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Are you a REAL GAMER?
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EightBitNate
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A real human being and a real gamer
I'm a hardcore gamer. I like to follow games, and the people who make them, the studios, the fate of various publishers. I like to discuss games a lot with friends, and online.
And I play a ton of Nintendo games, so that whole picture is pretty stupid. Halo and Skyrim are pretty casual these days too. I actually skipped every Halo after the 1st one, and I skipped Skyrim as well.
I don't care for the people who hate the term "gamer." I like the term, and I think it describes an enthusiast gamer just fine. A whole lot of people are heavily invested in adding a negative stigma to the term though. That will never really phase me. I was gaming back when it was actually looked down upon in social situations and by most of society. It's nothing new.
And I play a ton of Nintendo games, so that whole picture is pretty stupid. Halo and Skyrim are pretty casual these days too. I actually skipped every Halo after the 1st one, and I skipped Skyrim as well.
I don't care for the people who hate the term "gamer." I like the term, and I think it describes an enthusiast gamer just fine. A whole lot of people are heavily invested in adding a negative stigma to the term though. That will never really phase me. I was gaming back when it was actually looked down upon in social situations and by most of society. It's nothing new.
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I'm only half a real gamer but even I know that is Big Boss, right?
thatfunkysimian
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Absolute crap. I find the term Gamer insulting. To then think you're better than someone else because they play different games to you is just weird. I mean..They have the same hobby as you. Mobile games, Nintendo games, PC and "current gen" games. They're all good baby.
Reminds me of the concept of undercore
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=473155
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=473155
Professor Lich
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I don't know about you guys, but I'm an OG.
An Original Gamer.
Topic wise, I don't know why people want to separate themselves. Gaming is a culture and like any other culture, there are a lot of different facets to it.
An Original Gamer.
Topic wise, I don't know why people want to separate themselves. Gaming is a culture and like any other culture, there are a lot of different facets to it.
StreetsAhead
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I only play quality games like Mario Cart, Flappy Fish, The Legend of Zorldo, Unearthed, and so on. So yes, I am a real gamer.
Mauricio_Magus
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This is probably someone being sarcastic or just to get reactions, I've seen a lot of these being done as jokes.
But surely you can recognise that theres a difference between someone who plays games from time to time and someone who actually follows the gaming industry, sees gaming as an art form and partakes in debates and discussions related to gaming and its future.
I mean, ok, the "REAL gamer" thing doesnt mean much, but there are defiantly people with different levels of interest in gaming culture. It just doesnt seem to fair to say that some guy whose been picking up a pad for the past 2 years every weekend is on the same level as a real "connoisseur" whose been playing for three quarters of their life & actively follows gaming news daily.
SwiftDeath
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WHY DOES IT SAY MARIO CART?
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Don't forget about Dankey Kang
Actually, the people who segmented themselves went the opposite direction. There were simply just games. All games were hardcore.
At a much later date, people added the term casual games. No one added the term "gamer" to isolate people. It actually went in the reverse direction.
Casual gamers WANTED to segment themselves, because playing games was seen as a negative. Much like people who feel like the term "gamer" is insulting, the attacks keep going in one direction only. It's people trying to attack hardcore gamers and make them feel like shit for no reason.
Why the hell not? Why can't they be the same as me?
I buy games all the time, I've beat more then I can count and I'm on Gaf multiple hours a day given my job and home life.
Outside of having more time to waste on this stuff, I'm no different then the bro/lady who picks up a pad every other weekend for the last two years.
JimmyRustler
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I'd say that everyone who keeps in check with the industry and awaits and preorders games is a "real" gamer. Everyone who picks up a game here and there to pass time isn't.
PreyingShark
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I have two simple criteria to consider somebody a "real gamer":
1) They are enthusiastic about games
2) They are open minded and are willing to try good games in genres they like. In other words, they won't pass up on a potentially good title just because the graphics are colorful or something dumb like that.
1) They are enthusiastic about games
2) They are open minded and are willing to try good games in genres they like. In other words, they won't pass up on a potentially good title just because the graphics are colorful or something dumb like that.
StreetsAhead
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Its not so bad. Its kinda similar to something like movie goers.
But sometimes the way gamer is used by the media to cast "gamers" as some specific sub population is annoying.
SomeOneInaHat
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Zeyphersan
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I'm in the opinion that these are most definitely jokes
Foolishfellow
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Gamer = video game companies using identity politics to sell products and push brands.
Getting people who play video games to self identify as "gamers" is one of the biggest and most successful marketing ploys of all time.
Getting people who play video games to self identify as "gamers" is one of the biggest and most successful marketing ploys of all time.
Leafhopper
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I hate the term "gamer" so no.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
fuckRekki-Maru
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you ain't for reals, until you got the streets of rage soundtrack bumpin in your ride.
Monty Mole
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MGS is a game? No, you're only a gamer if you played Paradroid on the Commodore 64.
Stupid thread is stupid.
He starts with something okay and then trails off into sheer absurdity with the whole space ship/Shepard thing. Then it somehow gets worse!
For real though, the actual hard core games (envelope-pushing PC games and graphics trend setters) are a tiny percentage of GAF discussion.
Exhibit A people.
This person wants to identify as a casual gamer, so they segment themselves. Not the other way around. Anyone who doesn't call them "fucking video games" is "the worst."
It's the same nerd-shaming that's been around since the 70s, just with slightly updated language.
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Who is that pirate in the third picture?
MisterHero
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It was a little tongue-in-cheek. All I know of David is that he did some writing for X-Men and Watchmen movies and that he was Captain America on the 90s Spider-Man cartoon. He's kind of Hollywood too.
Doesn't change that Konami basically ditched him though.
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"I don't want to be known as a gamer!"
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Funchameleon
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semper games
I was like this isn't bad, then 20 seconds later I started to hate myself. By the end I hoped and prayed my kids never are like this.
So would you also consider anyone who owns a car to be a car enthusiast on the same level as say, Jeremy Clarkson?
Leafhopper
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I don't even know why I find this post so funny but, I do.
CecilRousso
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I care about what I actually play, what I support, and I keep looking for interesting upcoming games, so I guess the answer is yes.
I call myself a gamer. I don't see why not. I'm a person who plays games and who's interested in gaming culture. It's not elitist or anything. If anything, I'm always drawing non-gamers into the fold by sharing my hobby with them.
No need to be insecure. In my experience, people like passion, as long as you're pleasant about what you like.
No need to be insecure. In my experience, people like passion, as long as you're pleasant about what you like.
Rickenslacker
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I don't really see the point in drawing lines in the sand, if you play video games you play video games.
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