I've never owned a home console

I just want to inform 'ya guys that I never owned a home console. Yes, I never owned a nintendo, or a playstation, or a xbox.
It begins with the fact that my parents are not very intelligent. When I was 6, my brother had a playstation. I always wanted to play, but my hands were way too small. I did play with his PS2 a bit when I got older, but then it broke and of course he threw it away instead of trying to make it work again. My parents at that time promised me a thousand times that they will get me a home console, but they didn't till this day.

When I was 7 they said:
"You are too young to play these games"

When I was 10 they said: "You are too old for these games"
I literally wtf'd whe they said so.

Its not like my family is poor or something, we are upper-middle class.
My parents bought my brother multiple macbooks (because he needs to keep up-to-date) and he has an iPhone 4 with 64gb's.
He did give me his old 32gb model for free, which was kinda cool..
Other than that, they never bought me a console, and my gameboys and DSi where given to me by my kind grandparents.
I still can play games on my PC, but it sucks. It has only 2gb's of RAM, I need to optimize a lot of shit in order to play minecraft without lag.
Oh, and my ping is 300ms, so no online for me. I do play TF2 sometimes, but only for about 3 minutes until my bandwidth goes crazy and turns off my connection..


So, thats my rant.

Can you guys tell me, am I a gamer, or not?
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[quote name='alidsl' post='3897660' date='Sep 21 2011, 08:18 PM']youre lucky you can even run minecraft[/quote]
YOU MADE ME HAPPY AGAIN!


On-topic: I also never touched an Xbox 360 or Wii controller
 
I m sorry to hear that. Your parents doesn't understand anything. Sadly. They must have limited and maybe they do not understand almost anything from what I can tell. You are better off save your money to buy it yourself. :)

EDIT: When I was kid... My parents bought me an Atari 2600 including PACMAN and they played it and addicted to it. They absolutely loved it. No, no games are for kiddies.
 
[quote name='RockmanForte' post='3897662' date='Sep 21 2011, 08:22 PM']I m sorrry to hear that. Your parents doesnt understand anything. They must have limited and have no understanding of almost anything from my point of view. You are better off save your money to buy it yourself. :)[/quote]
Thats what I was thinking..
After 3 years of saving I actually bought myself minecraft.
 
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[quote name='Ikki' post='3897664' date='Sep 21 2011, 10:52 PM']If you enjoy gaming you're a gamer.[/quote]
This.
You don't need to have consoles to be a gamer.
 
[quote name='Zorua' post='3897668' date='Sep 21 2011, 07:24 PM'][quote name='Ikki' post='3897664' date='Sep 21 2011, 10:52 PM']If you enjoy gaming you're a gamer.[/quote]
This.
You don't need to have consoles to be a gamer.
[/quote]

Like they said THIS

Alan, games are games if they are portable or on a console GAMES ARE GAMES!
 
Since when was there an iPhone 4 with 64GB?

This makes me doubt the authenticity of your entire first post :glare:
 
[quote name='bowser' post='3897747' date='Sep 21 2011, 10:22 AM']Since when was there an iPhone 4 with 64GB?

This makes me doubt the authenticity of your entire first post :glare:[/quote]

it's only shown to Top Drawer costumers. if you don't know about it, you can't afford it anyway.
 
I got to say you missed out not playing the PS2 but of course your still a gamer.
 
You don't have a console but have a low-end pc...
That's terrible :creep:
On an unrelated topic, press [Windows Key] + [Tab] to blow your mind!
 
[quote name='Alan John' post='3897666' date='Sep 21 2011, 07:24 PM'][quote name='RockmanForte' post='3897662' date='Sep 21 2011, 08:22 PM']I m sorrry to hear that. Your parents doesnt understand anything. They must have limited and have no understanding of almost anything from my point of view. You are better off save your money to buy it yourself. :)[/quote]
Thats what I was thinking..
After 3 years of saving I actually bought myself minecraft.
[/quote]
No regular person would have that much devotion to a game. I think you are a true gamer if you save money for a game while you have no real source if income, or if you sacrifice or go without something to get a game. I know cause I've done both :yaynds: :yaywii:
 
If you want one of these consoles... I would recommend just getting a job.

