Gamers and Stereotypes

[der_kluge]

IMO something they should teach in health class in High School is that your 20s suck. Ok, maybe if you're a rock star or one of the Kennedy's things are pretty cool, but I think for most other men, at least, that decade ain't no picnic.

So my theory is that you'll reach Kluge-vana and won't care what people think anymore after you've wrestled with this problem for a few more years.

Kluge-vana is a great place. More people should visit it.

But yes, I whole-heartedly agreed. I think I could have written the same post as Majoru Oakheart on here when I was his age.

 

[Bryan898]

Stereotyping's a part of life, you get over it. I am very active, in shape, dress nicely, shower daily, hang out with the "cool" people, drink, and party. I get stereotyped as a meathead when people first meet me. Few meatheads I know can do Calc IV, Physics II, play DnD, RPGs, Wargame, and collectable card games. You just have to learn to ignore stereotypes... or beat em up, works for me!

 

[gizmo33]

Kluge-vana is a great place. More people should visit it.

As long as there are no modrons.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

My 20's RAWKED. No whining here.

 

[gizmo33]

My 20's RAWKED. No whining here.

Oh really? Uh - VanHagar?

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

See the sig... lol...

Not just musically, but in pretty much all aspects of my life. Sure, my dad passed and I had the gamut of good and bad relationships, but all in all I'd have to rate my 20's pretty high on the fun-o-meter.

 

[dungeon blaster]

I'm through beating my head against a wall trying to convice people that showering and not looking like twat will get them further in life, while listening to them play off their personality flaws as points of pride.

Word.

There's no reason to be proud of smelling like moldy nachos. This "pride" usually is really just redirected anger and embarassment. Take pride in being smart, creative, individual...not in being unable to hold a conversation with someone who likes football.

 

[jodyjohnson]

Whether everyone showers daily or not, nervous perspiration will overcome your favorite anti-perspirant after a while in a competitive or uncomfortable environment.

Conventions are ripe for generating ripe attendees. Massive amounts of strangers and social anxiety, friendly competition, intense not so friendly competition, long days, lack of fresh air, and sometimes cramped quarters.

At cons, the wargaming and card halls always seem to generate more fumes.

Between tournament rounds they should call, "Hit the showers". But convention schedules wouldn't allow for that (not even mentioning running between events hauling 20-30 lbs of gaming supplies).

 

[billd91]

Conventions are ripe for generating ripe attendees. Massive amounts of strangers and social anxiety, friendly competition, intense not so friendly competition, long days, lack of fresh air, and sometimes cramped quarters.

At cons, the wargaming and card halls always seem to generate more fumes.

Between tournament rounds they should call, "Hit the showers". But convention schedules wouldn't allow for that (not even mentioning running between events hauling 20-30 lbs of gaming supplies).

There is most definitely something known as 'gamer funk' that abuses the atmosphere in any enclosed area where gamers congregate for 4+ hours at a time, regardless of how well the ventilation system is able to move air. But you do get used to it after a while. The sense of smell is definitely a sense that becomes desensitized as you are exposed to the smell. You notice the funk for a few minutes and then it kind of fades into the background until you go outside, get fresh air, and recharge your receptors.
So, while you don't think you personally smell... you very well might. And there are some people out there who are particularly pungent even if they use deodorant regularly to cover the smell. Pretty soon the bacteria on their bodies generate enough waste to produce that smell again.
Now, I too will admit that I don't shower every day. I do make sure I shower alternate days, though, even when I'm up running around making my wife's lunch, getting the baby's diapers and milk together for day care, and trying to track down my daughter's missing snack box for school.

 

[gizmo33]

Between tournament rounds they should call, "Hit the showers". But convention schedules wouldn't allow for that (not even mentioning running between events hauling 20-30 lbs of gaming supplies).

Thanks, now I have to explain to my coworkers why I just screamed in horror. I'd rather wear a fellow geek's sock over my head than pack into a shower mid-day with the likes of the mob that waits outside the dealer's room at most cons. I prefer remote mountain waterfalls with nymph attendants, thank-you-very-much. I'll be reading the con schedules more carefully in the future.