In relation to video games, it is wrong to tag people as a "nerd" by what game they play.

Thank you smileydog for your addition to the debate. ********"For this debate I would like to know exactly what you mean when you say, "it is wrong to tag people as 'nerd' by what game they play. ""Let me explain my position a little more: When I say "it is wrong to tag someone as a nerd", I'm suggesting that it is wrong to look at someone and classify them as a nerd. For example: You just found out that someone you know plays World of Warcraft. Since the game World of Warcraft has a history of "nerds" playing that game, as a stereotype, you look at that person as a nerd. "In my opinion some could say that people are not only judged by the games they play and called nerds, but games are judged by the people who play them and the games could be known as nerdy games. " The way I see it (based on the above quote), you look at the situation as if the game is already a "nerdy game", and thus making the people who play that game nerds. However, your interpretation is incorrect. Go back to 2004, when the game WoW (World of Warcraft) was first released. Go back to 2004, when the game Doom 3 was released. Relate those two games, both of which released at the same time. Dropping all stereotypes towards either of those games, can you please explain to me how WoW could be looked at as a nerdy game and not Doom 3? WoW became, as you call it, a nerdy game because the people with tags (stereotypes) as nerds began to play the game. If people were not tagged as nerdy, there would not be nerdy games. If there were no nerdy games, the generic definition of a nerd would change. If the generic definition of a nerd changes, then stereotypes against them would not be so degrading. I quote twice: "UrbanDictionary. com gives their own definition of a game nerd. Here is a part of it: "A person who plays video games A LOT. " " Now I do not know about you, but if someone told me I was someone who played video games a lot, I do not know if I would be that offended. "First off, I don't look at Urbandictionary. com as a reliable source when searching for a stereotype. This is because with a website as such where a page cannot be edited by anyone, you only get one person's definition of that particular term, in this case, nerd. Where as Wikipedia, multiple people edit, therefore you get multiple opinions from multiple people. Second, "I do not know if I would be that offended. " Some people do not mind being called a nerd (in some cases use it as a compliment), but logically I would have to say a majority of gamers either don't want that tag, or are willing to defend themselves as to why they are not (see video again for defense). "Now since these are popular games and people play them a lot, they are considered nerd games and the people who play them a lot are considered "game nerds" from the previous definition. Therefore not only are these people considered "game nerds, but could also be considered "nerds" from other gamers and people who know that those games are popular. "". This quote really caught my attention for this reason: Every day millions of people play games such as World of Warcraft and Runescape, and are classified as nerds for doing so. However, millions of people every day play games such as Call of Duty, Halo, and Battlefield, yet these people aren't looked at as nerds because the people who play them usually aren't any of these: Unatractive, antisocial, and single-minded (. http://en.wikipedia.org...). To me this seems completely stereotypical and wrong. *******Thank you Pro for participating in the debate.