To me, it sounds like you don't even want them though. It sounds like you have a slight urge to buy them, only because you've never had the experience of playing one. Then again, I'm not you.

Oh and console gaming... isn't that great anyway. I haven't played my PS3 or Wii for the longest time. I just play 3DS and occasionally a PC game.
 
[quote name='Alan John' post='3897666' date='Sep 21 2011, 01:24 PM'][quote name='RockmanForte' post='3897662' date='Sep 21 2011, 08:22 PM']I m sorrry to hear that. Your parents doesnt understand anything. They must have limited and have no understanding of almost anything from my point of view. You are better off save your money to buy it yourself. :)[/quote]
Thats what I was thinking..
After 3 years of saving I actually bought myself minecraft.
[/quote]

Thats good. By the way, your parents are not very supportive of you and your decision. Dont let them get in your way of video game world. :)
 
[quote name='awssk8er' post='3900360' date='Sep 23 2011, 08:14 PM']If you want one of these consoles... I would recommend just getting a job.

To me, it sounds like you don't even want them though. It sounds like you have a slight urge to buy them, only because you've never had the experience of playing one. Then again, I'm not you.

Oh and console gaming... isn't that great anyway. I haven't played my PS3 or Wii for the longest time. I just play 3DS and occasionally a PC game.[/quote]
Are you kidding?
Console gaming is the best!
 
[quote name='FireGrey' post='3900364' date='Sep 23 2011, 08:17 AM'][quote name='awssk8er' post='3900360' date='Sep 23 2011, 08:14 PM']If you want one of these consoles... I would recommend just getting a job.

To me, it sounds like you don't even want them though. It sounds like you have a slight urge to buy them, only because you've never had the experience of playing one. Then again, I'm not you.

Oh and console gaming... isn't that great anyway. I haven't played my PS3 or Wii for the longest time. I just play 3DS and occasionally a PC game.[/quote]
Are you kidding?
Console gaming is the best!
[/quote]
Not for me. I barely have time for gaming as it is, that's why I pretty much only play 3DS when I'm waiting somewhere, or waiting in line for something. With my Wii, I would play it, but my current setup sucks, and if I want to play, I basically have to stand on my bed... but that's my own fault. PS3... could be better. And PC, that's only once in a blue moon when I don't have work, school work, or any other things to take care of, and I'm talking to people on Skype and they want me to play some game with them.
 
[quote name='awssk8er' post='3900369' date='Sep 23 2011, 10:20 AM'][quote name='FireGrey' post='3900364' date='Sep 23 2011, 08:17 AM'][quote name='awssk8er' post='3900360' date='Sep 23 2011, 08:14 PM']If you want one of these consoles... I would recommend just getting a job.

To me, it sounds like you don't even want them though. It sounds like you have a slight urge to buy them, only because you've never had the experience of playing one. Then again, I'm not you.

Oh and console gaming... isn't that great anyway. I haven't played my PS3 or Wii for the longest time. I just play 3DS and occasionally a PC game.[/quote]
Are you kidding?
Console gaming is the best!
[/quote]
Not for me. I barely have time for gaming as it is, that's why I pretty much only play 3DS when I'm waiting somewhere, or waiting in line for something. With my Wii, I would play it, but my current setup sucks, and if I want to play, I basically have to stand on my bed... but that's my own fault. PS3... could be better. And PC, that's only once in a blue moon when I don't have work, school work, or any other things to take care of, and I'm talking to people on Skype and they want me to play some game with them.
[/quote]

Welcome to real life u_u

For me it was the same... until I decided to spend more free time
 

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