[Issue 48] Female Tankers: Myth vs. Reality

[Suzette_Peaches 2]

I loved this article!  Brought back memories from when I was a lower rank and needed to explain, daily, that not only am I female, but also a mother (gasp!) who just loves playing the game.  You can be sure that nothing shuts down unwanted flirting like telling the boys, "I'm probably as old as your mom." :)

Yes, I usually say.. Think about your Mom.. I am older!!! Ha

[CJGuitar 23]

Myth: Girls has bad grammer.

Reality: No, like, much girlz actually has bad grammar. Me kno much slang and do big confuse with words. This why I becomes reporter. 

 

My grammer teacher is a woman

[Suzette_Peaches 2]

First of all i am a girl and all girls don't play to get boyfriends or get attention so get your facts right. The boys are the ones that become flirty when they find out your a girl.

Yes, if they get really flirty. just say.. 'assume that i am a hairy backed man in a basement..'

[Delirious_3033 0]

As a female tanker myself, I thank you.

I go into battles on a daily basis and as soon as people say 'he' in some sort, in which directed at me, I correct them. It's then proceeded by some sort of shock, that eventually leads to some stranger going ' want to date '.

I play Tanki because it's fun, and something I'm actually good at doing. 

[Jwimmer 2,835]

The mere fact that I, Night-Sisters, a female...niña...puella...belle fille, am co-authoring this article from the happy rank of General issimo (yeah, I wish :mellow:)

 

Hey now, ain't nothin wrong with being a General

[Dead_Men_Dont_Bite 2]

I personally like this article. Not only is it funny, it's well-made. Good job!

[guyfromwa 129]

Girls hav bad speling.

Hoi, Im Temmie. And, this is my friend temmie

Send temmie to Coleg!!

[DESTROYERcool1 67]

well I have mostly noticed that girl tankers are better than guys.

Personal opinion

[AlphaNinjaGirl 537]

THANK YOU.

 

This article needed to be done, and I really hope this will clear up some of the ignorance that tankers have spread over the years.

 

Now, I'll admit; I used to play with Isida/Wasp a TON on my first account. I still play as Isida sometimes, just because I like it or our team needs it, but it's not my favorite style of gameplay. I personally enjoy XP/BP or a simple flamethrower to the face.

 

Sadly, there is another stereotype that you kind of mentioned, but glossed over.

 

Myth: Girls Can't Aim

 

Reality: This completely misinformed stereotype probably sprung up due to a lot of girls using Isida, Firebird, or Twins. Yeah, I've noticed -- a lot of girls like these guns. But just because these are "button mashers" that "don't require skill" doesn't mean that all girls suck at lining up shots.

 

Now, I'm definitely not the best example to use at this point since, up until a few weeks ago (when I got into XP/BP), this was true about me. And yes, I've noticed quite a few girls don't pull 360-noscopes out of their butts like some of those gods among men we call Esports players. But just like any other Firebird/Isida/Twins user, just because we use those guns doesn't mean we turned our noses up at Railgun or Shaft because they were "too hard". A lot of times, most girls (including me) like getting all-up-in-your-(dirty)-face style of gameplay that comes with those turrets.

 

But not all girls use short-range guns. Oh no. I've seen enough girls dominating the battlefields with Shafts to fill a Jeepney.

 

(Here's a Jeepney, if you don't know what that is):

 

 

And don't even get me started on Railguns. If anything, I'd be more scared of a female Rail, since she's got the nerve to use such a "masculine" turret in battle.

 

In any case, the stereotype is dumb. It may seem true because there aren't many female Esportsmen (Esportswomen?), but I'd be as wary of a male Railgun as I would of a female one.

 

Anyway, ramble over. Enjoy the sauce. ;)

Edited February 12, 2016 by AlphaNinjaGirl

[Miss.Dedicated 55]

Love this article. I've been sexually harassed on this game and made fun of for being a girl. Thanks for making this article, it is outstanding and insanely accurate. Good job. Friend me too :D :P

[parisatis 3]

very nice and true thank you, especially this part "girls just want to be treated with the respect due to any fellow human being"  :) 

[sushshs 5]

BTW im a 14 year old girl looking for bf !!!

Myth: Girls play Tanki to find a boyfriend.

 

Reality: PUH-LEEZE.

 

 

*Cough* *Cough*

[Falcot.Army 11]

Myth: Tanki girls are sexy 

 

Reality: 

[St.HawK 741]

^ That seriously made my day :D hh

[Eevee_Kim 0]

Finally. Thank you. The point is across. There are a LOT of people  who need to look at this, and stop assuming. I'm a guy and my sister plays Tanki for fun. 

[Cyborg 3,189]

Basically girls or no less than boys :) and i realised its true meaning over skype

[Bydo 20,130]

Myth: Tanki girls are sexy 

 

 

check this out in tanki ...  http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=72487

Edited February 17, 2016 by frozen_heart

[TheGoldenTanker 4,951]

Amazing article Sis. 

