Am I not a gamer?

[Booze Zombie]

Shooters are the bread and butter of the stereotyped gamer portrayed in mass media as a foam-mouthed killers-in-waiting, which is to say quite a few of us, uh, playing shooters, I mean.

 

[Gauntes]

Try not to get your feeling hurt by those elitist pricks
the definition of the gamer is someone who plays game
not someone who likes every 'good' game that has come out and has played it over 300 hours each and have unlocked every achievements and have every single console ever made by humanity including the ones that doesn't even exist anymore.

...I forgot where I was going with that..

my feelings weren't hurt as i was so shocked that other "gamers" out there are so narrow minded. i spose i should have expected it tho. As to call an Nintendo fanboy an elitist its an amusing notion.

oh right.. that's what this was about..

I kinda have a feeling that nintendo gamers take themselves too seriously because they were the 'original' gamers (*cough*atari*cough*) but most people I know aren't.
don't worry too much about it. It's vast minority that ruins it for the many

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Clearly, this stranger is a moron.

You were on a gaming website talking about gaming. You're a gamer.

 

[Tharwen]

What this mysterious stranger was trying to say was 'You aren't a true gamer'. That's what this sort of discussion ignores, and the point that most people miss.

 

[TheComedown]

What this mysterious stranger was trying to say was 'You aren't a true gamer'. That's what this sort of discussion ignores, and the point that most people miss.

What is a a true gamer then?

 

[TheComedown]

Clearly, this stranger is a moron.

You were on a gaming website talking about gaming. You're a gamer.

no Omegle is not a gaming website, read post, its just a random chat room thing

 

[Zhytomyr]

*if you own a wii then your not a gamer.......ur a casual gamer....
*if you know otacon, wesker, professor oak, on a personal level and have detonated a nuke in bigtown then u are a gamer...

 

[Zhytomyr]

What this mysterious stranger was trying to say was 'You aren't a true gamer'. That's what this sort of discussion ignores, and the point that most people miss.

lolololol "the mysterious stranger" reminds me of playing Knights of the Old Republic all those years ago

 

[Meggiepants]

The very fact that your venting about this on a gaming website says something.

You are quite obviously a gamer.

 

[Bato]

Gamer isn't a title that as any real prerequisite, other than to play games on a somewhat regular basis and have a mild enthusiasm.
Hell it isn't really a title at all, just something that people brand themselves as to feel 1337 when playing games.

You're on the escapist, you obviously re fond of games, you play them. Gamer if you wish to be called it.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

I'd ignore them, I hate many of the new nintendo games, but equally many nintendo fans are far too protective of their precious consol

 

[Yoshemo]

My 56 year old mom plays card games on the computer.. shes a gamer

 

[Iwata]

So i was bored enough to go kill some time on Omegle (random chat site) and one conversation turned to games and gaming, and discussion turned to Nintendo, i stated the fact that i don't like any of their newer games, and in particular SSB, and i was asked what games i normally play, so i said mostly shooters and some survival horror titles, and all of a sudden im not a gamer.

Stranger: wow
Stranger: you're not a gamer at all

All because i play mostly shooters and don't like any of Nintendos newer games.

I was wondering peoples opinion of this and whether or not anyone else has received this same sort of narrow mindedness when it comes to the definition of "gamer" or whether or not you are a gamer just cause you don't like one game or another

Why do you care? Clearly the person you were talking to is some elitist prick that needs to make himself feel better by demeaning you.

 

[natster43]

Do you play video games? Yes? Then your a gamer.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Have you played Contra?

Y/N

 

[Tharwen]

What this mysterious stranger was trying to say was 'You aren't a true gamer'. That's what this sort of discussion ignores, and the point that most people miss.

What is a a true gamer then?

Whatever you think one is. In the case in question, Mr X (the stranger) evidently believes that true gamers must play SSB and like Nintendo.

 

[Mr. Purple]

<color=purple> Sadly, many people in the world are intolerant and stubborn. Obviously you did not conform to his preconceived notions of what a gamer truly is so he dubbed you so. Too bad that his opinion matters in absolutely no way. So, yea, you are a gamer.

 

[slipknot4]

Does it have a nice icon on your desktop? Well then, you're a gamer, every game that you play makes you a gamer unless it's from Zynga

 

[The Singularity]

If you play games regularly as a hobby, you're a gamer. Simple as.

Unless you play anything made by Zynga, those are jobs, not games.

What about MMO's also? They do the same thing, just don't give you any breaks in between plantings or whatever?

 

[Ildecia]

All because i play mostly shooters and don't like any of Nintendos newer games.

I was wondering peoples opinion of this and whether or not anyone else has received this same sort of narrow mindedness when it comes to the definition of "gamer" or whether or not you are a gamer just cause you don't like one game or another

what he said is total bullshit.
I play nintendo games, but that doesn't makeme a gamer. the fact that i play video games at all makes me a gamer. I think a popular definition of a gamer is someone who plays video games. he's probably some die-hard nintendo fan or just an asshole. I'm betting on the latter of the 2