What is your gamer stereotype breaking hobby?

[pvaglueman123]

We have to break stereotypes now?
I honestly can't think of anything. Gaming these days isn't nearly as socially unacceptable as it used to be so I say "Why hide it?" It's what i enjoy. I frequently crack out Catan in my college common room. People laugh but i don't really care because the people I hang out with are all like minded.
Another thing that confuses me is why are we asking this? I don't think anything "breaks" the stereotype because honestly, gamers are the most diverse people I've ever met. I myself have a lot of interests outside games (I write for instance, make my own terrible games and so on) but the majority of non-gamers i know have probably one interest, maybe a second that they're keeping secret lest anyone find out that the sporty jock collects Sylvanian Families.

 

[Robetid]

I play hockey 3-4 times a week, I'm not on a team or anything but i play a lot of pick up games.

 

[tgbennett30]

My two favorite hobbies (other than video games, of course) are powerlifting and Brazilian jiujitsu, two things that might argue rather strongly against the stereotype of the skinny unathletic shut-in gamer

And I suppose my job (doctorate in neuroscience and professor at a medical school) is one that suggests I should be "above such nonsense" like standing up and yelling in triumph at my TV when my State of Decay character finally won a brutal battle of attrition against a juggernaut zombie (like I did last night, my wife ROFL'ed).

Then again, I have several colleagues who think weights and BJJ are, to put it politely but very passive-aggressively, "base pursuits," and I suspect they'd look at me quite differently if they knew games were also part of the equation ;-)

 

[tgbennett30]

^^^ Just goes to show that even highly intelligent people can be just as big of judgmental ****heads as anyone...

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Read the rest of the thread, thought of one that's pretty non-stereotypical - and this is one that I'd bet will garner me some bad feelings from some folks as a knee-jerk reaction, but bear with me: I was president of my fraternity back in the day in college.

Yeah, the stereotype of fraternity guys is big dumb drunken jocks who are always one iota away from being rapists - well, the stereotype of those guys is about as accurate as the stereotypes of gamers (or anyone else, really). Out of 100+ guys I don't recall any who were true alcoholics, nor do I remember anyone being accused of assault (sexual or otherwise). Yeah, we had some hardcore jocks (football and baseball players at LSU, serious athletes indeed), and a couple guys who drank too much and studied too little, but on the whole not really any different from any average group of college guys.

Bringing it back to the OP - at the time I was there, my room was THE most popular room in the frat house, not because I had all the good porn or good liquor or whatever - I had the SNES with Madden, Mortal Kombat 2, Street Fighter 2, etc. Even in the late 80's/early 90's, most of the guys there (athletes included) were enthusiastic gamers. Many got into things like Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, Mega-Man, etc., not just the sports games...

 

[Feraswondervahnn]

Music. Writing, Playing, Recording, Producing, Gigging, and just listening to music. Any genre, I just bloody love music. I quite enjoy pool, snooker, darts and generally pubbing it with a few mates as well.

I spend most my time at a mates place doing something musical or watching a movie or two.

 

[Ryokai]

Martial arts--I've been involved in karate, krav maga, and street fighting.

I was also an infantryman and combat medic for a bit, but that's more of a job than a hobby.

 

[stormeris]

Nothing... Completely nothing...

WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?? ARGH
Fuck my life.

 

[Miyenne]

Take a wild guess.

Can you believe some people don't want to cook?!

I don't want to cook... Especially after my last attempt at cooking a steak resulted in my eyebrows nearly getting scorched off, burn marks on the walls and floor, AND the fire alarm going off T_T

You sound exactly like me.


As for me, I guess the biggest stereotype breaking hobby would be... Um... I read a lot? I write books too? ... Uh, no, that's all pretty normal introverted stuff. I'm becoming a crazy cat lady? I garden? Hmm.

Actually, I think I am an actual stereotype.

