If you are trying to make the point that someone who does drop 10k on Farmville is not an idiot, well, then we will just have to disagree there.

I think this is an example. I would certainly agree that these social games are a waste of time, but they don’t appeal to morons….they appeal to addictive personalities. At least, the ones willing to drop 10K (which I assume is cash you refer to).

That said, I don\’t think most of the friend I have who spam me with these inane requests while playing these games are morons, and in fact some are quite competent in Real Life (a long time time friend of mine plays Farmville and its ilk to death, but she’s otherwise not a gamer and is a behavioral therapist in real life, ironically). She is most definitely not a dumb person, quite the opposite, but she chooses her entertainment and enjoys it, and with minimal expense on her own part, so she\’s not a ”10K” person….most aren’t I suspect.

The point, though, is that you are arbitrarily denigrating a specific subset of gamers simply because you want to see them that way, and not because they actually are (dumb, that is, not 30-something). My advice? You need to get out more, maybe hang around some 30 something moms with kids, and at least learn that they don’t bite and they aren’t any stupider than the rest of us who waste our time playing video games. And make no mistake: our preferred corner of the hobby is no less irrelevant.

If I had to choose between male PvPers and 30-something mothers …. oh just kill me now, I don’t like either of your games of choice.

As someone who enjoys games, that demographic is ‘voting’ directly against what I want, hence disdain. Who they are I don’t honestly care, it’s what they do that is the problem.

But my point remains, what is about you and mothers. A simple google search unearthed several other posts with you using “mother” or “mom” as an insult. For example

http://syncaine.com/2011/10/21/my-genre-can-beat-up-your-genre/

http://syncaine.com/2011/09/22/why-hogger-is-famous/

Just wondering what it is with you, that’s all.

Are you actually fishing for people to bite back, or do you genuinely think that women with kids must be stupid?

I love every aspect of GW2. It removes all the annoying shit that has plagued MMO’s over the past 8 years.

No enforced grouping, no ridiculous travel times, no monthly fees, no epeen loot contests, no annoying raids with antisocial assholes, no set class roles. Be whatever you want to be, play however you want. About bloody time.