View Full Version : Do you consider yourself a "gamer"?
darthbudge
05-16-2009, 06:36 PM
Yeah, because I play games.
But I am not one of those gamers, that people think of when they hear that word. (See: 90% of the GGT)
Moxio
05-16-2009, 06:41 PM
I don't really play games often, so I'd lean towards no. I'd definitely never attend any gaming convention or go to any gaming tournaments, either.
Lord_Kefka
05-16-2009, 06:52 PM
Yes. Cut my teeth on the Atari 2600 and never looked back. Was absolutely blown away by Nintendo when I was a young child and it became a cultural obsession. I had Nintendo bedsheets back then and swallowed my pride as an early 20-something and walked into a Hot Topic in order to buy a "1up" t-shirt.
Sadly, the responsibilities of life have reduced my gaming free time. I cannot spend entire nights playing like the teens and college kids of today, much like I used to do with a SNES or the N64/Playstation. Because I cannot dominate Halo, does that suddenly make me not a gamer? I still love the industry. I check multiple gaming sites a day for news, own more games than I can probably play, and love to read about all the cool history and developments.
If you answer yes to this, you should read "The Ultimate History of Video Games" by Steven L. Kent. Awesome book if you are truly interested in the industry.
Raconteur
05-16-2009, 07:23 PM
I love games, and play them, so whynot?
Tha Xecutioner
05-16-2009, 07:36 PM
Hell no.
Liquid 2
05-16-2009, 07:43 PM
Formerly. My interests have moved on, largely, but I still play games.
lokizz
05-16-2009, 09:34 PM
yep. been into games since i was 3. played spiderman at the arcade and ive been hooked since.i remember that point in time where it wasnt cool to play games and now ( due to the wii) everyone and their grandmothers is playing games. im not a fanboy though if a game is good and fun ill play it regardless of system.
SL4IN
05-16-2009, 09:53 PM
Buzz words are silly. Just play games if you like to play games and vice versa.
bvharris
05-16-2009, 10:42 PM
I'm not sure what the connotation you're getting at is, but I suppose since I play games and would consider that my primary (but not only) hobby, that I am a "gamer".
DarkNessBear
05-17-2009, 01:53 AM
If you are registered on Cheapassgamer then yes, you are a gamer. Don't deny it.
Moxio
05-17-2009, 01:59 AM
If you are registered on Cheapassgamer then yes, you are a gamer. Don't deny it.
Even if you play less than one hour of games a week? Remember, this is "gamer", not just gamer.
dtcarson
05-17-2009, 02:07 AM
The next question:
If you do call yourself a 'gamer', do you use that term to refer to yourself in places other than the company of other gamers? Say, at work or at the bar or in class.
Mr. Anderson
05-17-2009, 02:09 AM
Of course I'm a gamer.
For better or worse, I've been playing video games since I was old enough to remember. I have fond memories of moments and spans throughout my life of playing all kinds of games, and meeting and connecting with other people through video games.
The term "gamer" is very broad, but I would think that anyone who is a member of Cheap Ass Gamer would at least consider themselves one. :lol:
DarkNessBear
05-17-2009, 02:17 AM
Even if you play less than one hour of games a week? Remember, this is "gamer", not just gamer.
Yes. Sorry.
Lord_Kefka
05-17-2009, 03:40 AM
Even if you play less than one hour of games a week? Remember, this is "gamer", not just gamer.
LOL, what? You compared the exact same word. This is the internet, there is no such thing as inflection or tone with text on a screen. God, I hate the internet for that fact alone.
The next question:
If you do call yourself a 'gamer', do you use that term to refer to yourself in places other than the company of other gamers? Say, at work or at the bar or in class.
Yes. If you are a gamer, why would you be hide that fact? I routinely use the work geek to describe myself. People use these terms in a derogatory manner or in a shameful way. What's wrong with videogames?
Jimbo Slice
05-17-2009, 04:53 AM
What's wrong with videogames?
they're for geeks
kimbaka
05-17-2009, 05:11 AM
Well I play games every day, so I guess I'm a gamer. When I get close to beating a game, I have to buy a new game in preparation for having something to play after beating the one I'm working on.
