Hardcore gamer = someone who plays only cinematic grizzed white dude games and/or military fetishizing FPS

Casual gamer = anyone that is not a 15-25 yo male, and/or plays anything outside of the previously mentioned games, especially if those games are colorful.

So basically the gaming community is full of gatekeeping, misogyny, toxic masculinity and general chuddery. They make sure they're the loudest voice heard when anything about games is talked about, and won't be happy until all games a homogenous stream of bland, hyper-realistic but with a grey filter slog of mindless action with no heart or soul. And don't you dare force them to read any dialogue or story.

  • Vladimir_Slipknotchenko [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    The smash community has been pretty horrific over the years even by gamer standards.

    Street fighter just got a massive influx of new fgc players so I can’t really tell.

    Guilty gear community is very supportive of Bridget

    By the sheer virtue of being a mixed bag the fighting game community probably wins least toxic.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      The smash community has been pretty horrific over the years even by gamer standards.

      There's something about Nintendo fandoms that makes them more tribalistic and toxic on average than competing equivalents.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Well that too. The intersection of "family friendly" labeling (which means predators have a slightly easier time reaching children there because they're simply that much more available to reach as a norm) and really regressive nostalgic memberberries marketing for Nintendo products (which leads to tribalistic bullshit and toxicity) seems to enhance both issues.