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[Oppo]

Like many of you I still wince a bit at "gamers" because it feels like a slightly diminishing label, assigned by news media and the like.

I prefer, and say, "Players" instead. It has deeper roots in the actual nomenclature of the hobby (Player 1 get ready, etc) and actually feels a bit more descriptive to me, in the way that actors in a play are Players, playing a role. Plus the verb is actually Playing – "Gaming" has the same issue as Gamer. No one says, oh my wife is gaming Splatoon. She's playing.

I know language is a fickle, liquid thing, and I am certainly tilting at windmills but this one, I feel we could alter the course, if we really wanted. Use Players. You Play Games.

 

[Teeth]

How about "user"?

 

[NinjaMouse]

Nah, player...we're gamers.

 

[God Dayumm]

We use that. Gamer is short for Video Game Player

 

[L Thammy]

I think part of the problem is just the fact that people are using it as a label for themselves. That there is nothing more interesting or valuable about themselves than the fact that they play video games, so any perceived threat on video games is a threat to their very identity. Changing the specific word doesn't necessarily change that.

 

[Nibel]

Players, gamers - still refers to the same group of people.

 

[Alpha Phoenix]

Power for the Players!

 

[super-famicom]

I'm not a player I just crush (noobs) a lot.

 

[Abriael]

Nah, I'm a gamer and don't feel diminished.

 

[Spider from Mars]

No gamers are players.

 

[Ludger Kresnik]

Don't hate the gamer, hate the play.

 

[Corpekata]

I prefer to not really assign any sort of noun related to a hobby really.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Don't hate the player hate the game

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

both sound stupid

 

[10k]

Players get more ass than a toilet seat. Gamers play video games.

We're gamers bro.

 

[t1gerjaw]

This is for the players!

 

[DedValve]

I prefer Client.

Sounds all fancy when you start talking about disappointing the client. Upsetting the client. Satisfying the client.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Videogames on the Nintedno

 

[RealityCheque]

How about "playa"?!

It adds an air of early 2000s cred.

 

[Puruzi]

it's gamers

 

[Krappadizzle]

I find people that are offended by the label a bit silly. I play games, I'm a "gamer". I have no qualms with it. Call me a geek, nerd, whatever you want. I don't give a shit, it won't stop me from enjoying my hobby.

 

[sephi22]

In certain circles, a 'player' could be slang for a promiscuous male, which doesn't fit the general image of a 'gamer'. Not speaking from experience or anything. *cough*

 

[Kralamoonard]

I find people that are offended by the label a bit silly. I play games, I'm a "gamer". I have no qualms with it. Call me a geek, nerd, whatever you want. I don't give a shit, it won't stop me from enjoying my hobby.

.

 

[goishen]

Nah, player...we're gamers.

And this is why.

Too many double entendres.

 

[hushlorentz]

I am not an animal! I am a human being!

 

[Taruranto]

Players are over!

 

[Memory]

I'm not a player I just crush (noobs) a lot.

Lol, nice reference.

 

[Nickle]

NeoPAF

 

[entremet]

Can you? Probably.

Will everyone else comply? Probably not.

 

[Gintoki]

playas

 

[Oppo]

I prefer to not really assign any sort of noun related to a hobby really.

oh cmon, surely you recognize the utility of Bowler, Gambler, Sailor, Baller...

 

[sephi22]

NeoPAF

*snorts*

"I'm on PAF" sounds like a drug reference.

 

[super-famicom]

NeoPAF

PAF Gold

 

[BennyBlanco]

I prefer to not really assign any sort of noun related to a hobby really.

This.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Labels are for containers, man.

 

[Servbot24]

You're going to feel embarrassed no matter what people call you.

 

[wanders]

Power for the Players!

DAMN YOU

stole my joke

 

[RichiRamjag]

Players? Then folks are going to think I'm two-timing my wife. I'm no player good sir.

 

[ChitoCrisis]

Video Game Enthusiast

 

[Vilam]

Nope. I'm a gamer.

 

[Einchy]

I will never understand why gamers feel so insulted at being called a gamer. It's just a word to describe someone who plays games a lot. Other hobbies have their own terms but they don't freak out over it.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Thanks GamerGate

I will never understand why gamers feel so insulted at being called a gamer. It's just a word to describe someone who plays games a lot. Other hobbies have their own terms but they don't freak out over it.

Thank GamerGate.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

I use players every time I write editorially about games, so that's my vote.

 

[Lord Error]

If I didn't dislike the term gamer enough before, the gamergaters made sure that that I want to puke a little in my mouth every time I hear it now.

 

[SgtCobra]

playas

Yes let's do this.

 

[Novocaine]

both sound stupid

Lol, yeah.

I hate the term gamer, I'm not defined by my hobby.

 

[ShinMaruku]

In certain circles, a 'player' could be slang for a promiscuous male, which doesn't fit the general image of a 'gamer'. Not speaking from experience or anything. *cough*

Skisonic will have words with you...

 

[Zaru]

Like many of you I still wince a bit at "gamers" because it feels like a slightly diminishing label, assigned by news media and the like.

So you just wanna give up on an entire word because some people used it in a negative context? How weak is that?

 

[Bumpers]

Stop being ashamed.

 

[lazygecko]

I just refer to myself as an enthusiast.