@@MelonieMacGoBoom Sorry to bother you but I got a message from your other post about talking on telegram. But I do not know if that is someone faking your account or something else is going on about some sort of prize. Still just curious and I was honestly just giving my opinion on Amazon's rings of power debacle and was not aware of any prize giveaway or what not. Just trying to make sure no one is causing any mischief claiming to be you.
@@MelonieMacGoBoom to me it screams exactly that because they're a communist collective and any community even one notch off their stupidity gets attacked to break it up or absorb it much like they attack Christians n so on.
I really don’t understand how game journos still exist though? I worked for multiple GameStop’s and Best Buy’s in my life and have never had anybody be sexist to me. I have been gaming since 4 and I am 30 now. The gaming community has been nothing but welcoming to me my whole life. It was always the popular people (mostly women) who bullied me and were awful. The CoD lobby thing is so true, those insults are hilarious to me, I just gave it right back at them. Smack talk is funny.
My mom was a top tier Schillian Elder on her Lineage 2 server, the men of her guild (and many others) literally WORSHIPED the ground she walked on. Women getting hate in gaming are probably pretty hateful to start with in order to cause it.
Dude after I saw the score they gave black adam after I saw it yesterday I've completely tuned out of all critics game and movie alike I don't even tune in to laugh anymore that movie was awesome and they gave it a 40-50% they should ALL be fired
33 and guys always thought it was super cool that I played video games too. Hell, my husband gets told he's lucky I love games because some of his friends have wives who get angry at them for gaming. I can understand if it's interfering with your life/relationship (ignoring important things to play video games), but if it isn't, then who cares?
Very similar situation. Started when I was 2 and I'm 36 now. Gaming always been super inclusive from the beginning, whether you play with other people or alone. I made some great friends, both guys and gals, and pursued my degree in computer science because of all the wonderful parts (art, design, music, programming) that gaming entails. And as a woman I love how you didn't get your hand held or kid gloves with difficult games. Completely the opposite of sexism.
Studies like these can also be considered gatekeeping in a sense. They make gaming look bad for the sole purpose of keeping people away from it. The gates are kept by people who feel they cannot enjoy the hobby themselves, so they push others away with myths. I play fighting games. VERY competitive genre. In my experience, I rarely get a toxic message. When I get messages at all, it's usually "good games" or a compliment on how well I played my character. Although, to be fair, it could be communities of the games I choose to play that have generally wholesome communities.
I've been playing fighting games for almost 30 years (mk1 and sf2). The arcades back in the day, there was lot of trash talk, especially from older kids. But when it comes to competition these days, it's just a mutual respect of skill. I've seen annoying people on Evo and in smash Bros. But in most communities, it's chill. You let your fighting skill do the talking.
Sadly we have to gatekeep to keep things we love from being destroyed (though I'm not entirely sure the best way to do it). The most annoying thing is all the gaslighting about not being allowed into the hobby. Every gamer I know (board game, video game, whatever) is absolutely thrilled to get people involved in their hobby. We're almost always starved for participants. Sure, there are elitists jerks in every hobby but there are so many decent people I'm sick of seeing them dragged through the mud for having fun wrong.
Yes, but to an extent. We don't want to exclude enthusiastic newcomers or be overzealous gate keepers but instead weed out these narcissistic name callers... First "they cause violence" Now "all gamers are bigots reee" Why is nerd culture always under attack from some whiny dipstick?
@@ProfessorFaceless probably because gamers don’t give the reaction they want, so they keep pushing further “Game makes people violent” Ok, I don’t care, me and my friends are not violent so wherever “Gamers are sexists and racists” you still talking to me?
First off I wanted to give you praise for your costume choice. I'm a huge fan. 👏 Second these weirdos can be in the same space as us but the problem is that when we let them they take it over and change it into their image. They aren't nerds like us, they are posers that are truly activist. This is why many of us don't trust them with our precious franchises.
How can they even consider themselves fans when all they are in the fan base for is to criticize it for not being their standards, it's more of they want to be the center of attention, they want to be special and demand people bow down to them and kiss their feet when they want to make the changes that lead to bastardizing the original source material, if thats all they are there for, then they can leave, we don't need them, it's clear as daylight they aren't real fans, but there to ruin people's fun by wanting control.
