What are the gamer stereotypes?

[Balgus]

They are crazy about collectibles (either action figures, minis, or some other toy/novelty)

They are skinny pimply faced 14 yo boy (Krusty Burger kid) who then grow into a fat 40 yo Virgin (Comic Book guy)

trivia- I know they both have names. Kudos and a hardy back slap to the person who can give'em to me.

And you know you are a gamer if you know that... or you can cheat and use the internet. but what's the fun in that. No cheating

Edit- Add on: Sits in Borders for hours to read the SCi Fi books without buying them (or manga) or copy passages from gaming books cause paying full price for a few pages is obscene.

 

[Calico_Jack73]

You mean there are enough "Preppie Gamers" out there to constitute a stereotype? Geez... I don't feel so alone anymore.

Signs of a Preppie Gamer:

1) Avoids the FNGS due to the smell and the aversion to associating with CCG gamers.

2) Meets potential role-players in the role-playing section of Borders and then talks over the campaign he is running/playing in over a steaming cappucino/espresso/latte.

3) Knows that personal hygine, deoderant, and cologne are not optional but a requirement.

4) If gaming right after work won't change out of the dockers and polo shirt just to fit in with everyone else.

5) When buying beverages for the group he actually buys ale, mead, or wine, not some watered down "sale of the week" beer.

6) Brings only what he needs to the game... A PDA loaded with his character, a dice roller with pre-programmed attacks and saves, and a Spell and Monster database in the event he is playing a spell caster.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

You forgot:
the "perky goth chick" gamer.
the rules lawyer
Plus the DM archetypes

 

[VirgilCaine]

Gamers are either terribly fat or terribly thin.
They all wear glasses.
They all love Lord of The Rings, Star Trek Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars.
They have no girlfriends and are all virgins.

Fixed that for you...

 

[caudor]

The guy (or girl) who works in a book store, and who always wears a Lord of the Rings tee-shirt or at least something in the fantasy category. He has the uncanny ability to detect other gamers by spotting faint personal mannerisms or other quirks that non-gamers apparently cannot see. These folks are usually extrovered and quite friendly.

At last, my 1000th post!

 

[Hypersmurf]

They'd rather talk to a Dragon than kill one.

Whaddaya mean, we gotta talk to this lynx? The last monster we talked to ate half the party!

-Hyp.

 

[Oryan77]

The gamer who always interrupts your conversation because he has a similiar story to tell you in regards to his old D&D characters, "That reminds me of a time my dwarf character in my DM's Homebrew game [insert lame childish story]".

 

[caudor]

By discussing the stereotypes of other gamers, we have ourselves become meta-gamers, which is yet another stereotype of gamers.

 

[Nomad4life]

D&D stereotypes by decade:

80's: The long-haired heavy metal drug addict trying to sell his soul to Satan. Who never bathes.

90's: The terminally geeky virgin-for-life book nerd. Who never bathes.

2000: The fat, bearded wargamer junky with a painfully unnecessary and socially awkward vocabulary. Who still lives with his mama in his mid-30's. Who never bathes.

And as much as I’d like to say “stereotypes are wrong and inaccurate” like the inside of some mushy Hallmark card... I’ve gamed with all these guys in person over the years.

 

[Odhanan]

What stereotypes are you aware of?
Gamers neglect their hygiene.
Gamers don't know what sex is. Don't know what a girlfriend is supposed to be. Never dated anyone.
Gamers are left wing.
Gamers are atheists [or] satanists
Gamers are socially awkward
... and loads of others!

Which would you say are the most popularly upheld stereotypes?
See above.

Do you fall into any of them?
I may on some instances, but that would be chance rather than accuracy on the stereotype's part.

Would you say that the gamer stereotypes are accurate?
No. They might have been when the hobby was massively made of teenagers who were gaming instead of dating girls (and even then), but they are less and less accurate.

Would you say that gamer stereotypes cast a positive or negative light?
A vast majority of these stereotypes are way more negative than positive. For instance, there is this stereotype that gamers are smart people. It's actually a bad stereotype, because it cultivates the nerdish reputation of the hobby.