exactly what i was thinking i didnt even realize nintendo fans could be considered a gaming community seeing as the only shit they get is wii resort and other bad gamesWoodsey said:
Am I not a gamer?
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so I'm not a gamer for not having played a series that started long before i was even born and hasn't released anything on any platform I've owned since I've been playing games. Another note i mentioned this in another thread, i don't like side-scrollers so i wouldn't even have had second glanced at itmachblast said:
If you play games, you are a gamer. It doesn?t matter what type of game you play. If it is something you enjoy, then you are a gamer.
Don?t let people like Stranger say you are not something. What do they know? Who gives a care anyway? Stranger is just some punk that feels the need to say something against you for probably a stupid reason. Even if he is not just some punk, what authority does he have to deem a person gamer or not? I would really like to know his reason for saying you are not a gamer, because as far as I can tell you are a gamer.
Don?t let people like Stranger say you are not something. What do they know? Who gives a care anyway? Stranger is just some punk that feels the need to say something against you for probably a stupid reason. Even if he is not just some punk, what authority does he have to deem a person gamer or not? I would really like to know his reason for saying you are not a gamer, because as far as I can tell you are a gamer.
no its not prejudice, i simply don't like side scrollers, I've played them before, and i have never found one that i like, they simply just bore me and IMO don't have enough depth in the gameplay. and to call it one of "the greatest games" is simply a matter of opinionmachblast said:
I?ve noticed this sometimes, and I get it, but it is kind of stupid. It is almost laughable, because it is like how you say. You don?t play this game, so you are not a gamer. It is ridiculous.Zap Happy said:
Some of the older gamers (in experience, not necessarily age) will like the older games, and the newer gamers will probably like the newer games. I like the classics, and I respect them, but I really cannot see you classifying yourself as more of a gamer because you play those games. So what if you play those kinds of games? I play these new games, and I am a gamer. It doesn?t matter what type of game you play, because that is your choice. It is a matter of what you like. You cannot judge a person based on the kinds of games you play.
Now if a person were to come in new and play the game, you could say they are new to the game, but you still play so you are still a gamer. Even if you are experienced, and you are better than them, they are still gamers. It is elitist junk, where they try to claim that if you do not match up to their level of standards, you are not a gamer. It doesn?t matter if you are new to the game or old to it, because you are still a gamer. That is enough said.
You have the right idea here. A gamer is a person who likes games and plays them more than every now and then. Grant it, this means that not everyone can be a gamer, because not everyone plays games too often, but if you take enjoyment in games and you play them often because that is something you do you are a gamer.ethaninja said:
What was odd to me was that stranger tried to say; you are not a gamer because you don?t play this particular type of game. That is wrong because it has noting to do with the type of game you play, whether it be RPG, shooter, or arcade style games. It is what you, the person I quoted, said. It is not some special club, or society. It is a person who plays "video games more than someone who only plays games every now and then" and that is all you need to know.
The thing is, most people who think of themselves as gamers aren't particularly good at anything else - isn't it fine for them to think they're part of at least SOMETHING bigger than themselves? It's human nature, really, to wish you were better than someone else at something.ghostrider409895 said:
It's my opinion that pretty much anyone who devotes a little of time to gaming is a gamer. Basically, if you're a member of this site (which you obviously are), then you're pretty much guaranteed as a gamer. Also, the fellow you've referred to as 'Stranger' is just an asshole who I think is amusing. Games like New Super Mario Bros. make you a serious gamer? Interesting theory. (Nothing wrong with NSMB necessarily, it's just not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of gamer games. Maybe BioShock or Half-Life 2, but not Mario Bros.)
you sir have come in late and missed the point to this thread, read other postsPaladin666 said: