Originally posted by Ushgarak
Fair enough!I really am pondering this idea of targeting people for what they play, though. Once it becomes impossible to attack someone just for playing games- because pretty much everyone will have done at some point- does it become about the way you play them?
Considering how many idiots still believe that games cause people to be violent, I wouldn't be surprised.
I brought this up in guild chat yesterday. We had a fun conversation about what classes would be good with certain demographics.
And for the record, our primary raid leader and most prominent rogue agreed with the article. "I wouldn't vote for MYSELF, let alone another rogue" he said at one point. I think they're actually onto something when even other rogues won't defend her.
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Originally posted by Peach
Considering how many idiots still believe that games cause people to be violent, I wouldn't be surprised.
I still have to hide WoW from girlfriends and such, at least for a while. General video gaming, no big deal. My current gf is even into playing XBox with me. But WoW's a different level.
Originally posted by Peach
Haha, yes.And Digi, WoW is only seen "on a different level" because of the obsessive way so many players all but dedicate their life to it.
Oh, I get why there's a stigma, and I agree to an extent. It's just...you can't say you play even if it doesn't absorb too much of your time. The same perception of obsession gets applied regardless.
And it's more than any one other video game, granted, but no less than some spend (money or time) on games collectively. Which is mildly upsetting when, say, I only "beat" 3-4 games a year, but play WoW on and off continuously, but someone with a stack of XBox games as tall as I am gets off comparatively easier.
For example, my coworker went home and played 20 minutes of Halo 4 on his lunch break. He clearly games as often as I do, or more so. But guess who takes flak at office gatherings? And of course I wouldn't have divulged the info to my coworkers, but my boss stumbled onto my youtube page at one point, so I couldn't hide it.
I think he's just messing with you 😛
And I have to say, "she plays video games!" is a silly reason to try and villianize someone. Gaming is something that a whole lot of people do as a hobby, and that includes politicians. As more and more people in our generation - you know, people who grew up on games - run for political seats...there's going to be a lot of people in politics who like to wind down with a Halo match or Pokemon battle or GW2 dungeon run.
Originally posted by Peach
...there's going to be a lot of people in politics who like to wind down with a Halo match or Pokemon battle or GW2 dungeon run.
I'd like to see concessions made because of losses in video games rather than wars.
Imagine the Israel-Palestine conflict resolved because two higher-ups played for wins and losses in a video game. 😄