are all people that play video games for hours each day losers?

[MetalMat]

I am too busy doing other stuff right now to game. Still lookin for a gf also, being a bachelor sux sometimes.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i really dont care to pass judgement on people i have never met

but if they are happy, thats good enough for me

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
Maybe you should post a typical day for yourself then. So we can determine if your a loser or not. Frankly, considering you gave no basis for comparisson, as in how many hours you need to play to be considered a "loser" and what other factors should come into play - it should have been obvious that you might offend some people here. That was probably your intent, however.

if you game for hours each day you know who you are. Im not saying i never play video games. I played rainbow six on my xbox about 3 weeks ago. and I played bricks on my blackberry llast night for about 5 mins b4 bed.

the people who are getting mad the most in this thread are the ones that are neffing and gaming as we speak.....losers.

 

[Randum]

ok before i wade through the posts, let me rant a bit-my brother and i discuss this quite often.
We draw this comparison, my roommates gf used to always so, "you guys are playing games again, omg"
So my response was, well what do you do in your spare time? SHe watches TV and movies. My brohter and I dont watch TV in our free time, seriously, at school I have no cable. So in terms of wasting time, any other person does the same thing.

Also, we play mainly online games, and interact all the time on Teamspeak, creating groups in MMOs, or dif strats in an RTS style game. They get your brain working and interacting with people all the time.
You could even go so far as to say it helps you work with people, because you have to obtain a goal and everyone has a job-how are you going to do it?

We both go to parties, we both are college athletes, we both have girlfriends-we are definitely ACTIVE aside from being hardcore gamers. Its just we choose wisely when we game and how much, sure its excessive from your average person but we enjoy it and it hasnt destroyed our social life, if anything its created more friends!

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: sonoma1993
i dont see anything wrong with people wanting to game 5+ hours a day. Gamers they are not harming you or anyone else. When you are doing online gaming, you are interacting with 10's, 100's, 1000's+ people. Playing americas army for instace. You are talking with your squad leader how to approach the opposing side to take them out.

did you read my post?? It said of people that I've met in person in my life that gamed alot....I would not consider any of them worth my unpaid time. I didnt say they were bad people or that I had ap roblem with there lives. i really do not care if they play games 24/7 .

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: Xephian

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I would consider it better than watching TV for hours a day.

I guess so, but not by much. At least its interactive.

Yeah.

I would consider it the same. In the end you are just wasting your life.

Basically everything is just a waste of your life. We all have our own time on this earth to do with as we please. You not approving of one specific method of wasting time is insignificant when you consider the fact that in four hundred years, no one will even remember that any of us existed.

 

[Randum]

Originally posted by: edmundoab
really depends on the interest,
im a gamer myself and I can understand how it can go on for hours,

not losers

but niether are u offending too much i hope, though by the votes, it sure did provoke people LOL

HOWEVER, don't call yourself a gamer if you can't play for hours....sometimes you just gotta do that...movies are like over 2 hours long...gaming can take hours!

AND PWNING N00BS IS NOT ALWAYS EASY! JUST REMEMBER THAT!!!! Not everyone can be a Pro Gamer,but those of us who are, know the work involved.

 

[oculus]

Originally posted by: gigapet
it is my opinion they are as I haven't met anyone that does that I would consider a winner or I would like to spend any amount of unpaid time with.

You're totally generalizing. As if the people you've met are necessarily representitive of of all gamers.

Also, what constitutes a winner or loser? it's a matter of opinion.

In my opinion, having thousands of posts on a forum (I'm going to assume mostly in off-topic) spells loser to me.

I know at least a half dozen people I would consider true winners (smart, motivated, interesting) and they all play more then 15 hours of games a week.

 

[oculus]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: Xephian

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I would consider it better than watching TV for hours a day.

I guess so, but not by much. At least its interactive.

Yeah.

I would consider it the same. In the end you are just wasting your life.

Do you consider yourself a winner?

 

[Vampirrella]

whats the diffrence between playing games all day and surfing ATOT all day? (unless you do this at work and get paid for it)

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
anyone over the age or 14 is

 

[knyghtbyte]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: AMDZen
Maybe you should post a typical day for yourself then. So we can determine if your a loser or not. Frankly, considering you gave no basis for comparisson, as in how many hours you need to play to be considered a "loser" and what other factors should come into play - it should have been obvious that you might offend some people here. That was probably your intent, however.

if you game for hours each day you know who you are. Im not saying i never play video games. I played rainbow six on my xbox about 3 weeks ago. and I played bricks on my blackberry llast night for about 5 mins b4 bed.

the people who are getting mad the most in this thread are the ones that are neffing and gaming as we speak.....losers.

so one of your definition of a loser is someone who games, and your other definition is someone who posts madly on a forum....so you are a loser yourself by the neffing definition......just because you post them at work doesnt make it any different, you are supposed to be working....i doubt your boss (unless your self-employed with no debts to worry about) would be too happy at the loss of productivity.....

oh and according to you, anyone who builds model planes is a loser, anyone who plays tennis (or any other sport) at a non pro/pro-am level is a loser, anyone who takes photographs as a hobby is a loser, in fact anyone with a hobby is a loser......

so basically if you are NOT a loser, that means you go to work, then come home, sit in an armchair and do nothing (well, eat dinner obviously) until bedtime, then you sleep, wake up, go work, come home, do nothing, go sleep......damn, if doing something i enjoy makes me a loser i'm happy to be a loser!....i have a life, it moves nicely, AND i game for quite a few hours....

i suggest you look at yourself before calling other people losers....

oh and no, i'm not riled up and angry or anything, im just doing what your doing, neffing at work and being a loser

 

[jspeicher]

i used to stay home all the time and play battlefield and CS source all evening. Even on weekends. Yes, I considered myself a loser.

