To start, I don't think that me voicing my opinion (albeit inflammatory) that this is a general community issue and not a gendered issue, and the OP is being immature, isn't derailing. IMO the OP is making a general community issue that most games have, which is presumably younger players being inconsiderate and asking inappropriate a gender issue. Furthermore, the type of player that harasses people in such a way almost certainly isn't the same player that cares about the community enough to engage on the forum.
"Here let me quote it and say I disagree, even though there is a decent chance he said the same thing im going to say"
"And why would I read the rest of the thread, only my opinion matters I guess"
"Let me try and belittle someones opinion because I don't like it"
I never did any of those things you made an entire post about.
If you don't want to read the rest of the thread why take part in the discussion. Its a discussion. Not just your opinion vs the world.
Really ticks me off when people misquote or strawman my words, and here Robert goes and doesn't even care.
What part of this was a discussion you absolute white knight moron? The OP has made one post the entire time that she's played the game, 'she' clearly doesn't care about the community or discussions within it, and didn't even care enough to reply to 'her' own thread. The OP was hostile towards to forum community, which again is almost definitely not the same demographic of player that she was ranting about. You and her are further perpetuating the irrational logic that women are any different to men, they're people too. The fact that 'she's' saying her gender or age aren't relevant, while simultaneously throwing her gender and age into the post irrelevantly defeats the entire purpose of her argument. TBH for the first few years that I played I didn't even share my age, 'she's' entirely free to do the same. The OP also said that she had people asking for 'her' picture while pretending to be a male, further self defeating her already ridiculous point.
If you need me to pick apart the other supportive replies to the topic let me know, I mean no one asked the "38 y/o mom" for her age or gender, yet she volunteered the information, and there's also a 'woman' on the topic complaining that people think she's a guy because she talks like a guy... I mean have all of you been smoking the same stuff? If you talk to someone on the phone and they have a deep voice and claim to be a woman are you being an ******* by being skeptical?
1. I've been active on the forums and regularly post and comment since about a week after I downloaded the game.
2. This is a throwaway account as you should be able to tell by the name and did not intend on replying as this was a rant and just we wanted to get it off my chest.
3. I did not mean to be hostile towards the forums, again, it was a rant and not directly aimed at anyone more of just to get it off my chest.
4. I tell my age and gender to people because they ask, but when they ask for photos of me when I clearly state I do not wish to share photos, that's what this post is about.
5. I am not saying this does not happen to men either, just less so which I said in my post it only happened twice so far, and when I said no they accepted that and didn't ask again, whereas usually people would keep asking and act differently to me if I said no. Asking for photos is OK once but if someone says no, don't ask again.
6. I believe Liv meant people thinks she talks like how a guy would write, not actual voice, which I thought was pretty obvious.
I play this game for fun, if someone asks my age or gender, I tell them it, ok not a big deal. They ask to see a selfie once, ok not a big deal, I say no and move on. But if they keep asking or start saying that I'm a man because I won't share my face with them? That's what I'm getting annoyed at which I again thought was pretty clear.
Again I am NOT saying this does not happen to men too, just a lot less so in my expierence and from other men I've spoken to that play the game and have not shown their face. It just seems like people think women don't play games, or not many do which is completely untrue, at least 95% of my real life friends play games on their iPad/console/pc.
In fact you're the type of person this post is aimed at and coincidentally you read the forums. You doubted everyone who said they were a women in this thread just because we said we were women.