A common lament. Especially on this site, whenever the members discuss news or political decisions that affect or threaten to affect their favored hobby.
Why do you suppose this is the case? Is it all down to the “man” looking for scapegoats? Is it due to religious bigotry? Is it due to the media being too lazy to properly investigate a story? Or could it possibly be the fault of the gamers themselves? Could it be possible that the rest of the world sees in the average gamer exactly what the gamer himself professes to despise?
Most of the members here claim to be unable to believe the ignorance and bigotry that is shown against them in the media, or by politicians seeking to “protect the children” from the immorality and violence contained in video games, but, as right as they may be about this, there are few places on the web where bigotry and unfounded opinion flourish more than in the threads attached to various stories on this very site.
I present as a prime example of the problem I speak of, the following story.
http://n4g.com/news/894051/...
Within the originally posted story from Kotaku, the story is identified as a fake; a satire from the anti-religious comedy site Christwire. Later an alternate source was added, again identifying the story as a fake. Several posters, myself included, pointed this out. Did it make a difference? No. The story’s temperature rapidly ran up to over a thousand degrees as the supposedly enlightened members of N4G began to display that they were able to:
A. form and spout uninformed opinions on a story without actually reading it and
B. expose, to the world, their unbridled bigotry against all things Christian, American, and/or Southern.
I had been convinced by other threads, over the years, that there were a number of bigots that occasionally showed themselves on the site, although I believed the number to be relatively limited. Following what I saw develop in the thread I cite above, I am no longer certain the number is all that small.
So, once again let us ask ourselves, “Why do gamers get no respect?” I submit that it is due to things like this thread that are seen by people doing research for the media and the government when gaming related news or legislation arises. Do a Google search on a newly released game or gaming related story and see how high up the list N4G probably shows up. Then think about the opinion of the gaming community that an outsider would form reading some of these threads.
Gamers get no respect? We are lucky gaming hasn’t been made a capital crime.
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I signed up for the closed beta. I need to see how the gameplay is first and foremost.
This looks like a MH mixed with modern Battle Royal concepts. My problem is that big studios are less and less making SP games and more are focusing on MP games with a focus on live service. I just don't care about playing with other people and thereby being 'sold' the idea that I have to keep feeding money to play with them and look cool doing it. I'll keep looking to Indies for my SP fix most of the time it seems.
MonsterVine: "My Hero Academia: All’s Justice delivers explosive arena combat and a strong roster, but uneven singleplayer modes and frustrating encounters hold it back."
Valve writes: "Our goal of shipping all three products in the first half of the year has not changed. But we have work to do to land on concrete pricing and launch dates that we can confidently announce, being mindful of how quickly the circumstances around both of those things can change. We will keep you updated as much as we can as we finalize those plans as soon as possible."
Although the it does somewhat reflect the article, is that the right choice for a picture? I'm not sure about everyone's ethnicity or race here, but I'm worried that may become a sensitivity issue. You..could put a pic of Rodney Dangerfield with his "No Respct!" tagline or something of that nature. Perhaps I'm just blowing that out of proportion.
My thoughts:
If you play videogames a lot you're likely not to get outside or get much done while you're doing that. For that reason, it's seen as lazy. I know this isn't true of all of us, but as much as we don't want to admit it - there's some truth to it and people that do fit this description. That's the main reason 'gamers don't get respect.'
In my opinion I don't think most people outside hardcore gamers are busy looking at N4G comments and judging based on those. The outlandish comments I assume are mostly from (sometimes younger) immature posters. It's largely driven by the protection anonymity provides and it's not exclusive to video games.
There's a reason why most stereotypes are usually negative for the group they're placed on. People often use negative stereotypes to bolster their own ego: if someone else is lesser, they're better. For that reason, when someone makes a joke about 'gamers' you gotta stand up for it, rather than laugh with them.