PC gamer Arrogance

[AlwaysHungry815]

By being here I hope this proves that I am indeed a pc gamer if it is not obvious, my confusion is why is the "pc master race" gamers so arrogant. I mean their not just rude to console gamers but to any other pc gamer that does not own a 3k computer that can stream everything in 4k 144 fps. If I am not mistaken less than 20 percent of homes in america even own a 4k TV, and 4k does not make the game play any better and to be all honest anything above 60 fps doesnt really make a significant difference. I own a high end PC and can run most games on ultra including witcher 3 and Fallout 4 (but thats an easy one). I just dont know why to put someone down. in any form asking for help theirs always that one pc master race dude thats like "I can play 20k 3000 fps get a new potato' or "console peasent scum" I dont get it why is that fun?.

[Gallifrey - CSSC Gaming Founder]

Pre the recent US presidential campaigns I'd have made the oft rehearsed point of the internet granting greater degrees of anonymity and thus lack of accountability to users thereby encouraging some to behave in ways that they would not do in real life. Following Sarah Palin and Donald Trump however if that's how your presidential candidates behave what rationale is there to expect anyone else not to behave like a complete jerk ?

Personally I'm a hardcore PC gamer and have never owned a games console other than a couple of the Nintendo hand helds. Why not ?

1) It always used to be the case that consoles were far more expensive for their components than PCs. With high end gaming PCs that may have changed but still - consoles were always expensive for what you got.
2) As were console peripherals like controllers.
3) Consoles had far less software than PCs. People would be buying consoles for one or two outstanding games, a few okay ones, and a lot of expensive dross.
4) And their core games never were converted for other platforms.
5) Consoles cynically prevent backwards compatibility so if you upgrade to a new console your old software becomes useless.
6) Console games were far more expensive than PC games even for the same game.
7) Laptops and PCs had their own screens so it was never a choice between TV and console.
8) Laptops and PCs were easier to use for non gaming activities.

Some of my friends and colleagues from work are committed console players but we just have to agree to differ.

S.x.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

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Pre the recent US presidential campaigns I'd have made the oft rehearsed point of the internet granting greater degrees of anonymity and thus lack of accountability to users thereby encouraging some to behave in ways that they would not do in real life. Following Sarah Palin and Donald Trump however if that's how your presidential candidates behave what rationale is there to expect anyone else not to behave like a complete jerk ?

My take on that is that for some people, they may have lots of games to play, but that alone doesn't create meaning in their lives, so they're stuck feeling unfulfilled and turn to coming up with other ways of creating that meaning through social interactions -- such as perpetuating this memetic PC vs. console "war".

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Personally I'm a hardcore PC gamer and have never owned a games console other than a couple of the Nintendo hand helds. Why not ?

1) It always used to be the case that consoles were far more expensive for their components than PCs. With high end gaming PCs that may have changed but still - consoles were always expensive for what you got.
2) As were console peripherals like controllers.
3) Consoles had far less software than PCs. People would be buying consoles for one or two outstanding games, a few okay ones, and a lot of expensive dross.
4) And their core games never were converted for other platforms.
5) Consoles cynically prevent backwards compatibility so if you upgrade to a new console your old software becomes useless.
6) Console games were far more expensive than PC games even for the same game.
7) Laptops and PCs had their own screens so it was never a choice between TV and console.
8) Laptops and PCs were easier to use for non gaming activities.

Some of my friends and colleagues from work are committed console players but we just have to agree to differ.

S.x.

I personally hold no official preference, as there are many games I like on each side of the divide.

However, being a low-budget gamer these days, I game pretty much exclusively on PC, because, well, low-budget.

[AlwaysHungry815]

I do love a good consoles , it seems as though local multiplayer found on the console versions of many games get stripped from PC and so when with friends I build more memories with consoles, I no longer own one but I have owned most the hand helds because that's my child hood, and while I love PC and wouldn't trade gaming on one for the world, it is extremely expensive, many console killer build are out but no body really uses them because to make something as cheap as a console that performs more it wouldn't compete with PC titles for a month, to be a PC gamer you need commitment and money, sure you make up for it in games but, to build a PC that can survive some time you need to put in some money, this PC I have is my third, I know the cost to stay playing next gen games.

