Nice to meet you, i'm a gamer

[Linksworld12]

if you have just meet someone for the first time, how long would it be till you told them you were into games. Have you ever been worried that telling someone you game? with me, if the person seems alright, i might just mention something about a game i play, just to see how they would react. its not just me, there are people that i've known for years and its only now that i realise that they game, what about you?

 

[sephiroth1991]

It just comes up in discussion. I don't stare at them with my eyes wide open and say "I like games"

 

[Hippobatman]

I'm a normal guy with normal friends, so I have no trouble talking about games to people who share that interest.

When it first pops up I have no particular reason not to tell them my interests:

"So, yeah, I'm into football, music, gaming, etc. What about you?"

 

[SwimmingRock]

Whenever it just casually comes up. If somebody asks what I do in my free time, gaming will be mentioned somewhere in the long list of hobbies and interests. I won't go out of my way to tell people I'm a gamer, though. It just doesn't seem that important. Interestingly, all of my friends are gamers too even though I didn't know that when I met any of them.

 

[The King And His Fool]

Only my close family and gamer-friends know that I game (a lot).
Other non-gamer friends, people at work and people in general, don't.
Actually, it's the same with all my hobbies and what sort of music I listen to.
I'd like to say I do this because it is my thing and none of their business, but in all honesty, I think I do it because 'they' might start thinking differently about me or disapprove. Yes, i'm insecure like that.

 

[Stranger of Sorts]

There shouldn't be any reason to mention it. I mean come on it's not like it's that important. In fact I rarely tell people as I feel it just gets in the way of friendship if they think you are 'a gamer'.

 

[ffs-dontcare]

It doesn't come up unless he asks about it. It's not something I'm ashamed about. I'm not about to go out of my way to mention it. That would be silly.

Essentially, what SwimmingRock above me said.

 

[S.R.S.]

Pretty much everyone that knows me (in real life) knows that I game excessively. One night rentals I can easily finish off.
If the topic of gaming comes up during conversation then I definitely roll with it it. Why not?

 

[Steampunk Viking]

I don't see why I would specifically bring it up. I have no problems playing on the "I'm a nerd" act, I use it as part of my humour, but if I meet someone first the first time, I just talk to them like a person, like a normal person. If it comes up, I'll say I like gaming and if they don't like that, tough, that's me.

Having said that, why would people be that put off gamers?

 

[The King And His Fool]

Having said that, why would people be that put off gamers?

I'm a gamer and even I am put off by gamers!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Nope, don't give a shit. If they don't like it they can go suck a fart from my ass.

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

I won't deny it, but neither will I bring it up in conversation unless it's relevant - which is hardly ever the case.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

My entire circle of friends are gamers, but we're not what would be dubbed "The Nerds". You know, the kind of people who get ridiculed for playing Warhammer. We're kinda inbetween everyone, bound together by our common interest.

Like Demented Teddy, I wouldn't tell anyone unless they first said they liked gaming. It was how I met my best friend.