 

Your articles keep on getting better and better every month.

 

Keep up the good work :)

 

Oh and by the way, your M4 Railgun is no match for my M4 Rico ok  ;)

 

And you are welcome to try and prove me wrong sometime  :P

 

 

Night-Sisters please be my gf ;c

 

 

or Phoenix  :(

 

Try going outside in a club once in a while ok?

 

K thanks  ;)

Edited February 12, 2016 by Unthinkable

[E.Leclerc 1,887]

Try going outside in a club once in a while ok?

 

K thanks  ;)

It's a joke bruh why you gotta take everything so seriously .-.

[TheGoldenTanker 4,951]

It's a joke bruh why you gotta take everything so seriously .-.

What I said was meant to be a joke too.

 

Which explains the "wink" face that I sent xD

 

And since when do I take "everything" seriously? -.-

 

This is the Internet my friend, and I don't take anything seriously via the Internet.

 

Well.. most things anyway to a certain degree  :mellow:

Edited February 12, 2016 by Unthinkable

[Bugs.meeny 1,013]

my sister played tanki for a long time, until she got bored of it and gave me her account. She was actually good and taught me how to play.

[sushshs 5]

Myth: Girls play Tanki to find a boyfriend.

 

Well , No Offense to Females.. Not all Females are Like that :ph34r:

[AlphaNinjaGirl 537]

Well , No Offense to Females.. Not all Females are Like that

Probably a guy looking for attention.

 

Though I guess if there are sexually-desperate guys out there... there can be equally sexually-desperate girls out there... right? Hmm...

 

*shrugs*

[r_MemeTeam0 0]

 

 

 

 

So you're going about your day having a fine time in Tanki, whipping up on some luckless souls in a Sandbox DM when, *gasp horror of horrors, it happens!!1!!!1111!!!!!
A tanker with an obviously female nickname shows up in your battle.
"H-how?!?" you stutter. "W-why?!?"
For a moment, you sit and consider. Then your fingers slowly find and tap letters into chat.
"You a grl?"
You cringe. It's so blatant, so obvious just sitting there. Still, you cannot believe your eyes and need confirmation. There is a long pause, but finally, the tanker in question rolls gently to a stop.
"Yes."
Your jaw drops open and you could swear that Beethoven's Ode to Joy just started playing in the background. You thank your lucky stars for this portentous omen and eagerly open chat. You have so much to say, so many words that want to come pouring out. You type and type, refining and reworking the sentence because you want it to be perfect. 

"You want to date me?"

***

Alright, so the above scene is dramatized, and comes with a large serving of comic relief on the side, but for tankers of the female gender, varying takes on this...situation...are an all-too-familiar recurrence. In fact, it's become quite clear that your average Joe is absolutely clueless when it comes to dealing with players of the opposite gender. So, @Phoenix-Warbird and myself, outstanding and lifetime members of the prestigious TO Girls Division are going to do you all a favor and attempt to let you in on the truth about the female tanker's psyche. The following collaboratory effort is a frank rebuttal of some commonly-held, usually-untrue myths that are giving girls a bad rep. Please, however, note we are not trying to make this a 'boys vs. girls' thing. We have both met some awesome, amazing guys on TO... but also had exchanges that left us flabbergasted, shaking with laughter, and downright offended. So let's get right to it. With Night-Sisters writing under blue, and Pho, green, here are some of the most hilarious assumptions we've come across in our years playing Tanki.


Myth: Girls don't play Tanki.

Reality: My dear readers. The mere fact that I, Night-Sisters, a female...niña...puella...belle fille, am co-authoring this article from the happy rank of General issimo (yeah, I wish :mellow:) means that this is an absurd and completely false assumption. On occasion, I am capable of dragging myself away from my fabulously extensive shoe collection, nail polish, and hair curlers, and actually spend time in-game...playing Tanki. I understand that this is a novel, somewhat revolutionary concept, but let's face it: tanks just don't get to be Gissimos by themselves.

Honestly, it's rather funny to come upon some poor, luckless soul in battle who thinks that Tanki is a "boys-only" game, especially when this sentiment gets vocalized aloud in chat.


Myth: Girls are bad at Tanki.

Reality: I would suggest that you not repeat this particular myth in mixed company, as any female present is liable to take you aside, deliver a swiftly comprehensive thrashing, and leave your shattered tank remains with a D/L ratio that is painful to behold. To measure skill by gender instead of proficiency is, frankly, ignorant, and refusing to destroy or fight a girl because she is female is one of the most idiotic things I've ever come across. Like anything else, cultivation of gaming ability takes time, practice, thought, and dedication. Gender is definitely not on that list, so if a girl does happen to be playing poorly, it's because she didn't put in the necessary effort...not because she was hardwired with an inability to play MMOs.  


