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<blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 952289" data-attributes="member: 7240">Like any group, gamers are diverse. However, I would be absolutely stunned if overweight people who do not spend much time in the sun were not over-represented in our community.I think the fact that gaming stands in in place of a sport in many people's lives, because it fills similar niches socially, may be a significant factor in this. I would be (again) shocked if gamers did not, on average, spend significantly less time playing physical sports. The RPG fills so many of the social functions of a team sport, I would imagine that is the activity for which games most commonly substitute. I also think it's pretty natural for an activity based on being someone other than oneself to over-represent people with a developed sense of self-hatred. Such people will, naturally, be disproportionately drawn to RPGs just as they are to first person shooter video games. Thus, a group which over-represents people who exercise little (and therefore are more likely to be pale and fat) and over-represents people who hate themselves (and therefore are more likely to view themselves and their associates as ugly and fat) will have the above-stated self image.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fusangite, post: 952289, member: 7240"] Like any group, gamers are diverse. However, I would be absolutely stunned if overweight people who do not spend much time in the sun were not over-represented in our community. I think the fact that gaming stands in in place of a sport in many people's lives, because it fills similar niches socially, may be a significant factor in this. I would be (again) shocked if gamers did not, on average, spend significantly less time playing physical sports. The RPG fills so many of the social functions of a team sport, I would imagine that is the activity for which games most commonly substitute. I also think it's pretty natural for an activity based on being someone other than oneself to over-represent people with a developed sense of self-hatred. Such people will, naturally, be disproportionately drawn to RPGs just as they are to first person shooter video games. Thus, a group which over-represents people who exercise little (and therefore are more likely to be pale and fat) and over-represents people who hate themselves (and therefore are more likely to view themselves and their associates as ugly and fat) will have the above-stated self image. [/QUOTE]

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