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https://twitter.com/nathanTbernard/status/1037408270225424384 I was trying to find this forever yesterday, finally found it in schad thread
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Sep 6, 2018 17:21
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EmmyOk posted:Why would you ever call yourself a gamer? Even if you’re not a pos no one else refers to themselves by their hobby like that. Bikers do. Maybe vapers IDK? Anyways guillotine anyone who's ever used the phrase "casual" in reference to playing games. 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 17:31 on Sep 6, 2018 |
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Sep 6, 2018 17:29
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EmmyOk posted:Lol jivjov's avatar doesn't lie
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Sep 6, 2018 17:36
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Jerry Cotton posted:Bikers do. Maybe vapers IDK? Spoken like a true casual
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Sep 6, 2018 17:44
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If any group of people need a term like Gamers it's people who read books and don't shut up about how they read books. Bonus points if they're one of the "ebooks aren't books" types.
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Sep 6, 2018 17:52
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I also like how casual is used as a term of derision and scorn. "You have other things in your life apart from Video Games? Loser."
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Sep 6, 2018 17:52
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Ularg posted:If any group of people need a term like Gamers it's people who read books and don't shut up about how they read books. Bonus points if they're one of the "ebooks aren't books" types. "Sapiosexual".
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Sep 6, 2018 17:55
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Jerry Cotton posted:Bikers do. Maybe vapers IDK? Oh god, vapers are the loving worst - imagine if people got this obsessive about electric toothbrushes? 'Just got my new Oral-B Mouthblaster 5004x with the titanium head replacement and hardwood grip - it's not as smooth a 'brush as I'm used to, but the head rotation is 10x as intense as my old Colgate BrushmaticPlus' Ugh. edit: you know they'd have homebrew toothpaste too.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:00
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Pookah posted:Oh god, vapers are the loving worst - imagine if people got this obsessive about electric toothbrushes? 'Just got my new Oral-B Mouthblaster 5004x with the titanium head replacement and hardwood grip - it's not as smooth a 'brush as I'm used to, but the head rotation is 10x as intense as my old Colgate BrushmaticPlus' Have you tried brushing you teeth with one of those electric song toothbrushes playing Through the Fire and Flames? I think not!
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Sep 6, 2018 18:01
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Ularg posted:one of the "ebooks aren't books" types. For any kind of research you still can't beat the UI of a big-rear end desk and books with bookmarks; for speed, comfort, or reliability. For just reading one book  but also if you're not looking for English-language books your selection will be really limited.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:04
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Can we just call ourselves gaming enthusiasts instead? Maybe say we're..."gamey"?
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Sep 6, 2018 18:08
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EmmyOk posted:Why would you ever call yourself a gamer? Even if you’re not a pos no one else refers to themselves by their hobby like that. During the 80's and 90s people who played videogames was sort of an oddity before all the bored housewives picked up mobile gaming.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:08
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Ularg posted:Have you tried brushing you teeth with one of those electric song toothbrushes playing Through the Fire and Flames? I think not! I did. Once Nah I ha no teeff 
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Sep 6, 2018 18:10
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Pyromaniac Ida posted:During the 80's and 90s people who played videogames was sort of an oddity before all the bored housewives picked up mobile gaming. That's... not true? Unless you mean people who were grown-rear end adults in the 80s.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:10
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i;m gamey
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Sep 6, 2018 18:10
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Jerry Cotton posted:Maybe vapers IDK? plz we prefer the term vapists
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Sep 6, 2018 18:19
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Back when I got started, which sounds like ancient history, back then the demographics of people who were into computer games, was totally different, in my opinion, then they are today. Back then, computers were more expensive, which made them more exclusive to people who were maybe at a certain income level, or education level. So the people that played computer games 15 years ago were that type of person. They probably didn't watch television as much, and the instant gratification era hadn't quite grown the way it has lately. I think in the last 5 or 6 years, the demographics have really changed, now this is my opinion, because computers are less expensive so more people can afford them. More "average" people now feel they should own one.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:23
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im pooping! posted:plz we prefer the term vapists More like vapid.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:23
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Seldom Posts posted:Back when I got started, which sounds like ancient history, back then the demographics of people who were into computer games, was totally different, in my opinion, then they are today. Back then, computers were more expensive, which made them more exclusive to people who were maybe at a certain income level, or education level. So the people that played computer games 15 years ago were that type of person. They probably didn't watch television as much, and the instant gratification era hadn't quite grown the way it has lately. I think in the last 5 or 6 years, the demographics have really changed, now this is my opinion, because computers are less expensive so more people can afford them. More "average" people now feel they should own one. Thanks, Lottery of Babylon.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:25
