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014 :: Gamer Girl Stereotypes

filed:10/21/2005 by GM


This is part one in a series of three posts outlining the most common gamer girl stereotypes. I think that if girls want to be taken seriously in gaming, they must strive to break these stereotypes.

There is a trinity when it comes to gamer girls. This trinity consists of the main three parts and its lesser, subtypes. The three parts are Hot Topic Reject Girls, Otaku, and Small Town Girls. This entry is about Hot Topic Reject Girls.


Stats:
Trademarks: Drama-mongering and bad dye jobs.
Age: typically underage.
Body-type: Varies from skinny twig to obese.
Music: Green Day and Linkin Park.
Likes: Emily Strange, Hot Topic's insult bunny, Lord of the Rings, Orlando Bloom, sulking alone in her room, yelling at her parents for no reason.
Dislikes: "Labels", people who try to "oppress" her, being underage.
Favourite Games: Whatever guys are playing and maybe Dance Dance Revolution.
Online hangouts: thedilly, Green Day fan sites (talking politics, no doubt), LiveJournal
Quote: "I'm ugly." (They say this so people will disagree with them and make them feel better.)

Important notes: The Hot Topic Reject (HTR) comes in many forms.. from mallrat tween to anti-social 19 year old. These girls tend to be considered poseurs in their respective habitats (usually school) so when going to the arcade their "polished" image is readily accepted by dysfunctional boys. It's not unusual to see these girls show up to the arcade with a posse of boys following them around. These nerdy, typically unattractive boys (only as unattractive as the girl) tend to be much older than the girl and quite possibly only hang out with her for the partial chance of making their lolicon dreams come true.

Motive: HTRs only play games to pick up guys. Due to the unfavourable attitude people have towards them, HTRs surround themselves with fanboys quite similar to the Otaku girls (covered in next post). Constantly feeling supposedly unwanted their whole lives, they go to arcades to pick up a fan club and makes themselves feel better with attention. Typically, they only play games that a majority of guys are playing. Even if they aren't any good, there will still be one or two losers who will pay attention to them. HTRs are hard to tolerate because they're unstable and constantly start drama with everyone around them. Only boys with low self-esteems can tolerate their crap on a daily basis.

Subtypes: Known subtypes of Hot Topic Rejects are as follows: Underage Emo Kid, Goth Reject, and Prepubescent Punk Girl. Their motives are the same usually.

HTRs tend to never hang out with one another. There is no room for girl competition within one group so HTR girls travel by themselves or with their fan club.

Next to cover: Otaku

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