A commenter describes the reactions of male players she beat in an MMORPG – and the change when she played as a ‘man’.

Quotable: “…[E]ven though these personal threats were against the game rules, the game’s staff assumed no responsibility for enforcing the rules, or else blamed me for ‘provoking’ the male players. (One game operator did tell me that I ‘provoked’ the threats by ‘playing too well’ and suggested I deliberately lose more often so as not to bruise male egos. This game operator was, by the way, female.)”

via Sexism and abuse isn’t only on Twitter: one woman’s gaming experience | Technology | theguardian.com.