Why do gamers (people on this website) generally dislike sports?
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I love mass generalisations.
I love the way they hiss as thousands of pins are thrust into their balloon-like structure.
Oh and I also love sports.
I love the way they hiss as thousands of pins are thrust into their balloon-like structure.
Oh and I also love sports.
I don't dislike sports, I'm just not that big on most of them. I like watching basketball and rugby, though.
It's just that I invest a lot of my time in equally pointless things like video games, music and movies. I enjoy watching some sports, but I don't loose hair over where my team is in the table or anything like that because I don't really care about it and I don't have a team.
I do hate one sport though. Football. And I have good reason to, because in Glasgow, football is used as an excuse to start fights over idiotic religious quabbles.
Basically, if you didn't know already, there are some parts of Scotland - in particular around Glasgow - where if you wear a blue or green t-shirt or jacket, you are going to get your head kicked in, should the wrong people come across you.
I've always associated football with that whole sectarian world. It's a problem that doesn't get any better, and it's one that I don't want to be a part of. But since I'm Glaswegean, I'm involved and exposed to it whether I like it or not.
It's just that I invest a lot of my time in equally pointless things like video games, music and movies. I enjoy watching some sports, but I don't loose hair over where my team is in the table or anything like that because I don't really care about it and I don't have a team.
I do hate one sport though. Football. And I have good reason to, because in Glasgow, football is used as an excuse to start fights over idiotic religious quabbles.
Basically, if you didn't know already, there are some parts of Scotland - in particular around Glasgow - where if you wear a blue or green t-shirt or jacket, you are going to get your head kicked in, should the wrong people come across you.
I've always associated football with that whole sectarian world. It's a problem that doesn't get any better, and it's one that I don't want to be a part of. But since I'm Glaswegean, I'm involved and exposed to it whether I like it or not.
Sports games are usually overly simple too. Baseball games revolve around throwing the ball to the right base or just hitting the swing button at the right time. Football is just a tug of war game to get the ball to the end of the field, and basketball is just about finding the right time and place to push the throw button. All could pass as minigames if placed in another game.
Admittedly, I don't really like sports, but it's from a mixture of lack of talent and physical ability. If I had that, it wouldn't be so bad to play sports. There is a lot more fun in aiming your bat and glove to intercept a ball in Baseball and measuring the right amount of force to put on the ball when throwing in basketball than just pushing buttons on a controller.
Admittedly, I don't really like sports, but it's from a mixture of lack of talent and physical ability. If I had that, it wouldn't be so bad to play sports. There is a lot more fun in aiming your bat and glove to intercept a ball in Baseball and measuring the right amount of force to put on the ball when throwing in basketball than just pushing buttons on a controller.
Erm I'm a gamer, I love sports, come to think of it I've been called a jock couple of times, but if I am, then I am most certainly one of the geekiest jocks you'll find, that being said, maybe it's because of memories of the stereotypical jock tormenting them? This is only in some cases not all of course.
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I don't find physical activity that much fun. I get more enjoyment from games and it requires much less from me. Also, most sports people I know are jerks.
I don't hate them, they are just boring to watch on the television and always I ended playing with unsportsmanlike big shots.
Except for wrestling that I like because of the non team based aspect to it.
Sure I'll play if anyone offers but I don't sign myself up for any sport.
As for gamers in general?
Some folks don't like sports, these may or may not be active people, gamers have a small tendency to be non active
Except for wrestling that I like because of the non team based aspect to it.
Sure I'll play if anyone offers but I don't sign myself up for any sport.
As for gamers in general?
Some folks don't like sports, these may or may not be active people, gamers have a small tendency to be non active
I find most sports boring. Not really sure why. I like hockey but you could say that is just because I am Canadian. I also enjoy certain select individual sports that I cannot name here because in the last 60 hours I have slept 6.
I wouldn't say gamers "In General", but of course I see myself as more of a Ice Hockey/Football (the proper kind, not Handegg) fan than a gamer. I certainly know more about what's going on in the NHL or SPL (That's the "Scottish Premier League" for those of you outside of Scotland) than I do the Games Industry. On Wednesday for example, I was playing ME2 while watching Hearts v Celtic at the same time. It didn't go well, but there you go.
But to answer the actuall question, it might have something to do with people growing up more with video games rather than sports.
There does however seem to be a general hate about Sports Games on here rather than actuall sports.
But to answer the actuall question, it might have something to do with people growing up more with video games rather than sports.
There does however seem to be a general hate about Sports Games on here rather than actuall sports.
