It's not the complexity or deepness of games. It's not how long you've been playing games. It's not how much you spend on gaming hardware, nor how long you still play games.
It's a big fucking attitude problem.
I'll be talking to everyone who said "the masses" are the problem in the "What's holding back the industry" thread. Who the hell are you to deem who is worthy and not worthy of playing video games? Who are you to decide that new people shouldn't ever join because if they do, they won't start off with the game that takes six math problems to start up? What gives you any authority on who joins us in enjoying our medium? I thought you wanted everyone to enjoy games. I guess you wanted them to only play the games you like.
How the hell are we going to move forward as a community and as a medium if we start excluding people based on their preferences? Do you know how bad I can make you guys look with this argument? It's the same argument as "Gay people shouldn't be able to get married because they don't follow certain bible rules". That's how bad it is. Hell, if some of you guys talked about black people the way you talk about casual gamers, you'd of been banned from this forum for blatant racism 2 days after you started talking like that.
But of course, you're not talking about gay people or black people. You're talking about casual gamers, which apparently makes it ok. Except, it really really doesn't.
Also, you want innovation, right? Well, how will that happen when you don't let creative people get in to our medium? Yeah, bet you didn't think of that. Since you're excluding casual gamers from the mix, you might also be excluding people with great game ideas from even touching the medium they want to develop for.
Also, you want games to keep coming out, right? Well, how will that happen if new customers stop coming in because you decided to insult them on how casual they are? If you want big games and even some small games to keep being made, you have to let these guys in, or else games won't be profitable any more, and you'll basically see no more new titles.
To add to that, weren't you a casual gamer at one point? Or did you pop out of your mom's vagina playing a game boy?
And finally, do you want our medium recognized as a medium for everyone, where anyone can get in and enjoy it with you and you finally won't have to explain inner game workings to anyone or not? Do you want gaming to get respect or not? Well, we're not going to get respect if we keep insulting the crap out of new gamers and casual gamers. All you're accomplishing by doing that is making us look like a bunch of exclusionary morons. Do you really want to continue on with the current community of people who will insult you if you happen to like call of duty? Do you want to become that clique at high school that doesn't let anyone in because they're not "Hip" "Cool" or "Smart" enough? Do you really want to have your siblings look at you in confusion every time you mention a game because you didn't let them in in the first place? Do you want gaming to remain a small economy that's easy for right wing nutjobs to target because the parents and old people you didn't let in have no idea what video games are actually like? Do you want all of that? If not, then stop insulting casual gamers and blaming them for every industry problem.
That's what's up.
It's a big fucking attitude problem.
I'll be talking to everyone who said "the masses" are the problem in the "What's holding back the industry" thread. Who the hell are you to deem who is worthy and not worthy of playing video games? Who are you to decide that new people shouldn't ever join because if they do, they won't start off with the game that takes six math problems to start up? What gives you any authority on who joins us in enjoying our medium? I thought you wanted everyone to enjoy games. I guess you wanted them to only play the games you like.
How the hell are we going to move forward as a community and as a medium if we start excluding people based on their preferences? Do you know how bad I can make you guys look with this argument? It's the same argument as "Gay people shouldn't be able to get married because they don't follow certain bible rules". That's how bad it is. Hell, if some of you guys talked about black people the way you talk about casual gamers, you'd of been banned from this forum for blatant racism 2 days after you started talking like that.
But of course, you're not talking about gay people or black people. You're talking about casual gamers, which apparently makes it ok. Except, it really really doesn't.
Also, you want innovation, right? Well, how will that happen when you don't let creative people get in to our medium? Yeah, bet you didn't think of that. Since you're excluding casual gamers from the mix, you might also be excluding people with great game ideas from even touching the medium they want to develop for.
Also, you want games to keep coming out, right? Well, how will that happen if new customers stop coming in because you decided to insult them on how casual they are? If you want big games and even some small games to keep being made, you have to let these guys in, or else games won't be profitable any more, and you'll basically see no more new titles.
To add to that, weren't you a casual gamer at one point? Or did you pop out of your mom's vagina playing a game boy?
And finally, do you want our medium recognized as a medium for everyone, where anyone can get in and enjoy it with you and you finally won't have to explain inner game workings to anyone or not? Do you want gaming to get respect or not? Well, we're not going to get respect if we keep insulting the crap out of new gamers and casual gamers. All you're accomplishing by doing that is making us look like a bunch of exclusionary morons. Do you really want to continue on with the current community of people who will insult you if you happen to like call of duty? Do you want to become that clique at high school that doesn't let anyone in because they're not "Hip" "Cool" or "Smart" enough? Do you really want to have your siblings look at you in confusion every time you mention a game because you didn't let them in in the first place? Do you want gaming to remain a small economy that's easy for right wing nutjobs to target because the parents and old people you didn't let in have no idea what video games are actually like? Do you want all of that? If not, then stop insulting casual gamers and blaming them for every industry problem.
That's what's up.
