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posted by [identity profile] l-the-fangirl.livejournal.com at 01:29am on 20/01/2010
Is the single girl in the gaming group, and how she acts, a realistic portrayal of the reality of a male dominated hobby?

Ahahaha.

Ahahhaha.

Aheeehehe.

Aheh.

Translated from snark: It hasn't been the reality for over fifteen years. I wouldn't chalk it up to an inability to write women, just as a disinclination to - which is as much of a problem, if not more.

Just to open up a can of worms, what's the last gamer comic you've read where there's a Black, Asian, Latino/a, or otherwise non-white player? Roy Greenhilt is a black PC and doesn't count...

I ask because, from my experience, not having one is similarly unrealistic.
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 01:43am on 20/01/2010
We don't know the races of the players in Order of the Stick, so we can only guess.

YAFGC also doesn't have "players" but it does deal with race both metaphorically and directly. The recent Jone story arc (about an orc woman and her half-orc daughter living in a human settlement) was a great metaphorical take on race and, further back in the archives, the Louie the Lich storyline was pretty amazing in terms of dealing with race directly, and also questioning what exactly is "evil" in D&D fantasy.
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 01:53am on 20/01/2010
Start of the Lewie storyline (http://yafgc.shipsinker.com/index.php?strip_id=748). Sort of. You have to realize that he's just about to conquer the world, with the help of the death goddess, which then starts the flashback.

The Jone storyline (http://yafgc.shipsinker.com/index.php?strip_id=1220)
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