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RobinJ · Post by **RobinJ** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:01 pm

Well the truth is that the majority of players are males, as some of the polls have shown (about 90% or so) so everyone just makes that assumption

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:16 pm

lol thanks for the laugh, there were so many funny bits i couldnt pick my favourite, but here are some really good ones

i also work for a law firm and i will sue and make conquerclub get shut down.!

lol!

I did not use multiple accounts. My account got hacked and i have not been using the site since. It's actaully a waste of time. I rather go outside in the sunlight then sit on my computer all day waiting for a turn. It's actaully the worst site i have ever been on. People who play this game must have a ot of spare time on thier hands to play this constantly.

lol i can just imagine him sitting their for hours, not reading instructions or anything

I ARE A LIAR SO SMELL!

ermm...

look ok i do not have two accounts ok, that is my brothers ok, so i want u to make me still play, u better make it back ok cause i am pretty angry ok so u better do it

ok

and also this is wasting my time so dont make me angry ok#

i thought you just said you were angry?

conquer club is stupid and only white kids play

lol no racism whatsoever

create e_mails is free and i have too see u block mys all e_mails hahahah is realy stupide that man see my all games and tell i play alliances!

oh no...he has found a loophole, what can we do now?

tahitiwahini · Post by **tahitiwahini** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:14 pm

RobinJ wrote:Well the truth is that the majority of players are males, as some of the polls have shown (about 90% or so) so everyone just makes that assumption

That might be true, but that's not why I use he/him/himself/his as a third person singular personal pronoun for both males and females. English lacks a gender-neutral third person singular personal pronoun, but I think the male third person singular personal pronoun works quite nicely for this purpose. Note: "it" is a neuter third person singular pronoun, but it is considered incorrect to use when referring to a person.

some examples:

The player rolled 3 sixes, then he rolled 3 ones.

Outside of any context we cannot say that the player in question is male or female. If it is important whether "he" is a male or female it will almost always be clear from the context. In a large number of instances it simply isn't important what the gender of the person is.

The player rolled 3 sixes, then she rolled 3 ones.

We understand that the player in question is female.

I absolutely refuse to follow the ridiculous advice to use "he or she" or to pluralize every instance of a third person personal pronoun and then seek refuge in the plural "they."

Other languages use the masculine third person singular personal pronoun in a similar way. For example, the French sentence for "It's raining" is Il pleut, literally "He rains" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender).

jaybebo · Post by **jaybebo** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:24 pm

hecter wrote:
oVo wrote:Damn... that's a lot of fucking.

I have a tendency to read the negatives and find that most are petty bs.
It's kind of peculiar that some players with 300+ complete games have
relatively few positive feedbacks.
Holy shit! You're still a noob and you got 19! That's crazy!

He could be paying for those reviews...j/k

AAFitz · Post by **AAFitz** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:37 pm

a58hobbit wrote:I think it is already established that the negative feedbacks are the interesting points, and probably the ones most read. I don't leave much feedback because I want the ones that I do leave to mean something. I also find it ammusing that everyone assumes players are "he"s on this site. Granted, most probably are... but when someone mentions that they are PMSing in a game... I'm sure they are female... am I right? Overall, I find my feedback humorous because of this very fact. I am female and everyone calls me "him"

can you believe this guy? he has a pile of dung for an avatar

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Fri May 11, 2007 12:37 am

I don't read feedbacks.

but I voted negative to be #69.

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:09 am

I don't really care about positive. negative is much more funny and interesting.

Guilty_Biscuit · Post by **Guilty_Biscuit** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:14 am

Iliad wrote:I don't really care about positive. negative is much more funny and interesting.

Yeah - we should leave more negative feedback. My favorite example is:

NEGATIVE: Though you did nothing wrong, I am giving you this negative feedback to teach you that the universe is arbitrary and unfair.

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:33 am

Guilty_Biscuit wrote:
Iliad wrote:I don't really care about positive. negative is much more funny and interesting.
Yeah - we should leave more negative feedback. My favorite example is:

NEGATIVE: Though you did nothing wrong, I am giving you this negative feedback to teach you that the universe is arbitrary and unfair.

Hah! Man that is funny.

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