[AlwaysHungry815]

To be honest being a hardcore gamer isn't about your rig just like being the best runner isn't about having the highest quality shoes, in my eyes if you can power through a game that's lagging just for the joy of gaming your more of a gamer than a "pcmasterrace" elitist who quits a game because his 144 fps dropped to 143fps once

[Mouse Lover]

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[Dakota]

It's not the hardware in our rigs that matter, it's the software in our heats.

[僕の名前 (仮)]

console gamers but to any other pc gamer that does not own a 3k computer that can stream everything in 4k 144 fps

Who said that? I never see anything like that. I think you're lying. Even if few people say that, it does not represet majority opinion of #pcmasterrace.

It's not the hardware in our rigs that matter, it's the software in our heats.

I would say the main hardware that matters is KB+M.

[Jo_Mei]

not every pc gamer wants pc games beeing turned into console games, that hasnt anything to do with arrogance, because if i want a console id buy one

console gamers are arrogant because they want to turn pc games into console games

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Yet most annoying people I have met where almost all on underpowered machines - kids on daddys hand down laptop. Hard to call those as PC master race.

Its more connected to certain games as to particular hardware.

[Dakota]

The master race is a group of nice people that are often misrepresented by people who like to call themselves members and hate on others.

[BloodShed]

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The master race is a group of nice people that are often misrepresented by people who like to call themselves members and hate on others.

Riiiiiiight

[Dakota]

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The master race is a group of nice people that are often misrepresented by people who like to call themselves members and hate on others.

Riiiiiiight

Really though, it pretty much has evolved as a social group centered around a love of gaming/hardware related things and a joke. Anyone who acts unfavorably is usually someone who never actually communicates with the group. Even console players are accepted so long as they acknowledge that the PC platform is superior to all others.


Every great group of people has a few nutcases that aren't wanted or people who imitate them and give them a bad rep. Just look at the police, police are generally not bad people, but a few bad eggs have made them out to all look like gun-totting trigger happy racists.

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

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It took a few days to get a nibble, but the fish are starting to bite. Gotta agree with your brief assessment.

[BloodShed]

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Riiiiiiight

Really though, it pretty much has evolved as a social group centered around a love of gaming/hardware related things and a joke. Anyone who acts unfavorably is usually someone who never actually communicates with the group. Even console players are accepted so long as they acknowledge that the PC platform is superior to all others.


Every great group of people has a few nutcases that aren't wanted or people who imitate them and give them a bad rep. Just look at the police, police are generally not bad people, but a few bad eggs have made them out to all look like gun-totting trigger happy racists.

I took a look at "your" little group.

All I see is arrogance, lies and half truths. Hell you even showed your own delusion in the bold italic part above.


Superiority shall remain with gamers and not some delusional group like "the PC master race".

[Dakota]

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Really though, it pretty much has evolved as a social group centered around a love of gaming/hardware related things and a joke. Anyone who acts unfavorably is usually someone who never actually communicates with the group. Even console players are accepted so long as they acknowledge that the PC platform is superior to all others.


Every great group of people has a few nutcases that aren't wanted or people who imitate them and give them a bad rep. Just look at the police, police are generally not bad people, but a few bad eggs have made them out to all look like gun-totting trigger happy racists.

I took a look at "your" little group.

All I see is arrogance, lies and half truths. Hell you even showed your own delusion in the bold italic part above.


Superiority shall remain with gamers and not some delusional group like "the PC master race".

Alright, I might be blind, but where are the italics? Also, as stated before, the whole "master race" thing is sort of a joke, no one takes it so seriously as to actually think they're greater than anyone else. Also, which site did you go to exactly?