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Why are gamers called nerds?

Started by Guest_FrostDragoon , May 23 2004 01:01 AM

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#126 Guest_aztek2020

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Posted 09 October 2004 - 05:46 AM

my eyes will stay glued to those little screens and tvs till the day i die while my gaming entertainment stax up and multiplies

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#127 Guest_Fuzzywazoo

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Posted 09 October 2004 - 07:17 AM

Same with me, definitely!

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#128 Guest_Phill

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Posted 09 October 2004 - 10:40 AM

In places i live Gamers are not geeks but lazy people who have nothing better.All gamers are normal we just acting our ages!! And if any person said we are "geeks" their are just twats and need a slap!!

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#129 Guest_moofasa22

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Posted 10 October 2004 - 12:08 PM

i have no idea.. maybe because we are!

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#130 Guest_merrickal

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Posted 10 October 2004 - 05:25 PM

Could it be one of those days when us gamers are so wrapped up in the game we're trying to crack through at the moment that we can't say anything about anything else besides that game (or is that just me?)I 've got a friend who's absolutely into Sims and all he could talk about at the time was Sims. It kinda makes you a bit reclusive... perhaps that's why we're sometimes known as "nerds"?BTW what does the word itself mean? Is it even in the dictionary?

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#131 Guest_Saddened Neko

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Posted 10 October 2004 - 07:34 PM

I think the word comes from the mystical book of The Stupid Hirachy that exsists in this world. The word nerd is just a title that people give to people that like, or feel passionatly about things that arent "cool" (another word from the Stupid Hirachy book but a better one ^-^

. Thast okay though, if peoples HAVE to give us a title, why not be nerds, ne?

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#132 Guest_Pendragonx

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Posted 11 October 2004 - 07:48 AM

people just have nothing to do so they just like picking on people some times.as for me,i'm proud.im pretty popular in school just because of that.

Edited by Pendragonx, 11 October 2004 - 07:50 AM.

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#133 Guest_Sir_Malak

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Posted 12 October 2004 - 08:50 AM

I was an awesome Football player in High School. I was president of the debate team, and chess club as well as a "jock." I programmed during my years in High School. Do not be swooned into portraying these stereotypes as the status quo; for that would display ignorance. Some people have called me a jock, others have called me a geek; they do not hender my existence to be whoever the #@#@ I want to be. So be who you want to be and if they have a problem with that then send them this way :lol:

Best advice is to be yourself. On a lighter note gamers can be smart, but not all smart people are gamers. There are bums in every community ^_^

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#134 Guest_terragaia

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Posted 12 October 2004 - 10:44 AM

People call you nerds because they think of you differently to themselves, ignore what they say, you could say they are freaks because they are also different to you, they try make themselves feel more important when they're not, everyone is equally important so always keep smiling

Edited by terragaia, 13 October 2004 - 05:26 AM.

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#135 Guest_Luero

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Posted 14 October 2004 - 01:46 AM

The only time anyone ever is actually gonna be called a nerd for gaming would be if they huddle over their GBA SP in the same corner/table and every lunch hour... Other than that...who would know you spend most your life playing video games?Well, if you tell people...then it's kinda your fault

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#136 Guest_Sion Riza

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Posted 14 October 2004 - 01:51 AM

Maybe people hate gamers liek us because we have skills they lack?

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#137 Guest_zerog

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Posted 14 October 2004 - 02:42 AM

Don't really know...

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#138 Guest_im bored

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Posted 14 October 2004 - 05:18 AM

odd im a gamer n never been called a nerd

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#139 Guest_Orchestra

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Posted 22 October 2004 - 09:46 AM

most of the people in my school are gamers so it doesnt affect anybody

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#140 Illidan-

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Posted 22 October 2004 - 12:08 PM

i guess because their losers lolnah i reakon because we play on the comp but what are they talking bout everybody plays games

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#141 Guest_Marik_Ishtar

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Posted 22 October 2004 - 02:21 PM

Hey, even the most popular people play video games. The only time someone might call somebody a nerd for playing video games, is if they get way too into it, which a lot of people end up doing. Honestly, I'm tired of the whole stereotype about preps calling different people nerds. Nobody really makes fun of nerds anymore, that was more of an 80's thing. You know what the main difference is between preps and nerds? Preps keep themselves clean, and focus on their appearance. Preps wont make fun of you unless you're mean and you deserve it. I should know, I was prep throughout all of high school. People arent really separated into groups like that in my college, but if they were, I think I'd probably still be a prep just like I was in high school.

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#142 Guest_Rock Xtreme

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Posted 25 October 2004 - 05:41 AM

In my school all the people are gamersand my friend are gamers too

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#143 Guest_xiaozhoudong

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Posted 18 November 2004 - 12:24 PM

i dun think so ...i think they are pro man....

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#144 Guest_Zero_X_Zero

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Posted 20 November 2004 - 05:37 AM

I used to be rejected because i was a gamer but one i kiked this jockes donkey i was very much liked, (hint for all those who are picked on)

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#145 Guest_jackofalltrades

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Posted 22 November 2004 - 03:42 PM

Nowadays games are played for almost every single person (only people older than 25/30 don't play...). But anyway, people still have this stereotype....and I hate this.

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#146 Guest_Baltazor

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Posted 22 November 2004 - 09:04 PM

I've never had that kind of prob but i guess that this happens when someone doesn't do anything else except for staying in his/her house all day playing video games

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#147 Guest_UShotMyMonkey

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Posted 22 November 2004 - 10:49 PM

Nowadays games are played for almost every single person (only people older than 25/30 don't play...).

I wouldn't be so sure about the people over 25/30 part. For decades, gaming has been a completely closed-off industry, and this is currently the age where you have people coming out of schools who have known gaming for their entire lives. Currently, though, the majority of older people who play games are the ones who are, in some way, connected to the industry. And the fact that hardware has gotten so powerful and budgets have gotten so big means that games are now a much more high-profile industry.In general, though, any person who carries a seemingly excessive knowledge about any topic whether it's a trivial topic or not is labeled a nerd. And typically gamers who are labeled nerds tend to exude their "hardcore-ness" almost all the time.Now the stereotype I hate about gaming is that hardly anybody acknowledges it as a real industry. When I tell people in my family that I program games for a living, usually the reaction is "No seriously, what do you do?" The stigma of carrying the title of "amusement" to the product means that no one can respect it. Academia even further indoctrinates that idea. They often teach everyone that it's just a bunch of playing around acting like children and nothing serious ever happens inside a game studio. So it's a rather tough sell to educate people that there's a lot that goes into making a video game. How do I explain that in order to do my job, I need to use concepts of stochastic calculus, hyperspherical geometry, information theory, numerical analysis, set theory, fuzzy logic, etc. just to name a few... Tell me that's just frivolous nonsense.

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#148 Guest_shinigami

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Posted 22 November 2004 - 11:00 PM

some people think that just because they dont understand what gaming is about will always mock it will if they spend a little time on the subject they will learn what gamers are all about

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#149 Guest_b_r_e_t_t25

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Posted 23 November 2004 - 12:05 AM

alot of people have a point, if all u do is sit inside and play games in all of your free time, face it, ur a nerd. go and play some sports. get a girlfriend, dont let games takeover your life