We really are elitist pricks.

Console gamers might get inferior games and they may have tween screaming nigger and faggot at each other all over the place, but they have fun.  They don't care about much more than kicking ass and having a good time.  Sure, the console scene is filled with children and frat boys, but they all manage to enjoy what they are doing.  I wish the PC community still had some of that.

As a long time PC gamer I know that being an elitist dickhead is just something that comes with the territory.  As gaming has changed and evolved on PC a lot of things have happened that have been huge let downs.  I have seen a lot of people let it take them over and just be flaming dickbags.  I'm guilty of this to an extent.  My anger for PC gaming stems from people settling for shit or falling for stupid gimmicks.  They call it progress or cutting edge, but in the end it's just a bunch of garbled shit that doesn't matter.  Eventually, some of it comes to fruition and ends up helping... most of the time it stays a pile of garbled shit.

We have so many people today who are hosting podcasts or putting out YouTube videos that is hard to tell who to even listen to.  Since I'm an opinionated old asshole who has been playing PC games for a long time, I generally feel that I have a pretty good grasp on it.  I've known some guys for a while we are very into posting videos and most of them are affiliated with an online PC gaming community.  I think that it's great for people to share ideas and thoughts.  I especially enjoy the fact that people are able to reach such a wide audience.  I'm not too excited about what they might say.  Remember, we are all elitist pricks.

I try as hard as I can to support the guys over at KBMOD.com.  They seem like a good bunch of guys and I know a couple of the folks, and have for years.  From time to time there will be something that is either just stupid as fuck or something that might be up for debate and discussion.  I, of course, say something and it turns into a shitstorm.  My feelings aren't hurt and no, I'm not mad.  I just wish that we, as a community, were more capable of interaction with each other.  There shouldn't be such a hatred for people who belong to a different school of thought.

I love sound cards.  They sound lightyears better than onboard.  Always.  Period.  That makes a dick.  I think that Max Payne was more influential than Modern Warfare.  That makes me a dick.  I think that if you an FPS gamer and you've never played System Shock 2, you're a fucking poser.  That makes me a dick.  I think that the same people that say WoW is too easy are the same people who cried because it was too hard.  That makes me a dick.  However, I'm not always right.

When SLI (Crossfire, too) was first born it was a gimmick.  You could get a 20% performance gain!  HOORAY!  Get the best card ever and then get another one.  Spend 1200 bucks on video cards and get 5 more FPS, hooray!  SLI has now come a very long way and with boards being able to support multiple cards at full data speeds you can see very extreme gains.  Was SLI shit?  Yes.  Is SLI still shit?  Not so much.  I wouldn't recommend two lower end cards in a set up, but two high end cards will give you some series power for years to come.

5.1 and 7.1 gaming headphones have been a cheap marketing gimmick for years now.  Some makers used different software to emulate the sound.  Others actually put different drivers into the headphones, but they were normally cheap and of low quality.  Most audiophiles or sound junkies will tell you that you aren't doing any better with a bunch of small, shitty drivers and would be better off with a quality 2-channel set.  That aside the actually science of sound hasn't help these headphones out either.  Headphones have a problem when splitting sound, which doesn't happen in a normal environment.  You hear the sound coming from both left and right, but you can distinguish it based on way-to-difficult-to-explain sound shit.  Thus, making this a gimmick market, full of garbage.  They package it as awesome and sell it for an outrageous price.

Today I watched a video by someone who was really hyping a pair of these.  I watched the video and was completely stunned.  Not only had they bought into this, but they were peddling it on their YouTube channel?!  I, of course, made a smartass comment.  How could I not?  Instead of being mature or explaining that the technology had progressed to a certain point or explained why this was different, he basically sent me a message and told me I was a fucking idiot and since I hadn't X'd that I couldn't Y.  It's pretty standard, this is how fellow gamers treat each other.  I assumed he was hocking a product, he assumed I didn't know how headphones worked.  The usual.

I checked out the website and did a little looking.  The headphones actually seem pretty legit.  They carry a hefty price tag and chances are this guy was getting something for gushing about them on YouTube, but they did seem decent.  I did some extra reading about the company and some of the stuff they have developed for sound delivery and I am now interested.  Interested enough to get a new headset?  Doubtful.  I use a headset for voice only.  I like to disturb sleep.  Really, I like to separate my channels because my hearing ain't so great.

I can admit when I might be wrong or when something may have become way better.  The PC community as a whole really has to work on this.  Treating each other like shit isn't going to help our efforts to grown the community and introduce more people into PC gaming.  It damn sure isn't going to make those console fucktards think that they're missing out.  Stop being such faggots, seriously.