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David_Dovey:
This is pretty insulting to both sexes, really. Aside from the whole women-as-commodity stuff that's obvious to anyone with the ability to read the article, there's also the particularly egregious implication that all male gamers are socially retarded shut-ins who wouldn't be able to elicit any kind of female attention from anyone not being paid for it.

Sox:
I don't find it insulting at all, just incredibly amusing. I don't think the 'models' are being coerced into anything, and those lonely guys know exactly what it is they're paying for. Consent all around. I don't think this is indicative of anything else at all, and I don't think it makes any sweeping assumptions about anybody that cam-sites don't already make. Those assumptions being 'lonely guys will pay to see girls fuck around on the internet'. There's millions and millions of sites that prove that assumption to be correct, so what's insulting? The gamer spin?

This site isn't relevant to gamers at all, really. It's just a cam-whore site with a gimmick, they have sex toys off camera, and Halo on the computer. It's a site that's implicit rather than explicit, and this has gotten it some very good free advertisements in mainstream media. That link is not a news article. It's free advertising to a camwhore site. They know precisely what it is, and so do the patrons. I genuinely believe that the only people being taken advantage of (arguably) are the media sites that are forwarding this link. As for the rest of us, why do we care? We shouldn't find it to be anything other than slightly amusing, that it has this much attention. It's an ingenious publicity stunt for a typical website and nothing more.

LTK:
You're quite wrong, actually. According to this article you can sign up as a player or playdate, the difference being which way the cash is going. Ideally, the players are the sex-deprived loners and the playdates are the hot chicks, but in reality the playdates are...


--- Quote from: The Escapist article ---Here are some of the lovely ladies you can game with:



badkiwi

Profile: ohai HELLO WORLD! What's a girl to do on a lonely Monday night? If your answer is SIGN UP FOR THIS MADNESS, then you get a gold star.



InkedBBW

Profile: I love gaming co-op! There are NOT enough co op games :( I am really into zombie games and enjoy playing Left 4 Dead 1 & 2! I can have a foul mouth on occasion when really into gaming, but I still have fun and enjoy myself a lot more when chatting with others! I'm no expert at games but I like to have a good time!



2girls1game

Profile: Pip-Girl (blonde) and Thirteen (brunette) are two best friends with a profound love of gaming. Amazed at the lack of team profiles on GameCrush, they've decided to go two-on-one with the site's most gracious gamer guys.

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And for you gamer girls, there's a few good men looking to have a PlayDate with you too. Take a gander at:



SunnyBoy

Profile: yo my names sunny

ima thrill seeker so anything that is death defying or anything crazy or extreme will get my blood flowin
love the adrenaline

i think ima tough challenge so thats why you shud play me.
step up to the challenge

--- End quote ---

Just to give you an impression.

Sox:
...I don't care what you say, you just showed me a camwhore site.

Sox:
If this is not a camwhore website, somebody give me a compelling argument as to how it isn't, instead of telling me I'm "quite wrong" and then describing the exact same thing I talked about.
Literally the only difference I can think of is that there no contractual obligation to fuck around, it's only implied. Just because it's implied, rather than explicitly stated doesn't mean it's not a camwhore website.

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