Horizons Gender Distribution, an Elite: Dangerous Question

[Eloy]

tl;dr
I would be far more interested in age ranges (because some threads ....).

This game is a child fantasy (based on Elite 1984) come true for me (born 1971). Man, I drew all different cockpits when I was young and every thing and switch had a purpose.
And now? This graphics, the ships, the planets, the stations, the SUNS ! , everything. I love the environment and cannot stand grinders complaining about things that are their only goal or ingame-minigame, but only a part of the ENVIRONMENT (play it!) for me (and I think this is how it is meant to be).

I would instantanously leave for the ED world and would do nothing but exploring far away from the bubble.
And yes, I want to escape reality. And no, I dont have a bad life. I just don´t like humanity to say the least (or what it is doing with it´s potentials).
Too sad humanity didn´t change in 33xx but, I seriously didn´t expect it anyway. All the same, just on a larger scale.

The only difference: I can put serious ly between me and them.
When the Thargoids arrive, I might switch sides.

 

[Parmo]

I identify as Sam Parmo.

 

[fraggle88]

Please pardon my nose, but what drew you to this game?

I'm here because when I booted the game on my C64 thirty years ago, my imagination lit up like a Christmas tree. I wanted to recapture that feeling.

for me it was frontier elite 2 on my amiga game just blew my mind but the book stories of life on the frontier that came with it sealed the deal with my imagination

 

[aDuz]

i was an impirial clipper last time i played the game. i dont know what gender it is

 

[Kyokushin]

Sad - there is only 8% of females. Meet a girl in this game is so rare as hit special effect through the RNGneers.

34, male. I am playing space games since 1989 when i got Star Raiders 2 on my Atari 65XE (it was my first video-game).

... i still belive if i will play Elite enough and git gud then "Star League" will call me.

 

[Patrick_68000]

Aliens are here. 14% in the poll

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Male
40
Played the game since soon after launch on my speccy 48k however ?I was a bit young then, only really fell in love when getting it for my amiga at xmas - much have been 1988.
I bought the original game 3 times, speccy and then twice for my amiga after damaging the disk
bought Frontier twice - Amiga and PC
bought 1st encounters on my PC.
and played oolite extensively too.

claim to shame I have never made Elite, tho have made it to deadly in every version I played apart from on the spectrum. (got their twice on the amiga version of the 1st game)

I KSed ED because I had to, imo Elite is the most important game made in my gaming history, and I was convinced by the sales pitch in the dev diaries and the Design Decisions in the DDF. I bought the game because it is the closest so far to playing the game of living the life of a space man in our milky way that there is, and it is likely to be the closest I will get to doing it. VR gets me even closer

I love the game even now, but am saddend by some of the post release changes in direction the game has made.... But that is for another thread.

I also backed SC however I am less interested in that than I am Squadron 42. SC is too guildy and player v player combatty for my likeing but I have enjoyed most of Chris Roberts' games as well, esp the Privateer games.

 

[Marra Morgan]

Gender makes no difference whatsoever in video gaming, but as you asked nicely I'm female and in my late thirties

EDIT: who am I kidding?! Of course, it does make a difference, but it shouldn't. That's what I meant to say!

 

[Flossy]

Female player here. I became an Alpha Backer in the Kickstarter after my husband (Wrongway) told me about it. I remember often watching him play the original game back in '84 and the various versions that followed over the years. I never thought I would ever be able to play such a game as it involved flying which I didn't think I would be able to do. He also started playing a WW2 flight sim, Air Warrior, which fascinated me when I watched him once, and I did start playing that. Not being able to fly, I used to either drive vehicles or join a bomber as a gunner until I was eventually persuaded to have a go at flying. With a lot of help from my husband I did finally manage to get airborne and fly around but was never very good at dog-fighting, normally getting into a spin and crashing into the ground. Then I tried bombers and loved them, still flying them now in Aces High. When I started in Elite, I found the skills I had learnt in WW2 combat sims helped a great deal in learning to fly spaceships - I do tend to land as if landing on a runway if a pad is far enough away. I love E: D and can see me playing well into the future. I will be 63 this year and hopefully still playing in my 80s or even 90s or older! LOL

 

[Becks]

Gender makes no difference whatsoever in video gaming, but as you asked nicely I'm female and in my late thirties

EDIT: who am I kidding?! Of course, it does make a difference, but it shouldn't. That's what I meant to say!

