Poll: Do PC gamers have an image problem?

[The White Hunter]

Yea it';d basically be asking for a burglary wouldn't it?

I know I love my splitscreen, it's the main way my PS3 gets used at the moment, the splitscreen multiplayer capacity. Some of the best lulz one can have are playing Modern Warfare 2 in splitscreen 1 vs 1 with only knives and throwing knives allowed. Such rage can be created.

I think that that kind of image problem is fine, it's a hobby, the big problem is the shouty ones that go on forums and declare their format objectively superior in every possible way because of lol numbers. Consoles have asshats like that too.

Nah man, not 1v1 blades only, 4 player free for all. Why make 1, maybe 2 people mad, when you can have 4 people foaming at the mouth, sitting within easy striking distance of each other?

One such party ended up looking like the most violent game of twister ever. It was mostly play fighting so no one got seriously hurt. Well apart from my mate's pride after I killed him with a particularly dicey ricochet, then put him in a headlock and noogied him when he went for me.

Ah the knife match on Rust is a thing of glory though man, my mates profile on my PS3 lacked commando pro you see, so he couldn't come from the sky like some kind ultranationalist batman!

4 player FFA can be fun as hell though, I'm particularly fond of Favela with a nice SPAS-12 and just never go anywhere more open than the back alleys.

 

[Lightknight]

Is that an Alienware PC? Because no self respecting Glorious God of Gaming would want one of those within a 50km radius of their home let alone actually owning one.

Haha, while I set my own desktop together, piece by piece, I do not begrudge people who buy Alienware PCs. I just know that they likely spent something like $500 more than they would have for a better machine from companies like cyberpowerpc.com (where I got my wife's laptop from). It's like Alienware is just riding off its legacy and image without providing the content that made them famous. Guess that's why Dell is experiencing such problems.

 

[Dr.Awkward]

Here's a few searches I did on what is could be called "the general gaming population":

Players are:
insecure
lonely
only happy if they are playing

Cynics are:
simply thwarted romantics
disappointed idealists
failed romantics
right
wrong

Idealists are:
idiots
dangerous
annoying
stupid

Elitists are:
arrogant
the worst
jerks
annoying

Extroverts are:
stupid
overrated
shallow
happier

Introverts are:
awesome
smarter
weird
better
detailed

Humanity's perception of itself is:
killing
destroying

What's interesting is seeing what Google pulled up for introverts, it tells me that the populace aren't bothered or have ill-gotten thoughts about people who keep to themselves and don't have a desire to socialize and voice their opinion. Who knew?

 

[Ne1butme]

The only image problem i have is usually fixed with VSync



This is what we're talking about, right?

 

[the doom cannon]

Whatever happened to playing games regardless of platform... I would play a game on a sodding calculator if it was any good.

I've actually done that, there's a surprising amount of power (for 2001 when I was doing it) if a shitty display on some of them.

I don't think PC gamers have an image problem, so much that they cause an image problem for PC gaming. When you have people going on about how much better the graphics are on PC (instead of sane hardware benefits, like a mouse or noncrippling amounts of RAM), what people here is blah blah blah spend 2000$ on a computer. They are the magpiest of gaming magpies, and unfortunately they are also the loudest, perhaps because they need to convince themselves that spending 2000$[footnote]Not hyperbole, whatever your more modest rig might cost, in fact I've fixed $6000 computers in the past, so 2000$ isn't even the worst of it.[/footnote] on a computer instead of 850$ for a PC that would play the same games but not be as shiny was a good idea.

Oh man calculator games were all I did during my free time at school (high school). The mirage os for the ti-83/84 was glorious. I spent countless hours playing phantom (a sideways galaga), Tetris, and there was even an rpg that I played

 

[mohit9206]

I would also own all the consoles if i had the money. Wii U, 360 ,PS3, 3DS, VITA etc but since i dont have so much money i chose ps2 and pc.
so am also both pc and console gamer and i love both. the thing is our world is filled with negative people. so no matter what you search as one guy demonstrated earlier most results are shockingly negative. I think we should accept that and deal with it. its never going to change

 

[flarty]

Can someone explain to me why the third poster got a warning for his post? It was obviously satirical.

