[RANT] Halo

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In my opinion, a "gamer" can be a person who is hardcore, or someone who touches their one console once a week.
"Gamer" is someone who plays games.
And Quake was not the beginning. Quake did not "define" First-Person Shooter.
There we other games, some older and some newer. Look at the Doom series. The best IMO, Doom II: Hell on Earth came out in 1994. If you were a "gamer" as you say, you would know that Doom II defined FPS more than Quake even came close to doing.

EDIT:
I lol'd when you said "been playing since Genisis".
You do realize that console isn't the first?

EDIT SOME MOAR:
Halo didn't start the "Lul'z I'z GAM3R" thing. That was around since, uhm, Nintendo.
Microsoft did not "ruin" the name of gamers. The name of gamers was never ruined. Hardcore gamers are barely half of the amount of people who play games. Less than a quater, even.

I hate Doom. I think it was poorly thought out, and poorly constructed. I've ever studied Doom ever. Quake made FPS games what they are today. Most games run off of a Quake engine.

I must be 1337core Gamer or something since I touch my consoles for at least 6 hours at a time.

Genesis was my first console. I was raised with bible-humping parents condemning video games. They let me play Sonic since they didn't think it would ruin me. It did.

I don't want any more flames. I said my views and I will stick by them. I hate Halo because for me, and possibly only me, it ruined gamer culture.