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Originally posted by DJ RANN Which is hilarious, because if you're over 15 and still play video games, chances are you're never going to have any sexual relationships other than your mum walking in on you fapping to anime. Oh the irony.

That's probably the reason why they become misogynists - sour grapes and all.

There have been three rapes on the metro buses in Los Angeles this year.

Public buses.

With other passengers on these buses.

Riding through the streets of LA.

Not attempted rapes.

Three full fledged rapes.

Three.

And this has been a good year.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Which is hilarious, because if you're over 15 and still play video games, chances are you're never going to have any sexual relationships other than your mum walking in on you fapping to anime. Oh the irony.

This is one of the stupidest and most out of touch things you've ever said.

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Originally posted by Spacey Orange There have been three rapes on the metro buses in Los Angeles this year. Public buses. With other passengers on these buses. Riding through the streets of LA. Not attempted rapes. Three full fledged rapes. Three. And this has been a good year.

serves them right for taking a bus. those things reek of failure. ewww.

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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay serves them right for taking a bus. those things reek of failure. ewww.

tru dat. about two years ago i had to take a muni bus into the Mission District in San Francisco because of an emergency. it was like i was stuck in the twisted reality vortex where the world of Epic Beard Man and Kung Fu Lady all melted into one, expect that the two guys about to fight over a seat were too obese to actually fight.

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Originally posted by Fledz This is one of the stupidest and most out of touch things you've ever said.

Is it though? Of course it's a generalisation that fails to account for the ordinary guy who maintains healthy relationships in real life, a probable majority, but the amount of abuse female gamers are subjected to is by no means small, and although humans are known to be less polite, cordial, and restrained behind a screen, it's quite likely that a fraction of these abusive gamers - and I'd love to see if there's a study concerning this topic - is obnoxious simply because they're venting their frustration with the opposite sex/non-basement dwellers.

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Originally posted by Lira Is it though? Of course it's a generalisation that fails to account for the ordinary guy who maintains healthy relationships in real life, a probable majority, but the amount of abuse female gamers are subjected to is by no means small, and although humans are known to be less polite, cordial, and restrained behind a screen, it's quite likely that a fraction of these abusive gamers - and I'd love to see if there's a study concerning this topic - is obnoxious simply because they're venting their frustration with the opposite sex/non-basement dwellers.

Is it about games, or is it about the anonymous umbrella that online communities foster? If there exists a deeply-rooted misogyny endemic to the internet, this very website most definitely suffers just the same as any idiotic XBL chatroom.

Although it's certainly true that games as an inherent form of escapism certainly encourage and breed said temperament, the same could be said and observed of sports or an interest in cars. It's not about gamers, it's about men getting together and airing their presumable sexual frustrations, wrought with the mimetic endearment of sociosexual expectation.

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Originally posted by Fledz This is one of the stupidest and most out of touch things you've ever said.

Wow, and that's saying something.

I am stirring it a little, but honestly computer games are just so lame. I mean even saying out loud when you're adult "I'm going to play a video game"....just so embarrassing. Not that I'm a nazi about it or anything, it's up to people if they want to waste their time playing Halo or some other lame shit, but it just seems so infantile to me. I dunno.

I thought you were kidding at first.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I thought you were kidding at first.

Trolling a teeny bit (as I know how riled up people get on the netz when you dare say anything about gayming) but actually not a lot. I don't know, I just find it so pathetic when grown men are so enthusiastic about video games.

Well you're right in respect of anyone using it as a point of their identity, and the at exclusion of everything else that some "grown" men certainly account for.

Though on that same note, it's easy to decry burgeoning art mediums in their embryo. In the next decade, I think it will become increasingly uncommon for people in developed nations to not play video games, although casual applications will probably consist of the bulk of this, in all concession.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Wow, and that's saying something. I am stirring it a little, but honestly computer games are just so lame. I mean even saying out loud when you're adult "I'm going to play a video game"....just so embarrassing. Not that I'm a nazi about it or anything, it's up to people if they want to waste their time playing Halo or some other lame shit, but it just seems so infantile to me. I dunno.

