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[oconnomiyaki]

I don't find it's so much "non-gamers", because that's a bit blanket, but I find people who are quite outdoors-y -- camping, hiking, kayaking, etc -- tend to be quite condescending. Games are generally quite mainstream and accepted here, so it's really people who see them as an anathema to their lifestyle that end up being dicks about it.

 

[...Scatter...]

"I'm really into video games"

Oh yeah, what do you play?

"Call of Duty", "Halo", generic Bro shooter

See, I don't really mind this. I enjoy those games AND others. It's those more topical gamers that help make this industry huge and helps keep big players interested.

 

[GamerJM]

"I wish I had time for video games"

Seriously, its so insulting. There's a final bosman on it. So condescending to my hobby.

I've never actually been told this by someone else, but I've seen other people been told this and yeah I can see how.

The thing for me is if someone finds out I play games and then automatically assumes I play one of the popular mainstream games like League, Dota, CoD, or Skyrim etc. When they ask me what I play I tell them I don't play any of those and then they usually respond with a "What do you play?" in like a tone that just kind of gets on my nerves. It's not really the person in this situation bothering me here, since I know it's not their fault, but it's the fact that video game culture is usually only associated with just a handful of games that just gets under my skin. I'm not even bothered by the fact that other people play these games a lot, I'm more just bothered by the notion that they assume that I play them. And I usually either have to respond to the question with "Uh, whatever," or I start listing off Nintendo games and obscure Japanese games.

 

[Probity]

Well, I'm actually writing an editorial about this in my school's paper. This is fantastic.

Personally, I can't stand it when news agencies try to say that games inspire bad behavior.

Or when people talk about gaming as being bad for our brains.

I mean seriously, they are ridiculously beneficial, I can site who knows how many international studies that support it.

I swear I could go on for ages.

 

[panama chief]

Was having a conversation about Watch_Dogs with a friend last month and his girlfriend overheard and said we were addicted to video games..I asked her what level she was at on Candy Crush..something like 380-390.

While not applicable anymore, when I was in my teens I used to always hate "Are you winning?".

classic. my co-workers are the same.

See me with the Vita - "Damn all you do is play that, like a kid!! i see you arent using your ipad tho, so can i finish that Farm Heroes level for you?"

were both gaming....so why am i a kid here?

 

[Currygan]

"Nintendo makes the same game over and over lolz"

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Oh yeah, forgot about one of my professors going through a list of the most popular video games going on about how violent all of them were. He came to Ni No Kuni and was puzzled by the name and said it must be violent because it had the word Wrath in the title lol. It was pretty funny, he was a good professor besides that.

 

[SolidChamp]

Well, I'm actually writing an editorial about this in my school's paper. This is fantastic.

Personally, I can't stand it when news agencies try to say that games inspire bad behavior.

Or when people talk about gaming as being bad for our brains.

I mean seriously, they are ridiculously beneficial, I can site who knows how many international studies that support it.

I swear I could go on for ages.

I would love to read that op ed piece when you're finished with it. If you feel inclined to post it here, I say go for it.

 

[Trickster]

I was at a company internship recently. And the one time I was talking about something gaming related with a friend I knew at the company during the lunch break, two of the women he and I shared working space almost immediately laughed at us for talking about videogames. Because somehow, talking about videogames games was apparently a more silly thing to talk about, than all the random and boring shit they spend all day blathering about.

 

[Manu]

Any variation of "playing games means you have no life / are a child / are a virgin."

 

[PadWarrior]

I don't find it's so much "non-gamers", because that's a bit blanket, but I find people who are quite outdoors-y -- camping, hiking, kayaking, etc -- tend to be quite condescending. Games are generally quite mainstream and accepted here, so it's really people who see them as an anathema to their lifestyle that end up being dicks about it.

You know that's a good point. The state that I live in (been here for over 10 years now) fits this to a tee. Everybody here for a hobby is into hunting hiking bike riding etc. But in the state I was born in, gaming and sports were the big things (I was active in both). But here in my current state if you don't hunt or hike or camp religiously you're wasting your life.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

I really don't care about prejudices or whatever that people ignorant to the medium have, but this is the only thing that can slightly irritate me. People who are self-declared "nerds" or saying things akin to "I'm such a gamer" when they play an extremely small library and know next to nothing about the industry.

You encounter this in a lot of entertainment-hobbies I think. The thing is though, they kinda obsess over those, but in the end dont know much about the topic.

 

[Davey Cakes]

I hate the odd look when you tell someone at work that you play video games. It's like a puzzled/shocked slash quizzical look. Like it's difficult to believe that a 33 year old man would be into such "foolishness".

I can't help it that I'm so precocious and full of wonderment. LOL

Meanwhile they'll go home and watch their Netflix.

A hobby's a hobby. People need to change their perceptions of things.

 

[DracoBlade]

There's no denying that there are perhaps some slightly negative connotations of the word, as it implies some over-zealous level of obsession with the hobby.

What if i am?

