Zerochan is a female fighting game player- of VF, using who I think is the most difficult character to learn to boot (Vanessa). She also does reviews for game magazines.

And for someone who touts himself (herself?) as the “token conservative” my impression of you so far is that you have your finger on the pulse of the issue pretty darn well. Makes me wonder what kind of conservative you are, because I have a hard time imagining you as a hardcore Bush-supporting neo-con.

The MvC community (not surprised it’s a comic book game) is known to be particularly dumb.

Knowing some hardcore MvC fans, I think I have an idea of what you’re talking about. ._.

Someone on LJ to check out as well possibly is someone called zerochan.

You’re just full of helpful suggestions, aren’t you! I haven’t heard of zerochan before, so she’s a new one to go in the directory. Any chance I can get you to stick around these parts? I dunno how active it’ll be until I get TIN under control, but there’s always the archives to read while you’re waiting for new posts

generally, the SNK community is more accepting of females, then the Capcom one. The MvC community (not surprised it’s a comic book game) is known to be particularly dumb. Someone on LJ to check out as well possibly is someone called zerochan.

Be glad you’ve never been on Kaillera- no one believes anyone is female there. If you really wanted to do a case study, find some girl who knows 2d fighters and get them on there. Just a suggested article idea.

I can believe it. I used to love fighting games… until I started playing them with boys. Actually that remained one of the biggest issues I had with my co-ed gaming groups; the way that guys would play just struck me as mean-spirited (and this is coming from the woman who screams obscenities at her TV if something goes wrong in her game) so even when I had a group that didn’t actively exclude me from the games, I still would always feel edgy and angry when I tried to join in on some Smash Bros. or Marvel vs. Capcom.

Secondly, a site for you to look at and perhaps try to recruit- look for a group called Flare Gamer

Thanks for the heads up. I want our directory to be as comprehensive as possible, and that’s a site I’ve never seen before. If you know of more women gamers who aren’t listed, feel free to let me know or add them to the directory yourself.

Never knew you were a gamer though.

I’m a huge gamer! One with all the fanbrat airs and a good background in feminism to back up my analysis haha

I apologize if you do not appreciate the unsolicited advice- but I’d like to see you succeed.

No way, friendly advice is always appreciated. And well wishing, especially from someone who is openly an ideological opponent, is awesome too. I hope you do some lurking around the forums. And keep in mind that, while we’re a feminist-oriented site, we do hope for a well-rounded membership, which means that if you think you can contribute to the conversation while staying within the spirit of the community then you’re more than welcome to join up.

Some things though:
Another friend of mine is currently doing a book publishing company called Iris print. I don’t know if there will be any confusion, and she is nice and won’t bite, but that could be a potential problem. I hope it isn’t.

Secondly, a site for you to look at and perhaps try to recruit- look for a group called Flare Gamer http://www.rinoa.nu
It is someone I go way back with- I’ve flamed her since 1998 ^_^, and she’s flamed back, but it’s all good. She is a good writer, and has some resources.

Never knew you were a gamer though. I apologize if you do not appreciate the unsolicited advice- but I’d like to see you succeed.

Tekanji over at the Official Shrub.com Blog has joyfully announced the launch of The Iris Network: After what seems like years of yearning, plotting, planning, discarding, and plotting and planning again, the dream to have a feminist-oriented community…