I really can't decide...

[roseembolism]

That is, I can't decide which are more annoying: the gamers who believe they are real-life ninjas, or the gamers that believe they are real-life vampires.

Maybe I should do a poll on this.

Comments

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

The vampire wannabes, of course. Ninja wannabes will simply fail at ninja-ing, while vampire wannabes might get spit on someone before they fail.

[anam-moon.livejournal.com]

Ah, but I want to be a hybrid vampire!

[anam-moon.livejournal.com]

"We dress the way our souls feel, to express the darkness, per se."

[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

Vamposers are more annoying. At least the ones who want to be ninja value the *ideas* of physical fitness, completing goals, and dedication to a cause, whereas the vamposers want everything handed to them. All the modern interpretations of being turned into a vampire say that you'll magically be thin, beautiful, well-dressed, and have awesome powers, without actually having to work for anything. The rest is snarky politicking. Wannabe honor-warriors vs entitled brats? I pick the former.

[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

I should include the caveat that I don't think ALL Vampire players are like that... only the ones who take it too literally instead of just being a dramatic game genre.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I did specify people who think they are vampires or ninjas in real life.

Unfortunately the ninja wannabes I've met aren't all that much into the ideal of physical fitness. Evidently their massive Ki powers gained from reading "The Deadly Arts of the Ninja" make exercise unneeded.

[fintach.livejournal.com]

Vamposers. What a marvelous word.

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

I second it!

I'm torn on this one...

[camino-volare.livejournal.com]

This is a tough call for me: but first let me congradulate you Pixie - Vamposers...that ROCKS, that so completely rocks. On the one hand I agree with your assessment of Vamposers all the way down the line, but the oozing angst-filled-whiners have reached such an apex of cliche' that at this point they seem like window dressing to me. Which makes them easy to ignore. I've had actual direct experience with the ninja wannabees: I once beat up and gave a wedgy to a ninja/vamposer (which is really asking for it anyways) after he pulled out a set of nunchakus in a game and nearly hit someone.

singing...

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

I CAN FLY HIGHER THAN AN EAGLE...
CAUSE YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS...

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Definitely would-be ninjas - they tend to go around bragging about their alleged skillz and are not infrequently armed with weapons they can use to hurt themselves and others.

OTOH, most vamposers just wander around dressed in black and either brooding or attempting to look spooky. Even if they start bragging, there won't be shuriken involved.

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

Well thank goodness you didn't diss on those gamers who think they are Pirate Ninjas!

[camino-volare.livejournal.com]

Easy there killer...let's not open Pandora's Box just yet.

Ahrrrr!

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

He just better watch his step around my mythical fantasy lifestyle based on fictionalized history, movies and comic books!

[random-girl.livejournal.com]

You mean I'm not a ninja-vampire?

Well, that explains the squat, Caucasian body and the complete lack of dexterity. It doesn't explain, however, why the sun hates me and burns me at every opportunity. You'd think one would get super strength and speed for such a disadvantage...but you'd be wrong...

[camino-volare.livejournal.com]

I may be wrong here, I mean I'm no actual ninja expert, but I do feel confident when I say that unfortunately, you're not a ninja-vampire. At the same time, I feel confident that you do indeed have super powers, you just got the really insidious ones. (:0

[random-girl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That's sweet. :)

[bobmungovan.livejournal.com]

The alleged real-life vampires are more annoying.

Of course, as a youth, I would dress in all black, carry shuriken and sneak around my neighborhood.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I thought you did that because you were pretending to be Batman though.

[bobmungovan.livejournal.com]

Wasn't so big on Batman back then. But! It was the time of black-suit Spider-Man, and I am a huge SM fanboy.

[seawasp]

I didn't realize there were enough of either to be a demographic worth noticing. I knew one gamer who thought she was a jedi.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

It's like that line from Alice's Restaurant: three people make a movement. I've met enough of both types for them to be noticeable, if not an actual demographic.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

And once again the ads on LJ creep me out. The this case, the IMVU ads featuring a vampire avatar and a fainting female avatar with bite marks on the neck.

Goddamn word-mining programs.