I really don't understand why other people getting attention bothers you.chadachada123 said:I don't care whether or not they are "real" nerds/gamers. I just care about the attention-whoring. And it is certainly rampant. But there is a serious difference between someone that only plays Call of Duty or WoW and a "real" gamer.
I shouldn't call myself a baseball player just because I go to a field and hit a few balls once in awhile, and would be summarily and rightfully called out if I tried to do so for attention or validation.
At the very least, I'm not separating fakes in the hipster vein from the dudebros that only play CoD and Madden, only pointing out that dudebros don't claim to be gamers as a badge of honor (but ARE regularly ridiculed for complaining about other games not being like Call of Duty, as they should be).
Yeah, some males are immature and can't separate those that should be shamed (attention whores of either gender) from those that just want to play some damn video games (everyone else).
On the flip side, some girls think of it as some sort of bragging point that "haha you just got beat by a GIRL" (which was literally the tagline on my ex-girlfriend's Xbox Live profile. That said, she didn't call herself a gamer, since she only played CoD, and knew that she wasn't a nerd by any stretch).
Either way, it certainly isn't as big a problem as the stupid elitism and hostility women face from people who believe we're all faking it.
Disagree all you like, you are wrong.chadachada123 said:I disagree that females have to prove themselves any more than guys to to the average person, but I think that the reaction to realizing that the person you're talking to doesn't know shit about the topic they claim to love is different between the genders, which is a shame.
My male gamer friends have never been accused of just doing it for attention. Nobody wants to quiz them. They aren't treated with suspicion. I do know what I'm talking about, and I get it just like everybody else.
Because of people who really want to perpetuate the myth of these evil attention seekers coming to steal our... attentions?
It's really kind of vain when you think about it.
EDIT: Ok, some poster pointed out your phrasing probably means you don't like it either. Which is great. But I feel it could be made easier on us by people not putting about the Fake Geek myth. It affects us all.