! Yes I wear glasses! Yes I love mudding! Yes I social life! Yes I date! Yes I have a family(including two sisters who pull me out when I get to into a game :P)!
No I don't care what you think of me. You either like me or you don't and that is completely up to you and you alone. :D Now if you will excuse me I am going back to MW2 I got a N00Bs to take out!! :P
If you follow me on twitter you saw my tweet about a week ago that simply states "Geeks and Gamers need to be proud of who we are! We are already frowned upon enough by "normal" society, we don't need it among ourselves! :D" Though if you ask me I would just simply say what is normal?? Cause to me I am perfectly normal, my obsessive gaming and constant need to own at all video games along with my drive to get all the achievements possible along with my sick need to make sure that everything is perfect :P That is normal to me. Where as to my sister, the massive amounts of make up she owns and changing her clothes four or five times a day and going out to the desert and spending the weekend off roading is completely normal! So the question there is what is really normal?? But I will go into that on a later post! For now we are working on the hatred!
Team Unicorn - named such because you know gamer girls are as elusive as uincorns! - Michele Boyd, Clare Grant, Milynn Sarley and Rileah Vanderbilt; recently released a video entitled "G33k and G4m3r Girls" as a parody of Katy Perry's, California Girls. (Yes I am fully aware of the ComicCon version of this song too done a while before this one, but because this is the well known one, mainly because of the girls themselves we will stick with this one for the blog). I have to say that I personally loved this video, as seen by the fact that I posted it on this very blog with heart felt love over the fact that they did something so amazing. The problem at hand though is the hate that they received from the geek and gamer community!
Now as a girl yes I understand where the hatred is coming from, but as a girl GAMER I don't understand they why of it! Yes these girls are all beautiful and lovely and yes I understand they don't represent our everyday girls, heck I will the first say that yes I know I am not one of the "hot" or "sexy" girls but I am proud of who I am! Both as a girl and as a gamer. Why should we hate on someone because they are beautiful and sexy, and are proud of it themselves?? What because they are this they should hide themselves in a closet and never show it off to the world?? Doesn't that go against everything that we are always saying as a society?? Don't we normally want to put the people that are like this on the pedestal and "worship" them?? Not I personally, I am more interested in what each person stands for and what they are doing with their fame rather then how pretty they are. And each one of these girls has done me very proud. They showed here that girl gamers are not in all reality Unicorns, and a figment of the worlds imagination yet again. So why the hate?? I know that I personally would never be able to do what they did in the video, only because I am not built like them :P but I sure as hell don't hate or fault them for being and doing so!
So explain to me girls (and guys), why are we hating on them for going out there and showing yet again that girls do game?? And not just the sterotypical nerdy girl/guy, you know what I am talking about the ones with the big thick glasses, buck teeth and no fashion sense at all and are still virgins that live in their mothers basement with no social life that is always used to portray us. I for one thank them! Lets show those boys who rule! :P You know I am just kidding guys. I will say this though PLEASE! from one gamer to another stop with the geek on geek hate! Like I said before, we get enough of it from outside the gaming community. Heck most of them consider us to be "sick" and in need of "help" because we are "gamers" O.o Yea I don't get it either but listen to what people are saying and you will see. Apparently we are suppose to "grow-up" and be "normal". We really don't need the self hatred! We have been trying to change this sterotype for years! And here we have girls going out and doing it, and all you can do is hate on them! How hypocritical is that?? If you are really not happy with how they do it then stop bitching and do something yourselves, show that they are not the majority!
Yes I am a girl! Yes I am a gamer! Yes I am cute! Yes I have a fashion sense! Yes I function in real life(well for the most part)! Yes I can quote Starwars! Yes I own 20 sided dice! Yes I pwn at video games! Yes I play Modern Warfare2! Yes I play World of Warcraft, and not just a raider but a RAID LEADER! Yes I h ave collectibles! Yes I own comics! Yes I love Star Trek! Yes I wear make up! Yes I play sports! Yes I have a family! Yes I have a steady job! Yes I wear glasses! Yes I love mudding! Yes I social life! Yes I date! Yes I have a family(including two sisters who pull me out when I get to into a game :P)!
No I don't care what you think of me. You either like me or you don't and that is completely up to you and you alone. :D Now if you will excuse me I am going back to MW2 I got a N00Bs to take out!! :P
Peace.Love.&.Gaming.
Zephy Out!
Zephy Out!
Yeah sad that no one can ever seem to get along no matter what side of the fence they are on...or "haters gonna hate" I guess. Most of its due to people not truly understanding who they actually are and are just following along with the concept of "normal". Some day they'll realize that "normal" isn't a vague definition of standardized living, it applies individually from person to person, whats normal for one is not necessarily normal for the next and rather than attempt to adjust the rest of the world to whats "normal" for one, we should all just try to understand ourselves and be proud of who we are as individuals and be proud of the rest of the world for who they are as individuals.
ReplyDeleteThat being said...Geek and Gamer GIRLZ! nahm nahm nahm :3
Love ya Zephy, keep em' coming girl!
You just reminded me of the book called Uglies, the whole point of that book was to say that there is no set normal! And if there were then life would be utterly ridiculous! :) If you haven't read it I recommended that you do the whole series is amazing and aw inspiring. The author is Scott Westerfeld.
ReplyDelete