I will openly admit that I am a gamer and my iPhone is filled with games- most of which involve playing with other people (or chatting with other people) online.
One game is called Cookie Bonus Solitaire. Basically, you play a fun game of solitaire and chat with other people while doing it. Unfortunately, the public chat areas have turned into a "meat market." Guys in there will flirt with, hit on, etc. anyone with a female-sounding name and ask several times for women to identify themselves. When a woman does, she is then sent a barrage of PMs (personal messages) asking for her age, link to a Facebook/MySpace page, and other information. Several women have resorted going into the "locked" rooms or playing offline because it has gotten so bad. The developers have put on more moderators to try to curb it, but it still goes on and annoys female players.
If you're having fun with someone in an online game, and this person interests you there is no harm in making the interest known... after you've played with the person for a while. Jumping right in with "a/s/l" makes you appear desperate. Play the game and enjoy it. That is precisely why the other person is there. If you get to know them through playing the game and develop a friendship- that is fantastic. The point here is to don't jump right in and hit on anyone who is even remotely what you might like.
Most women do like video games. What they don't like is being hit on or insulted within minutes of it being revealed that they are female.
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