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The definition of a gamer is playing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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Anyone that plays games frequently on either a console or PC. Mobile game player's are not gamers despite what all the major corporations lumping them into the same groups as the standard gamer.Comment
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Define frequently.Originally posted by IndustrialHaze View Post
Never mind, skip your definition of frequently. Your opinion of what constitutes a gamer is patently wrong, imo, and negates any weight or value in your opinion.Mobile game player's are not gamers despite what all the major corporations lumping them into the same groups as the standard gamer.
I game, therefore I am.
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a person that is genuinely like the mediumComment
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One who plays videogames regularly for the fun of it is a gamer.Comment
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To me the term 'gamer' implies that someone is willing to dedicate a certain amount of time or money specifically to gaming.Chickens are quite possibly the most vicious creatures I have encountered.Comment
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Gamers are people who actively play games like a hobby. It could be any game like tabletops, mobile, or PC. Games are a form of entertainment, not some elitist bull.Comment
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Let's use this angle...Originally posted by Ram'n View Post
You like tabletop RPGs. You use a specific companies website that facilitates easy play and allows you to develop custom digital assets and all that, whatever like roll20.
This company decides to discontinue all of these services and instead create a new service in the same style except marketed to attract FPS players into roleplaying. Narrative convenience features are removed and stats, classes, and abilities are severely dumbed down to cater to the FPS audience who is used to simplicity.
... Even among gamers each audience has completely different tastes and desires. There's no mixing of many of these audiences only gamers that participate in multiple audiences.
It's not elitist to say most mobile gamers aren't gamers. Their tastes and dedication are completely opposite to those who regularly play full on console or PC video games or indeed, tabletop rpgs.Last edited by Aerrae; 01-13-2019, 10:42 PM.Comment
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For me, basically someone who has more enthusiasm for gaming than the average person (though defining that point may be tricky) and actually sees it as part of his identity.Comment
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A gamer to me is those who have a passion for it, be competitive and understand there will be wins and loses in every match. It also shapes your personality up on how you handle pressure especially in player vs player games. It's healthy and unhealthy at the same time, but overall being a gamer = keeping your composure and an escape from reality.Comment
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Time is definitely a good metric. Not necessarily the amount of time, but rather the proportion of time in one's day/week dedicated to playing video games. An couple hours a week may not seem like much to a teenager person with weekends off; as opposed to a family man or woman who has familial responsibilities and work to contend with who is left with only a certain amount of time per day/week to dedicate to non-responsibility activities; or someone with an hours intensive occupation, where finding rest and the job take up the lion's share of the hours. A couple hours a week maybe is all the can spare, and if they decide to kick back and play a couple competitive FPS match or immerse themselves in an open-world or RPG, they should qualify?Comment
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Even that is a not a good metric. Because it doesn't account for time management. I've seen many adults with poor time management skills cry that they only have one or two hours a week to play video games, when the truth is they would just rather spend it on something else.--All of a sudden their choices to do something else always turns into how I'm somehow irresponsible because I make the time, lol. I've seen it happen time and time again. Even on these very forums multiple times.
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Anyone who plays games and enjoys it. If your grandma enjoys playing Candy Crush 24/7, then she's a gamer, a broke gamer, but still a gamer.If you like me, that's great! If you hate me, that's cool, just don't hide it.Comment
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Anyone who genuinely enjoys MULTIPLE games (preferably of more then one genre) on any single or wide variety of platforms. When you've played one or two games in your lifetime I don't feel you are a gamer, just someone who's tried playing games.
I feel you can be a gamer if you play only mobile games but if you've only ever played variations of candy crush I can't honestly call you a gamer.Comment
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If you can wave dash in smash bros melee, you are a gamer.
If you can do a quick reload in Halo 2 and do a 180 no scope with a sniper, you are a gamer.
If you know the konami code by heart, you are a gamer.
If you play candy crush, you are a gamer.
If you can micro units in Starcraft 1, you are a gamer.
If you know all the 800+ pokemon, you are a gamer.
If you pray to the Dorito Pope, you are a gamer.
I mean, its whatever though.Comment
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Well, it looks like, I'm not a gamer then.Originally posted by Merlin View PostIf you like me, that's great! If you hate me, that's cool, just don't hide it.Comment
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