KassX

I used to play an MMORPG and whenever I said I was a girl there, there’d be douchebags around to call me a liar and accuse me of being a 40 year old man. So I stopped answering the gender question and for many years pretended I was a man lol. Then everyone thought I was gay… Which wasn’t entirely inaccurate. It’s a damn good thing writing communities aren’t so closed minded and douchebaggy. But now that I can be myself, gender has become more of a puzzle to me that I’m less eager to commit to. I’m a woman, but I like to keep my options open lol. 

All the fun people are a little cagey about something anyway. 

I’m sorry you had that experience, ugh! Yeah, gaming communities can totally get like that but I feel like that, unfortunately, comes with the territory. I’m glad you’re in better company now!

I’m not a huge MMORPG gamer, preferring my standalone games, but I do play one or two. I’m still BronxWench there, which should be a giveaway, and I tend to ignore the chatter of anyone outside my party, so I’m probably unaware of all the insults being hurled my way. Of course, ignoring the little trolls tends to make them explode and/or go away, which are both fine with me.

My RL work background makes me sort of impervious to most things anyway. I always worked in male-dominated industries, and held my own. I had to take at least one vacation of two weeks or more each year by mandate, and I would get these frantic calls, if I was someplace with phone service (this was pre-cell phone days, my lovelies), usually right before I was due back. Of course, I always timed vacations so I would never miss anything important, but men fret a lot. Really.