"If you havent played this you arent a gamer"

[Griphphin]

It annoys me that people think that ignorance on a certain part of a subject can invalidate someone's opinions on the subject as a whole.

 

[Jnat]

When i see people doing that I find them... (camera goes close) and kill them.

 

[Pegghead]

Insecure people like to cling to whatever they can that might give them a shallow sense of superiority over someone. Why do you think intelligence snobs are on the rise on these forums?

I find people like that extremely annoying, to my mind if somebody plays a fair amount of games and enjoys the games they play then they are a gamer, 'nuff said.

 

[dark-amon]

I would demand a rational reason that could be build up to their statement. If no such reason where presented, (Wich would probably be the case) the statement would lack a rational fundament and would not have the the credibility necesary for the statement to be considered true.
(I love philosophy and it's principles on what's to be demanded of a statement.)

 

[MercurySteam]

Trolls fail hard. And if they're not a troll they're just incredibly stupid.

 

[aarontg]

Technically if youv'e seen any kind of movie at all you are technically considered a movie goer, and if youv'e played any kind of game you are technically a gamer it just matters what kind of gamer you are like a NES ninja gaiden hard kind of gamer or a Peggle kind of gamer or simly hardcore and casual.

 

[Ph0t0n1c Ph34r]

Your not a gamer if you own a wii, play games on consoles instead of the P.C., think 2 worlds was a good game and loved too Human.

I am fit into all the above categories so well I think it may be time for me to vacate the escapist to the sunnier climes of Crochet today!

I really hope you are kidding.

 

[philzibit]

People that talk like that are pretentious douche bags.

they just saw it the first time themself maybe a day or two ago?

This too.

 

[electric discordian]

I am I hate crochet much more into cake baking needle point and gross unintentional public nudity.

 

[Plurralbles]

You're not a gamer unless you have played Earth Defence Force 2017 - FACT.

You, my good sir, win the internet for the day!

I saw a thread like this a few weeks ago, and made one with the same basic idea behind it just a week ago...

Anyway, I'm going to have to go with that if you haven't even THOUGHT about playing these, have little idea of what they are, you aren't a gamer though I know people will ***** because some of these are pretty niche.

Okami
Shadow of the colossus
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Super Mario Bros 3
-insert RPG here-
Beyond Good and Evil
Psychonauts
Eternal Darkness

Could it just be me, or do you sound idiotic for having a very closed ended list? I don't see a single shooter on that list and considering Doom and Quake are probably two of the greatest video games of all time, you stand to learn from someone who's spent a few years trudging Knees Deep In The Dead.

OT: Not to knock anyone who's posted here so far, with roads paved with good intentions with saying anyone who uses this turn of phrase is stupid/elitest/troll/a bad guy looking for trouble, but I think there are true "Gamers" and people who aren't. However, I would have to say that so few people fall under my personal definition of gamer that it doesn't really matter.

To me, a gamer is someone who plays games. All games. They don't descriminate against a particular genre (which is why I called out Plurralbles on his/her list) of games, nor do they only play video games. A gamer is somewho who enjoys gaming as a whole. One minute they might be shooting up people in Modern Warfare 2, the next they're owning dealing into a few hands of Mahjong and then the next they're solving the weekly crossword in the newspaper. To say that people who just play a couple of genres of video games, or even just video games for that matter, are true gamers, I find absurd.

Directly relating to video games, however, my statement still stands. A true video gamer should be open to all genres, have a list of favorites from each recognised genre of video gaming (shooter, RTS, RPG, racing, etc etc) and be able to discuss, intelligently, why certain games are good WITHOUT PERSONAL BIAS. (Ex: The Darkness is a medicore shooter at best, but is innovative in the way it presents the story to the players, which is the driving point of the game, rather than the combat.)

Fair point and good post!

On a related thread I actually stated what you did, which makes me look even more of an idiot.

I used the word, "connoisseur of video games."

But I think I still stand because I said, "thought" about playing it. Meaning that my list is missing a mountain of content, but it also holds true that if the person hasn't even bothered to look at even one of the less popular ones up there, the person is not someone you would call a gamer.

 

[DasAShinyGolash]

I personally hate when people say that and they completely ignore that fact that people have different tastes and preferences. I have never seen the God Father, nor other "classics" like Citizen Kane. Yet I do consider myself a fan of movies. I see about half or more of the movies that come out, I hunt down older movies that I haven't seen, and I go to movie marathon events. Yet as soon as I tell people I haven't seen the God Father they are like "OMG WTF, YOU CAN'T CALL YOURSELF A FAN OF MOVIES!!"
I don't see this pop up that much in games because there are very few games that apply to everyone and a lot of really good games are highly category specific.

well they are very important movies, and should have gotten to seeing it by now, citizen kane however, while a better movie is harder to appreciate, you need to be pretty smart to really like, which i wasnt

 

[minidevil921]

a good game

 

[Nouw]

There is no game that "qualifies" you as a gamer. Never played ANY Zelda game and I'm a gamer.

 

[dex-dex]

i usually get that with movies but not so much games since most people don't believe me that i play games.

i have no interest in star wars or lord of the rings and people say that i have not lived until i see those movies.

soo they want me to "live" by sitting in a room for two days watching these movies no sorry i have a life. i have to go to classes

 

[Indecizion]

it angers me greatly >:{

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

"If you don't play on the 360 you are not a gamer"

Hearing that would be followed by something less than pleasant.

 

[Fenolio]

I have one thing no-one can refute.

If you didn't celebrate winter-een-mas you aren't a gamer. *Nod*
http://www.wintereenmas.com/

 

[ModReap]

Answer: Pick one of your favorite games that they don't own and say "If you haven't played this you aren't a gamer."

As for your question...

I really hate to debase myself by doing this but I feel it displays my emotions on the dot.

elieteism: LOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[S.R.S.]

Insightful to say the least.