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Seldom Posts posted:Back when I got started, which sounds like ancient history, back then the demographics of people who were into computer games, was totally different, in my opinion, then they are today. Back then, computers were more expensive, which made them more exclusive to people who were maybe at a certain income level, or education level. So the people that played computer games 15 years ago were that type of person. They probably didn't watch television as much, and the instant gratification era hadn't quite grown the way it has lately. I think in the last 5 or 6 years, the demographics have really changed, now this is my opinion, because computers are less expensive so more people can afford them. More "average" people now feel they should own one. yeah old gamers weren't very cool either
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Sep 6, 2018 18:29
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The only cool gamers are kids that still play Minecraft.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:30
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I remember the times of "real gamer gurlz" when some young women suffered from all this internalized misogyny because they weren't like those other girls, they played REAL games and weren't just doing it to get attention from boys  That doesn't seem to be much of a thing anymore and likely due to Gamergate making all women distance themselves from "gamers" in general.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:30
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Anyways she's wrong because she's completely ignoring the existence of cheap microcomputers which were abundant and had a flourishing game industry.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:31
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Oh I thought of a worse one: youtuber
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Sep 6, 2018 18:34
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Jerry Cotton posted:Thanks, Lottery of Babylon. ehh, LOB's thing is more crazy quotes from non-famous people? Funny thing is that when I looked up that quote I found an article blaming old man murray for gamergate.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:36
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Seldom Posts posted:ehh, LOB's thing is more crazy quotes from non-famous people? She hasn't been famous for decades. Unless, of course, you're a gamer  e: Oh gently caress yeah youtuber and blogger. But, worst of all, maker.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:37
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zoux posted:Oh I thought of a worse one: youtuber Streamer Viner Goon
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Sep 6, 2018 18:39
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Does your house have games?
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Sep 6, 2018 18:39
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RoboRodent posted:I like video games, I play video games, and I used to call myself a gamer because that made sense, but now I don't because "gamer" apparently means "I have no other interests or skills do the extent of being a sociopath" so there goes one perfectly good word. It’s the difference between “someone who plays games” and “someone who primarily identifies as a player of games” Sure in the before time there was maybe some nuance, but at this point the latter group has more or less poisoned the word. I’d blame capitalism for teaching us to craft our identities around the products we consume, but Gamers seem to have a whole extra level of bullshit going on too.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:39
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Krispy Wafer posted:Can we just call ourselves gaming enthusiasts instead? A bunch of people I know have taken to using "gameing" instead of "gaming" on social media specifically to avoid the kind of idiots who search on the latter to Maintain Its Purity or whatthefuckever.
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Sep 6, 2018 18:43
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I like the attitude that developers should be catering to hardcore gamerz and not "casuals," as if their goal isn't to sell as many games as possible.
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Sep 6, 2018 19:11
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hawowanlawow posted:I like the attitude that developers should be catering to hardcore gamerz and not "casuals," as if their goal isn't to sell as many games as possible. The problem is that whining about games not having hardcore rewards gets rewards. It works sadly. Even in WoW, an absurdly hardcore game by casual standards, there's hardcore gamer rewards to the detriment of other people playing the game because not having them leads to endless whining.
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Sep 6, 2018 19:14
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Arivia posted:Even in WoW, an absurdly hardcore game by casual standards  what?
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Sep 6, 2018 19:16
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Jerry Cotton posted:
WoW's time just to get to level cap, where the real game begins, is measured in DAYS of playtime. That's not casual, let alone the actual hardcore content like raids or arenas or whatever.
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Sep 6, 2018 19:18
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I am... a Pokemon master.
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Sep 6, 2018 19:18
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Arivia posted:WoW's time just to get to level cap, where the real game begins, is measured in DAYS of playtime. Beating Candy Crush Saga takes months. Millions and millions of people play games like WoW exactly because it's a way to kill a lot of time by clicking on stuff to kill big-titted birds or whatever the enemies are nowadays. e: To paraphrase: for normal people games are a pastime and WoW passes a lot of time. 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 19:23 on Sep 6, 2018 |
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Sep 6, 2018 19:20
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 Folks, they're right, I'm clicking furiously and nothing is happening
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Sep 6, 2018 19:34
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Arivia posted:WoW's time just to get to level cap, where the real game begins, is measured in DAYS of playtime. That's not casual, let alone the actual hardcore content like raids or arenas or whatever. A lot of people play WoW extremely casually. Or did when it was at its height. These aren't people who are hitting level cap in a week, they might hit level cap in 4-5 months. To them the game doesn't start at level cap, thats where it ends, and they start a new character. WoW made inroads into some really unusual markets. Had a coworker in her late 40's the played the game with her mom and other family members. They don't care about the end goal of the game, or in a few cases, probably didn't know it existed.
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