Does the "gamer" aesthetic repulse you too?

[Ezekiel]

So much that it prevents you from making otherwise good hardware purchases?

 

[Chimpzy]

The aesthetic is merely tasteless. It's the people into it that make it so obnoxious.

 

[Satinavian]

No, it doesn't distract that much. If i can get an item with "gamer" flavour cheaper than the same thing without, i will buy the gamer thing. Particularly with costly purhcases, that are more sport those designs.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

I think there’s still plenty of good hardware without the gamer aesthetic.

 

[Ezekiel]

I think there’s still plenty of good hardware without the gamer aesthetic.

With monitors it's hard to find some of the fancier features or combinations in non-"gamer" models. I have one expected to arrive today. I had to pay a premium for one that doesn't have that look, and will "only" have 120 Hz.

Spoiler

I use quotation marks because "gamer" is not a word.

 

[Worgen]

Spoiler

Spoiler, gamer is a word, we have many newer words and gamer is one of them.

 

[McElroy]

Nowadays not at all. I used to have a MSI GT72 Dominator Pro (gaming laptop) that shows off the aesthetic boldly, but the trend has relaxed much.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

Been a while since I bought new hardware. I do remember being kind of frustrated when I bought my keyboard that I had trouble finding a mechanical one without those tacky LED lights.

 

[XsjadoBlaydette]

Consciousness repulses me