 

[Mordeccai]

Funny this pops up. An ex of mine posted on facebook bitching about some guys in the library. "A group of grown ass men are next to me playing fucking Magic, some sort of card game. I am two seconds from flipping my lid and dumping their cards on the floor." Then she called them losers for using paypal accounts to bet money among each other.

It's pretty hard to get a rise out of me, and I didnt comment, but the fact that these people shouldn't be allowed to do whatever the fuck they want just because they are "grown ass men" pissed me off. People of all types, ages, races play games.

 

[Brandon F]

"MGS4 deserves GotY"

 

[disappeared]

Having worked at both an EB Games and a local gaming/hobby store over the past six or seven years, I think I've just about heard it all. It's just noise to me now.

 

[DR3AM]

When people tell me how they buy all those FIFA and NBA player cards for real money and how it's worth it

I don't really care but it's pissing me off that the option is even available to buy these thing with real money, while I have to spend hours and hours to unlock these for free

 

[timetokill]

1. When somebody who plays a game on their phone or iPad every 15 minutes insists they're not into videogames.

2. when a game has non-realistic graphics and someone says, "this game looks cheap"/"this looks like it's for kids". Example: my dad seeing wind waker for the first time and saying, "why didn't they try and make this game look better?"

 

[fedexpeon]

Funny this pops up. An ex of mine posted on facebook bitching about some guys in the library. "A group of grown ass men are next to me playing fucking Magic, some sort of card game. I am two seconds from flipping my lid and dumping their cards on the floor." Then she called them losers for using paypal accounts to bet money among each other.

It's pretty hard to get a rise out of me, and I didnt comment, but the fact that these people shouldn't be allowed to do whatever the fuck they want just because they are "grown ass men" pissed me off. People of all types, ages, races play games.

She is just mad that these people have a lot of disposable income to bet on a pointless game.
#Magicgambling

But seriously, dang...fricken high tech shit right there using Paypal for bids instead of throwing down a $20 from your wallet.
Probably bid at least $100 if they need to use Paypal for direct bank transfer.

 

[DanSaxon]

I hate when women categorize men who play video games as "losers."

That stigma seems to have all but disappeared, its more uncommon for people my age group - early 20's - not to play video games nowadays from my experience.

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

Someone started a thread a while back about people in movies and TV not holding or using controllers correctly; there were a million examples. Just last night I was watching something or other and sure enough, had no idea what they were doing. Bugged me bad lol.

 

[PFD]

Funny this pops up. An ex of mine posted on facebook bitching about some guys in the library. "A group of grown ass men are next to me playing fucking Magic, some sort of card game. I am two seconds from flipping my lid and dumping their cards on the floor." Then she called them losers for using paypal accounts to bet money among each other.

It's pretty hard to get a rise out of me, and I didnt comment, but the fact that these people shouldn't be allowed to do whatever the fuck they want just because they are "grown ass men" pissed me off. People of all types, ages, races play games.

Never played Magic but I would've loved to watch them

 

[Marlowe89]

It's usually gamers that get under my skin. Being all elitist about stupid stuff.

Basically this.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Unless you are talking to a multimedia/tech guy, there is little-to-no chance a non-gamer said this to you.

buwahahaha you'd be surprised.

 

[Wensih]

Funny this pops up. An ex of mine posted on facebook bitching about some guys in the library. "A group of grown ass men are next to me playing fucking Magic, some sort of card game. I am two seconds from flipping my lid and dumping their cards on the floor." Then she called them losers for using paypal accounts to bet money among each other.

It's pretty hard to get a rise out of me, and I didnt comment, but the fact that these people shouldn't be allowed to do whatever the fuck they want just because they are "grown ass men" pissed me off. People of all types, ages, races play games.

Finals week is coming up for my university, tensions are high, and people want to use the computers and desk space in the library for studying. I know quite a few who would want to flip over some tables if they saw people playing Magic in a place that's packed, especially if there magic game got carried away and really loud.

 

[GraceflAnger]

I had a guy I work with argue with me that video games turn into killers. Basicly told me that by playing GTAV I would turn I to a serial killer.

 

[Freeman]

I don't know how to properly translate this, but in my country some people constantly refer to games in the diminutive as if it somehow inferior to everything else.

It doesn't really get under my skin, since I don't really care what people think (specially if they are ignorant about what they are talking about). I usually only talk about VG with people that have experience with it so I don't hear anything absurd. When it comes to discussing things like VG and violence/murders its like I'm a trained PR person since that discussion old at this point.

People in the movies get under my skin all the time tho, its like as if there was a rule that made them talk shit every time I go see a movie that is actually good(I never hear anything bad if the movie is shit, quite the contrary).

 

[LordBaztion]

A girl told me: "don't you get bore of being in a fantasy wolrd instead the real world?"
I found it quite offensive but I understand she was streesed.

 

[Phediuk]

Honestly, I find the things gamers say to be far more annoying and cringeworthy than what non-gamers say.

 

[Atraveller]

"aren't you too old for video games?"
I'm in my early 30's.

I hate those old fashioned people who think games are for kids.

This one, right here.