 

[EvilMaggot]

Well im a smith.. its my work.. i love my work.. soo i do alot of welding small stuff together and such.. once out of pure fun i made a ring out of a nail .. was pretty cool actually.. though i forgot where it is now

 

[schiz0phren1c]

If FPS Russia had an Irish Cousin with less money,
that'd be me
I shoot IPSC,not professionally(I suck at tactical movement tbh,and have been scolded on youtube for standing in the wrong place(the middle of a doorway for example in one of my vids,although that was 8 years ago and I've improved a LOT since)
but I'm as happy and useful with a SPAS 12 in real life as I am in a game,in fact a lot of the comments on my spas 12 Youtube vids were from COD players either saying genuinely funny stuff (HAXXOR!,etc) or actively dribbling about me being a noob because they don't like the gun ingame,either way it makes me laugh,I also write,produce and Rap some hardcore to political style hip hop,which is also on youtube,in fact I genuinely wasn't gonna do this cause this isn't a cheap promo post,but what the hell,I value my fellow Escapist's opinions so here's my(soon to be updated) Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/schiz0phren1c
let me know what you think(of my music more than my shooting,I was a very amateur shooter at the time,just having a blast(bdum tish)with some Army buddies of mine from South East Asia,but my music,well,not to be big headed,but not so amateur in my opinion...and a few others.)

 

[SuperScrub]

My gamer breaking stereotypes are working out and cooking. Because after all, all gamers are fat blobs that will not eat anything that doesn't come prepackaged. hahaha lulz.

 

[I am only a man]

I'm a music producer/composer and audio engineer. I actually spend more time with music than gaming as of late (which, honestly, is a as it should be.) Here's some of the instrumentals I've made recently. https://soundcloud.com/vic-torius-rva

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I enjoy playing sports, running, swimming, snowboarding, reading, writing, listening to music, and going out to see movies.

Many people who know that I play video games are often surprised at my other hobbies.

 

[Ultress]

I enjoy baking and cooking,I'm not that great at it but better than my avatar is.So breaking one stereotype and falling in to another.

 

[SecondSince]

Cooking! XD

Seriously, whether it's something fast and easy or something that take a whole (or multiple) day, i simply love it! The simple act of making something tasty (and most time healthy) for myself can make me so happy sometimes. And having friends over for dinner and putting something on the table that makes their mouth water is just about the best thing ever.

As they say, it's the little things.

 

[A_Parked_Car]

I play four musical instruments (drums, bass, guitar, piano) and I passionately study military history. The Second World War and Interwar Years more specifically, and the Pacific War in particular.

 

[Alssadar]

As previously mentioned in a majority of my posts, I've done drum line.
I also write stories and such.

 

[Angelblaze]

I draw...
http://kasumi-tengu.deviantart.com/art/Chung-Shelling-Guardian-370593113?q=gallery%3Akasumi-tengu&qo=2
http://kasumi-tengu.deviantart.com/art/Nagisa-Hazuki-377737584?q=gallery%3Akasumi-tengu&qo=1
http://kasumi-tengu.deviantart.com/art/Rin-Matsuoka-Free-378360478?q=gallery%3Akasumi-tengu&qo=0

I also write

Like alot.
That's not all of it.
At all.

I've also dabbled in music (Mainly just fruity loops.) Though in grade school I did play a very nice clarinet.


If 'gamer' doesn't apply to board games, I have numerous awards for my participation/winning in chess.

 

[unit5016]

I own koi, and enjoy just as much time watching my little fishies swimming around the pond as I do playing video games. For a lot of people the idea of a gamer enjoying such a peaceful hobby is an exception rather than common place. So fellow escapsists, what are some of your favorite things besides gaming that people don't expect of gamers?

Spoiler: Ohh, and for those who are interested

Here are some of my newer koi

Great looking fish! the main one that keeps me away is I collect and shoot a variety of firearms but especially from WW2.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

I love to tend plants. Houseplants, gardening, growing food for myself, etc.

Some people are cat-persons, some are dog-persons. I'm a plant-person. Taking care of plants leaves me feeling very zen.