[logtar]

Old people with nintendo revolution controllers in handThe ESA says that the average gamer is 30 years old. It’s time that those of us who are 30 or older realize that some of the things we grew up doing as gamers are no longer really appropriate, cool, or kosher given our new demographic bucket. Here, then, is a helpful guide to 28 things a gamer should never do past the age of 30.

1. Participate in LAN parties with minors
2. Quit your job to pursue a pro-gaming career
3. Start a Star Wars themed PC case mod in the living room
4. Ever use the jargon OMG, BBQ and WTF together in the same phrase
5. Pirate games - shouldn’t you have an income by now?
6. Find the idea of teamkilling funny
7. Choose a female avatar so that you can try to upskirt her
8. Refuse to play games that are rated lower than mature
9. Tea-bag a downed opponent in Halo 2
10. Play any game with Princess Toadstool in it
11. Choose a gamer handle including any form of the words “hell,” “killer,” “death,” or ”-inator”
12. Yell “pwnt” in a public virtual space
13. Play a female character in an MMOG in order to troll for “Crying Game” victims
14. Disconnect when losing at Starcraft or any other RTS
15. Ninja loot
16. Get your gaming news from a print publication
17. Replace the letter S with a dollar sign when writing Microsoft, Sony, or PlayStation
18. Live in your parents’ basement to support a gaming habit
19. Break mice in a fit of rage after being served in an FPS game
20. Try to win an argument in a gaming forum
21. Pretend that movies like Doom and Tomb Raider are anything but crap
22. Carry softcore anime porn on your PSP to show the guys at work
23. Hadoken someone as a greeting, complete with hand motions and sound effects
24. Play competitively against anyone under the age of 10
25. Read or write fanfiction
26. Yell or type, “Laggg” when losing an online game
27. Bogart the controller
28. Work at GameStop “just for the discount”
29. Type liek JeffK

 

[Grover]

I know nothing about 6, 9, 12, 15, or 29. I'm on the lower end of that spectrum. Can somebody fill me in?

Funny though, gives merit to "playing" instead of "living in" games.

 

[MoTo178]

NERRRDDDDSSS!!!!!

 

[Keyhole]

6 is when you kill your own team just to be a jerk.

9 is when you get over a guy you just killed and crouch up and down on his face, effectively "tea-bagging" him. Good thing I'm only 25 because I still enjoy tea-bagging ish talkers

12 is yelling "OWNED!" after you kill someone.

No clue what 15 is myself.

I believe 29 is an inside joke on the board.

 

[logtar]

6. Find the idea of teamkilling funny
(Some team games, Counter Strike for example, you can actually kill someone on your team, sometimes it can be funny.)
9. Tea-bag a downed opponent in Halo 2

12. Yell “pwnt” in a public virtual space
1773 Speak... All you want to know here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
15. Ninja loot
(Stealing a kill, or stealing someone elses' treasure after they have killed an enmy on RPG games.)
29. Type liek JeffK (Sorry this should read Type like Ken.) <- He is going to kill me. :rofl

 

[ChiefBD]

6. Find the idea of teamkilling funny
(Some team games, Counter Strike for example, you can actually kill someone on your team, sometimes it can be funny.)

Especially when you do it with one shot in the back of the head with a deagle. They drop like flies.:laughing

 

[Gixx]

9. Tea-bag a downed opponent in Halo 2

:rofl :rofl

I was just telling someone I work with about this today...I do this all the time...hahahahahah, I'm a dork - yes I know, I find this funny!

Anyone ever seen the Halo Red vs. Blue videos?? They are freakin HILARIOUS!!!!! I can't believe I'm such a Halo lover and never knew that these videos exsisted! o well.....

 

[logtar]

NERRRDDDDSSS!!!!!

Don't even go there sista

 

[chuckie]

I believe 29 is an inside joke on the board.

http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/

 

[Gixx]

http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/

WTF?!?!?! :eek is this guy for real?????

 

[CRAZe Inc]

i don't care how old you are, if you do any of those things you're a fucking loser.

 

[logtar]

i don't care how old you are, if you do any of those things you're a fucking loser.

:rofl
Coming from you...
This is the best compliment I have gotten in a week!

 

[CRAZe Inc]

i'm sorry, i like games as much as the next guy, but I can't stand huge computer dorks.

 

[Blade Runner]

So sad. I have no idea what what any of that is...

 

[HDTony]

So sad. I have no idea what what any of that is...

Dude, dont feel bad, I'm almost just as lost :laughing

 

[SloRoll]

I played Pong a couple of times. :laughing

 

[logtar]

i'm sorry, i like games as much as the next guy, but I can't stand huge computer dorks.

Seriously dude, what separates you from the "computer dorks?" just that you know what half of the stuff here is makes you one of them. You are betraying your kind just because now you "think" you are a liberal :jester

 

[Chills]

#3 is the only one I can identify with.

 

[Kegger]

i m 1 of toze puter N3rdz, but I havent played a video game in years, so I cannot r3eL8 to any of those.:laughing

 

[CRAZe Inc]

Seriously dude, what separates you from the "computer dorks?" just that you know what half of the stuff here is makes you one of them. You are betraying your kind just because now you "think" you are a liberal :jester

I know all of the stuff on the list because I'm constantly exposed to it. I really despise guys that perpetuate the stereotype that computer guys are losers. (This isn't a slam to you)

Hell, I even blogged about this issue (which is ironic in itself, I know) http://www.pjhyett.com/articles/2005/05/16/damn-you-star-wars