Why are there negative connotations to the term 'dudebro'?
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BossLackey
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Liking Halo or Call of Duty doesn't make you a dudebro. They just happen to play those games.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
The problem isn't necessarily with the gamer who buys and enjoys those games (though stereotypes do arise) but rather with how the industry chases after that demographic almost exclusively with no thought to expanding the audience.
sixteen-bit
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MightyHedgehog
Member
Goes back to nerds versus jocks, I believe. Or, it's that judgmental attitude hardcore communities foster to create some sort of non-existent superiority over the rest.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I've met a "dudebro" that is an Honors student who majored in Physics. Make that what you will.
By neogaf standards, dudebros are considered one of the lowest common denominator audiences. GAF gets pissed when companies start catering to that.
No one is suggesting that they're stupid, only that they're not gaming enthusiasts.
No one is suggesting that they're stupid, only that they're not gaming enthusiasts.
I think the resentment mostly stems from the fact that there are a lot of people who only play those games, and therefore they get catered to by the gaming industry above everyone else, leading to a disproportionate number of games of those genres, half of which are clones of each other and play more or less the same.
Jake Tower
Banned
Synonym for "fratboy gamer."
weekend_warrior
Banned
The lowest common denominator of gamers.
Boss Man
Member
Stereotyping and making assumptions based on traits that are often related is not really something that your brain could or should turn off. People who are only concerned with those games just usually happen to fall into a particular crowd. I don't know that the connotation is really that negative though.
If I see a guy with a swastika tattoo on his forehead I'm not going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he just likes the way it looks. If I see a person's game collection and it's each year's Madden, Call of Duty, a copy of Gears of War from GameStop, and nothing else then yeah I'll infer some things about his tastes and/or personality until shown otherwise. It's not like I'm going to shun him or anything though.
People who only play games like Halo and Call of Duty aren't even necessarily "dudebros". I don't think it's really hatred against fratboys (which is what the term typically means), it's more of just people being tired of gamers who don't really want to expand their horizons beyond a couple shooters a year.
milkham
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what post was this?
Karsticles
Member
Exactly. And those people tend to be very annoying.
RedAssedApe
Banned
this.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Well, the same guy I know considers himself a hardcore gamer. Plays RPG games regularly.
FallingEdge
Member
Is playing LoL considered to be dudebro?
I want to be a dudebrah.
I want to be a dudebrah.
There's definitely connotations of lesser intelligence embedded with the use of the word "dudebro" here.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Because it's a pathetic way of asserting superiority in ones tastes. I choose to take the word back from those people and embrace my inner dudebro.
Sandy Nipples
Banned
Dudebro = monogamer, usually sticks to single franchise per genre, known to have game(s) from Sports and Shooter genres. Usually competitive, enjoys co-op locally. Might still have a PS2 from his Tekken/stoner days, but it's now down in the lobby used for watching DVD rips of How I Met Your Mother.
Believes $60 for a video game is insane, will literally only buy a game PER year, very seldom new.
Complains about balance/bug issues in his game of choice, a product of him logging more time than the average play tester.
Prioritizes women and social drinking above playing video games, promotes social drinking whilst gaming, attempts combining women, social drinking, and gaming, but often fails.
Loves Naruto and Bleach.
Gets overexcited about special moves and easter eggs.
Will make you sit and watch while he shows you special moves and easter eggs.
Needs to show you that fucking game where that guy fucks everything up its INSANE (God of War)
Muffdraul
Member
This is kinda like asking "Why is 'fratboy' used as a pejorative?" I mean, there may be some fratboys out there who aren't complete pricks. But if so, I've never met one of them.
When I think 'dudebro' I think obnoxious bully alpha male gamers. Playing Halo and CoD doesn't make you that. (I <3 Halo btw)
When I think 'dudebro' I think obnoxious bully alpha male gamers. Playing Halo and CoD doesn't make you that. (I <3 Halo btw)
There are probably people who only play Japanese games that mock dude bros, or whatever games they don't like. Some just like to play RPGs, or only Nintendo games and what not.
I mean it's fine if you only like one kind of game. No needs to be mocked or mock others especially when you are basically doing the same.
I mean it's fine if you only like one kind of game. No needs to be mocked or mock others especially when you are basically doing the same.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
I first heard the term long before I'd been to GAF and the person who said it doesn't play games. She used it to refer to a fratboy we saw out at a bar.
Do people really call them dumb though? In a serious manner I mean? I hate that the publishers cater to that type of gamer so much, but I don't recall ever saying that every dudebro gamer is a true to life retard....
It just gets frustrating to see the bulk of publishers talent and effort being laser focused on that particular segment. And it REALLY gets annoying when a person who ONLY plays those types of games jumps into OT's of other games and runs their mouth about it. (Though that doesn't happen here, but on other forums OT's for games like Journey are a fucking mess.)
It might be the "dudebro" out of the MOBAs out there. I am not sure if Dota 2 is considered one but I'm sure HoN is def. not considered one.
Indeed.
Thats a dickshit gamer
I wouldn't worry about it. Dudebros probably rank higher on the hierarchy than weaboos and are more influential than hipsters and monocles.
Do you kill dicks?
Do you kill dicks?