I play games, I search for deals on games, I work , I eat, I sleep and repeat.
I consider myself a gamer there's nothing wrong with liking things. Some people are afraid to admit they like games in order to seem cool and not nerdy. I guess drowning your face doing a keg stand is a REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT. I like games but also alot of other things as well.
Maklershed
05-17-2009, 09:19 AM
I would say no because I don't smell like French Onion soup.
help1
05-17-2009, 09:56 AM
No. The term gamer has a ton of connotations to it, that really don't fit me. For example, a gamer would play a wide array of games, meanwhile I have pretty much been playing Halo 3, with a couple of blockbuster games thrown into the mix, for the last 2 years. Also, gamers are thought to play video games all day, while I only play halo occasionally, usually on fridays and saturdays. I guess the best way to describe me is a little more into video games than your average madden-loving casual gamer, and a lot less into video games than hardcore gamers. For example, I don't play the single player portions of games, unless its GTA or Bioshock. A real gamer would think of that as being blasphemous, but I couldn't care less if games came with singleplayer or not.
And then you have the idea that gamers are losers who have bad hygiene and are socially awkward. I don't fit into any of those categories. Like Moxio said, I'd never attend a gaming convention (unless E3 was somehow in NY and I got tickets for cheap) or a gaming tournament. With the same token, I never felt the need to go to a midnight launch for a game either.
ninja dog
05-17-2009, 01:49 PM
a conflicted one, I guess. I think I've read too much internet to say I'm a game fan without providing some justification :lol:
limelight022
05-17-2009, 01:53 PM
This thread is stupid.
neocisco
05-17-2009, 02:10 PM
Anyone who plays games on a regular basis is a gamer. However, we all know the connotation of that term in regards to those who are allergic to soap and girls. In the general sense, yes, I'm a gamer.
johnnypark
05-17-2009, 02:20 PM
The same as I'm a driver because I drive a car, or a reader since I read books. I think generally when you hear the term, though, it's to address a perceived demographic that thinks it has something in common. The people who start (or care enough to join) things like gamers rights orgs and the like. I love videogames but I really don't think of it in terms of a sense of identity.
Perhaps my disdain for the term just comes from the Gamestop ads that run in every fucking store, that always start out with something like, "Hey Gamers!" and then explains to you how 'the hottest, best titles are only available at GS!'
daflubby
05-17-2009, 02:26 PM
I am a gamer. I game quite a bit, and still maintain plenty of friendships and even a relationship. I'm not gloating here, but trying to defend the stigma that being a gamer is stuck with.
I know some people get stuck in situations where they kind of have to be quiet about their gaming. A lot of people instantly brand you as nerdy, which is lame.
cochesecochese
05-17-2009, 02:39 PM
No. I only have a PS3 with a handful of games and a PC. Even then the PS3 is just stretching for NOBY 24/7 and I only play TF2 and snes games on my PC.
evildeadjedi
05-17-2009, 02:55 PM
I own 2 ps2's, psp, ds lite, wii, 360, xbox, pc, and a ps3. However I don't play them all the time. Consider myself a "gamer" but my life does consist of more than games.
DarkNessBear
05-17-2009, 03:00 PM
This is the dumbest thread, and I'm sorry those that say "No" are the dumbest people. It's like being a member of a movie forum and having a poll that says, "Do you consider yourself a movie watcher?" and people say, "No".
This aint, casual or hardcore gamer. Gamer = if you play games. If the answer is "no", get the hell off these forums - especially the general game forum.
JEKKI
05-17-2009, 03:36 PM
lol this thread is so dumb.
personally, I'm not a gamer becoz I have sex and drink alcohol and take showers and gamers are too nerdy for that shyt. I have a life, u kno what I mean??