I sold my gaming PC and my PS2, and I'm doing much better.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: oculus

Originally posted by: gigapet
it is my opinion they are as I haven't met anyone that does that I would consider a winner or I would like to spend any amount of unpaid time with.

You're totally generalizing. As if the people you've met are necessarily representitive of of all gamers.

Also, what constitutes a winner or loser? it's a matter of opinion.

In my opinion, having thousands of posts on a forum (I'm going to assume mostly in off-topic) spells loser to me.

I know at least a half dozen people I would consider true winners (smart, motivated, interesting) and they all play more then 15 hours of games a week.

it is obvious its a generalization any fool could see that but thanks for pointing it out. Of course like any rational person my opinions are going to be based on my real life experiences and as of now thats what they have been for me. Perhaps i'll meet my best man in the next year and he will be a game freak so then maybe my opinion would change. that is just what it is now based on my lexperiences.

 

[oculus]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: oculus

Originally posted by: gigapet
it is my opinion they are as I haven't met anyone that does that I would consider a winner or I would like to spend any amount of unpaid time with.

You're totally generalizing. As if the people you've met are necessarily representitive of of all gamers.

Also, what constitutes a winner or loser? it's a matter of opinion.

In my opinion, having thousands of posts on a forum (I'm going to assume mostly in off-topic) spells loser to me.

I know at least a half dozen people I would consider true winners (smart, motivated, interesting) and they all play more then 15 hours of games a week.

it is obvious its a generalization any fool could see that but thanks for pointing it out. Of course like any rational person my opinions are going to be based on my real life experiences and as of now thats what they have been for me. Perhaps i'll meet my best man in the next year and he will be a game freak so then maybe my opinion would change. that is just what it is now based on my lexperiences.

Well, I guess then you asked a question you really don't want answered. You've decided that your experiences say one thing, ask others for confirmation, and you simply attack those that disagree.

The definition of a loser ... defined by you, by your own thread attacking others. cool.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: AMDZen
Maybe you should post a typical day for yourself then. So we can determine if your a loser or not. Frankly, considering you gave no basis for comparisson, as in how many hours you need to play to be considered a "loser" and what other factors should come into play - it should have been obvious that you might offend some people here. That was probably your intent, however.

if you game for hours each day you know who you are. Im not saying i never play video games. I played rainbow six on my xbox about 3 weeks ago. and I played bricks on my blackberry llast night for about 5 mins b4 bed.

the people who are getting mad the most in this thread are the ones that are neffing and gaming as we speak.....losers.

so one of your definition of a loser is someone who games, and your other definition is someone who posts madly on a forum....so you are a loser yourself by the neffing definition......just because you post them at work doesnt make it any different, you are supposed to be working....i doubt your boss (unless your self-employed with no debts to worry about) would be too happy at the loss of productivity.....

oh and according to you, anyone who builds model planes is a loser, anyone who plays tennis (or any other sport) at a non pro/pro-am level is a loser, anyone who takes photographs as a hobby is a loser, in fact anyone with a hobby is a loser......

so basically if you are NOT a loser, that means you go to work, then come home, sit in an armchair and do nothing (well, eat dinner obviously) until bedtime, then you sleep, wake up, go work, come home, do nothing, go sleep......damn, if doing something i enjoy makes me a loser i'm happy to be a loser!....i have a life, it moves nicely, AND i game for quite a few hours....

i suggest you look at yourself before calling other people losers....

oh and no, i'm not riled up and angry or anything, im just doing what your doing, neffing at work and being a loser

right because sitting at your computer and clicking buttons is the same thing as building model plains and playing tennis. Can't say i've met any non professional that played tennis or built model planes for hours and hours each day.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: oculus

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: oculus

Originally posted by: gigapet
it is my opinion they are as I haven't met anyone that does that I would consider a winner or I would like to spend any amount of unpaid time with.

You're totally generalizing. As if the people you've met are necessarily representitive of of all gamers.

Also, what constitutes a winner or loser? it's a matter of opinion.

In my opinion, having thousands of posts on a forum (I'm going to assume mostly in off-topic) spells loser to me.

I know at least a half dozen people I would consider true winners (smart, motivated, interesting) and they all play more then 15 hours of games a week.

it is obvious its a generalization any fool could see that but thanks for pointing it out. Of course like any rational person my opinions are going to be based on my real life experiences and as of now thats what they have been for me. Perhaps i'll meet my best man in the next year and he will be a game freak so then maybe my opinion would change. that is just what it is now based on my lexperiences.