Myth: Girls play Tanki to find a boyfriend.

Reality: PUH-LEEZE.
(clears throat) There is a difference between playing and finding a boyfriend, and playing in order to find one. The idea that girls are part of TO to seek out a boyfriend is very flawed judgment.

True, a girl might play to find a boyfriend, and a boy might also play to find a girlfriend. The chances of each having these goals are actually just about equal. Yes, while Tanki is not a dating site, it does contain romantic couples who have met in-game. There has been quite a bit of controversy over this subject that I do not wish to delve into. I will however clarify that not all girls who have found a boyfriend in Tanki, were even expecting to. I speak from experience. Have you considered that maybe, just maybe a girl could be playing TO in order to have fun being a tanker? A tanker, not somebody who’s desperate to date nearly any guy she meets - and that, as you may be aware, is not always phrased so politely.

It might seem this way just because a larger fraction of the females are in Tanki relationships than males. In truth, you cannot compare the percentage of girls dating to that of boys, because they greatly outnumber the girls. For example, let’s say there are 2 Tanki couples within a clan that contains 10 boys and 2 girls. That means two girls and two boys are in relationships. 100% of the females are therefore ‘taken’, while only 20% of the males are. So tankers, even if more of the girls in Tanki are dating, they are not all in it for some love interest.

PS: uh, when you do come across ‘13-year-old girls’ who are ‘looking for a boyfriend’, they’re almost definitely lying about themselves k.


Myth: Girls play Tanki to get attention.

Reality: I personally play Tanki, not out of any distorted need for attention, but because I enjoy the game. I love the tactics involved in gameplay; the shaky adrenaline rush when a gold box drops; the satisfaction of making a perfect shot. And from what I've observed, that interest in actually playing Tanki is why girls generally stick around on the servers. I of course, cannot speak to the gaming motivations of every single female player. And there are those who do play this game for the attention they get. However, I can say, that if you've made this particular generalization about girls then you've probably fallen into the trap of viewing the ridiculousness in EN9 -or any main server chat- as the "norm."
Trust me, it's not. You'll find the girls who are actually worth getting to know, the ones who enjoy playing the game, doing exactly that; playing the game.

 

Myth: Girls hav bad speling.

Reality: Laughable. Your gender doesn’t have anything to do with your spelling skills. It is true that people do not always correctly spell words - be it purposely or not - but it is wrong to isolate girls just because they might seem to misspell more frequently than boys, because that is not even close to true. It’s quite embarrassing for somebody to honestly believe such a myth, where girls are seemingly inferior to boys in this way. I get a kick out of too often seeing people actually agree with it.

 

Myth: Girls has bad grammer.

Reality: No, like, much girlz actually has bad grammar. Me kno much slang and do big confuse with words. This why I becomes reporter.


Myth: Girls are stupid.

Reality: Don't. You. Dare.


Myth: Girls use a "wimpy" combo.

Reality: Allow me to indulge in a bit of psychoanalysis here. On a Tanki-wide level, Isida, Hornet, and In Love paint is considered the typical "girl's combo," perhaps due to the fact that Isida is the lone weapon that can be used passively. A girl can zip around healing and supporting her team, earn a passable amount of experience, and hardly have to make any kills at all. This ties in quite neatly with the "girls are bad at Tanki" mindset and the whole "healing angel" thing is actually a nice little train of thought.

The only problem?

It's absolutely false. 

The combos that girls use are as numerous and varied as the girls themselves. Sure, some of them might use Isida, but there are others -many others- packing Thunder/Viking, Twins/Dict, Shaft/Hornet...and the list goes on. Stereotypes can be hard to see past...but you don't just have to take my word for it. Doubters are more than welcome to come meet the business end of my M4 Railgun on the battlefield, and then we'll see just who is really hosting the so-called "wimpy" combo. ;)  

 

***

 

And there you have it. A few of the chart-topping myths and stereotypes that girls have dealt with for years.

Obviously, it is foolish to assume that all, or even most guys, when dealing with a female, make the above generalizations, (hey look, yet another stereotype <_<.) however, Pho and myself can both say from personal experience that a surprising number do...in fact, it's something that female players have become pretty well used to.

 

So guys, here's some advice: When push comes to shove, girls just want to be treated with the respect due to any fellow human being. So the next time you meet a girl in battle, talk to her and try to get to know her. She will most likely appreciate your effort and endeavor to respond in kind.

 

 

 

 

 

@Phoenix-Warbird

 

and

 

@Night-Sisters

 

 

 

 

thank you! i'm a guy but this is like common sense stuff. girls are equals. period, end of story.

Edited February 12, 2016 by Night-Sisters
placed quoted text in spoilers

[justin_the_prosurfer 1,116]

Yh yh yh , and when her parents dont like u and ban u from going to there place  . GG