@@Zilege That's all it boils down to, real fans do not criticize something they are a fan of...unless the sequel is crappy by going in a crappy direction, let alone wokewashing it.
I mean, my whiteness, maleness, straightness, blue collar occupation, and rural background were all problematic signs of inherent bigotry, why not my hobbies, too?
@@manoz6194 just because gambling is added doesn't mean most players are gamblers. For example we have gambling in real life too and gambling addicts are not anywhere near a majority
Loved the comment "They wouldn't last 10 seconds in a COD lobby back in the day" ...soooo true they'd cowering in their safe space! LOL I played COD back in the MW2 days and the smack talking was brutal as you definitely know. On the other hand you're right about gamers taking Noobs under their wing. I found a great Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer group who took me under their wing and helped me get really good at the game. Eventually I was one who mentored our noobs. They always focus on the bad and never point out the good. You're awesome Melonie. Keep up the good work!
I remember when I used to stand at the entrance to the Vault Of Glass raid on Destiny 1 to help out teams who were struggling. One of them messaged me thanking me, then he added me as a friend, I played with him loads and we became good friends.
We need to pull the credentials of these people who make up this study. Better yet, pull the funding of the organizations that don't bother to review the "study."
The scientific community has always been rife with charlatans. Most are more than happy to trade money for their credentials. Not only that, you only need to read some theses from "oppressed" representatives to see what the value of those credentials are at this point.
this "study" isn't peer-reviewed at all, they self-published it on their own site or something. They called it "study" in a vain hope to keep people from realizing it's biased bs
In other words, young men are still the primary demographic of people who play videogames, and that brings with it all the immature behaviors you would expect. The study should really just be summarized "Gamers Are People".
Apparently it's bigotry to state the fact men make up the majority of gamers And the most annoying thing is they say bigotry keeps women out when that's a blatant lie anyone that's actually met a woman would be able to tell you why they don't play (groundbreaking news ahead) women don't play because they think it's for kids every chick that I met that didn't like games literally said it's for kids it's got nothing to do with misogyny it's literally because they think it's beneath them and there's nothing wrong with that they DON'T want to play and these feminists will never force them they'll only push out the men already there
i mean immature behaviors exist everywhere. a male dominant aria has a different set of behavoir VS female space which is not an indication of maturity if anything its an indication of sexism if by default consider something inmature based of gender
@@theVictor-isVonDoom I remember my first week in college dorm these two hot blonde twins invited my friend and I to their room we were like yeaaah....turned out they just wanted to play Super Mario World with us lol and they had boyfriends (off campus). So yeah we still played; def threw me off because they did not fit the description of your average 'gamer' 🤣
@@budgiecat9039 exactly there are women that like it and that's fine but for these "researchers" to say the reason not ALL women like it is cause of sexism is just blatantly wrong I mean you can actually do what these researchers didn't and actually ASK women (that aren't Anita Sarkesian) I have and it's almost unanimous
Dang, that Turtle School Gi looks great on you. I can picture Pan looking like that when she grows into it (if we get a new season though). This silly nonsense about gamers being either of those things is just pure nonsense.
We literally idolize female characters like Lara Croft and Samus dafaq is wrong with these ppl We just don't like them censoring or toning them down for ppl that aren't even part of the communities
IMO I'd disagree but I'd rather phrase it as would you like us to be ist in our fictional worlds or irl? Would be the argument I'd make. its like you can either let us have our metaphorical way to blow off steam virtually and in a fictional world or we would be doing it irl. Pick your poison media.
1 absolutely love the outfit and 2 you’re absolutely right, they don’t want to be included, they view it as “gatekeeping” when gamers ask them to stop changing stuff they don’t want to be a part of because it’s not exactly the way they want it
I love studies in general they're so flawed because what they take is a small subset of people and then determine that that small subset is the entirety of whatever group they are studying studies in general like this are extremely flawed you get better results from family feud
5:50 ied like to know what gaming “”community’s”” they were looking at because there not all equal, most of the best ones tend to be a little closed off because they don’t want to allow any old trolls into their groups, you then have guilds that will accept anyone because a game like say SWTOR is set up so people in big guilds get more than the guild that is just three friends from school.
