you don't need all the fancy shit to be classed as a 'gamer'. all you need to show is an appreciation of games from any time period.
So, tell that to Pleng up there, or to anybody that uses the word to define themselves.Ohhhh man. According to Google it is, so y'know. The definition doesn't even imply "elite". That's why we have terms like Casual Gamer, geee. Gamers are gamers, they play games. LOL.
I mean, everybody in this fucking world "games", so everybody is a fucking gamer.
Somebody that plays competitive games professionally? But I've heard all kind of people using the word "gamer" to describe themeselves and they don't do any professional competition...
It is someone that plays games? That is every fucking body.... oh, no, you listen people say "he plays only smartphone games, he is no gamer"... hell, it is still a game as it is being played, but it doesn't seem to clasify.
In the end, gamer is just an elitist term that doesn't mean shit (that is the meaning people give it when they say "I am a gamer!"), and that applies subjectively to "whatever one person think is playing a serious game" (whatever that means), it is a bullshit term.
As far as I am concerned, everybody is a person, almost every fucking body plays some kind of game, and people that enjoy video games, are simply that: people that enjoy videogames, i.e. a common person from planet Earth.
- Yours sincerely, grumpy SarkW.
Okay...I don't think we'll be friends over this, but that's okay. Our different definitions/interpretations can happily co-exist.Yes. Yes we can. Those are not games and those people are NOT gamers. Mobile games are the heroin of "games." They are designed to be boring and stupid, so you waste your money. They are literally designed to feed on people with addiction problems. People involved in the mobile game business should be ashamed. (obviously not talking about full games for mobile or ports of console games) Look at what its doing to the normal game market too. Remember Kirby Fighters? Try it out... They have the time limit thing where you can only do so many missions every so often after time has passed, but without the ability to pay to decrease wait time like those piles of crap you call games. What sense does that even make? The game has no online functionality. They locked a SINGLE PLAYER GAME behind a time locked paywall, that you can't even pay to bypass. Literally the only point of adding this mechanic was to copy the style of many mobile games and make it terrible.
You and I will never be friends, will we.....?
No... a "gamer" would play a NORMAL puzzle game that doesn't try to charge you real life money for friggin power-ups. You know.... Bejewled, Tetris Attack, etc?
Ok then, different (better) metaphor... Would you call someone who rides a motorcycle once a week a "biker?" What WOULD you classify as a biker? Someone who rides all the time with other like minded people? Exactly. Please don't say a gang... If you're even considering it I can think of at least 3 biker groups around here that are not gangs. Once a year here we even have an event where bikers ride for charity.
I would classify "hardcore gamers" as people who play games for as much time as possible. Hence the name, "hardcore." You don't have to play games 24-7 like me to be a gamer, most people don't have time to play like I do, but playing a single game for one hour every Saturday would not make you a gamer. Much like me riding a motorcycle a few times doesn't make me a biker. A something-er needs to have passion in what they do. Playing a game for 1 hour out of every 168 doesn't exactly scream "passionate" to me.
Yes.Should ubisoft, EA, square enix and Nintendo be ashamed for not creating what you would call a game?
Damn, why're you so mad about something so small?So, tell that to Pleng up there, or to anybody that uses the word to define themselves.
They don't use it like that, and actually the way they use it makes no sesne.
Do you have problems with that part of my post and it doesn't let you read the rest of it, ok, I will post it without that part so you read what I mean:
Because I hate the use of the word "gamer" when people try to define themselves as something by a trivial thing.Damn, why're you so mad about something so small?
The term is by definition and general idea someone who plays games. Someone who plays games. This doesn't imply they are superior, nor does it imply they play games everyday, nor does it imply they do it for a living, nor does it imply they are inferior. It imply s they play games is all. Such a general term like this doesn't give anyone a right to define it more. Otherwise everyone would be defining everything so to speak. So anyone can be a gamer, where you take that and what you do with it is your choice.
Just last post you said it was irony. Now its sarcasm? Which is it? Do you even know what those words really mean? Didn't think so.Buddy, I think you need to practice your sarcasm detection more. Your comprehension is quite troubling. Best luck to you.
I agree, now let me take my virtual chill-pill and stop derailing the thread (it is my fault really).We are on this site because we love games. Why fight? tbh i never said im a gamer. I just said i love games. I love to draw but im not a artist. If someone calls themselves a gamer that just mean that someone loves gaming as a hobby. However you don't have the call yourself a gamer even though you play games because its what you consider yourself to be. Its People opinions, don't argue with like something you are not a gamer.
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but its like saying you can not call yourself a gamer because your not a professional gamer. basketball player is a profession. you get called that because your a official player from a team. its quite different. Also game company's sometimes uses the slogan made by gamers for gamers. Not nba saying: basketball sports is made by basketball players for basketball players. i like to be a gamer One day sounds like its a profession while its not. I like to be basketball player sound like and is a profession. Of course there are gaming tournaments. But then the people who are watching is the target audience : The gamers or people who likes to play games. basket ball tournaments target audience is made for people who plays and or likes basketball.I agree, now let me take my virtual pill-chill and stop derailing the thread (it is my fault really).
Regarding the use of the word "gamer", I have had these encounters with many people that define themeselves as "gamers" and only that.
I have seen the word used by many people as a way to put themselves above others.
E.g. "I am a -true- gamer, I don't play casual games." and the so.
I hate this elitist usage, because as you said gaming is a hobby.
I am not against someone using the word "gamer" meaning that he play videogames as a hobby.
It is only that I see it used often in an elitist way, e.g. you are a "gamer" only if you have a $9999 PC, or if you only play AAA games or whatever.
That said, I feel the using a word like "gamer" to define oneself because of a hobby is weird.
I mean, if you play basketball as a hobby, you... well, you just like basketball perhaps. You wouldn't say you are a "basketball player"
In the other hand if you play basketball profesially then sure you would be called a "basket player".
Then why not saying you "like" games instead of "I am a gamer". It is my opinion of course.
I'm not a gamer, but I've got tons of pirated games that I must have played only like once and if it makes you feel any better I have an Intel Core 2 Quad and GT 630Here are my laptop's specs:
Lenovo Thinkpad L412
Intel Core i5 M520
4.00 GB RAM (upgradable)0
Intel HD Graphics (I'm planning to set up a Mini Pci-e to connect a graphics card then display it to a TV using an HDMI)
Not good for gaming but surprisingly good at Photoshop and general work.
I'm not a gamer, but I've got tons of pirated games that I must have played only like once and if it makes you feel any better I have an Intel Core 2 Quad and GT 630