I was reading through some of the comments on the latest Jimquisition when one stuck out to me from a poster known as Legion. I shall quote them below:
"When your input on a particular subject is always the same thing it starts to seem common because there is no alternative discussion. We hear about the idiots who make sexist comments on a regular basis, but nobody mentions the tens of millions of gamers who don't make them. The millions who are perfectly normal people who are pleasant to game with. Much like the general media, we only ever hear about the bad news, because it stands out.
That doesn't mean that it doesn't happen and that it isn't a problem, but I think some people need to take a step back and gain a more realistic perspective of it all. The way some people on here talk about it, you'd think we are back in the time of the suffragettes and slavery in America."
That got me thinking. There have been more times where I have enjoyed a gaming session with strangers than there are ones where I felt uncomfortable. I know this may not be true for everyone(especially if you're female), but I think it's about time we start discussing when we had exciting or hilarious engagements with other players. It's about time we show that gamers aren't all homophobic, racist, twats. So I'll start.
Jumped on Modern Warfare 2 with a friend of mine. Me and her went through at least three matches together in Free-for-All, making jokes and taking shots at each other, before a third person chimed in. He was cool and witty, making every time we killed him a laugh riot. Then a fourth person jumped on and now there was a 4-way laugh session with everyone making jokes, killing each other in hilarious ways, and just in general having a great time.
Then came that one guy, that one hillbilly sounding fucker who tried to ruin our fun with his racial/sexist taunts. The 4 of us, hunted him down, in Free-for-All, making sure his ass would never reach the top of the leaderboard. It was not rare that you'd see the four of us run into a house together to get him out, then turning around and shooting at each other after he was dead. Every time he said something offensive, we all grouped up on him, while still making our little jokes towards each other. It was glorious. So much so, that my friend and the two other guys we played with, were always at the top because of the kills we were getting off of that racist, sexist douche.
So I'll take this time to say thank you, to the gamers out there, who are generally nice and accepting people. I know it seems odd to say thank you for just being a respectable person, but hey, we gotta burn this negative image off of ourselves and I find that congratulating people on being a positive representation helps.
"When your input on a particular subject is always the same thing it starts to seem common because there is no alternative discussion. We hear about the idiots who make sexist comments on a regular basis, but nobody mentions the tens of millions of gamers who don't make them. The millions who are perfectly normal people who are pleasant to game with. Much like the general media, we only ever hear about the bad news, because it stands out.
That doesn't mean that it doesn't happen and that it isn't a problem, but I think some people need to take a step back and gain a more realistic perspective of it all. The way some people on here talk about it, you'd think we are back in the time of the suffragettes and slavery in America."
That got me thinking. There have been more times where I have enjoyed a gaming session with strangers than there are ones where I felt uncomfortable. I know this may not be true for everyone(especially if you're female), but I think it's about time we start discussing when we had exciting or hilarious engagements with other players. It's about time we show that gamers aren't all homophobic, racist, twats. So I'll start.
Jumped on Modern Warfare 2 with a friend of mine. Me and her went through at least three matches together in Free-for-All, making jokes and taking shots at each other, before a third person chimed in. He was cool and witty, making every time we killed him a laugh riot. Then a fourth person jumped on and now there was a 4-way laugh session with everyone making jokes, killing each other in hilarious ways, and just in general having a great time.
Then came that one guy, that one hillbilly sounding fucker who tried to ruin our fun with his racial/sexist taunts. The 4 of us, hunted him down, in Free-for-All, making sure his ass would never reach the top of the leaderboard. It was not rare that you'd see the four of us run into a house together to get him out, then turning around and shooting at each other after he was dead. Every time he said something offensive, we all grouped up on him, while still making our little jokes towards each other. It was glorious. So much so, that my friend and the two other guys we played with, were always at the top because of the kills we were getting off of that racist, sexist douche.
So I'll take this time to say thank you, to the gamers out there, who are generally nice and accepting people. I know it seems odd to say thank you for just being a respectable person, but hey, we gotta burn this negative image off of ourselves and I find that congratulating people on being a positive representation helps.
