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.
On August 25 2011 15:06 shadymmj wrote: doesn't take a genius to figure out that playing games for long periods =/= exercise of course being homer simpson on the couch is pretty much the same thing.
a person who spends more time playing games is less likely to be outside doing some kind of physical activity. even walking to and fro burns some calories. so whether you are a couch potato or a keyboard hero, simple logic will tell you that these people are less likely to be fit.
"Smell bad and have no time for girls"
What of that says being fit? You don't need to exercise to have good hygiene or lady skills.
As for exercise, if you work for 8 hours (even better if it is a physical job), sleep for 8 hours, exercise for 1 hour and still play video games for 7 hours a day. 1 hour's intense focused exercise (plus anything you get while at work) a day is enough to stay quite healthy.
So you're wrong, it isn't "simple logic" explaining why these people are less likely to be fit, it is false stereotyping which results in you thinking these people are less likely to be unfit.
i agree, exercise is not directly related to those things, but someone was pointing out that gamers are, on average, fatter or less fit.
try to describe realistic scenarios. a person who plays games for 7 hours a day is quite unlikely to do some gym work for an hour or two. yes there are exceptions, but ask yourself, is this really the case? as opposed to the average guy who takes things in moderation.
lol
the average german low-lifer sits 7 hours a day in front of the television....watching RTL; the rest of the day he is on the internet, looking for lesbian teenage girl porn or is in chatrooms under the name of "badboy69"
I'm of the sincere opinion that even hardcore gaming nerds do spend their time much more intelligently than a pretty significant portion of the rest of society
mmmm german free tv got boring a while ago. Unless you like fake reality shows 24/7. And i thought talk shows would be bad.
Anyway if anything involving someone below the age of 26 happens here in germany. The gameindustry and their evil games are at fault, turning teens into killermashines (the shooting clubs they are in could never do that, ok ). And every political party is using this to gain votes. Just like everyone was against nuclear power after the earthquake, to don't lose votes. right after extending the time people in germany could use this sort of energy a while longer but pay extra taxes. Now the big energy concerned got kicked in the nether region. And politicians went omg how can they do that. (they have to fire around 1000 people now because of those changed decisions and of course the concern gets blamed for not switching to solar and wind energy, because they should have known !)
In the end, german tv is as meh as the politicians here. But i guess everyone in the world is having the same issues x3. Except switzerland xD
Ohhh and i don't smell ... but i have no girlfriend sobs T-T . would make me homo though if i had ^^
On August 25 2011 15:06 shadymmj wrote: doesn't take a genius to figure out that playing games for long periods =/= exercise of course being homer simpson on the couch is pretty much the same thing.
a person who spends more time playing games is less likely to be outside doing some kind of physical activity. even walking to and fro burns some calories. so whether you are a couch potato or a keyboard hero, simple logic will tell you that these people are less likely to be fit.
"Smell bad and have no time for girls"
What of that says being fit? You don't need to exercise to have good hygiene or lady skills.
As for exercise, if you work for 8 hours (even better if it is a physical job), sleep for 8 hours, exercise for 1 hour and still play video games for 7 hours a day. 1 hour's intense focused exercise (plus anything you get while at work) a day is enough to stay quite healthy.
So you're wrong, it isn't "simple logic" explaining why these people are less likely to be fit, it is false stereotyping which results in you thinking these people are less likely to be unfit.
i agree, exercise is not directly related to those things, but someone was pointing out that gamers are, on average, fatter or less fit.
try to describe realistic scenarios. a person who plays games for 7 hours a day is quite unlikely to do some gym work for an hour or two. yes there are exceptions, but ask yourself, is this really the case? as opposed to the average guy who takes things in moderation.
Bolded part is completely 100% false, please provide evidence of your claims.
the evidence is that sitting around and playing games burns less calories than doing most things outside the house. fact.
Whatever happened to the lanky, pale, bespectacled nerd trope? I'm sure more people generally see gamers as underweight than overweight, since they'll be skipping meals and not sleeping because they game so much.
