In University I had to re-introduce myself every semester, in every new group. It was beyond annoying, especially since I only introce myself when I'm interested in some sort of casual social interaction, but in these groups, you were kind of forced into talking about nonsense.
I never once mentioned I was into gaming once though.
I'd say it's because it's not mainstream enough, at least not in the Netherlands, and it has negative stigmas attached to it. Usually, a non-gamer would think things like "don't you have something better to do?", or view it as a lazy hobby when you'd mention it. Especially when you come after the guy that mentioned he practiced four different sports. Even other gamers would think that, because you just don't advertise you gamer-hood, like you don't have something more interesting to talk about. It's an endless circle. If the topic casually comes up though, I'm not ashamed to say that I like gaming.
I usually talked about my other interests, a bit of history on what I did previous semesters, or nothing at all beyond my name if I had the opportunity.
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