I’m a geek…I play World of Warcraft and am part of a guild. A lot of time has gone into the game. What does a lot of time mean? Well, lets just say I am nearing 1,000 hours! So that brings me to the point of this post…I was directed to this article at Tom’s Hardware that details what the true ‘Holy Grail’ is all about. Here’s the gist:
The Grail I speak of is not the cup of Christ that bestows eternal life, but rather something sought after by young men the world over. I speak of the Attractive Female Gamer. A woman who not only possesses the desirable attributes necessary to attract members of the opposite sex, but who also shares the deep love that some of us have for videogames.
Yup. So true. To a gamer geek (specifically of the mmorpg variety), a woman that has the same interests is a truly blessed thing to date/marry yet exceedingly rare! Now, as the article states, a woman that enjoys Solitaire, Bejeweled, Minesweeper, etc is NOT what we’re talking about here…its the woman that plays MMORPGs and fully understands it.
“What’s the big deal?” some of you may ask. Well, when you live with a woman, her needs can conflict with the needs of the game. We all know the game needs to be played. How else are we going to procure the “phat lewts”? So imagine a woman who not only understands the needs of the game, but is as much a slave to it as we are. She knows the reward that comes with countless hours at the keyboard. She understands that sometimes you just have to eat dinner at the computer because your party is counting on you to heal. She will burn a vacation day in order to play when the server is less crowded. In short, she gets it.
My wife (at least for a time) was the Holy Grail for a looong time. She played WoW as much as me and we often wandered around the world of Azeroth together earning m4d l00t and picking on n00bs. Sadly, her work schedule has drastically changed causing a damper on our gaming co-existence. Hopefully, given time, she will dive back in and understand my drive to play once more! So if you’re a male gamer and you find yourself dating/married to such a woman, know that she is a rare jewel to have and you should pamper and promote her gaming as much as possible! If you are a female gamer…you are a blessing to society and should be extremely vocal in your circle of friends and promote the ideas of slaying Onyxia and running Molten Core!
Comments
8 responses to “The Holy Grail”
[…] « The Holy Grail Marketing MMORPGs to Women September 14th, 2005 Posted in Gaming, Computers and Internet, Entertainment | […]
I agree with this statement about how hard it is to find a women that enjoys doing the same things as we do, especially if its something like gaming. I have been very fortunate I have a girlfriend that enjoys games almost as much as I do. When we play games together it does not take us long and we will beat it. It is great to share the same common interest like this because then if that is something you like to do you will not have to give it up. to spend time with this girl. You are always together and always happy. I think that as computers and technology continue to run every aspect of our lives we will start to find the increase in gaming from all people men and women. Gaming is not something that just geeks are doing it is very widespread. I try not to think of myself as a geek but I really enjoy gaming I was at one time addicted to the online game “Lineage” this game consumed alot of my free time. Actually I would like to get a new character started but I don’t know if I can afford it yet. As the gaming increases it will definately affect everyone and hopefully there will be more of an abundant supply of these ” Holy Grails”
[…] Sadly, this is true. I have even made assumptions that certain people were male when I’ve played games and I am thrown for a loop when I find out that the person is actually female…and yes, some of those people were attractive female gamers. What is important to note that this isn’t necessarily a sexist assumption. In the past, the number of male gamers dwarfed the number of female gamers by large margins. With the emergence of MMORPGs and increased advertising directed towards females, we are seeing an increase in the amount of “Holy Grails” out there playing a multitude of different genres of games! Its actually really cool. […]
Haha! So *that’s* why someone sent me 5g for being female :)
People in my guild are starting to like me a little more since I got into the pvp side of things too. I must admit though, that was a little difficult for me to get into – especailly when people wouldn’t work as a team.
Undead Warlock + Engineering = don’t mess with me :D
If anyone is on Kul Tiras, send me a whisper and say hi :)
*- Nextrodaet
wow that exactly defines my sister
[…] when I’m bored in the evenings, I found The Guild. The show focuses on “Codex”, a female WoW addict and her guild’s in and out of game interactions. The star, Felicia Day, is also the writer […]
me has one of these holy grails woohoo, no you can’t have her she’s mine :D forever and ever <3
1000 hours huh? You make me look good. I just quit about 2 months ago; have been playing since alpha 1999.
Good work though :P