What is your gamer stereotype breaking hobby?

[Gorrath]

I was very athletic and very good at sports while also playing video games, reading comics and doing critical analysis of classic sci-fi. I played gridiron football as a lineman (center, guard and defensive tackle) and tight end, played soccer at every position though I was most at home as a very physical defenseman, and played volley ball. I suppose it's worth nothing that back then, video games were almost considered as 'nerdy' as comic books, though both seem to be rather main stream now-a-days. My sci-fi addiction sort of made me to nerds what nerds were to normal people.

 

[Realitycrash]

I have tattoos and piercings and get new ones ever so often, I used to play in a band, I go to the gym every day and I spend more time drinking in pubs than gaming on the average weekend. I also have a sex-life.
Heck, even when I played WoW and raided five hours a day I still managed to hold a social life and get drunk on weekends.

 

[Cloudydays]

Damn... So cool...

Okay yeah, that was pretty cool..

I myself a musician as well. Play the Piano and the Viola.

I am an artist but I guess it draws me back to gaming if I say I'm aspiring to be a game artist..

I love improv. It's one of the things that has brought close to a lot of the good friends I have today.

 

[CrimsonBlack]

Wow, loving the gamer-stereotype-breaking hobbies and skills in this thread - the Escapist literati really rocks!

I personally do one heck of a lot of running (long-distance), and spend much of my free time watching the countryside pass me by. Love it, so meditative and releasing.

Otherwise... eh, like many others here, I play guitar (badly), I have a reasonable social life, am dating someone, am doing a second degree in genetics. Gaming no longer conforms to the geek in the basement with no g/f.

 

[purplecactus]

Sports. Or I guess some people would call them activities... let's go with athletic pursuits. Things like mountain biking (currently learning how not to crash and burn when jumping BIG), kayaking, climbing, lots of hiking and camping. And then there's things like DIY and woodworking, bike mechanics, photography, things like that. Not sure if I'm listing gamer-stereotype-breaking-stuff here or gender-stereotype-breaking-stuff... Heh, I like that these stereotypes are essentially being smashed to bits.

 

[DoPo]

So fellow escapsists, what are some of your favorite things besides gaming that people don't expect of gamers?

What do people expect from gamers? I'm pretty sure any hobby that's not "video games" doesn't fit with the stereotype. Or am I not informed enough?

I guess OP meant in terms of what the larger media stereotypes gamers as.

Like Basement dwelling, shooter playing, acne ridden, losers(?)

Yeah, exactly - no other hobbies exist in that stereotype. Any hobby would therefore break the stereotype.

 

[Shifty]

Que small CV

Im 30.
Worked labouring on building sites since I was 15
Got a degree in engineering (maybe not outside the stereotype )while still on sites.
I love socialising and going out, meeting people and having the criac.
I play sports
I have a GF that I get on with most of the time :/ naww she is brilliant.
I get on with people and do not "rage" on the internet (I think)

Honestly though I never understood the "stereotype" - games are another medium that anyone can enjoy so by anyone that means no stereotype. It is just they are interactive which i think may scare some people that do not understand them. They are a way of expressing creators ideas that others can enjoy.

I know so many people from with all different cultures, influences and interests that I dont see a stereotype or maybe thats just me.

Peace.

 

[Vancleef]

Well, I like to draw. Always have. Both digitally with a tablet and the good old pencil and paper. Mostly fantasy/sci-fi and monsters, but sometimes more "deep" stuff, if you can call it that. Some of which actually got sold recently (no sight of any money, though... Still, it makes me very happy that people want to buy my art)

Haven't had any inspiration as of late, sadly.

I also play the electric guitar. At some point, I'm gonna try making my own songs.

Recently became interested in wargaming and painting miniatures, but I guess that's considered very nerdy.

 

[CabooseVD]

I lift weights. That's not really unusual for gamers, It just seems like a lot of people think we're lazy, fat slobs. To be fair, I'm still kind of fat..

 

[Poetic Nova]

I like to read a good book from time to time and I make poetry. And ocasionally I draw.

 

[Overusedname]

I'm a performer, most notably a rapper and performance poet.

Also love musical theater. Though that still fits in nicely with 'nerd' to me.

 

[Chemical Alia]

I do art on the side, though that sort of blends in with games a bit since that's also my job. I also do photography and traveling, enjoy shopping, going to outdoors festivals, and I'm a classical pianist too. But a terrible one.

 

[Kotaro]

I have a love for stage musicals. Good music paired with an interesting story just really appeals to me.
I'll also read classic literature on occasion.

 

[omicron1]

I make plastic models? Wait, that doesn't break the mold...

Um... I'm female? That's sorta a hobby of mine, I suppose. Also I'm not (quite) overweight, and have a steady job.

Other than that, I game, program, take care of birds, watch rain fall, watch paint dry, and read online op-eds. Perfectly normal all round.

 

[blackrave]

Let me think about it
One specific martial art (don't want to get into details because reasons)
Paintball (I'm a newbie, but I love that game, dammit )

Also, not a hobby, but I often help my father to fix heavy farm equipment (my parents are farmers)
There is something quite satisfying in fixing broken things

 

[Artina89]

I love watching films and reading, I play the guitar and listen to music. I also have an interest in rock climbing and hiking. I don't know if these are gamer stereotype gaming hobbies but they are all I can think of.

 

[BleedingPride]

well, i have a few. some minor ones are drawing anime and playing guitar, but my biggest one would probably be the Krav Maga classes i take. that last one seems to do the trick. this isn't really a stereotype breaking "hobby" but i also just tend to avoid any and all forms of World of Warcraft, magic the gathering, and dungeons and dragons. those are pretty big stereotype magnets.

 

[grey_space]

I'm a Black Belt in Karate. I fight competitively in that and fought a few pro MMA fights as well when I was younger. I have my own Dojo so that takes up a lot of my time apart form gaming.

I'm also a big fan of a way of training called crossfit going for my level one instructors course in that come the Autumn.

 

[FallOutKing94]

When im not gaming I like to go Mountain biking

 

[Daygall65]

I restore Antique cars for a hobby.

My current project is a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair

It'll look something like this when I'm done

Just this color