The "Gamers" of today.

So I tend to talk about real life issues and make stupid stories in my blogs. Only once have a actually used a blog to talk about a real occasion and that wasn't even real, it happened in Splatoon! So this time, I'm going to talk about something that INFURIATES ME and this story is completely true.

So yesterday (at the time of me typing this), I went to get a haircut. The line was extremely long, so I decided to kill some time while waiting by getting out my Switch and playing some Puyo Puyo Tetris.

As I was playing, a kid walked up to me and said, "So you're a gamer too?"

I was shocked by how unexpected it was, but I replied, "Uh, yeah? I mean, I've been playing video games for a long time."

"What are you playing now? Is that like a 2D Minecraft?" he asked as he glanced at my Switch.

"Uh, no. It's this action-puzzle game called Puyo Puyo Tetris. It's a crossover between Puyo Puyo, which I've doubt you've heard of, and Tetris. I'm sure you know what Tetris is, right?"

"Never heard of either. Sounds boring though. Puzzles games suck!"

That was the moment where I got extremely ticked off. How the f*** could this kid call himself a "Gamer" when he hasn't even heard of Tetris. Then he has the AUDACITY to say that the game sucks when it's a puzzle game. He's doing so many things that upset me. He's judging a game hasn't heard of (even though anyone who calls themself a Gamer should've as least heard MENTIONED) by associating it with other puzzle games. Unfortunately, I did let my anger take control of me.

"How could you possibly call yourself a gamer when you haven't even heard of Tetris?" I asked.

"
Liking old, obscure games is not cool, dude! They're outdated and have bad graphics and are BORING!" he retorted.

I was infuriated. Enraged. I will filled with rage.

"There is so much wrong with what your saying, kid. First of all, retro games are what got video games to be as awesome as they are today. Second, graphics don't make a game much better. If you're playing video games for the graphics, you may as well stare at a painting or go watch a 4k video on youtube. Third, the older games are not boring. I doubt you've even touched a game that was made in the 80's and 90's. Super Mario Bros, Contra, The Legend of Zelda, Pac-Man, Half Life, and Tetris are ANYTHING but boring. They're classics, and if you think that you're logic is great logic to judge a video game, you shouldn't even consider yourself a gamer." I said.

The kid was shocked and backed away.

Hopefully I taught him a lesson. I may have gone a bit too far, but I couldn't help it. And this isn't even the first time this has happend. I hear children mocking Nintendo for how the Nintendo Switch does not have 4k graphics, or that Mario is for babies. It infuriates me and I can only hope that the term, "Gamer" does not refer to these idiotic losers.

Don't take this too seriously, my blogs are usually over the top and meant to be taken with a grain of salt.
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I support Titanica 110%
Team Titanica. That kid was living under a rock for not knowing what Tetris was.
Its like not knowing who Mickey Mouse is. That kid from your dream should be embarrassed.
 
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@SG854 funny you mentioned that, I have a friend that grew up on Studio Ghibli movies and hadn't seen any of the Disney classics.

She turned out just fine
 
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It’s all about leisure suit Larry lol, Man that Game was shite.
 
Why does it matter if he yelled at the kiddo?

I think you people are overreacting to him yelling at the kid

in fact you are been overdramatic
 
@TotalInsanity4 this another cringey shitposter. The question is: Will he stop shitposting and become a permanent member of the forums?, or stay that way and eventually get a ban
 
@MiguelinCrafter It's a kid. Kids don't care about being "cultured," or "respect for a medium," they just care about what's fun to them. You know, as kids should. I think it's silly to get mad at a kid for not knowing everything about a form of media these days. I certainly don't expect any kid these days to name the first game on the OG Xbox. I understand Tetris is really well known, but if they genuinely don't care about it, whether they know of the existence of old games or not, who gives a fuck? It's a kid, let him like whatever he wants. As I said before, I highly fucking doubt OP has even played even half the games he mentioned, let alone any of them at all, let alone even finished a single one. He's probably just mentioning it for reddit/4/8chan nerd cred.

It's like those dipshit 40+ year olds who screech about "MUH YOUNGER GENERATION" because not everyone holds the same beliefs, interests, or morals as them on something.
 
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If he brought up minecraft its that the only games he knows are social games. When someone brings up graphics though.. I hear you there on getting pissed off. Not that I hate higher or lower graphics, but their minds consider it inferior on the basis that it's less. Kids may think crash bandicoot sucks then play the remakes and think it's the coolest game ever. We can't hold it against them though I can't make someone play putt putt enters the race and them feel the same enjoyment I had 15 years ago when back then we used AOL. Can't imagine anyone in today's world dealing with AOL. Everyone's gotta start out somewhere. I only get cranky when I hear something like " You can't play WoW and have a girlfriend" Or the infamous "I thought all gamers were ugly." my Reeeeeeeenamon detectors just flip lol. Or worst of all... "I've never seen Star Wars."
 
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Totally agree. I bet he’s the kind of kit who thinks he hates a food before he tries it. At least I wasn’t the one to be confronted by him - I would have just punched him in the face or something. Totally agree with that last part about Switch and MARIO.
 
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To be honest the only reason I play some older games is for the nostalgia. So in away he is right. Older games don't appeal to the younger generation and they will have their own definition of the word gamer. Just like our parents had this issue with their elders over music. We just have to accept that.
 
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Kids like that don't know how to appreciate things from an older time, some old games i don't like, I still appreciate because they were building blocks for other Modern games that I do like.

But just because a kid doesn't like Puzzles doesn't mean he isn't a gamer, I played Gba sp all the time, and it wasn't until later I actually heard of tetris and played it.
 
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I've had kind of a similar experience.

I was playing pokemon crystal(randomized) on my 3ds then all of a sudden this kid comes by and says "wtf kind of graphics are those" then I tell him that he can't appreciate what games were made back then and he replies "well whatever it looks ugly, no wonder xbox is better than 3ds" then walks off
 
How old was the kid? If he's never heard of Tetris and asked about minecraft, that's all he plays. minecraft.

"Mario is for babies", they say?
I am a proud baby. I will fight you.

"Switch lacks 4k"
the fuck even is 4k? I keep hearing "4k". I know it has to do with image quality but what even is it?
 
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"liking old games is not cool??? They're outdated and have bad graphics??" I wouldn't have yelled but id make sure the kid knew i was ticked off. I mean, if a kid came up to me and said that what i liked is not cool (like certain games are cool or uncool, who decides that anyhow?) and sucks just because its old(lots of popular games come from classics) and the kid hasn't even tried or heard of it ticks me off. Like come on. Kidz these days i tell ya. Have no appreciation for what came before their time and what lead to the newest developments. Its alright to have differences but at least be respectful to others likes/dislikes and not be arrogant. I see a potential jerk/bully who needed to realize what he did wasn't right regardless of how blunt it may have been. If it wasn't him to yell, then it would have been someone else down the line anyhow which may or may not have just stayed verbal. Oh well whats done is done lmao.
 
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