When Non-Gamers Attack!

[Manbro]

Sounds like you guys are being dicks to a guy who is just trying to fit in and be friends with you.

Im just saying

Kinda sound like this...

 

[cavsfan69]

friend: hey thats a cool puzzle game! me: dude..... this is team fortress 2.

either you're trolling or you have a friend that is beyond help.. TF2 doesn't even resemble a puzzle game

 

[NewGeekPhilosopher]

Anybody who is a "1337" gamer with a non-gamer friend who is new to games needs to watch Genshiken, to try and get an idea of how traumatic a bad approach to introducing your girlfriend to video games can be (for the girlfriend). Particularly the episode where Saki tries to play Puyo Pop Fever with her boyfriend Kousaka to fit in. It does not end well.

 

[DMShade]

Three Words: Are you winning?

was this while playing either A.a sandbox or B. a tabletop rpg?

This was while playing ANYTHING where 'Winning' is something you can't declare until just before the end. Sandbox games, massive RPGs, Simulation games...

I was once asked it while playing Nintendogs. How do you 'Win' at Nintendogs?

 

[Meemaimoh]

Three Words: Are you winning?

was this while playing either A.a sandbox or B. a tabletop rpg?

This was while playing ANYTHING where 'Winning' is something you can't declare until just before the end. Sandbox games, massive RPGs, Simulation games...

I was once asked it while playing Nintendogs. How do you 'Win' at Nintendogs?

I used to get this all the time from my parents when I played WoW.

Honestly, though, I think that they were trying to hint that I should finish the game and move on.

 

[DMShade]

Three Words: Are you winning?

was this while playing either A.a sandbox or B. a tabletop rpg?

This was while playing ANYTHING where 'Winning' is something you can't declare until just before the end. Sandbox games, massive RPGs, Simulation games...

I was once asked it while playing Nintendogs. How do you 'Win' at Nintendogs?

I used to get this all the time from my parents when I played WoW.

Honestly, though, I think that they were trying to hint that I should finish the game and move on.

Honestly, I think it's because they're from an era where even a big game was 'won' in a few hours.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Sorry, I'm no Halo fan, I assumed it was part of the canon. Especially when the setting makes it look like a legitimate game, as opposed to a spinoff, and I've never seen it referred to as such.

You misunderstand, let me put it this way. There's a Halo series and a Halo franchise. Halo 1-3 are part of both but Halo Wars is only part of the franchise. There will likely be a Halo Wars 2 sometime in the future and then we can say that there is a Halo Wars series. A spin-off is merely an entry into a franchise separate from the main series of the franchise, it's not implied to be non-canonical or illegitimate simply because it's a spin-off.

It's not like you're entirely wrong, Halo Wars is indeed the "fourth Halo game" as long as you take that to mean fourth game in the franchise rather than series.

 

[Ren3004]

friend #1: 'What's the productivity in playing games?'

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friend #2: 'I got 200 hours of playtime on oblivion'
friend #1: 'OMG!!!What's the productivity of that?'


Yeah... it's annoying

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

some prep girl at my school said that killing people in games is just like murder
i wanted to kick her in the face so badly

Can I join you in this mighty quest to right wrong?

 

[awesomeemosewa]

all of my friends are gamers of some degreed but my least nerdy (sorry to any nerds out there) and my most nerdy (again sorry) friends are way apart. i remember this time i was talking about HALO with the nerdy (soz) one and the not so nerdy (sorry) one walked by, and i tell you the look on his face was awesome. it was like a mix of, omg nolifer / disapointment and who are you? yeah that was awesome *smile*

 

[El Poncho]

I have learned not to speak about games to people who don't play games. Plus the only thing I talk to my gaming friends about games is new game releases / game news I get from his website because they don't know them.

 

[Ultress]

Most people I konw that are non-gamers play casual games and dismiss most games as kids stuff and a waste of time so I don't talk about games with them.

 

[SimuLord]

I don't talk games with non-gamers because they just plain don't get it. Even some of my friends who play games but don't do so in my genre just really don't get like when, for example, I tried to explain Rome: Total War to someone who played a lot of Madden, Assassin's Creed, and Army of Two. He got that "it's a game" but that was about it.

Even other hardcore gamers (like my wife, who has about a dozen characters of at least level 50 in WoW) get stumped when I try to explain games like Patrician III and Victoria. They're just not in her gaming skill set.

 

[Ace of Spades]

some prep girl at my school said that killing people in games is just like murder
i wanted to kick her in the face so badly

When did we invent the technology to make real people respawn? <---(sarcasm)

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Oo... trust me Ill be ready when the non gamers attack ; )

No. Just....no...

This is what I should not be seeing at close to 2 in the morning. Must go cleanse eyes with fire.

What has been seen cannot be unseen! You are doomed!

 

[frank220]

My uncle thinks all games are about shooting things or scoring points.

My uncle: How many points did you score so far?
Me: This is Oblivion, there are no points...
My uncle: Oh, ok. How many lives do you you have left
Me: This isn't like an arcade game..
My uncle: Well how many levels did you beat?
Me: There are no levels!
My uncle: Oh, well how many guns do you have?
Me: *picard.jpg*

I give him credit for trying, though.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

The Media, nuff said.