Does gaming embarass you?
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I don't hide it. I don't talk about it to people I know aren't interested in it because what's the point, but I don't hide it. It's a form of entertainment. It's how I'm not super into movies. I don't judge other people who are really into them, but if I'm going for entertainment I'd rather just play a game or watch a tv show.
I'm a gamer and proud. Simple as that. All of my friends and my boyfriend all know how much of a hardcore gamer I am and I'm okay with that. None of my friends are as into gaming as I am, but some of them get my Skyrim references or Mass Effect quotes. I think it's a matter of who you surround yourself with that affects whether or not you publicize your love for gaming.
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I'd be livid if some stupid kid came up to me and started talking like that. I'll scare the crap of that kid he'll have nightmares. It'll be much worse if a adult male came up to me like that, I swear they wont walk for the next 3 months.
nintendofan61
Senior Member
No not really. Everyone has their likes. If you don't respect my "likes", then that's your problem. I'm not embarrassed about liking something that is innocent and fun.
I'm not embarrassed at all. I like playing video games. I like playing 'childish' video games. If anyone has a problem with that, they can sod off, because why should I be embarrassed about something I enjoy that hurts nothing and is only fun? :3
Britty the Kitty
Senior Member
I've been playing games for nearly 20 years now. I never was ashamed of it, and I mostly just stuck to other gamers in my social groups when I was still attending school. Even at work, I met a lot of cool people because I never tried to hide my interest. I just can't deny something that plays a large role in my personal interests and makes up who I am. I'm just glad I can share my hobby with so many friends. It's a lot more fun to play together than alone, ya know?
infallible
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i don't whip it out and play it all the time, but i do bring it around the city to streetpass and stuff
and sometimes on the subway i'll play if i have a really long commute
im not really all that embarassed about it. my ps3 games, i don't really talk about much because not a lot of girls play Assassin's Creed or Uncharted or The Last of Us. at least, not where i used to live. florida wasn't a very tolerant place, but now that i'm in new york, i'm really a lot more comfortable about it.
and sometimes on the subway i'll play if i have a really long commute
im not really all that embarassed about it. my ps3 games, i don't really talk about much because not a lot of girls play Assassin's Creed or Uncharted or The Last of Us. at least, not where i used to live. florida wasn't a very tolerant place, but now that i'm in new york, i'm really a lot more comfortable about it.
Extremely proud to be a gamer since age three. NO SHAME IN MY GAME! Not one bit! I will play the most childish video game or a mature one. Does not shame me any bit. I am a bit embarrassed I am not very good at some games though.... but it is about having fun too. 
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Midorikawa
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Nope not embarrassed at all. Many of my friends of both genders like to game as well, and others are into anime/manga which is a similar case to gaming so I have no reason to be embarrassed and to hide it.
If I'm comfortable enough with someone, I'll tell them.
If I don't like the person enough, I won't tell them.
Honestly I've admitted that I play DS games to this one person I barely met, even though I had previously talked about traveling and stuff. It really depends on the person.
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I forgot to mention that I'm not embarrassed by it lol.
If I don't like the person enough, I won't tell them.
Honestly I've admitted that I play DS games to this one person I barely met, even though I had previously talked about traveling and stuff. It really depends on the person.
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I forgot to mention that I'm not embarrassed by it lol.
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Dizzi Paradise
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I'm far too old to give a hoot what other people think. I've been gaming for 30 years, hate shooters (bad at them + don't see the point) and prefer so-called "childish" games that really aren't childish at all when you actually play them, like Pokemon. That said though I got a bit sick of being told "oh, I don't have time for that" by people who watch TV all evening when they ask me about knitting and other crafting hobbies I have, so I mostly don't really talk about gaming with anyone other than hubby. Gaming is much less of a time waster than watching TV, which most adult non-gamers will do for hours every day. I still flaunt my love of gaming in a way though. Anyone in the know would only have to look at my handbag (covered in AC:NL and Mario badges with the Donkey Kong banana keyring hanging from it) to know I'm a Nintendo fan...
I can see why you'd be upset about people who are so critical of gaming as a past-time (or a lifestyle), when we're all achieving the same means of relaxing and enjoying ourselves in the end, no? ^^
This is why I don't tell people (who I don't like or know well enough) that I like to play games, simply because of this scenario... and the fact that I don't want to spend my time playing games with someone I don't like. v_v;
Dizzi Paradise
Senior Member
Not upset so much as.... bored. It's the same conversation every.single.time. And always with people who seem to think they are superior to me in some way because they "don't have time" to do something I do - even though we probably have the same amount of free time, it's just that they use theirs for watching TV while I use mine for knitting/crochet/reading/art/gaming. Knitting and crochet I can do while watching TV anyway, and I get something to keep me warm (or a KK Slider amigurumi!) at the end of it.
Meh, it doesn't matter. They do what they do, I do what I do. I'm not ashamed, I just don't want that same damn conversation anymore.
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