Gaming steroetype that you'd like to clear.

[ottenni]

We are not all bad at sports.
We are not all overweight.
And we are not all virgins.

 

[QuickDEMOL1SHER]

What gaming false stereotype would you like to clear? For example I am a Halo fan. I'm not twelve years old, I'm not homophobic and my default responce to everything is NOT to call it a fag. Most Halo fans agree when I say weve had enough of being called 12 year old idiots by everyone who hasnt bothered to play Halo! So what steroetype would YOU like to clear?

I could not agree more with the OP. I am so sick of having people think we are all either 12 year old's or idiot frat boys who can't go ten seconds without a gunshot.

 

[Meggiepants]

Girls don't game or want to game. This is also a generalization the gaming companies themselves make.

Case in point, that giant ass controller for the first Xbox. I could not hold that thing in my girlie hands.

It did make a thwack when you threw it though.

Hell, even I had trouble holding that behemoth of a controller. You could mine the planet with that thing.

Too right! Maybe they were trying to design a superior weapon in case of a physical confrontation between PS2 owners and Xbox owners.

If so, that would be uncannily prescient on their part to predict the animosity between the two camps.

 

[TelHybrid]

Not every gamer is some anti social geek, a loudmouth frat boy, or stoner.

 

[TPiddy]

HA HA! Were not all a bunch of pop culture obcessed weeaibos who mention over 9000 different memes in every post.

I see what you did there.

 

[TPiddy]

How about the stereotype that most gamers are stoners?

I've never heard that one, at least not before I joined here. All the people I know who seriously game except me totally swear off drugs, and wouldn't touch them if you paid them.

I always thought there was a sharp divide.

I delivered a lot of pizza in college.... I've seen, first hand, the correlation between being stoned and gaming

 

[oldmanwynter]

We're not all male.

/obvious

Lies! Lies I tell you! /sarcasm

Oh, and girls that do game only play Sims or RPGs or Harvest Moon.

/Really chaps my hide...

You mean that's not true?! And I bet next you are gonna say Samus is a girl, eh?!

...

 

[tklivory]

You mean that's not true?! And I bet next you are gonna say Samus is a girl, eh?!

...

Samus is a brave ol' girl. Doesn't even complain too much about the chafing, either.

 

[rt052192]

no lifers... its just not true

i play videogames, am good at sports, and go out on weekends

 

[Sky Captanio]

That all 13 year olds on the Internet are screaming idiots. Only a lot of them. But then there are screaming idiots from every age group.

 

[Wolfram23]

Girls don't game or want to game. This is also a generalization the gaming companies themselves make.

Case in point, that giant ass controller for the first Xbox. I could not hold that thing in my girlie hands.

It did make a thwack when you threw it though.

Hell, even I had trouble holding that behemoth of a controller. You could mine the planet with that thing.

Too right! Maybe they were trying to design a superior weapon in case of a physical confrontation between PS2 owners and Xbox owners.

If so, that would be uncannily prescient on their part to predict the animosity between the two camps.

lol! I guess Nintendo decided to one-up them both with a friggin NUNCHUCK!

As to stereotypes - as a gamer, I'm not fat, ugly, bad at sports, antisocial, covered in zits, smelly, or a virgin. Nor am I violent. I might be perverted but that's free porn's doing not games. Actually, I find it a bit creepy how overly hyper sexy some gaming characters are... I do not want my mind wander when I'm trying to concentrate, damnit!

 

[MisterLillie]

The great thing about this thread is that you are preaching your anti-stearotypes to fellow gamers. pointless.

 

[Azaradel]

We're not all male.

/obvious

Lies! Lies I tell you! /sarcasm

Oh, and girls that do game only play Sims or RPGs or Harvest Moon.

/Really chaps my hide...

You forgot Cooking Mama

While we're on the stereotyped girl gamers, there seems to be an understanding that the only reason we play is to get popular with the guys (obviously, right?)

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Not all gamers are serial killers waiting to happen (I mean... I am, but not all of us are...)

I do have glasses and no social life, though (I reckon that's less because I'm a gamer and more because I'm an antisocial asshole with poor vision)

 

[Deadpool062]

We do not all wear glasses. Granted, a lot of us do, but it's by no means a universal thing.

Also, we don't all wear shirts tucked into our trousers, have braces, and have cropped hair.

Hell, people have a hard time believing I'm a gamer, I look like a stoner!

Haha I do too! In fact all of the friends ive made at my new school are stoners (still kind of sad about that) Im not a stoner though. I would like to see the stereotype that we are all extremely smart yet talentless losers with no lives. I am extremely smart, but I do play in a band, (the school band and a privatey... playey concerty bandy thingy) Im debatably a loser, and I have a life! Also I would like to clear up the stereotype that all XBOX gamers are fuckwits.

 

[Siorai]

The idea that we are all anti-social shut-ins with no knowledge relevant to relating to other human beings and more specifically, women. We are clearly just too cool to talk to anyone who doesn't share our interests and most women just don't give us a chance due to the stereotype above. Thankfully I have dodged the stereotypical bullet on this one and lead a happy, social, and all around awesome life in the company of a lovely lady.

 

[tklivory]

the only reason we play is to get popular with the guys (obviously, right?)

Well, duh. Otherwise how would we get that loner guy with glasses and a tucked-in shirt that's obviously a future serial killer with an intense attraction to bewbies and pron?

Wait, what was the answer?