Female Gamers: {AOG} ArmyOpGirlz

America's Army Gaming Clan

KJ Young
Within the realm of computer gaming, the presence of females of all ages has grown and continues to grow. One group of women have been involved in online gaming for years, and they continue to provide a strong, savvy female presence within the America's Army gaming community. That group of women are {AOG}-ArmyOpGirlz.

Originally founded by "Willow" in 2004, {AOG} has gone through many difficulties, as all gaming groups do. In mid 2007, "Kytanna" stepped up, taking over as the leader of the squad, and once again has them living up to their motto: "Giving fight like a girl new meaning!"

{AOG} currently has eight members, with an average Honor level of 72 and K/D (Kill to Death ratio) of 1.2 as a squad. Don't think though, that they are not willing to accept new members and provide encouragement to new players. If you are a female looking to give online gaming a try, {AOG} is a great place to begin! The group even has a junior section for female gamers called {AOG} Juniors for those under the age of 18, their own leased server, appropriately named "{AOG} The Powder Room" and a fully-functional website with forums at armyopgirlz dot com.

America's Army (AA) is a free online game simulating Army combat. As online games go, the development team for AA strives to improve and update the gaming experience for its players on a regular basis. Since its inception on July 4, 2002, America's Army has seen 26 version updates and releases. It began with America's Army Recon, version 1.0.0 and is now America's Army: Special Forces (Overmatch), version 2.8.3.1 with an all-new 3.0 version slated for release sometime in 2009.

The process of releasing new versions and updates involves what the AA development team refers to as Betas. These are gamers who, for various reasons, are selected to be a part of the testing and quality assurance process for each new release. {AOG} currently has three Betas within the squad, signifying them as strong leaders within the America's Army gaming community.

If you are a female looking to bond with other females in a gaming environment or are a new female to gaming, give some thought to contacting Kytanna at {AOG} ArmyOpGirlz. You'll find a comfortable, competitive and fun environment waiting for you and, maybe more importantly, a whole passel of males to take your aggressions out on!

Check these women out at:

http://www.armyopgirlz.com/

Learn about America's Army and download the game for free at:
http://www.americasarmy.com/

Published by KJ Young

Occassionally frenzied mother of a teenage daughter, KJ spends her time preparing home school assignments and trudging off to work each day. When possible, she enjoys reading Stephen King, writing fiction of...  View profile

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  • Liz Adams3/8/2011

    I was one of if not the first members other than DeviousWoman and Willow - I am Rubicon. I loved being part of such a cool group of ladies and it's awesome to see them around to this day!

  • KJ Young6/16/2009

    Current members of {AOG} were interviewed at the time this peice was originally written. If your name or involvment with the clan was not mentioned, it was because information of your claim was not provided at the time. -kj

  • Kerry Byrom6/15/2009

    I also founded {AOG} with Willow i am DeviousWoman. it so good to see the Girls going strong and especially Kytana for doing a gr8 job in leading the girls into battle hooah :D

  • jcorn9/6/2008

    I am not in the know about this topic but I felt like i'd learned plenty by reading it. Thanks!

  • Charlene S Noto9/2/2008

    This is a great article and tribute. Nicely done!

  • freakmamma9/2/2008

    This si an awesome piece! That's for letting people know about it.

  • Syl8/29/2008

    Since I happen to be a gamer in Americas Army I really enjoyed this piece and I know first hand that AOG is an awesome group of ladies.

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