What Type Of Gamer Are You?

Thanks to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (via Recordonline.com) for their article trying to characterize gamers into visual stereotypes. It starts: "It used to be that if you played video games more than casually you were labeled a nerd... Nerds, as an easily identified social group, don't exist anymore.", and goes on to describe "clans of specialist gamers" such as 'Survival horror junkie' ("Think goth kid from the '80s meets skate punk... the color for this season is black, black, and more black") or 'RPG obsessive' ("Little has changed with the outward appearance of role-playing game fans since the golden age of 'Dungeons and Dragons'") Is this simply lazy/offensive pigeonholing, or can you spot certain gamers on sight alone?

Gamers grew up faster than him it seems

[Attaturk]

Takes a sterotype to know a stereotype. Now let's see...

"It used to be that if you wrote tired copy for dodgy online 'journalism' you were labeled a hack. That was before the seedy and drunk took sweet revenge on corporate America with their Media degrees and bullshit fluency. But even with fat arses they still went unnoticed all too often; socially inept and most at ease alone in front of a monitor.

Low tier journalists were - and still are - a lonely bunch."

I used to be a journalist. I think I'm venting something here - humor me.

-A

P.S. I bet he hates being misquoted too. ;-)

This is amazing!!!

[magores]

All this time, I thought I was hiding my RPG-geekness from the world, and now some guy has figured out the fact that I wear a loincloth and carry a 2-handed bastard sword actually means something!

Shh... Don't tell those guys at work about this. You know, the ones that are wearing the camo pants and carrying big guns.

RTS'er

[Anonymous Coward]

I can just picture an RTS'er like myself...

Physical characteristics: The typical penny pincher, only spending their hard mined gold or vespan gas on what they really need.
Other distinguishing characteristics:You can always point them out in a crowd...because they are always pointing at other people giving commands and hot grouping those with like characteristics.
When not playing games, most likely to be: Framing their signed PGL card of Tillerman.
Least likely to be: Anything unorganized, lacking any well balanced activities, or involving people who have no idea what they are doing (newbies).
Favorite movies: Warcraft3 Replays
Dream Job: Whip cracker, Hive Mind, or any general managing position.

As you can see, I really had no idea what to put as in the case of this article...soooooo I just filled in the blanks with random crap! I should be a journalist too!

Everquest

[cybermage]

Is this simply lazy/offensive pigeonholing, or can you spot certain gamers on sight alone?

I don't know if it works for all types of gamers, but I've been able to recognize friends who've gotten into Everquest by their sudden, prolonged absense. Does that count?

Dunno if it fits the genre.......

[Dark Nexus]

But "hard-core" survival horror players aside....

Anybody who lists Resident Evil among their favourite movies has GOT to have serious issues and an all-round hatred of life.

Either that, or they REALLY need to see more movies.

You never can tell.

[atholbrose]

Once, I was standing in the game store talking to the clerk when nobody was around. In came a big stereotypical biker dude -- leather vest, chain wallet, big bushy beard, do-rag, the whole nine yards. He comes up to the counter, and the clerk says "Can I help you?"

In a gruff voice, the guy says "Yeah. I heard that Animal Crossing came in today. Can I pick one of those up?"

I asked. I HAD to. It was for him.