Gun Animal
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Why are there negative connotations to the term 'dudebro'?
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Alex
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I find people, forum goers, etc, rather, who stick to one type of gaming in this absolute kind of manner are usually fairly obnoxious in general.
Dudebros = Sunbros?
Muffdraul
Member
They can't help it. Testosterone overload.
rudieboy77
Member
Because jocks getting into metal music and gaming has ruined metallica and shooters.
Or at least that was the narrative in 1995.
I remember when Nirvana became top 40 music, 91 I think? One year all the popular folks thought me and my friends were freaks, nerds and punks, the next year they were wearing Dr. Martens and talking to us telling us they thought we were cool all along. I couldn't bring myself to explain to them that Nirvana was a sub par underground band back then.
My litmus test for dudebro is as follows.
Randomly approach males in public between the ages of 18 and 40 and ask them if they've played a certain game released within the last 10 years.
If you find at least 5 males confess to having played it before, it's dudebro.
Uncharted would fail my dudebro test.
Gun Animal
Member
If Dudebros are the yin and ""hardcore gamers"" are the yang, the Sunbro is a perfect and sublime whole. All the refined taste and ironic internet humor, all the ripped abs and hairgel, none of the nerd shit.
Relativ9
Member
Because when the nerds and geeks were bambies the dudebro's made fun of them for being good in school and not behaving like an adolesent asshole. Now the dudebro's command the most powerful purchasing demographic in gaming and their tastes are directly influencing the direction of the game industry.
Gamers recent this because while the dudebros made their teenage life hell, the fantastical world of games were their one respite, a world that's now -- in their eyes -- being ruined by the very same dudebros.
PS: Obviously I'm making very broad and unforgiving generalizations, I trust you'll all believe me that it's only in the service of making a point, not because I acutally believe it to be absolute reality.
Gamers recent this because while the dudebros made their teenage life hell, the fantastical world of games were their one respite, a world that's now -- in their eyes -- being ruined by the very same dudebros.
PS: Obviously I'm making very broad and unforgiving generalizations, I trust you'll all believe me that it's only in the service of making a point, not because I acutally believe it to be absolute reality.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Hahaha
Neither.
I would pick the Weeabro. Has superior taste in everything, and never becomes boring.
Conciliator
Banned
The me the word describes a certain focus-group-heavy design style for action games and not really a person. MoH: Warfighter is a dudebro game.
Arc Christelle
Member
Over Saturation = Negative Connotation
That's all for today class. Study chapter 13 tonight and I expect to have your essays on Gaming Douchebaggery in the Second Decade of the 21st century tomorrow.
That's all for today class. Study chapter 13 tonight and I expect to have your essays on Gaming Douchebaggery in the Second Decade of the 21st century tomorrow.
Nightstick11
Banned
Because we old-guard grew up with game and genres that required thought and a sophisticated palate to enjoy all the nuances lovingly crafted into our games.
The dudebros entered in 2001 or so and went whoa-bro and dummified gaming. Basically, there are talented western developers out there, but too many of them are forced to regurgitate the same slop.
Dudebro is, in my opinion, the videogame equivalent of McDonald's.
The dudebros entered in 2001 or so and went whoa-bro and dummified gaming. Basically, there are talented western developers out there, but too many of them are forced to regurgitate the same slop.
Dudebro is, in my opinion, the videogame equivalent of McDonald's.
Officerrob
Banned
It's just a way for some elitist people to talk down about others who they feel play games they deem not worthy. Or as Marcus Beer said "not real games", whatever the fuck that means.
It literally comes from a limited vocabulary of saying little more than "dude!" and "aight bro." Ad it existed before it was associated with fps video games. They are, in short, dumb frat kids.
And indeed in my ten years of experience as a college instructor the middle class frat kids from the suburbs are indeed my most uninspired and unreflective students and the most irritating. They think college is just an extension of the high school popularity contest and are primarily interested in getting wasted, playing fps games and watching sports and almost nothing at all. That pretty much comprises their entire world view and knowledge base. Not that girls whose entire ambiticiouns are to get into and fit in with a sorority are much better.