I'm more of a player.
or as I like to say, a playa!
ninja dog
05-17-2009, 03:38 PM
lol this thread is so dumb.
personally, I'm not a gamer becoz I have sex and drink alcohol and take showers and gamers are too nerdy for that shyt. I have a life, u kno what I mean??
I'm more of a player.
or as I like to say, a playa!
you chat about Guilty Gear technique in the fighting thread and show off game relating swag here and on gaf. stop kidding yourself :lol:
JEKKI
05-17-2009, 03:42 PM
you chat about Guilty Gear technique in the fighting thread and show off game relating swag here and on gaf. stop kidding yourself :lol:wtf are u talking about?!?!
how dare you associate me with the type of person who enjoys what they do!!
gaming conventions and tournaments?!?! that shyt is so stupid... I would never be caught dead in one of those things!
I never do the things I like, I only follow what my peers and society expects from me so I can stay cool.
bros before hoes for life!!
xcopy
05-17-2009, 03:43 PM
5% gamer, 95% collector.
ninja dog
05-17-2009, 04:15 PM
wtf are u talking about?!?!
how dare you associate me with the type of person who enjoys what they do!!
gaming conventions and tournaments?!?! that shyt is so stupid... I would never be caught dead in one of those things!
I never do the things I like, I only follow what my peers and society expects from me so I can stay cool.
bros before hoes for life!!
my bad, didn't know you were joking around. I don't have time to discern such things as there are 3 supermodels clawing at my crotch as I type
DarkNessBear
05-17-2009, 04:43 PM
wtf are u talking about?!?!
how dare you associate me with the type of person who enjoys what they do!!
gaming conventions and tournaments?!?! that shyt is so stupid... I would never be caught dead in one of those things!
I never do the things I like, I only follow what my peers and society expects from me so I can stay cool.
bros before hoes for life!!
This shit is fo real. I once saw Jekki on the streets and that joka beat the shit out of me for wear'n a Crash Bandicoot Tee. Afterwards he grabbed me by my throat and said, "Dont joo ever were dat shit in this part of the hood, motha focka!" and curbed stomped me... that's all I remember.
antlp89
05-17-2009, 04:44 PM
If you are registered on Cheapassgamer then yes, you are a gamer. Don't deny it.
This.
You can't be on a website named CheapassGAMER and not be a gamer.
That's like visiting a S&M website on a regular basis and saying you aren't into sexual pain and submission.
kube00
05-17-2009, 04:48 PM
Lol!
help1
05-17-2009, 04:51 PM
Jekki is my favorite member on CAG.
LilPaintballer
05-17-2009, 05:10 PM
I spend more time buying games and browsing cag than playing games. I honestly may have to retire here, you know what i mean something is too good to pass up
Xevious
05-17-2009, 06:32 PM
I don't have a lot of time to play games anymore so the answer is mostly no.
Fragonard
05-17-2009, 08:13 PM
Yep, work on them and play them whenever I can.
javeryh
05-17-2009, 08:39 PM
I enjoy building and restoring old arcade games more than playing these newfangled contraptions.
P.S - You kids get off my lawn!!!
PR Mega X
05-17-2009, 09:38 PM
I play games, but I also shower and get laid. Apply whatever label you want.
Lord_Kefka
05-17-2009, 10:08 PM
they're for geeks
Damn you and your logic.
No. The term gamer has a ton of connotations to it, that really don't fit me.
And then you have the idea that gamers are losers who have bad hygiene and are socially awkward. I don't fit into any of those categories. Like Moxio said, I'd never attend a gaming convention (unless E3 was somehow in NY and I got tickets for cheap) or a gaming tournament. With the same token, I never felt the need to go to a midnight launch for a game either.
Ok, that's just stupid. You'd go to the MAJOR gaming convention, but you are too cool otherwise. And that inane labeling is exactly why the term "gamer" has come into discussion in this thread. And that's why replies to this thread have now centered around the real lives of the people who consider themselves gamers. Nothing like insulting the group of people you are talking to on a site called cheapassgamer.
munch
05-17-2009, 10:45 PM
book?
