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"Gamers aren't loners!!!"

Why are us gamers seen as ‘loners‘?. Is gaming seen as an activity only non-social people can partake in? Why? Aren’t the best parts of console games the multiplayer parts? Multiplayer games do not require you to lock yourself in your bedroom and avoid all contact with human life! In fact, they need you to have at least one other person to play with. Console games can be a laugh when you have a group of friends round to play. It’s not in real life that you can settle an argument by blowing each others heads apart!!! Also, PC game multiplayers are becoming more involving. Okay, so you can still be on your own in a room, but you can communicate with the other players. And with the advancement of webcam technology, you can even see each other and talk. I don’t think that gamers are loners. I think you need to have friends and sociability to get the most out of it. Some excellent examples are perfect Dark, on N64, where four players can play as a team or blow each other to death. Or Smackdown on the Playstation, where you can pick up and slam down any friend you like (or not). Also, the Next generation consoles are going to have multiplayer ability over the internet. It is also rumoured that webcams will allow you to see each other over the Nintendo internet on GameCube. He*l, even the Gameboy advance will allow you to plug into a phone line or mobile and play certain games over the internet. Okay, back with the amigas, gamers often were found to be loners, but isn’t it about time we got over that and looked to the future?? Gamers are loners no more!!

Why are us gamers seen as ‘loners‘?. Is gaming seen as an activity only non-social people can partake in? Why? Aren’t the best parts of console games the multiplayer parts? Multiplayer games do not require you to lock yourself in your bedroom and avoid all contact with human life! In fact, they need you to have at least one other person to play with. Console games can be a laugh when you have a group of friends round to play. It’s not in real life that you can settle an argument by blowing each others heads apart!!! Also, PC game multiplayers are becoming more involving. Okay, so you can still be on your own in a room, but you can communicate with the other players. And with the advancement of webcam technology, you can even see each other and talk. I don’t think that gamers are loners. I think you need to have friends and sociability to get the most out of it. Some excellent examples are perfect Dark, on N64, where four players can play as a team or blow each other to death. Or Smackdown on the Playstation, where you can pick up and slam down any friend you like (or not). Also, the Next generation consoles are going to have multiplayer ability over the internet. It is also rumoured that webcams will allow you to see each other over the Nintendo internet on GameCube. He*l, even the Gameboy advance will allow you to plug into a phone line or mobile and play certain games over the internet. Okay, back with the amigas, gamers often were found to be loners, but isn’t it about time we got over that and looked to the future?? Gamers are loners no more!!

my Amiga500 was more of a social computor as i was always with my dad messing around, now I sit in my room completing games all on my own, very sad, I only ever play with my mates now and then, not every day! and most games don't have multiplayer modes, they're very good but it looses the point of the main story! sometimes why you buy the game in the first place. e.g. perfect dark, I started to play the solo missions but got bored and then played my mates everyday on the four way games! I didn't play the solo missions until recently. this game is worth completing, I just kill the bots now, not bothered about finishing the game.

But doesn't it worry you that Amiga is spanish for girlfriend? (in the sense of friend who happens to be a girl)

:-)

Most RPGers are loners, I think you'll find, if you did a survey, or if you could FIND RPGers to survey. We pretty much hide away and kill monsters all day, and most RPG games are single player, and that's the way we like it. I'm not saying I'm a spokesman or anything, but if gamers were sociable people, why are there so many forums knocking about for us to converse in this manner rather than face to face? Personally I prefer it this way, you have time to think about your response and read over posts more carefully than you could in a conversation....but then I'm a bit of a geek anyway.

thats what I was trying to say, I'm lookig forward to banjo Tooie to come out, it has this excellent solo player plus some great multiplayer games! sounds and looks cool.

People might say we are loners, but we are just having some fun!

It all depends on the gamer. My sitiaution (when I'm not at University) is this:
I have a friend who works full time. He spends most of his mones on consoles/games. He has a dreamcast with 30+ games, and he now has a PS2 - okay you get the idea.
So a few evenings a week, several of us ( 3-6 ) gather at his house and play the latest multiplayer games for hours on end. Doesn't cost me a penny, sweet huh?
Now I may be wrong, but I'd hazard a guess that an awful lot of console gamers do a similar thing (ie gather at one venue and beat the snot outta each other ) which certainly isn't antisocial.
However, I reckon PC gamers are more likely to be loners. How often do you see a group of people huddled around a PC? I can count the number of times I've seen it happen on a blind butcher's hand.
Internet gaming....I suppose that *sort of* counts as socialising....hmmm....I'll think about that.

yeah, I guess that is true, but most of my mates work all weekend and i don't see them during the week as i finish college quite late, I take my N64 there sometimes which is a laugh as the tutors join in on the basket/football games.
But when my mates do come over it's always perfect dark or Super smash bros! and loads of food! fat b's