What's your definition of "gamer"?

[Flying Taxzi]

I started gaming when I was 6 probably with roller coaster tycoon as my first game ever. Then when I was 8 my cousin introduced me to runescape, eventually maplestory, countless other online games mmo/rpg and I was hooked. I've played a lot, of many varieties of games, solely on PC, definitely a lot on steam. I have a maxed RS3 account which I know is not very impressive now a days but hey childhood dream fulfilled, stashed away for reminiscing. I definitely consider myself a gamer.

Today I was talking to my friend and next thing you know he's like oh yea you're not a gamer. I was so offended. I was like wtf is a gamer to you then. He said a gamer must play competitively. I'm salty guys.

So what do you consider as a gamer? People who do candy crush / phone gaming? casual only? competitive only? pin ball machine-ing? virtual chat worlds? choose your stories? people who have those custom set ups? club penguin? cookie clicker?

[NS Plover]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย The Rock God:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย NS Plover:

Sweetie Pies - I've played computer games before most of you were (a) born or (b) knew they even existed. To attempt to tell me I'm *not* a gamer because I don't fit your concept of what a gamer is - that's beyond stupid!

Like I said:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย The Rock God:

A gamer is someone who has a shelf full of boxes that say Avalon Hill, FASA, or Game Designer's Workshop on the side. Or, at the very minimum, Milton Bradley. If you don't have a shelf of such games, you're not a gamer.

Sorry Rock God - I don't have any of those things. The Hamurabi I played on the pdp8 didn't come in a box (LOL I had it on paper tape!!) The first Zork I played was on a sperry univac machine, not a PC. I did eventually buy the version for a commodore 64 and I've got the source around somewhere for the pc...

People - just change the definition to "I like games and I play games"...

PS: I do have a pile of boxes around for numerous adventure games - the packaging was so nice then it's hard to get rid of them...

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Does a shelf half-full of Milton Bradley qualify?

[NS Plover]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Quint, as you otter know:

Does a shelf half-full of Milton Bradley qualify?

LOL - just googled Milton Bradley...

[(415!)Fle@B@gL@ne]

Playing games as kid in 70s Im 47 Im a gamer one that likes to game some to alot.

[Muppet among Puppets]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย SelfAwareTsundere:

He said a gamer must play competitively.

Ask him if he is sure that isnt a competitive player.......

[ThreeAreLeft]

My answer would be; who cares? Let people enjoy a hobby or relaxing pastime without purity tests. We do this with every group and it's silly.

- "I like to read novels."

- "Oh so you're a reader."

- "Wait what books do you read and how often? We have to verify if you're a real reader or not!"

- "Oh you only enjoy graphic novels, you aren't one of us."

Just enjoy your preferred entertainment pastime without worrying about labels.

[Hiphastis]

but thats how the world works, label everyone, exploit them for profit until they feel like such loners they kill themselves, move onto next lebeld group of ppl trying to enjoy life.

[ThreeAreLeft]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Here Kitty Katie:

but thats how the world works, label everyone, exploit them for profit until they feel like such loners they kill themselves, move onto next lebeld group of ppl trying to enjoy life.

Damn that was depressing to read.

[Hiphastis]

sure but is it not true? from my understanding of how people treat others, thats how i see it.

[ThreeAreLeft]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Here Kitty Katie:

sure but is it not true? from my understanding of how people treat others, thats how i see it.

Seems overly cynical about the nature of human beings, but I understand the thinking due to how some act over social media. You just have to separate the trash from the good.

[Hiphastis]

haha, thats quite observant. I am horribly cynical, also i really have no clue what happens over social media i just base it off of the random news i hear from time to time.

[Dumah]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Three Left Standing:

My answer would be; who cares? Let people enjoy a hobby or relaxing pastime without purity tests. We do this with every group and it's silly.

- "I like to read novels."

- "Oh so you're a reader."

- "Wait what books do you read and how often? We have to verify if you're a real reader or not!"

- "Oh you only enjoy graphic novels, you aren't one of us."

Just enjoy your preferred entertainment pastime without worrying about labels.

- oh no no no no no! Fun is not allowed here! Only a handfull of selected people are allowed to be [redacted]! Now let me intoduce the "Definately Not Subjective List Of Things That You Should Met To Be Called True [whatever]"! If you will met all needed conditions, you will be allowed to be called true [someone] by the power of our virtual and autorative caba... committe of (self)important people!


Jokes aside, here is a difference between a person that invests emotionaly and just a person who sometimes plays, sometimes reads and sometimes goes to theather. The lines can be really blurry but they do exist. But its not like opinion on your person by some anonymous individual in the net is that important anyway. So indeed, who cares really?

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Sidenote: the term "gamer" is that it is, these days, incredibly broad.

Being a "gamer" doesn't actually mean all that much socially -- since there are so many types of videogames as well as so many different people playing them, and any two "gamers" aren't necessarily going to be able to talk much about their hobby to each other (imagine someone who's intiminately familiar with MMORPGs and big-budget JRPGs trying to talk to someone who pretty much only plays 2D indie metroidvanias and challenge platformers).

[ThreeAreLeft]

I would lose my sanity reading news constantly. Hahahahaha

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Here Kitty Katie:

haha, thats quite observant. I am horribly cynical, also i really have no clue what happens over social media i just base it off of the random news i hear from time to time.

[Hiphastis]

well yea anyone would, i dont even activly watch or follow any news but i do catch stories from time to time. and i had any sanity to lose im sure i would have.