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In reply to the discussion: Men’s Rights Activists: Video gaming should be a “safe space” for male nerds. [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)40. It's hard to really say, since I've never given it
much thought. I've noticed a few things - the German servers seem (to me) to have more emphasis on working together, with more of the people behind the characters showing up in kinships, as people. Now part of that might be geographic - the Germans are mostly in a much smaller area with better public transportation, which allows people to get together offline more easily, since I noticed the same greater collegiality when I was in a mostly Kiwi (New Zealand) kinship on an English speaking server. But the kiwis were more 'male gaze' as you put it than even the regular American groups, and being in that kinship was often like being on an American reality show with lots of silly drama.
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Men’s Rights Activists: Video gaming should be a “safe space” for male nerds. [View all]
KamaAina
Aug 2014
OP
i think it is just the difference between a misogynist and not. i know my husband and that group of
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#14
So, do you think that the rape and death threats made to Anita Sarkeesian and her family
intaglio
Aug 2014
#24
wouldnt it be nice? and equally, wouldnt it be nice for women to be able to not be raped
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#31