[SPOILER] I'm being sarcastic. Exercise is as important as sleeping and eating well, and while there are kids who neglect those things due to video games, those kids are not the norm. I'm sure most adults know how to take care of their body, and I'm sure they're responsible enough to put one measly hour into exercise daily.
Sorry guys could you please stop your trivial bullshit about you having a NORMAL LIFE!? Read the warning, guys. You don't realize how you actually relativizing the issue.
It's in german, but you can clearly see that they don't care, he literally says that everything that matters is money. But he's an idiot for saying it on Skype LOL. We did the damage by getting attention to them because of this, now let's use this to do something good with it!
He said that it's probably forgotten within a short amount of time and that they won't face any consequences whatsoever. Let's show him that he is wrong.
This seem to become huge. The guy who is responsible for this now 'apologized'. Seems like the pressure is getting big, there's no way he would apologize sincerely.
Tbh the smell at Gamescom wasn't really that great. Some people just stunk up the place, and a lot of kids didn't really look like they cared about their appearance (greasy hair, fluffy neckbeards, dirty glasses).
But on the other side there were a lot of couples, some families with their kids and even a few hot ladies (without bf). The majority of people were just there to have a good time, and RTL is just picking up the stereotype to create a news item. They don't care about the response, because what the RTL viewers expect is that Gamescom is a convention full of bespectacled, acne-ridden, neckbearded fat nerds who are all there to fap on CGI women.
They should make some footage of the good representatives of the gaming scene, either due to their women and looks or their charisma to finally crush those damn stereotypes to bits.
On August 25 2011 21:00 Chise wrote: This seem to become huge. The guy who is responsible for this now 'apologized'. Seems like the pressure is getting big, there's no way he would apologize sincerely.
He basically says it was supposed to be funny and he didn't think his article would cause such un uproar.
Zhe german humour ! If this was in any way funny or meant to be funny, I as an austrian wont get it. I hearby proclaim the germans to be the most unfun ! Sry, but in my opinion thats just a lame excuse for really bad and cheap journalism.
On August 25 2011 21:00 Chise wrote: This seem to become huge. The guy who is responsible for this now 'apologized'. Seems like the pressure is getting big, there's no way he would apologize sincerely.
He basically says it was supposed to be funny and he didn't think his article would cause such un uproar.
Zhe german humour ! If this was in any way funny or meant to be funny, I as an austrian wont get it. I hearby proclaim the germans to be the most unfun ! Sry, but in my opinion thats just a lame excuse for really bad and cheap journalism.
No, it's just a straight up lie. They exactly got the reaction they wanted and Hirschhausen already confirmed that via Skype.
We can't just let them do this shit, seriously! It's disgusting.
At first I was as upset as you all, but then I thought :"Hey it is RTL!"
If you ever take a look at their airing plans and see what for hilarious BS they send, you can probably get a really nice image in your head which people are watching their program. So why would I try to argue with stupid ignorant people. It is like always. You can easily say negative things about something without any proof, but if you are on the other side you have to get evidences for everything you say. They wanted to brand all us gamers as killers in germany, now they say we are dirty and not good looking. Why would you wanna explain something to people that they will not understand.
I am a nerd and to proud to react to something as hilarious.
It like Deus Ex, "they are hiding behind lies, always in the shadows, proxy soldiers" :D.
I stoped watching tv over 3 years ago, only watch some movies. Everybody knows, the more impresive a story sounds on tv, the less likely its true. In fact, to get any accurate reading of "news" i read newspapers from diffrent countries on my country. Its the closest thing to "objective news" that you can get.
This unfortunatelly also is now also bouncing on humans. People lie more than they talk 90% of the cases... Well, i guess ill be here to see when all this goes to hell, but ill die before having to rebuild it, so lets enjoy the fun :D.
I hope these people realize that any time you have 275,000 people come in and out of the same place over a 5 day period many of them will be extremely pathetic / socially awkward / smell bad / not have girlfriends. Oh, wait......that's exactly what they were planning on.
I find it interesting that RTL now picked on a group that fights back. Normally they only make fun of unemployed people on HARTZ IV and build up a hatred for them (as if every unemployed person in germany is an antisocial fucker who starts drinking at 8 in the morning). Could get pretty interesting.
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