Better Dating Through Epics

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Better Dating Through Epics

Geek goddess (dude, she was on BBSs!) Felicia Day of "The Guild" explains how to attract women like Felicia Day in WoW.

Your set pieces need to match because I like a guy with detail. You don't want to look haphazard. I understand when you're leveling you need to take what you can get, but there are always ways to refine the way you look. So tailor your look so it is not horrible-looking together with your set pieces and your equipment. And I would say if you're wearing a pink princess shield, that's probably not a turn on.

This is what I like to call "unhelpful encouragement." And why is it unhelpful to encourage? As always, Penny Arcade has the answer:

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Igniferroque
November 26th, 2008 - 09:44

Has “Felicia Day” replaced “Stevie Case” as your most frequently searched phrase?
Adam
November 26th, 2008 - 10:26

Hang on, though – that *actually worked* for PA, didn’t it?
Mortarion
November 26th, 2008 - 11:28

Felicia’s tips for impressing girls in WoW:

“Send her gifts, but also interact with her.”
“Wear matching clothes and put out a good appearance.”
“Speak fluently and spell correctly.”

I never thought of trying those! My problems are solved!
D-0ne
November 26th, 2008 - 11:38

If I ever want to impress a woman like Felicia Day with my RPG avatar… Kill me. Seriously, I want to die the moment I give a shit about what some dumb broads think about my avatar.
Todd Ogrin
November 26th, 2008 - 11:57

“So what advice would you give to guy trying to meet a girl in World Of Warcraft?”

The correct answer to this question is “Stop trying to meet a girl in World of Warcraft.”
D-0ne
November 26th, 2008 - 12:07

I just had a laugh… Andy Zaffron, SVP legal SOE, met a woman in EQ while raiding, then married her.

I can hear Andy now… “Honey?!? Are you playing World of Warcraft again?!? Who is that epiced out Warlock you’re always talking to?!? What do you mean you want to go to the WoW gathering in New York without me?!?”
JuJutsu
November 26th, 2008 - 12:50

“The correct answer to this question is “Stop trying to meet a girl in World of Warcraft.”

Absolutely. Everyone knows that Second Life is where you go to meet women.
dartwick
November 26th, 2008 - 12:59

I fail to see the major attraction.
D-0ne
November 26th, 2008 - 13:20

“I fail to see the major attraction.”

She’s female. Not fat. Not covered in zits. She plays RPGs. She’s every nerds fantasy come true or so they think.

What the nerds really should be looking for is a female that has a good job and is so desperate for a man, any man, she’d put up with a man who is unemployed, unwilling to look for work, has horrific personal hygiene, and plays computer RP games 24/7.
Bleaktea
November 26th, 2008 - 13:47

Newsflash: men are attracted to women who share their interests instead of dismissing or ridiculing them, and vice versa.

And D-One, wtf? Most of the nerds I know have comfortable jobs in the tech industry, because they’re skilled with computers and have a strong work ethic. I’ve never met this weird caricature you speak of.
D-0ne
November 26th, 2008 - 14:09

Bleaktea,

Define “comfortable jobs in the tech industry” and “skilled with computers”?

Most of the RPG nerds I know are either the idle rich or the basement dwelling young, middle aged or old man.

I define nerd as anyone who thinks an MMRPG character as more important than a real person. For example the guy who ignores (I’m talking conversation, quiet time, doing dishes, the whole relationship deal, not just sex. *clarification provided for the nerds* )his wife so he can play W.o.W..

I do not know anyone with a comfortable “tech industry job”, whatever that is. What time warp to the 90’s are you caught in or perhaps on your planet the economy isn’t in the shitter.

I’m skilled with computers. I really don’t know anyone that makes six figures that isn’t. So what do you mean “skilled with computers”? Network administrators?
News for ya, don’t know a single network administrator that is comfortable. I know several.

