Quote Originally Posted by 'Mak',index.php?page=Thread&postID=58496#post58496
With Vent, it's hard to hide the fact that we're female but if you didn't know the player behind the screen was a female, I don't think it would make a difference. Are you telling me that if you met a phenomenal healer/MT/DPS who rocked everyone's socks off, you'd just leave that guild when you found out it was a female? What if there were a couple high end female raiders? We've already proven that we can run with the boys so why not just give us a chance?
I'm not necessarily sure that's the fact with this guild. The problem comes when you have to relatively equivalent options, but one is a male player behind the keyboard and the other is a female player.

We have a couple females in the guild -- a warlock and a couple shadowpriests. But if there EVER is a male of that class with near equivalent gear for the raid instance we're going to, the females will be benched.


In any case, I am not a big chatty ventrilo person, and it's a known thing with the people I play with. I speak only when it's an emergency -- like I've pulled aggro or done something stupid. (See? I told you I don't speak often. Mwahahaha)
When it's just chit-chat time, I keep my voice out of the equation. I get asked a question pre-pull? I type my response in /raid.

I like being mistaken for just "one of the guys". When they realize I'm not going to cry at their dirty jokes or make them feel uncomfortable, it's alot easier to get past the "she's a GIRL?!" phase and get straight into the "damn, you're a good player" part. I pride myself on the levels I can push to. Prior to WoW I was a competitive guild wars player, and with me as a core player in our guild vs guild battles we made it to the top 100. When I put my mind to something, I don't play around.



In the end, if a guild snubs me because of something that I can't control nor want to, it's their loss.