StickyWaffles
05-17-2009, 11:25 PM
This thread is stupid.This thread is awesome. Brax is the comedic genius of CAG.
Like somethin' fierce.
mooshie78
05-18-2009, 03:19 AM
No, I just don't play much anymore. Just a couple of times a month if that these days.
Part of it's having less free time but more of it's just being more interested in spending free time on social things, movies, tv and reading. I actually found this site recently when googling for the Blu Ray deals and come across the DVD and Blu Ray deal forum here.
bardockkun
05-18-2009, 03:29 AM
I Can't stop staring at Jekki's signature. I Have no idea why... Hell this is only reason I keep looking in this thread.
KaneRobot
05-19-2009, 02:59 PM
I play games, but I also shower and get laid. Apply whatever label you want.
"Liar."
Rodimus
05-19-2009, 08:25 PM
I've been a gamer for 20 years, and I have no intention of stopping (nor do I ever want to)
hostyl1
05-19-2009, 11:20 PM
This.
You can't be on a website named CheapassGAMER and not be a gamer.
Perhaps the greatest CAG of all time, speedy1968, was not a gamer in the least. So your theory is blown out of the water.
lilboo
05-19-2009, 11:26 PM
Well I do smell like french onion soup and wash my hair with wesson oil, so, yes. I am a gamer.
schuerm26
05-19-2009, 11:57 PM
I would say no because I don't smell like French Onion soup.
This made me laugh.
I would say no I am not a gamer. Married with kids. I have time to play games but choose to do other stuff most of the time (such as yell at the kids :)). If I start playing Civilization Revolution though I get vicious if a family member talks to me.
I say Im not a gamer because I get turned off very quickly by most games. Fallout 3, Fable II and Civilization Revolution are the only games I have put much time into since Resident Evil 4 on the Gamecube. I will put time into a good baseball game if available. The Show 08 got worn out. 2k Baseball games not so much.
shadowkast
05-20-2009, 01:53 AM
Hmmmm...cold beer after work + ps3 makes me happy and calm. When Arguing with the wifey I resort to the man cave instead of the titty bar. My 3 yr. old knows not to touch daddy's shat since he was two (unless he's pretending to jam in rockband, then I get that fuzzy feeling inside)
I think that qualifies, no???
And if this applies, I always tell people "I'ma be a kid til I die" Closing in on 30, I plan to be the coolest dirty old man!!!
DarkNessBear
05-20-2009, 02:15 AM
This thread makes my head hurt. It's like a book forum having a thread, "Are you a book reader??" and 20% of them going, "No, I don't really like books." Huh?
neocisco
05-20-2009, 02:28 AM
shadowkast, that is the greatest gif I've ever seen.:rofl:
I do at least a few minutes of gaming every day so I guess that makes me a gamer. A hobby more than a passion though.
-Never4ever-
05-20-2009, 02:49 AM
I think the term gamer is too broad. Everyone here is technically a gamer, some are just more hardcore about it than others.
I used to be in the hardcore group. I owned every major System, 400+ games, read 5 mags a month, scoured 5+ sites for VG news and I even wrote reviews for a up & coming site (unpaid). But that was before I had a major mental meltdown and a sort of identity crisis.
Nowadays I want to be a hardcore gamer again, but I just don't have the time. Between a time-consuming job, trying to finish school and a wonderful girlfriend I just don't have that much free time. Not only that, but I find my free time more often than not going into other endeavors, like listening to music, watching TV / Movies with friends or just browsing Internet Forums.
This thread makes my head hurt. It's like a book forum having a thread, "Are you a book reader??" and 20% of them going, "No, I don't really like books." Huh?
Because the cool kids still feel the need to save face. Even when said face isn't visible.
DarkNessBear
05-20-2009, 02:53 AM
I think the term gamer is too broad. Everyone here is technically a gamer, some are just more hardcore about it than others.
I used to be in the hardcore group. I owned every major System, 400+ games, read 5 mags a month, scoured 5+ sites for VG news and I even wrote reviews for a up & coming site (unpaid). But that was before I had a major mental meltdown and a sort of identity crisis.
