Is it ok to hate cats and still be a gamer?

[James McMurray]

We've got one cat that's ours and two strays that like to sleep in our garage. Two other guys in our group also has cats. The other three don't though.

If I count them as proprtion of gamers with significant others, then all of the attached gamers in my group have cats. None of the unattached ones do. Maybe it's just that the women gamers are attracted to are the ones that like cats?

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

Three cats for me, though one is my sisters.

 

[dogoftheunderworld]

I think you mean to ask 'Do any cats out there keep gamers?'

Dogs have owners, cats have staff.*

(I am a dog person myself. I like kittens, but cats... not so much.)


* stolen from the internet (probaly here somewhere)

 

[Ry]

I have to tell you. I hate cats.

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

In spite of my user name, I'm not a big cat fan. I much prefer dogs.

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

Cat lover here. I just have something about having a pet that's smarter than I am.

If you love cats, then yes, they probably are smarter than you.

 

[theredrobedwizard]

I say to you, in the girliest voice I can muster... "KITTENS!!!!!! YAY!!!!"

I'm a terrible guy; I love my cat *way* too much. There have been times I've seriously considered picking up every Free Kitten I could find, in hopes of them roaming my apartment in a large, tumbling ball of cuteness.

Then I realized that a 1 bedroom apartment barely has enough room for me, my girlfriend, and my current cat.

Oh well.

-TRRW

 

[Mark CMG]

Are gamers more likely to own a cat

No. No one owns a cat.

 

[AFGNCAAP]

I have 8 cats.

I wouldn't have 8 cats if the people who say "Oh, they're so cute! I want to take them home." would've actually taken one of the critters when I originally found it and was trying to find a home for it.

Always been a cat person. Have both cats and dogs, though.

 

[+5 Keyboard!]

I do not care for cats, though I wouldn't say that my feelings are strong enough to say that I hate them. They're all right if someone else owns them. My in-laws have a pretty cool cat that I like, but when it comes to having animal companions (note: not "pets"), I'll take a big 'ol dog every time. They may not be as smart as cats according to some opinions, but they're a helluva a lot more loyal and useful. When's the last time you heard of a cat meowing to scare a burglar away? Or running down a criminal? Or sniffing for drugs? Or alerting you that someone is trying to steal a visiting friend's car? (Yes, this actually happened at my place and I've come to trust my dog's barks when they have a certain sound. When I went out to see what he was barking at, it scared the would-be thief away.)

Oh, and I have a gaming group of 6 players. None of them have cats. And of the half dozen players I've gamed with that are no longer in my group over the past 3 years, only one of them had a cat.