Of course not, I'm just here so I can get a boyfriend.Zachary Amaranth said:Does that mean you're not a real gamer girl?
(Sorry, couldn't resist. I failed a Will save)
What defines you as a gamer?
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I try to play a lot of different things, but I'd say two of my favorites are stealth games and spectacle fighters. I'm usually pretty quite and stick to the background of most situations, until the focus is on me, and I act over the top and bigger than I actually am.
So did the creator of the thread, by comically not referring to Anita because of the baggage her name entails.Imp Emissary said:
Really? Aren't you aiming a little low? >.>Colour Scientist said:Of course not, I'm just here so I can get a boyfriend.
Well according to this video,Colour Scientist said:Of course not, I'm just here so I can get a boyfriend.Zachary Amaranth said:Does that mean you're not a real gamer girl?
(Sorry, couldn't resist. I failed a Will save)
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escapist-expo/8248-The-British-Expatriate-Panel
You got a 2 out of 3 chance of finding the right guy.
Try all three times, and we may get another Yahtzee! ;D
Fair. Reference is a type of semantics.Zachary Amaranth said:
Though I still argue the situations are identifiably different.
Gamer is to Player, as Friend is to Chum.
Anita is to "She who must not be named", as Zachary Amaranth is to Mr. Scipio Africanus.
<_< Hmmm....Shouldn't have called you Scipio. It means you win.
xD But It won't bring you're father and uncle back!
Come now. Don't be so negative.Zachary Amaranth said:Really? Aren't you aiming a little low? >.>Colour Scientist said:Of course not, I'm just here so I can get a boyfriend.
All people here are MOSTLY very pleasant...........Usually. <.<
But at the end of the day, we're all still gamers.Imp Emissary said:
It's a continuation of the "fake gamer girl" joke, no worries.
If I actually hated this place, I wouldn't post here. I am motivated mostly by my own entertainment, partially by obsessions and compulsions, and a fraction by a tea kettle that knows too much. CS and I were both playing with the notion of the fake gamer girl taking advantage of gamers because reasons. I've found the rationale to be baffling, personally.
Now, you might say to yourself, "I don't consider myself a gamer." Fair enough, but we're looping back to the "semantics" argument.
You may not consider yourself a gamer, but it doesn't make much difference. When people hear you talk about video games (at least a certain kind, the kind one would play on consoles), they think of the same stereotypes, whether or not the word "gamer" pops up in their mind. Trust me, I'm a pro wrestling fan. I watched it religiously from like 1986 to 2008, and I've considered shelling out for Hulu Plus so I can watch it legally without cable these days. I've had people look at me like I was ignorant trailer trash for admitting it while reading Gore Vidal and Voltaire. Because, you know, those are definitely authors for the common man. A lot of wrestling fans on the internet try and define themselves as "smarts," from the carnie term for someone who's in on the ruse, or "smarks," a portmanteau of "smart" and "mark." It doesn't change the fact that they like wrestling and the mere mention will evoke the same responses whether they say they appreciate the "artistic combat" or they think Hulk Hogan and John Cena are unbeatable in real life.
Those negative connotations you, CS and others have talked about? They come up when you mention video games whether you use the label or not. Unless it's, like, Angry Birds or SomethingVille. And our little community has terms for them. Filthy casuals. Even if we don't use the words, we (as a group) tend to talk about those types of games with disdain. Ermagerd, something my mom would play!
Similar with the Call of Duties or Maddens. Dudebros! Which, admittedly I like saying, but mostly because it's funny rather than because I think people are actually "dudebros." One of my XBL friends is a 40 year old mom who plays shooters and so I call her a dudebro. Why? It's amusing to me.
Whatever we call ourselves, the end result is pretty much the same. We are, to the world, gamers. And a rose by any other name is just as likely to teabag your corpse and call you a ******. At least, I think that's how the Shakespeare quote goes.
But really, good points and what not.Zachary Amaranth said:But at the end of the day, we're all still gamers.Imp Emissary said:
It's a continuation of the "fake gamer girl" joke, no worries.
If I actually hated this place, I wouldn't post here. I am motivated mostly by my own entertainment, partially by obsessions and compulsions, and a fraction by a tea kettle that knows too much. CS and I were both playing with the notion of the fake gamer girl taking advantage of gamers because reasons. I've found the rationale to be baffling, personally.
Now, you might say to yourself, "I don't consider myself a gamer." Fair enough, but we're looping back to the "semantics" argument.
You may not consider yourself a gamer, but it doesn't make much difference. When people hear you talk about video games (at least a certain kind, the kind one would play on consoles), they think of the same stereotypes, whether or not the word "gamer" pops up in their mind. Trust me, I'm a pro wrestling fan. I watched it religiously from like 1986 to 2008, and I've considered shelling out for Hulu Plus so I can watch it legally without cable these days. I've had people look at me like I was ignorant trailer trash for admitting it while reading Gore Vidal and Voltaire. Because, you know, those are definitely authors for the common man. A lot of wrestling fans on the internet try and define themselves as "smarts," from the carnie term for someone who's in on the ruse, or "smarks," a portmanteau of "smart" and "mark." It doesn't change the fact that they like wrestling and the mere mention will evoke the same responses whether they say they appreciate the "artistic combat" or they think Hulk Hogan and John Cena are unbeatable in real life.
Those negative connotations you, CS and others have talked about? They come up when you mention video games whether you use the label or not. Unless it's, like, Angry Birds or SomethingVille. And our little community has terms for them. Filthy casuals. Even if we don't use the words, we (as a group) tend to talk about those types of games with disdain. Ermagerd, something my mom would play!
Similar with the Call of Duties or Maddens. Dudebros! Which, admittedly I like saying, but mostly because it's funny rather than because I think people are actually "dudebros." One of my XBL friends is a 40 year old mom who plays shooters and so I call her a dudebro. Why? It's amusing to me.
Whatever we call ourselves, the end result is pretty much the same. We are, to the world, gamers. And a rose by any other name is just as likely to teabag your corpse and call you a ******. At least, I think that's how the Shakespeare quote goes.
Don't worry, I know you and C.S. were joking around. xD You didn't think my comment to her before my comment to you was serious? <.< Did you?
0-0 Hope she didn't...
And what's wrong with pro wrestling? It's just like ballet, but with people hitting each other. <.< A lot.
All these labels, and what not.
Stressed by the trolls.
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Huh, I play these new-fangled "video games" all the youngins are spending their time on, I guess that makes me a "gamer" then.
Huh, I play these new-fangled "video games" all the youngins are spending their time on, I guess that makes me a "gamer" then.
I don't even call myself a gamer.
Playing games doesn't define me as a person. I simply say I play games.
If I did have to describe myself though, it would be Gaming Enthusiast.
Playing games doesn't define me as a person. I simply say I play games.
If I did have to describe myself though, it would be Gaming Enthusiast.
Makes me wonder, are games different because its easier to get wrapped up in them like a sort of all encompassing media?
For example, watching a film, 2 hours or so done. Playing Borderlands 2: 66 hours or so and you may not have beaten the game but you experienced at least ten action films or at least one every play through.
For example, watching a film, 2 hours or so done. Playing Borderlands 2: 66 hours or so and you may not have beaten the game but you experienced at least ten action films or at least one every play through.