LogFAQs > #980149763

action52 posted...

I also find it funny how the gatekeeping gamers like to say "casuals" as a noun. It really feels like they're trying to use it as a slur sometimes. That, and they don't want to say "casual gamers" because they don't consider them "real gamers."

I somewhat blame the media for that.

I have some potted plants at home, yet I would not say gardening is my hobby or I'm a gardener.

Yet when some gaming study comes up once more, everyone who plays 1 hour a week on their phone while waiting on a bus gets called a gamer.

Yet these people would probably never calling themselves like that, nor would they name "gaming" when asked "What are your hobbies?".

Sure, there is also some toxity from the eager "play to win" types, but I think most "that's not a real gamer" argument is about some abstract 3rd person, and rarely about someone specific and towards their face.