Poll: Do you fit the gamer stereotype?

[SpAc3man]

nope. Im thin but still in the healthy BMI range, reasonably fit, I have an active social life involving girls and parties, a girlfriend (the good looking variety) of (at the time of writing) 4 days shy of 1 year, I have a semi-decent job as a kitchen hand at the local pub, Im not depressed and I do pretty well at school. Yes i do consider myself as a nerd, I do calculus at school, I built my own PC and various other things that warrant being a nerd.

No I dont do any sports regularly although i occasionally ski and mountain bike in my spare time for fun

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that dont

 

[Xaositect]

Im not fat, Im average build, totally unremarkable. Im not lonely, but Im a self admitted anti-social misanthrope and hugely enjoy and visciously defend my isolation. Im certainly not depressed because people who think you "need" lots of human contact are people normally unable to satisfy and stimulate themselves mentally through their own imagination or channelling other peoples (through film, books or video games).

People, particularly in large numbers piss me off. "Fitting the stereotype" of a gamer so to speak doesnt bother me at all. I have my own take of what makes life worth living, and the primary focus of it is to not let other fucking people tell you whats "worthwhile", because from an individuals perspective, anything can be worthless.

 

[SpAc3man]

My general group of friends has several girls that play Guitar Hero very well, One of them can do all of the songs from world tour on expert, I can barely play any of them, im not a bad singer though

 

[Joa_Belgium]

My best friend has had only one relation up until now in his life, as far as I know. And he's 21 years old, doesn't play any games and is in great shape. So the fact if you are fat, don't eat properly or do/do not have a girlfriend is so irrelevant.

I sleep well, I try to balance my nutrition, I'm not fat and I exercise often. And yes, I play games.

Stereotypes are often shaped by taking the worst cases out of a certain population and generalizing them.

 

[Contun]

Loser? Kinda. Fat and Depressed? No.

 

[VanityGirl]

Erm, kind of?
I'm not fat, very cute... but I'm a total nerd and will not hesistate to let you know what I think of this or that game and so forth.

 

[Yegargeburble]

Let's see...fat, no, but a bit overweight, yes.
Depressed, nope. I am actually a pretty happy person now.
Loser is a relative term, so I'll go with no. If it applies to social lives, I have none, but I really do not like being around people in the first place, so I am cool with that.

 

[Jedoro]

Don't fit it at all. I enjoy life, have friends, and go out every now and then. I'm pretty skinny, too, so that's nice.

 

[Takoto]

Not really, I'm not overweight, nor am I depressed... and I have a boyfriend so yeah...
I just don't have a very active social life outside of seeing my best friend and my boyfriend, then again, I don't have many friends to see anyways.

 

[Venatio]

That stereotype only applies on WoW-players.

Agreed.

A "Kind Of" for me, not totally into games enough to get me past 12:00 at night but still into games enough to tell you what ODST means and what exactly went down in the Fallout world before the bombs dropped.

 

[Xorghul]

That stereotype only applies on WoW-players.

No it doesnt, because the only people who get addicted are the ones who cant control themselfs.

If a person has real hobbies and friends, he/she does not become addicted to WoW, only for the first few days, where the feeling is "OMG this is awesome".

Lots of people who play WoW, have perfectly normal lives.

I know.

 

[Insomniaku]

I'm fit, stylish, have friends and a girlfriend... but gaming is probably in my top five things to do, eating is as well... I should consider myself lucky I'm not massive and single after those 21d 09h 56m of CoD4 xD

 

[UberMore]

Nah, I'm thin, good-looking and socially competent.

Damn you! I poke my acne-ridden head into the light from my Bacon-Cave and see you! Standing there, glistening while knifing me in 2142!!!
Snarrr, snarrr!!!!! You, and your friends!!!
*retreats into cave*

I'm a little on the "weighty" side, n I get sad sometimes, but atleast I "Winter-well" and appreciate happiness more!!!

No, I do not fit the Stereotype, merely conform to it so I am excepted by all ranges of people.

 

[Blanks]

Can't say I'm fat, but I'm definitely not depressed,dunno about loser

games are an art, all i can say

 

[cobra_ky]

Inspired by a 'study' that gamers were fat, depressed losers.
er.....this threads all about the poll really, so......discuss if you want

Edit: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.131735?page=1
There is the thread about it

why can't you just let it die? no one on this site understands how science works.