Am I not a gamer?

[FactualSquirrel]

Wait, hold on.

Someone who likes all the stuff that Nintendo is doing at the moment said you weren't a gamer? That's weird, normally it's the other way around.

Anyway, he's an idiot. You play what is possibly the biggest genre on the market right now (FPSs) so there's no logic at all.

Holy crap, I'm sorry, but how did someone not say this sooner?

It's what I was thinking the entire time.

 

[epikAXE]

ahh i just lost the game about a hundred tyms

sorry people ;D

 

[Zap Happy]

I feel like some people think that if you were not playing games in the 80's you aren't a gamer. It strikes me as kind of elitist. It's like "Oh, you would rather play a round of CoD than some SMB? Get out, kid!"

 

[R4di4ti0n.]

Do I respect nintendo for what they have done for videogaming in general? hell yes.
Have I liked a single 1st party nintendo game since Super Mario 64? Nope. Not at all.

It doesnt make me any less of a gamer, it just makes me a different type of gamer.

 

[Bloodstain]

Gamers a people who play games. Therefore, you are a gamer.

 

[R4di4ti0n.]

There are only two kinds of people who play things that resemble games that I do not consider gamers.

People who play nothing but sports games. That's not gaming, that's a power fantasy, which are fine, and are PART of gaming, but do not make up gaming as a whole. If you play other things AND sports games, fine - I'll call you a gamer if you like Madden AND Call of Duty, but please, if all you ever do is play Madden '10, don't try and call yourself a gamer. You're a football enthusiast.

People who play facebook games and only facebook games. People who stick to things like Farmville exclusively are not gamers. My mother and great aunt play Farmville. They're not gamers. They don't know anything about the culture surrounding gaming and just play those games to turn their brains off after a long day's work. While it is amusing oneself with a game, it doesn't fall under cultural category in which I sort "gamers".

Survival horror and shooters? You sound like a gamer to me.

Wrong on both accounts. I play neither, but...

Sports games are a game, of a game. The amount of strategy it takes to win a game of baseball in real life rivals that of chess. Its not just "throw ball fast, catch bad hits" you have to taunt the batter into swinging at intentionally bad pitches, or know when a sacrifice fly is better than trying to swing as hard as possible. Replicating that mentality in a videogame is like playing final fantasy tactics. but really, i guess that just a otherworld battle power fantasy, right?

And as far as Zynga... people cannot grasp how important Zynga is towards the mainstreaming of videogames as a whole. Its the basic sorts of mental connections that will help towards legitimizing video games as a hobby. Once someone realizes that playing Farmville will not make them want to milk cows, they will better be able to understand that GTA doesnt make me want to snort hookers and kill blow.

 

[William Dickbringer]

there should be no restriction on what classifies a gamer (whether casual or hardcore)
your a gamer you play games that you like

 

[Necator15]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that guy was a troll. I don't think I've ever heard of someone being referred to as "Not a gamer" for not liking Nintendo's new games, but I've heard of plenty of people being referred to as "Not a gamer" for actually liking Nintendo's new games. Both definitions really aren't right, but I think the guy was just being a dick.

 

[Abedeus]

You're a gamer if you play games. As much as we'd hate to admit it, those people who play Zynga games? Gamers all. If you play videogames regularly, any videogame, then you're a gamer.

So yes, you are a gamer, and those people are morons.

Flash animation that is a very clever marketing scheme is not a video game.

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

Yo dawg, I heard your mom likes computer games, so she's playing games while playing games...

Wait, I got it all wrong...

And as far as Zynga... people cannot grasp how important Zynga is towards the mainstreaming of videogames as a whole. Its the basic sorts of mental connections that will help towards legitimizing video games as a hobby. Once someone realizes that playing Farmville will not make them want to milk cows, they will better be able to understand that GTA doesnt make me want to snort hookers and kill blow.

Zynga is to gaming as Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers are to music.

See them, then the real thing that is not a marketing scheme.

 

[The_Deleted]

Did you tell him to fuck off?

I'd have told him to fuck off.

