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<blockquote data-quote="Tyler Do'Urden" data-source="post: 822976" data-attributes="member: 4601"><p>Of course, if we're talking about the gamer look, which "gamer look" are we talking about?</p><p></p><p>The "I haven't bathed in two weeks, live in my parents basement/dorm with the other CS majors, don't own any clothing other than my South Park and Intel t-shirts look?" All too often they haven't a clue when it comes to the dice-chucking. In fact, one fellow who I knew in high school who fit the description to a T has been quoted as repetedly saying that D&D is for losers, and he'd never play. Ironic, considering he spends more time playing Everquest than most people spend breathing...</p><p></p><p>Or is it the "I have a long hair and beard, a large gut, also haven't bathed in two weeks, and also lack for fashion sense, yet I'm of indeterminate age (somewhere between 25-50)?" He could be the young Gary Gygax impersonator who sits around the FLGS (come on, every one of those places has at least one), or he could just be an unemployed factory worker who spends all his time (and unemployment checks) drinking away his sorrows.</p><p></p><p>Or is it the fellow who insists on decking himself out like he just walked out of The Matrix or the Anime-of-the-week, who thinks he's so cool because he owns a sword collection and doesn't smell as bad as most geeks? What about the pretentious goth- Vampire LARPer or just making a fashion statement? The spikey-haired punk with the dog collar and the Pokemon patch on his backpack? The girl with the multicolored hair, Anne Rice novels and too much bad perfume who is always drawing curse sigils in her notebooks? The young goateed programmer who is never without his laptop, latte, and Disinformation book-of-the month?</p><p></p><p>Would the real gamer please stand up?</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>(This was intended as only partially tongue-in-cheek. Resemblence of the people described above to anyone in reality is purely intentional- I've met them all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tyler Do'Urden, post: 822976, member: 4601"] Of course, if we're talking about the gamer look, which "gamer look" are we talking about? The "I haven't bathed in two weeks, live in my parents basement/dorm with the other CS majors, don't own any clothing other than my South Park and Intel t-shirts look?" All too often they haven't a clue when it comes to the dice-chucking. In fact, one fellow who I knew in high school who fit the description to a T has been quoted as repetedly saying that D&D is for losers, and he'd never play. Ironic, considering he spends more time playing Everquest than most people spend breathing... Or is it the "I have a long hair and beard, a large gut, also haven't bathed in two weeks, and also lack for fashion sense, yet I'm of indeterminate age (somewhere between 25-50)?" He could be the young Gary Gygax impersonator who sits around the FLGS (come on, every one of those places has at least one), or he could just be an unemployed factory worker who spends all his time (and unemployment checks) drinking away his sorrows. Or is it the fellow who insists on decking himself out like he just walked out of The Matrix or the Anime-of-the-week, who thinks he's so cool because he owns a sword collection and doesn't smell as bad as most geeks? What about the pretentious goth- Vampire LARPer or just making a fashion statement? The spikey-haired punk with the dog collar and the Pokemon patch on his backpack? The girl with the multicolored hair, Anne Rice novels and too much bad perfume who is always drawing curse sigils in her notebooks? The young goateed programmer who is never without his laptop, latte, and Disinformation book-of-the month? Would the real gamer please stand up? :) (This was intended as only partially tongue-in-cheek. Resemblence of the people described above to anyone in reality is purely intentional- I've met them all. ;) ) [/QUOTE]
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