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    Almost an April fool!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ArabellaUK, Mar 26, 2010.

  1. ArabellaUK

    ArabellaUK Notebook Consultant

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    Someone sent me a link to a website called GameCrush today - apparently they pay women to play games with guys?!

    What will they think of next......!

    A
     
    ArabellaUK, Mar 26, 2010
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  2. Signal2Noise

    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

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    Or the way I would look at this is the women (or GameCrush) is playing games with nerdy gamers. A false sense of hope. ;)
     
    Signal2Noise, Mar 26, 2010
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  3. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    False senses of hope can be quite profitable ;) Apparently the girl gamers get 60% of the proceeds from the gaming, and guys are supposed to pay something like AUS$9 for 10 minutes or so.
     
    Pitabred, Mar 26, 2010
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    lol, what fun.
     
    moral hazard, Mar 26, 2010
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    sirmetman Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's rediculous. Do they even play in the same room?
     
    sirmetman, Mar 26, 2010
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  6. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    LOL, hmm guess if I want to game with hot women I better load up AOE 2 and call the wife over.

    what will they come up with next
     
    crazycanuk, Mar 26, 2010
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  7. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Haha, That's funny!
     
    Joel, Mar 26, 2010
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  8. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

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    WoW will be a goldmine for that idea.
     
    ziddy123, Mar 26, 2010
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  9. insanechinaman

    insanechinaman Notebook Evangelist

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    Damn the response has been pretty good! Their servers got overloaded lol
     
    insanechinaman, Mar 26, 2010
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  10. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    Thats SO very, very, very Sad!
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Mar 26, 2010
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  11. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    that is SO very, very true!

    some people need to get out and enjoy the world. Besides a womans company is always better in person.


    Or am I just old ...... ?
     
    crazycanuk, Mar 26, 2010
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  12. AirSinner

    AirSinner Notebook Evangelist

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    Hah remember when IGN teased everyone with a Zelda live action movie trailer! blahhhhhhhh
     
    AirSinner, Mar 26, 2010
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  13. KernalPanic

    KernalPanic White Knight

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    WoW would probably be the poster child for this company...

    With that horrible of a community, you'd have to pay ANY mental adult over the age of 16 to play with the vast majority of them.

    Finding female players (to game with) in other games isn't remotely close to difficult.
    1/3 to half of the voices in clan vent are usually female now...
     
    KernalPanic, Mar 26, 2010
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  14. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    :eek: LOLLLL
     
    Joel, Mar 26, 2010
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  15. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    I don't get it... o_O

    You're paying for a girl to play an online game with you? Or is said girl coming over to your house to play with you in person?
     
    Melody, Mar 26, 2010
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  16. KernalPanic

    KernalPanic White Knight

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    Oh I have little doubt its play with you online...
    Yes, it is sad... yeah it would probably make someone a lot of money.
     
    KernalPanic, Mar 26, 2010
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  17. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    Makes me wish I was a girl... get paid to game, where's the downside in that?

    Then again, I actually (honest to god truth) met my wife through an online game, and didn't have to pay a cent :)
     
    Syberia, Mar 26, 2010
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  18. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    I get it even less then lol :confused:

    I mean, sad as it may be, I'd understand the incentive to "want to be with a girl for money", but technically you're not even "with" her >_> Unlike "escort" type activities which provide some form of stimulation, there's no actual difference between playing a game online with either gender as far as I know. :eek:

    Unless those girls are particularly good gamers o_O

    Edit:     I just thought of something, how could the people paying actually KNOW it's a girl unless the online game required some form of mic or video chat?
     
    Melody, Mar 26, 2010
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  19. Gray Wolf

    Gray Wolf Notebook Consultant

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    kinda makes you weep for society
     
    Gray Wolf, Mar 26, 2010
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  20. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    Yes true, that is because girls prefer to play in clans where the guys have more of an incentive to be mature and respectful than when just freelancing on the internet.

    Clans are like workers unions, they keep every1 in check and in turn every1 is happy.
     
    rot112, Mar 26, 2010
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  21. Signal2Noise

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    GIRL* online.


    *- Guy In Real Life
     
    Signal2Noise, Mar 26, 2010
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  22. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    There are no girls on the internet :eek: Even those on Facebook and Myspace are just male aliens o_O
     
    Melody, Mar 26, 2010
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  23. unnamed01

    unnamed01 Notebook Deity

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    Are they any good at the games? lol!
     
    unnamed01, Mar 26, 2010
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  24. IWantMyMTV

    IWantMyMTV Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm signing my wife up right now...

    No more wasting time on Facebook trying to maintain friendships...

    The two-year old goes down for his nap, and she's up on flash-based Tic Tac Toe or Battleship (she's very good at Battleship having played the seven-year old for months)...I think it's genius...

    The whole idea makes an 'Indecent Proposal' into a long distance 'Decent Proposal'...

    The only downside is the extreme awkwardness if my dad or my wife's dad inadvertently contracts her services ('C'mon Dad, you know what your daughter-in-law looks like.')...what do you tell your mother or mother-in-law?
     
    IWantMyMTV, Mar 26, 2010
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  25. KernalPanic

    KernalPanic White Knight

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    What a load of bull... no way any male can be that deviously evil...
    :)
     
    KernalPanic, Mar 26, 2010
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  26. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    No, it's just 12 year old boys. :p

    I think it's gender discrimination.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 27, 2010
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  27. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    This whole thread is about gender discrimination lol... i'm not a girl but seriously , the jokes are going too far but.. girls shouldn't play games... they should spend all their time cooking in the kitchen... LOL!... because they die all the time in games... at least they own us in cooking :)
     
    sean473, Mar 27, 2010
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  28. HTWingNut

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    Cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping and back rubs. Guys are just good at games and suck at everything else. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 27, 2010
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