Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20120712125232/@comment-1496755-20120827145057

Being the only gamer in my class was pretty lonely sometimes. Afterwards, in High School, there were other gamers in class but their focus was on stuff I didn't like (racing and football games). The only thing that united us was Quake 2 - we gathered to play deathmatch several times and it was very fun :)

Earlier, when I was a kid, I would gather my friends and we would spend some time playing Doom (mostly). Having a PC at home was a very rare thing in those days (1996 - 1999) and the kids were always telling me how lucky I was. We also played gamebooks, but their popularity eventually declined as computers started to become more affordable...

After that, everyone could be a gamer. But it was still different - most other guys were casual players, they would play something while it was popular and then move on to the next thing (or lose interest altogether). I am a more dedicated gamer - when I like something, I can play it for years and never get tired of it. For me, games are a form of art and I treat them as such - with respect :)

By the way, there was a time when my parents were playing Doom too... imagine that :P