Why I'm glad to be me (Part 2)

I submitted a post on slashdot yesterday.  It was in response to a story titled "Why aren't Linux users gamers?".  Here's the post:

I think that, on the whole, we prefer creating games to playing them, that's not that we don't enjoy playing games, though. Speaking for myself, when I first start playing a game I enjoy it. But unless the game is really brilliant (and there really aren't too many of those for me), I soon start looking for ways to "game" the system, make it do things it wasn't meant to, preferably benefiting me in the process.

I honestly don't think a lack of games on the Linux platform inhibits me, considering I own a PS2, PS3 and a WII. I actually haven't played many PC games in quite some time.

Which, I thought was a fair summary of how I felt.  Then I get this response:

But unless the game is really brilliant (and there really aren't too many of those for me), I soon start looking for ways to "game" the system, make it do things it wasn't meant to, preferably benefiting me in the process.

Congratulations? Nobody else is smart enough to do anything like that?

I honestly don't think a lack of games on the Linux platform inhibits me, considering I own a PS2, PS3 and a WII. I actually haven't played many PC games in quite some time.

So what you're saying is that you're more than willing to sink a lot of money in multiple consoles (and presumably all the extra equipment that goes with them) and console video games--owning three consoles is more than most people. So you're definitely a "gamer." But then you say you're not one and that it's because Linux users are superior (which is how "we prefer creating games to playing them" comes across) that more linux video games don't sell?

*scratches head* I'm not quite sure I follow your logic..

So, I just wanted to say that it appears that a vast portion of the population (at least on Slashdot) have the comprehension of an average 6 year old in a South African school (which is roughly equivalent to the comprehension ability of a squirrel on multivitamins).

I'm glad that I do better than that.  Most of you do too.  You're a mostly bright bunch, although a bit hard on the eyes some of the time.