Things you are tired of telling non gamers? (fighting, movies, video games)

[User1771]

So, what are you sick and tired of telling people who just don't play video games?
Here are mine:

• No! Not every video game is Mario or Pac Man
• Every FPS is not COD
• Video games won't make me violent
• Video games are not a waste of time or money. I find them better than TV or reading where you are not doing much at all.

[Quert]

"Give me some platinum and I will buy you a tunic"

[Charles22]

Originally Posted by STB93

I find them better than ... reading.

You're not going to get very far with this one.

[User1771]

Originally Posted by Charles22

You're not going to get very far with this one.

What are you talking about?

[spankys bbq]

"Would you stop bothering me? I'm trying to get past this %£#¥ level!"

[Quert]

Originally Posted by spankys bbq

"Would you stop bothering me? I'm trying to get past this %£#¥ level!"

LOL!

Or.. "Would you stop bothering me?! I'm camping a rare spawn and the *&@# PH (place holder) keeps spawning instead!!"

[bs13690]

NO, I'm not going outside today nor am I planning to mow the lawn until I blow up this darn-diddly-fiddly fuel depot. Somebody has to stop the evil Holtz.

[blazetrigger]

I'm a fighting game specialist so it pisses me off when people ask me why do I spend a lot of time in training mode or fighting the cpu?

[L0ve]

Me: No, I will not go out with you for the next 6 months. I will be busy powerleveling and camping rare spawns to farm gear..

Them: "Huh?"

[Garfunkle524]

Why are tv, movies, sports (watching and playing), reading, etc all considered hobbies but video games are considered wasting time?

I'm glad this stigma is starting to lift but I still get the stink eye from some people when I tell them I play whenever I have time (usually less than once a week!)