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Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man? [Female role models]

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I just wanted to play some brawl I will have no part of this

    we can still play smash bros

    you can even try the waggle

    okay but I'm playing meta knight and no items

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  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    Final Destination, right?

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    whoa

    whoa

    get out momma didn't raise no scrub

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    I've only put in 100 hours on Skyrim

    I am the worst gamer

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    Final Destination, right?

    You're not a real gamer if you don't pick Final Destination.

    bnet: TheStig#1787 Steam: TheStig
  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    the "no true gamer" fallacy

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    And on a separate annoying note are girls who claim to be gamers but only keep a system in their apartment to get guys to come over

    I refuse to believe this is a real thing until provided with empirical fucking evidence.
    Fyndir wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    And on a separate annoying note are girls who claim to be gamers but only keep a system in their apartment to get guys to come over

    I refuse to believe this is a real thing until provided with empirical fucking evidence.

    Also yeah this part!

    http://atlanticus.tumblr.com/ PSN: Atlanticus 3DS: 1590-4692-3954 Steam: Artreus
  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    I play a fair amount of video games actually but I don't consider myself a real gamer

    I guess I mainly think of that label as something that applies to people who play games competitively, which I rarely ever do

  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    Gamer

    Qualifications

    Heaven forbid if you don't qualify

    Then that thing you call yourself is a lie, and the internet reserves the right to shame you

  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    Artreus wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    Sassori wrote: »
    I don't play as many video games as I would like to mostly because I was always busy with school and well...poor.

    But there were a few times where other guys my age would hear I played video games and if I didn't rattle off 100 things that I've played then they would tell me I wasn't really a gamer.

    It was always so random and annoying.

    One thing that does annoy me is those surveys that claim that "65% of gamers are women!" then you find out they got to that number by counting moms who play Bejeweled or Solitaire online sometimes

    There's nothing wrong with playing those, I've Bejeweled on occasion, but playing those does not in any way make you a "gamer"

    And on a separate annoying note are girls who claim to be gamers but only keep a system in their apartment to get guys to come over

    Here are Scooter's Simple Gamer Qualifications:
    -Actually owning a system, an upgraded video card, or at least some games and/or peripherals that didn't come out of the $5 bargain bin at Kohl's checkout line
    -You play games for your own enjoyment, even if there's no one around you're trying to impress

    This is pretty gross.

    The people who are all "oh you only play call of duty, pfft, you aren't a real gamer" and the like are so dumb

    I thought COD experience was required to be a 'legit' gamer? :p

    It's just like kids who hate it when "their" bands go mainstream and "sellout".

    I like triple-A games, but saying you HAVE to play them or you're not a gamer is dumb.

  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    I've only put in 100 hours on Skyrim

    I am the worst gamer

    You sicken me, CD.

    I bet you didn't even turn all the graphics right down to maximise your FPS when you played, did you?

  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    I played a lot of Team Fortress 2


    even after it went free to play

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    I play a lot of video games but I wouldn't call myself a "gamer" because "gamer" has become a pretty fucking disgusting label

    like "skinhead" or "republican"

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    I have been around people who were having a conversation about how if you only play madden or call of duty then you are not a gamer

    http://atlanticus.tumblr.com/ PSN: Atlanticus 3DS: 1590-4692-3954 Steam: Artreus
  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »
    I've only put in 100 hours on Skyrim

    I am the worst gamer

    You sicken me, CD.

    I bet you didn't even turn all the graphics right down to maximise your FPS when you played, did you?

    No! I turned them up all the way!

    Also I wasted a lot of time just running around getting lost and getting killed by hagravens!

  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »
    I've only put in 100 hours on Skyrim

    I am the worst gamer

    You sicken me, CD.

    I bet you didn't even turn all the graphics right down to maximise your FPS when you played, did you?

    No! I turned them up all the way!

