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The Top 7... Stereotypical gamers we hate

They shouldn't exist, but they do - avoid these gamers at all costs

Words: Tyler Wilde, GamesRadar US

We'd rather be stabbed in our necks with rusty ice picks than try to hold any sort of conversation with one of these imbeciles. Emergency tracheotomies would both be less painful, and more likely to get us shots of morphine.

We're referring to rare, but very real individuals who by some astonishing means perfectly embody corny, old gamer stereotypes that definitely shouldn't describe any actual person ever. The following seven profiles illustrate the stereotypes that are most capable of initiating our gag reflexes. They should be avoided vigorously.

7. Frat boys

Usually plays: Halo 3, Guitar Hero 3
Favorite snacks: Brewskies, pizza, passed-out sorority chicks

It's hard to tell when these douche bags are actually playing a game as they're just as likely to yell "Score!" for a C-minus term paper or a well executed date rape as they are a Madden field goal. Their celebrations are somehow simultaneously chauvinistic and homoerotic, and no accomplishment is too meager to warrant a Pabst shotgun or chest bump.

These ravenous consumers of all things sequel and all things licensed are the undiscerning gamers that lazy publishers wish we all were. Storytelling will be largely overlooked for any kind of multiplayer. Rightly so, since rowdy bro-on-bro competition is the perfect excuse to loudly regurgitate Will Ferrell quotes and call each other "gay" without addressing the thick fog of sexual tension which permeates their Neolithic rituals and ignorant world views.

 
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curryman  - 10 months 3 days ago 
hahaha! nice one, i freakin hate all of these stereotypes... really funny though
XAkira96  - 10 months 1 day ago 
Sadly, I am twelve, yet I am tolerant.
I am proud to say that I have not made a gay joke since May! YAY!
nazarene  - 9 months 21 days ago 
Wow... you guys really know how to break it down. Touche. This is giving me goose bumps, its like you read my mind.
dahudge8  - 7 months 24 days ago 
jeez, if I could fit into one of these stereotypes, it'd probably be the PC gamer one. I own a PC and I love it, but I'd never insult any other console or raise it above say a 360 or PS3. I just happen to own a nice computer that can run some games that my Wii can't (I can't believe I bought a Wii...)
nick1180101  - 7 months 19 days ago 
Oh Dear!
One of my freinds is a devil child!
only he's actually 15.
Smiffy99  - 7 months 19 days ago 
Devil Children. Worse than a swarm of mutant gnats.t
NullG7  - 7 months 17 days ago 
It Is hard to belive that these pepole egsist (Even Imposible if your thinking about the prefect family) BUT THEY DO!!!!!!!!!
zendor  - 7 months 16 days ago 
lol my friend is one of them devil choldren
SilverWerewolf  - 7 months 15 days ago 
Yow. I must be closer to the fringe of gaming society than I thought.

I have encountered all but No. 2 on this list.
CoD_22  - 7 months 10 days ago 
the wii-playing family is very good. thats exactly how they are in all the adverts. people that use wiis arent gamers, theyre happy middle class families that have somehow been unaffected by the credit crunch even though they dont go to work and have to pay fines for not sending their children to school. not all wii owners are like that though, all the gamers who bought a wii did so because they thought they might have some decent games e.g. cod but these are very rare and you cant be taken seriously as a gamer if you say you use a wii. any proper gamer will have a ps3 or 360, and will have sold their wii on ebay once they realised it was shit, but before everyone else had.
lovinmyps3  - 7 months 7 days ago 
ive met all but the perfect family lol... the devil child or rpg snob is the worst (always going on about their f**king anime comics!!!)
lovinmyps3  - 7 months 7 days ago 
p.s. thumbs up to CoD_22 : D
thephntm  - 7 months 1 day ago 
dahudge8, CoD_22, and lovinmyps3, you are all douchebags. maybe if you would actually play some games on the wii, you would realize that it is way better than X-lax 360 or gaystation 3.
pyro9393  - 6 months 26 days ago 
is it me or does this guy above me sound like the number one sterotype

also if he replys to this he defintly is
V3N0M  - 6 months 26 days ago 
And we're off
Areth45  - 6 months 6 days ago 
I have met all of these people except the perfect family stereotype which obviously does not exist anywhere but commercials. I especially hate demon-children... actually, I'd rather be in a server full of them then the eighth and worst stereotype: Racist asshole (must be 16+). They actually know what they're talking about, unlike the demon children who model their lives off of these people and repeat it because they think it is cool.

Wii sucks. It has 1-3 decent games and I regret buying one.
PS3 only has a couple more good games than the wii but it's better so, yeah, I have nothing against the ps3.
I like the 360 best, though. It has Halo, Gears, and other stuff I like...
gameoverbaby  - 6 months 6 days ago 
I've met all of these as I work at a vintage console and game shop. I love listening to the little bastard children dogging old NES games, then watching as they get nowhere on World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros.

For those of you who knock the Wii, go take your copy of Halo 3 that came with the limited edition Halo 360 and shove it up your a$$, as anyone who played the first two agree that the third sucks balls.

My people epitomize the 'happy family' playing the Wii. I think it rocks that more people are playing current gen. games. If any of you know our economy, the video game industry is booming while all the 'real' workers out there are getting laid off. Guess who's able to pay his rent this month?
theguru  - 6 months 4 days ago 
God how I hate the last 3 in this list, especialy those kids *shuderes*
ricono  - 6 months 3 days ago 
theguru i totally agree aboutgameoverbaby to me he sounds like #1 stereo typical gammer. Areth45 i agree with him. I agree with the 8 rating but i dont agree with worst i find the others more annoying... they actually shut up sometimes(its rare). i wouls also like to add thephntm to the hate, come on dude Wii had so much potential but really screwed up with the games. get over it
DrxSatan  - 6 months 3 days ago 
Haha i know a few and have seen alot of these stereotypes. Dead on i give you major props! this gave me a good laugh.
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