Love your costume! My verse for the day is Matthew 10:16 - “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.” - keep calling people out on their garbage
100% agree, anyone that games and enjoys it is a gamer, it become apart of your identity to varying degrees depending on how much time you spend doing it. Where I've noticed problems forming is around those that spend very little time gaming and more time as slactivists, using the guise to try and dictate what/when/how gamers enjoy their hobby. I've spent 2K hours playing Rust, the most toxic game known to man, a veritable manifestation of a COD lobby in game form. I'm not marching around with a red band on my arm and a pillow case on my head. Side note: That turtle school Gi looks sweet, I need this to complete the Master Roshi look I'm going for.
Friend you ain't the only one I'm an OG gamer and I'm pissed off at this shit I've been gaming for 37 years and I never thought that the gaming industry would stoop to this level
Melonie rockin the Goku costume! Her videos make my day especially when she's laughing 😁. Bahaha toxic gamer culture. Like that's a bad thing? Melonie is one of the most toxic gamers but that's why we love her.
What a absurd article 😂 i laughed for a good 5 minutes while reading this. 2:29 Preach it sister PREACH! Seeing you in the Turtle School Gi makes my heart go BOOM! (pun intended) 😄 I'd rather be a "toxic gamer" than be a boring mook. Old Skool Gamer for life
I grew up in the 90’s, and I remember vividly being taught at school at some point’that words are just words and you shouldn’t feel bad about being called names because all in all that achieves nothing. Dunno what happened in between, but I still take that advice to heart and they can call me anything they like, I’ll just keep being my own person, as much as I see fit
@@DavidSmith-mt7tb they hate Gamers like you and me because we're not watching their Hollywood propaganda or news propaganda from CNN and all these other news stations. Most people who like video games are conservative who actually have a brain and can think and talk rationally to people in the game. A little smack talking here and there is fine and I refuse to respect somebody's pronouns it's he or she or get out of my game
Being a gamer has always been a batch of honor. I am 50 now and this crazy studies have been forever. Even with tabletop gaming. It used to be that gaming was in fact a boy-man thing 20 years ago. Today I am so glad it´s a thing of all ages, genres, races... so many more players to play with and it is so great that beyond our different cultures gaming has become a unversal culture. Yes, there are trolls and looneys as in every culture but most of us are just people that want to have fun, explore fantasy worlds, experience a new creation. People that takes themselves too seriously forget what it is to play and then blame players for thinking they are irrelevant. Like those studies.
Give it 30 years we're just going to have people in Congress that actually are Gamers just like us that's the reason why a bunch of them are trying to hate on Gamers right now because they don't want that to happen. It's when the people you kept mocking for years are in charge of the law making is when video Gamers will be respected
Ahh that Goku gi is awesome. There’s rumors that the dragon ball super anime might have an announcement again at jump festa possibly it may be coming back.
10:34 you have this story attacking gamers meanwhile at the bottom of the page is them proudly covering a wardrobe malfunction of a duck tape model, this is the site that’s trying to say they have the high ground :(
The people writing these articles are the same kids who bullied us in school for liking things. The bullying never really stops, the formats just change. Every industry is being ruined in the same fashion right now, and catering to a select few who don't really care about said thing.
The thing is, nowadays its very common to be a gamer of some variety, even chicks on their phones think they're a gamer playing candy crush. Its like saying hitler drank water, therefore water is racist. Its a correlation doesn't equal causation thing because they link unrelated things together.
So.... out of 300 people in a shooter, a lot of people were insulting and saying mean words... shocking. Truly shocking. I'm utterly gobsmacked and not at all rolling my eyes.
Super Saian Melonie, ❤️ great video. Anyone who grew up with video games knows that so called study is B.S. you can't just judge based on 300 people and one type of game. Of course ever since around the 80's the attack on games hasn't died out unfortunately.
I'm not sure telling a group of competitive people that they're the best at something will work out how they think it will.