PC master race?! Pfft!

The true solution is to embrace the post-human gaming ideal of owning every console and a gaming PC!

Where did you get such an interesting picture?

 

[Pink Gregory]

Someone reported that third post? It's clearly a joke, that ain't fair.

OT: I know PCs are better, but I still play console probably more often. WHAT EVAH, AH DO WHAT AH WANT.

 

[Genocidicles]

Where did you get such an interesting picture?

Me and my hive minded brethren formed it with our raw mental power.

Spoiler

I just searched transhuman or posthuman on Google. Can't remember which.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

People who play PC games aren't necessarily these things. People who declare themselves "PC GAMERS" and argue against consoles are generally all of these things.

I do most of my gaming on a high end pc I built. It's not like I don't like pc gaming but every time I see someone listing off all the reasons pc gaming is better its like "ugh, you're that guy."

PC gamers don't just think they're better, they KNOW they're better because their hardware is undeniably better. Oh and these "controllers" that are ergonomically designed to comfortably fit in your hands? Pff, how can one even play a game if not with one hand on a mouse and the other navigating around 40 keys sprawled out on a flat surface optimizing the amount of precision one could potentially have? Also PCs are more expensive, so if you don't have a good one you're probably just spiteful that you aren't as rich as they are.

God forbid someone wants to just sit down and play a videogame for fun. Maximizing efficiency and optimal graphics are the heart and soul of every recreational activity.

 

[teebeeohh]

ok for people who still take that shit serious(on both sides): The PC gaming master race thing was a joke because the older ones among us have seen the PC "die" as a gaming platform for 20 years and when people who started gaming in the late xbox era tell me how my PC is irrelevant because of how awesome the 360 is they get snark.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Yes. Very yes.
Gamer elitism and faction-behavior has been around for ages. (Sega vs Nintendo, anyone?)

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

When someone says you don't have to get a $1000 pc to game on and can instead buy a mid range pc like $500 thats still "better", you'll still be playing games on fucking medium settings that look the same as console except now you have to go through the hassle of adjusting the graphics setting so the frame rate don't skip. Nice buy

To preface this, I'm a collector who will play any damn thing as long as it's fun. I built my PC for $350 bucks, and right now I'm running Tomb Raider on ultra with no TressFX hair at 41 fps, and Bioshock Infinite on ultra, somewhere between 32-37 fps (it likes to jump, especially VRAM usage). I was also able to mod out my Skyrim to gorgeous mode without a problem. Since nobody ever believes me when I say this, I'll detail how this happened:

Case - Cooler Master Black Lite $50
CPU - Intel i3 3.1 Ghz dual-core $75
Mobo - Intel generic-ass 1155 $25
Video Card - Nvidia GTX 465 1GB $75
HDD - Western Digital Caviar 2TB $80
Lite-on DVD/CD burner - $15
Microsoft keyboard/optical mouse - $30
Monitor - HDTV that the consoles use, over DVI at 1080p

If you set up Windows correctly, use game booster, keep your drive defragmented, keep your drivers up to date, and listen to this guy tweakguides.com, you can squeeze so much mileage out of your games. I'll probably need to upgrade when everything in the world is running UE4 (or settle for medium/high), but I could spend less than the amount of a PS4 on a video card and that should handle what's going to really change.

