SmoothRunningGun
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It's just a tired joke.
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PC Gamer: "PC Master Race" makes people uncomfortable
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Finaika
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Not sure if this has been posted already but:
I'm offended by this.
outunderthestars
Banned
Not sure if this has been posted already but:
It has been posted and it is still intelectually lazy and really pointless. Maybe stop letting C rate celebrities think for you instead of coming up with an original contribution to the discussion.
24 pages of this shit. Really? I thought the most confusing part of the PC master race meme was whether Yahtzee was mocking PC gamers or not. It seems he was making fun of elitist PC gamers and they just reappropriated it.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...tion/10350-The-Glorious-PC-Gaming-Master-Race
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...tion/10350-The-Glorious-PC-Gaming-Master-Race
-_- eesh, you're right. That was probably the one thing he should have not said. I facepalmed hard.
What a useless quip.
Like if anybody else had said that it would carry more or less weight.
i agree with the general sentiment, though.
I think there's a weird sort of idea in some people, like Brendan O'Neill, that by "The Freedom of Speech" it's "The Freedom of my Speech". And that any criticism or complaint about their speech is a violation of it, never taking into consideration that what they are also doing is a part of free speech. Either way, it's a phrase I'm growing sick of. Either completely misunderstood or claimed that it's threatened in order to scare people into supporting bigots.
It's just amazing how they all insisted it was just self-deprecating irony and the next moment get super excited about a T-Shirt unironically brandishing the "Master Race" moniker. There are a few people saying that it may be a bad idea to wear that in public, but way more (and more upvoted) posts asking where to get shirts like that and how they would wear them proudly in public.
But wait, there's more! The OP is a woman. The top comment is: "Congrats on your purchase of a woman, sentient t-shirt." I know it's the old reddit swaggadazzle, but it is still uncomfortably close to being sexist (esp. with so many awkward "you are really beautiful" posts on there). Oh, and the photograph is mimicking a pose very similar to Leni Riefenstahl's aesthetics. Might still be irony, but it is not really marked as ironic. But they are wondering how people could think that they are seriously identifying with the "master race" name.
But wait, there's more! The OP is a woman. The top comment is: "Congrats on your purchase of a woman, sentient t-shirt." I know it's the old reddit swaggadazzle, but it is still uncomfortably close to being sexist (esp. with so many awkward "you are really beautiful" posts on there). Oh, and the photograph is mimicking a pose very similar to Leni Riefenstahl's aesthetics. Might still be irony, but it is not really marked as ironic. But they are wondering how people could think that they are seriously identifying with the "master race" name.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
now that there is a controversy, any chance /r/pcmasterrace loses their recommended steam curated page? Or does Steam usually not give in to this stuff?
toastyToast
Member
First time I heard the phrase in that Yahtzee review I chuckled. Never thought it'd have this much traction. People are so dumb.
FataIChoice
Member
It makes me uncomfortable too, I thought everyone knew the true ultimate beings had both PC, consoles and handhelds.
It's not about owning anything. But about performance and how it has more options.
http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/wiki/guide
Captain_Spanky
Member
Ad hominem
ThaneKrios
Banned
NeoGAF as in NEO NAZI?
Evilore is a skinhead confirmed.
Evilore is a skinhead confirmed.
I don't know much about the whole GamerGate fiasco but apparently people started to dig into Tyler's life after this article.
Bluekaveli
Member
I have a gaming pC and the Sony consoles, but I coin the phrase when joking around with people who understand the backstory of it. As for just saying it to refer to what I do, I don't because it's kinda dumb.
But as a black male, does the term offend me? No, I work in the media and I've heard and witnessed so much that I don't get bothered by it.
But as a black male, does the term offend me? No, I work in the media and I've heard and witnessed so much that I don't get bothered by it.
Lightning Count
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Let me give a very real example of a PC gaming issue.
I buy Grand Theft Auto IV from steam, my PC could run this literally without breaking a sweat, but first I've got to get past GFWL which is now a dead platform, meaning it rejects the product key, so I cannot save my progress.
Also despite the fact my PC vastly exceeds the recommended specs, performance is still weak even in quiet moments.
So "Master Race" and "superior in every way", not a hope in hell, it's a bad joke which gets worse the more I hear it.
I buy Grand Theft Auto IV from steam, my PC could run this literally without breaking a sweat, but first I've got to get past GFWL which is now a dead platform, meaning it rejects the product key, so I cannot save my progress.
Also despite the fact my PC vastly exceeds the recommended specs, performance is still weak even in quiet moments.
