What do so few gay gamers play FPS games?
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I'm gay and like fps games, but about 90% of the community would rage at me for saying that. That is why I always stay in a chat/party when I play, so that I don't have to hear them and instead hear my friends who are all reasonable people. But I do not blame other people for avoiding fps games, even my straight friends are offended by those types of people.
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Maybe the people the OP found in these forums aren't judgemental about FPS games because they're gay. Maybe they're judgemental about FPS games because seriously, so many people on the internet are judgemental about FPS games.
See someone bring up Call of Duty on YouTube. So many elitists.
So maybe the communities you found are just the people who hate FPS games because it's cool to? Just a thought.
See someone bring up Call of Duty on YouTube. So many elitists.
So maybe the communities you found are just the people who hate FPS games because it's cool to? Just a thought.
Basically this is the reason. Shooter audience simply does not allow for enjoymen in gaming. ANd thier singleplayers are too short, so people often mvoe to other genres just to avoid the "xbox kids" communities.Ando85 said:
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I have to say in my case this isn't really true, I'm bi/pansexual, and I know a lot of other people that would fall under LGBT that play a lot of fps's.
I think there are a lot of queer people out there but they just don't feel the need to advertise their sexuality and go "HEY LOOK AT ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME", at most if people bring it up I tell them I'm pansexual/bi so it's easier for them to understand, I've been told "I knew you were SOMETHING" to which I replyed "Isn't straight something?" and they came back with "Something NOT straight", but those conversations don't usually take place ever and if at all it's after a while of knowing the person I'm talking to.
It's like this: Do you see a lot of people advertise that they are heterosexual? Like: "I AM SO STRAIGHT I AM THE MANLY MAN/WOMANLY WOMAN EVER I LOVE TO BANG THE OPPOSITE SEX. SEX LIFE WITH GENITALS THAT AREN'T THE SAME AS MINE IS SO GREAT".
Neither do I, so it makes sense that you wouldn't see that from the opposite camp.
I think there are a lot of queer people out there but they just don't feel the need to advertise their sexuality and go "HEY LOOK AT ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME", at most if people bring it up I tell them I'm pansexual/bi so it's easier for them to understand, I've been told "I knew you were SOMETHING" to which I replyed "Isn't straight something?" and they came back with "Something NOT straight", but those conversations don't usually take place ever and if at all it's after a while of knowing the person I'm talking to.
It's like this: Do you see a lot of people advertise that they are heterosexual? Like: "I AM SO STRAIGHT I AM THE MANLY MAN/WOMANLY WOMAN EVER I LOVE TO BANG THE OPPOSITE SEX. SEX LIFE WITH GENITALS THAT AREN'T THE SAME AS MINE IS SO GREAT".
Neither do I, so it makes sense that you wouldn't see that from the opposite camp.
Some communities of gamers (whether originally brought together by gender, nationality or sexuality) end up strongly slanted towards RPGs. Others end up strongly slanted towards shooters. The Escapist is one of the former, and it appears that the forum you joined is too. The sneering that sometimes goes on between the too communities is something I don't entirely understand, but it certainly isn't pleasant to experience.
As for whether gay men are less likely to play shooters than straight men: There is a subset of gay men who have (or take on) more effeminate traits. Women (statistics say) are more likely to play RPGs than shooters. So one might expect the same to be true of more effeminate (or "camp") gay men. But that's just speculation.
None of my gay friends are camp, and only one of them is a gamer. So I can't say much from my own experience, I'm afraid.
As for whether gay men are less likely to play shooters than straight men: There is a subset of gay men who have (or take on) more effeminate traits. Women (statistics say) are more likely to play RPGs than shooters. So one might expect the same to be true of more effeminate (or "camp") gay men. But that's just speculation.
None of my gay friends are camp, and only one of them is a gamer. So I can't say much from my own experience, I'm afraid.
You're looking for a minority within a minority within a minority. What hell would you talk about that you'd need to be careful about...
Well, the gay men I know tend to play all sorts of games, as they tend to watch all sorts of movies, which makes them compatible to us 'others, but foremost it makes them compatible to each other, which explains why they usually come in two, as couples.
All of them have met through work or some cultural event, at least that's how their stories go.