Nowadays I want to be a hardcore gamer again, but I just don't have the time. Between a time-consuming job, trying to finish school and a wonderful girlfriend I just don't have that much free time. Not only that, but I find my free time more often than not going into other endeavors, like listening to music, watching TV / Movies with friends or just browsing Internet Forums.
Because the cool kids still feel the need to save face. Even when said face isn't even visible.
100% agree. Exactly the same with me. There is something about a GF that just eliminates the "hardcore" gamer within. Bitches...
Furashu
05-20-2009, 03:10 AM
Yes because ive been playing video games when NES/SNES when I was growing up.
Now I still play games!
sorry not old enough for atari ;)
funny how all this stereotype bashing is happening, seems like some folks are insecure and defending themselves.
"Yes im a gamer, but I dont wear mario shirts or smell like onions."
All the OP asked was. ARE YOU A GAMER? aka do you play games and like them?
My girlfriend has a better collection of stuff than I do. :-/
Furashu
05-20-2009, 04:03 AM
My girlfriend has a better collection of stuff than I do. :-/
be glad they arent shoes!
VipFREAK
05-20-2009, 04:31 AM
Not really.
mooshie78
05-21-2009, 02:44 PM
This thread makes my head hurt. It's like a book forum having a thread, "Are you a book reader??" and 20% of them going, "No, I don't really like books." Huh?
I think people are reading "gamer" as "hardcore gamer."
For your book example the equivalent would be asking "Are you a book worm?"
I play games maybe 2 or 3 times a month for 1-3 hours a session, so I don't label myself a gamer/hardcore gamer. I don't think I play enough to warrant the label, and if my 360 died I'm not sure I'd bother replacing it vs. just trashing it and selling the games. Like others I've just gotten busier the older I get, and when I do have free time it's going to the girlfriend, TV, movies, sports, social outings etc. vs. sitting on the couch and playing games.
But I have no negative opinion of games or gamers, just not the time for/interest in games to deserve to call myself a gamer. And I'd agree that the stereotypes and people implying they're too cool to be a gamer is pretty damn lame.
Similarly, I have a Kindle and post on a couple ebook forums, but I wouldn't call myself a bookworm since I just read for 30-60 minutes at night before sleeping a few nights a week and I'm lucky to get through more than 1-2 books a month. So I don't think I deserve the bookworm/avid reader label when others on those forums are reading several books a week.
As for why I'm here when I'm not much of a gamer these days, as I said above I found the site recently when searching for Blu Ray deals and coming across the DVD/BR deal forum, and have stuck around a bit for that and the Off Topic forum and occasionally check the game forums to see if there's anything that catches my eye coming out.
Mojimbo
05-21-2009, 04:35 PM
Nope.
guinaevere
05-21-2009, 04:44 PM
Do you consider yourself a provocateur, My Boy? Why or why not?
manthing
05-21-2009, 04:50 PM
No.
And that bear with Assburger's needs to calm down.
This thread is awesome. Brax is the comedic genius of CAG.
Like somethin' fierce.
This is true.
This thread makes my head hurt. It's like a book forum having a thread, "Are you a book reader??" and 20% of them going, "No, I don't really like books." Huh?
...
You might want to take the temperature down on those sizzling ass burgers, DarkNessBear.
I posed the question to see what others consider a "gamer".
Me - I play games... lots of 'em. But I don't consider myself a gamer. It's just something I do - not what I do.
Some people have different viewpoints on what it is to be a gamer - deal with it.
100% agree. Exactly the same with me. There is something about a GF that just eliminates the "hardcore" gamer within. Bitches...
But then you marry that GF, and after a many years together you end up becoming a "hardcore" gamer again. Because you are not getting any more "bitches" to worry about impressing.
But to answer the question, I don't know if I would call myself a gamer. But others could call me one.;)
niceguyshawne
05-23-2009, 02:24 AM
Yes, I am a gamer. I have been gaming since the Pong days and, while my hobby doesn't get in the way of my real life, I do enjoy playing and collecting different games and systems.
