When things go horribly wrong in the online world....

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by rnoldh

WTF?????? This is all like Greek written in Chinese to me.

Is there any way we can blame this crap on GWB

Cue Christofuh....

 

[chronoaug]

My friend was playing dragon quest 8 after my suggestion and one day i was asking how he was doing at a friend's house with about 5 other people in the room. The more we talked about it and the more specific we got, there was no way in the world not to sound like a complete nerd. Same thing happened when i was trying to help my friend in a part he was confused about in final fantasy xii. Before i started, i just laughed, took a deep breath and just went ahead and did it. I knew i was going to sound like a nerd but there was no other way.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Up until I moved to NY a year ago throughout college and the year after I played Final Fantasy Online, World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3, Diablo and other console games. In that same 5 year time period I also raced an Ironman among many other triathlons; I had a very diverse group of friends from jocks to mechanical engineers; I delighted in the delicacies of haute cuisine; Bought a majority of my clothes on Rodeo Drive; and managed to have 2 major and healthy relationships with a share fair of booty calls in between.

So I guess really you can't stereotype a "gamer."

I know a woman who wears Thierry Mugler and Claude Montana and who is a self-confessed WoW gamer.

 

[ratboycom]

Originally Posted by edmorel

The real ironic thing is that I dress up as a Warlock the 24 hours a day that I am posting on styleforum.

HAHAHHAHAHAHA. This thread has been gold. I think the reason most people find gaming geeky is because of the "fantasy" background that gets associated with it. I mean people never look at guys who like racing games as nerds nor do they carry that stigma. Personally I cant stand the "Fantasy" world. I prefer to a slight extent, more of a SciFi/futureistic approach, but not too far as like Starwars/Star Trek ****.

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by rnoldh

WTF?????? This is all like Greek written in Chinese to me.

Is there any way we can blame this crap on GWB

rnoldh,

I suspect I'm only vaguely more knowledgeable than you in regards to this troubling trend (see the front page article of Friday's WSJ Weekend section for an illuminating and chilling example). Back from a weekend of reality to find it's still going strong. As they used to say, "at least it keeps kids off the streets...". Unfortunatetly kids now need to spend more time on the streets, in the backyards, etc.

 

[Connemara]

On a Neverwinter Nights persistent world, I played a fabulously flamboyant dwarven zealot. He was known not only for his fits of rage and complete lack of tact, but also for his lilac-scented perfumes and dandy-like clothing.

 

[Manny Calavera]

Originally Posted by Connemara

On a Neverwinter Nights persistent world, I played a fabulously flamboyant dwarven zealot. He was known not only for his fits of rage and complete lack of tact, but also for his lilac-scented perfumes and dandy-like clothing.

Edit: By the way, my main in WoW is a blood-elf chick. I cyber with dwarves in the tram tunnels for gold.