Female player here. I became an Alpha Backer in the Kickstarter after my husband (Wrongway) told me about it. I remember often watching him play the original game back in '84 and the various versions that followed over the years. I never thought I would ever be able to play such a game as it involved flying which I didn't think I would be able to do. He also started playing a WW2 flight sim, Air Warrior, which fascinated me when I watched him once, and I did start playing that. Not being able to fly, I used to either drive vehicles or join a bomber as a gunner until I was eventually persuaded to have a go at flying. With a lot of help from my husband I did finally manage to get airborne and fly around but was never very good at dog-fighting, normally getting into a spin and crashing into the ground. Then I tried bombers and loved them, still flying them now in Aces High. When I started in Elite, I found the skills I had learnt in WW2 combat sims helped a great deal in learning to fly spaceships - I do tend to land as if landing on a runway if a pad is far enough away. I love E: D and can see me playing well into the future. I will be 63 this year and hopefully still playing in my 80s or even 90s or older! LOL

So we have the full spectrum of age here

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I'm Asari - so I clicked Alien.

 

[Flossy]

So we have the full spectrum of age here

Yes looks like it.

 

[xondk]

I assume that the players of Elite are mostly male, but some of the best SF writers are women (as this year's Nebula's demonstrate).

What is the male/female ration in Elite: Dangerous, I wonder?

If Elite is anything like most other games, then while the majority likely is male, there are far more females then you'd expect, they just don't make people aware of it, because of the....well, look at any twitch or similar when its a female and the comments that come there....Maybe I'm weird but I'm a male and I can't wrap my head around those kinds of reactions that so so so many males have.

 

[Conch]

13% is thargoid of the forum... this is becoming an issue.. *gets flamethrower..*

 

[Becks]

13% is thargoid of the forum... this is becoming an issue.. *gets flamethrower..*

Here, use mine.

 

[Marra Morgan]

If Elite is anything like most other games, then while the majority likely is male, there are far more females then you'd expect, they just don't make people aware of it, because of the....well, look at any twitch or similar when its a female and the comments that come there....Maybe I'm weird but I'm a male and I can't wrap my head around those kinds of reactions that so so so many males have.

I don't worry myself with what silly little boys say on the internet. I just play the game better than them

And no, you're not weird at all - it's quite normal to be baffled by the actions of some males!

 

[Bomba Luigi]

Male, I guess. Let me be check to make sure....


.... yes, still male!

 

[wolferr]

Gender makes no difference whatsoever in video gaming, but as you asked nicely I'm female and in my late thirties

EDIT: who am I kidding?! Of course, it does make a difference, but it shouldn't. That's what I meant to say!

Makes a difference, how? IMHO, games are games and I know many women who play just as hard as men in the so called, "Real World." However, when it comes to the game world, there are more men. Are we searching for something that we don't have in the RW anymore? One anthropologist that I've read, suggested that Western Man lacks a coming of age ritual, while women have a built in blood ritual as they come of age that grounds them in the RW.

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I don't worry myself with what silly little boys say on the internet. I just play the game better than them

And no, you're not weird at all - it's quite normal to be baffled by the actions of some males!

LOL! Yes!

 

[Chrystoph]

Gender makes no difference whatsoever in video gaming, but as you asked nicely I'm female and in my late thirties

EDIT: who am I kidding?! Of course, it does make a difference, but it shouldn't. That's what I meant to say!

Keep fighting, M. Some of us make a dedicated effort to be the gentlemen that you have a right to expect us to be.

 

[Marra Morgan]

Makes a difference, how? IMHO, games are games and I know many women who play just as hard as men in the so called, "Real World." However, when it comes to the game world, there are more men. Are we searching for something that we don't have in the RW anymore? One anthropologist that I've read, suggested that Western Man lacks a coming of age ritual, while women have a built in blood ritual as they come of age that grounds them in the RW.

Personally, I don't see any difference - I was just acknowledging that some people do see one, but I think they're a diminishing minority these days (thank goodness!)

When you say "game world", are you referring to Elite specifically, or the gaming world in general?
In Elite, it's a male majority, sure. But in the wider gaming world, it's more of a 50/50 split.

Coming of age and blood rituals? Very interesting! I think there maybe some truth in that, but I won't take your thread off-topic!

Keep fighting, M. Some of us make a dedicated effort to be the gentlemen that you have a right to expect us to be.

It's just a matter of mutual respect, nothing more, nothing less o7