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I play a decent bit of video games, and used to play a LOT more, by some standards I might be called a gamer still. I've defiantly seen some of what you mention

I play a decent bit of video games, and used to play a LOT more, by some standards I might be called a gamer still. I've defiantly seen some of what you mention, however, I've also seen some of the best communities of people. I play WoW, and the guild I play with has a relatively good mix of nationality and gender, and I've never once heard someone berate or look down upon our female players. I think as with most things, there is a spectrum.

anvildoc 12y ago
I agree. This article seems to be aimed at frat houses playing GTA. In fact, I betcha you could replace the word "gamers" in this article with anything and it would still work. In my gaming experiences, fellow gamers (even hyper competitive ones) are for the most part intelligent, inclusive, nice people. If anything, this article is a gross over-generalization of a population.
- numo16 12y ago
  It attitude of the gaming community changes based on which game's community you are focusing on. The communities that usually fit the negative connotations often mentioned, in my mind, are League of Legends and CoD (most FPS games, especially on consoles, for that matter), which seem to be filled with people who are vitriolic assholes for the sake of being assholes. However, this is just my experience with these communities in the past and may be different for others. I know a fair majority of gamers aren't your GTA/CoD dudebros and screaming 12 year olds, but I feel that many people outside of gaming culture see it as such, which seems to be the biggest problem with "gamer" culture.
GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
"I've never once heard someone berate or look down upon our female players." Were you actually paying attention?