Baaah true 🤣
@@heikira438 Cheers dude :) Been a crazy ride
@@MelonieMacGoBoom Sorry to bother you but I got a message from your other post about talking on telegram. But I do not know if that is someone faking your account or something else is going on about some sort of prize. Still just curious and I was honestly just giving my opinion on Amazon's rings of power debacle and was not aware of any prize giveaway or what not. Just trying to make sure no one is causing any mischief claiming to be you.
Probably not best idea they’ve come up with
@@nightmaremoon5587 scam bots. ignore or report, never engage.
These people are so toxic. They try to guilt trip us and then gaslight us while belittling us. Love your Goku outfit!
"People who identify as gamers are less likely to accept our cult dogma"
THIS
🙌 The truth 🙌
@@MelonieMacGoBoom to me it screams exactly that because they're a communist collective and any community even one notch off their stupidity gets attacked to break it up or absorb it much like they attack Christians n so on.
Boom
I am white and my wife is native American. I guess we are racist because we don't want to cut our daughters tits off or something.
“Identity fusion” her saying that while wearing a Goku gi put me into such a giggle fit
Awesome costume
Really cool costume
What the hell is it?
My spirit bomb is rising.
@@staceyfunk9689 it's Goku's outfit from dragon ball Z.
She is now Goku
I am loving that Goku outfit, it’s FIRE on you Mel! Love the content as always!
I really don’t understand how game journos still exist though? I worked for multiple GameStop’s and Best Buy’s in my life and have never had anybody be sexist to me. I have been gaming since 4 and I am 30 now. The gaming community has been nothing but welcoming to me my whole life. It was always the popular people (mostly women) who bullied me and were awful. The CoD lobby thing is so true, those insults are hilarious to me, I just gave it right back at them. Smack talk is funny.
My mom was a top tier Schillian Elder on her Lineage 2 server, the men of her guild (and many others) literally WORSHIPED the ground she walked on.
Women getting hate in gaming are probably pretty hateful to start with in order to cause it.
Dude after I saw the score they gave black adam after I saw it yesterday I've completely tuned out of all critics game and movie alike I don't even tune in to laugh anymore that movie was awesome and they gave it a 40-50% they should ALL be fired
33 and guys always thought it was super cool that I played video games too. Hell, my husband gets told he's lucky I love games because some of his friends have wives who get angry at them for gaming. I can understand if it's interfering with your life/relationship (ignoring important things to play video games), but if it isn't, then who cares?
The days of classic game journalism are over. They've been taken over by ego and politics, sadly.
Very similar situation. Started when I was 2 and I'm 36 now. Gaming always been super inclusive from the beginning, whether you play with other people or alone. I made some great friends, both guys and gals, and pursued my degree in computer science because of all the wonderful parts (art, design, music, programming) that gaming entails. And as a woman I love how you didn't get your hand held or kid gloves with difficult games. Completely the opposite of sexism.
Studies like these can also be considered gatekeeping in a sense. They make gaming look bad for the sole purpose of keeping people away from it. The gates are kept by people who feel they cannot enjoy the hobby themselves, so they push others away with myths. I play fighting games. VERY competitive genre. In my experience, I rarely get a toxic message. When I get messages at all, it's usually "good games" or a compliment on how well I played my character. Although, to be fair, it could be communities of the games I choose to play that have generally wholesome communities.
I've been playing fighting games for almost 30 years (mk1 and sf2). The arcades back in the day, there was lot of trash talk, especially from older kids. But when it comes to competition these days, it's just a mutual respect of skill. I've seen annoying people on Evo and in smash Bros. But in most communities, it's chill. You let your fighting skill do the talking.
I've also only gotten 'good game, well played'. Even when I get depressed and stop fighting back entirely for the rest of the match.
@@powerlifting85 It's what helped me fall in love with the genre. That, and when you see yourself improve, it's addicting.
@@williamstark9568 I've been there. I don't think they want to break you. I think they want to motivate you to bounce back stronger.
Same just GGs and NTs and "good shit ur definitely playing my lobby again" my community got me in my feels man😭
I LOVE the Goku costume Melonie. You look absolutely amazing. You rock! Love it
She gon turn me into a simp sheesh
Me normally: I don't approve of needless gender-swapping
Me after seeing Melonie in a Goku costume: but then again...