So "Master Race" and "superior in every way", not a hope in hell, it's a bad joke which gets worse the more I hear it.
RockTurtle
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Kappa
D3RANG3D
Member
Kappa? Cappuccino? Nah, makes me hyper.
Lightning Count
Member
OK and we miss out on games like Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted, Forza, Heavy Rain and Super Mario Galaxy?
I think I know where I stand and I actually own a gaming PC.
The exclusive argument is so moot. Both consoles and the PC has exclusives, just because someone doesn't like the exclusives on one platform doesn't make the exclusives of another platform disappear.
Those games can be experienced on the PC Master Race platform as well.
Red Dead = Fist Full of Frags.
Uncharted = Unearthed.
Forza = Flatout 3.
Heavy Rain = Dear Easter.
Super Mario Galaxy = Planetary Annihilation.
jk
I heard TB shops at Walmart, is possibly British and may even like oranges, develop negative feelings for those things too man.
Never shopped at Walmart and I don't like oranges. But I am British myself so I can't really hate that.
And miss out on Puffy dancing all up in my Share Factory videos? Fuck that!
I would be quite surprised if Valve did something to piss off a subreddit that has hundreds of thousands of followers that basically worship them
You can play Mario Galaxy on PC. One day the rest will come. Patience.
Lightning Count
Member
Original system of release>>>>>>>>>>>Emulation
Also the PS3 architecture will be difficult to emulate due to the processor design.
KojiKnight
Member
You realize there is already a PS3 emulator that runs quite a few indie titles already at near full speed right? It's not 1080p MGS4 yet, but this is only a few years away.
Nonsense...pc gaming is as easy as console gaming.
And I say that from a 980gtx/ps4/XO/Wii U owner's point of view.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
I always picture a dude in a trenchcoat with a fedora and a huge neck beard when someone uses "PC master race".
This is the flip side of the PC master race thing. The console warrior. Equally vapid, just as quick to come to idiotic conclusions, and prone to hyperbole.
Hey, why don't you give running GTA IV on your Xbone a shot, see how far you get.
The greedy, incompetent bullshit that a developer and a publisher do to screw over their customers has NOTHING whatever to do with the validity of an entire platform. This no more means that PC gaming sucks than the fact that Skyrim runs likes like camel ass on your PS3, and crashes and borks saves, etc means that the PS3 sucks.
GTFO with that shit, seriously.
BTW, I own an xbone but I don't play games on it, as I'm primarily a PC gamer. My friend sconvinced to buy ONE game - amster chief's ocllection on it so we cna play multi-player.
GREAT, QUALITY console experience that was!
RockTurtle
Member
i always picture a hippy from SF area sipping on his extra large mug with ironic statements written on it, a neck scarf even though its 80 degrees, with ear gauges, large rimmed glasses, skinny jeans, and with 3 tabs open to his favorite tumblr sites, writing on his macbook in a starbucks shop about he is triggered by the word "master race"
The Shadow
Member
Create an offline profile and enter your key. GFWL is only an issue if you want to play online, but it doesn't block you from saving or anything else if you legitimately bought a game with it.
ThePinkServbot
Banned
I picture this guy when I run into a console warrior on GAF:
Well, it's good to see that you always imagine one of those horrible, sinful homosexuals everyone talks about whenever you see a "console warrior." Gosh, I can't imagine why anyone would give the PC Gaming Community the stink-eye for using Nazi terms now.
Isn't peasant pretty much connected to monarchy? I bet you'd find someone who has a problem with that
Clarkus Darkus
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copelandmaster
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Playing Smash at 4k60fps/1080p120fps is pretty bangin'. Got a Raphnet GC controller adapter too.
On topic: I can see why it would turn loads of people off, but the meme's been going on for so long that I would imagine that most people associate the phrase with annoying, outspoken PC fanboys on the internet, rather than Nazi stuff. Especially when the original source comes from satire like ZP.
Hmm, actually I linked to the wrong guido pic!
It more about douchebaggery and less about gay jokes.
But good on you, to continue that time honored tradition fo painting everyone with the same brush. Are you wearing the $500 sunglasses right now?
You've also missed my point.
This thread has turned into a pile on PC gamers now, by the likes of the guy I originally responded to. And all simply because a subset of our community decided to say F-you to imbeciles like Yahtzee, who critizise anything PC gaming related because it doesn't appeal to them personally, and so have taken on the moniker in a jokey fashion. And because an even SMALLER subseciton of the community uses it to be obnoxious.
Like the same doesn't happen in console gaming communities.