Are guys actually good at playing Video games?

[The Gut]

I am trying to find out from the community if boys and men are actually good at games in general.

Recent studies and evidence shows that women are becoming better than men at gaming and by a fairly large margin.

Is this true?

Have guys lost their edge in the gaming world finally?

Let me know what you think, thanks.

[The Gut]

Publicado originalmente por Blue:

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

What rule did I break to get my post locked previously?

Thats a good question. Maybe a Steam-Moderator will answer. eventually you ask them by contacting one.
I sadly can only assume what the reason for the Mods decision was.

Either way,. i recommend you to createand invite people to answer the questions in form of a survey. There are some tools that even give you the Data in form of Numbers. With the right Questions and the correct amount of people you maybe get the one or other result out of it :)

I did not break a rule, I just phrased the question in a way that bothers people, because we have to protect women on the internet, because they are not the same as men, clearly.
Why hasn't my thread been locked when it is asking the same exact thing, but somehow when I am talking about men, no one is offended or trying to protect men. Double standard, and dumb crap dude. That is the sad sad truth about these forums, they are just arbitrary and trying to be the morality police, clearly not knowing why they are doing anything.

They want this to be a public forums, but they have no consistent rules here, and they block people with bait. They will use something like necro or double posting to give you a warning here, and then they will ban you on a technicality when you say something negative calling it "Not constructive."

[Nx Machina]

Beyond been a bait thread what exactly is the purpose of this?

Gender is not relevant at all to how someone enjoys their freetime nor how skilled someone is at playing games.

[The Gut]

Publicado originalmente por Kusa:

Beyond been a bait thread what exactly is the purpose of this?

Gender is not relevant at all to how someone enjoys their freetime nor how skilled someone is at playing games.

Hmm... okay.

I don't like shopping, and I have been to Macy's before with my gf. There is one whole store full of stuff only for women in that store. I asked where the Men's department was, and they said its in the other part of the store, across the street in the other building, and on the THIRD floor in one small section. But yeah, nothing matters and gender means nothing, okay dude.
Also, my gf likes to shop for clothes and I don't, and its safe to say that women like shopping for clothes more than men do in general, but somehow saying that means I hate women.

[JimDeadlock]

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

Recent studies and evidence shows that women are becoming better than men at gaming and by a fairly large margin.

What studies? Link to them.

[The Gut]

Publicado originalmente por JimDeadlock:

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

Recent studies and evidence shows that women are becoming better than men at gaming and by a fairly large margin.

What studies? Link to them.

Take a look at this one.

https://www.livescience.com/55322-are-guys-better-gamers.html

On one hand the study claims that gender has nothing to do with gaming, then turns right around to mention encouragement and discouragement of women in the gaming world.

Imagine if I said, that saying guys are not good at games discourages them from playing games. What would you say to that?

[Nx Machina]

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

Publicado originalmente por Kusa:

Beyond been a bait thread what exactly is the purpose of this?

Gender is not relevant at all to how someone enjoys their freetime nor how skilled someone is at playing games.

Hmm... okay.

I don't like shopping, and I have been to Macy's before with my gf. There is one whole store full of stuff only for women in that store. I asked where the Men's department was, and they said its in the other part of the store, across the street in the other building, and on the THIRD floor in one small section. But yeah, nothing matters and gender means nothing, okay dude.
Also, my gf likes to shop for clothes and I don't, and its safe to say that women like shopping for clothes more than men do in general, but somehow saying that means I hate women.

Is she gaming at the same time she is shopping or why is this relevant?

Gender is not relevant to gaming as gaming is open to all who choose to participate which includes those who do not define themselves by gender.

[ShelLuser]

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

I remember when I was a teenager and took everything everyone said literally, trying to sound smart. That is what you are doing here.

Trolling much, are we?

Thanks for making it obvious enough what the whole intent here is, this comment also sheds plenty of light on the reason why your other thread got locked as well.

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

Its not smart, and you're not going to get anywhere with this discussion by doing this kid tactic.

Right back at you. I'd file your current response onder the category "troll bait".

Why do you suddenly try to make things personal? Answer: to try and incite more comments.

If you want to be taken seriously then this isn't the right direction to take. It's obvious that you can't seem to accept the fact that there are other people with other opinions out there. So, like, why ask for opinions if you won't accept critical ones?

Well, I think the answer to that is obvious, as stated above.

[The Gut]

Publicado originalmente por Kusa:

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

Hmm... okay.

I don't like shopping, and I have been to Macy's before with my gf. There is one whole store full of stuff only for women in that store. I asked where the Men's department was, and they said its in the other part of the store, across the street in the other building, and on the THIRD floor in one small section. But yeah, nothing matters and gender means nothing, okay dude.
Also, my gf likes to shop for clothes and I don't, and its safe to say that women like shopping for clothes more than men do in general, but somehow saying that means I hate women.

Is she gaming at the same time she is shopping or why is this relevant?

Gender is not relevant to gaming as gaming is open to all who choose to participate which includes those who do not define themselves by gender.

Do you play the Sims?

[The Gut]

Publicado originalmente por ShelLuser:

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

I remember when I was a teenager and took everything everyone said literally, trying to sound smart. That is what you are doing here.

Trolling much, are we?

Thanks for making it obvious enough what the whole intent here is, this comment also sheds plenty of light on the reason why your other thread got locked as well.

Publicado originalmente por Haradasanz' Gut:

Its not smart, and you're not going to get anywhere with this discussion by doing this kid tactic.

Right back at you. I'd file your current response onder the category "troll bait".

Why do you suddenly try to make things personal? Answer: to try and incite more comments.

If you want to be taken seriously then this isn't the right direction to take. It's obvious that you can't seem to accept the fact that there are other people with other opinions out there. So, like, why ask for opinions if you won't accept critical ones?

Well, I think the answer to that is obvious, as stated above.

What critical opinion have you contributed?

Don't meta talk about yourself and the topic, just say what critical things you have to contribute?

Or is saying that its obvious I am troll bait what you have to contribute? That is worthless here. Thanks.

[Sleepy Yoshi]

I think it's rather simple. More women are playing games now compared to 20 years ago and as such you can find more women who are at a high skill level in w/e particular genre of game they prefer. Basically, ignoring all influences outside of the game itself, I would wager that gender itself is irrelevant.


As far as studies that show "women are becoming better than men by a fairly large margin", well I certainly haven't read any real study that collaborates that idea and anytime something deals in absolutes it raises immediate red flags.

It's interesting that this thread is worded in an opposite manner to the original. I feel like that in itself is an experiment being conducted. :p

[The Gut]

Publicado originalmente por Sleepy Yoshi:

I think it's rather simple. More women are playing games now compared to 20 years ago and as such you can find more women who are at a high skill level in w/e particular genre of game they prefer. Basically, ignoring all influences outside of the game itself, I would wager that gender itself is irrelevant.


As far as studies that show "women are becoming better than men by a fairly large margin", well I certainly haven't read any real study that collaborates that idea and anytime something deals in absolutes it raises immediate red flags.

It's interesting that this thread is worded in an opposite manner to the original. I feel like that in itself is an experiment being conducted. :p

It is experiment.

To see which post gets locked and which does not. Clearly we know why.