Are Shooter Fans Not Real Gamers? [LOCKED]

It's evident on games like Call Of Duty, when you have those people who camp obsessively just to get those numbers at the end of the game. Rather than explore the map and have equal chances of dying as opponents, they stay in the same place just because they want the high score.
It's led me to believe that most shooting game fans aren't true gamers, they are just trying to get an online street-cred

That's the way I see it.

Of course, not everyone who likes shooting games is like that but in general, would you agree or disagree?



Also, while we are on this topic, to you what makes a game a game?
To me it's the immersion, a verisimilitude, another world I can feel I'm in. :)

I know quite a few people who just buy shooters, primarily CoD games and they are NOT gamers. You would never see them play a Fable, Elder Scrolls, Uncharted or Mass Effect type game. They just play FPS's and I really don't see the appeal of sticking to one genre, especially when it's such a shallow genre at that.

So I say sort of. Not fair to generalize all FPS fans as non-gamers.

I like shooters..... ? So im not a gamer GTFO !

A gamer is someone who plays video games.Casual or not.Shooters or not

THEY ARE GAMERS people...........

Zeratul wrote:

A gamer is someone who plays video games.Casual or not.Shooters or not

THEY ARE GAMERS people...........

You know what they mean...


But I am a fan of shooters, and I consider myself a gamer. But if you are one of those people that only play Halo and CoD then no, I wouldn't consider them gamers.

Of course they are gamers. Zeratul is absolutely right. If you play games, you're a gamer. They're just not as diverse in their tastes, nothing wrong with that.

Ah, well it's very easy to call someone just a gamer. Of course, I must have been a gamer when I was a toddler because I played minesweeper on a computer. But really, I mean that these guys don't play games to appreciate the gameplay. They do it for the scores. How is it fun to remain dormant throughout the entire match except to do the odd kniving or noobtubing here and there?
Real gamers don't do that, gamers accept occasional challenges. Okay, it's not just shooter fans but camping shooter fans (and also shooter fans who don't appreciate other genres, they just like the more mindless ones).

I agree with what Stoney says.

Lykos wrote:

Ah, well it's very easy to call someone just a gamer. Of course, I must have been a gamer when I was a toddler because I played minesweeper on a computer. But really, I mean that these guys don't play games to appreciate the gameplay. They do it for the scores. How is it fun to remain dormant throughout the entire match except to do the odd kniving or noobtubing here and there?
Real gamers don't do that, gamers accept occasional challenges. Okay, it's not just shooter fans but camping shooter fans (and also shooter fans who don't appreciate other genres, they just like the more mindless ones).

I agree with what Stoney says.

lolwut

They wouldn't be going for the scores if they didn't enjoy the game, and there's nothing wrong with going for scores.

TRF wrote:

Lykos wrote:

Ah, well it's very easy to call someone just a gamer. Of course, I must have been a gamer when I was a toddler because I played minesweeper on a computer. But really, I mean that these guys don't play games to appreciate the gameplay. They do it for the scores. How is it fun to remain dormant throughout the entire match except to do the odd kniving or noobtubing here and there?
Real gamers don't do that, gamers accept occasional challenges. Okay, it's not just shooter fans but camping shooter fans (and also shooter fans who don't appreciate other genres, they just like the more mindless ones).

I agree with what Stoney says.

lolwut

They wouldn't be going for the scores if they didn't enjoy the game, and there's nothing wrong with going for scores.

Yes there is, it's incredibly stupid. It's not fun.

Lykos wrote:

TRF wrote:

Lykos wrote:

Ah, well it's very easy to call someone just a gamer. Of course, I must have been a gamer when I was a toddler because I played minesweeper on a computer. But really, I mean that these guys don't play games to appreciate the gameplay. They do it for the scores. How is it fun to remain dormant throughout the entire match except to do the odd kniving or noobtubing here and there?
Real gamers don't do that, gamers accept occasional challenges. Okay, it's not just shooter fans but camping shooter fans (and also shooter fans who don't appreciate other genres, they just like the more mindless ones).

I agree with what Stoney says.

lolwut

They wouldn't be going for the scores if they didn't enjoy the game, and there's nothing wrong with going for scores.

Yes there is, it's incredibly stupid. It's not fun.

Many people find it fun to go for scores in games. I do it if I like a game enough. Nothing wrong with it.

If your a Cock of Duty gamer, then yes.

NFLPS3fan43 wrote:

If your a Cock of Duty gamer, then yes.

Yeah i agree.

the title should be called 'Are most COD players true gamers'

I play BC2, KZ2, CS:S all good FPSs and some of you play Halo

They are gamers that like shooters, thats how i see it.

I play games more for fun then score and I think everyone should really.

But I really get annoyed on NFS Shift online, no one drives like they would in real life. If you're at a corner and there's someone behind you, you are bound to get smashed and spun out. Its like bumper cars and I wouldn't consider that playing fairly. :/

There is no such thing as a "True gamer".There are just many types of gamers.

Zeratul wrote:

There is no such thing as a "True gamer".There are just many types of gamers.

Ermm.. what about this, they're lame gamers?

u play video games for a hobby, gamer

Of course they are. Just cause we don't like their style does not mean they aren't gamers.

If you just play games like CoD you are a fraghead, the shitty type of gamer. Happy?

Who gives a shit?

NoelX2 wrote:

Who gives a shit?

True statement is true.

TheJubJub5721 wrote:

NoelX2 wrote:

Who gives a shit?

True statement is true.

+1

Sorry, this was a rather ill-thought out topic

Lykos wrote:

TheJubJub5721 wrote:

NoelX2 wrote:

Who gives a shit?

True statement is true.

+1

Sorry, this was a rather ill-thought out topic

Don't make me pull up some Republic threads written by you.

Fail thread?

Ofcourse they are gamers.

Just very shallow ones...