Public eye and corporate representative
Feb. 18th, 2012 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anjylle Who, me?
Yeah, EVE Online FanFest 2012 is fast approaching. I've got my flights and hotel rooms lined up, but unlike the last two years, I get in for free; not only that, but I'll be getting paid for my time there. Helping to set up the day before, turning up to pub events in the company shirt, working the front desk, leading a pub crawl through Reykjavik, and -- oh yeah -- being in charge of a round-table discussion regarding women who play EVE, their experiences and how we can improve on them.
That last part is important. It's no secret EVE is a massive sausage-festival, and that approximately 4% (I'd suggest even fewer, considering what I've seen in my time as a GM) of the player-base is female in real life. I've been lucky in most of my ingame dealings, but there have been a few times where I've run up against rampant misogyny from players both twice my age and half my age which made me take a step back and say, "Hey. I don't have to put up with your shit," and leave a group.
I want to get dialogue going on this. I know there's no way to police it, but I want to at least raise awareness that this kind of crap is going on, and that women players aren't entirely defenseless.
Guys who show up will be invited to contribute, too. Their experiences with women playing EVE are just as important.
I'll need to find someone who can take notes. Or film this. Hmm....
Yeah, EVE Online FanFest 2012 is fast approaching. I've got my flights and hotel rooms lined up, but unlike the last two years, I get in for free; not only that, but I'll be getting paid for my time there. Helping to set up the day before, turning up to pub events in the company shirt, working the front desk, leading a pub crawl through Reykjavik, and -- oh yeah -- being in charge of a round-table discussion regarding women who play EVE, their experiences and how we can improve on them.
That last part is important. It's no secret EVE is a massive sausage-festival, and that approximately 4% (I'd suggest even fewer, considering what I've seen in my time as a GM) of the player-base is female in real life. I've been lucky in most of my ingame dealings, but there have been a few times where I've run up against rampant misogyny from players both twice my age and half my age which made me take a step back and say, "Hey. I don't have to put up with your shit," and leave a group.
I want to get dialogue going on this. I know there's no way to police it, but I want to at least raise awareness that this kind of crap is going on, and that women players aren't entirely defenseless.
Guys who show up will be invited to contribute, too. Their experiences with women playing EVE are just as important.
I'll need to find someone who can take notes. Or film this. Hmm....