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Congratulations on reaching this thread. In the rare event that you are in grandmasters league, have a scorching hot girlfriend, and somehow avoided the terrible stench of being a gamer, please refrain from telling us about it. The 10 pages of people informing us that they do, in fact, have sex should provide enough of a counterexample to any non-believers.
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Noone should really feel personally offended by a broadcast that is purpose-built to be disrespectful to a certain group of people.
Shows like this only exist to make the people watching feel better about themselves; being the morons that they are they dont realize they easily could be next on the show.
Most gamers I know dont fit into any of the stereotypes that were mentioned.
I kinda like how everyones trying to do something about it, be it starting a thread about it on TL, writing a complaint directed at the producers of the show or just making friends aware of the fact that certain stereotypes just dont exist (anymore).
What I didnt like was some folks starting to bash this girl on facebook, thats not only counterproductive but makes them just as ignorant :/
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It's funny to see people flipping out about this stereotyping when it pertains to them. You get angry, frustrated, claim this discrimination is bullshit yet I see it on TL all the time and few people seems to have problems with it. "Women can't compete on the level of men in video games", "jocks are all douchebags", etc.
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RTL is ridiculous, this show is ridiculous, noone besides those 'Im unemployed and happy about it'-people watch it, why does anyone even care.
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I smell good, my gf look ten time better than the bitch that you can see in the end, and she is addicted to gaming aswell.
Enough said.
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On August 25 2011 09:24 JoeSchmoe wrote:
It's funny to see people flipping out about this stereotyping when it pertains to them. You get angry, frustrated, claim this discrimination is bullshit yet I see it on TL all the time and few people seems to have problems with it. "Women can't compete on the level of men in video games", "jocks are all douchebags", etc.
That's funny. No one's ever called me a douchebag on TL for my affiliation with sports. ;o
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On August 25 2011 09:33 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2011 09:24 JoeSchmoe wrote:
It's funny to see people flipping out about this stereotyping when it pertains to them. You get angry, frustrated, claim this discrimination is bullshit yet I see it on TL all the time and few people seems to have problems with it. "Women can't compete on the level of men in video games", "jocks are all douchebags", etc. That's funny. No one's ever called me a douchebag on TL for my affiliation with sports. ;o
Because he is inadvertently stereotyping TL.net users. Makes it twice as funny!
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What a stupid video. Oh well, It's not like anyone watches their show anyway.
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I don't know what's the big deal about this. It's just a bunch of idiots criticizing gamers and failing at it. Anybody who has a moderate amount of intelligence should be able to tell that all of what these people said are lies. However, is gaming in Germany scorned at by the general public? Then I understand why the OP would post this, and I hope he and his gamer buddies solve this issue.
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obviously she has never met NaDa.
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I have to agree on one point. We gamers do smell. I think it's coz we don't sweat enough. And maybe the amount of chips we eat, or "food you can eat with one hand". I try my best, but jogging regularly is hard >.<
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On August 25 2011 09:33 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2011 09:24 JoeSchmoe wrote:
It's funny to see people flipping out about this stereotyping when it pertains to them. You get angry, frustrated, claim this discrimination is bullshit yet I see it on TL all the time and few people seems to have problems with it. "Women can't compete on the level of men in video games", "jocks are all douchebags", etc. That's funny. No one's ever called me a douchebag on TL for my affiliation with sports. ;o
Yes because everyone on TL knows and cares about your affiliation with sports.
And also jocks and athletes are not interchangeable terms. you're not called a jock just because you do sports.
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Definitely done in very poor taste... I don't speak german, but it didn't seem like anyone but gamer haters would enjoy it
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I don't know how people generalize gamers as such and such lol. Gamers come in all shapes, sizes, and smells  .
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On August 25 2011 09:02 MattBarry wrote:
What is almost as stupid as this article is all the bragging going on in this thread. "Yeah guys I get laid all the time and I got a hot girlfriend!" What are you trying to prove? Insecure people, man...
Are you kidding? They are obviously trying to prove how shaky, inappropriate & inaccurate one of the mentioned stereotypes is. That has less to do with insecurity than it has to do with being concerned about honesty & factual correctness on this issue…
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On August 25 2011 09:52 JoeSchmoe wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2011 09:33 StarStruck wrote:On August 25 2011 09:24 JoeSchmoe wrote:
It's funny to see people flipping out about this stereotyping when it pertains to them. You get angry, frustrated, claim this discrimination is bullshit yet I see it on TL all the time and few people seems to have problems with it. "Women can't compete on the level of men in video games", "jocks are all douchebags", etc. That's funny. No one's ever called me a douchebag on TL for my affiliation with sports. ;o Yes because everyone on TL knows and cares about your affiliation with sports. And also jocks and athletes are not interchangeable terms. you're not called a jock just because you do sports.
Aren't you called a jock if you do sports and are a douchebag? Therefore 'jocks are all douchebags' is a truism. I dunno man it's a very American term.
Anyway the article is dumb. Yep.
Although the people who I know who are the most serious gamers definitely do conform to that stereotype. But it's not anything to do with games; their thing could be stamp collecting and they'd be the same, it's because they have nothing to do with their lives so spend it all on their hobby.
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[Mark all boxes that apply]
Hello, having been perusing TeamLiquid.net I came across this thread and have subsequently been extremely offended. I would like to inform author of aforementioned video as well as my distinguished peers of TL.net that I in fact
[ ] am extremely good looking.
[ ] can bench over 350lbs and have less than 6% body fat.
[ ] can beat up Hugh Jackman.
In addition to this I have an extremely active social and sexual life. My girlfriend
[ ] has a bust size an order of times larger than average,
[ ] is a supermodel and actress,
[ ] is Scarlett Johansson,
and
[ ] we have intercourse at least 16 times week.
[ ] is currently sitting on my lap.
[ ] once did a lesbian scene with Megan Fox.
Furthermore I would like to inform you all that I am in fact a rather distinguished competitive video game player and I
[ ] am currently in [Masters/Grandmasters] league.
[ ] am rated A+ on multiple accounts in ICCUP.
[ ] am competing in the finals of a major prestige tournament [tonight/tomorrow/as I am writing].
Thank you for reading, and please appreciate I am so busy with competing/having regular sex/being handsome that I can only browse TeamLiquid.net and these entirely unrelated videos for six hours a day.
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On August 25 2011 10:06 enzym wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2011 09:02 MattBarry wrote:
What is almost as stupid as this article is all the bragging going on in this thread. "Yeah guys I get laid all the time and I got a hot girlfriend!" What are you trying to prove? Insecure people, man... Are you kidding? They are obviously trying to prove how shaky, inappropriate & inaccurate one of the mentioned stereotypes is. That has less to do with insecurity than it has to do with being concerned about honesty & factual correctness on this issue…
Yeah but there's no way to say that without sounding like a dick.
'Well...I dunno about you guys, but I'm actually fucking awesome.'
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Of course ppl stereotype, there's nothing you can do to change it.
People go on TV to rage and rant these days, it's gotten pretty low from what it used to be.
Don't watch TV anymore. It's just a dude in a suit, being angry about stuff.
Hulu <3
and House M.D.
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wow she nailed it. how does she know me so well? anyway back to ladder.
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