Have you ever met an authentic guy gamer

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

Don't be silly.

Men don't play video games.

 

[badgersprite]

Bwahahahaha! A+!

As an addendum, doesn't it seem like most guy gamers are just faking it to impress their girlfriends? It really seems like they're just smiling and nodding and have no clue what their girlfriends are talking about when they go on about the complex mechanics in WoW and the long history of adventure games when all those clueless boys really want to do is go back to their silly little shooty consoles? Hardy har har.

 

[Rachel317]

I saw that other thread and it pissed me off to no end. Surely "gamer" constitutes that you play SOME games? I mean, I play "in depth games" like he says, but I hate Halo (I think its a complete waste of time and doesn't do anything innovative or creative, as we've seen it all before), COD is just an excuse for guys to teabag each other (very mature behaviour)...but then I play Bayonetta, which is predominantly seen as a game for males, and it's one of my favourite games of all time.

So...his ridiculous criterias are...ridiculous. You don't have to know all about gaming history to be a gamer. I doubt that guy does. When information of gang history is volunteered without the conversation warranting it, I just think the speaker is an asshole. It reeks of showing off and a superiority complex when people go on about this stuff. But, of course, being a male, he's the only gender allowed the "gamer" title and he plays "real" games. "Real" games that...he has categorised as such? Yeah, I'm inclined to believe that he's either just trolling, or is extremely close-minded.

Well done, OP. i like it when people put sexist idiots in their place. Excellent thread.

 

[Joepow]

My comment wasn't meant in even the vaguest sense of seriousness.

That's self-indulgent irony, then, because there's absolutely no evidence in your post of your intent. Making your post a failed satire of... a satire. Huh.

Actually the irony in his post was quite obvious.
But then again, irony is quite easy to miss on the internet, which is why it's so annoying when someone says "How could you miss the irony? It's SO obvious".

 

[Trogdor1138]

HAH!

This thread is an awesome response. I'm sad the original thread got taken off though, it was very funny. A sexist/elitist person digging himself further and further into a hole through many pages unable to explain his points, the perfect example of the internet I'll say

To the original "ninja" guy, I know what you were getting at, but the way you worded your posts just came off in extremely poor taste, especially as it's ridiculous to divide games up like that and consider them "not real games".

There are two things I think of when I think of a "Hardcore Gamer".

1. A guy trying to finish Battletoads with one hand, while playing Ultima IV with his feet.

2. Some frat boy loudly paying out people who play Jrpg's while talking about how much he can bench press.

Both of those things are equally full of stupidity. So can everybody stop with this Casual vs. Hardcore nonsense? We're gamers. If you try to talk about who's authentic etc. it shows how much you've missed the point of gaming culture and it's history.

Good show OP.

 

[thedeathscythe]

This isn't really a good parody. I was actually looking forward to an intelligently written counter thread to sort of put the other one in it's place but I think you sort of rushed some parts and didn't really think out the whole post. Just saying it could have been a lot more clever.

OT: I know a lot of "authentic" guy gamers, I also know a couple "authentic" girl gamers, I don't know enough unfortunately, but there is a bunch of them. In fact, a quarter of my clan in Socom is composed of women, and they're good too, they're solid shooters, but they're also good teammates. I consider them all "authentic".

 

[asam92]

Seeing as this is a mirror thread to the other as you said, I am going to assume you are joking in which case, bravo
Yes, unfortunately I do know some guys like that, I called them Gamer Wannabees or Half Arsed Gamers.

 

[s0p0g]

very nice thread indeed!

and no, i'm just another non-gamer by this guy's definition ^^

 

[s0denone]

I'm sorry.
This wasn't funny.

I think the other guy was a massive dick, but this thread isn't any better. Yeah, it's a parody... So what? Everyone who saw the other thread will know that it was extremely stupid. We don't need another thread to tell us that.

Also, why was his thread deleted, while this stays up?

 

[Slick Samurai]

Judging by your requirements, I am a authentic guy gamer. My first game was LoZ: OOT, which I played at my cousin's house when he was away. I've played WoW for 5 years, and I talk to my friend(s) all the time about games in public.

Truly I am a magnificent human being.

 

[apocolips69]

ok who are you to say CoD and Halo arnt real games, but Sims is.
also your not a gamer because you talk about games in a social situation where it is obviously innapropriate... i consider myself as a gamer as i am passionate and love video games. Sure i play an ass ton of CoD, but i also play TF2, have played WoW in the past and a LOT more, but i would definately not bring up gaming when at a party because im to busy being awesome if you know what i mean

 

[Calcium]

Oh this thread gave me a good lol. I would have added something along the lines of "Alot of people have been getting confused(mostly boys)" for satirical accuracy. I know the OP is trolling, and the other thread's OP got enough abuse in his thread (which I doubt the 400+ comments where mostly girls complaning), but this does border on too far.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

I love this thread so much I want to have sex with it.

A boy on the interwebs? Get back to the garage and fix my car.

You are my hero.

 

[moretimethansense]

Not by those definitions, both myself and my freind meet three out of four though, I got in to gaming bexause he introduced me to it, he got in because his dad got him in to it.
By my definition though we are pretty bloody hardcore.

Note: I'm aware this is satire.

 

[migo]

In response to ninjastovall0's thread on girl gamers.

Have you ever met an authentic guy gamer? (has adequate background in gaming) and these are the qualifications/qualities for being authentic:
1. They didn't get into gaming because their friends were into it, or because their parents just bought them a console/PC. Basically like other gamers, they saw a game and just intuitively knew they would enjoy it, despite absolutely no social/common experience of it with friends to indicate it might be fun.

Why does friends playing games mean you're DQed? First of all, your parents would have to buy you something, and then buy you the game. Almost nobody would count unless they were already in their twenties, maybe late teens in the mid 80s.

2. They actually play main titles like Sims and WoW that sell massive units and have online interaction (sorry CoD, Halo and other ultra-masculine space marine penis-fests, you're not real games).

You be trollin.

3. Whatever they like they have substantial knowledge about its past, such as being able to expain in detail the market circumstances that led Origin to agreeing to the EA takeover, the histories of Interplay and SSI and can carry a conversation by adding their own points/knowledge/past.(example: if the XBox/PS2 is their first, they probably can't).

So an authentic gamer knows lots of trivia? Hmmm... So you're essentially saying console gamers aren't real gamers.

4. They're willing to talk about gaming in public, even when they are trying to pick up a good looking girl who clearly isn't into gaming at a party, and even if most of the people in the conversation aren't actually interest in gaming.

So an authentic gamer is complete socially inept. You don't talk about stuff that interests nobody.

 

[Sephychu]

This is pretty funny, though I am rather disappointed so many people missed the satire.
Just adds fuel to the whole 'don't do sarcasm on the webs' argument.