So many products are marketed towards "gamers"

[momeNt]

The other night, some kids won $400,000 playing competitive call of duty. The team in second place won $200,000. Third place got $150,000.

Thats some serious dough for playing video games

March 30th. compLexity gaming won. I think COD is a 4man team. Not sure how much the organization takes off the top for that either.

I really hate that the biggest money for FPS right now is pretty much console gaming. I understand that that's where the money is for game companies and console manufacturers. I just wish Valve would start promoting CS:GO as aggressively as they promoted Dota 2 with the International.

 

[momeNt]

Oh you are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wrong here. There is a night and day difference between a gaming monitor with the strobing function and a plain old monitor.

Try this site. Especiallly this test.
http://www.testufo.com/#test=photo&photo=toronto-map.png&pps=960&pursuit=0&height=0

I can clearly read the fine scrolling text on my gaming monitor. On my work monitor, or the really nice IPS 2nd monitor I have at home its a blurry mess.

Omigad that hurt to look at haha.

I bet my old viewsonic CRT would do that no problem too! I think it was 120hz at 1280x1024.

Benq is really expensive in the USA, you are better off getting Asus for your gaming monitors in the USA i think.

 

[JM Aggie08]

You missed 'gaming routers.' That one always cracks me up.

 

[KeithTalent]

"Mice" not "mouses"

Pretty sure it's meeces.

KT

 

[Ruptga]

The other night, some kids won $400,000 playing competitive call of duty. The team in second place won $200,000. Third place got $150,000.

Thats some serious dough for playing video games

It is, but considering the opportunity cost and how many others competed and got nothing for their trouble, well, eff that.

 

[JujuFish]

I think normal pluralization rules apply when we aren't talking about small furry mammals.
Likewise, I think little microorganisms can be called "virii" while multiple examples of self-propagating malware would be referred to as "viruses."

...but that's just me.

The plural of virus is never virii. If you were to use a Latin-based plural form, it would be viri.

 

[Ichinisan]

"Mice" not "mouses"

I think normal pluralization rules apply when we aren't talking about small furry mammals.
Likewise, I think little microorganisms can be called "virii" while multiple examples of self-propagating malware would be referred to as "viruses."

...but that's just me.

Just because some words are used with different meanings in hardware/software space doesn't mean that it should change the grammatical properties of said words.

But anyways, I definitely think a decent chair is important if you're going to sit and play for hours at a time...but you certainly don't need a "gaming" chair for that.

Those days are behind me...

"The other day, I went shopping for a house. I loved all of the hice in this particular neighborhood..."

I guess the only "rule" is that certain biological organisms are pluralized differently than normal pluralization rules. Saying "mouses" and "viruses" only helps to communicate that you're referring to the non-organic concept. In other words: It's more effective communication and doesn't need to be "corrected."

 

[kyrax12]

No it's not

Anyway, gaming gear is usually BS but the ones you picked may have merit. Chairs actually have ratings based on how many hours of continuous use from the user they were designed for. We have a 24/7 operation where I work so we had some 24hr chairs. Cheap chairs wear down too quickly and can cause back problems. That being said, I doubt the gaming chairs are that good or any better than a usual 8hr chair.

Gaming monitors are purely refresh rate. The image is usually poor quality but there's no blur in fast games. It can be important to competitive players. Average users usually won't care though, so it's worth it to get a better picture with a slower panel.

How is it not?

 

[adairusmc]

I can't take seriously anything or anyone that uses it seriously. The image that comes to mind is a bit like this

but choking on Adderall pills, wearing a hat like this

and surrounded by cans of Monster and the mutilated hopes of their parents, all while shrieking about noscope headshots, hackers, and fucking fuckers.

All that said I spend quite a bit of my free time gaming and always have.

 

[zebrax2]

Gaming eye wear

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Considering the utterly helpless individuals that comprise the "gamer" class, and the precedent in marketing to those of meager self-sufficiency and brand-consciousness (women), this should be no surprise.

 

[Crono]

Pretty sure it's meeces.

KT

Meesen. It has to be meesen.

 

[toughtrasher]

And yet so many gaming products are marketed toward TV show watchers. For example, live action trailers.......

 

[Hugo Drax]

Hardcore gamers have large amounts disposable income, not having to pay for rent or food.

 

[zerocool84]

Gaming eye wear

I think I should have used a pair of these to prevent strain. Now I need glasses after all my years of playing computer games.

 

[mmntech]

This stuff, I don't mind.

It's the Fatal1ty and other gamer "celebrity" branded stuff...

I'm surprised Jon "Fatal1ty" Wendel is still around. Much more so that his brand still carries the marketing power that it does. We were all mocking his stuff way back in 2005. I remember Zalman trying to sell premium Fatal1ty branded coolers, which were just their standard copper heat sinks painted maroon.