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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 2787059" data-attributes="member: 426">Jester47, I think that your post makes a very important point.  I have seen some people in different subgroups embrace stigmas and stereotypes (THAT would be a horrific and ugly name for a game) .  Sometimes, I have seen people use membership in a group to justify behavior.   I find this to be somewhat disturbing, as I try to relate to people as individuals.  I have seen some people fight very ugly stereotypes, so I have been puzzled as to why people might chose to embrace a stereotype or a stigma.  Possibly, some people do so as a way to create a group identity to separate themselves from others.  Thus, a member of a subculture who choses to embrace a stereotype might be doing so in an effort to defy the larger culture. Some p[eople may embrace a stereotype to limit their contact to people from other subcultures.  (That this may end up reinforcing the larger culture's beliefs may not matter to those who chose to embrace the stereotype.)Am I a gaming? Yes, but I am also many other things besides.  In the case of gamers, I have noticed some people claim that "most gamers are social inept and have poor hygiene, but I am an exception. "  Or they say that the stereotype is irrelevant or proclaim it.  For myself, I have seen gamers who seemed to embrace a stereotype.  This has ranged from people at conventions who seemed to be staying in their cars to those who view any criticism of their game styles as an attack on their persons.  Most gamers I have met don't seem to fit the stereotypes.  However, I have run into them and wondered why they seem to fit the stereotypes that we hear and read about.I think that those individuals who just stick to a subculture lose out of meeting some great people.   I have friends who are gamers, but I also have many friends who are not gamers.  I just think that we do have a lot that we can learn from each other.As for Griffonsec's initial post, I think it is important to game with people whom you like to game with or talk to casually.  This does not mean that everyone you game with has to be a friend.  It does mean that you should be comfortable with the people at the gaming table.  Similarly, each of us may have different gaming styles and not all people are compatable as members of the same group.</blockquote>

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