Newsflash: Men are attracted to women.
Iconic
November 26th, 2008 - 14:20

Felicia’s a pretty girl. I think any one who really reads her advice and has a Eureka! moment is probably not going to get women anyway, because it’s the same basic stuff that applies in any situation.

Make an effort to be attractive, have something going on in your life (or even your virtual life) that sets you apart from the crowd, etc. It’s common sense.
Bleaktea
November 26th, 2008 - 14:36

D-One: I’m just going to have to accept that you live on Bizarro Earth.
Ashtaar
November 26th, 2008 - 14:41

Bleaktea: You’re just now realizing this?

‘comfortable’ and ’secure’ of course being matters of opinion and comparison in the current economy, but I personally know no small number of career tech men and women in WoW. That, actually, is the majority of my guild. Hint: It’s not a PvP server or raid/progression guild.
Klaitu
November 26th, 2008 - 15:19

The Guild would be much better if it weren’t about a MMO that sucks.

Oh yeah, I went there.
D-0ne
November 26th, 2008 - 15:25

Yes, it is a matter of opinion as to what comfortable and skilled are.

I defined nerd. I’ve yet to see Blacktea or you Ashtaar define nerd. It’s the important definition, if we are to continue on with this awesome debate over nothing…

I’m sorry I hurt anyone’s feelings by saying, “a man who is unemployed, unwilling to look for work, has horrific personal hygiene, and plays computer RP games 24/7.” Because that is only a sub part of my definition of a nerd. The basement dweller.
Pandanapper
November 26th, 2008 - 15:27

Hmmm, she isn’t my type. When Kate Beckinsale writes a column like this, let me know.
Gawain
November 26th, 2008 - 18:20

I hate everything about this post.
Freakazoid
November 26th, 2008 - 18:56

Not my type, either. Looks too much like a mom.

It really doesn’t take much to talk to beautiful/sexy women. You can make up for a number of drawbacks just by being well-mannered and charming. Except hygene. Nothing makes up for bad hygene.
Apache
November 26th, 2008 - 19:34

yuck_just_yuck
Hate
November 27th, 2008 - 08:06

I showed this article to a female friend of mine – her reaction was perfect ‘That’s just dumb. You don’t meet girls in WoW. You meet them in the real world and then get them addicted to WoW’
Cedia
November 27th, 2008 - 08:50

Well-adjusted females don’t play WoW. Yeah, I went there too.
The Claw
November 27th, 2008 - 20:36

As a gainfully employed adult in a happy long-term relationship, I’m not a fan of the stereotype that all gamers are maladjusted loser basement-dwellers who have never said so much as two words to any real live female other than their mothers.

However, the comments on the recent flurry of articles I’ve seen about Felicia Day have made it abundantly clear that stereotypes exist for a REASON.
Neep
November 28th, 2008 - 08:02

I find the comments unhelpful because while I am not a basement dweller (with four foot ceiling heights and a dirt floor, I prefer to leave it to the dwarves and gnomes of my home.) I am exceptionaly unimpressive. Don’t want to give a girl the wrong impression that I can dress myself in the morning.

Well I guess the main reason is that I don’t play WoW, but I like my first reason too.
chacmool
November 28th, 2008 - 15:39

can i go ahead and call this “worlds most useless update” now?
Merkwurdigliebe
November 29th, 2008 - 16:56

While dating or marrying someone with interests similar to mine would be ideal…
MatW
November 30th, 2008 - 05:21

Well-adjusted PEOPLE don’t play WoW. Yeah, I fixed that for you.
D-0ne
December 1st, 2008 - 06:04

Every time my wife and I share an interest it becomes her interest and not my interest.

She’s a control freak.
Just saying.
roc
December 1st, 2008 - 16:50

I thought it was a good tongue-in-cheek response to a silly question. I chuckled a bit.
But then the questions kept going. And the answers became more and more clearly -not- tongue-in-cheek.

And that’s when I realized: wow, this chick is -too- nerdy.

And that actually gave me a bigger laugh than the response I misinterpreted in the first place.