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<blockquote data-quote="lior_shapira" data-source="post: 2903265" data-attributes="member: 12019">When you think of the word &quot;gamer,&quot; what words/phrases/images come to mind?geek, sci-fi/fantasy fan, junk food, book readers, english (most roleplayers in Israel I met have better english than non roleplayers)Do you believe there is a stereotype (or multiple stereotypes) of gamers? If so, what is it/are they?The teenage geek with acne is the strongest stereotypeHave you seen evidence to support this stereotype?Not really, I see lots of kids playing RPG's at my LGS and they seem perfectly normal to me, the difference between kids playing CCG's and RPG's are also quite small... I do know some real weirdos who play, but on the other hand quite a few who don't.Do you fall within this stereotype?I guess in highschool you could call me and my friends geeks. maybe. But I think we turned out ok, its just another hobby like sports, video games, reading, hiking... I don't think a hobby should and can really define a stereotypeDo you admit that you game to non-gamers or strangers?Admit is a strong word, it doesn't come up often in conversation. People who know me though, all know that I play. I'm a pretty active player, its a big part of my life so its hard to miss the books in my library, the phone calls I get, the weird pics I have in my IM software&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> lior</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lior_shapira, post: 2903265, member: 12019"] [U]When you think of the word "gamer," what words/phrases/images come to mind?[/U] geek, sci-fi/fantasy fan, junk food, book readers, english (most roleplayers in Israel I met have better english than non roleplayers) [U]Do you believe there is a stereotype (or multiple stereotypes) of gamers? If so, what is it/are they?[/U] The teenage geek with acne is the strongest stereotype [U]Have you seen evidence to support this stereotype?[/U] Not really, I see lots of kids playing RPG's at my LGS and they seem perfectly normal to me, the difference between kids playing CCG's and RPG's are also quite small... I do know some real weirdos who play, but on the other hand quite a few who don't. [U]Do you fall within this stereotype?[/U] I guess in highschool you could call me and my friends geeks. maybe. But I think we turned out ok, its just another hobby like sports, video games, reading, hiking... I don't think a hobby should and can really define a stereotype [U]Do you admit that you game to non-gamers or strangers?[/U] Admit is a strong word, it doesn't come up often in conversation. People who know me though, all know that I play. I'm a pretty active player, its a big part of my life so its hard to miss the books in my library, the phone calls I get, the weird pics I have in my IM software :) lior [/QUOTE]

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