As a gamer, what is something that non gamers say/do that gets under your skin?

This one customer at my job learned that I played games and said "Id never take you as someone who finds pushing buttons to be intellectually stimulating."

I didn't even know what to respond to that
 
Being told i am too old to be a gamer pretty much boils my blood, especailly when it is being said in a serious manner towards me.

I am in my later 30's now...my living room is basically a gaming room because im single so i have a lot of extra money to invest into high end home theater equipment > 5 grand plus HT sound setup as of right now and a gaming PC connected to the big screen along with a PS4 and a few other consoles of past generations. I also have some game mascot bobble heads and a few game prints framed with signatures of developers,etc..my living room has a high tech look to it but yet at the same time you can tell a gamer dwells there but every once in a while I will have someone over make a comment about aren't you a bit too old to be into gaming this hardcore? I can take the jokes..thats fine but when they say it with a snobbish attitude it tends to bother me, even hurt my feelings some times but i get over it because i know how this world is today and some people are just inconsiderate, simple as that.

I work in the Areospace Industry for a company called Hamilton Sundstrand and just about all the people i work with there are into gaming but its people that are either close to me, like family or just friends of friends coming over that say such things.

In my opinion though gaming is MUCH more popular amongst older folks than it was in the 80's and 90's..its quite common for me to run into gamers online or at local game shops that are in their 40's, later 40's and even in their 50's.
 
dude2o said:
"Have you played this new [INSERT SHITY iOS TITLE HERE] game"
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Games on mobile are video games despite how much you refuse to accept it. And some of them are actually really good. Most are shit though to be fair.

BPoole said:
This one customer at my job learned that I played games and said "Id never take you as someone who finds pushing buttons to be intellectually stimulating."

I didn't even know what to respond to that
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Tell them that Video games increase brain function

That's not the first or last experiment that has shown that btw
 
Tidus_Great said:
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
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Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately it tends to be the shooting killing games glorified on the news and I think that just cements the ignorance.
What bothers me is some of those with these opinions lose hours of their time with Netflix, books, mobile games. My wife literally just beat her jetpack joyride for the dozenth time and earlier mentioned embarrassment I put a 6 hour run in dark souls 2. Anyone else relate with this? or can explain why the irony is hard to grasp for some?
 
FluxWaveZ said:
Is one "really into movies" if they watch the two biggest summer blockbusters on a yearly basis and that's it?
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Worst possible analogy you could have chosen. It actually works against your argument, as most people who think they're really into movies know nothing about the medium beyond big hollywood staples and are clueless as to who people like Tarkovsky or Bergman are. Because that's what the equivalent of being into dudebro games is in the film industry...
So when you say you're really into movies you're doing exactly the same thing they are.

And I don't agree, btw. Wether one plays everything or nothing but LoL, if you play regularly, you're a gamer. Don't try to act better than them, you're just more invested in the culture. Same for movies, me liking Argento or Jodorowsky doesn't make me a nobler breed of film fan than someone else who only watches popcorn flicks.
Stop trying to validate your choices by shooting down someone else's just because YOU perceive them as lesser. It doesn't work like that.
 
I dont like too much those who only plays Dota and believe they are the Gamer Gods.

And also dont like those comments of people saying that a videogames can turn someone into a violent human being; or that it was a reason for some murder case.
 
I also get a little annoyed when called a gamer, or when people say they aren't art, but those are sort of different discussions, honestly.

My mom always complains about how many systems I own (which, honestly, isn't that many anymore. I've sold a lot of them). Like, she doesn't understand that different consoles play different games, or that different friends own different consoles, or that every few years a new console comes out that does more than the old one. She's been buying consoles since my brother got the Colecovision in the 80's, I don't understand how she hasn't caught onto this by now.

My dad also always complains that all games are the same. He says "Either the camera's behind them and they're jumping, or it's just their arms and they're holding a gun." Like, to him those are the two genres of game, and that's it. And since he's a big fan of mob movies and westerns, I always tell him that saying all games are the same is like saying all mob movies are identical to each other, and westerns are different only in the time period it takes place in. He denies that to be true, but still thinks that video games work that way. Which is especially amazing since he used to play Nintendo.

Also, not really non-gamers, but I hate when "casuals" (I'm so sorry for using that word) find out I play games and immediately ask me about Call of Duty or Battlefield because that's all they know. Likewise with old people and Farmville/Candy Crush. And anyone who ever sees me playing my DS or 3DS immediately assumes I'm playing Pokemon. Like, there's more than just 3 games people. I'm not weird for not liking what you like, and it's not boring just because it's not immediately recognizable. It's annoying that that's what I'm immediately associated with.

Lol that ended up being a really long post. Sorry.



