Poll: Is anyone here NOT a gamer?

[shaboinkin]

For some reason I have really been loosing interest in gaming since my sophomore year of college. I still play games but it doesn't give the same satisfaction as it did since my first console till team fortress classic (weird spot to end my satisfaction, huh?)

I still enjoy keeping up with the news of gaming and what the companies and indie people are doing, but playing games just seems to be getting in the way of what I want to do. I will always have a beefy PC and 1 or 2 current gen consoles, but I don't think I'll be putting in the hours like I used to put in.

im the same as you, like weirdly the same

I think it has to do with being a kid, games were like the equivalent to fairy tales for me. They opened up the imagination and brought me to different worlds. But as I grow older, that child-like imagination seems to be running out for me so I don't view games the same way as I did in the past.

 

[SilentCom]

I am a gamer although not a fantasy nerd.

 

[Cap'n Ninja]

I am not but when I joined the Escapist I was actually on a long break from gaming (Between PS2 and PS3), mainly because I wanted to get my A-levels over with before I got one.

They let you change your name twice?!
Awesome!

Even if you're no longer a-floppin a cox [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%27s_Orange_Pippin] and you have no idea who I am, I'm still immensely pleased that you no longer have that Wahful name.
C wat I did thar?

Yea, i wish i was still floppin-a-cox

The first change was a mandatory, people where offended at my blantant floppin' of the cox and mods politely told me that it needed changed.

Then i began to hate that name and decided to just Censor my oringal, I mean whats wrong with flopping a sock around?

I'm mainly impressed that they let you change it twice. Us mortals are only allowed one switcharoo.

 

[bdcjacko]

Don't take this as an insult because it is not suppose to be. But as you mature you stop worrying about being a gamer, a metal head, a jock or whatever.

That being said, I am a dude that is interested in games, but I don't want to be recognized as gamer.

 

[GeorgW]

I am more here and read/watch more about games than I actually play them, but I still call myself a gamer. In some ways I feel more like a gamer by getting in touch with the industry.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I am not but when I joined the Escapist I was actually on a long break from gaming (Between PS2 and PS3), mainly because I wanted to get my A-levels over with before I got one.

They let you change your name twice?!
Awesome!

Even if you're no longer a-floppin a cox [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%27s_Orange_Pippin] and you have no idea who I am, I'm still immensely pleased that you no longer have that Wahful name.
C wat I did thar?

Yea, i wish i was still floppin-a-cox

The first change was a mandatory, people where offended at my blantant floppin' of the cox and mods politely told me that it needed changed.

Then i began to hate that name and decided to just Censor my oringal, I mean whats wrong with flopping a sock around?

I'm mainly impressed that they let you change it twice. Us mortals are only allowed one switcharoo.

Yea, i think its because they changed it for me the first time.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Nerd is a derogatory term, kind of used by a lot of people the same way they use "******".

Gamer doesn't have this connotation, thankfully, so I don't mind calling myself a gamer, but I do mind calling myself a "Nerd"

Actually, the definition of nerd is one who enjoys intellectual pursuits. The average person just uses it to insult someone.

Maybe, but it's really the average person's usage that really matters. The definition of the word "*****" is a female dog, but...

Touché, sir. I can't argue against that logic.

 

[Nerfherder17]

Usually a gamer except I dont own a console at the moment.

 

[JoelOfFinland]

I've always loved games, but my circle of friends doesn't so my hobby has kinda been an undercover one. I might not appear to be the kind of guy who can't wait for Skyrim, or who has cleared MGS 1-4 countless times. I'm not ashamed of it but I've never really brought it up either. In a way I'm maybe a bit affraid that I might lose face in the eyes of my friends if I would start to advertise my gaming hobby. I have a lot of other hobbies too (Breakdancing, soccer, indie movies, djing) and wish that there would be more people who see games as an emerging art form instead of just violent trash ruining our youngsters.

 

[Pat8u]

OK why has this thread gone all philosopical now he basically asked DO YOU PLAY GAMES....

OT: Yes Because I play Games which makes me a gamer
seriously some people arrrgh

 

[Pat8u]

Nerd is a derogatory term, kind of used by a lot of people the same way they use "******".

Gamer doesn't have this connotation, thankfully, so I don't mind calling myself a gamer, but I do mind calling myself a "Nerd"

Actually, the definition of nerd is one who enjoys intellectual pursuits. The average person just uses it to insult someone.

Maybe, but it's really the average person's usage that really matters. The definition of the word "*****" is a female dog, but...

Touché, sir. I can't argue against that logic.

Yeah you do know there is a second definition for the term '*****' in the dictionary now
also I don't mind being called a nerd while meant as an insult I take as they are saying "smart person who enjoys things I don't enjoy"

 

[similar.squirrel]

I wouldn't identify myself as such, because it's pretty embarrassing at the moment.

 

[Vault101]

Don't take this as an insult because it is not suppose to be. But as you mature you stop worrying about being a gamer, a metal head, a jock or whatever.

That being said, I am a dude that is interested in games, but I don't want to be recognized as gamer.

I dont care if Im 19 40 or 80

the only way they will get me to stop wearing my I love yoshi T-shirt is if they cut it off my cold dead body

and they can pry my figurines and WOW mouse pad out of my cold dead hands