-Never4ever-
05-23-2009, 03:40 AM
This is true.
...
You might want to take the temperature down on those sizzling ass burgers, DarkNessBear.
I posed the question to see what others consider a "gamer".
Me - I play games... lots of 'em. But I don't consider myself a gamer. It's just something I do - not what I do.
Some people have different viewpoints on what it is to be a gamer - deal with it.
Sounds like a gamer in denial. Image is everything to some people I suppose . . .
I drive my car to work, but I'm not a driver.
Besides, the word "gamer" really, really sucks. I prefer "video game player".
Oh, and lol @ everyone who is getting defensive, for whatever reason.
munch
05-23-2009, 08:34 AM
I'm a hardcore gamer. Real hard. Core. Hardcore. America.
Halo05
05-23-2009, 11:51 AM
Fuck no, I hate that word. I'm someone who spends most of his spare time playing videogames. I don't need a fucking title to justify my hobby.
-Never4ever-
05-23-2009, 01:10 PM
I drive my car to work, but I'm not a driver.
Besides, the word "gamer" really, really sucks. I prefer "video game player".
Oh, and lol @ everyone who is getting defensive, for whatever reason.
Good point, video game player does have a less derogatory ring to it.
I'd still say you're a driver, just not a hardcore driver :-p
zewone
05-23-2009, 01:35 PM
Ass burgers all day.
DarkNessBear
05-23-2009, 05:20 PM
I drive my car to work, but I'm not a driver.
Yes, yes you are.
driv⋅er
1. a person or thing that drives.
Yes, yes you are.
driv⋅er
1. a person or thing that drives.
Hey. I can do that, too.
Check it:
"... children with Asperger's are very literal and have a difficult time with abstract thought."
Mr. Anderson
05-23-2009, 05:36 PM
Hey. I can do that, too.
Check it:
"... children with Asperger's are very literal and have a difficult time with abstract thought."
:rofl:
Sweet lord I actually busted out laughing at work when I read this.
DarthPuma
05-24-2009, 01:53 AM
I play video games.
lilboo
05-24-2009, 02:08 AM
This is still going on? Was funny for about.. a minute.
Yeah this thread got really sad. Why so many people on a game forum that dont play games?
Some reason people are linking Gamer with wizard or ultra nerd. Its just a simple classification of someone who plays games. Do you own a console or PC and do you play games on it... seems simple enough. Its not a bad thing, no one is going to beat you up and steal your lunch money guys...
Halo05
05-24-2009, 10:31 AM
My issue with it is that it didn't used to exist. Way back in the day, when you met a new kid at school or something, you'd ask "do you play videogames?" and conversation about NES games would ensue.
The term 'gamer' sounds artificial. Like Gamestop came up with it to connect with the kids or some shit. It's the 'poochy' of the videogame world.
I'll never deny the fact that I collect and play videogames and I'm not worried about being beaten up for it. However, at 29 years of age, I'm certainly not a fucking "gamer".
mooshie78
05-24-2009, 02:40 PM
I'll never deny the fact that I collect and play videogames and I'm not worried about being beaten up for it. However, at 29 years of age, I'm certainly not a fucking "gamer".
Yeah, at 30, I'm with you there Halo05.
I'm not ashamed of playing games, had a blast playing Left 4 Dead for a couple hours with my friend last night.
But I don't see a need to call myself a gamer, both because it's silly and if the label had some meaning (good or bad) I probably don't deserve when I'm lucky to game 5-10 hours a month.
Yeah this thread got really sad. Why so many people on a game forum that dont play games?
I don't think there are any here who don't play games at all. There are just different levels of interest in games. Many/most have games as there main hobby. Others play games, but not a whole lot and have other hobbies they spend more time on.
Games used to be a bigger interest for me, but as I've gotten older I've both had my time for hobbies shrink and gotten less into games and more into social things, movies, books, music etc. But I still enjoy games and try to find at least one evening every week or two to play.
