Unpopular gaming opinions

[Reindeer]

I hate that people call themselves gamers. Those kinda labels should only be useful for market research. But I forgive those who do. A trip would wash away all those labels.

While I don't disapprove of the use of the word, I don't call myself it. I just say I play games for a hobby. If people go "oh, you're a gamer?" I'll just say "sure" to avoid any discussion.

The only times it annoys me is when people call themselves that and they play a single game, or only Facebook games and the like. I understand "casual gamer" applies to that, but it just seems so weird. It's like calling a kid that occassionally kicks against a ball a casual footballer.



As for the discussion currently going on, I agree with Tao. (I wrote the above paragraph before I read the rest of the thread.)
If you invest yourself in something a lot, the use of the term should apply and would be appropriate. If it's something that's barely a part of your daily activities it just seems weird to call yourself that, or even have others call you that.

 

[Alienfish]

The only times it annoys me is when people call themselves that and they play a single game, or only Facebook games and the like. I understand "casual gamer" applies to that, but it just seems so weird. It's like calling a kid that occassionally kicks against a ball a casual footballer.

Or those who thinks it art to pose nude with gaming controllers

 

[ShinyYoshi]

Or those who thinks it art to pose nude with gaming controllers

That's annoying.
And "gamer girls" who think that just because they sometimes play their brother's copy of COD makes them more desirable or something.

 

[n64king]

*shrugs* Gamers are people who play games, just like guitarists are people who play guitar. Should we get rid of any word that describes what people do?

Yes it would be nice if gamer wasn't a dirty word. One that doesn't invoke images of fat white boys yelling homophobic/racist things over the Xbox mic with a cheeto stained shirt.

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It bugs me since 'gamer' can practically mean anything from "spends every waking moment optimizing for a Raid on WoW" to "played Angry Birds for 2 minutes whilst on the toilet"

That's what has spawned this mess. UGH PFFT BLARG OH MY GOD YOU'RE PLAYING ANGRY BIRDS!? YOU'RE NOT A GAMER. You need to download a yearly released FPS that's 75GB to your dusty sticky xbox harddrive that has massive online made by EA collabing with Ubisoft and Acitivision that requires a mic and Oculus Rift to be a gamer what the hell is the matter with you!?

 

[infinikitten]

Gaming is a hobby/activity just like art, where the person doing the activity is called the "artist". What are we supposed to call ourselves? I really think you guys are thinking too much into this. It's just a word. I never really hear it abused.

The hobbyist/artist thing is a very fair point. Some people are professionals, but it doesn't mean that people who do the same thing at a hobby-level or with a very low skill level aren't ~worthy~ of the label. If you create art of any kind, you are an artist. Whether you paint frequently or love it but don't get to DO it as much as you want to, you're still a painter, even if it's only splashing some paint on a canvas and calling it a day.

I don't think there is a way TO abuse it. It's really weird to be so defensive of a label. If you play a game, you're gaming, and in that moment you are therefore a gamer. I try to be careful of the "it's just a word" argument because it's a real slippery slope there but I feel like, in this specific instance, it applies. It harms literally no one to use it so, while I can understand it being sort of a vague pet peeve for someone, I'm really baffled that anyone is bothered by it on such levels as I'm seeing in this thread.

My sister plays the Kim Kardashian phone app game thing. It's a game, she's gaming, she's a gamer. My mom plays the DS games for Sudoku and stuff. If she wants to go ahead and call herself a gamer, it's not gonna rustle my jimmies. She is, after all, gaming.

I spend hundreds of hours playing all kinds of platforms and consoles and genres, online and offline, tabletop and non, mushes and muds to here and back again, immersing myself in side material etc etc etc and I'm a more stereotypical example of a gamer in that it's my main hobby. But it's not gonna bother me if someone who only plays Farmville wants to call themselves a gamer. And it's not going to bother me if someone who's as hard into gaming as I am REJECTS that label, either.

Anyone who enjoys any game enough to call themselves a gamer is alright with me. I'm not going to police the use of the term. It's so silly to place so much importance on it and act like gatekeepers of the term...

 

[n64king]

Or those who thinks it art to pose nude with gaming controllers

Ugh so boring. Yessss girl we seen this same titty with the SNES controller over it 100 other times you aint did nobody anything here.

 

[Alienfish]

That's annoying.
And "gamer girls" who think that just because they sometimes play their brother's copy of COD makes them more desirable or something.

Yes.

Also I don't think Senran Kagura or those boob games are sexist or anything. It's a nice difference between making them explicitly sex objects like GTA and a whole different culture where you don't screw them over.

It's..fiction. Get rid of token girls or booth babes rather than accusing Japanese people because they like lumps of fat.

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Ugh so boring. Yessss girl we seen this same titty with the SNES controller over it 100 other times you aint did nobody anything here.

yes you ain't a gamer because you got your bros controller up your crotch m8

 

[Nuclear Bingo]

Yes it would be nice if gamer wasn't a dirty word. One that doesn't invoke images of fat white boys yelling homophobic/racist things over the Xbox mic with a cheeto stained shirt.

wait a minute... so that's not the goal here? damn

 

[Psydye]

I enjoyed Metroid: Other M.

 

[toxapex]

iOS, Android, etc. mobile games can be fun.

 

[Alienfish]

I enjoyed Metroid: Other M.

This game looks fun actually, wish I had the console for it ;3

 

[Heyden]

1 FNAF game was enough
if there's a 4th I'll die

 

[strawberrywine]

1 FNAF game was enough
if there's a 4th I'll die

The sequels were all planned out from the start. The story got finished in 3.

 

[Alienfish]

1 FNAF game was enough
if there's a 4th I'll die

Wouldn't surprise if they actually do a 4th like the after-math or whatever lmao

 

[Reindeer]

The sequels were all planned out from the start. The story got finished in 3.

There were only three planned Assassin's Creed games, but I think there may be one or two more than three.

 

[Alienfish]

There were only three planned Assassin's Creed games, but I think there may be one or two more than three.

Yeah, exactly. If something is popular enough there will be more games.

 

[Cardbored]

Assassin's Creed games will always turn out to be disappointments because they're so focused on adding new things instead of fixing issues they've had since the first few games. That's nearly a decade ago.

 

[Alienfish]

^That and their Uplay rubbish ticks me off so much.

Also, being a pure magician in Skyrim is pretty much useless unless you spend all level ups on Magicka imo.

 

[n64king]

Uplay is stupid.
"hi we're ubisoft and we want to compete with the Xbox Achievements/Playstation Trophies by giving you actual in-game rewards you don't want or need instead of just a thumbs up" *no one ever signs up for it on WiiU*

 

[Alienfish]

Uplay is stupid.
"hi we're ubisoft and we want to compete with the Xbox Achievements/Playstation Trophies by giving you actual in-game rewards you don't want or need instead of just a thumbs up" *no one ever signs up for it on WiiU*

Exactly. I deleted that and my EA/Origin crap, not buying and supporting those games, at least not on PC