Poll: The term "gamer"

[Valiance]

I want to be called "gamer".

hey, gamer.

there you happy now?
all i need is someone to return the favour.

Hey gamer.

I think I should add on to why I like being called a gamer.

I guess I'll add on to that. Well, first of all, how could you hate being called a gamer, you're at a frickin gaming website. I like being called a gamer, because in case someone needs help with a game, I know everything (I know bad reason). Gamers seem to be the smartest out of any label, probably because the games they play help them through real-life events like zombie apocalypse and a wasteland. Gamers, to me, must be wealthy since an actual "gamer" spends money on consoles that cost 300$ and games that cost 50$. The only thing bad about gamers are the gamers that are annoying 12 year olds, casual gamers who call themselves gamers because they are pro ranking in every wiisports sport, and the overly competitive gamers. I like being called a gamer, they seem like the best people to be with anyway, gangsters are annoying trashy kids that usually get thrown in jail at the age of 8, preps are like, OMG, and then the jocks, who are actually not that bad as people think they are. I'm friends with all the jocks at my school, most of them are smart and friendly too. Plus the other groups, jocks are gangsters, must bow down before us when we own them at halo or gears of war, because the "gangsters" I know, only know those two games, and every time I own them I get a cookie. Preps are just annoying, no one wants to be them, and they insult all the other groups, especially gamers, like "get a life", but as one of these people on this site knows what to reply, "I don't need a life, I'm a gamer, I have many lives."

Italics: You should be known as a guru or something else, other than "go ask the gamer" because then it assumes that the people playing the games who need help aren't gamers, and only the knowledgeable and skilled (you) are a gamer.

Bold: lol.

Italics 2: Yes, because none of us have a PC that didn't cost so much and buy games from discount bins, right? Or enjoy games they bought a while ago that weren't 50 dollars, right?

Bold 2: So you hate casuals and hate hardcore players?

Gangster thing: They don't play madden or anything else?
Prep thing: Totally agree with you here, some of my old "friends" are preps and they didn't understand that I don't need to do what others label as cool and interesting to have fun, and I don't need all the most recent technological items to be part of the sub-culture that likes them.

Anyway, I fucking hate being called a gamer because when anyone thinks "gamer" they think of something that isn't me. Whatever it is, they think of something else. A Halo player, a WoW player, etc, etc, they think of something else, and I hate being stereotyped. Besides, back in 1997 when not everyone played computer games, I guess it was okay, but I have yet to meet anyone who DOESN'T play something these days.

 

[Zildjin81]

I would rather be labeled as a "gamer" or "geek" than anything else...... Or KING OF DA WORLDZ I guess I could roll with that too.


EDIT: Was that the correct to/too? thanks BasicMojo

 

[This-is-Hip-Hop]

Im not labeled as a gamer suprisingly enough, im labeled as a lot of other things though.

-Chef
-Suzie
-Narco (I can get an ego at times)
-Wangster (I listen to Hip-Hop that is there only warrant)

 

[BasicMojo]

I go far enough to promote myself as a gamer. I'm proud of the label.

EDIT: Was that the correct to/too?

It's "too", and thank you so much for making the effort to ensure your English was correct.

 

[Daye.04]

I love the gamer tag. Honestly I'd like to be labeled "hardcore gamer", but it's a bit hard to get there. And I'd have to make sacrifises =P

Honestly gamers are'nt that bad in my book. But again my book is'nt stereotypical. I love the fact that it exists sites like The Escapist.
I especially love the fact that there is LAN's happening everywhere.
And I actually kind of love the fact that there is becoming a kind of gaming way of speaking (Exceapt "LOL" I dislike "LOL". Like for instance "GG" and etc =D
I looves my gamer tag =D

 

[SimuLord]

Getting labeled "gamer" doesn't bother me at all. It's when I get stereotyped at work or in social situations as the type of gamer I'm not (as in, "you play games? How 'bout that World of Warcraft!" or "you're a gamer? I don't like those, too violent.")

In the former case I say "Never played, believe it or not. I'm more of a Total War or Oblivion type" and in the latter it's "I don't like violent games either. Join the club."

 

[minarri]

I've never actually been called a gamer but I think how I'd feel about it would depend upon what the person who's calling you one thinks of people who play video games. It could be a term of approval or of insult.

To be honest though, I don't consider myself a gamer; I play some games heavily but don't have a very large repertoire, and I don't know much about most games.

