• Fuyu
    +5

    Maybe it's an ignorant standpoint, but when it comes to female gamers, I've always drawn the line at if they call themselves a "gamer girl." Same with "gaymers." If you have to give yourself a special label, I don't respect you as a gamer. At that point, you're just trying to stand out.

    Also, I've always hated that "almost half of gamers are women" statistic, because most of those women are playing mobile games. I'm oldfashion and maybe a bit elitist, so simple games like that don't make you a gamer to me. It's like how playing Monopoly does not mean you are into tabletop games (I'm not sure if there's a word for that).

    • namo
      +9

      Monopoly is a horrible game. It's competitive to the point where only one player has any fun. More people would play board games if monopoly wasn't the first thing they think of. But it's just that, a horrible, horrible game.

      There are a lot of fun board games that have a easy rules, fun theme, don't last too long, and everyone has fun. But I think those are the board game equivalent of casual mobile games. And they're great, because you can get people who think they hate games to play games. Maybe they someday look for something more complex, maybe not.

      Of course there are great complex board games, but you're not going to enjoy a quick Advanced Squad Leader evening game with your family with it's 5kg manual and thousands of little cardboard squares. People you play those games with are usually people you met through those games.

      It used to be nerdy to play games, and people didn't want anything to do with us. Now people have games they enjoy, and we don't want anything to do with them. I wouldn't want to go back to the times where gaming was more a disease and addiction than a hobby.