My rant to help stupid gamers - please chime in.

[hashiriya1]

Why would a misspelling be awesome?

Whether he made a mistake or not, the end result is the same...we learned a new word we can use at work.

[Gamerforlife]

Reminds me of a guy I saw at a Blockbuster, making loud comments about every game his friend was looking at with this very authoritive voice.

Don't rent that, massively overrated, oh that game is crap, horrible gameplay, oh the only good game in that series was the first, it's been crap ever since, blah, blah, blah etc, etc.

I was sitting here watching this know it all put down genuinely good games and walking around like he thought he was the keeper of all gaming knowledge and gracing everyone with his presence and vast gaming knowledge. I'm pretty sure everyone in the store thought he was one big douchebag

I imagine this is what some video game critics and reviewers are like in real life LOL

[the7k]

Just to let you know: You can NOT convince people not to buy a game. You just can't. I remember someone asked "Is SAW any good?" I replied with "No. No no no. It's awful. It is the worst game I have played this generation, and I gave it more than a fair chance."

Guess what game he ended up walking out with? You just can not convince people to not buy shitty games. As soon as they see them, they have already convinced themselves that they're going to be walking out the door with it. There is NOTHING you can do about it.

Often times, when parents ask me if a game like "Chronicles of Narnia" or "Avatar" is any good, I'll just be reasonable. "It's not a very well put together game... but if your kids like (insert name of movie/cartoon/comic/etc), they'll probably like it regardless."

[csvo2000]

How would you like it if everytime you went into your favorite game store you had a salesman telling what you should buy. That would suck. whats good for you might not be good for me. I remember buying some games that at the time were not highly rated, I ended up enjoying the hell out of them. I would truly not be very pleasent with some asshole sticking his nose in my buying business. And I wouldn't care if you were the All Knowing All Powerful Maharaja Of Gaming. Bottom line ... My Money.. My Choice

[Gamerforlife]

This is where I differ from a lot of people. I don't stick my nose in people's business and I'm pretty laid back so rarely will anyone do anything that makes me feel like I need to say something to them or educate them or whatever. I just don't care

And I believe that human beings should be able to educate themselves. It's 2010, it's called the internet, it's called google, people should know what is and what isn't quality, nobody should have to tell them. Now if someone asks for my opinion, I'll be happy to give it to them, but otherwise I just don't see why it's my job or anyone else's to tell people what they should or should not play or watch.

One thing I've learned in my life is that a LOT of people enjoy being ignorant. I see people every day laugh at their own stupidity. So I don't bother trying to educate anyone. It's just pointless anyway.

[Breetai]

I have a strange liking for pro wrestling and Sonic games (yup, all of them). I know lots of people think they're crap, but I just do not care ... at all . If someone saw me picking up one of those games in a shop and told me not to buy it, I'd kindly tell them to piss the funt off.

[the7k]

Yeah, I rarely tell people the game they are getting sucks unless they ask for my opinion. If they ask for it, though, I will be brutally honest.

I do make exceptions for certain games, though. Notably, Rogue Warrior. I've seen a lot of people try to buy that, and I'll often stop them with "Are you sure you wanna get that?" If they say "Yes.", I'll leave it at that - but if they ask "Why?", I'll tell them that I haven't heard a single good thing about the game.

[Jrecee]

This argument is making my funt hurt.

[newt42]

Its a collective effort that needs to be done.

Gamers need to give a funt about stuff like this.

[elvis]

I think I'm going to start telling people I see at stores not to buy shitty games.

One man's trash is another man's treasure. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some other poignant metaphor goes here.

Just because you think it's a shitty game, doesn't mean the other person thinks it's a shitty game. Accept that personal preference exists, and you'll live a much happier life.