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Overheard at E3: You're all nerds! [update 1]

by Jennie Lees on May 11th 2006 5:45PM

For the "Women at E3" gathering today, a number of female industry professionals gathered to wear special "Girls FTW" shirts in a show of solidarity. Morgan Romine, aka Rhoulette of the Frag Dolls, led the crowd:

Rhoulette: Who knows what "FTW" means?
[Women cheer loudly]
Rhoulette: Thank God! You're all nerds!

[Update 1: "FTW" means "for teh win". Added at the request of at least one Joystiq staffer. For shame!]

Tags: booth babes, BoothBabes, e3, e32006, frag dolls, FragDolls, girl gamers, GirlGamers, girls, pms, women

Reader Comments (30)

What's FTW?

dang...

For the win? I know what WTF means! What the Fcuk?

FTW - Freaking Troublesome Women

Fark the World

I think in this particular situation it means "Feel The Weight"

so where are the good looking ones?

Since there are more women on this earth than men, this is what becomes of those surplus so women.

Most have decent racks and are at least semi-attractive, not bad. That's all I care about... Kidding(or am I?)...

I remember playing against one of the Frag Dolls in Halo 2 a while back. She was pretty damn good. Then there was this other girl from what gaming clan I don't remember, she was a good player but damn she swore it up like a 13yr old screaming at their mom for chocolate milk.

err no way those are girls?

I remeber when FTW meant Fuck The World. Ah, the good ol days.

fuck the wii :o

Well, she's right!

I don't know if FTW has any meaning any more beyond being being a reverse of "WTF?," but generally it seems to mean "YES! Awesome!" Or "i pwnzor j00 n j00 no it!!!!11one" From what I'm observed, it doesn't necessarily have a "definite" meaning, but a number of similar ones.

Too bad I'm not a "babe" (yeah, we femgeeks kinda are the castoffs, I suppose...), or else I'd definitely have tried to get into E3 on "semi-booth-babe" status. Of course, I wouldn't add much to the decour, as I'd be sneaking off to play all the time. Hmmm... maybe that's not the best plan...

Doesn't it mean "For the win"?

For you guys rating their looks, uh, come on...what do you think a pic of the guys at E3 would look like? We're all geeks here, not models. I mean, finally, some girls at E3 you can have a conversation with that doesn't involve a script.

WTF I hate this we game too attitude. I saw Jinx from the frag dolls give an interview and she din't see smarter than the average booth babe. Maybe I'm just jealous because she is a better Halo player than me.

Ladies, feedeth not the Trollz for they will only grow larger, louder and more noxious.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ftw

i only see 3-4 decent ones
i rather meet girl at a club than at e3

Heh, sorry Niel, this isn't a "we game too" pic, it's a "we make the games" pic. I bet you a fair number of those ladies are much smarter than the average booth babe *and* better Halo players than you. ;)

Girls FTW! m/

It's ok if you don't like the ladies in the pic or if their not booth babe-ish enough for you, that's entirely your perogative. You wouldn't have a chance in hell with them anyway. They are far too cool and smart for you. ;)

If I'd been at E3 I would've been in the picture, too, but I'm too busy working on another game right now to take the time off. But I would've kept to a black outfit, thanks.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooobies! [/Homer Simpson]

OH my god! Girls play games? Since when???

Really, i think some lads out there need to realise that women are composed of more than pixels (not that women are, but you catch my drift).

Oh and to all the guys who think the girls are not up to scratch to their high standards, with an attitude like that you'd be lucky to get Tomb Raider to load. Enjoy your virginity.

We understand that a lot of women are playing games but still a lot of them look down on guys that play games and label them as immature or nerd or my favorite losers. It is great that women out there are playing games or even better making games and understand that it is a form of entertainment just like watching a movie or reading a magazine, not just stuff kids do. Sorry if my above comments seem insensitive it was only directed at Jinx because deep down I really like her but she probably wouldn?t give me the time of day.

Brown skin bending over in the middle would get hollared at.

#26

That's exactly what I was thinking ;)

THere's like 3 decent looking fifi's in that picture and I guarantee they are booth babes or something. The rest are complete She-Beasts.

I on the other hand, am gorgeous.

With above comments like these and men in our industry wonder why we call them immature?

According to the new PSP game coming out, WTF = WorkTime Fun. (Check the way this video download is titled on Gamespot.) http://www.gamespot.com/psp/puzzle/bytehell2000/download_ini.html?sid=6149923&id=6149923&mode=all

FTW= fuck them well
men doesn't looking good at E3 neither by the way so i'm sure they could find soulmate in that type of event...next time make the shirt in black colour maybe they will look more slim

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