Everyday, I finish another game with the same storyline, save the princess live happily ever after until the sequel comes out. But, being a female gamer and thus self rescuing, I'm stuck in a different situation.
My quests always get me into trouble, and you can bet you're bottom dollar that my Geeklover will come riding in on his epic mount to come "save" me. Do I really need his help to continue on my way? No. But I like his help.
This gamer girl truth has crossed over into my real life too. I've always been very independent, and while something may take me a bit more time to complete, I've always finished what I've started. Now that my soul mate has entered my life, I'm just a bit confused as to where chivalry ends and knight in shining armor begins. When I see the line get crossed, how do I tell him to stop fighting my battles for me?
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Nice pigtails :P
Total gamer geek here wondering what you might think of my project -> pen and paper RPG utilizing a brand new dice system starting with two new campaign settings. You can find some info in my xanga site specifically under the RPG tag!
@science_diction@xanga - I took a look at your site and I think the idea is brilliant!
Show your strength. Kill all the monsters first. Take the lead!
Hello Geek Luv,
You made your site simple yet elegant. I see that you are new around here!
I’m sending an important message to people about Jehovah God that is in the Bible: "The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil." (Matthew 13:39, 41) (NIV)
i will be your mr. spock and sit with you alongside the enterprise.
I've found that most geeks like to 'help', regardless of sex or gender, because it's how they show affection. If I go on a quest in an MMO that needs between one and three people and I mention it, I end up with 8. If I need to fix my computer, suddenly there are four guys standing around my machine recommending I switch to Ubuntu (which was fundamentally unrelated to my problem anyhow, as I was just switching a fan out).
The easiest way to tell someone to butt out is just to do that. You can be as polite as you want, and the geek may feel bad for a moment that their help was spurned, but I've found a simple "I appreciate the offer, but I want to do this myself." will typically be respected. Someone that doesn't respect that, doesn't respect you.
I must say I really loved your post on the Why (Some) girls love geeks.
I look nothing like a geek or one that would play D&D or Games like WoW. (I dont fyi) but im still a Geek. I love technology, Im a Gamer. Im always crafting things, fixing things, and such.
I dont know if you know about the "Otaku" (Japanese Anime Geeks) im more on that side then the Gamer Side but I do keep up with everthing Sony Gaming & Nintendo.
My point is that Im a pround geek/nerd and Im overlooked just be cause of my obcesion of dressing up like videogame and anime characters and going to conventions spend sometime well over 300 bucks. on VideoGames and such.
I wish someday I could find a really sweet beautiful Asian Anime/Gamer geek. and have a meaningful relationship.
reading you blog gave me a boost of hope that some where out there I will find that "Princess in another castle..." (Mario Quote)
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Tell your partner that when you need help you will ASK for it. Here is the hard part, actually doing it. IF you can actually manage to ask for help when you need it, then you should not have any problems. In my experience (both personal and of independent females i have known) it is not always that easy.