I blame consoles primarily, as it seemed the barrier for entry in the PC master race was always high enough to separate at least some of the wheat from the chaf

I blame consoles primarily, as it seemed the barrier for entry in the PC master race was always high enough to separate at least some of the wheat from the chaff. It could also be rose coloured glasses, given that my last serious gaming (before coding ate up 12+ hours a day) was 5 years of Diablo II and CS:S followed by 6 years of Guildwars. I got out of all of this before COD/ BF and LOL were huge games. I can say that I know far more brogamers rocking a PS/Xbox than PC's.