Who do you respect more as a gamer?

lol. how about a percentage? i would consider myself 75% A and 25% B. i'm a game collector so i really don't have enough time to finish what i get my hands on, but if i find a game that catches my attention, i'll reflect the attention back in strobes depending on how much time i have on my hands. giving significantly more attention to it than the rest of my games.

I personally enjoy socializing with A type gamers because they might have something of my flavor up their sleeve that i wouldn't be exposed to otherwise. Not to mention, they usually aren't very picky when it comes to playing something different.

Bs are great to hang around when i need to catch on to a certain type of game cause usually they have the hints and knowhow to push me in the right direction. being an A type gamer, its good to have some Bs to push me through the games faster with the advice and whatnot, but the B in me says "do it yourself you lazy punk!".
this is however as long as the B is willing to get off their throne in order to lend a hand...which leads to my dissatisfaction with B type players.

the only thing i don't like about Bs is the weight of the ego. usually the greater the skill of the B the haughtier the attitude, which may potentially conjure biases and a superior attitude: making it more difficult to connect with them.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'll just come out and say type B. The reason is, is it's like people who rent movies all the time, but when you try to talk to them about a film they just saw they can only say, "Yeah when that stuff blew up it was cool!" but can't really have a deep discussion about anything...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Watts

I'm totally a type B gamer.

I have a huge backlog of NES/SNES/Gameboy/Playstation/PC games that I like to play and replay as often as I can. For some games like Castlevania: SoTN I don't think I've found everything even though I've played through it a lot. Games like Civilization cater to this playstyle since there's not much to "complete" the game except playing a game on the super hardest mode with all the civilizations. Even then it's not really done.

To a certain extent it has prevented me from picking up newer current gen games. Or even systems. I've held off on getting a DS/PSP/GBA, but I'll get around to it eventually though. After I've caught up on some PS2 games.

Indeed.

I respect both gamers. They each have their own way of doing things, and thats fine.

I'm definately a B. I play my SNES, NES (just bought back Crystalis), and PS more than my XBOX. I love the RPGs on the SNES, and NES always has a bunch of old games I like to pick up and play from time to time. Playstation has a plethora of good games that are very deep and have alot of replay value(as above mentioned, SotN, FF:T, and Civ2). I love to play games like Civ, Black and White, Populous, and Morrowwind over and over to see what I have yet to find. If I had the extra money, I'd probably shift more into Gamer A/B balance.

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Originally Posted by Mo0

I'm an A type for the most part, but part of that has to do with my job at selling video games. I've found that even if I don't PLAY video games, I need to read a lot of reviews and know a LOT about games to be able to adequately help people.

I actually respect A gamers more, because I think that they're more open to playing anything and aren't going to mindlessly bash on things that they don't like. A B gamer is a great person to ask for help in a game that they like, but I'd much rather have discussions on gaming in general with an A gamer.

This thread is awesome.

I'm also a Type A, and I agree. Narrow tastes in any medium annoy me. And who likes playing multiplayer with a B except other B's?

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'm a Person A most of the time, mostly because I am up to my neck in the different games I'm playing. I'm playing anywhere from 10-15 different games at once. There are some games I don't play for a year or 2 because I get sidetracked with other games, but I always want to come back and beat it. I make it a goal to beat the game if I have it, even if I don't even like it all that much. There are a handful of games though, that I will play through from start to finish several times and go for 100%, only because I like the game so much. There are only a few of those.

If I was a kid again, and didn't have any money, I would be a B type player all the way because I would really have no choice. But since I have some money now, and will buy any game if I want it, it's hard the concentrate on 1 game enough to play it many times, unless it is VERY good.

How ya doing, buddy?