The point of this post isn't to shove some superiority in you or anyone's face, but to make a point that I can do just fine and be perfectly satisfied without spending $1000-2000 on a rig. I'd love to have a triple-monitor setup with an SLI rig and an i7 to push it, but I don't need it. I can have a better experience with my multiplats compared to consoles already without having to do that, and should I come into some money I actually have the ability and freedom to improve it further. The rush when powering up a $2000 rig is extremely powerful and never fades, and I suppose that can get to people's heads and convince them that their wealth combined with computer assembly knowledge (which is less complicated than a Lego spaceship) makes them somehow superior as people. It's bullshit, and I don't really care what anyone does with your free time, and now I'm wasting too much of yours.

My gaming laptop that I bought 4 years ago has pretty much the same specs (i3, 4 gigs of ram, decent Nvidia graphics card to keep my gaming needs afloat). Do you mind if I inquire what resolution you play on? My laptop only has 1600x900 resolution and if I play on anything less the visuals look muddy. So, to counter this I plug into my HD tv (with display port to hdmi) and play on 1280x720. The only game I was able to fully play with this set up was Spec Ops the Line which I was able to run at highest visuals (I've been meaning to try it with Metro 2033). Its the resolution that dives up the processing power and I do use game booster get a little more mileage. At an HD tv's pixel density, you can hardly see a difference between 720 and full 1080 on a game and they both look great.

Its mostly just annoying to navigate Windows with a keyboard and mouse on a tv with no desk in front of me and switching between big and small font requires me to log off and on and I'm too cheap to buy peripherals to make things easier to use so I'm stuck flipping back and forth between emulating a keyboard and mouse and an xbox controller using motion joy on my ps3 controller. So I just get more convenience with a console at this point in my life.

But I totes agree with you. There is no "one way" to game and silly to push it on people. I obviously love both my laptop and ps3 but I have my own set of problems which is why I use both. And you're not wasting my time fyi. Its pretty awesome how you were able to set up a sweet pc for that cheap but I would never be able to work done on a computer without a monitor. I guess I'm not good buying things. My mouse alone cost $60

 

[Bradeck]

Let me put the question another way. If PC gamers are represented by Gabe Newell, and console gamers are represented by Cliffy B, who has an image problem?

If our games are not "locked upon purchase" and your games require extra peripherals to run properly, who has a better system?

Struggle all you want, but I can still play games from my childhood, without going out and buying the machine they came on.

 

[Ciartan]

Oh for gods sake, not this thread again....
Some people are assholes.
Deal with it.

 

[Woodsey]

Nope, my mum says I look hot in all my clothes.

 

[TrulyBritish]

My PC has red LED fans with 3 speed settings.

Fuck your consoles


Joking aside, I have consoles and a gaming PC.

Am I a hybrid that will bring about the end of days?

You must be like the gaming messiah, bring love and trying to unite two bitterly feuding factions, one seeming elitist and evil, the other simplistic and rather native.
Hold on, I may be thinking of Disneys Pocahontas...

 

[Wintermute_v1legacy]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tYwZr97r8Os/ULRbUnlD_sI/AAAAAAAAC-w/KRAoIcCL-gw/s1600/pc+gaming+master+race.jpg

Since when does the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race give a shit about what the dimwitted, unwashed console plebs think?

Who cares about image? It's all about them megs, man. Them gigs. Do you have adequate hertz? How many pixels? My mouse has 17 buttons on it. My keyboard glows. That's all that matters.

My intake and exhaust fans are illuminated. If you have a problem with that image, it's only because the radiance has blinded you.

HAHAHAHA that's fucking hilarious, great painting. It's a shame you got warned for this.

Anyway, back on topic... from my experience online, gamers in general have an image problem, but every PC gamer I know personally has nothing against consoles or mobile or anything, it must be a "angry internet men" thing. My only platform is PC because it's been a part of my house since I was a kid, and also because consoles and console games are ridiculously expensive in my part of the world, so I work with what I have.

 

[BeeGeenie]

I think all the other commenters have made it pretty clear. It's not PC gamers specifically, it's just that Google, and the internet in general, is a very judgmental place.

I spend most of my time on my laptop, but my consoles have their good points too.

Celebrate diversity and love all the game platforms!