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Gamers and the 'hardcore' gaming mindeset that started in the 2000s' ruined the video game community (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hardcore gamer = someone who plays only cinematic grizzed white dude games and/or military fetishizing FPS

Casual gamer = anyone that is not a 15-25 yo male, and/or plays anything outside of the previously mentioned games, especially if those games are colorful.

So basically the gaming community is full of gatekeeping, misogyny, toxic masculinity and general chuddery. They make sure they're the loudest voice heard when anything about games is talked about, and won't be happy until all games a homogenous stream of bland, hyper-realistic but with a grey filter slog of mindless action with no heart or soul. And don't you dare force them to read any dialogue or story.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

games mechanics become watered down due to the profit motive and challenging games are fun, this whole thread feels like just contrarianism to spite a vocal minority turning being a HARDCORE GAMERRRRR into a personality trait shrug-outta-hecks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where did I mention difficulty?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

if you mean people restricting themselves to "manly" games thats also a loud online minority, i mean nintendo still makes the most popular games out there and stuff like undertale has sold how many millions now? so saying the gaming community(tm) is "full of gatekeeping, misogyny, toxic masculinity and general chuddery" is hard to believe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

so saying the gaming community(tm) is "full of gatekeeping, misogyny, toxic masculinity and general chuddery" is hard to believe

what planet are you from

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

turns on voice chat in TF2

There are literally Nazis

Turns it back off

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

downbear

No, gamers bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i mean nintendo still makes the most popular games out there

sorry i dont get mad at people inside my head ig

Both the Smash and Zelda fandoms have plenty of toxic chuds like yourself, ones that show up out of nowhere to concern troll and vomit ableistic bullshit if they feel like their treat is endangered by discussion of it that isn't 100% support of the status quo.

undertale

Oh yeah, totally no toxic bullshit in the Undertale fandom, either. Never ever. doubt As an Undertale enjoyer, I can acknowledge that toxic fandom being a problem, unlike you.

Go away.