    Also I wasted a lot of time just running around getting lost and getting killed by hagravens!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0

  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I play a lot of video games but I wouldn't call myself a "gamer" because "gamer" has become a pretty fucking disgusting label

    like "skinhead" or "republican"

    Death to gamers.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    ign's hunt for the most embarassing amateur game designer.avi

    bnet: TheStig#1787 Steam: TheStig
  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I've only put in 100 hours on Skyrim

    I am the worst gamer

    I've only put in 23 so far.

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I play a lot of video games but I wouldn't call myself a "gamer" because "gamer" has become a pretty fucking disgusting label

    like "skinhead" or "republican"

    was "skinhead" ever not a disgusting label?

  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    Sassori wrote: »
    I don't play as many video games as I would like to mostly because I was always busy with school and well...poor.

    But there were a few times where other guys my age would hear I played video games and if I didn't rattle off 100 things that I've played then they would tell me I wasn't really a gamer.

    It was always so random and annoying.

    One thing that does annoy me is those surveys that claim that "65% of gamers are women!" then you find out they got to that number by counting moms who play Bejeweled or Solitaire online sometimes

    There's nothing wrong with playing those, I've Bejeweled on occasion, but playing those does not in any way make you a "gamer"

    And on a separate annoying note are girls who claim to be gamers but only keep a system in their apartment to get guys to come over

    Here are Scooter's Simple Gamer Qualifications:
    -Actually owning a system, an upgraded video card, or at least some games and/or peripherals that didn't come out of the $5 bargain bin at Kohl's checkout line
    -You play games for your own enjoyment, even if there's no one around you're trying to impress

    You realize that counts moms who play Bejeweled on the computer they bought themselves.

    That's why I specified upgrading the video card, clearly not everyone who owns a computer is a gamer

    It's been years since I've been out of college so I don't have a lot of specific recollections, but for one at least I know my sister didn't take my Sega to school with her because she was so into Sonic

    Gonna defend the exclusivity of the gamer title fo life

  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited June 2012
    I take comfort in that when VR-matrix-brain implants become the next new media, everyone will be cool with games.
    I've only put in 100 hours on Skyrim

    I am the worst gamer

    I've only put in 23 so far.

    0.

    Come at me bro.

    manwiththemachinegun on
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    "Exclusivity of the gamer title."

    Heh.

    Heheh

    Us Gamers.

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    I would encourage anyone not to label themselves by anything they are just a fan of

    it does things to you

  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited June 2012
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I play a lot of video games but I wouldn't call myself a "gamer" because "gamer" has become a pretty fucking disgusting label

    like "skinhead" or "republican"

    was "skinhead" ever not a disgusting label?
    Wikipedia wrote:
    A skinhead is a member of a subculture that originated among working class youths in London, England in the 1960s and then soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, and later to other countries around the world. Named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, the first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian (specifically Jamaican) rude boys and British mods, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle.[1] Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race.[2]

    Platy on
  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    "Anthony Anthony... Saints Row 3!"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0sECZgItEI

    this video is good

    as is saints row 3

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    Sassori wrote: »
    I don't play as many video games as I would like to mostly because I was always busy with school and well...poor.

    But there were a few times where other guys my age would hear I played video games and if I didn't rattle off 100 things that I've played then they would tell me I wasn't really a gamer.

    It was always so random and annoying.

    One thing that does annoy me is those surveys that claim that "65% of gamers are women!" then you find out they got to that number by counting moms who play Bejeweled or Solitaire online sometimes

    There's nothing wrong with playing those, I've Bejeweled on occasion, but playing those does not in any way make you a "gamer"

    And on a separate annoying note are girls who claim to be gamers but only keep a system in their apartment to get guys to come over

    Here are Scooter's Simple Gamer Qualifications:
    -Actually owning a system, an upgraded video card, or at least some games and/or peripherals that didn't come out of the $5 bargain bin at Kohl's checkout line
    -You play games for your own enjoyment, even if there's no one around you're trying to impress

    You realize that counts moms who play Bejeweled on the computer they bought themselves.

