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You can also find a few real specimens, a quick look through their history will show you the kind of subs they like and the kind of mindset they are in. Unfortunately, as much as I live video games, we suck so bad as a “community”
I love video games. It’s my main hobby and has been ever since I moved Link around in The legend of Zelda. Gamers are fucking idiots. It’s that community that has fully cemented the shittiest monetization possible in any entertainment medium and they DEFEND it. It’s no surprise that those from that circle would also defend reddits shit decisions.
As someone who enjoys games and loves to discuss them, it's really disappointing what so many gamers are like. I like to call them "capital-G gamers" to differentiate them from those who simply enjoy games as a hobby.
Capital-G gamers are the ones who do stuff like send death threats to people who gave their favourite game a bad review. They're the ones who will review bomb a game because the game includes the "political" gender (i.e., women). They're also the ones who will ardently defend toxic practices like lootboxes. That one probably isn't the same individuals as the other examples -- the point being that capital-G gamers are a diverse group that can largely be summed up by one character trait: toxic.
I have some hope left for the community after discovering r/patientgamers. It's encouraging to see that not everyone is buying into the overpriced AAA bug-infested pre-order crap these days.
Patient gamers is the best. One of the few subs I'm honestly gonna miss.
I've seen a patient gamers community somewhere on Lemmy
Can confirm it exists and seems somewhat active. https://lemmy.ml/c/patientgamers