Edit: Also, I would agree with people mentioned claims that video games make murderers or whatever. That boils my blood not as a gamer, but as an intelligent human being. That's 100x worse than anything I mentioned above. I want to punch people who spout such stupid bullshit.
 
Tidus_Great said:
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
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Honestly, my go-to response for a bunch of these situations is (let's say I'm using books as an example)

"So I can judge all books based off of Twilight/50 Shades/other crappy book now, right?"

typically shuts people up
 
Z.. said:
Worst possible analogy you could have chosen. It actually works against your argument, as most people who think they're really into movies know nothing about the medium beyond big hollywood staples and are clueless as to who people like Tarkovsky or Bergman are. Because that's what the equivalent of being into dudebro games is in the film industry...
So when you say you're really into movies you're doing exactly the same thing they are.

And I don't agree, btw. Wether one plays everything or nothing but LoL, if you play regularly, you're a gamer. Don't try to act better than them, you're just more invested in the culture. Same for movies, me liking Argento or Jodorowsky doesn't make me a nobler breed of film fan than someone else who only watches popcorn flicks.
Stop trying to validate your choices by shooting down someone else's just because YOU perceive them as lesser. It doesn't work like that.
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Your first paragraph is exactly what I'm saying, so how is that a bad analogy? Unless you approve of the people who say they're big movie fans without knowing much about the film industry? If so, why do you approve of someone claiming they are big enthusiasts of an entertainment medium that they are, in fact, not? And I didn't say that I'M into movies; where the hell did you get that from?

And I don't think you read what I said:
FluxWaveZ said:
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.
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I didn't realise people had such an issue with the term gamer, I don't see it as insulting. If someone enjoys playing games, even on ios, they're a gamer to me.

Now, if you want to call yourself a 'hardcore' gamer...
 
Pancho said:
Which is why I rarely mention that I play games.
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I'd rather express what it is I do that proves I'm more active than most, and then add on top of that my passion for gaming.

...If in life I'm more passionate about gaming than they are about other more objectively important factors, it shows a lack of passion on their end, not an excessive amount on mine
 
FluxWaveZ said:
Your first paragraph is exactly what I'm saying, so how is that a bad analogy? Unless you approve of the people who say they're big movie fans without knowing much about the film industry? If so, why do you approve of someone claiming they are big enthusiasts of an entertainment medium that they are, in fact, not? And I didn't say that I'M into movies; where the hell did you get that from?

And I don't think you read what I said:
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You're not getting my point. Even people who are seen as big Hollywood buffs and love Capra/Ford/Scorcese/Coppolla's magnificent outputs but ignore foreign stuff are still film enthusiasts. They're only aware of a very small slice of the medium, but they're actively invested in it, which makes them no less than us.

That's what the equivalent of dudebro shooter fans is, as like it or not they're just as much into gaming as you are, the only difference is that they only care about a particular section of gaming. They're still big enthusiasts, though.

I know you didn't say you were into movies, I was using you as an hypothetical example, I didn't mean you specifically.

You're right, I hadn't read what you said. I apologize for the preach-y tone. My point still stands, though... They are just as enthusiastic about gaming as you are, even if all they play is Fifa. As long as they play regularly and actively, it's perfectly fair of them to say it.
Just like you wouldn't expect a mainstream classic film connoisseur to not consider himself a film fan even if all he watches is stuff from only one current of film making.
 
Z.. said:
You're not getting my point. Even people who are seen as big Hollywood buffs and love Capra/Ford/Scorcese/Coppolla's magnificent outputs are still film enthusiasts. They're only aware of a very small slice of the medium, but they're actively invested in it, which makes them no less than us.

That's what the equivalent of dudebro shooter fans is, as like it or not they're just as much into gaming as you are, the only difference is that they only care about a particular section of gaming. They're still big enthusiasts, though.
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Oh... I get it. Alright, sure, I can agree that people can be largely invested in a medium in their own, personal ways. It's just that I have always associated someone being an actual enthusiast—someone who would say they're into gaming, for example—as being one who actually cares about the industry, the news, the people who form it. I would always find it disingenuous if someone only had a very superficial interest in video games, yet claimed that they were heavily invested in it.

Perhaps it's a perspective I should reevaluate.
 
I don't really get these comments anymore. At least where I'm at, games have crossed over.

I still get shit comments about wrestling though.
 
JayEH said:
Calling me a "gamer".
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what would you prefer to be called?

I don't really get these comments anymore. At least where I'm at, games have crossed over.

I still get shit comments about wrestling though.
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yup.

Last year I was in my room playing FFVII when suddenly my non-gaming cousin came in and watched my playing. He looked at Cloud, and asked me if I liked the character. I said yes, he's one of my best VG characters ever. He then said with a very serious tone: "This makes me question your sexuality. If you are to waste your life on VGs, at least play something that is for men, like COD", and then left the room.

