I've had some rather amusing reactions when guys have heard me talking on comms for the first time. Areolae, a really nice Tuskers guy asked me if I was a girl or a really young guy the first time I spoke, and Awarmingcoat- Coatsie went quite for a couple of minutes and then said 'a girl?' in a really questioning voice. I once had Ohms Law and Captain John Critchon PvP to 'defend my honour and win the hand of the lady', which of course wasn't on offer at the time, but hey, it was fun to watch and listen to with all the old fashioned 'knightly' talk. I can even say I was responsible for a war declaration on R1FTA, from a corp called 'Horrortears' (its still there somewhere) which my ex before 3D amusingly made JUST for that purpose. Go figure :P
Needless to say, a lot of guys just don't expect to see ladies in their comms or their corps, and its amusing and sometimes sad the reactions it gets. There is the odd negative one, like the guy that tried to hit on me in Rens local (telling me he'd 'give me the greatest night of my life'), and another who questioned why I was even playing because I'm a girl and 'girls can't play EVE'. I promptly took him out where he was ratting in his belt. ;) I left the system with a simple 'Wanna bet?'
Anyways, I am getting to a point here. Heh.
The boys were ganking today and in comms, just having fun and trying to get some nice kills, (Naoru got a 2 and a half bill loki pod lol) so I jumped in and joined em, no problem, same old. Then Tilar, a really nice chick from 7-2 came on, and we just went on as usual. She hopped right in with us and went straight to it. Just same, normal, somewhat boring day in Molden Heath.
What made me think about this all was when a guy called Mitch (a mate of the corp from Shadow Cartel) jumped into comms to see what was what and listened for a few minutes while we finished up a gank. He then proceeded to ask Diz how the hell did they manage to get so many girls in comms. I had a quick giggle while Diz replied with a simple 'We're just that sexy', before I piped in with a quick 'funny how two girls equals 'so many''. ThC and 7-2 combined have 4 girls (I'm pretty sure)... does that make us an army of girls? A mass of girls? A crowd? A squadron of girls? (That might actually be a fun concept for fleets :P Tackle girls heh).
Anyways, this topic also popped up briefly earlier today when we were talking about 3D's new corp/alliance. They have a few girls that wander around in their comms, and its of mah hun's opinion that if there's a girl or two (nice ones anyways) hanging around, it must mean that the guys in said corp aren't that bad and that its not a bad experience being around them. So basically if there's a woman in a corp they're more likely to have nicer guys making up the corp- which makes sense and I agree with. I for one know I'm not gonna hang around in the corp where every second word is explicit or racist and where no one has anything nice to say to each other, and I'm certainly not going to sit in comms with them. It makes sense. I mean, there is probably the odd chick who likes the rude and mean side of people, and even gives as good as she gets, but I have yet to meet one, so not so relevant to my ideas on the matter.
As this has been a talked about topic lately, and I've been thinking about such things, I've compiled a list of types of girls I've met in EVE (or heard about), that I personally think are the variations of female that one can find in this quintessentially man's world.
NAUGHTY CARGO'S UNOFFICIAL TYPES OF EVE WOMEN
1. The shameless flirt/golddigger
2. The secret bitches a.k.a 'get away from my boys, bitch' girl. (with a sub-type)
3. The giggly/cute grenades
4. Overly tomboyish a.k.a The Vasquez Complex.
5. The awesome, natural girls
AND.......
6. Me :P (have occasionally been a bit of each, depending on my mood, what's happening, and the people around me XD)
Like I said, I've never met an intentionally mean girl in EVE, but I have seen girls take advantage of their sex, using their womanly wiles to get ISK and items out of the poor men who become infatuated with them, who they tease incessantly to have it continue for as long as they need to get the freebies. This makes me angry, but I know it happens, and it probably won't stop. Hells even I had a quick go at it while I was in R1FTA, and it sure as hell works! (I quickly realised, while it works, it makes me an attention seeking bitch, so I halted that almost immediately. XD) Mintchip is probably the most well known gold-digger chick in EVE, with her 'wishlist/giftlist' or whatever it was, encouraging people to buy stuff for her, while shameless flirting with people. Each to their own.
On a side note, I did feel quite sorry for Mintchip when she got employed by CCP and the accusations that she flirted her way in and such came straight at her. Even if she did, she doesn't deserve abuse thrown in her face.
The second type of chick is one that the guys around her don't really see, because its strictly reserved for incoming women. Because we're so... rare, I guess is the best word, its often seen as pretty awesome when guys have a chick or two in their corp. I guess its like a dick measuring contest, but witch chicks instead. Who knows, but often they get put up on some sort of pedestal, and hey, some chick really like that. Suddenly their put into the spotlight, bragged about to other men, and they sometimes get a big head. So when the new girl shows up.... oh boy. Miss secret bitch is nice in comms, supporting the new recruit and being sweet and helpful, and sometimes, even when alone together, the claws don't come out. But here is a sickly sweet sort of 'this is my territory, these are MY boys.. go away and leave me on my pedestal in peace. But I'm gonna be nice to you until you leave so that the boys don't see I'm a bitch'. They're the worst, and remind you why women can be the most evil people in the world around men. The subcategory is the region owner- the self-dubbed 'queens' of wherever they live. Not so extreme, but so help you if you try and be princess. Again, even I love the fact I'm the only chick in my corp- its very cool, particularly when they are an awesome PvP, low sec pirate corp, and lets be honest, if say, a type 1 girl came in and started flirting with all the boys, getting that attention, I'd be pissed. But in all honesty, I'm just not like that, I'd get over it quickly, and move on being an awesome tackle.
The giggly grenade is one of my personal demons. I have done this one a lot, being a young, happy, occasionally attention seeking girl, and lay on the cute thickly. This was what I was like early days of EVE, while I was in BDFS and R1FTA, and it worked. I'd always be talked to in comms, I'd always get that attention in channel. What I found out pretty quickly was that when it came down to it, doing this achieved nothing, because suddenly I was the small, cute, giggly girl in channel and couldn't be taken seriously, I obviously had no idea what I was doing, and reduced to a chick who always needs help and support and can't possibly do anything for herself. Not fun, I can tell you, so that snapped off quickly. Unfortunately, I find that, on some slow days, I occasionally slip back into it, before catching myself, logging out for a bit, and relaxing. Honestly, what it does most is annoy people, and I learnt that one the hard way. I still occasionally see them though, and this worries me- I know what its like.
The Vasquez chick is so named because its the classic Aliens character- a woman who has to be even manlier than the men to be taken seriously- the certified 'bad-asses', that no one really wants to mess with. These are hard to find, because honestly, its so hard to do that and do it well, and there's absolutely no point trying, because either guys are gonna love it and see you as 'just-one-of-the-guys', or you're gonna intimidate them and they're gonna not want you around- simply because your manlier than them. (Psst... men don't like women being manlier than them :P Well... most anyways. XD) Good luck if you ever find this type of chick.
The final real sorta type of chick are the ones that I know mostly- the ones that are themselves, plain and simple, and enjoy playing the game that they love. I'm mostly one of these, with segments of other types thrown in occasionally, but I take pride in being myself. Pretty much all of the women I meet are like this- they enjoy the game they play, and people don't really give a damn whether their female or not- they're just plain good people to fly around and talk to. They're the ones I like. ^.^
In the end I guess you're whatever sort of person you wanna be, and girls are whoever they wanna be on any online game. I'm gonna be me and be happy with it ^.^
And boys, if you ever hear a girl you like on comms or want to impress, don't squeal and say 'is that really a girl?' :P