Most 'other', non-gaming gays I've met are more focused on carnal pleasures, saunas, easterf**k, with more of a hive-mind approach to virtually everything. Also, it's these folks that display a decidedly anything goes attitude, which makes them compatible to like-minded gays, but seemingly only for brief moments of interaction involving lots of friction, both of the loins as well as of the social kind. It's this group that is very, very vocal, and it's members of this group that tend to denigrate and pester members of the first mentioned group, as they seem to consider themselves spokespeople of what gays have to like and dislike. They are generally obnoxious and annoying, and they consider games stupid and non-essential, yet still celebrate any and all gay content in any available media. They all know about ME3, and they all love it, even though the large majority of them have never actually played it.
We find it easier to interact with members of the first group, as their lives are pretty adult, normal and interesting, and don't revolve exclusively around humping and drama 24/7. Also, they don't like ME3, which makes us brothers and sisters in enlightenment.
One couple has met on a, well, leathery bondage sort of event because we brought one of them with us. The bondage equivalent of a group hug ensued together with hilarity and a good time for everyone involved, the guys hooked up and have been a couple for over a decade now, with them sticking together through good and bad.
Don't give up, hang in there. Enjoy yourself and take good care of yourself. Be open and alert. Don't expect people to click with you just because you share one specific preference with them. It doesn't work like that for men, women, kids, Christians, Muslims, gamers, smokers, cooks or dog owners, so I think it's really not that tragic.
All of them have met through work or some cultural event, at least that's how their stories go.
Most 'other', non-gaming gays I've met are more focused on carnal pleasures, saunas, easterf**k, with more of a hive-mind approach to virtually everything. Also, it's these folks that display a decidedly anything goes attitude, which makes them compatible to like-minded gays, but seemingly only for brief moments of interaction involving lots of friction, both of the loins as well as of the social kind. It's this group that is very, very vocal, and it's members of this group that tend to denigrate and pester members of the first mentioned group, as they seem to consider themselves spokespeople of what gays have to like and dislike. They are generally obnoxious and annoying, and they consider games stupid and non-essential, yet still celebrate any and all gay content in any available media. They all know about ME3, and they all love it, even though the large majority of them have never actually played it.
We find it easier to interact with members of the first group, as their lives are pretty adult, normal and interesting, and don't revolve exclusively around humping and drama 24/7. Also, they don't like ME3, which makes us brothers and sisters in enlightenment.
One couple has met on a, well, leathery bondage sort of event because we brought one of them with us. The bondage equivalent of a group hug ensued together with hilarity and a good time for everyone involved, the guys hooked up and have been a couple for over a decade now, with them sticking together through good and bad.
Don't give up, hang in there. Enjoy yourself and take good care of yourself. Be open and alert. Don't expect people to click with you just because you share one specific preference with them. It doesn't work like that for men, women, kids, Christians, Muslims, gamers, smokers, cooks or dog owners, so I think it's really not that tragic.
Honestly have never met a single asshole gay person. Ever.piinyouri said:
I'm not sure why not but that probably sways my opinion on this topic.
That'd be a fun scenario:
steroetypical FPS player, 14 years old: "Are you gay or something?"
Gay Gamer: "Yep. Got a Problem with that?"
steroetypical FPS player, 14 years old: "Are you gay or something?"
Gay Gamer: "Yep. Got a Problem with that?"
Well, I can see what you're getting at, but you have to remember that all people are individual regardless of their sexuality. I know several gay people who love shooters, and others who hate them. I think that it's more a case of immaturity in the FPS genre multiplayer, keep looking though and you should be able to find a gay friendly server, just don't take what people say on the mics to heart and you should be okay
They probably don't like shooters because (in multiplayer) you have heaps of 14 year old boys who are homophobic and racist. That's my first thought.
RPGs are more story-driven and presumably for a more intelligent audience, and maybe, gay people might play them because it makes them feel more intelligent (compared to the FPS teabagger crowd, certainly).
Of course... SOME RPGs have chainmail bikinis and ZOMG DRAGUNZ, which appeal solely to horny boys and easily-impressed/fanboy types (which are pretty much the same people).
RPGs are more story-driven and presumably for a more intelligent audience, and maybe, gay people might play them because it makes them feel more intelligent (compared to the FPS teabagger crowd, certainly).
Of course... SOME RPGs have chainmail bikinis and ZOMG DRAGUNZ, which appeal solely to horny boys and easily-impressed/fanboy types (which are pretty much the same people).