ScepticMatt
Member
Yeah, my whole family feels that gaming is a waste of time at best.
Yeah, that's the quote I was looking for
As a gamer, what is something that non gamers say/do that gets under your skin?
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This is the absolute truth.
I also hate it when people say, "You're too old to be playing games."
ArkkAngel007
Member
This is the major one. Sorry that I don't drink every night, smoke 2 packs a day, watch porn on a regular basis, and watch sports/sitcoms every day/night. You know, all the acceptable ways to waste time.
Not like I'm a married, educated man that spends more time on his education, family, and health than most of those who make that comment do.
And as for all the LoL, DOTA, CoD, mobile game players aren't gamers/playing games comments that I'm seeing here and/or expect to see at some point: really? As much as people who don't play games making ignorant comments/statements annoys me, a see much more insulting shit here considering there is a bit of an expectation that people who actively play games and claim to love them would know better than that.
Shit, I don't even play MOBAs or COD and it gets under my skin...sorry, this is supposed to be a thread about people who don't play games.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Here was the big whopper that I got hit with a lot by my dad when I was growing up, in middle/high school.
"You know if you put even a tenth of the effort you put into videogames into studying, you'd be on the honor roll!"
Thanks Dad. Thanks for that.
"You know if you put even a tenth of the effort you put into videogames into studying, you'd be on the honor roll!"
Thanks Dad. Thanks for that.
TangerineCloud
Banned
Ugh, it pisses me off to no end when non-gamers makes fun of adult gamers. My mother and I stayed at my grandparents' house for a week during the holidays. My grandparents (and my mom, too) would sit in front of the TV for hours watching intellectually stimulating programming such as Maury, The Wendy Williams Show, The Steve Wilkos Show, and the myriad court TV shows that air throughout the day. At some point, the subject of adult gamers comes up (because two of my uncles are men in their 30s who still play games), and they immediately start making fun of them and claiming they're wasting their lives and going on about how pathetic the hobby is (and just for the record, my gamer-uncles are two successful, socially well-adjusted guys). Don't get me wrong, I'm not gonna sit here and say that video games are inherently more valuable and meaningful than the trash TV that they spend hours watching (let's be honest - most are just mindless entertainment), and I hate to be so judgmental towards the way my family members use their free time, but the sheer hypocrisy is just so infuriating.
This makes me mad as well. There are so many different scoring systems!
jaythagamer
Member
"when are you going to stop playing those childish games?"
CyanideFuse
Member
A true hardcore gamer...
Y-Z
Member
He: You're a gamer? So you play like 20 hours a week right?
Me: Ehm no, i study / work a lot and have almost no time to play but it's a hobby yeah.
He: Huh? Don't you need to play like everday.
I've met many people like this who think you can't play unless you play like a madman and imply anyone who plays games has no life.
Me: Ehm no, i study / work a lot and have almost no time to play but it's a hobby yeah.
He: Huh? Don't you need to play like everday.
I've met many people like this who think you can't play unless you play like a madman and imply anyone who plays games has no life.
ArkkAngel007
Member
Well, depends on how much time you were spending and how you naturally perform in school.
Just reading this as it is could make your dad somewhat in the right, even though it does match the thread criteria of it getting under your skin.
CodiesLoore
Member
That games are "easy to make" and all we do is "play games all day".
I came here to say this.
I personally can't stand it. In the past, I've put in my twitter description that I'm a gamer, but after reading it out loud, it just made me feel like a giant dork. It just feels embarrassing to tell people, "Yeah, I'm a gamer.".
KojiKnight
Member
I don't understand people being embarassed about being "a gamer". Would you be embarassed calling yourself a "reader"? Or a "golfer"?
Meh, I may just be weird though... I tend to not care what people think about me and most people accept that pretty fast if they are my friend or relative... and if you're not either of those, why the hell would I care what you think of me or my hobbies?
Meh, I may just be weird though... I tend to not care what people think about me and most people accept that pretty fast if they are my friend or relative... and if you're not either of those, why the hell would I care what you think of me or my hobbies?
I just don't like the idea of labeling yourself after a hobby you enjoy. It just feels gross to me.
Benzychenz
Member
Oh my god this reminds me of when my mum was teaching me how to drive.
"Just remember you don't get points for hitting people in real life."
....like seriously?!
family_guy
Member
What's funny is "non gamers" got caught up in the Wii hype yet look down on other gaming platforms.
I hate this as well. I'm still in my early/mid-twenties and some people still think that video games are for elementary school kids.
I also hate when they say that video games causes violence and aggression.
