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Quote from: michaeljl on May 20, 2012, 09:00:49 PM

The study method idea isn't gender exclusive.

If this post was for me, I have no idea what you are talking about.

If this post is not for me, then ignore everything I just said. 

It was supposed to be on topic.

If Redemption was marketed as a study method for learning too many random things about the Bible to count, it would appeal to both genders.

Quote from: michaeljl on May 20, 2012, 09:05:02 PM

If Redemption was marketed as a study method for learning too many random things about the Bible to count, it would appeal to both genders.

Oh, I see. I completely agree that Redemption can help anyone of any age or gender learn significantly more about the Bible than they otherwise could have.

Honestly, this could be the starting point for a whole range of products.

Periodic Table: The Gathering

Reconstruction: The Era

Molecular Biology CCG

Etc.

Because we're nerds?

No no, its like Dr. Pepper 10, its a guy thing!

Quote from: hi123 on May 20, 2012, 09:21:33 PM

Quote from: michaeljl on May 20, 2012, 04:52:50 PM

Because we're nerds?

No no, its like Dr. Pepper 10, its a guy thing!

Actually, the first (and only) person I've ever seen drink that stuff was a girl. Just sayin'.

Did she play redemption?

First you missed one in your count

Two it takes a special kind of girl to play.  One that loves Jesus and is incredibly geeky!

Does anyone else find it odd that we are talking about male/female stereotypes on a board where a significant fraction of the active members watch a TV show about ponies? Not trying to knock the bronies, just saying stereotypes and generalizations are not necessarily accurate.

I actually spent the day explaining redemption to 2 girls in my church's youth group and a 3rd who is an old friend

They seemed interested but cost seemed to be a deterant to them

I know that is unavoidable but it's true

My daughter,(Rebeccah age 17 now), and I have been playing Redemption since introduced to it by Jon Greeson at our church years ago. Rebeccah won sealed deck at Nationals in Minneapolis in 2011 when she went undefeated. Bragging aside and trying to be serious about answering the question, I want to give my two cents about girls playing Redemption. I have three older sons, all very active in playing sports, and we were active in sports card collecting as father and sons. When my daughter came along she had no interest in collecting and we had nothing that could be considered father and daughter interests that were simply for fun. Then along came Redemption with its bible theme, competitive spirit, social interaction, strategizing and a group of players that as a father I was not worried about how they treated or acted around my daughter...even when we slept in common rooms on gym floors at tourneys. Her continued interest in Redemption, and mine, has continued because of these perceived values by her and me and fully supported by her mother,(my wife of 36+ years who encouraged me to find something I could share with my daughter like I had with each of my sons). First; Stress these values to parents of girls and you may get more interested parents to support Redemption for both genders. Second; the host(s) of tournaments must control misbehavior/immature actions during play by players. Third; Redemption as a whole needs to market to youth pastors/church youth leaders/groups to introduce them to the game and its benefits,(see my comments above on why we like it), for both genders of their youth group...and frankly many youth leaders would welcome a "non gender" based game that develops more Bible  knowledge like Bible quizzing tourneys but far more fun with little pre tourney practicing. Finally, my daughter has been impressed by those other girls she has met at tourneys as they have been Ladies of distinction" in their actions. Take care all. Allen     

I think this thread should be locked, because the title contains the words "bare" and "girls" and that is very disrespectful and inappropriate.

I'm really hoping there's an autocorrect feature on the boards that changes "goat" to an underscore haha.

Frankly, I don't particularly want girls playing. 90% of why I go to tournaments is to bro it up and have silly-fun-times. Whenever girls around, the type of people that are generally attracted to this game tend to try to play cool to impress the girls and as a result become much less fun. How's that for some honesty?

Whenever girls around, the type of people that are generally attracted to this game tend to try to play cool to impress the girls and as a result become much less fun.

This is particularly troublesome since all the efforts of those guys are futile when the girls can't take their eyes off Polarius. So, Polarius wins the game and gets the girl, all while still being silly-fun. 

Well, I thought it would be more obvious, but apparently either it was not or people just didn't think it was very funny.

Since you did not mention goats, all will be forgiven. 

Yup.