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GameFAQs admin Jeff Veasey (CJayC) once was suspended for calling a user a lamer. This falls under the prefix of "flaming" which is against the site's Terms of Service. | That line is unsourced, and i can't find anything about it elsewhere, thus I'm going to remove it. If anyone objects please put a source and restore it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.39.54.141 ( talk) 20:51, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure what this means. Can somebody provide an example? And that "lamer" and "gamer" rhyme is mere coincidence. - furrykef ( Talk at me) 23:28, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Italic textIn the subculture of the home computer era, lamer was the standard name for anyone who hides behind a computer to insult people, because they are not capable of handling their real life problems they choose to try to make up for it by being a bully in cyberspace, for example, making fun of other players skills in online games.Italic text
see, now, in every game I've seen it is these "leet" folk who really do nothing but play the game (this articles definition of lamer) who call others lamers
also the terms relation to "llama"<in slang form> might be noted
This article is silly. It was just a generic insult. On BBSs and IRC it was a pretty standard synonym for idiot, moron, etc.
I take offense to this article. My last name is Lamers. -- ÆAUSSIEevilÆ 22:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Is this term really used by academics? As far as I know, it's a geeky synonym for "loser" used by demosceners and Internet users, and not something I'd expect to hear in a formal academic context, e.g. from a professor. We need citations for this sense, or it should be removed. e.g. from CJayC. You are a lamer, lame boy.
Personally, I've rarely seen the word "lamer" used in RTS games except in regards to abusing a game mechanic. Massing units is more commonly called " rushing" (and has its own article). This tactic is, depending on the game, sometimes considered cheap and other times considered perfectly legitimate. I don't think it really has a place in this section, as a word that is usually unambiguously used to describe something that is unfair.
On a side note, the edit summary cites a "huge" amount of Jedi Academy examples. I count only one, so I am entirely mystified. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 22:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Examples:
...originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who didn't really understand what he was doing.
Do we know any alleged lamer was in fact ignorant, or is the opinion of the labeler?
...applied by IRC, BBS, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible.
"Percieved" again implies a fact, rather than opinion aligned with a strict ethos.
A lamer's attitude is summed up by the phrase, "I don't care how it works, just that it does".
POV. This might be acceptable in a quote from an acknowledged authority on lamers, (if any exist), but otherwise, it's hardly encyclopedic.
...and so on. The current article seems more like a denunciation of people its author didn't like. -- AC ( talk) 23:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
No, this article is all COMPLETE AND UTTER NONSENSE. I'm removing everything but the start, the rest is a pile of made-up PoV. Anonywiki ( talk) 20:29, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
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Is it pronounced lamer like gamer, kramer or is it lamer like banner, hammer? -- KpoT ( talk) 18:03, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't the article have some mention of the term "llama"? -- uKER ( talk) 15:57, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
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GameFAQs admin Jeff Veasey (CJayC) once was suspended for calling a user a lamer. This falls under the prefix of "flaming" which is against the site's Terms of Service. | That line is unsourced, and i can't find anything about it elsewhere, thus I'm going to remove it. If anyone objects please put a source and restore it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.39.54.141 ( talk) 20:51, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure what this means. Can somebody provide an example? And that "lamer" and "gamer" rhyme is mere coincidence. - furrykef ( Talk at me) 23:28, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Italic textIn the subculture of the home computer era, lamer was the standard name for anyone who hides behind a computer to insult people, because they are not capable of handling their real life problems they choose to try to make up for it by being a bully in cyberspace, for example, making fun of other players skills in online games.Italic text
see, now, in every game I've seen it is these "leet" folk who really do nothing but play the game (this articles definition of lamer) who call others lamers
also the terms relation to "llama"<in slang form> might be noted
This article is silly. It was just a generic insult. On BBSs and IRC it was a pretty standard synonym for idiot, moron, etc.
I take offense to this article. My last name is Lamers. -- ÆAUSSIEevilÆ 22:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Is this term really used by academics? As far as I know, it's a geeky synonym for "loser" used by demosceners and Internet users, and not something I'd expect to hear in a formal academic context, e.g. from a professor. We need citations for this sense, or it should be removed. e.g. from CJayC. You are a lamer, lame boy.
Personally, I've rarely seen the word "lamer" used in RTS games except in regards to abusing a game mechanic. Massing units is more commonly called " rushing" (and has its own article). This tactic is, depending on the game, sometimes considered cheap and other times considered perfectly legitimate. I don't think it really has a place in this section, as a word that is usually unambiguously used to describe something that is unfair.
On a side note, the edit summary cites a "huge" amount of Jedi Academy examples. I count only one, so I am entirely mystified. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 22:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Examples:
...originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who didn't really understand what he was doing.
Do we know any alleged lamer was in fact ignorant, or is the opinion of the labeler?
...applied by IRC, BBS, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible.
"Percieved" again implies a fact, rather than opinion aligned with a strict ethos.
A lamer's attitude is summed up by the phrase, "I don't care how it works, just that it does".
POV. This might be acceptable in a quote from an acknowledged authority on lamers, (if any exist), but otherwise, it's hardly encyclopedic.
...and so on. The current article seems more like a denunciation of people its author didn't like. -- AC ( talk) 23:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
No, this article is all COMPLETE AND UTTER NONSENSE. I'm removing everything but the start, the rest is a pile of made-up PoV. Anonywiki ( talk) 20:29, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
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Is it pronounced lamer like gamer, kramer or is it lamer like banner, hammer? -- KpoT ( talk) 18:03, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't the article have some mention of the term "llama"? -- uKER ( talk) 15:57, 26 August 2019 (UTC)