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...or I would be, if this wasn't self-evident on the face of it.
Long ago I did an experiment playing Diablo 1 on Battle.net. I played a fighter with a male-sounding name in open games. Result: I got killed by hackers, over and over.
Then just for the hell of it I tried playing a Rogue (the only female character) with a female-sounding handle. I never said that I was female, never responded to questions on the subject at all. Result: I was given all sorts of powerful (albeit duped) magic items, and wasn't even killed once. A few horny teens did make some obscene requests, though.
I guess I should have written that experience up as a study and raked in some big government grant bucks.