 

[Corven]

I'm not a gamer I'm a visual entertainment connoisseur, sounds much more refined.
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[Merciful Torture]

:3 I say the term Gamer is a compliment. Far as i care it's a LOT better than being called a geek [which means you BITE the heads off of CHICKENS].
To me Gamer means you're skilled at games to a degree. :3 with me i'd be more of a kamikaze/pro gamer.

 

[Steeveeo]

I call myself a gamer, so why would I care if anyone else called me as such?

 

[Valiance]

I want to be called "gamer".

hey, gamer.

there you happy now?
all i need is someone to return the favour.

Hey gamer.

I think I should add on to why I like being called a gamer.

I guess I'll add on to that. Well, first of all, how could you hate being called a gamer, you're at a frickin gaming website. I like being called a gamer, because in case someone needs help with a game, I know everything (I know bad reason). Gamers seem to be the smartest out of any label, probably because the games they play help them through real-life events like zombie apocalypse and a wasteland. Gamers, to me, must be wealthy since an actual "gamer" spends money on consoles that cost 300$ and games that cost 50$. The only thing bad about gamers are the gamers that are annoying 12 year olds, casual gamers who call themselves gamers because they are pro ranking in every wiisports sport, and the overly competitive gamers. I like being called a gamer, they seem like the best people to be with anyway, gangsters are annoying trashy kids that usually get thrown in jail at the age of 8, preps are like, OMG, and then the jocks, who are actually not that bad as people think they are. I'm friends with all the jocks at my school, most of them are smart and friendly too. Plus the other groups, jocks are gangsters, must bow down before us when we own them at halo or gears of war, because the "gangsters" I know, only know those two games, and every time I own them I get a cookie. Preps are just annoying, no one wants to be them, and they insult all the other groups, especially gamers, like "get a life", but as one of these people on this site knows what to reply, "I don't need a life, I'm a gamer, I have many lives."

Italics: You should be known as a guru or something else, other than "go ask the gamer" because then it assumes that the people playing the games who need help aren't gamers, and only the knowledgeable and skilled (you) are a gamer.

Bold: lol.

Italics 2: Yes, because none of us have a PC that didn't cost so much and buy games from discount bins, right? Or enjoy games they bought a while ago that weren't 50 dollars, right?

Bold 2: So you hate casuals and hate hardcore players?

Gangster thing: They don't play madden or anything else?
Prep thing: Totally agree with you here, some of my old "friends" are preps and they didn't understand that I don't need to do what others label as cool and interesting to have fun, and I don't need all the most recent technological items to be part of the sub-culture that likes them.

Anyway, I fucking hate being called a gamer because when anyone thinks "gamer" they think of something that isn't me. Whatever it is, they think of something else. A Halo player, a WoW player, etc, etc, they think of something else, and I hate being stereotyped. Besides, back in 1997 when not everyone played computer games, I guess it was okay, but I have yet to meet anyone who DOESN'T play something these days.

You jhave to agree with me hardcore gamers can get on people nerves. Especially if they so pysco on someone because they suck like saying "your trash" or something. Casual gamers are not bad at all. Casual gamers who think they are amazing gamers are pretty bad. Gangsters play madden, yeah. Anyway, the first thing you said, I think people should acknowledge you as a very good gamer, and every time my friends need help with a game, they always ask me, I feel like I deserve a cookie. I'm partly a PC gamers, but my computer I played on costs 2000$ and manly, the hardcore gamer gets games right away, right? I like being called a gamer, but I don't play WoW or Halo, I play Beyond good and evil and okami, games no one knows, exept maybe everyone at this forum, because we're all here because we are gamers.

BG&E is 15 bucks at EB games and my girlfriend bought Okami before I met her.

Anyway, yes, many gamers who consider themselves hardcore are terrible at social interaction because the term hardcore is terrible in itself. If they behaved professionally about it, someone being very skilled but still modest or nice with advice...I don't mind them.

However, I find people who trash-talk at the slightest provocation, and give advice like "hey bro, hey bro, look bro, you wanna be good bro, try doin' this bro, lol, thank me later bro." *As someone he's trying to impress looks on.*

 

[ward.]

I'm fine with being labeled a gamer and often out myself as one. So long as people know that it means that I'm down for any kind of game, from poker through boggle to Smash brothers it serves a purpose.

 

[Lonan]

Well, living here in the UK, I've never actually run into an awful lot of people who are interested in pigeon-holing every single person they see into the usual 'jock', 'nerd', 'gamer', 'hippie' ... whatever stereotypes, as popular american culture would leave me to believe I should have. Maybe I just hang around really good social circles or maybe this whole silly labelling thing is a lot more america-centric than we're led to believe.

