Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

[Slynky]

DeKaye said:
Oh how nice, someone has placed a fuzzie rug at the bottom of the KOTH hill.

Opps! That's not a rug, but Fuzzie, once again trompled by her opponent.


:}}}}}}}

Her opponent?

[Alneyan]

"In English grammar, the possessive pronoun "her" is used to denote something belonging to a female person, and is the counterpart to the masculine possessive pronoun "his". "Her" and "his" are also used as personal pronouns, when expressing the object complement of the action; when the pronoun is used to express the subject of the action, "she" and "he" are used, respectively.

Another use of "her" and "his" are for general sentences, when the identity and the gender of the person referred to are not known. While some argue that the masculine is not a delimiting pronoun, and is thus more generic than the feminine, others consider that there is no specific reason to favour one gender instead of the other."

Blah, I've never been fond of grammar, and didn't do much studying of English grammar... but you should get the idea anyhow. So, Fuzzie actually used "her" (or "she") in the past, if memory serves, so it shouldn't really come as a surprise. Granted, I do have an edge here, since I keep a lengthy booknote of all KOTH players... you know, intelligence gathering and the like. It's good to be a spook.

[Slynky]

Well, ONE thing I DID need today was a grammar lecture from a person who uses English as a second language.

Though not as witty, nor as verbose, I offer an explanation for my question:

Being so used to having NO females around playing this game, my question was rather rhetorical in meaning (about 90%) exhibiting shock more than ignorance. The other 10% was that "part of me" that was allowing for the possibility the poster had actually made a reference to a fictional character used in the game only and the poster was, in real life, a male.

So, THERE!

[Renegade 13]

Slynky said:
Her opponent?

Women do play SEIV you know I just wish I could find one and marry her!!

[Slynky]

Renegade 13 said:

Women do play SEIV you know I just wish I could find one and marry her!!

Well, I suppose so BUT it's rare to find a female playing a detailed strategy game. I rely on my times at Origins and another East Coast gaming convention (in Pennsylvania) for my historical perspective.

Of course, those were the "good ole days" and thngs change. Ceertainly don't want to convey the idea I don't like it...just surprised, is all.

[Alneyan]

You are *so*, like, 2004 Slynky! I swear, it's like, you know... *Ducks* I'll have to work some more on my teenager speak.

I think it comes from the niche character of these games. Another game I play (that would be DROD) has an abnormally high proportion of mathematicians hanging around, with several people who participated in the international-math-contest-whose-name-escapes-me-at-the-moment (the forum is quite a bit smaller than Shrapnel, with perhaps two or three hundred active members). That tends to lead to some very complex problems.

I know all too well what you mean Renegade: the marrying part is *so* hard to pull out these days.

[Phoenix-D]

My current KOTH game is trending toward the absurd. We keep blowing the stuffing out of each other but no one has landing a killing blow yet.

I think I'm on the loosing end here, but there's always that Murphy's law..

EDIT: To give a better idea, my ships have destroyed 1,496,380kT of enemy shipping. Just shipping- that doesn't count planets, weapons platforms, etc. Or the kills from my WPs. And it doesn't count the obselte ships which have been deleted..

[Captain Kwok]

I'd like to sign up for the next available game at the bottom.

[DeKaye]

LOL, You all are very amusing. I did not know that being a female statregic game player made me a rare thing. Intereting. I'm 36 years old, so not sure if you can say I am from a new generation of players. Depends on how old you all are. My father sorta taught me how to play chess. I do enjoy it, but don't play it often.

Well, take comfort Slynky, I'm not that good at playing KOTH games. I have lots of learning to do.

(I am only joking with ya, so please don't take me as being rude; I joke a lot.)

Some more intereting, maybe surprising facts about me. I enjoy science and math. I took math through Calculus III in college. Loved Calculus.. I started off as a genetics major, and took tons of science based classes. I enjoyed them and learned a lot of fascinating things. I had a change a heart in my Junior college yr, so I changed majors. Anyway, does this surprise you even more? Just curious. I really did not think I was that unique. You make me feel special :} Thanks! You made my day (even though I've made a perminate home down at the bottom of the hill ).

You all are so great. It's a pleasure to be bashed to smitherines by you all.

Fuzzie

[Slynky]

Well, by no means did I mean (perhaps) to infer female players weren't welcome here (and I don't think you took it that way).

I think it's nice that we have a few (females)around...helps keep us guys from thinking it's a mens club and lighting too many cigars, if you get analagy.

Now, some guys like to flirt with the female players...and there were surely enough of both (flirts AND females) playing Mech Warrior 3 and 4...but I'm an old happily-married fart and just smile because we know we have to keep the language a bit more "clean".

And joke away...this is a good forum for it.

Cheers!
Slynky