Usually it goes more like this for me:

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 08:52 (4193 days ago) @ SonofMacPhisto

It's obvious to everyone that's reading that you hold this view yourself.

No, it isn't. And no, he doesn't. I understood this before his clarifications. I also agree that is the popular conception of a WoW player. Hell, this is the conversation I have every single time I mention I'm a gamer to a non-gamer.

Phisto: 'Yeah, I'm a gamer.'

Person: 'Oh, so like do you play World of Warcraft or whatever?'

Phisto: 'No, I play stuff like Mass Effect, Skyrim, Civ, and a bunch of shooters.'

Person: *strange, confused look, as if I am speaking another language*

I'm not sure you understand how the wider world generally sees gamers.

Levi: "Uh... I play games, yes. If I'm a 'gamer', then I'm also a 'reader', and a 'movie-er'".

Person: 'Uuuhh, sure ... so like do you play Halo or whatever?

Levi: "Yes..."

Person: "Cool."

Levi: "... Yep."

(I've found that both the stereotypes of 'gamers' and 'non-gamers', as well as stereotypes of all kids, tend to be completely meaningless and inaccurate in the course of one person's life. In fact, most importantly, there's not just those two kids of people, with an 'on' or an 'off' switch - there's an entire spectrum of varying interest in video games.)

(And if you couldn't tell, I hate the word 'gamers. It's stupid in a thousand different ways.)