Sadly we have to gatekeep to keep things we love from being destroyed (though I'm not entirely sure the best way to do it). The most annoying thing is all the gaslighting about not being allowed into the hobby. Every gamer I know (board game, video game, whatever) is absolutely thrilled to get people involved in their hobby. We're almost always starved for participants. Sure, there are elitists jerks in every hobby but there are so many decent people I'm sick of seeing them dragged through the mud for having fun wrong.
This is why gatekeeping is actually important. Keep those lunatics away from our passion.
Exactly, I agree
#cleanhouse
Yes, but to an extent. We don't want to exclude enthusiastic newcomers or be overzealous gate keepers but instead weed out these narcissistic name callers...
First "they cause violence"
Now "all gamers are bigots reee"
Why is nerd culture always under attack from some whiny dipstick?
@@ProfessorFaceless probably because gamers don’t give the reaction they want, so they keep pushing further
“Game makes people violent”
Ok, I don’t care, me and my friends are not violent so wherever
“Gamers are sexists and racists”
you still talking to me?
Everything is far right because of how way left they all have become. Left out. Lol
First off I wanted to give you praise for your costume choice. I'm a huge fan. 👏
Second these weirdos can be in the same space as us but the problem is that when we let them they take it over and change it into their image. They aren't nerds like us, they are posers that are truly activist. This is why many of us don't trust them with our precious franchises.
How can they even consider themselves fans when all they are in the fan base for is to criticize it for not being their standards, it's more of they want to be the center of attention, they want to be special and demand people bow down to them and kiss their feet when they want to make the changes that lead to bastardizing the original source material, if thats all they are there for, then they can leave, we don't need them, it's clear as daylight they aren't real fans, but there to ruin people's fun by wanting control.
@Dave Vampireknight97 Perfectly said man. They aren't fans, just posers that want attention.
@@Zilege That's all it boils down to, real fans do not criticize something they are a fan of...unless the sequel is crappy by going in a crappy direction, let alone wokewashing it.
If lunatics think gamers are bigots, I consider that a badge of honor.
I mean, my whiteness, maleness, straightness, blue collar occupation, and rural background were all problematic signs of inherent bigotry, why not my hobbies, too?
@Melvin Deeply Old Tops?
"Show me your friends, I'll show you who you are."
Taking a look at your enemies is probably at least as enlightening lol.
@Melvin Deeply IDK, it's a bit freeing to shit out in nature lol
As long as the mosquitoes aren't about.
But they can identify themselves as a 9 year old humanX girl butterfly fairy that swings all ways and they call it "stunning and brave".
Can you get any more cute than Melonie with a Dragon Ball costume ¿? ❤️
Only thing I heard about gamers recently was that we had better memory and impulse control.
May I introduce you to the loot box, microtransactions and pay to win?
@@manoz6194 touché
@@manoz6194 everyone needs a vice lol
@@manoz6194 just because gambling is added doesn't mean most players are gamblers. For example we have gambling in real life too and gambling addicts are not anywhere near a majority
"impulse control" I'm not betting on that chief specially in COD lobbies or worst random MOBA rank matches.
DUDE! Big fan of your cosplay/costume 10/10. Blew my mind , some might even say it went BOOM
Loved the comment "They wouldn't last 10 seconds in a COD lobby back in the day" ...soooo true they'd cowering in their safe space! LOL I played COD back in the MW2 days and the smack talking was brutal as you definitely know. On the other hand you're right about gamers taking Noobs under their wing. I found a great Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer group who took me under their wing and helped me get really good at the game. Eventually I was one who mentored our noobs. They always focus on the bad and never point out the good. You're awesome Melonie. Keep up the good work!
Love the hair and costume!
Idiots are still trying to demonize gamers... I wish they would give it a rest I've been a gamer for as long as I remember I've never been a bigot
I remember when I used to stand at the entrance to the Vault Of Glass raid on Destiny 1 to help out teams who were struggling. One of them messaged me thanking me, then he added me as a friend, I played with him loads and we became good friends.
We need to pull the credentials of these people who make up this study. Better yet, pull the funding of the organizations that don't bother to review the "study."
