RE: [Epic] Girls Vs Gaming

From: Ken Taborek <oberon_at_...>
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 06:29:45 -0400 (EDT)

I think I'll do a thesis on this...
Here you have the classic war between the sexes, except the ladies don't
get a say because this is a mostly male list.
Note that both gentlemen say that their wives/girlfriends "try hard
but..." which isn't an actual quote, but the intent is there. On the
other hand, the romance novel is dismissed as "crappy", and is not
understood by the male. Hmmm....


--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
"Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change."- random fortune



On Tue, 27 May 1997, Kelvin wrote:

>
> >And Tash should not be pushed, she's dangerous. And yes, Kelvin becomes an
> >excited little kid all the time. My spouse is giving me THOSE looks now that
> >I'm playing magic again and telling her about games. Almost the same look
> >she gives me when I explain cricket and the email game I play in. She tries
> >so hard to understand, but it's taken years for her to pick up on the
> >intricacies of the game. But she tries.
>
> Tash isn't THAT dangerous! All you do is nibble on her ear and.......
> <details deleted to protect the guilty>.
>
> Tash tries to understand too, but she usually smiles and goes back to
> reading her crappy romance novels, which I don't understand the attraction
> of, but there you go.
>
> >Besides, who here on the list dosen't get excited when they get to open a
> >new box/blister of minnies, or a new pack of cards, or get results from a
> >PBM game or whatever. Isn't that part of the fun of gaming?
>
> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!!!!! Or playing the game and having great luck for a
> change, or having your battle plan going exactly the way you planned, or
> painting a mini REALLY well and being extremely proud of it, or finding
> someone new who is really into gaming and being able to talk to them for
> hours or getting a new computer game that keeps you up for all hours of the
> night or...........
> ;-)
>
>
> -Kelvin.....
>
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