But again, I wouldn't call myself a gamer. Nothing to do with the stupid gamer=nerd stereotype. I just don't think I deserve any such label when I play so little compared to most people on sites like these. They are the true gamers, I'm just a guy who casually likes to play a game every now and then.
dtcarson
05-24-2009, 03:07 PM
When does someone become a "football fan" instead of a "guy who watches football" (or baseball, etc.)
Movie fan? Fan of the Simpsons or another show? Or perhaps more closely related, when does someone move from "playing golf" to "being a golfer"?
I am a Gamer. I'm 36 and happily married with a son. I also love to read ("reader"), I love certain TV shows ("Simpsons fan") and movies, I love board games ("board gamer"), I love doing things with my family ("family man"). Some weeks I play for twenty hours, some weeks I'm lucky if I get 2 or 3 hours.
But just like gamer != nerd/loser/whatever, nongamer !=newbie/dilettante/etc.
All that said, my interest in gaming does wax and wane...the last game I really got into and had a burning desire to play was Fallout 3, right now i'm sort of floating..."Eh, what do I want to play today...nothing's jumping out...."
I don't consider myself a "hardcore" gamer, for a couple reasons. Most "hardcore" gamers I know try to complete everything in a game, or are extreme fans of one or two games or consoles, or can't/don't acknowledge that the things they don't like can be good, or try to build up this "we were here first/we're better than you" elitism, and I'm not into any of those. Those are my perceptions of 'hardcore gamers'.
I've never been to a convention or a gaming contest or a midnight launch, although I have gotten games on release day.
Raconteur
05-24-2009, 04:02 PM
Everything/everyone has to be a "label" these days, or you don't exist... :roll:
Liquid 2
05-24-2009, 04:10 PM
Everything has to be a label anymore you don't exist...:roll:
Read that aloud to yourself.
Raconteur
05-24-2009, 04:36 PM
Read that aloud to yourself.
You mean, out loud? :roll:
That's what happens when you juggle posting and playing a game I guess.
Bioshocked360
05-24-2009, 04:46 PM
...
Whoosh....
Mojimbo
05-24-2009, 05:16 PM
When does someone become a "football fan" instead of a "guy who watches football" (or baseball, etc.)
Movie fan? Fan of the Simpsons or another show? Or perhaps more closely related, when does someone move from "playing golf" to "being a golfer"?
I am a Gamer. I'm 36 and happily married with a son. I also love to read ("reader"), I love certain TV shows ("Simpsons fan") and movies, I love board games ("board gamer"), I love doing things with my family ("family man"). Some weeks I play for twenty hours, some weeks I'm lucky if I get 2 or 3 hours.
But just like gamer != nerd/loser/whatever, nongamer !=newbie/dilettante/etc.
All that said, my interest in gaming does wax and wane...the last game I really got into and had a burning desire to play was Fallout 3, right now i'm sort of floating..."Eh, what do I want to play today...nothing's jumping out...."
I don't consider myself a "hardcore" gamer, for a couple reasons. Most "hardcore" gamers I know try to complete everything in a game, or are extreme fans of one or two games or consoles, or can't/don't acknowledge that the things they don't like can be good, or try to build up this "we were here first/we're better than you" elitism, and I'm not into any of those. Those are my perceptions of 'hardcore gamers'.
I've never been to a convention or a gaming contest or a midnight launch, although I have gotten games on release day.Would you consider yourself a "married gamer"? :)
Wolfkin
06-01-2009, 05:09 PM
Even if you play less than one hour of games a week? Remember, this is "gamer", not just gamer.i haven't played a game in 3 weeks, I haven't watched a trailer or game video in 5. haven't read an article related to gaming in 2 weeks. heck I haven't been online in 6 days (till today) and I still consider myself a gamer. Sure most of my gaming is a generation behind because it's cheaper and I'm not the most hardcore but I'm still a gamer. I'm not a bejewelled/mindsweeper/solitaire person either. I'm a gamer. If you think you need to play 2 hours a week minimum to be a gamer you're too hardcore.