Like, drunk or minority?

Women who work in the video game industry are confronted with a strange situation.  They are a total minority amongst the sea of men whose presence dominate the industry.  And if you've never been in this situation, the attention will come.  You're a cute girl who's much more pleasing to look at than the gamut of men walking around the building.  Who wouldn't like you?

So then, how does a girl distinguish if you're really liked, or if it's because everything looks better if there are no other girls to compare you against, or if the guy that flirts with you is drunk?

I went to the GWAR concert last night and I had a great time.  It was, in a one-word summary, ridiculous.  Fake blood spraying non-stop from the stage, crazy, spiky, bare-assed costumes, decapitations of president elects and other notable current event figures and people screaming and loving it.  I went with a bunch of guys and one other female.  The one other female is probably around 45 years old, has a kid, and is probably not pursued by the young males that flood the QA department.

And then there is me.  I knew most of the guys that went, some better than others, and we've always been friendly.  I did notice, however, that the interest was definitely stronger and more touchy-feely once outside of the office environment.  They weren't over-the-top obvious about it, but I was able to perceive it.  And once the alcohol came, it was just amplified even more.

So I could definitely pick up on the flirting, the touching, the sixth woman sense that knows these things.  But how real is it?  How much is it because they really think you are awesome, and how much is it because you're the 1 attractive available girl amongst 6 other guys?  And does the alcohol really matter?  Or does it just amplify what already exists?  I know it must be cool to them that I play video games, that I would go to a GWAR concert, that I'm respected at work and I'm easy to get along with.  But if there were 6 other girls that came to this concert, single, young, cute, how would it play out?  And what if nobody drank alcohol?  Would the guys mellow out and not be as blatantly obvious about showing interest in a girl?  Or do the numbers not matter, and it's truly based on who you are?

Again, I'm confident that people find me attractive, but it's just a funny situation to be a girl working at a video game company - your stock instantly goes up without you doing anything spectacular.  I suppose that might not be a bad thing, but it leaves you with a feeling of curiosity as to what the males are thinking when they see a girl walking down the halls at work.