I've been accused of being a failed normie multiple times here for stating that video games aren't my top priority in my life but used as a coping mechanism.
I love video games just as much as you do but the reason why I kept playing post high school is partly due to escapism. MMOs and PVP games were my drug of choice.
I enjoy games as much as you do and am fully capable of doing 14+ hour sessions without stimulants if the game is good enough.
Just because I have a voice constantly telling me that I should be getting pussy doesn't mean that I'm not a gamer. It's just that my genetics aren't good enough to allow myself to get pussy and live inside of video games simultaneously. I've already wasted most of my prime on this shit and all of my discord friends have moved on from gaming so it's only natural to want to see what I'm missing out on.

K

>life is good
>terrible cord management
low standards

I'm a failed normie but I have failed upward let me tell you what
married
stay at home dad
1 kid another on the way
selling our house buying a bigger one

The NEETs on here are extremely bitter and drowning in regret. Just ignore them whenever they meltdown.

>>713497031 (OP)
>reddit
>cares about getting laid
You're a fucking normalfag. Go back

If I have trouble accepting the fact that we do not live in a just world and that reality does not reflect any inherent morality does that make me a failed normie? I get so demotivated realizing how successful the people who wronged me probably are compared to me and thinking about some jackass cutting me off in traffic or something and then going home to fuck his girl. Meanwhile I try my best to get along with people and I have no friends or gf. Obviously life is unfair, but I always find myself appealing to just world fallacy. I always thought my path would grant me blessings in life down the road but no one respects me or really values me. It feels like I’ve been living my life wrong even though I’m doing what feels right and I can’t help but feel like I’ve done something to deserve being wronged on some cosmic level. I just feel lost

>>713497789
Life is unfair and it's something that's really hard to accept unless you benefit from it. It's like the antithesis to how video games work which is why it's harder for the conditioned gamer to accept and that's what makes video games so appealing.
On another topic, does the reason why heavy RNG based games are rising in popularity now correlate with the acceptance of the unfairness of life? gachas,gambling roguelites, or anything with lootboxes,etc.

>>713497031 (OP)
It's very simple. If you talk about people being a gamer or consider yourself to be a gamer, then you aren't a gamer.

>>713498298
my 10,000 hours+ on mobas don't count?

>>713497156
Hate to break this to you but it sounds like you're just a normie

>>713497031 (OP)
What the fuck, why are you reposting shit from Reddit, OP?

>>713497156
we have failed normie posers now
billions must die

>>713498432
There's no such thing as a gamer or the gaming community in the first place. The fact that you're even thinking about it in those terms means you're just a normalfag.

>>713497031 (OP)
>five games
>life is good
I guess if you're a retard and buy only $70 new games. PS5 games are dirt cheap if you buy used.

>>713498432
Against you? Idk about a court of law, but I'll sure hold it against you.

>>713497031 (OP)
Do you know off the top your head the order of the shapes on the snoy logo?
>Yes
You're a gamer
>No
You're a normie

>>713497031 (OP)
>Just because I have a voice constantly telling me that I should be getting pussy
Disregard 3DPD, attain 2D enlightenment and actually enjoy video games. If you don't wholeheartedly love what you spend your time on, you're either a poser or a coward hiding from yourself.

>>713497789
Everyone thinks they're one of the good guys in the world. Even the people that cut you off in traffic or wronged you. Everyone thinks they're good even if they aren't...maybe even you

>>713497789
Normies are just good at making it look like they are living it up.

Life is suffering, and while loneliness can feel like torture, success is often the path to hell. There are many men who feel trapped in a marriage, where leaving would cost them half of their stuff. There are many women perpetually wondering why the feel so unsatisfied with their husbands or boyfriends after sleeping with tens if not hundreds in their youth. Parents wondering what went so wrong with their kids after spending no time with them. Many men feel their jobs are torture, but if they lose it, they could lose all their wife and kids while feeling like a bigger failure than you ever felt.

You should continue to show kindness to others, because I guarantee it pays more dividends than you realize. Even if you feel like it isn't, you will always know that you still have your soul with you, when many people eagerly surrendered it. That IS worth something.

>>713499478
>There are many men who feel trapped in a marriage, where leaving would cost them half of their stuff
I find it unsettling how so many think divorce is just something that happens. Some remarry multiple times as if it's part of life.

>>713497031 (OP)
If the last video game ever was released 10 years ago and it was old and cringe, would you still play it?

Answer truthfully to see if you're a gamer

>>713499556
These people don't even know what love is, and end up unsatisfied at the end.

It has always surprised me how easy people remarry after their spouse dies. It is just like they are operating on a completely different wavelength to me.