The scientific community has always been rife with charlatans. Most are more than happy to trade money for their credentials. Not only that, you only need to read some theses from "oppressed" representatives to see what the value of those credentials are at this point.
this "study" isn't peer-reviewed at all, they self-published it on their own site or something. They called it "study" in a vain hope to keep people from realizing it's biased bs
Vote with your wallet.
Yea! Like where do they get this study from because I wasn't part of it, none of us was part of it
Like I never heard of this study! At all
@@deanfirnatine7814 Are you referring the "Metal Health Experts" who believe there is more than one gender and are unable to define what a woman is?
Aww man, that was a great laugh!!! Thank you!!
In other words, young men are still the primary demographic of people who play videogames, and that brings with it all the immature behaviors you would expect.
The study should really just be summarized "Gamers Are People".
Apparently it's bigotry to state the fact men make up the majority of gamers
And the most annoying thing is they say bigotry keeps women out when that's a blatant lie anyone that's actually met a woman would be able to tell you why they don't play (groundbreaking news ahead) women don't play because they think it's for kids every chick that I met that didn't like games literally said it's for kids it's got nothing to do with misogyny it's literally because they think it's beneath them and there's nothing wrong with that they DON'T want to play and these feminists will never force them they'll only push out the men already there
i mean immature behaviors exist everywhere. a male dominant aria has a different set of behavoir VS female space which is not an indication of maturity if anything its an indication of sexism if by default consider something inmature based of gender
*Gamers are young and immature male people
Surprising absolutely nobody, since 1990s
@@theVictor-isVonDoom I remember my first week in college dorm these two hot blonde twins invited my friend and I to their room we were like yeaaah....turned out they just wanted to play Super Mario World with us lol and they had boyfriends (off campus). So yeah we still played; def threw me off because they did not fit the description of your average 'gamer' 🤣
@@budgiecat9039 exactly there are women that like it and that's fine but for these "researchers" to say the reason not ALL women like it is cause of sexism is just blatantly wrong I mean you can actually do what these researchers didn't and actually ASK women (that aren't Anita Sarkesian) I have and it's almost unanimous
Haven't even started watching the video yet but just wanted to say you're rocking the loud anime look. 👏🏾
If the evils of today consider you a villain, you're doing something right.
Dang, that Turtle School Gi looks great on you. I can picture Pan looking like that when she grows into it (if we get a new season though). This silly nonsense about gamers being either of those things is just pure nonsense.
I heard we're supposed to be getting more db actually. Tho you may wanna look into that . Ik there is a lot more in the manga so.
She knows she’s hot. That’s why she wears it.
Real talk, Mel as Goku hits different ❤
We gamers are not sexists nor racists
Never was, never will be
We literally idolize female characters like Lara Croft and Samus dafaq is wrong with these ppl
We just don't like them censoring or toning them down for ppl that aren't even part of the communities
IMO I'd disagree but I'd rather phrase it as would you like us to be ist in our fictional worlds or irl? Would be the argument I'd make. its like you can either let us have our metaphorical way to blow off steam virtually and in a fictional world or we would be doing it irl. Pick your poison media.
Speak for yourself 🤣
Y'all haven't been in many CoD lobbies between matches huh?
@@Hungry_Hungry_Hippo we have it's literally just trash talk ppl need to grow a pair they do that in every competitive sport as well
Ayyyy Melonie looking great as Goku!!
1 absolutely love the outfit and 2 you’re absolutely right, they don’t want to be included, they view it as “gatekeeping” when gamers ask them to stop changing stuff they don’t want to be a part of because it’s not exactly the way they want it
I am not sure i want to know how they want
They ALWAYS accuse everyone else of exactly what they’re doing. It’s how they trick people into not saying the emperor has no clothes.
Haha that outfit 👍🏼 look good on you too. Going to Dutch comic con end of the month and can’t wait to see all the outfits!
Omg love your Goku gear killed it🤗
I love studies in general they're so flawed because what they take is a small subset of people and then determine that that small subset is the entirety of whatever group they are studying studies in general like this are extremely flawed you get better results from family feud
Melonie is over 9000 in this one
Yeah ! Great outfit !
*WHAT, NINE THOUSAND⁉*
@@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct finally someone gave the correct response lol
There's no way that can be right ! *CAN IT* !?