    That's why I specified upgrading the video card, clearly not everyone who owns a computer is a gamer

    It's been years since I've been out of college so I don't have a lot of specific recollections, but for one at least I know my sister didn't take my Sega to school with her because she was so into Sonic

    Gonna defend the exclusivity of the gamer title fo life

    You seem to have gotten lost and wandered down a path labelled 'silly goosery'.

    Come back to the light, retrace your steps until you find the intersection, and this time take a nice leisurely stroll down the path signposted as 'reason and maturity'.

  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    Why would anyone care what anyone else calls themselves?

    http://atlanticus.tumblr.com/ PSN: Atlanticus 3DS: 1590-4692-3954 Steam: Artreus
  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I play a lot of video games but I wouldn't call myself a "gamer" because "gamer" has become a pretty fucking disgusting label

    like "skinhead" or "republican"

    was "skinhead" ever not a disgusting label?
    Wikipedia wrote:
    A skinhead is a member of a subculture that originated among working class youths in London, England in the 1960s and then soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, and later to other countries around the world. Named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, the first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian (specifically Jamaican) rude boys and British mods, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle.[1] Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race.[2]

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    All I'm saying is I've put way too many years into this thing to have it become the domain of the soccer moms

  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    Sassori wrote: »
    I don't play as many video games as I would like to mostly because I was always busy with school and well...poor.

    But there were a few times where other guys my age would hear I played video games and if I didn't rattle off 100 things that I've played then they would tell me I wasn't really a gamer.

    It was always so random and annoying.

    One thing that does annoy me is those surveys that claim that "65% of gamers are women!" then you find out they got to that number by counting moms who play Bejeweled or Solitaire online sometimes

    There's nothing wrong with playing those, I've Bejeweled on occasion, but playing those does not in any way make you a "gamer"

    And on a separate annoying note are girls who claim to be gamers but only keep a system in their apartment to get guys to come over

    Here are Scooter's Simple Gamer Qualifications:
    -Actually owning a system, an upgraded video card, or at least some games and/or peripherals that didn't come out of the $5 bargain bin at Kohl's checkout line
    -You play games for your own enjoyment, even if there's no one around you're trying to impress

    You realize that counts moms who play Bejeweled on the computer they bought themselves.

    That's why I specified upgrading the video card, clearly not everyone who owns a computer is a gamer

    It's been years since I've been out of college so I don't have a lot of specific recollections, but for one at least I know my sister didn't take my Sega to school with her because she was so into Sonic

    Gonna defend the exclusivity of the gamer title fo life

    The most hollow victory ever

  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    ign's hunt for the most embarassing amateur game designer.avi

    Oh, yeah, I'm finally watching this now.

    30 seconds in...okay, hey, this could be an interesting reality show!

    1 minute: "When I think supervillain, I automatically think, like, a woman." Uh...huh?

    1:07: Oh good! A menopause joke!

    2:11: Dead...ugly...princesses?

    Feminist Apocalypse?!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6sIchYXqQ

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    All I'm saying is I've put way too many years into this thing to have it become the domain of the soccer moms

    Good luck with that.

    Anyone with a phone these days can play games.

    Get over it.

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    I'm going back to the cup and ball on a string

    nobody plays that I can be the most hardcore cup and ball guy and there won't be anyone else diluting my mastery of the cup and ball

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    All I'm saying is I've put way too many years into this thing to have it become the domain of the soccer moms

    Boohoo

    Your exclusive little club is no longer exclusive

    Guess what, we can vote and own property too

  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    All I'm saying is I've put way too many years into this thing to have it become the domain of the soccer moms

    This is for real happening in the female role model thread

    http://atlanticus.tumblr.com/ PSN: Atlanticus 3DS: 1590-4692-3954 Steam: Artreus
  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    All I'm saying is I've put way too many years into this thing to have it become the domain of the soccer moms

    oh dang someone you'll never talk to has an interest in a hobby you are also interested in

    that's it, better pack it all in

  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Which was the last game which gave you a boner, Zonugal

    Batman: Arkham City.

    I get so many bat-boners.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    Is it because of the leather costume, Zonugal

  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    Or because you like beating dudes

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