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TBF I don't really consider myself a gamer anymore... even though I clock a few hours a week on the playstation. But like I used to play competitive FPS/MOBA/RTS 10+ hours a week.
How can you call yourself competitive when you didn't even clock 40+ hours a week? Competitive gaming isn't just a hobby, it's a way of life... Poser.
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lmao.
40+??? That's scrub level commitment. Get gud and you'll be on the leaderboards playing 10+ a week. /s
How much RGB do you have?
Valid question. 0.
Def not a gamer then.
So they aren't actually getting excluded from games they just dont view themselves as gamers probaby because that label is cringe. I wouldn't consider someone who casually plays mobile games to be a gamer either. Gamer isnt just anyone who play a games, it describes someone who embeds themselves in gaming communities and culture and engages gaming as a hobby. Same as going for a walk doesn't make you a hiker.
I play pc games often and wouldnt consider myself a gamer.
There's plenty of mobile games you can sink thousand of hours in to.
Would you consider someone who has played Tetris for 10,000 hours a gamer?
Why would Candy Crush be different?
Genshin? There's plenty of literal gamer communities for the gacha games.
There is no difference between sinking 10k hours into tetris, candy crush or csgo. I'd consider all to be gamers. But sinking 10k hours isnt casual. Someone who plays candy crush every day and is active in candy crush communities would be a gamer. But someone who has candy crush on their phone and plays every now and then for short periods and doesnt engage in anything else related to candy crush or gaming i would not consider to be a gamer.
If someone wants to argue that the casual candy crush player is a gamer then I'll let them have it and will need to make a new label because at that point its watered down beyond use. Gamer as a label is pretty cringe anyway so I doubt many are actually calling themself that.
Well, there's your problem, idealizing the traditional "gamer" persona. I play computer games every day, for a long time, and I also don't feel like a "gamer," because I don't want to be associated with people I would consider "gamers."
That might be a side effect of my not wanting to be associated with anyone, but there you have it.
Goood, I can feel your Gamer anger. Beneath the skin we are already one. Even now the evil seed of the Gamer germinates within you. strike me down and your journey to the dark side will be complete.
lmfaoooooo