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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

1. Obsessed forum guys

Usually plays: Nothing
Favorite snacks: Cheetoos, Doritos, Fritos

An eternally toggled caps lock isn't an accident - it's a state of mind. It's absolute contempt for decent conversation, and often even the topic of conversation. Not only does the obsessive forumite not like games, he doesn't play them. If he did, he wouldn't have time to rant about how shitty they are in asinine forum threads.

This stereotypical internet outcast rarely makes himself visible to the actual world, so we can only guess at his physical qualities. The lack of sunlight and any foodstuffs not wrapped in plastic has likely atrophied his muscles and turned the hue of his complexion to a putrid yellow. Dead skin from the bridge of his nose has become encrusted on the pads of his LensCrafter glasses, creating a thick sludge that occasionally drops bits of filth into his already crumb-infested keyboard. If it weren't for his mom insisting that he let her do his laundry, he'd never remove his favorite Akira t-shirt, which features streams of rotting Red Bull running through valleys of caked-on Cheetoo dust.

This stereotype is easy to avoid if you stay out of forums and comment threads, but who the hell wants to do that? Apply a mental douche bag filter and jump into our forums to spew some hate of your own. 


 
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curryman  - 1 year 2 months ago 
hahaha! nice one, i freakin hate all of these stereotypes... really funny though
XAkira96  - 1 year 2 months 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  - 1 year 2 months 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  - 1 year 13 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  - 1 year 8 days ago 
Oh Dear!
One of my freinds is a devil child!
only he's actually 15.
Smiffy99  - 1 year 8 days ago 
Devil Children. Worse than a swarm of mutant gnats.t
NullG7  - 1 year 6 days ago 
It Is hard to belive that these pepole egsist (Even Imposible if your thinking about the prefect family) BUT THEY DO!!!!!!!!!
zendor  - 1 year 5 days ago 
lol my friend is one of them devil choldren
SilverWerewolf  - 1 year 4 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  - 11 months 30 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  - 11 months 27 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  - 11 months 27 days ago 
p.s. thumbs up to CoD_22 : D
thephntm  - 11 months 20 days 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  - 11 months 15 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  - 11 months 15 days ago 
And we're off
Areth45  - 10 months 26 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  - 10 months 26 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  - 10 months 24 days ago 
God how I hate the last 3 in this list, especialy those kids *shuderes*
ricono  - 10 months 23 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  - 10 months 22 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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