Still, on the internet the tag 'gamer' seems to bring quite a bit of baggage with you and, even just from participating in a number of forums, it seems in its most common usage (or most common manifestation), the term 'gamer' oftens tends to imply a very particular kind of person, namely those who have an XBox Live account and have a fondness for chainsaw brutality.

Perhaps we need a few more terms to tell ourselves apart? But maybe, just maybe, we should stop stereotyping and pigeon-holing people based on a single, tiny aspect of their life and just treat them as individuals in their own right, free from prior prejudice...

...as if that's gonna work...

I think that the term Gamer is too generalising, Gamer should be a word that's used only for serious gamers, or, we could be called Players.

I believe that term already has a meaning. It is quite different.

Edit: Also, to the poster above me - what are 'preps'? I've never heard that one before.

A prep would be one who attends a British style school in the United States, a "prep" school as slang.

 

[kommando367]

i wear it like a badge of honor

 

[hagaya]

Depends on what's trying to be said from it. A gamer to me is "a person who plays video games avidly for fun or competition." Whilst many other people, namely non-gamers, calls them mouth-breathing man-spheres of flesh and red bull. I like the term as a classification as a form of hobbyist, but I hate it when it has to be some demeaning thing; that we waste away our lives on meaningless virtual games. Gaming is quickly becoming a form of mainstream media, like music or TV, and when that is accepted, then I will be happy that I can really call it prejudice and we can get what we deserve with that title.

 

[Valiance]

Okami and BG&E are both great games, you should get them. I don't like the words hardcore and casual that much, casual isn't that bad though. I consider myself skilled and nice. And yeah, trash talkers bother the hell out of me.

I have no consoles which can play Okami.
BG&E I should have purchased when I saw it. >.<

I feel guilty for not buying it.
Anyway, yeah, trash talkers don't get to me anymore, but they certainly are aggravating to be around and deal with. Casuals don't bother me unless it's the "I pay 15 bucks a month so I should get to see all the cool stuff too!" people.

 

[Valiance]

Okami and BG&E are both great games, you should get them. I don't like the words hardcore and casual that much, casual isn't that bad though. I consider myself skilled and nice. And yeah, trash talkers bother the hell out of me.

I have no consoles which can play Okami.
BG&E I should have purchased when I saw it. >.<

I feel guilty for not buying it.
Anyway, yeah, trash talkers don't get to me anymore, but they certainly are aggravating to be around and deal with. Casuals don't bother me unless it's the "I pay 15 bucks a month so I should get to see all the cool stuff too!" people.

Get it off of steam, hell if I could I'd send you 10$ so you can buy it, I love the game, it's a shame the PC version isn't the best, you can try to see if it allows the controller.

I would have acquired it for PC one way or another, but it looks like one of the few games I'd rather play on a console.

 

[xLANKYx]

why would being labeled a gamer bother me? its what i am, if other people have a problem with me being a gamer then tuff.

 

[Hoppetussa]

I like to be called a gamer. Everytime someone calls me a gamer, I think about The Escapist.

Oh, and we should totally have a gamer HQ were Gordon Freeman and Mario were leaders.

 

[rolan7]

Okami and BG&E are both great games, you should get them. I don't like the words hardcore and casual that much, casual isn't that bad though. I consider myself skilled and nice. And yeah, trash talkers bother the hell out of me.

I have no consoles which can play Okami.
BG&E I should have purchased when I saw it. >.<

I feel guilty for not buying it.
Anyway, yeah, trash talkers don't get to me anymore, but they certainly are aggravating to be around and deal with. Casuals don't bother me unless it's the "I pay 15 bucks a month so I should get to see all the cool stuff too!" people.

Get it off of steam, hell if I could I'd send you 10$ so you can buy it, I love the game, it's a shame the PC version isn't the best, you can try to see if it allows the controller.

I would have acquired it for PC one way or another, but it looks like one of the few games I'd rather play on a console.

I like the console better. I played the PC, PS2, and GC version of it and I like the GC way better. If you have a GC you should get it.

I've only played it on the PC, but I'd like to try the console version someday, because my new-ish hardware is too new for the game. Don't know if its the dual processors or the latest NVidia drivers (thanks for breaking Left4Dead until I set the resolution by launch options btw), but the textures are extremely glitchy and laggy. And the sound has always been several seconds out of sync with the video for me, even on my old machine.

Er, back on topic: I'm definitely not the stereotypical gamer. I mainly play retro games, anything from SNES to around 2004. I'm not very good at any of them, which is ok because I do it for fun. Even though it's just recreation, however, I don't mind being labeled as a gamer by non-gamers because it means I'm different from them. Being different is something I strive for.