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AdamBomb

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My question now is this; if the lines are all scripted and they're clearly actig then why does every single person have to talk like a half-wit valley girl?
 

Internet Kraken

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SharPhoe said:
Internet Kraken said:
So reality TV meets gaming?

Who came up with this? I bet these gamers aren't even the best of the best. Just the ones that are the most marketable.
Exactly. Proof? Please note that all of them are somewhat attractive and (for the most part) in great shape. I'm not saying that that in itself is impossible, but for all of the US's so-called "best gamers" to be that good-looking lacks credibility.
All of them are also appear to be from primarily English speaking countries. So they obviously did a very narrow search to find the best of the best excluding anybody that does not speak English.

Now here's my question. The only people who would be interested in a show about gamers would be, obviously, other gamers. However as gamers we can clearly see that this show is fake and has no appeal. So who the hell is the target audience of such a show?
 

Axeli

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Oh christ, a reality show?

Remember all those years we gamers were social outcasts who kept waiting and convincing people that one day gaming would be a mainstream form of entertainment?
Because I want to go back to the social outcast thing now.
 

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AdamBomb said:
My question now is this; if the lines are all scripted and they're clearly actig then why does every single person have to talk like a half-wit valley girl?
Because they're crap actors, and believe me, despite being British I know what a decent American accent sounds like, that isn't a half-wit valley girl (we were coatched in American accents by the American director of a play I was recently in, so I kind of know what different accents there are in the US).
 

DragonChi

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wow, and people wonder why gamers have such a bad stereotype and thus has less chance of getting LAID. this has to stop NOW..my god.
 

Souplex

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This is a total farce, everyone knows that I am the ultimate gamer.
 

Axeli

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Trivun said:
Why the hell do people care so much about competitive gaming to the point they put on tournaments like this? Games were originally designed as entertainment. That's exactly why I want to become a game developer, because along with cinema and theatre (my other passions) I enjoy creating entertainment. Games were not meant for such competitive play. It's one thing to 'pwn n00bs' on L4D and CoD4 and so on, and to play those in a competitive way. That's all well and good, as long as people realise that it's just a game and has no bearing on their real lives. Except for their friends laughing because they got killed by a Tank on Easy in No Mercy. But when people try and do such tournaments, then it gets out of hand. I have no problem with the concept of tournament gaming in general (if it's done for fun, for example my flatmates had a PES tournament a while back, although we never actually finished it). But to this extreme, it takes all the joy out of what is essentially a fun pastime and nothing more.
Hardcore: You know you're one when you don't have fun anymore.
 

Leorex

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Except for the aquard room mate masturbating, that would be awsome
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This isn't real.

Good looking male gamers and female gamers DO NOT EXIST. Blasphemy!

Edit: Did that firehaired man-woman actually say "This is too hard!" and cry?

Your living in an all expenses payed house, never working and playing video games. NOTHING is hard about that.
Except for the aquard room mate masturbating, that would be awsome
 

chromewarriorXIII

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This will be one of those shows that will be forgotten about after the first season.

In the small chance it isn't forgotten then they should at least use real gamers next time. And better games like: Super Mario Bros, Sonic The Hedgehog, Megaman, Pac Man, Pong, and of course Minesweeper.
 

toxic_waster

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i may be a gamer, but i hate hanging around nerds. they creep me out, and are so boring. taking games seriously in a "in it to win" manner. gaming is a fun spare time thing to enjoy with friends.
 

SharPhoe

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chromewarriorXIII said:
This will be one of those shows that will be forgotten about after the first season.

In the small chance it isn't forgotten then they should at least use real gamers next time. And better games like: Super Mario Bros, Sonic The Hedgehog, Megaman, Pac Man, Pong, and of course Minesweeper.
Or I Wanna Be The Guy. I'd pay to see people compete in that.
 

AceDefective

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Gaming mixed with crappy shows like Rock of love and I love money ( -1 humanity faith)
This is indead a travisty
 
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This is one giant commercial, and I'd kick that one blond in TF2 any day.
I'd like to see them play a more obscure game, like monkey island?
Also, they're only using mainstream semipoop, like Halo 3, which is unfun and unbalanced in comparison to a more class-based game, like TF2. Or have them battle zombies and eventually lose.
In short, would be much better If they actually experimented with other games that would need some brains to convert to reality. Crackdown would also be cool as one of those reality conversions they do.
SharPhoe said:
Internet Kraken said:
So reality TV meets gaming?

Who came up with this? I bet these gamers aren't even the best of the best. Just the ones that are the most marketable.
Exactly. Proof? Please note that all of them are somewhat attractive and (for the most part) in great shape. I'm not saying that that in itself is impossible, but for all of the US's so-called "best gamers" to be that good-looking lacks credibility.
They went for the most fit men, and the most Lara Croft-like women.
 

chromewarriorXIII

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SharPhoe said:
chromewarriorXIII said:
This will be one of those shows that will be forgotten about after the first season.

In the small chance it isn't forgotten then they should at least use real gamers next time. And better games like: Super Mario Bros, Sonic The Hedgehog, Megaman, Pac Man, Pong, and of course Minesweeper.
Or I Wanna Be The Guy. I'd pay to see people compete in that.
That combined with Soyabon Action and these idiots (I don't dare call them gamers) would be dead before the season ends.
 

AdamBomb

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I wasn't necessarily talking about dialect or accent; I was speaking more to the fact that none of them sound half-way intelligent. It seems like every line said regardless of if it's their minds coming up with it or the writers is poorly written and very shallow.

I respect your knowledge of dialects as an actor, but as a writer it annoys me when people get paid to write garbage.