 

[StarofAzura]

It's not really a question of "wrong vs. right", in my opinion. I didn't try to push my opinion on you, I simply gave it. People who play only those kinds of games do not usually find themselves associated with the culture that has developed around gaming, nor do many of them care to learn.

And in my experience, even a life that consists of nothing but Farmville will never make some people all right with games like GTA.

There are only two kinds of people who play things that resemble games that I do not consider gamers.

People who play nothing but sports games. That's not gaming, that's a power fantasy, which are fine, and are PART of gaming, but do not make up gaming as a whole. If you play other things AND sports games, fine - I'll call you a gamer if you like Madden AND Call of Duty, but please, if all you ever do is play Madden '10, don't try and call yourself a gamer. You're a football enthusiast.

People who play facebook games and only facebook games. People who stick to things like Farmville exclusively are not gamers. My mother and great aunt play Farmville. They're not gamers. They don't know anything about the culture surrounding gaming and just play those games to turn their brains off after a long day's work. While it is amusing oneself with a game, it doesn't fall under cultural category in which I sort "gamers".

Survival horror and shooters? You sound like a gamer to me.

Wrong on both accounts. I play neither, but...

Sports games are a game, of a game. The amount of strategy it takes to win a game of baseball in real life rivals that of chess. Its not just "throw ball fast, catch bad hits" you have to taunt the batter into swinging at intentionally bad pitches, or know when a sacrifice fly is better than trying to swing as hard as possible. Replicating that mentality in a videogame is like playing final fantasy tactics. but really, i guess that just a otherworld battle power fantasy, right?

And as far as Zynga... people cannot grasp how important Zynga is towards the mainstreaming of videogames as a whole. Its the basic sorts of mental connections that will help towards legitimizing video games as a hobby. Once someone realizes that playing Farmville will not make them want to milk cows, they will better be able to understand that GTA doesnt make me want to snort hookers and kill blow.

 

[nick n stuff]

all i know is that from what you said to those strangers, you may not be a gamer, but you certainly are sane. SSB sucks anal.

 

[Zhytomyr]

i know haha i was jokin i fuckin love super smash bros and mario kart

 

[blankedboy]

Clearly, this stranger is a moron.

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

Omegle isn't a gaming website.

 

[TheComedown]

I feel like some people think that if you were not playing games in the 80's you aren't a gamer. It strikes me as kind of elitist. It's like "Oh, you would rather play a round of CoD than some SMB? Get out, kid!"

So im not a gamer cause i was born after then 80's got it

Did you tell him to fuck off?

I'd have told him to fuck off.

he fucked off before i could even correct his mistake

 

[imaloony]

Nintendo HAS had pretty weak games lately.

You're a gamer, that guy is just a Nintendo fanboy.

 

[TheComedown]

Have you played Contra?

Y/N

never heard of it

 

[machblast]

Have you played Contra?

Y/N

never heard of it

Oh god, you really aren't a gamer.

 

[Zap Happy]

I feel like some people think that if you were not playing games in the 80's you aren't a gamer. It strikes me as kind of elitist. It's like "Oh, you would rather play a round of CoD than some SMB? Get out, kid!"

So im not a gamer cause i was born after then 80's got it

Did you tell him to fuck off?

I'd have told him to fuck off.

he fucked off before i could even correct his mistake

I don't think that, but some people do.

 

[TheComedown]

Wow, you didn't expect total stupidity and trolls on Omegle?

And I think it's the one thing most gamers agree on. The Wii is at the bottom of the pile for anyone identifying as a "gamer".

no its not the stupidity and trolls that i didn't expect, it was the stupidity of a "gamer" that didn't expect, i spend half my time on omegle just trolling the trolls.

What he meant was you're not a HARDCORE gamer. But yes you're a gamer.

FYI, you don't need to like Nintendo to be a hardcore gamer. I hate Nintendo, yet I play games for most of my free time

i dont think you could call ANY Nintendo fanboy a hardcore gamer. And I'm pretty sure I've racked up enough playtime in steam of late to be considerd a "hardcore" gamer.