For me, it's the bullshit where no one ever brings up the shitty working conditions or bigotry in the gaming industry, but they will come together and loudly throw a tantrum about the developers not overworking themselves to make their treat 100% what they wanted.

I swear to god, gamers are the most product-brained people on the planet, they can't comprehend the idea of a development team having a vision for a game that doesn't match their own. They pretend that their complaints are "fighting the big multimillion corporation" when really they have no problem with soul-sucking corps that treat their employees like shit as long as the product caters to their specific tastes.

People were madder about Rockstar doing a remake with graphics they don't like than the 100+ work hours they made developers do to complete RD2

They're more annoyed that the Switch doesn't have PS5 Graphics and makes "baby games for Disney adults" than they are that Nintendo of America treats employees like shit

And you know the only reason they give half a shit about Blizzard's sexual harassment problems is that in their eyes Blizzard has been making "sub-par woke garbage" these days. If Fromsoftware was harassing their workers, they wouldn't care.

Instead of addressing the issue that the industry is bad as a whole because of capitalism, they will instead demand you vote with your wallet. Calling you a shill if you like anything from whatever company they have decided they hate at the time while ignoring problems from companies that create things they enjoy. If anyone points out that ethical consumption doesn't exist then you'll be called a hypocrite.

And they can't tell the difference between defending the workers that made a product and a giant corporation, either. It's really gross how they complain about overworked underpaid workers as "lazy devs"

Gamers delenda est. :gamer-gulag:

[end of my giant embarrassing rant]

  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Goes without saying that bigotry is the main one, but I find their gatekeeperness incredibly draining as well, you see people all over the internet acting like playing/being good at Soulsborne games or whatever is a personality (no hate to not toxic Soulsborne players, of course)

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      the most annoying thing about gatekeepyness to me is that actual professional competitive videogame players are usually quite humble
      people who are mediocre at best are all "I AM A FUCKING GOD AT THIS GAME, IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT I SAY YOU ARE A FILTHY CASUAL"

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        actual professional competitive videogame players are usually quite humble

        That may depend on the game and its specific fandom.

        • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          fair
          i have noticed that fighting game players tend to be egomaniacs
          though i tend to think it's mostly an act

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            though i tend to think it’s mostly an act

            I personally no longer take irony as an acceptable excuse for anyone being an asshole. After all, :heated-gamer-moment: got his start by being "ironically" a piece of shit.

    • raven [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Can being good at Crypt of the Necrodancer be a personality? :>

        • raven [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          It's hard to get that serious about a game featuring dancing zombies

            • raven [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              It's really brilliant but for some reason the home "screen" still looks like a dev mockup with half baked "shops" that are just perpetually there and empty after a certain point, which is honestly bullshit for a game that has been out for 8 years and has multiple DLCs.

              The actual gameplay though is very polished.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The "NO HANDHOLDING" mantra among Soulsbrained G!mers really does seem like hazing with extra steps: they suffered and lost a lot and didn't know about the secret doors and whatever, so now they get in line to bully someone else that shows up asking for help.

      • gauntlet [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        That's the thing about bullying nerds - it's a lot of fun to do but when they grow up, they think that's what normal human interaction is. They identify anyone who's vulnerable, then bully them, too. And why not? It's the only mode of human interaction they've ever experienced. It's one reason they retreat into games in the first place, to get away from all the people.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah this is what I was partly complaining about too, the whole "you're not a real gamer unless you like (insert the latest popular game that is cool to like)