Why do People take the PCMR thing so seriously?

[Poleon]

Like I don't understand it like it's nothing but a meme and the majority of PC gamers are not those Elitist people.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

It started off as a way of making fun of PC elitists.

Then people started using it as a badge of social pride.

Then people started unironically using the label while lording their platform preference over others.

It's like, a typical life cycle of bad memes.

[Azza ☠]

Do NOT insult the PC Master Race, you console peasant...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMsGl_XxTk

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by Riedy:

Majority, but not entirety. And dumb jokes get annoying pretty quickly, it's just cringeworthy.

So you are pretty much saying by definition, it's offically a meme now? And as for being a meme, it no longer has purpose or meaning, but rather is merely used by immature individuals as a trigger to gain their sweet, sweet attention they crave online as their parents completely ignore them? Positive or negative attention doesn't matter, it's attention all the same.

Well in that case:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9t6dFS0HMw

I finally figured out the next gen kids with their memes addiction!

[ARmodder]

It's all boasting/posturing in my book, because it started out as people stating "Yeah I play PC, which I think is better than console" basically a few individuals stating that they prefer PC over console, now it's "Anyone who doesn't play on PC, sucks, and are console peasants, PC's RULE!!"

Plus since the average price of a new console is $400 vs. $700-$800 for a decent gaming PC, the fact that someone would have a console and not a PC, was taken to mean they couldn't afford a PC.

Same idea as the whole "Potato" thing when people refer to a outdated under powered PC, although with that people tend to get into pising contests, whereas PC Master Race is more of a title, one that people use too much. It used to be a trigger, but for the most part I think it's lost it's effect.


Personally most of my friends many of whom have been PC gamers for much of their lives, also have consoles and many also got started with consoles (myself included), especially for games that aren't on PC, I myself still have and play Xbox 360, and my PS2 for much the same reason.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Originally posted by Riedy:

Majority, but not entirety. And dumb jokes get annoying pretty quickly, it's just cringeworthy.

So you are pretty much saying by definition, it's offically a meme now?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's been a meme for a while already.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-glorious-pc-gaming-master-race

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Do NOT insult the PC Master Race, you console peasant...

You know what's more fun that being stupidly defensive of PC?

Being a PC player but telling the people who are stupidly defensive of PC that consoles are fun too.

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by Quint the Alligator Snapper:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

So you are pretty much saying by definition, it's offically a meme now?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's been a meme for a while already.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-glorious-pc-gaming-master-race

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Do NOT insult the PC Master Race, you console peasant...

You know what's more fun that being stupidly defensive of PC?

Being a PC player but telling the people who are stupidly defensive of PC that consoles are fun too.

I was merely joking with it. You gotta know when to laugh at yourself sometimes :)

If you check out the PC Master Race videos, they too also joke around with the concept. Even go as far as ironically PC Master Race (last year builds) vs PC Master Race (next year builds).

[secuda]

reminds me of an article about it on PC gamer.
https://www.pcgamer.com/lets-stop-calling-ourselves-the-pc-master-race/
and yea its just a tiredsome bad joke.

[Arvaos]

Originally posted by Quint the Alligator Snapper:

It started off as a way of making fun of PC elitists.

Then people started using it as a badge of social pride.

Then people started unironically using the label while lording their platform preference over others

And then people started using Steam levels as a badge of social pride and acting as if they are celebrities.

[gugnihr]

The majority of PC gamers in my experience have always been elitists, just like many console gamers were. In the past both PC and consoles had their own advantages so being elitists made less sense, but today consoles are just an anti consumer mess without any valid reason or justification other than their producers being greedy control freaks, and simple common sense strongly validates the whole PCMR thing now.

[gugnihr]

Originally posted by sexual toucan:

the answer is "the internet" and the solution is to log off

No. Society works that way outside too. The only difference is that in front of a screen in the comfort of your own home it is less stressful (which is good).

[Darkwave Dahlia]

I'm a console peasant, too. Got a PC for 3K and still using a console for exclusive games. Oh the hate on Reddit. Oh the sweet, sweet hate.

But hey: RDR2.

[Xero_Daxter]

I don’t hate people for playing on other platforms. There are a lot of games that I enjoy playing on Xbox, PS4, and Nintendo. But what gets on my nerves is when people say that those platforms are “stronger” than PC. That’s what gets me.

When it comes to specs, PC kills consoles. If anyone says otherwise then you’re an idiot.

[Darkwave Dahlia]

Well, when I think about it ... No. Not really. They're all on Reddit.

[Xautos]

I've been a PC purist for well over two decades, nearly three decades now. I've always considered a console a waste of time and effort to get so long as they can't be customised in hardware.

thing is that consoles have a set life of about 6 years before they end up locked up in a storage space covered in dust and cobwebs, while the next generation of console comes and does the same thing, it isn't practical.

PC's can continue to be upgraded and old components can always remain useful, even gifting what was a good PC ten years ago can help the less fortunate experience the PC, and it would be more than enough to power through a lot of games for less well off kids to enjoy something nice.

So the PC is just an all round better tool in the long term.

[sfnhltb]

Do people take it seriously or is it just you can't joke on the internet because there is always going to be a load of people on the internet that don't get that something is a joke?