Dancer Archive
Thread: So SOE wants to know why women play SWG, huh?
Warryyr
Sat Apr 02, 2005 1:46 am
#14
Dear SOE,
I am a SWF who plays SWG. I am aclinical cytogeneticistby day, and by night I play a Dancer in your game.
I enjoy unwinding after a long day of chromosomal analysis by running from cantina to cantina, looking for someplace that actually has people who playyour game as a Dancer, as opposed to people who take advantage of your macro system by making themselves robots. After a territorial dispute or two, or being chastised and/or ridiculed for being what is referred to as a "Live Entertainer," I usually find a few friends who I can have fun with, as we try to forget about the horrible state of our characters' professions and yourapparent oblivious perspective of just how bad things are for us.
Feel free to use my experiences in any way you'd like and thank you for the opportunity to tell you about my SWG gaming experiences.
If anyone submits the above, I'll like, give you a box of chocolate or something 
Message Edited by Warryyr on 04-01-2005 02:48 PM
picklesSW
Sat Apr 02, 2005 1:56 am
#15
Dear Sony,
I am a woman, a homemaker and mother of 4 by day, and I was barely making ends meet ever since my husband ran out on us. My life changed drastically when I found Star Wars Galaxies, for the better.
Thanks to your game, I now run a profitable escort service. Witnessing the level of depravity in the cantina scene really opened my eyes to the financial possibilities of exploiting the sexual urges of the primarily young male crowd that inhabits these games.
I began with a simple pay service with my own avatar on Tattoon, or whatever you call it, and before long I was ammassing vast amounts of credits, which I could then sell on eBay. This was only the beginning, however, as I convinced a stable of other people to join the effort. With a bit of marketing it because obvious how much I could make, and now it has spread to the use of webcams, VoIP (I just LOVE the acronyms you people have!), and of course the in-game escort service which has become wildly successful beyond my dreams. Last year I cleared 56k from your game. Thank you so much, and I hope this account of my enjoyment of SWG helps you!
Sincerely,
Janice Smoot, aka "Lady Longlegs"
I am a woman, a homemaker and mother of 4 by day, and I was barely making ends meet ever since my husband ran out on us. My life changed drastically when I found Star Wars Galaxies, for the better.
Thanks to your game, I now run a profitable escort service. Witnessing the level of depravity in the cantina scene really opened my eyes to the financial possibilities of exploiting the sexual urges of the primarily young male crowd that inhabits these games.
I began with a simple pay service with my own avatar on Tattoon, or whatever you call it, and before long I was ammassing vast amounts of credits, which I could then sell on eBay. This was only the beginning, however, as I convinced a stable of other people to join the effort. With a bit of marketing it because obvious how much I could make, and now it has spread to the use of webcams, VoIP (I just LOVE the acronyms you people have!), and of course the in-game escort service which has become wildly successful beyond my dreams. Last year I cleared 56k from your game. Thank you so much, and I hope this account of my enjoyment of SWG helps you!
Sincerely,
Janice Smoot, aka "Lady Longlegs"
kirah_ashlin
Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:09 am
#16
Humph - right now I want to know why I'm playing SWG . . . . 
Else-Whira
Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:49 am
#18
If they really want my testimonial for an ad they need to buy it.
NJ62
Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:43 pm
#19
My feeling on this is that I'll happily participate in a focus group to make the game better for females, but I don't want to be the poster child for how uber the game is from the female perspective, because I feel that the game has a long way to go to really "get" what the female gamer wants. The industry has a long way to go as well. And they should want to go there - they should want to squeeze some money from our demographic.
Note that I don't say that the female audience will necessarily be attracted to the non-combat playstyle. It's not a cut-and-dry case of "girls want to play hairdresser and boys want to shoot dragons," although it is likely that proportionally more females than males in the gaming population are attracted to the alternative non-combat playstyle. I think the non-combat game does need improvement, and that may indirectly affect more females than males, because the percentages fall in that direction. I think the combat game can also make improvements that cater to females as well, improvements that have nothing to do with prettier armor.
Note that I don't say that the female audience will necessarily be attracted to the non-combat playstyle. It's not a cut-and-dry case of "girls want to play hairdresser and boys want to shoot dragons," although it is likely that proportionally more females than males in the gaming population are attracted to the alternative non-combat playstyle. I think the non-combat game does need improvement, and that may indirectly affect more females than males, because the percentages fall in that direction. I think the combat game can also make improvements that cater to females as well, improvements that have nothing to do with prettier armor.
Schardour
Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:03 pm
#20
NJ62 wrote:
although it is likely that proportionally more females than males in the gaming population are attracted to the alternative non-combat playstyle.
Does that mean I'm a special boy?
kirah_ashlin
Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:26 pm
#21
Til, we've always known you were a special boy . . . . .
Schardour wrote:
NJ62 wrote:
although it is likely that proportionally more females than males in the gaming population are attracted to the alternative non-combat playstyle.
Does that mean I'm a special boy?
Caerwynn
Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:59 am
#22
I have emailed with my views of SWG, the CU and the huge lost potential of women online gamers.
Ikewe
Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:35 am
#24
I sent a very straight forward response. I even helped them by identifying who I thought their intended audience actually was given the current state of the entertainer professions. I like being helpful that way
kirah_ashlin
Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:39 am
#25
I'm still trying to decide what to say in my email to them - a short, snippy to-the-point reply or one that gets deep into detail . . . . I would love to see what everyone else's emailresponses were - anyone willing to share? 
Coreena
Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:10 am
#26
Look at the date this was posted, could very well be some April's Fool joke 
I mean... really... you think they really want to hear what anyone of their customers has to say?
I mean... really... you think they really want to hear what anyone of their customers has to say?