And indeed in my ten years of experience as a college instructor the middle class frat kids from the suburbs are indeed my most uninspired and unreflective students and the most irritating. They think college is just an extension of the high school popularity contest and are primarily interested in getting wasted, playing fps games and watching sports and almost nothing at all. That pretty much comprises their entire world view and knowledge base. Not that girls whose entire ambiticiouns are to get into and fit in with a sorority are much better.
Somehow the use of this old pic was oddly refreshing. I actually laughed.
Gun Animal
Member
But McDonalds is cheap and Dudebro games are 60 dollars a pop. iOS/Android games are the videogame equivalent of Fastfood. AAA Dudebro games are fine dining restaurants, with varying levels of quality and refinement. Madden is T.G.I. Fridays. Call of Duty is Arby's. Assassin's Creed is Outback Steakhouse. DLC is gratuity. I will run this extended metaphor into the motherfucking ground.
edit: the used games market is refillable soda.
Kojima?
Muffdraul
Member
It's a very played out jpeg, but still satisfying to use on a junior. =D
Nightstick11
Banned
Actually, fast food is quite expensive. For example, a Large Double-Big Mac Meal + Filet-o-fish sandwich alone can run 13, 14 bucks. Not quite the bargain.
iOS/Android games are the equivalent of candy. They're not meant to be nutritious. They're the thing you eat while you're waiting in line, like a Mentos.
Dudebro games are fatty, bloated, unnatural, and taste superficially good but will kill you bite by bite.
Arc Christelle
Member
Man please tell me you don't actually go into McDonalds and NOT order off the dollar menu.
But if I had to compare those games to a fast food chain, it'd be Hardees/Carl Jr's.
Nightstick11
Banned
Filet-o-Fishes aren't on the dollar menu >:|
Gun Animal
Member
A large double-big mac meal (edit: Shadowgun) + filet-o-fish sandwich (edit: dead trigger) is like a whole days worth of food and calories, what are you doing with your life? Get a McChicken (edit: angry birds) and a coke, (edit: any endless runner) maybe some small fries. (edit: fruit ninja!) Maybe switch out the fries or the McChicken for an ice cream cone (edit: minecraft mobile???) if you're feeling frisky.
Jake Tower
Banned
Dudebros made Ken Levine put Gun Man on the cover instead of Clowds.
Of course it did.
Arc Christelle
Member
The Albatross
Member
The fact that sports simulations are on the list of "games that make you a dudebro" just proves the term is used for anybody who likes popular games that gaf doesn't like. Pretty much everybody in MaddenGaf is a dad.
nah, i know i am
The Albatross
Member
Chances are, the people who call dudebros, who call everything you like "gay" probably don't exist. You're creating someone who doesn't exist to make you, yourself, feel better.
Also when defining dudebro do not use dudebro in the definition. That is bullshit.
I think the term dudebro is used towards gamers to describe someone who is a very shallow gamer driven to play only the games that are either very popular and mainstream, or charged with great amounts of testosterone (big guns, lots of explosions, lots of blood, cursing, musclebound "kick-ass" men, etc.)
I suppose whether you think these are good traits to have is subjective, but this is my understanding of the negative connotations. I do think that the term dudebro is thrown around too much, causing it to lose more of it's already thin meaning.
I suppose whether you think these are good traits to have is subjective, but this is my understanding of the negative connotations. I do think that the term dudebro is thrown around too much, causing it to lose more of it's already thin meaning.
That's what it is, yes, but not the way that it is commonly used anymore.
The point I was making is that it's not used properly anymore.
Would stereotyping "dude bros" for not wanting to expand their scope..and dismissing their preference in genres show off you're very own lack of scope...
Hence making you just as bad?..
For real, I dont know anyone like this. Outside of call of duty fandom and the like, they are, well...normal.
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