[QUOTE=NicoleEmilid;41182283]Yeah, he saw I was a girl and tried to discredit me.[/QUOTE]
How would anyone know you're a girl untill you pointed it out? Because you use the avatar of a 16 year old biritsh actress or what?
[editline]25th June 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Rhenae;41182255]Once again I repeat, there is not a term which insinuates that all of the gender is wrong if they say they like games.[/QUOTE]
Terms are a tricky thing, anyone can make one up withouth putting much behind it. Let's say I make desks as a hobby, I'd be obnoxious as fuck about it, I'd try to make money off it, I could start calling myself a Desker, it would have the same weight as Gamer.
It's like you know a little bit of spanish and then you go around lecturing your friends about spanish stuff, while being a dick about it.
I don't know, or atleast I can't tell what makes someone a gamer, I hate the term itself because I think it's dumb, that's like saying that I'm an eater because I like to eat food. I really don't know why gaming is the only medium that attracts this much dumbness. Other mediums have it, like pretentious schmucks who've seen Citizen Kane, or read the Great Gatsby and then parade it aroudn that they are a master of everything books, movies, etc.
Lol, trans defending women's gamer rights. Officially can't take them seriously anymore.
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[QUOTE=NicoleEmilid;41182283]Yeah, he saw I was a girl and tried to discredit me.[/QUOTE]
What a baseless assumption.
I never encountered any form of "Gurl gamer" whatsoever, though. Does it actually hampers one's gameplay ? Otherwise, ingame mute buttons exist for this kind of situation.
[QUOTE=Sheet;41182348]Lol, trans defending women's gamer rights. Officially can't take them seriously anymore.[/QUOTE]
you really are the worst kind of person fp has to offer
and there are way too many of you.
also nicole calm down jesus
[QUOTE=ZuXer;41182308]How would anyone know you're a girl untill you pointed it out? Because you use the avatar of a 16 year old biritsh actress or what?
[editline]25th June 2013[/editline]
Terms are a tricky thing, anyone can make one up withouth putting much behind it. Let's say I make desks as a hobby, I'd be obnoxious as fuck about it, I'd try to make money off it, I could start calling myself a Desker, it would have the same weight as Gamer.
It's like you know a little bit of spanish and then you go around lecturing your friends about spanish stuff, while being a dick about it.
I don't know, or atleast I can't tell what makes someone a gamer, I hate the term itself because I think it's dumb, that's like saying that I'm an eater because I like to eat food. I really don't know why gaming is the only medium that attracts this much dumbness. Other mediums have it, like pretentious schmucks who've seen Citizen Kane, or read the Great Gatsby and then parade it aroudn that they are a master of everything books, movies, etc.[/QUOTE]
Yes of course there are assholes everywhere, but people use girl gamer as an assumption on most any girl who plays and enjoys games and then talks about it with people. I find it annoying that it is so gender based, why cant we just call annoying idiots annoying idiots and not make a stereotype out of it for their gender then focus solely on the ones of that gender to call out and complain about as a group, rather than just a big group of "idiots who abuse the popularity of games to make money" or whatever else people want to complain about.
[QUOTE=Rhenae;41182520]Yes of course there are assholes everywhere, but people use girl gamer as an assumption on most any girl who plays and enjoys games and then talks about it with people. I find it annoying that it is so gender based, why cant we just call annoying idiots annoying idiots and not make a stereotype out of it for their gender then focus solely on the ones of that gender to call out and complain about as a group, rather than just a big group of "idiots who abuse the popularity of games to make money" or whatever else people want to complain about.[/QUOTE]
you articulate my point better than i could because this is basically exactly what i was saying
[QUOTE=Rhenae;41182520]Yes of course there are assholes everywhere, but people use girl gamer as an assumption on most any girl who plays and enjoys games and then talks about it with people. I find it annoying that it is so gender based, why cant we just call annoying idiots annoying idiots and not make a stereotype out of it for their gender then focus solely on the ones of that gender to call out and complain about as a group, rather than just a big group of "idiots who abuse the popularity of games to make money" or whatever else people want to complain about.[/QUOTE]
Because it started on youtube, the first people who told these shills to fuck off are youtube commenters.
