Are gamers really that pathetic?

[Plane Sailing]

This seems to have wandered a long way from "general RPG discussion" so it goes to "Off Topic Discussion"

*whoosh*


BTW, Supporting people is great, please make sure that that everything stays friendly and there isn't any sniping, eh?

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Plane Sailing
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[Ralts Bloodthorne]

Sniper...

"Target spotted..."

"Can you confirm?"

"Target confirmed."

"Engage at will."

"Engaged..."

"Target down."

"Continue mission..."

 

[Nisarg]

I did 10 years in the US Army, actually as part of ChemCorps, and assigned to the United States Department of Defense.
I was wounded several times on the battlefield, once spending two months in the hospital in a coma because of injuries.

Wow, how exciting and impressive you must be.. what does this have to do with the topic though?

I was active in sports in high school, but not in social activities. Maladjusted? No. I was a textbook sociopath, with severe disassociation disorders.

Really? Sociopaths in the US military? I'd never have guessed...

Oh, South American gamers are so great. This from countries that would probably be are bankrupt if it wasn't for drugs or donations/exports with other countries because of First World nations exploiting them and holding them economically hostage, and American military forces overthrowing their legitimate governments and installing puppet dictatorships that brutally repress their own people.

Fixed your typos.

Again, though, what does any of that have to do with the topic at hand?

Later on you go on to post some valid, if rambling points related to the thread.. but why the need to tell us your life story and flawed opinions on international politics?

Nisarg

 

[Ralts Bloodthorne]

Wow, how exciting and impressive you must be.. what does this have to do with the topic though?

Demonstration that I had an active life, and am not living in a basement or under a bridge somewhere.

Fixed your typos.

Thanks. What I said was uncalled for.

Again, though, what does any of that have to do with the topic at hand?

Later on you go on to post some valid, if rambling points related to the thread.. but why the need to tell us your life story and flawed opinions on international politics?
Nisarg

Actually, it wasn't my life story. It was pointing out that I'm not exactly your stereotypical gamer...

As far as the rest, eh, I like to ramble.

 

[LiKral]

some of you people (you know who you are) sicken me. i am a social misfit. i'm 27, never had anything remotely resembling a relationship or date in my life, and yes, i still live off my parents. i'm trying to be independent, but i'm pretty sure that as soon as i graduate i will fail spectacularly. why? why would someone hire me when they could hire someone who's equally smart and a non-misfit.

You sound like you are depressed. You should go and see a doctor.
Misfits get hired all the time, don't worry about that! I got hired and I am a real misfit.
When I was in school I did not think anyone would ever like me, but all it took in the end was talking to people and making them feel that I was interested in them. If you assume that people are not liking you because you are wierd, you may come accross as too high and mighty to talk to anyone.

as far as hygeine, why should i bathe? i've been bathing frequently for the last couple weeks and it hasn't made me any more attractive to girls, so why should i bother? why should i bother doing anything?

why live?

2 whole weeks? You have to sustain a change like that for a fair while for anyone to notice. Keep clean and tidy and get some counselling or attend a support group for your low self esteem and things will surprise you by getting better eventually.
But you have to be patient. Things won't happen like magic, they will get better gradually if you keep trying and don't give up hope. Maybe your happiest years will be in your 60's and you just don't know it yet?

 

[Dinkeldog]

I don't want to build toys. I want to be a dentist.

 

[Lichtenhart]

Later on you go on to post some valid, if rambling points related to the thread.. but why the need to tell us your life story and flawed opinions on international politics?

Then why the need to address all BUT his valid points?

 

[Faerl'Elghinn]

I think that's entirely a misconception based on the way that gamers are portrayed in the media. I've had several gamer friends who are very successful with attractive women. Personally, I've had several very attractive girlfriends, despite the fact that I was ridiculed in school for my high intelligence. The main problem for me was finding an attractive woman intelligent enough to hold my interest for any amount of time. Fortunately, I've found the perfect one, and have been married to her for the last 6 years. We now have three wonderful children, and I really couldn't care less how I'm perceived by the general population.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just the other day, Kurt Schilling was pitching a great game against the Texas Rangers (baseball, if you're unfamiliar). Schilling is a MAJOR sci-fi fan and amateur historian who heads and/or participates in several different sci-fi organizations and is behind a particular sci-fi publishing company (I forget which one).

This was noted in the broadcast because there was a HUGE sci-fi convention being held in the hotel in which the announcers were staying.

They noted that, despite the immense number of "interesting" people, the overall experience was pleasant, because they were much better behaved than most conventioneers they had encountered.

They also noted that a particular "older gentleman in an interesting costume" had had no luck finding women at the con.

So, it was kind of a wash, publicity wise: we are well behaved, but we aren't exactly "chick magnets." (Or perhaps they were describing the paucity of women attendees- that much was unclear.)

 

[Hida Bukkorosu]

You sound like you are depressed. You should go and see a doctor.
Misfits get hired all the time, don't worry about that! I got hired and I am a real misfit.
When I was in school I did not think anyone would ever like me, but all it took in the end was talking to people and making them feel that I was interested in them. If you assume that people are not liking you because you are wierd, you may come accross as too high and mighty to talk to anyone.

2 whole weeks? You have to sustain a change like that for a fair while for anyone to notice. Keep clean and tidy and get some counselling or attend a support group for your low self esteem and things will surprise you by getting better eventually.
But you have to be patient. Things won't happen like magic, they will get better gradually if you keep trying and don't give up hope. Maybe your happiest years will be in your 60's and you just don't know it yet?

i'm not going through 30+ more years of pain on the hope of being happy in my 60s. besides, if family history is anything to go by, i'll probably have a heart attack when im 60 anyway.

as far as seeing a doctor i tried that, it didn't help much. as far as the bathing change, the point was it wasn't so people would notice, i don't know anyone on campus anyway. see the first 2 weeks of school i really made an effort to shower and shave before going to campus and the same amount of chicks showed interest in me as show interest when i don't bother. zero.

obviously the only way i'm ever gonna get laid in my life is if i pay for the privlege.

the happiest years of my life were when i was in single digit ages. i don't understand why people feel it's all tragic and sad when kids die. kids who die before the age of 10 are the luckiest people in the world, they don't have to deal with all the crap of puberty or caring about whether the opposite sex likes them, they never have to face all the cruel realities of a horrible world, they never have to have responsibility or any of the other things that make life suck.