Snapping the Sports-Gamer Stereotypes

**Computalover** · 03-13-2009, 10:30 AM

Agreed.. I hate that!! Its a hobby, just like any other.. and if you dont undertand that.. oh well.. I do sports gaming to relax.. to get away.. i enjoy it.. and my LAST gurlfriend made me choose.. and now im single again.. lmao!! now i can get that 73 inch 1080p monster tv... SWEEEEEET!!!

**jsquigg** · 03-13-2009, 12:06 PM

Just face it, we are all nerds. It's not enough that we play sports games, we go online to our "support group" at OSN to adjust to the right sliders and gain advice on how to be a better sports gamer. We are stereotyped, but there are more important things to worry about, like how can I find the right sliders to make NBA 2k play like real life?

**The Gird** · 03-13-2009, 12:11 PM

I agree with this article. I just really don't think the stero-type is all the present anymore. I recently read an artcile on espn.com, about NBA All-Star Weekend. The article stated that the hobby for almost every All-Star was video games. Kevin Durant and Dereke Rose burned out the PS3 there playing the show. Nate Robinson has a COD clan and does a miltary salute to them in some games. So nerds......no way.

Successful people play games. I'm 25, I went to college, have a 4 year degree, have a good job, I work out 3-4 times a week. Am engaged to a beautiful girl. No nerd here. I LOVE SPORTS GAMES. I find time to play whenever I can, so ususally my game sessions are at the end of the night and on week-ends. My freinds all play games too, and for the most part are very successful as well. There are worse things that you could do with free time that could be way more harmful. Play games is a harmless passtime.

I think the generation gap is the biggest reason for that perception. When I was younger, I played Tecmo Bowl for Nintendo with my Dad. Also played Madden 94 and NHL 94 with my Dad. However when the games got to the Playstation level my Dad threw in the towel, things were getting to complicated in his mind, and I never played him on PS1.

I will continue to play sports games for the foreseeable future. Why not?

**bh446066** · 03-13-2009, 01:29 PM

Re: Snapping the Sports-Gamer Stereotypes

In a time that discretionary income is shrinking for most people, these video games are a very good return on the dollar for entertainment. I would think that most of us in this community get our gaming time in when all other responsibilities have been met. In other words, you get up, go to work, go to the gym, go home, cook dinner, have some family time, put the kid/s to bed, visit with the wife/whatever with the wife (wink wink), then get the gaming in later in the night. Well, at least that's me.

**The Sim God** · 03-13-2009, 02:29 PM

im 29 and an AVID sports gamer & fan

like i tell my wife......

i have a hobby and it KEEPS ME HOME.

i could go out with the rest of the nobodies and drink till 4am but i like staying home and enjoying my hobby.

it doesnt hurt that my other hobby is electronics and that keeps me home.

dont mind the 'outside world' or for that fact what anyone else thinks of you. when i go home its all about my wife & kids.
after those respnsibilities are done, i game!

if that lady on the airplane has her issues, so be it.
you could complain to any of yout boys about yout girls 'home habits' too.

turn off the soaps and cook me dinner, woman! RAWR

NOW if youre a bum and have no job and your entire existence is gaming & posting in forums, then YES you are a loser.

get up get out and do something.
i dont think some poeople know the sky is still blue....lol

**Mjphillips** · 03-13-2009, 04:08 PM

Great article. People look at me funny when i say that i love video games, but I don't care. I love my sports video games. I get the same look when i say that i love baseball over all other sports so i am used to it by now.

**phootball** · 03-13-2009, 04:37 PM

I never even gave it a second thought. It's simply fun to play.

I remember when I was a little kid I used to play Earl Weaver Baseball. I hated baseball but I loved that game. I wrote a letter to EA and asked them to please make a football version of that game, I even suggested the name, Tom Landry Football.

Eventually, Madden came out, I'm sure without any connection to my letter. But still, I cared enough to write a letter. It was fun to play those games.

Now after all these years, college, grad school, job, home, wife, baby, it's still fun. And I still like to make suggestions to EA or whoever else happens to be listening. Its fun to play. That's all that matters.

Good article.

**Laettner32** · 03-13-2009, 04:38 PM

People don't look at me funny when I bring up videogames. More often than not, they play a little too...or are kinda interested in it but have never had the nerve to bring it up to anyone.
My wife doesn't mind it. I only play like 30 minutes a day, sometimes on weekends I'll play for an hour or so. But it does keep me home, keeps my competitive jones flowing, and it's cheaper than playing golf...(and more fun in my opinion.)

**Hellisan** · 03-13-2009, 05:14 PM

Good article Will!

Much of the pressure for me comes from my wife. She loves t.v. and watches a ton of stupid reality television shows. But my gaming is childish to her. She openly wonders when I'll "finally stop playing."

I told her that will never happen. Period. People who were raised on watchiing television, by and large, watch television for amusement and probably will not grow out of that.

People who grew up playing video games for amusement will not grow out of certain genres provided the games are well done and they don't become consumed by making lots of money (truly a full-time occupation) or give in to peer pressure provided by their significant other.

**Matt Diesel** · 03-13-2009, 08:20 PM

Good read. I always find it good to relate my hobby to other hobbies to put things in perspective. I could be fueling a massive 1k a week coke habit. But no. I am sitting at home, with the fam, trying to take the pirates to the world series.

Hellisan, I say come right back at your old lady and ask her how grown up it is to watch reality tv. If you are 40(not speaking of your wife here) and watch American Idol, you have no room to jones on us. At least, there are achievable goals with our hobby.

**stlstudios189** · 03-13-2009, 08:34 PM

I agree mddst34 my friend and I are video gamers and comic book fans. Our wives give us a hard time about it but, as we tell them, we could get drunk and beat you. plus I only spend $$ on a new baseball, football, basketball game each year plus a few used ones here and there.

**statum71** · 03-13-2009, 08:51 PM

I'm with Sim God....

Yeah its my hobby, but at least I'm home. And my girlfriend is completely okay with it. At least I'm not some guy that she has to wonder where I am.

Besides that, I work 2 jobs, work out, and am a lot busier than the average person.

Bottom line...these games are really just now starting to take off. The Show is the bomb, Madden, NCAA, Fight Night and Live are looking up, so this is no time to quit. To h*ll with what people say.

**statum71** · 03-13-2009, 08:55 PM

By the way Hellisan...tell your wife games are catered to grow-ups now days. Hello.

**LingeringRegime** · 03-13-2009, 09:28 PM

Great article. We are a bizarre little group aren't we?

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