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[GrooveMan.exe]

I hate gamers. I seriously fucking do. Stop whining you fucktards, it's not like you own the gaming business. Sure, you make up the part that makes game sales possible, but sometimes the complaining actually starts to become annoying, especially when these complaints are just nitpicking. Also, you're not more of a gamer if you like / play the following games:

• Indie games
  
• Halo
  
• Any retro game
  
• GoW (both games with this initial)
  
• Any fucking Nintendo game that's supposedly "not casual"
  
• Any FPS or RTS that has a large following
  
• World of Warcraft
  
• By extention not playing World of Warcraft
  
• Anything not "casual", because "casual games are for scrubs"
  
• FUCKING ANY GAME THAT GETS LABELED AS "HARDCORE"
  

Seriously, fuck you, you people are the bane of gaming.

Ok, fucking stop right there.

Can you first sensibly explain to me (and I guess this goes for Metaru and G-Man too) what's so reprehensible about the term 'Gamer'? Semantically, it means nothing more than 'someone who plays games', of which (of course) there will be subategories regarding to genre or platform fandoms. This is obvious and extremely evident.

Games as a form of media are actually pretty lucky to have that kind of terminology; where in other fields you get 'movie enthusiasts' or 'avid readers' or whatever. Yes, I can say 'gaming enthusiast' instead of 'gamer' (and sometimes I do; for sake of variety), but this undermines people who play games often, but aren't necessarily 'enthusiasts' in the same way that collectors, or retro enthustasts would be.

So clue me in there - why the sore response to it? Is it an issue with being labled or something? Do you just dislike being associated with negative interpretations of people who play games? Well bad news - there are poor stereotypes with every form of media; and just saying you're not a 'gamer' will not stop other people from acknowledging that large pile of obscure JRPGs in your room or that XXL t-shirt with 'Two Girls, 1-Up' on it.

Edit: Oh, and I said favourite games (period), not favourite game periods. I think you're the only person who's misread that.

Thanks to everyone who's answered so far!