Looked Downed upon as a Gamer

[Assassin Xaero]

Not sure about the ugly part, but I'm far from fat. I'm 20 and weigh 107lbs (48.6 kg for you people that use logical systems of measurement).

But meh, just ignore them...

 

[The Man With the Soap]

Im in yr12 in school this year and there are these 3 girls there really rude mean dumb and slutty. Anyway they asked me what i do on the weekends and i said 'I play video games and write about different topics on The Escapist'

They looked at me like i was a idiot and they said 'Why?' and i said because 'i enjoy doing it'

and then they say something offensive 'If you play games and are on a nerd site then why arnt you Fat and Lazy?'

then i said 'Why would you think that Gamers and People on the escapist are fat and ugly'?

they said 'Because you play Games'

CONFUSION

Anyway do you think that this is how people look at us?

because i get this reaction alot

If they are as dumb and slutty as you claim them to be, you should have responded with, "If I'm fat and lazy because I play games, then you two must have Chlamydia because you are whores, right?"

 

[Savagezion]

then they say something offensive 'If you play games and are on a nerd site then why arnt you Fat and Lazy?'

Cuz I get a hell of a workout fuckin' your mom on the weekdays.

You failed to pull out the "ur mom" jokes we gamers know all too well.

 

[ultimateownage]

Maybe you should learn to spell better and they might respect you more.

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

You don't really get that sort of people at my school, since basically every boy plays games (usually some form of CoD). The only real division is if I tell them the ungodly amount of time I've spent playing some games and if I tell them I play on PC. And even then, the ungodly amount I play only ever leads to a short mutual chuckle and the explanation that I play on PC almost entirely merely warrants confusion until I explain it to them in greater detail.

 

[Mister Benoit]

Im in yr12 in school this year and there are these 3 girls there really rude mean dumb and slutty. Anyway they asked me what i do on the weekends and i said 'I play video games and write about different topics on The Escapist'

They looked at me like i was a idiot and they said 'Why?' and i said because 'i enjoy doing it'

and then they say something offensive 'If you play games and are on a nerd site then why arnt you Fat and Lazy?'

then i said 'Why would you think that Gamers and People on the escapist are fat and ugly'?

they said 'Because you play Games'

CONFUSION

Anyway do you think that this is how people look at us?

because i get this reaction alot

Haven't they seen the commercials for "We Dare"?

On a side note, i've always had a healthy balanced dose of fitness and games in my life.

Hell I spent two years without a public transport pass and biked a minimum of 50km a day to work and back, only to get home and play 8 hours of FFXI.

 

[Riff Moonraker]

I know school can be tough, but my best advice to you is to be comfortable in what you are doing. It makes you happy, and you arent bothering anyone, so what they say shouldnt matter on tiny bit.

 

[standokan]

Why would you care what "dumb slutty" girls think about you?

 

[TerranReaper]

I find this ironic, considering how much gamers look down on each other as well (if you play WoW, you have no life, if you play CoD, you're a mindless sheep, if you play shooters, you have no taste, etc), but nonetheless, don't let them get to you.

 

[Continuity]

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Well I find this all fascinating because this stereotype just didn't exist when I was at school, gaming was cool. I guess my generation must be to blame because we were riding the first wave of popularised games, with PCs reaching a certain price point and a certain power, plus the release of the PSone and later the xbox... the stereotype didn't exist because we hand't made it yet I guess.

 

[CATB320]

haters gonna hate

I've learned not to bring up video games when I'm talking to other girls, unless I know they're gamers too. Too often has a conversation been about how Girl A and B are so bad at Call of Duty/Guitar Hero/Left 4 Dead/whatever and how they don't understand why their boyfriend(s) love it so much, while I just fidget and sit there awkwardly.

 

[Drake_Dercon]

Im in yr12 in school this year and there are these 3 girls there really rude mean dumb and slutty. Anyway they asked me what i do on the weekends and i said 'I play video games and write about different topics on The Escapist'

They looked at me like i was a idiot and they said 'Why?' and i said because 'i enjoy doing it'

and then they say something offensive 'If you play games and are on a nerd site then why arnt you Fat and Lazy?'

then i said 'Why would you think that Gamers and People on the escapist are fat and ugly'?

they said 'Because you play Games'

CONFUSION

Anyway do you think that this is how people look at us?

because i get this reaction alot

You answered your own question.

The fact is: people don't usually question themselves. They trust what they know. When you do, it's called angst because it can very easily make you confused and depressed. What people hear is what they know, so if people hear that gamers are fat, lazy and immature then that is what they believe. That is what people are told because the older generation of gamers doesn't hold much power yet. It will. Within a couple of decades, I can see this prejudice gone, but right now, that's what people think.

[rant] The mainstream media is what people see and what they know. They will go out of their way to learn about what's important and what affects them directly. Games do not affect most people directly, so they mainstream media is where (and as far as) they go. It hasn't painted a good image. The most that games ever become mentioned outside problems caused by them is on the big release days. The next CoD will be mentioned offhand, as will the next WoW release, Crysis 2, Skyrim, the probable Halo revival, and probably Duke Nukem Forever. This paints gamers as people without lives (as we aren't mentioned at any other time), or immature and possibly violent (what with game ads and the demonizing stories). There will be a change, it is visible in the distance, but we must wait for it and deal with the prejudice for the next little while. [/rant]

And yes, I tend not to mention games because everyone outside the community reacts that way.

 

[moretimethansense]

People are stupid, that about sums it up.

This.

Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to have off-spring.

To be fair education plays as much of a part as genetics, as does random chance.
I've seen complete idiots birth intelegent kids and I've seen intelegent folks birth complete fucking morons.