To me, that makes you the 15 year old because what you just said is the type of response I expect from an uneducated teenager or an overzealous Christian mother, not a well educated man.

Come on Rann. If I want to sit down and read a book on Monday, watch a movie on Tuesday and play a deeply engrossing game on Wednesday, where's the problem? I know you're fishing for a response, but it's actually sad that you're serious.

It's arguably the most engrossing storytelling medium that exists. It's certainly a lot more stimulating than tv or movies.

The whole culture around hardcore gamers though is just disgusting... Even in the niche that I am involved in its bad, and thats a fairly small niche that requires quite a bit of technical skill to even begin to play in.

The best communities still are the flight sim communities, especially the combat flight sim groups.

Console gaming can be fine, but I really just ignore it. I probably buy maybe 1 console game a year and I never fucking play online.

Increasing the barrier to entry is almost always a good thing in gaming.

On the topic about video games, I absolutely love them. Playing video games is one of my favourite hobbies, alongside making music, indoor climbing and drawing. In fact, I'm aspiring to one day become a game designer myself; there are just too many ideas going on in my head.

With that being said, I'm not that fond of the general aura of the gaming community. Many get so emotionally attached to their preferred game series, that they become rather religious about it.

For instance, are the developers going to take the series into a new direction for the sake of exploring? "YOU KILLED MY FAVOURITE GAME SERIES AND SHOULD DESERVE TO BE DIPPED INTO ACID LAVA!!!" Does a game critic give an average score to a generic instalment of said game series? "HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO PERFECTION ITSELF?! I SHALL CAST DEMONS UPON THEE!!!" Is said critic female? "PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE FLAME STORM OF MISOGYNY!!!" And so on and so forth.

i dunno why gaming is more "pathetic" than any other pointless hobby.

Take bird photography, for example.

ITT: RANN sucks at computer games

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN i dunno why gaming is more "pathetic" than any other pointless hobby.

I'm going to go with because it's new, it's popular + it's up and coming (or was from 1978 to 2010). Oh and because judgemental ****s are pathetic.

I wonder if Rann is a Republican voter.

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Originally posted by Fledz I wonder if Rann is a Republican voter.

Nah, I think it rather has to do with that he assumes maturity=intelligence. An incorrect statements, there are a ton of Nobel Prize winners who can barely handle the adult life.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Is it about games, or is it about the anonymous umbrella that online communities foster? If there exists a deeply-rooted misogyny endemic to the internet, this very website most definitely suffers just the same as any idiotic XBL chatroom. Although it's certainly true that games as an inherent form of escapism certainly encourage and breed said temperament, the same could be said and observed of sports or an interest in cars. It's not about gamers, it's about men getting together and airing their presumable sexual frustrations, wrought with the mimetic endearment of sociosexual expectation.

Well, that. But there's also the fact that game developers quite often cater for testosterone-loaded gamers, and it's not hard to find games with scantily clad female characters that defy the laws of gravity, physics, and hypothermia :



Hell, I'm playing Civilization V right now, and except for the rather plump Austrian queen, every single female leader is either hot or cute, whereas most male leaders are... well... see for yourself:

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN i dunno why gaming is more "pathetic" than any other pointless hobby.

It's an unfair stereotype, but I assume - and this is nothing but an impression - it's because (1) it's something new and (2) unlike most other hobbies, you don't really have a "product" you can use to brag after you spend hours and hours playing video games. Jocks have nice bodies, artists have masterpieces, video game players have a level 128 paladin

It's just a matter of time until the stigma goes away, I guess.

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Originally posted by Lira Well, that. But there's also the fact that game developers quite often cater for testosterone-loaded gamers, and it's not hard to find games with scantily clad female characters that defy the laws of gravity, physics, and hypothermia :

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...dGKyCyAGo34HQDg

Nothing profitable is an accident!

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...dGKyCyAGo34HQDg Nothing profitable is an accident!

My point, precisely. Cars aficionados - and car racers in general - are usually male, aren't they? And how many successful female racers do you know?

Well not personally of course, but this woman just recently weathered something fucking incredible, and worth reading about :

http://jalopnik.com/5951915/this-wo...n=recirculation

//Her crushed velvet eyepatch is AWESOME!

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