A smack-talking 12-14 year old who's trying all his new cuss words that he just found on the TV? A never-leave-home nerd who talks down at you just because you just joined the game and trying things out for FUN? A bunch of immature children and men locked into a single room making fun of celebrities and pop singers when they've never really seen or heard more than 2 things from them? A little child who'd rather play an extremely complex game rather than find the joys in something as simple as a race or a pillow fight?
Oh yes, I do find something wrong with gamers.
Don't get me wrong, by today's standards, I'm a gamer myself-
A 2nd generation gamer, a 1st generation "n00b".
(meaning: raised during the SNES-Genesis years, and part of the generation that created the word "n00b" and called one)
-but I find the shallowness, cockiness, and all-around uselessness in "ubergamers" or "hardcore gamers" or whatever they call themselves, rather... AGGRAVATING.
I've separated myself from gamers for a damned-to-hell good reason.
I play games for fun, which is more than I can say for many gamers.
RPG gamers play for story and character development...
-while FF gamers play for the same damned-thing over and over again!
JK! ...or am I?
Strategy gamers play for obvious things, FPS gamers play for THE MOMENT, Fighting gamers play for the skill, Racing gamers play to be #1, and etc etc etc...
..but rarely, OH SO RARELY, do I find gamers who actually play for FUN!
No, people seem to misunderstand me, so let me simplify it with the biggest question of them all:
If you were in the spotlight, and thousands of people were cheering for you (or your opponent)... and let's say there was a big shiny trophy waiting for you...
AND!
IF YOU SAW THE PERFECT PLACE, TIME, AND WAY FOR YOU TO LOSE IN THE MOST DAZZLING WAY THAT COULD MAKE ALL THE CROWDS CHEER AND GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE WOULD REMEMBER SUCH A GLORIOUS MOMENT:
Would you lose? Just for that moment.
If the answer is no, then you don't play games just for the FUN of it.
...the sad thing is, I've sacrificed my moment in the spotlight many times just so a dazzling moment like that could happen for a person... and the great thing is, I've destroyed many people by creating the most humiliating loss for them so that we all could get a great laugh or a strong handshake. ... and of course, I've also totally JUST missed the moment and did a rather "wtf?" suicide that killed the game.
...the fact is: It is just a game. And most of you gamers take yourself too seriously.