The "Gamers" of today.

So I tend to talk about real life issues and make stupid stories in my blogs. Only once have a actually used a blog to talk about a real occasion and that wasn't even real, it happened in Splatoon! So this time, I'm going to talk about something that INFURIATES ME and this story is completely true.

So yesterday (at the time of me typing this), I went to get a haircut. The line was extremely long, so I decided to kill some time while waiting by getting out my Switch and playing some Puyo Puyo Tetris.

As I was playing, a kid walked up to me and said, "So you're a gamer too?"

I was shocked by how unexpected it was, but I replied, "Uh, yeah? I mean, I've been playing video games for a long time."

"What are you playing now? Is that like a 2D Minecraft?" he asked as he glanced at my Switch.

"Uh, no. It's this action-puzzle game called Puyo Puyo Tetris. It's a crossover between Puyo Puyo, which I've doubt you've heard of, and Tetris. I'm sure you know what Tetris is, right?"

"Never heard of either. Sounds boring though. Puzzles games suck!"

That was the moment where I got extremely ticked off. How the f*** could this kid call himself a "Gamer" when he hasn't even heard of Tetris. Then he has the AUDACITY to say that the game sucks when it's a puzzle game. He's doing so many things that upset me. He's judging a game hasn't heard of (even though anyone who calls themself a Gamer should've as least heard MENTIONED) by associating it with other puzzle games. Unfortunately, I did let my anger take control of me.

"How could you possibly call yourself a gamer when you haven't even heard of Tetris?" I asked.

"
Liking old, obscure games is not cool, dude! They're outdated and have bad graphics and are BORING!" he retorted.

I was infuriated. Enraged. I will filled with rage.

"There is so much wrong with what your saying, kid. First of all, retro games are what got video games to be as awesome as they are today. Second, graphics don't make a game much better. If you're playing video games for the graphics, you may as well stare at a painting or go watch a 4k video on youtube. Third, the older games are not boring. I doubt you've even touched a game that was made in the 80's and 90's. Super Mario Bros, Contra, The Legend of Zelda, Pac-Man, Half Life, and Tetris are ANYTHING but boring. They're classics, and if you think that you're logic is great logic to judge a video game, you shouldn't even consider yourself a gamer." I said.

The kid was shocked and backed away.

Hopefully I taught him a lesson. I may have gone a bit too far, but I couldn't help it. And this isn't even the first time this has happend. I hear children mocking Nintendo for how the Nintendo Switch does not have 4k graphics, or that Mario is for babies. It infuriates me and I can only hope that the term, "Gamer" does not refer to these idiotic losers.

Don't take this too seriously, my blogs are usually over the top and meant to be taken with a grain of salt.
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@Taffy 4K is simply a really high screen resolution. 4K is 3840 x 2160, in comparison HD is 1920 x 1080.
 
I was born in 2002, and I still play my Atari 2600, NES, and my Sega Genesis. Graphics are graphics, dates are dates, its still just a game, no matter how much gaming evolves.
 
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You know. After some of the comments here, and reading previous blog entries by Titanica, it's pretty obvious that this person is probably not even saying anything truthful.

Honestly I find it hard to believe a story from someone posty really shitty blog entries and even dare to complain "muh great blogs are ignored", then make themself sound like a grown up man playing the Switch in public, just so they could get their 5 minutes of fame on a video game forum.

I give Titanica 16 years old, max.
 
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I hate kids like that. I'm pretty young myself (barely 16) but I enjoy a lot of games from different times and genres. There's this one kid about a year younger than me who insists that Nintendo and Mario sucks just to be contradictory. And he only plays XBOX. He only uses his XBOX for halo. Dude, I can understand how some people hate Nintendo but don't embarrass yourself by being an XBOX fanboy.

On top of this, my biggest pet peeve is every game being compared to Minecraft. Minecraft is a great game, I've probably logged 40 hours into it on my Switch, but when I'm playing stardew valley and someone compares it to Minecraft when they seem me chop down a tree makes me want to blow my lid.
 
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I'm quite sure the answer is here:
>"What are you playing now? Is that like a 2D Minecraft?" he asked as he glanced at my Switch.<

Today kids call themselves gamers just because they play Minecraft and a couple of other games that they saw played by youtubers. They have zero culture about gaming in general, particulary on classic titles.
 
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I am starting to prefer my days, where there was no such entitlement. No one called themselves "gamer" as some kind of elite title. They called you nothing, or in any case they called you nerd.
 
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(Assuming this happened) My train of thought would’ve been to let him try it out. He’s obviously never played before, so the parent in me would at least want him to have the experience before making a judgment call or opining. If he didn’t like it, I’d just laugh. Like I do when my kids tell me that I need to play BotW and drop Link to the Past....

Edit: He backed away out of fear. Do you really want to be feared by children? Think about that....
 
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I'm not sure if people are actually serious in here or not, but a lot of you sound like massive edgelords and insufferable people.
 
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Boy oh boy, this is fun to watch.
 
J
I don't understand how to take any of these comments. Do I NOT yell at a kid for judging a book by it's cover? Should've I murdered him? Did I do the right thing? Am I a teenager or a grown man?

There is only one question that has been solved by all this mayhem.

Do I regret posting this entry?

No.
 

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