I yell a lot - then I have to eat ice cream. If things go bad, then the ice cream makes me feel better. If I win, then it's a celebration. About 70 women entered the Female Frag Fest, whose finals were a prelude to the all-comers Ground Zero tournament in New York City in September. It wasn't a huge showing, but it still represents a growing interest on the part of women.
Women can play as well as men.
But through socialization, women are taught not to be as competitive and aggressive. It's not just about frags and gibs, but camaraderie and connection, a sisterhood that transcends the game itself and spills over into Internet chat and, in many cases, real-life relationships. But we also talk about life, about problems we're having at work. If you're on the outside and only looking at what's moving on the monitor, you just don't see. Beal's group calls itself Clan PMS - short for Psycho Men Slayers.