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So after reading the comments on Oh_Snaps blog I will answer a few things for people:
First off I will reply to one comment about whether this is a fake site.

NO this is not a fake site. All of the females here are genuine gamers. Raychul has gone to SEVERAL gaming conventions and has been featured in a gaming magazine article, she is also apart of Girl Gaming Network. Nikole is apart of TheGamerGirls.com and has helped host several of their weekly shows. Britini_Martini and I have both participated in several MLG tournaments for Halo 2. And ALL of us love video games, whether it is console, handhelds, PC or even playing games on the cell phone. We were all picked for the site for the simple reason that we love gaming. Some of us may not be part of huge female gaming communities that are constantly featured in articles by different sites and magazines but we are just as dedicated to gaming as anyone whether they are male or female.

Now another comment that intrigued me was asking about some of our experiences in being female in a male dominated community..this was also the main reason I started writing this blog lol. ANYWAY here is goes:

I have been gaming for over 15 almost 16 years of my life. The first people to get me into gaming were my cousins. At this point I was 5 years old and Mario Kart and Paper Boy turned into the loves of my life up until I met Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and I was hooked for life. I never had any insane reactions about being a girl playing video games back then because all of my friends played GameBoy or had an NES, SuperNES or a Sega Genesis and they didn't care whether I was a girl or not. We were just a bunch of kids playing video games. As I got older and became more of a "Hardcore" gamer I started noticing people making such a huge deal whenever I would add remarks about a video game they were talking about. They would freak out and would say "YOU play video games??" I just had that questioning look on my face like ---DUH--- but I would blow it off. Then competitive gaming came into play along with Online gaming. This is where I noticed that the male community was split on the subject. You either ran into a guy online and they would say "OMG Your a girl?? You must be a fat ugly dyke who has no life and plays video games online to meet guys and date them because you are so ugly." or "Go to the kitchen and make me a sandwich" "Your a %$#%" and so forth. Then you would run into the guy that says "OMG Your a chick?? Can I have your phone number?" "OMG Do you have a boyfriend??" "Like OMFG I would rock your world" "I know you want to play with my joystick". You RARELY get the guys who want to be your friend simply because your a fellow gamer. Then you would run across the occasional female who would trash talk you, yes I am afraid to say that some females do that, these females are the ones I like to call "Attention Whores" --I really do hate labeling people but that is the best way to describe them-- these women want to be the only females that these gamer guys know. Whether these ladies have a self-esteem issue or what but they love getting the attention of these guys who think that they are the ONLY female playing. So when another female comes in they become really territorial and will trash talk just as bad. Sadly some girls to that whether they are gamers or not. In the beginning of my online play I didn't mind the trash talk that much...main thing I thought about was---Did his/her parents ever teach them manners? Would he/she talk to their mother like this?---it just surprised me because of how vulgar some of them were. Even 12 year old little boys would be bashing me calling me names. I'm like --where is your mother? and wtf are you doing playing an "M" rated game? Then when I got into the competitive gaming I was like HA talk trash to me now boys! Because no matter what these people say they won't say it to your face, they just hide behind their little microphones and their computers and when they actually meet you in person they just stand their shocked and don't say a word.

Here is the main point of my rant:
Whenever you guys say something vulgar to a female when you run across them online think about what your mother would say? Would she be proud that you were talking to a woman like that? Of course not. But aside from all the bashing I still love playing video games and no matter how much trash talking I get it won't stop me or any other female gamer from playing any type of video games.

If you have any other suggestions on stuff you would like to see on the site let us know! We would be more than happy to share some of our gaming experiences with you!
Also don't forget that if you have a question that you would like to ask the ladies of GameGirl please email thegamegirls@gamepro.com and your question could be chosen for next week!

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