 

[SnakeEyes]

Is one "really into television" if one's a fan of watching 1-2 reality shows with dedication? Is one "really into movies" if they watch the two biggest summer blockbusters on a yearly basis and that's it?

Your comparison is slightly flawed. The difference here is, is one any less of a "gamer" if they only play one or two games a year yet play them constantly for months and months like CoD/BF/DudeBro gamers do when it comes to MP?

 

[AlexBasch]

Got another one.

My ex would complain that I never bought any video games for us to play together.

Fine, what would you like?

Then she would get pissed saying FUCK VIDEOGAMES and said the same thing next month.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

It's usually gamers that get under my skin. Being all elitist about stupid stuff.

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[SnakeEyes]

It's usually gamers that get under my skin. Being all elitist about stupid stuff.

"PC Master Race" gets under my fucking skin every time.There's no one more Elitist than PC Gamers.

 

[Currygan]

Honestly, I find the things gamers say to be far more annoying and cringeworthy than what non-gamers say.

this is another one, yeah. Expecially certain fans of a certain company, for me

 

[Toxi]

Anything said by most people on /v/.

 

[ElephantShell]

When people refer to video games in general as "Xbox" or "Call of Duty".

 

[Probity]

I would love to read that op ed piece when you're finished with it. If you feel inclined to post it here, I say go for it.

Just post the whole thing here? I'm not entirely sure how it all works. I haven't posted here much. I'd gladly throw it in if people wanted to read it, though.

When it is done, I mean. Anyone have good ones they'd like to share?

 

[Mordeccai]

Finals week is coming up for my university, tensions are high, and people want to use the computers and desk space in the library for studying. I know quite a few who would want to flip over some tables if they saw people playing Magic in a place that's packed, especially if there magic game got carried away and really loud.

This is all well understood, but the fact is if you are on the ground floor of the library where people are allowed to talk (no way in HELL anybody would let a group of people play magic on any other floor, librarians or students), just go upstairs where quiet rules are enforced. There are four floors to this library.

Or, y'know, how about maybe not belittling someones sense of 'manhood' just because they are doing something recreational.

 

[adamantypants]

I had a guy I work with argue with me that video games turn into killers. Basicly told me that by playing GTAV I would turn I to a serial killer.

People who say that gaming/First Person Shooters turn people into murderers.

Y'know, the typical Fox News type of crap.

This exactly. Meanwhile the most popular shows on TV feature realistic sex, graphic murder, and rape, and everyone is okay about that.

The WORST part about this is that people assume I'm fucked up in the head because of these stupid preconceived notions about violent games. Meanwhile I go home and play games like Dear Esther and Gone Home that would win story/plot awards if they were in any other medium.

 

[IchigoSharingan]

"I wish I had time for video games"

Seriously, its so insulting. There's a final bosman on it. So condescending to my hobby.

Yes it's insulting but it's an indirect way of the person saying they really don't have much to do in their lives. Usually peeps that say that have NOTHING going on.

What do I hear often that bugs me? Well it doesn't bug me but it is douchey. And that is that games are for losers.

 

[TomShoe]

Years ago at my old job, there was the girl in the office who said videogames rot the brain. I wouldn't let my kids play them. I wanted to turn around and say something but held my tongue. Or if someone asks, what is your hobby and gaming comes up on a list of things you like to do and they give you a funny look. In the end I don't care what people think but good gravy sometimes it can wrong me the wrong way. Sometimes people look at gaming as a destructive hobby or being childish. I just don't get it sometimes lol.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Your comparison is slightly flawed. The difference here is, is one any less of a "gamer" if they only play one or two games a year yet play them constantly for months and months like CoD/BF/DudeBro gamers do when it comes to MP?

No, they're not, but there's a difference between someone saying "I'm really into video games" and another person saying "that person isn't a gamer because they play X." It's the former that the original poster was referring to, and that's the kind of thing that I find disingenuous. There's no basis for insulting someone because they're not an enthusiast of a medium that the person is of, but it's stupid to claim that you're a big fan of a medium when you're not.

 

[figadapaura]

"PC Master Race" gets under my fucking skin every time.There's no one more Elitist than PC Gamers.

This annoys me more than anything non-gamers say.

 

[Vilam]

Wow, check out all the self-hating gamers in this thread. What's wrong with you people?

 

[Tidus_Great]

just people that are generally unaware of how games have evolved or what games are about. My GFs parents were surprised that videogames had storylines, and they thought all games were about killing and shooting. i'ts only mildly annoying because old people are gonna be a little more ignorant to technology in general but now i show them story driven videogames and they were impressed like Mass Effect it reminded my GFs dad of star trek and star wars.

A position of ignorance usually annoys me about anything. Gaming now has evolved so much and is just nothing like it was in say 1990

 

[devonodev]

Hasn't actually happened since I was little, but playing any game and being asked "Are you winning?". I'm on an epic adventure (catching Pokemon), this is no simple win or lose situation.

 

[dude2o]

"Have you played this new [INSERT SHITY iOS TITLE HERE] game"

 

[figadapaura]

Actually I have one. My dad said once that all games were like GTA. I wanted to slap him.