This reminds me of the conventions I go to where people dress up like Japanese cartoon characters and video game characters. People associate the people with the characters and therefore attach themselves to them. It's quite frightening to see a girl dressed as a popular male character with a bunch of rabid fangirls squealing and "glomping" (combination tackle-hug) her.

My character when I went this summer was a mad scientist (I adore the mad scientist archetype so that character automatically appealed to me) and people dressed as characters from that game kept begging me to "experiment" on them. So I guess the point is people can't help it if they're attracted to fictional characters...just please leave the people who are dressed as them out of it.

(Note: There are some frightening, delusional people who, after doing this for a while, start to really believe they are their characters. I made my friends promise if I ever go that far they'd shoot me down on the spot.)

That does it... I'm going to have to get a bishonen costume!

But when you think about it, the average male hardcore gaming enthusiast has roughly equal chances of getting a date with Lara Croft or Jordan.

This is kind of sad.

Hmm. Doesn't seem at all odd to me to rank a hypothetical real Lara Croft against a hyopthetical available Jordan (I gather from the story that she's married or at least dating). I already have to imagine that she's not with somebody and that I move in the right circles to actually meet her in order to imagine what it would be like to date her, so it's already a fantasy - for Lara Croft, it's the same fantasy but with the extra condition that she's a real person.

If you asked me, "Would you rather date Lara Croft or that cute girl who works at the coffee shop," the answer should be obvious.

There's nothing wrong with people at japanese anime conventions. You might find it weird if you're not used to it, but it's pretty common. It's all in fun and it's just part of the experience.

well yes i would date lara croft (if she was real) rather than jordan, but that is because i utterly loathe jordan and everything she is affiliated with, i will be happy on the day she dies from silicone poisoning


hell id rather attempt to date an electronic image rather than jordan

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That does it I'm going to have to get a bishonen costume!


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I think people are quick to use statistics to make gamers look like tools or nerds...but just looking at this does make me feel bad for the people wanting to hang out with a virtual character over a real one...perhaps the real one wasn't interesting to them? like you stated.

But then again I'm a hardcore gamer myself ... theres a spot for these brit gamers lol Gamer Social Network

But when you think about it, the average male hardcore gaming enthusiast has roughly equal chances of getting a date with Lara Croft or Jordan.

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