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16 Sep 2012, 6:35 pm

Magnus_Rex wrote:

A "true gamer" is anybody who likes video games. Period.

What is it with people and their habit of trying to fit everything in neat little groups with clearly defined characteristics?

autism .

One who cooks frozen meals is a chef ?

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16 Sep 2012, 6:38 pm

aussiebloke wrote:

autism .

One who cooks frozen meals is a chef ?

It is not only autism. Almost everybody likes to classify people in groups. Pointless.

And a chef is a guy who knows how to cook AND gets paid to do it. Cooking frozen meals is not enough to qualify as one.

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21 Sep 2012, 10:55 am

People should just do whatever they enjoy and not worry about labels...it's too exhausting to worry about and what do you get out of it at the end of the day?

Yes, its not always easy, but its something to strive for.

Imagine if Nikola Tesla decided not to invent Alternating Current, because he was worried about being labelled a 'geek' or a 'nerd'?

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21 Sep 2012, 11:14 am

"True Gamers" play games that use dice, pencils, paper and imagination. i.e. Tabletop Roleplaying Games. LOL

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22 Sep 2012, 3:43 pm

The whole point of gaming is about community, interacting with each other, being competitive. Testing every new game released and playing single player is a waste of time, IMHO. And it can be very harmful for aspie.

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23 Sep 2012, 7:48 am

se7en wrote:

The whole point of gaming is about community, interacting with each other, being competitive. Testing every new game released and playing single player is a waste of time, IMHO. And it can be very harmful for aspie.

How so?

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23 Sep 2012, 8:48 am

True gamers are the ones who are competing in tournaments for thousands of dollars as a prize for the winners, and for gamer nerd honor amongst other gaming nerds.

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23 Sep 2012, 1:54 pm

True gamers? Well, I'm going to argue and say even people can be hardcore with casual games. I mean, what about those tetris guys who collect everything Tetris and even have stuff signed by the original creator and play it everyday and compete in tournaments.

Or what about those hardcore Angry Birds players that play Angry Birds nonstop and also collect all things Angry birds in addition and make fanart and stuff about Angry Birds?

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23 Sep 2012, 4:10 pm

xxZeromancerlovexx wrote:

se7en wrote:

How so?

It gives you nothing. Just XXX hours spent on XXX game, when you could make out, meet friends or just study. So mission "degradation" accomplished :/
Not talking about multiplayer games though.

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