Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
Not for me. There's a hot one at a Gamestop in a mall that I go to ocassionally and going by what she says and her enthusiasm, she's a gamer too. Just wish I could have some kind of chance with her.
/facepalm /facepalm /facepalm

Nooo... please don't be that guy. This is the reason Gamestop is starting to employ tons of chicks, most of which have no clue about gaming (much like their male co-workers I might add). I mean, that's great if your chick might really be a gamer and might really be cute and all that.

Problem is, they are preying on the loner-nerd stereotype that rubs his hands together excitedly at the though of even talking to a girl. It's part of a fantastic business model for this horrid company.


Quote Originally Posted by Mo-Nercy View Post
I like games and I guess I may look like a bit of a nerd. I have myopia and I prefer my thick-framed black glasses over my gunmetal gray wireframe Hugo Bosses (which only come out at job interviews and dates, really). I even have a Super Mario T-shirt (though it's just part of my summer jammy collection).

But I also like to have a beer with mates, go out with my girlfriend, go to the footy and meet new people. I'm not socially inept, though I am prone to using big words more often than I need to. Though I'm sure if you got all my close friends to line-up alongside me, you'd pick me as the 'nerdiest looking'. Of course, not everyone who plays games is a nerd. It just so happens that I look like one. Just a little.
To me you don't sound that nerdy. While you can make a snap judgment on looks alone, it's usually the follow up conversation or even an overheard conversation where my mind is just blown.

Problem for me is that I am a huge gamer nerd, I'm not slim by any stretch of the imagination. However, I can wash myself and talk to people. I understand that some people have problems and the large fellow obviously has more than I suspected if it's taken him nearly 3 months to make it to World 8 of NSMBW.

I'm stuck somewhere between frustration and irony that so many gamers I do run into fit so cookie-cutter into the negative stereotypes the world has of gamers and that only makes us look worse. I don't care if you have glasses or acne, but wash yourself and wear clothing that doesn't look like you dug it out of Goodwill's rejection bin.

Man to tell the truth I hate buying video games anywhere because you are immediately thought of as a nerd by everyone with in ear shot of the cash register. I hate to be sexist but I've found female store workers get incredibly dismissive of you when they see you buying video games. They go from being bubbly & over polite to oh good another nerd! I am most certainly not a nerd.
Haha, I've seen this happen plenty. It's similar with codgery old men. There's an obvious disgust. Then there's the mid-to-late 20s guy who think he's so cool. When he sees you buying a gaming or asking for one you can tell that he immediately feels superior because being a non-gamer talking to a gamer puts him in the higher social strata. Of course with all of them I'm always thinking, "Hey buddy... you're the one working at Wal-mart." This is especially true for the grumpy old codgers you think I'm wasting my life.

None of this bothers me. I'm old and married. I don't care about the idiot girls. I don't care about the bitter old men and I don't care about the guys who are naive enough to think they can keep acting like a stud playing the field until they are 50.