5:50 ied like to know what gaming “”community’s”” they were looking at because there not all equal, most of the best ones tend to be a little closed off because they don’t want to allow any old trolls into their groups, you then have guilds that will accept anyone because a game like say SWTOR is set up so people in big guilds get more than the guild that is just three friends from school.
3:00 dang melonie really couldnt have said it any more perfectly
Gamers are truly the most oppressed class…
One might say it's time for us to rise up
@@stevejones69420 no no no we roll out the other guys rise up
I am not oppressed so I must be the oppressor.
Remember when gaming was just a damn hobby and not a "class"?
"We live in a society!" - George Costanza, Frogger Champion
Yup. The lead "researcher" is exactly what you would expect.
Love your costume! My verse for the day is Matthew 10:16 - “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.” - keep calling people out on their garbage
I'm a gamer and I love your goku wear xD
If I'm not triggering someone or being labeled as a phobe of some sort. I'm starting to think I'm doing something wrong.
yikes
100% agree, anyone that games and enjoys it is a gamer, it become apart of your identity to varying degrees depending on how much time you spend doing it.
Where I've noticed problems forming is around those that spend very little time gaming and more time as slactivists, using the guise to try and dictate what/when/how gamers enjoy their hobby. I've spent 2K hours playing Rust, the most toxic game known to man, a veritable manifestation of a COD lobby in game form. I'm not marching around with a red band on my arm and a pillow case on my head.
Side note: That turtle school Gi looks sweet, I need this to complete the Master Roshi look I'm going for.
a new study says "gamers are more likely to talk shit and use any language at hand"
Loving the outfit
Love the costume. I’ve just found your channel and I love it. Keep doing what you do! You’ve got a new subscriber
Melonie’s hair is perfect to be a saiyan ❤
Unfortunately gamers always end up being the target for something but hey haters gonna hate! I also popped for the ‘identity fusion’ dbz nod 😂
Oh I’ve been hearing this since I played PONG in the 70s lol.
Now, They're pissin' me off 😡
Same here
Friend you ain't the only one I'm an OG gamer and I'm pissed off at this shit I've been gaming for 37 years and I never thought that the gaming industry would stoop to this level
Yeah hey weren’t already ???
I saw "REEEEE" in the thumbnail and I thought Anna would be there.
We need more Melonie Macs in this world. Keep doing your thing.
Love the costume!! 👍🏻
I will happily turn down the air conditioner for the kitchen if Melonie will make me a sandwich.
I haven't played Project 1999 Everquest in nearly a year... I miss it. I think I'll get back to playing again this weekend...
Great video, Melonie! Now go make me a sammich!
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My Gosh. I love smack talk. I love hearing/dishing it out, that’s a sport in itself. Love the costume by the way.
Melonie rockin the Goku costume! Her videos make my day especially when she's laughing 😁.
Bahaha toxic gamer culture. Like that's a bad thing? Melonie is one of the most toxic gamers but that's why we love her.
Keep your distance from Master Roshi.
What a absurd article 😂 i laughed for a good 5 minutes while reading this.
2:29 Preach it sister PREACH!
Seeing you in the Turtle School Gi makes my heart go BOOM! (pun intended) 😄
I'd rather be a "toxic gamer" than be a boring mook.
Old Skool Gamer for life
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Well stated Great One
I grew up in the 90’s, and I remember vividly being taught at school at some point’that words are just words and you shouldn’t feel bad about being called names because all in all that achieves nothing. Dunno what happened in between, but I still take that advice to heart and they can call me anything they like, I’ll just keep being my own person, as much as I see fit
This lady is a gaming goddess.
Melonie just went super saiyan on these fools. Keep it up.
I 100% AGREE
Love your outfit and your eyes
Trash talk in games is equivalent of inclusion. Nobody can dodge it.
Melonie droppin the spirit bomb today! Love your costume!! Recoome Mac go Boom!
Ahhhh yes, I remember when I developed my gamer identity… I haven’t been the same since. Now I’m a huge bigot. 😢 that’s just what happens.
