My high school was not big. It was fairly normal sized, maybe even small by some standards. And by the time senior year rolled around, almost everyone in the senior class at least recognized each other. I was feeling more comfortable with my social skills senior year, and wanted to be a part of the nerdiest conversations I could find (My friends, while awesome, didn’t share the same crazy tastes that I did, so I had to resort to finding my dose of nerdiness elsewhere). Overhearing a discussion between two guys about the silly motion controls in Skyward Sword, I immediately went to join in on the conversation these two guys were having. I started to agree with what they had said about the game when they stopped talking, glanced at me, and then changed the subject entirely, leaving me feeling extremely awkward and uncomfortable for having approached them.
In the other times I attempted this with other guys, they’d ignore me and deliberately prevent me from getting a word in. I absolutely hated it, and while I eventually gave up and tried my hand at finding more friendly people with common interests in anime or manga (try going to a ComicCon sometime, they are some of the most laid back, chill people ever), I could never wrap my head around the constant rejections I was getting from the guys I was trying to talk to when it came to video games.
What was it about me that prevented me from being a part of the conversation? Was my nerdiness so outwardly obvious that they didn’t want to be associated with it? Did they just assume that because I was a girl I was not capable of playing video games to the same level of enjoyment that they did? Or was it even that they thought they were too cool to talk to a girl about a genre usually associated with guys? In any case, I didn’t appreciate being left out and judged by them.
This is my lesson: guys, next time a girl wants to join in on a discussion about the same nerdy stuff you’re into, LET HER. Chances are, she’ll probably be a good friend and someone fun to hang out with. That threat wasn’t including me by the way, that’s for all other gaming girls in general who want to have a genuinely fun and intelligent conversation about video games.
Gray Areas 
I would’ve killed for some gamer chicks in my social group in high school. We had girls and they liked some games, but they weren’t as serious into it as the boys.
“…guys, next time a girl wants to join in on a discussion about the same nerdy stuff you’re into, LET HER.”
…Especially if they’re intelligent and good-looking because girls with those qualities who like “nerdy” (or as I call it: Cool) subjects are much rarer than the internet would have you believe.