Others might say it is the physical aspect of sports but they are wrong, a great number of gamers are and do have active lifestyles. Most of the rest of us can't be bothered either way, we won't actively hate sports even if we don't partake in them personally. I myself can cite the rules and regulations of dozens of games, even some I should have no right knowing (Aztec head through a hoop game anyone?) Doesn't mean I love these games and am a fanatic, hell I have a sentiment lifestyle that should, hopefully, be supplemented with a nice behind the desk tech job.
No... what it is is a conflict of personalities that has quite a long history.
Many gamers, for example, know for a fact one can have 'elite skills,' garner respect and even become rich and popular through gaming. Ok, ok... maybe not really rich but some of our members out there have made a life for themselves through nothing but computer games. In any case the core is still strong, the fact that we gamers hone our skills to equal if not better highs then any sport star out there.
But... we are not recognised for it by the 'other side' and that leads to frustration.
But it isn't all the 'jocks' fault either. The reverse is equally true! Even those of us gamers who have followed a sport at one time or another we don't really give two hoots about the people involved. We couldn't give two damns about which team is the best and would have to really wrack our brains, on average, to just give a name of a sport star let alone a good one!
Because of this there is a divide between us and it isn't going to close any time soon, neither side is going to spend the time it would take to learn the ins and outs of each others hobbies. Frankly... I don't really want to even try. Knowing how games are played is good enough for me, I don't want to have to memorise star players and team names too.
No... what it is is a conflict of personalities that has quite a long history.
Many gamers, for example, know for a fact one can have 'elite skills,' garner respect and even become rich and popular through gaming. Ok, ok... maybe not really rich but some of our members out there have made a life for themselves through nothing but computer games. In any case the core is still strong, the fact that we gamers hone our skills to equal if not better highs then any sport star out there.
But... we are not recognised for it by the 'other side' and that leads to frustration.
But it isn't all the 'jocks' fault either. The reverse is equally true! Even those of us gamers who have followed a sport at one time or another we don't really give two hoots about the people involved. We couldn't give two damns about which team is the best and would have to really wrack our brains, on average, to just give a name of a sport star let alone a good one!
Because of this there is a divide between us and it isn't going to close any time soon, neither side is going to spend the time it would take to learn the ins and outs of each others hobbies. Frankly... I don't really want to even try. Knowing how games are played is good enough for me, I don't want to have to memorise star players and team names too.
I actually enjoy sports and games almost equally. Mass Effect 2 may have tipped my favor more towards gaming, but it's still about even.
Sports are a physical game, yes, and I can understand why some people enjoy running around in circles, tossing small objects about, and rubbing up against strange sweaty men, but I do NOT enjoy them (well, except the last one, but only in very specific circumstances).Poomanchu745 said:
Following this, I don't understand the appeal of WATCHING sports, which is really what people mean when they say they like sports. The only way I can reconcile this is if you are just stupid. I'm sorry, I just don't see any other way to enjoy watching a bunch of otherwise useless fucks run around playing a game. You must be stupid.
Then we have VIDEOGAMES based on sports. ...WHAT?S I'm playing a game that lets me pretend I'm playing a game? Why don't I just... go play the real game? And if you don't have people to play WITH, well... I don't know, chase some cars. You are clearly the sort of person who finds mindless charging about fun, as long as you attach some idiotic goal to it.
Okay, ready for something not soggy with contempt? Sports as the public enjoy them (watching and playing the games) are celebrating the achievements of OTHERS. Almost all of gaming culture revolves around a sense of "fuck you, look how much better I am"
And now I go displace my misanthropic rage born of pizza deliveries into MGO
I live in Nebraska. Other than video games, Nebraska football (American) is my life. The entire state thrives around it. I played football in high school. I also freaking love hockey.
I'm one of the hybrid jock/nerds. I have shortened my title to the first and last letter of "jock" and the middle letters of "nerd" to make "jerk".
I am a jerk.
I'm one of the hybrid jock/nerds. I have shortened my title to the first and last letter of "jock" and the middle letters of "nerd" to make "jerk".
I am a jerk.
Look at what serious gaming entails:
Lots of time spent sitting in a chair wearing out your thumbs and fingers on joysticks and buttons, and generally not exercising.
Look at what sports entail:
Running around lots (must be physically fit!), tackling, pain, hitting a ball with a stick.
Lots of time spent sitting in a chair wearing out your thumbs and fingers on joysticks and buttons, and generally not exercising.
Look at what sports entail:
Running around lots (must be physically fit!), tackling, pain, hitting a ball with a stick.