I would say a gamer is someone who plays games mostly in a competitive nature specifically multi player games to win and have fun and socializes with other competitors in social forums.
Someone can play games and not be a gamer, such as someone who plays single player games in their down time or even plays the odd multi player game but will only stick around for 1-2 rounds before shutting down and going on their way.
There needs to be a distinction like App-Gamers for people who enjoy games that are on Phones, Tablets ect. These people are not "Gamers".
I like to piss and moan about the following people calling themselves gamers:
- If you play WoW and only WoW, you are not a gamer. You just like WoW.
- If you play CoD and only CoD, you are not a gamer. You just like CoD.
- If you're a female, and play The Sims / Farmville / Any Facebook game, you are not a rare, magical entity known as a girl gamer, you just like advanced crossword puzzles.
I guess I feel a bit hipster-ish about the subject, but I don't consider anyone a gamer unless you've allowed your taste in gaming to come from a good background. That you play a wide variety of games across all platforms and you experience the game and are able to properly describe your experience once done - not just sit down, blitz through a title and just describe it with "meh".
I like to piss and moan about the following people calling themselves gamers:
- If you play WoW and only WoW, you are not a gamer. You just like WoW.
- If you play CoD and only CoD, you are not a gamer. You just like CoD.
- If you're a female, and play The Sims / Farmville / Any Facebook game, you are not a rare, magical entity known as a girl gamer, you just like advanced crossword puzzles.
I guess I feel a bit hipster-ish about the subject, but I don't consider anyone a gamer unless you've allowed your taste in gaming to come from a good background. That you play a wide variety of games across all platforms and you experience the game and are able to properly describe your experience once done - not just sit down, blitz through a title and just describe it with "meh".
The line work in those are shotty as shit.
I should know, I've watched a bit of TV.
So my thought is this - what does it mean to be a gamer?
Well, I come back after not visiting for 8 months, and it has become a ghost town.
Bit of a shame really, from daily posts/users of which there were more than 200, now I scroll through and see less than 20.
Oh well, life goes on, it was good while it lasted ICONZ/Gamerhub/GetSome
So recently, after getting married, we got a PS3. The Wifesicles refuses to play on a PC cause she can't handle the controls and so we got a PS3 and have been having the occassional game together.
a real gamer would have gotten his wife the game controller/game pad than cave in to the world of console ;)
A real gamer would of got a new wife.
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A real gamer would of got a new wife.
I don't think that if someone only plays one game, like WoW, they can't call themselves a gamer. If they know the in's and out's of every spec, the top gear for each class, the lore and the stories in the game then surely they're involved enough to class as gamers. Maybe it's more appropriate to use a more specific title, as Emrico mentioned, like WoW-gamer but they are still part of the wider group of gamers, even if they just occupy a niche.
Certainly someone who just plays on consoles is still a gamer. In general, the same games that come out on PC come out for consoles as well and many PC users use controllers for some games now so its strange to say someone isn't a gamer because they sit on a couch instead of at a desk to play games.
I suppose my definition of a gamer is someone who involves themselves or takes an interest in the games they play outside of playing them for an hour every now and then to kill time.
My reasoning behind questioning the gamer status of the casual console user is the difference in attitudes in regards to challenge and exploration and general problem solving
Casual gamer here. When I've got nothing else to do like spending time with my son, practice guitar, hitting the gym or doing whatever with mates etc etc.. then I'll have a hoon for an hour.. sometimes more on the weekend if the missus takes the boy out without me.
I used to play every night after getting home from work till at least 10-11 at night if not later.. long sessions of CS/BF/COD4 etc, those days however, are long dead.
One question
If a guy can ONLY cook lasagna. Nothing else, but he can do it perfectly, Is he a chef?
If a guy can only play Rugby, Nothing else, but he can do it perfectly, Is he a sportsman?
I soon discovered that the majority of game developers are console gamers and they take that shit very seriously and definitely do all the things you mention, Shit they are the ones making those challenges and secret levels etc in the first place.
What Makes a Game Good or Bad For Your Gamerscore?
Good: Good games for improving your gamerscore reward you for playing through the game, performing specific in-game tasks, or accomplishing goals within reason
Bad: Bad games for improving your gamerscore are ones that require a long term investment of time, topping online leaderboards, or feature a majority of online-only achievements.
The first few games released for the Xbox 360 featured only a small number of achievements where confused developers would issue you a 200 point award for throwing a football or for managing to sit through a loading screen; they truly didn’t know what in the hell they were supposed to do with this system and were confounded by these "achievements". It's why NBA Live 2K6 has five achievements and four of them have requirements that are met the second you plug your console into a working power source.
StarCraft 2 has some pretty terrible achievements. You even get an achievement for watching a Demo.I think achievements like this are a little more clever than you suspect. Eg. Watching a Demo; I see that as a "tip" that a player can get a reward for, so they are more likely to try it out, and more likely to actually use the functionality to a) watch pro's play, b) watch their friends play.
Same here.
I miss that feeling of rushing home from work/school and getting straight into my BF2. Stay up playing till 2am, go to bed for 4 hours sleep and start it all again.
I try playing the odd game to try and get back into it, but just dont enjoy it anymore :(
Damn growing up.
I think we should have a mass debate thread regarding achievements in games.
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Yep - nothing will ever quench that thirst like wake 24/7 and the old Iconz CS servers used to.. they were the pinnacle of gaming. Back then, it was all about getting to know the community, chatting with the members, meeting up at xLAN/other lans and what not, nowadays it's LOG IN, PUB SMASH, QUIT.
Yes.
And not just because we're getting older, I think the kids game like this too.
But I'm probably wrong, because I'm an old fart now :<
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Anyone referring to Kotaku as a real gaming news site news a punch in the throat really.
This.
Gawker media are run by drunk interns who all jerk each other off with their iPhones and neck ties.
*** Punches winter in his throat. ***He doesn't have a throat, his neckbeard is hiding it.
It's an interesting thought though, Personally I would consider myself a gamer
He doesn't have a throat, his neckbeard is hiding it.
What he said.
People should grow eyebrow beards.
It could be the new thing.