Well, I guess then you asked a question you really don't want answered. You've decided that your experiences say one thing, ask others for confirmation, and you simply attack those that disagree.

The definition of a loser ... defined by you, by your own thread attacking others. cool.

umm where did I attack anyone. i said it is my opinion. that is all. I can't help if someone was offended but....... if the shoe fits .....

 

[oculus]

"if the shoe fits ..... "

Do you consider yourself a winner? Or are you simply going to ignore that post?

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: AMDZen
Maybe you should post a typical day for yourself then. So we can determine if your a loser or not. Frankly, considering you gave no basis for comparisson, as in how many hours you need to play to be considered a "loser" and what other factors should come into play - it should have been obvious that you might offend some people here. That was probably your intent, however.

if you game for hours each day you know who you are. Im not saying i never play video games. I played rainbow six on my xbox about 3 weeks ago. and I played bricks on my blackberry llast night for about 5 mins b4 bed.

the people who are getting mad the most in this thread are the ones that are neffing and gaming as we speak.....losers.

so one of your definition of a loser is someone who games, and your other definition is someone who posts madly on a forum....so you are a loser yourself by the neffing definition......just because you post them at work doesnt make it any different, you are supposed to be working....i doubt your boss (unless your self-employed with no debts to worry about) would be too happy at the loss of productivity.....

oh and according to you, anyone who builds model planes is a loser, anyone who plays tennis (or any other sport) at a non pro/pro-am level is a loser, anyone who takes photographs as a hobby is a loser, in fact anyone with a hobby is a loser......

so basically if you are NOT a loser, that means you go to work, then come home, sit in an armchair and do nothing (well, eat dinner obviously) until bedtime, then you sleep, wake up, go work, come home, do nothing, go sleep......damn, if doing something i enjoy makes me a loser i'm happy to be a loser!....i have a life, it moves nicely, AND i game for quite a few hours....

i suggest you look at yourself before calling other people losers....

oh and no, i'm not riled up and angry or anything, im just doing what your doing, neffing at work and being a loser

cant say i've ever cared to try and annunciate your username before. I just did it and I like it. clever. :thumbsup:

 

[gigapet]

dp

 

[oculus]

Originally posted by: gigapet

umm where did I attack anyone. i said it is my opinion. that is all. I can't help if someone was offended but....... if the shoe fits .....

To answer your question, your poll is an attack. Simply because you provide no background and no definition to the terms your tossing around like "loser." Given that gamers get a lot of flack, those who don't consider themselves losers are going to feel attacked by your assumptions.

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: gigapet
it is my opinion they are as I haven't met anyone that does that I would consider a winner or I would like to spend any amount of unpaid time with.

You know what? This is the first time I have NOT chosen the "gigapet is a loser and an idiot and he needs to STFU" option in one of your polls.. Strange.. But I agree w/you

 

[klah]

How the hell does this work?

Average television viewing per week for Americans is 29 hours per week for an adult male and 34 hours per week for an adult female, which is somehow perfectly acceptable.

If someone plays video games for 4 hours per day they are an addict or loser that will go postal at any moment.

:disgust: :disgust: :disgust: :disgust:

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: oculus
"if the shoe fits ..... "

Do you consider yourself a winner? Or are you simply going to ignore that post?

Yes i do.

 

[knyghtbyte]

Originally posted by: Randum
ok before i wade through the posts, let me rant a bit-my brother and i discuss this quite often.
We draw this comparison, my roommates gf used to always so, "you guys are playing games again, omg"
So my response was, well what do you do in your spare time? SHe watches TV and movies. My brohter and I dont watch TV in our free time, seriously, at school I have no cable. So in terms of wasting time, any other person does the same thing.

Also, we play mainly online games, and interact all the time on Teamspeak, creating groups in MMOs, or dif strats in an RTS style game. They get your brain working and interacting with people all the time.
You could even go so far as to say it helps you work with people, because you have to obtain a goal and everyone has a job-how are you going to do it?

We both go to parties, we both are college athletes, we both have girlfriends-we are definitely ACTIVE aside from being hardcore gamers. Its just we choose wisely when we game and how much, sure its excessive from your average person but we enjoy it and it hasnt destroyed our social life, if anything its created more friends!

couldnt agree more with what you say, specially with the stuff like using Teamspeak and creating groups/clans.......

i rarely watch TV myself, a few comedies i like and a couple of topical quiz shows, i certainly dont bother with reality TV...no interest at all.....but then that might be because there isnt any real interaction, the comedies i guess are just to keep the laughter going in my spirit, the quiz shows i try and answer the questions......but its still limited to me and the box.....With games you are actually trying to do something yourself use your brain to solve problems etc....and with multiplayer games you are doing it with other people, just because they are not in the room with you doesnt make it different, its still interaction with your fellow man/woman....but quite simply, gaming is a hobby, there are many hobbies, what makes gaming lesser than any of them? nothing....nothing whatsoever...

and look at Fatality, definite WinnaR! makes money, everyone knows him, branded products after his name (im presuming he is copyrighted/patented whatever as well), jets all over the place, well regarded.......or is he a loser too?....heh