Are you ashamed of being a gamer?

d21lewis

Currently Offline

181,069

37037 posts since 17/08/07

Recent Badges:

Pon Received 100 wall post comments on gamrConnect.
Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.
Vice Free Managed to avoid being banned for 6 months.
Pata 100 wall post comments made on gamrConnect.
We're Still Watching You Received 50,000 profile views.
Right Tool for the Right Tool Score a total of 25 games in your collection.

d21lewis on 23 March 2010

Outside of this website, I don't know what a videogame, comic book, pop music, wrestling, or hentai is! I have a lot of habits that I'm ashamed of! Most guys at my job game on an i-pod or a PSP while they're "working". I break mine out, too. The only game I let anybody see me play is Tetris.

There are a couple of gamers that I work with, too. I always pretend to know less about gaming than they do. I have a reputation to protect!

Bob_Loblaw

Currently Offline

1,330

68 posts since 23/01/10

Recent Badges:

8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
Everything's Falling Into Place Add a total of 100 games to your collection.
13 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 13 years.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
'Ello Princess! Awarded for signing up.

Bob_Loblaw on 23 March 2010

Not ashamed at all. I am probably about to offend someone out there, but oh well...
I would rather be a gamer, interacting with what's on TV and enjoying a good engrossing story than the sad f**ks out there who watch mindless reality TV about idiots who are famous for nothing more than being famous. People that watch that crap are the people that should be embarrassed in my opinion.

I have been playing games since I was 5. I am 34. I am married to a very hot wife (not a gamer). We have lots of friends that we go out with on a regular basis (very social). When I have ANY free time, I can usually be found in my man cave with a video game on the TV.

PROUD GAMER FOR LIFE!!!!

I think I may have just found a signature worthy of putting in my profile...

Severance

Currently Offline

20,029

8378 posts since 08/12/09

Recent Badges:

It's a Start Bank a Total of 2,000 VG$.
Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
50 in One Add a total of 50 games to your collection.
7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.
Social Butterfly 50 friends on gamrConnect.

Severance on 23 March 2010

amp316 said:
You know what's not cool to most girls? When you pretend to be something that you're not and then they find out later. I started being much more successful with them when I told them my interests up front (gaming, Bond, Star Wars, sports, old movies, etc.) Don't ever be ashamed of what you are. That's what makes you YOU.

i said the exact same thing as you said and no one gives me kudos ='[

I live for the burn...and the sting of pleasure...
I live for the sword, the steel, and the gun...

- Wasteland - The Mission.

--OkeyDokey--

Currently Offline

48,698

8020 posts since 12/08/07

Recent Badges:

Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
Thumbs Up Receive an Upvote on One of Your User Reviews.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
The High Flyer Earned 40 badges.
Mirror Image Awarded for uploading an avatar.
Pata 100 wall post comments made on gamrConnect.

--OkeyDokey-- on 23 March 2010

I definitely wouldn't tell anyone I know that I post on VGChartz :P

1337 Gamer

Currently Offline

13,750

3769 posts since 29/11/08

Recent Badges:

Mighty Heart Logged in on Valentine's Day.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
Man or Robot? Managed to avoid being banned for 10 years.
The High Flyer Earned 40 badges.
First Rung Of The Ladder Earned 10,000 gamrPoints

Currently Playing:

League of Legends (PC)

1337 Gamer on 23 March 2010

Nope. Because im not a super hardcore gamer. I only play games when i have nothing else to do

I mostly play RTS and Moba style games now adays as well as ALOT of benchmarking. I do play other games however such as the witcher 3 and Crysis 3, and recently Ashes of the Singularity. I love gaming on the cutting edge and refuse to accept any compromises. Proud member of the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race. Long Live SHIO!!!!

Ssenkahdavic

Currently Offline

36,970

4608 posts since 11/11/09

Recent Badges:

Man or Robot? Managed to avoid being banned for 10 years.
Mirror Image Awarded for uploading an avatar.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Making Friends 10 friends on gamrConnect.
7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
Right Tool for the Right Tool Score a total of 25 games in your collection.

Currently Playing:

Sacrifice (PC)
NieR (PS3)
Hyperdimension Neptunia (PS3)
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (PC)

Ssenkahdavic on 23 March 2010

TrevDaRev said:

I know what your thinking "Ohh what a stupid question to ask on a gaming website", but hear me out. I stumbled upon a thread a couple of weeks back, were the poster said after going to a Mid-night game launch he realised that he was a "Closet gamer", this really got me thinking about how some people are ashamed of the "sterotypes" that are often thrust upon gamers. Admit it we've all at one time or another been insulted for being a "gamer"; whether its been being called a "Nerd" or having someone shout "Get a life" at you, us gamers have had or fair share of insults tossed our way.

Recently I was talking to a girl I know on IM and she asked me what I was doing I told her I was on Ebay looking at this really cool "God Of War" hoodie; of course she saw that as "un-normal" & insulted me by calling be "SAD". Yes she did it in CAPS!!!

So I've decided to make a thread and see how you felt about all this. Are you a proud gamer? or Are you a "Closet" gamer?

How do you all feel about the "sterotypes" that gamers get?

Me I'm a Proud gamer, people can say what they want there is no way in hell I'm going to stop being a gamer. I've been a gamer for as long as I can remember, I will speak fondly about games, I will stick up for gamers world-wide even though I know there is people who take gaming to seriously but hey they are en-titled to be as passionate about gaming as they want, hell some of the fondest memories I have had in my 17yrs on this planet have re-volved around games.

Whats your thoughts?

Cheers

Ohh & for the people who say "Games aren't art"...Fuck YOU!!!

Are you ashamed of asking?

The Only True Next Gen Game - Hero-U

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Robert A. Heinlein

Kirameo

Currently Offline

1,542

492 posts since 20/12/09

Recent Badges:

3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
12 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 12 years.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.

Kirameo on 23 March 2010

No because I'm not a "gamer". I just play videogames from time to time but am not obsessed with them. I'm no more of a gamer than I'm a Tv watcher, a musician, a cook or a computer user. So, I don't think too much into it.

iLLmaticV3

Currently Offline

9,604

2843 posts since 24/11/09

Recent Badges:

2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.

iLLmaticV3 on 23 March 2010

I don't hide the fact that I play games ever, I talk about games everyday to whoever, along with guitar, music etc. Some people have labeled me as a "Gamer" but I don't care since I don't even talk to them anyway. Plus, I bring my guitar to school everyday so that kinda cancels out the whole "Gamer = Nerd/Loser" thing many people strongly believe in where I live.

Odd. Future. Wolf. Gang. Kill. Em. All. OFWGKTA Don't give a fuck!

Fuck Steve Harvey. FREE EARL!

Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be the GREATEST game EVER made!!!

I'd take a bullet for Square-Enix!