My comic about online gaming as a girl

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My comic about online gaming as a girl

Posted 1 year ago
A lot of people seem grumpy about my latest comic about online gaming as a girl.

I wasn’t implying that girls suck at games. I was implying two things:
- When girls play, often times no one takes them seriously.
- If they screw up, often times the room is filled with lonely dudes who say things like “LOL that’s okay! Will you marry me?” If I screw up I get eviscerated.
In short: a terrible female gamer gets away with way more than a terrible male gamer (like me).

This came from my recent escapades playing Left4Dead online.

Again, I meant no ill toward lady gamers.

-Matthew
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  So obviously this...a bit annoying, since women are most likely to get pelted
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  Hardly diplomatic, but sadly true.
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  I agree with Kupokitty. I’m honest to God one of the shittiest online game players in the world and so for the most part...
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  In other words: What’s intriguing...me is your intense hatred for gamers in general
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  mean SERIOUSLY. A DUDE is...world what it’s...Game While...
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  I remember being kicked when I started talking so yeah I missed the rape threats.
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  This person is giving me AIDS. OMG HE MADE A JOKE INVOLVING A FEMALE. HOW OPPRESSIVE TOWARDS WOMEN. SEXIST MISOGYNIST...
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