First post, by maximus
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When I talk shop with other gamers in real life, we always seem to hit this little snag. They'll ask me about multiplayer gaming, and I have to patiently explain how I only play single player games and don't like playing against other people. They then look at me like I'm from Mars and that's usually the end of the conversation. (God forbid I have to explain my retrocomputing hobby - nobody gets that one.)
So apparently I'm on a completely different page than most gamers. Why is that? I don't think it's a simple introvert / extrovert thing - I think we approach gaming from fundamentally different perspectives. For example, a friend once asked me what my favorite games were. I told him Doom, Quake, Far-Cry, etc., and he said "Oh, cool, are you good at those games?" He might as well have asked me what my favorite movies were and if I was good at watching them.
For me, gaming isn't a competitive thing. It's not about skills or achievements or domination. It's about getting completely immersed in the game world and enjoying it for what it is. If other people appear in the game world and start doing all the stupid crap that competitive players do, it breaks my suspension of disbelief and ruins the experience.
Anyone else feel the same way?