Being a girl paying the game it naturally irritates me when people respond or adres me with 'man', 'dude', or 'bro'. Now I do understand people just don't think about it and automatically assume that everyone on their team is male, but it does annoy me. Up until now I've just been ignoring it but it happens all the time and I just don't like it. Is it ok to tell them that I am not a "man" or "dude" or should I really keep my mouth shut?
There is nothing wrong with politely pointing it out. Realistically this is probably going to make you the target of a lot of attention, much of which isn't going to be kind. While that may not be right, I think you may find that it isn't worth the hassle.
You can of corse tell them if it bothers you, but know that it may not be a good idea. This community is..... Less than friendly at times and openly identifying yourself as female opens yourself up to harassment you may not normally encounter.
Its really just a question of how much does it bother you.
Edit: how you present that information is also somewhat relevant. For example i once went against a female player who identified themself as female by saying 'you know makior, you're alot like my bra. You can't support shit'
Its playful trash talk that got a laugh out of me and served to identify their gender. Perhaps do something along those lines?
not to be rude, i can understand why it bothers you, but i can't recommend saying anything. league is really not a friendly place for women, i had my summoner name set as my real name for about a year before i realized i HAVE to change it because of how bad it got.
had guys i've never met asking me out, asking me for nudes, telling me this is why girls shouldn't play league every time i fuck up, and even had a couple guys "joke" about raping me. it's fucked up. better to be mildly annoyed than uncomfortable and angry
not to mention if you bring up the fact that you're not a dude everyone accuses you of attention whoring, and if you're not steamrolling the entire team you're going to get criticized for your mistakes way more than men would
seriously. it sucks. i can understand why you want to but don't.
When people don't know the gender of the person they are speaking to they tend to use pronouns that they feel most acceptable because of their own gender and the gender of the majority of the playerbase.
Nothing wrong with telling folks you're a chick, feel free. Just don't be overly sensitive if people say "nice play brah" if you haven't already told them. Me? I refer to everyone as the gender of the champion they are playing, just makes sense to me.
It is one of the things about the English language. Correct grammar states that if the gender is unknown that the default is the masculine pronoun. Many other languages do this, such as Spanish, Greek, and Hebrew. I would not let it get to you, as it is following the rules of grammar, just play the game.
Wow, the replies on this post are really sad. That's a really shitty choice to have to make :(
The game is predominantly male, that is a fact. Chances are they wont believe you anyway and think you are a G.I.R.L (guy in real life), its not malicious its how things are. Believe me, if people began referring to others as hey girl, shit would get bad, really bad. Not only for the other guy being called a girl (which they can get pretty pissed about) but for girls too because it would just sound creepy.
Chances are they would treat you better anyway if they didn't think you were a girl. Yes its bad, but it cannot be helped. I dare you to try being a man trying to do something that is associated with the female gender, its pretty much the same thing, only sometimes worse because they don't have the support the female persuasion does when attempting to do things that males generally do.
What I am about to say is not malicious in any way, merely some words of advice.
Do not be offended when you are called the wrong pronoun. It is on you to choose what offends you, and if you want to take offense to people using the wrong pronoun, gaming, or the internet for that matter, might not be the place for you. For your sake, and for the sake of enjoying the game, suck it up. If I have to deal with being called %%%got every two seconds by someone I dont know, or will ever know, you can deal with being called the wrong pronoun, and you know they dont mean it with any malicious intent, but tell them your a girl, and it might turn their intent to mischievous.
It's fine if it bothers you, but to be fair I wouldn't guess you were female by your name. I don't think it's wrong to point it out if it will make you feel better, just beware of the large number that will crank up creeper mode to max or outright harass you.
Ignore it.
Not really. I mean, I play a lot female champions and get called "BB" or some other in chat lots of times. Does it bother me? Yes. Does it bother me to actually say something? Hardly.