Well when every gamer is a bigot, of course becoming one would make you a bigot lol
When everyone is a bigot no one is
@@DavidSmith-mt7tb they hate Gamers like you and me because we're not watching their Hollywood propaganda or news propaganda from CNN and all these other news stations. Most people who like video games are conservative who actually have a brain and can think and talk rationally to people in the game. A little smack talking here and there is fine and I refuse to respect somebody's pronouns it's he or she or get out of my game
Being a gamer has always been a batch of honor. I am 50 now and this crazy studies have been forever. Even with tabletop gaming. It used to be that gaming was in fact a boy-man thing 20 years ago. Today I am so glad it´s a thing of all ages, genres, races... so many more players to play with and it is so great that beyond our different cultures gaming has become a unversal culture. Yes, there are trolls and looneys as in every culture but most of us are just people that want to have fun, explore fantasy worlds, experience a new creation. People that takes themselves too seriously forget what it is to play and then blame players for thinking they are irrelevant. Like those studies.
I take no one who uses the phrase "People who identify as Gamers" seriously
Ikr, what a bunch of cringe. This is the most hilarious piece of fake news I've ever seen.
It’s a meme basically
Give it 30 years we're just going to have people in Congress that actually are Gamers just like us that's the reason why a bunch of them are trying to hate on Gamers right now because they don't want that to happen. It's when the people you kept mocking for years are in charge of the law making is when video Gamers will be respected
The Dragon ball outfit got you my sub.
When you said fusion, it reminded me of the series.
I once had a manager when I was a games tester at Xbox on 2002ish and the team laughed that she never played any games
This video was FUEGO! The outfit, the opening, the picture of the “researcher”, the content and commentary, EVERYTHING!
Absolutely in love with ur cosplay ..well costume.
Gotta be the cutest Goku I’ve ever seen though ❤
Ahh that Goku gi is awesome. There’s rumors that the dragon ball super anime might have an announcement again at jump festa possibly it may be coming back.
eXpErTs SaY!!!
M your rocking the Goku costume like no one's business. Kudos 😇👍
Love the Dragonball Z costume it's awesome Melonie
Melonie is a literal hero, keep it up, we appreciate you speaking the truth!
10:34 you have this story attacking gamers meanwhile at the bottom of the page is them proudly covering a wardrobe malfunction of a duck tape model, this is the site that’s trying to say they have the high ground :(
The people writing these articles are the same kids who bullied us in school for liking things. The bullying never really stops, the formats just change.
Every industry is being ruined in the same fashion right now, and catering to a select few who don't really care about said thing.
Best looking guard for the gate. Looking that Goku look
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That Godzilla tattoo and Turtle school Gi is just 👌
ever think its the one kid who got super offended in a cod loby that's looking for revenge now via the media?
Yooooo Melanie in Goku Gi!! Fucking love it girl
Just casually rocking the turtle hermit gi foreal
OMG that outfit I soooo firkin awesome! Keep up the great work Mel! :D
The thing is, nowadays its very common to be a gamer of some variety, even chicks on their phones think they're a gamer playing candy crush.
Its like saying hitler drank water, therefore water is racist. Its a correlation doesn't equal causation thing because they link unrelated things together.
Melonies cuteness level
Over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND!!!!
Where did you get that Goku uniform?! I need that in my life. Keep up the great work, Melonie!
Is that suppose to be Goku from Dragon Ball?
Next Headline: "Candyland players connected to obesity and tooth loss"
So.... out of 300 people in a shooter, a lot of people were insulting and saying mean words... shocking. Truly shocking. I'm utterly gobsmacked and not at all rolling my eyes.
You in that Goku outfit. OMG!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
And that fu-sion ha was epic 👍
So, @Melonie Mac - Chan, when is the Genki-Dama event ? I can tell you, it's over 9000!!!😁😁 Great outfit!!!
Whoa this channel makes too much sense for youtube. Subbed!
Super Saian Melonie, ❤️ great video. Anyone who grew up with video games knows that so called study is B.S. you can't just judge based on 300 people and one type of game. Of course ever since around the 80's the attack on games hasn't died out unfortunately.
Melonie! What kind of things you are searching on the net to these ads pop up for you! hahahaha
3:11 it's called jurnalist mode.