Do these things make me "immature"

[girl68]

At the end of the day most women who don't like vids have had a bad experience with them- I lost my lover to them totally and completely LOST to a game. Never again will I compete with a TV or games. In moderation- it's totally fine as I like to be stupid and escape in girly teenaged movies that are utterly unrealistic not to mention straight up terrible, on occasion though nothing is better

[IncognitoSir]

Each to their own, but I personally wouldn't like to be with a guy who played on a PS3. I have no interest in these games myself, never even had a go or a desire to play on one and I've never had a partner who owned one or played on one either. I like ambitious guys who are going places in life....not a one who lounges around the house beating imaginary people to death, or scoring umpteen goasl in a fantasy world. Maybe it's something to do with my age though - I tend to think video games are for the younger generation. My daughter has one and she is school age.

My sisters partner just spends his life, dossing around and playing on one. How the heck she puts up with him I don't know. His time would be better spent, looking for a job and actually doing something worthwhile.

I wouldnt date a girl who had a problem with me playing xbox. it doesnt take away from me being a productive person so why would I stop doing something I enjoy?
There's a difference between a guy who plays video games in his spare time and a Loser who plays video games all the time.To each his own indeed.

[lahnnabell]

A while ago now, I dated a guy that would lounge around, playing video games all day if he could. I can't believe I put up with the BS for so long. He would stay up till 3 or 4am a lot, and then sleep in, leaving no time during the day to actually be a functional human being. It was pathetic. I finally got rid of him years ago and gave him a laundry list of reasons. One of them was his inability to fit me into his life in the way that I deserved. Yeah, he pissed and moaned about it, but I stuck to my guns and broke it off. It was still a while later before he really started to get his life in gear.

And about my signature, yeah... That's kind of how people see me. I should probably let up on men, but I just can't stand to be approached with the same BS time and time again. If they can withstand my gaze and manage to say some not-so-stupid opening line, then they deserve to talk to me.

[the_robot]

Each to their own, but I personally wouldn't like to be with a guy who played on a PS3. I have no interest in these games myself, never even had a go or a desire to play on one and I've never had a partner who owned one or played on one either. I like ambitious guys who are going places in life....not a one who lounges around the house beating imaginary people to death, or scoring umpteen goasl in a fantasy world.

I play video games (on a PS3) and get my goals in life, I think I'm doing pretty good for now. Video games and having goals in life aren't incompatible.

[IncognitoSir]

lol, gotcha. thats sux you dated s loser but at least you were able to move on. As far as your "soul gaze" you got there, it doesnt faze me. Rule #76, play like a champion!

[xxazurexx]

^Hey, play all you want. I'm assuming you are a single guy, nothing stopping you.

When I say I wouldn't settle for this kind of guy, what I mean is, is if it's a relationship where we live together or married...not where we are just dating. If we were dating and one of his pastimes were playing games, then fair enough, I could accept it....so long as he was making time for me and they were not coming between us. But do men my age play these games? Personally all the guys I knew, would wander off to the pub, rather than want to be sit in front of a tv pretending to be Hercules for a few hours....lol

Luckily I've never had the problem.

[xxazurexx]

I play video games (on a PS3) and get my goals in life, I think I'm doing pretty good for now. Video games and having goals in life aren't incompatible.

You belong to the 'younger' generation don't you?

I believe that I said, that I saw them more for the younger generation, as opposed to my age which is early 30's....

So get on with it

So to make it a lot clearer, I wouldn't want to be in a long term committed relationship, where we live together or married, with some guy who would be MY age and because I don't go for younger guys, who played a PS3.
If he did, he'd be outta the door and especially if he was playing more than I liked. While he's sat on that, he's making no time for 'us' as a couple, or for children if we have them.

[Gribble]

At the risk of offending people, I must confess that I find playing video games to be a completely pointless endeavor. It is NOT the same thing as going out to lunch with your friends, because that entails interfacing with other people. Playing video games does not, even if you're playing with friends, you're not paying attention to them, you're paying attention to the game. I've never been able to play a video game for any length of time without starting to feel that it was a huge waste of my time, my attention and myself.