>>713499757
My [single] player gaming choices aren't based on public opinion

>>713500071
I think they are

>>713497156
If you can afford nice big house, you are above normie. Most normies today are rentoids.
>>713499757
I would. My games choices aren't based on trend chasing and public opinions. I play whatever I want.

>>713500297
what percentage of normies inherit houses form their parents?

If you have to ask, you might not be a gamer.
If you play games because you like to play games, you might be a gamer.

>>713500364
Don't know statistics, but from what I've seen irl most people rent their places and don't even own the property they are in. If you actually own your place, you're not a fucking normie.

>>713500464
If i was in a position to play them all day, i would.

What if your hobby was shoemaking instead?
Do you like the feel of pressing buttons?
What is it about the pixels on a screen that captivates you?

>>713497031 (OP)
This dude could've bought a PC instead with the money he wasted and played all those games and then some for free. Thank god I'm not this retarded.

>>713497031 (OP)
I'm a gamer. I have a good salary, a mortgage with a good interest rate, a good wife who cooks, and I only play singleplayer JRPGs. I learned how to talk to girls by playing Persona 4 and Persona 5. Also, I play H games where you can rape women such as Rance and Black Souls. Not playing multiplayer slop anymore or PVP fighting games anymore since thats cringe. Recently, I've been experimenting with SillyTavern for my porn novels and I've been using DeepSeek R1 as an LLM

I was born a failed normalfag.

>>713497031 (OP)
I am a successful gamer

I'm a failed gamer and a successful normie now. I have a wife and kids. I make well north of six figures. But I don't play many new games anymore. Oh well I still play my extensive library of retro games.

>>713501149
based.
Too bad most /v/incels will never know the bliss

>>713500554
>If you actually own your place, you're not a fucking normie.
dumbest shit i've ever read. this has no bearing on whether or not someone is a normalfag

>>713497031 (OP)
>Just because I have a voice constantly telling me that I should be getting pussy doesn't mean that I'm not a gamer.
Yes, it does.

>>713498432
no.
have you said nigger 10,000 times?
have you disrepected women 10,000 times (irl and online)?

castrate normalfags
repeal the 19th

>>713501617
This. I know a dude who has barely worked 40 hours in his entire life, is 300lbs, and lived with his parents until they died then inherited a house and a little under a million.

Dude is absolute NOT a normie.

>>713497031 (OP)
The fundamental differences between a failed nornalfag and non-normie, however you want to call them, is that the former still holds nornalfag beliefs and idolizes that kind of lifestyle, but feels cheated out of while coping with their superficial interest in other stuff. The latter has rejected living for the sake of getting laid, becoming a wagie, and so on, he found there is more to life and you can hold real passion for vidya(or anything else really).

>>713502539
I guess I'm a failed normalfag then because I still want to experience it before calling it off. I don't want to be normal though, I want to know what it's like to be chad.

>>713497031 (OP)
A failed normie plays games that are popular only in the US. Shit like meme sim games, call of battlefield, bing bing wahoos, and whatever sony pumps out for their holiday release. A real gamer is a fucking loser who play tactical rpgs with bible length text boxes, mmo's on private servers, and fighting games where the girls have huge tits and moan. The later is much more interesting to talk to because they're at least passionate about what they like and not just playing whatever is in.

Dying to know what this nigga has a Xbox Series for.

Probably does even have Asuras Wrath.

>>713497031 (OP)
>I love video games just as much as you do
so you admit that you hate videos games? checkmate

>>713502874
a fucking loser usually plays one of these two games

>normies
>normie
you're all NORMALFAGGOTS

why are unvirgins allowed on 4chan?

>>713502652
I never felt that myself, there is just nothing attractive about the nornalfag lifestyle, their beliefs are often easy to challenge, and I simply can't imagine giving 2 fucks about liking/disliking things just because others are also doing it. Not only that, but with anything I ever got into, I always ended up moving past the superficial in a way or another, because otherwise I don't really get anything out of it.
Some might think you eventually grow out of yourself and bend to the machine, yet let me tell you that's simply not true if you were never wired to be a normalfag.

>>713503297
Almost all of it has to do with getting a gf and knowing what it's like, the rest of it is out of curiosity. If my sex drive or interest in 3d girls were gone tomorrow, my ass would be playing vidya all day.

>>713503435
Literally depends on the gf, it's not inherently good or bad.
If you can find the right person, by all means go for it, but otherwise understand that just having a gf and fucking isn't its own reward, you are better off playing vidya than dealing with some BPD whore just yo get your dick wet.

this is one of the most pathetic threads i've ever read

>>713497031 (OP)
>How does one know if they're a gamer or failed normie?
Easy, if they have a Switch, Steam Deck, and PC, they're a gamer, if they have an Xbox and PlayStation of current year, they're a normie.

>>713497031 (OP)
Who is even judging you for you to have to make this distinction ?