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Computer gamers hath usurped our identity.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:16 pm
by slimykuotoan
This' old news, but it still irks me that:
'Gamer', now refers to computer video game people...
and 'RPGs', now refer to video games.
We are left with the term 'table top gamer', which implies board games or miniature war games.
Yea, our identity hath no label anymore.
Could we perhaps come up with new term for this hobby then, since the old ones have long been appropriated?
Re: Computer gamers have usurped our identity.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:34 pm
by Go0gleplex
Master Gamer
Darth Gamer (I had to say it.
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Armchair Explorer
Re: Computer gamers hath usurped our identity.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:23 pm
by mmbutter
When people make the assumption that I play computer RPGs, I tell them "No, I play *real* games."
Re: Computer gamers hath usurped our identity.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:38 pm
by Omote
P&P RPGers. Paper and pencil RPGs. Real gamers use polyhedral dice.
~O
Re: Computer gamers hath usurped our identity.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 5:01 pm
by Rigon
mmbutter wrote:When people make the assumption that I play computer RPGs, I tell them "No, I play *real* games."
Yep.
R-
Re: Computer gamers hath usurped our identity.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:33 pm
by serleran
As a person who plays and collects both types, what irks me is when a game like Mario Tennis is called a RPG because it dares have XP and improvements... much less "achievements." Bollocks and hair socks.
Re: Computer gamers hath usurped our identity.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:55 pm
by Go0gleplex
Maybe start a counter title and call the computer gamers "Pseudo-Gamers". LOL as opposed to the True Gamers and grognards.
