Why does Japan and Europe get the good stuff first

[TequilaClock]

You're just mad that I'm better at Street Fighter than you.

And it all sank to this.

[Zordon]

And it all sank to this.

All from a DVR for PS3 at that

[AlbinoClock]

So what you're really saying is we don't get cricket and rugby games right away in the US. Well no shit, I'm surprised we get them at all.

I don't hate them, I just hate it when people act like sitting in front of a screen and pressing buttons to make a made up character move around makes them special. It's nothing to be proud of, since video games are meant just to pass the time.

The word "gamer" doesn't indicate that you're special, it indicates that you spend much of your time playing video games. We should stop using the words arson and arsonist because it makes people who light fires seem special.

[Topcatyo]

I just don't use the word "gamer" because it's stupid.

But if you want a better reason it's because video games are a hobby, and you don't call a person who watches movies a "filmist" or a "movier".  Granted, that is the term "moviegoer" but that's also a stupid term and it doesn't apply to people who watch movies, but rather people who went to a movie theater to watch a movie, or when someone is labeling themself, in which case they usually deserve a prompt kick to the testicles.  It's a one time deal.  You don't call someone who reads books a "novelist" because that's someone who writes books.  You can call them a "reader" but, again, that's basically the same deal as the word moviegoer.

[TequilaClock]

We should get rid of the word 'reader' too. Makes them so cool to read something.

[WrenchClock]

The term 'gamer' makes me furious, and people who call themselves that should be taken from this place and hanged by the neck untill they are dead.

[Thor]

Gaming isn't like most hobbies. A lot of people do it, and a lot of people do it WAY TOO MUCH. I think that a significant enough portion of the population is addicted to videogames for it to have its own term.

I just don't use the word "gamer" because it's stupid.

But if you want a better reason it's because video games are a hobby, and you don't call a person who watches movies a "filmist" or a "movier".  Granted, that is the term "moviegoer" but that's also a stupid term and it doesn't apply to people who watch movies, but rather people who went to a movie theater to watch a movie, or when someone is labeling themself, in which case they usually deserve a prompt kick to the testicles.  It's a one time deal.  You don't call someone who reads books a "novelist" because that's someone who writes books.  You can call them a "reader" but, again, that's basically the same deal as the word moviegoer.

"bookworm" is a pretty common term in the same vein as gamer.

Really, if you guys want to hate a term I think you should go for something that's ACTUALLY stupid, like the term "hardcore gamer".

EDIT: You guys know the term "gamer" was in common use before the invention of video games to refer to gambling addicts and RPG enthusiasts? People who play games like Dungeons & Dragons and Deadlands and such still commonly refer to people who play RPGs as gamers.

[Zordon]

... Wow. This thread is gone haha.

[FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK]

my SN is xhardcore_gamer_girlx I'll ttly beat you boys ^^

[Kombucha]

my SN is xhardcore_gamer_girlx

That sounds very similar to my SN, xBitchxx.

[FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK]

But substantially more hardcore and gamer. Me being a hardcore gamer girl you see.

[SoBe Clock]

Wow guys this thread is pretty bad.