We all know the average IQ of a Youtube commenter.
Also, when you're mad, most of the time you will take the most obvious thing to attack with, here being gender. And to be honest there is some truth to it on youtube, the number of girls who post meaningless videos while wearing low cut shirts is incredible. Like Hannah Minx, who I posted on the last page, she "teaches" japanese. What she really does is rambles about one word, then does things that either make her boobs jiggle, or flashes her panties, etc.
[QUOTE=ZuXer;41182631]Because it started on youtube, the first people who told these shills to fuck off are youtube commenters.
We all know the average IQ of a Youtube commenter.
Also, when you're mad, most of the time you will take the most obvious thing to attack with, here being gender. And to be honest there is some truth to it on youtube, the number of girls who post meaningless videos while wearing low cut shirts is incredible. Like Hannah Minx, who I posted on the last page, she "teaches" japanese. What she really does is rambles about one word, then does things that either make her boobs jiggle, or flashes her panties, etc.[/QUOTE]
Don't remind me Minxy exists I like to think she is a fictional character for my own sanity :v:
[QUOTE=ZuXer;41182631]Because it started on youtube, the first people who told these shills to fuck off are youtube commenters.
We all know the average IQ of a Youtube commenter.
Also, when you're mad, most of the time you will take the most obvious thing to attack with, here being gender. And to be honest there is some truth to it on youtube, the number of girls who post meaningless videos while wearing low cut shirts is incredible. Like Hannah Minx, who I posted on the last page, she "teaches" japanese. What she really does is rambles about one word, then does things that either make her boobs jiggle, or flashes her panties, etc.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but then why don't we attack male "attention whores" similarly? People don't look at PewDiePie or whatever and say "omg what stupid guy gamer" and use him as a stereotype to represent all guys who play videogames. There's way more of those guys than there are "gamer gurls", yet we aren't stereotyped to the extent girls who play videogames are.
Like, I'm not denying people like the reply girls exist but by getting up in arms and making dumb rant videos about them you just give them the attention they want.
[QUOTE=Primigenes;41182444]I wasn't calling Madden, NBA 2k13 or C.O.D casual
I called them mainstream and what I meant was that if your game library is composed of only games that are/were mainstream then I think you're a pretty casual gamer.
If Dark Souls was mainstream and you got it just for that reason along with all the other games in your gaming library then I think you're a pretty casual gamer. The game being mainstream doesn't make it "casual" or "hardcore". A Person who buys games solely because they are in the mainstream though is a [B][U]Casual gamer[/U][/B] imo.
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Honestly, nobody should advertise being a "hardcore gamer." There's really not a lot of distinction, people play games that appeal to them, and they play them according to how much expendable time they have. What difference does it make if somebody spends 200 hours playing BF3 instead of 200 hours playing morrowind.
As for the "hardcore" title, may as well advertise being a hardcore meth addict or something. Goddamn meth [I]casuals[/I], not spending every waking hour feeding an addiction.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;41182793]Honestly, nobody should advertise being a "hardcore gamer." There's really not a lot of distinction, people play games that appeal to them, and they play them according to how much expendable time they have. What difference does it make if somebody spends 200 hours playing BF3 instead of 200 hours playing morrowind.
As for the "hardcore" title, may as well advertise being a hardcore meth addict or something. [B]Goddamn meth [I]casuals[/I], not spending every waking hour feeding an addiction.[/B][/QUOTE]
This needs to be someones title.
[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;41182760]Yeah but then why don't we attack male "attention whores" similarly? People don't look at PewDiePie or whatever and say "omg what stupid guy gamer" and use him as a stereotype to represent all guys who play videogames. There's way more of those guys than there are "gamer gurls", yet we aren't stereotyped to the extent girls who play videogames are.