You haven't played very many video games. Tomorrow I'm going to a lan party. Me and three of my friends will be lugging our computers and all the caffeinated beverages and greasy snacks we can to my bud's basement. Once there will shall proceed to smack talk, bullshit, insult and carry on like a pack of neanderthals. No different from a group of guys gathered to watch a football game. This is a monthly event. No chicks. Just guys hanging out. Every man but the most pathetically pussy-whipped has a night out to let loose and be a complete douche.

That's the stereotyping. You assume that everyone who plays video games plays that World of Warcraft shit. You assume we all stare slack-jawed at the computer screen, mindlessly engaged in the repetitive pursuit of better loot and more experience. Those, I think, are the gamers girls don't want to date. For the rest of us? Well, if you got a problem with folks who play video games now and then you ladies need to start dating the 40 and over crowd or switch teams.

Personally, I have a great deal more respect for a guy who is actively engaged in something rather than staring idiotically at a TV screen, his empty little skull inflating with whatever bullshit is presented. Shit. If I were a chick I'd be more concerned with avoiding guys who watch television.

[xxazurexx]

I think it can become addictive though and that is the danger. I knew a few guys who started playing them, then became boggle eyed and played constantly. Not my partners, but partners of friends and how they put up with them I don't know. One of my friends had a partner at work all day, at night he'd sit in his pc room playing till bed time. She claimed she never saw him and despite sharing the same house. That would piss me off....

[IncognitoSir]

I think it can become addictive though and that is the danger. I knew a few guys who started playing them, then became boggle eyed and played constantly. Not my partners, but partners of friends and how they put up with them I don't know. One of my friends had a partner at work all day, at night he'd sit in his pc room playing till bed time. She claimed she never saw him and despite sharing the same house. That would piss me off....

It seems like every women who has posted in this thread has a personal vendetta against guys playing video games based from some past experience. Like I said, there is a difference between a guy who plays video games from time to time like myself and my man Gribble and Losers who play video games 10 hours a day. Of course it become addictive. Anything can become addictive. I KNOW guys who are addicted to playing basketball. They get off work and go str8 to the courts, disregarding their gf and blowing off their wives.

[lahnnabell]

I still find it interesting that all the women posting here have had at least some kind of personal connection to a loser whose life revolves around gaming.

Gribble, have fun at the lan party. I fully advocate men going out and being douches together from time to time. It's like exercise, for your manliness. I just ask that my guy leave his douchiness out of sight when he comes to get me. I'll call a guy out on his BS before I put up with any ever again.

[Gribble]

I think it can become addictive though and that is the danger. I knew a few guys who started playing them, then became boggle eyed and played constantly. Not my partners, but partners of friends and how they put up with them I don't know. One of my friends had a partner at work all day, at night he'd sit in his pc room playing till bed time. She claimed she never saw him and despite sharing the same house. That would piss me off....

Anything can become addictive. Television, sex, video games, exercise... anything. Are you going to lock yourself away and avoid contact with men because they could potential become addicted to any one of their hobbies?

[the_robot]

You belong to the 'younger' generation don't you?

I believe that I said, that I saw them more for the younger generation, as opposed to my age which is early 30's....

Yes, I am the "younger" generation, but still.. my friends who have girlfriends play videogames too, they actually play A LOT more than I do. If the guy has a free hour when you are not with him, what harm would it do for him to play video games?

[xxazurexx]

Ya know, I said all I had to and wanted to say and have nothing further to add, because I'd just be repeating myself. I have no desire to go back and forth and linger on in a thread and get into heated discussions in regard to a topic that doesn't interest me in the slightest and I've never had a problem in my relationships with.

I gave my opinion, stated reasons and said 'each to their own'....

Which means that whatever you wanna do, do it....and I will stick to my way I was saying what I'd do in that situation, not telling you, what to do with your lives.

[xxazurexx]

Yes, I am the "younger" generation, but still.. my friends who have girlfriends play videogames too, they actually play A LOT more than I do. If the guy has a free hour when you are not with him, what harm would it do for him to play video games?

Well hoorah for them

So just because your friends gf's settle for it, means I have to also??

LOL....

People are different and have different requirements....accept it and get over it.