I lost my faith in humanity since then....
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oh boy
 
"Gaming is for kids."

"You've grown and you still play games like a kid."

You can also sometimes see some friends who are not avid gamers as yourself seeing you as immature because you play video games. They won't say it out loud but you can sense and feel it almost perfectly...
 
...Scatter... said:
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.
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Trickster said:
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.
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Blimey. I don't mean to be rude, but this sounds like a Mufasa post. Are you joking?
 
This came up in a conversation on the train I had some time ago:

I went into GAME to buy a game for my son and bought him... call of duty I think it was called. The employee there asked me who I was buying it for and when I told him it was for my 10 year old son he refused to sell it to me because apparently it is a game not meant for kids. I just assumed it was like toy soldiers and he told me everyone was playing it so I thought it would be fine.
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Well fucking done that single GAME employee, but damn hearing that pissed me off.
 
The way the media scapegoat videogames whenever a violent tragedy happens. The whole "videogames cause agressive behaviour and violence" nonsense that has been pushed for decades now puts a certain stigma on videogames and videogamers.
 
sploatee said:
Why? It's just the generation gap. It happens outside of games too.
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Because of the implication that games are for kids. Maybe it didn't come across well in my typed version. Also, I get annoyed at any parent that happily buys games like that for their 10 year old without having any idea what they are buying.

I think it might be the context of the conversation that did it, she wasn't aware that "mature" games existed.

There isn't that much of a generation gap as this person was only a few years older than me.
 
''Gaming is for kids'' indeed.

And also, ''why not do something that is more productive?'' from people who watch 4-6 hours of cable TV every night.
 
- Oh, you're a gamer...
- Aren't you too old for this stuff?
- Aren't Nintendo games for kids?
- Oh so you play those CoD games? If that makes you happy
- Yeah, but there are other games out there. "Oh I wouldn't know, they all look the same to me"

And many, many more.
 
Just general eye rolling when I tell them that gaming is my favorite hobby.

And that eye rolling usually comes from people who spend the vast majority of their free time watching some of the worst big network dross on television.
 
Non Gamer: how do you find time?

My Answer: I don't watch TV or follow celebrity culture and do not know what the Kardashians or Justin Bieber ate today...
 
Saying games are for kids and then finishing the one two punch by saying the quite gore filled game i'm playing is gross...
 
mishakoz said:
"I wish I had time for video games"

Seriously, its so insulting. There's a final bosman on it. So condescending to my hobby.
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This is the most annoying one.
There are occasions in a persons life where they may not have much free time but the chances are the person who said that doesn't have new-born triplets, they do have the free time but simply chose to spend it doing something else.

If that "something else" is watching reality TV or anything similar it's even worse, it's even possible to be more annoying if they spend a lot of time playing candy crush but don't count that.
 
ComputerMKII said:
'60 fps makes no difference'
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I'm not that sure... what's wrong with that? I have enjoyed almost more to games with shitty fps than 60 fps, because were better games at the end. Crysis never give to me the same emotion to MGS3/The shadow of the colossus or lately The Last of Us. Most of the time steady 60 fps games are barely 'games'. More a technical showcase. Of course, I love 60 fp over everything but surely I have the a good amount of entertainment even without 60fps. So 60 fps not make difference at the end.
 
"All of the best games of the last few years are on iPhone - Angry Birds, Candy Crush, Farmville etc. - So I don't need another game console."
 
Holy Order Sol said:
Assuming I'll get along with some other fool they know just because they happen to play games.
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So much this! Every other day my girlfriend tells me I'd get along with <insert friends name> boyfriend as he likes to play games. Drives me mad!

The games are for kids thing is also up there.
 
FluxWaveZ said:
Oh... I get it. Alright, sure, I can agree that people can be largely invested in a medium in their own, personal ways. It's just that I have always associated someone being an actual enthusiast—someone who would say they're into gaming, for example—as being one who actually cares about the industry, the news, the people who form it. I would always find it disingenuous if someone only had a very superficial interest in video games, yet claimed that they were heavily invested in it.

Perhaps it's a perspective I should reevaluate.
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It definitely is, and I'm not trying to be rude or anything when I say this but it's comes off almost as an elitist viewpoint.

I totally get what you mean though by what you said and understand where you're coming from with it.


As for the thread, when people say "the 3D on the 3DS is a gimmick/awful/waste of resource etc etc".

Oh wait that would be stuff said by gamers... :(

I'm only joking, while I find those comments to be false they're also opinion which everyone is entitled to.
 
"You're wasting your life playing these games" always pisses me off. Because the same people who say that usually spend all their free time watching trashy reality tv on TLC.
How is that any different?

another:
"Its not a video game, it's an app"
I just... what?
 
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