Like, I'm not denying people like the reply girls exist but by getting up in arms and making dumb rant videos about them you just give them the attention they want.[/QUOTE]
PewDiePie probably started out as another LPr, he just made it big. I don't know his videos so I'm not gonna judge him.
But I don't know about you, I call all attentionwhores attentionwhores, regardless of color, gender,age etc.
[QUOTE=ZuXer;41182997]PewDiePie probably started out as another LPr, he just made it big. I don't know his videos so I'm not gonna judge him.
But I don't know about you, I call all attentionwhores attentionwhores, regardless of color, gender,age etc.[/QUOTE]
That's not really my point, though. All I'm saying is that "gurl gamers" only exist because people give them attention and make a huge deal out of what is basically nothing. If guys didn't act like idiots whenever a girl is playing the same game as them none of this would really be an issue.
"Attention whores" are only a problem when you (gasp!) give them attention. It's a self-perpetuating thing.
ITT we point out how people can be attention whores and then argue over pointless shit and get uppity because we think we have some entitlement because of our gender.
[QUOTE=NicoleEmilid;41182283]Yeah, he saw I was a girl and tried to discredit me.[/QUOTE]
Please tell me you're not being serious.
Please PLEASE
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;41184121]Please tell me you're not being serious.
Please PLEASE[/QUOTE]
Everything on Facepunch should be considered fact. After all, we are all mature, intellectual gamers.
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;41184121]Please tell me you're not being serious.
Please PLEASE[/QUOTE]
I think she is. And it's actually kinda hilarious.
I was once un-ironically asked if I identified myself as a "gamer" by a female friend of mine
When I hesitantly said "yes" I felt kinda bad, like if I was limiting myself to a sterotype
wait do girls actually unironically do this shit
i thought it was just a big joke
y'all niggas so thirsty
going on my tombstone
[QUOTE=Antdawg;41175152]Reminds me of this
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/186fmthlhvpuhjpg/original.jpg[/img]
I'm not sure whether or not the creator was actually being ironic about it haha.[/QUOTE]
That image is mocking the worst of both sides.
Which is why I like it.
[editline]26th June 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Rhenae;41182738]Don't remind me Minxy exists I like to think she is a fictional character for my own sanity :v:[/QUOTE]
I don't blame you for that.
She's unbearable every possible way.
Imo the whole fucking "hardcore gamer" and "attention whore exploit gamer" argument is stupid on all sides. Everyone should just calm down and go back to playing video games.
[QUOTE=Van-man;41172187][IMG]http://lolbot.net/pix/5314.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I've met only one girl like this in 2700 hours of TF2
Number of dudes who were total bellends, though: hundreds
i don't get how a "gurrl gamer" is any worse from guys going "what is up guys, it's me xXXXweed_fiend_69" talking about SENSATIONALIST GAME NEWS THAT WILL GIVE MY VIDEO VIEWS while call of duty plays in the background"
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41187744]i don't get how a "gurrl gamer" is any worse from guys going "what is up guys, it's me xXXXweed_fiend_69" talking about SENSATIONALIST GAME NEWS THAT WILL GIVE MY VIDEO VIEWS while call of duty plays in the background"[/QUOTE]
I don't think anyone's saying it's worse, really. Like someone else already said, the whole "gamer" label thing is dumb.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41187744]i don't get how a "gurrl gamer" is any worse from guys going "what is up guys, it's me xXXXweed_fiend_69" talking about SENSATIONALIST GAME NEWS THAT WILL GIVE MY VIDEO VIEWS while call of duty plays in the background"[/QUOTE]
Coolbeans, then list any times in this thread people have said they'd prefer those ego stroking wankers to annoying twats
hey look more gender debate.
I don't think in all my gaming have I ever seen a girl act like they're "attention whores"; in fact it's quite the opposite but whatever, anecdotes.
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