Snob Off

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I am - as stated within another thread - a “serious simmer”.
However I see a lot of snobbery going on within these forums.
So I, for one, would like to nail my tags to the mast [as it were] and make it clear that I am
just as happy to be seen as a “gamer” too.

I use my computer for a myriad of purposes.
On it I can generate spreads and do my correspondence.
It stores various aspects of my life and family.
It stores my music collection and acts as a front end for my hi fi system.
It even acts as an expensive [albeit over the top] effects pedal for my guitar collection.

But when I am not “flying” or doing any of the above, you may well find me gaming.
And what a splendid array of games there is to be had out there.
I loved, for instance, the visceral madness of GTA 5 and the historical elements of the early COD releases.
And I still look back fondly on [a personal favourite] the wonderfully atmospheric Stalker [the original].
The game responsible for introducing me to the [then fledgling] “open world” genre.

So let me be clear and all grown up about this : The tags “simmer” [serious or otherwise] and “gamer” ARE NOT mutually exclusive.
After all, [WARNING: tortured analogy imminent] I don’t buy a washing machine and only use it to clean my socks whilst I do the rest of my laundry by hand.
T’would be madness, would it not?

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Bit weird but ok.

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I am not sure why anyone would really care if they are referred to or identified as a gamer or a simmer?

Unless there is a benefit to one over the other , like income tax filling status or Preferred parking at Gamestop.

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Ahhhhh. exactly.
And that’s my point.
It makes no difference whatsoever.

Which is why I wanted to point out an outbreak of snobbery within these forums.

Haha. Liking the name by the way.

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To be honest with you, I would venture to state matter of fact, that a good number of virtual sim pilots rival RL pilots in terms of simming on the PC.

That of course doesn’t mean that they understand all the RL complexities of whatever aircraft is under discussion.