Also this:
If the kid is mature enough, then it is fine allowing him to play mature rated games, but when the parents just blindly hands over a game that is rated mature and then blame the video game industry for their kids behaving a certain way is really unjust.
CyanideFuse
Member
I hate this as well. I'm still in my early/mid-twenties and some people still think that video games are for elementary school kids.
I also hate when they say that video games causes violence and aggression.
Also this:
If the kid is mature enough, then it is fine allowing him to play mature rated games, but when the parents just blindly hands over a game that is rated mature and then blame the video game industry for their kids behaving a certain way is really unjust.
He is crying and clutching a game to his chest. I would hazard a guess that he isn't mature enough.
Whilst looking about 10 years old.
Night Hunter
Banned
Nothing anyone who doesn't really know what he is talking about anyway could ever be so annoying as the PC Master Race bullshit you have to deal with here on GAF 
A friends Facebook post a couple days ago:
"I volunteer at my son's school on Wednesdays and read through each student's written weekend reports. It blows my mind how many of these kids write about nothing except video games. I always feel better about how [wife's name] and I are doing as parents after I leave."
This is a person who usually talks about NOTHING else except sports. I wanted to drive to his house and smack him.
"I volunteer at my son's school on Wednesdays and read through each student's written weekend reports. It blows my mind how many of these kids write about nothing except video games. I always feel better about how [wife's name] and I are doing as parents after I leave."
This is a person who usually talks about NOTHING else except sports. I wanted to drive to his house and smack him.
Heh, I've done this myself while driving.
The points part. Not actually hitting someone.
Haha, yeah that's why I posted it cause you clearly can tell the kid isn't mature enough to play GTA V. This also how multiplayer games get ruined cause you have an annoying nine year old in there.
CyanideFuse
Member
Come on, there's nothing like being called a ****ing **** **** **** by a 9-year-old when playing online.
QuiteUndead
Neo Member
Buying their children games before researching them first.Smh
"Wow you play video games? I never would have expected that!"
Thanks for the complement I guess? Way to generalize everyone who plays games as socially inept beings.
And like some of you have mentioned, it's like if you say you play games many people assume that's all you do and you just sit in your room all day playing Call of Duty.
Thanks for the complement I guess? Way to generalize everyone who plays games as socially inept beings.
And like some of you have mentioned, it's like if you say you play games many people assume that's all you do and you just sit in your room all day playing Call of Duty.
One of those is passive entertainment, that probably makes people dumber. And the other one is active entertainment, which can have psychological and physical benefits [1].
[1] - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/video-games-good-for-us_n_4164723.html
TheVanillaGorilla
Neo Member
The age thing is a common one, that gets wheeled out from when you grow your first pube.
The other is the time aspect. I have time to play because I choose an interactive hobby over watching endless reality TV shows and soap operas. Easy. I even read, exercise and socialise. Must be miraculous.
The other is the time aspect. I have time to play because I choose an interactive hobby over watching endless reality TV shows and soap operas. Easy. I even read, exercise and socialise. Must be miraculous.
Messofanego
Banned
"It's just a game."
Do you want videogames to be taken seriously only when it suits you?
EDIT: Whoops thought this is what gamers say that gets under your skin. My bad.
Do you want videogames to be taken seriously only when it suits you?
EDIT: Whoops thought this is what gamers say that gets under your skin. My bad.
non gamers don't even know what fps is.
Overall, can't say they say much to piss me off these days. It's a much more accepted hobby.
"Said no non-gamer ever"
we.are.the.armada
Member
When people stigmatize the medium.
ArkkAngel007
Member
"30fps is a slide show"
Using the word "Dudebro" in the wrong context.
Both of those are something no one who doesn't play games would say.
On that note, dudebro is another stupid, negative term that needs to go.
I don't think non gamers know what dudebro is either. Hell I had to explain it to my friend and he's been playing games forever.
AdventureMike
Member
Is this annoyance at being called a gamer new? I don't recall it being so prevalent but now I see it all the time on GAF. I don't see it any different than calling yourself a reader or a listener (in the case of music or radio or whatever).
Pertaining to the thread, my dad about a year ago (I'm just about 28):
"Don't you think you're a little old for Mario?" You know, because age has anything to do with enjoying a well designed game or any other type of medium.
Pertaining to the thread, my dad about a year ago (I'm just about 28):
"Don't you think you're a little old for Mario?" You know, because age has anything to do with enjoying a well designed game or any other type of medium.
Marvel
could never
Damn I mis-read the entire thread lol.