Thread: Does anyone NOT find nerdiness endearing?

Originally Posted by Shinysides

At this point in America, or at least my area, even "gamers" aren't really ostracized or thought of as nerdy. Even World of Warcraft players are becoming more and more accepted, although WoW is still nerdy.

On the other point though, there is a line, even for console gamers. I have met console gamers far more nerdy than any WoW player, and honestly, most of them are Xbox fanboys. Sony fanboys still exist, but they seem much rarer now with the release of the PS3. Be this because the PS3 is inferior or superior to the 360 I don't know. But I don't see all the douchebag Sony fanboys everywhere anymore, just the douchebag Microsoft ones.

WoW is considered the epitome of video game nerdiness in America. Not saying that's true(although that game is so fucking stupid) but when people think of WoW players they think of sweaty nerds chompin on doritos, drinkin redbull and staying in their room all the time. The sad thing is that stereotype is true in so many cases.

Also irl fanboys aren't even a big deal. I mean no one who isn't a complete nerd is going to sit there and argue about which console is better. The most you get is "I wish you had x system so I could play y game" or maybe an occasional x console sucks. Plus I don't think most console gamers are fanboys at all and if they are saying they are microsoft fanboys is dumb. The only way you could say that is because the biggest competitive gaming league (MLG) chooses Microsoft games(halo 1,2 and 3 being the biggest games of their respective times by far). However, in my experience those players aren't xbox fanboysk, they are fanboys of whatever game they are playing. They don't play many other games just get as good as possible in one particular one.

Overall casual video gaming is not considered nerdy, it's people who play competitively(or try) or people who just play constantly, just like Gwahir said.

Originally Posted by Killuminati

The only way you could say that is because the biggest competitive gaming league (MLG) chooses Microsoft games(halo 1,2 and 3 being the biggest games of their respective times by far). However, in my experience those players aren't xbox fanboysk, they are fanboys of whatever game they are playing. They don't play many other games just get as good as possible in one particular one.

I might as well throw out there too that 90% of the people you see at MLG events don't fit the stereotype at all. Like you said, instead of being a gamer that plays a bunch of games, most of them just play 1 or 2 games in their free time and get good at them.