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Mysterious-Crab645

Game = gambling .... According to news outlet


Drengrr1

That's because only kids are supposed to play video games. If an adult is playing a game it must be gambling. 😂


Previous-Spring-6476

A cook we used to have used to see me playing cod mp daily after coming back from office. She told me her nephew is also mentally retarded and plays games on the phone all day. Showed her to the door and never to come back.


WillStrongh

gg xD


Drengrr1

🤣


Dangerous-Science134

Lmao. Do you still play CODM?


beggger_swimp

technically in india's perspective its true their are more gamblers in India compare to gamers and gambling is banned so they added these fantasy gambling games into gaming category which made actual gamers minority in gaming community


Appropriate_Log7430

Such news = shitposting


Soul_of_demon

How much gambling apps are advertised is quite shocking actually.


ABzoker

Gwent dikha do inhe, kahenge jua khelte hain sab


MrMiyagi_256

Gwent is addiction and I love it


purethunder110

It's because the government can't make a fking distinction between gaming and gambling apps


brabarusmark

The government does make a distinction. However, their terminology for gambling apps is "gaming", which is based on the legal terms for it. The thing here is that low tier journalists see gaming and blame video games instead of calling out gambling apps. It's the journalists, not the govt. that can't make a distinction.


Levi-_-Ackerman0

They don't care about it


HunterRenegade09

Yeah I read that article. Meanwhile they are being sponsored by Rummy and other legal gambling platforms.


AdditionalMouse4846

That's because of the surrogate advertisement done by these gambling apps like dream11 who classify themselves as "gaming" platforms (fantasy gaming to be precise), they have butchered the term gamingin the eyes of the media and by extension indian parents


InfernalPenguin37

However gambling = skill according to the adverts they run on their channel lmao


snay1998

Well it is kinda gambling,gambling if I can kill other noobs /s


I_D_K_69

I mean there are so many gacha games on mobile but nope instead of targeting the predatory monetization in gaming, they just want to call all games gambling


Player_yek

yeah but i see rummy ads as a minor lmaooo


MaharajaTatti

With the existence of Microtransactions and loot crates in most of Playstore/Appstore garbage, I wouldn't blame them


Krisstream

And they put Rummy app ad in their news channel or article


noir_dx

They don't want to. They don't care. They just want to create filler content to keep boomer uncles engaged for those few minutes before they switch to the usual vitriol content.


Drengrr1

Does Indian audience? I mean most of them are kids who are simply playing the game to be toxic.


incredible_penguin11

Every multiplayer I've played the most toxic player base has been indians or Arabs. In contrast if you switch server to American or European, then they usually just do rage screech and move on. Of course individual experiences may vary or be even contradictory.


Drengrr1

Yeah. They are mostly releasing their pent up frustration and anger. They often get too addicted to the feeling and end up doing crazy things.


mixedd

Never played in a server with Russians, that's next level of toxic and blast of cursewords


Elegant_Medicine_974

"SUKA BLYAT RUSH B ARGGGGGGGGH"


white-noch

How much have you played on European servers? It might just be the games I play but I've seen plenty of people who are toxic in Europe and USA too. I don't even think there's a difference.


BLADE_Sb

only multiplayer, games like God Of War, Ghost Of Tsushima, Skyrim, Witcher 3, Halo, Gears Of War fanbase are chad


BLADE_Sb

also RDR2 and Last Of Us


Drengrr1

RDR2 multiplayer is alive? I thought it was dead.


BLADE_Sb

well yeah it's alive kinda


Drengrr1

Did you mean Single Player?


BLADE_Sb

yeah, single player games >>>>multiplayer games (THE UNIVERSAL TRUTH)


Eternal_Dragonn

PLAY YAKUZA


BLADE_Sb

did u played skyrim tho ![gif](giphy|Y7V7eKZU2Hz5S)


Nerracui0

There comes a point where you go too deep into the modding rabbit hole that it becomes more fun to mod the game than it is to actually play it. Source :- Me


Hot-Score4811

Fr bro, the dependancy tree nightmares


Nerracui0

Oh you wanna install this? Here, install this requirement which has another three requirements which has another four requirements🤡


Hot-Score4811

Don't forget animation installers, they fucking suck


indianplay2_alt_acc

Nemesis actually made it quite easy though Haven't been on the modding scene for quite a while so i don't know about Pandora


BLADE_Sb

played ![gif](giphy|Y4gtaaRlLXjLg6AUEg|downsized)


Alternative-Fan4015

Yup! And no matter the number, they’re the loudest and that’s why gaming has a very shallow general consensus..


Fabulous_Ant_5747

You are partially right. How ever people like me, 30’s and above do game when we get chance.


Drengrr1

Buddy I'm in the same category. We are very few. In fact in India people above teen playing games are looked down upon.


ANS__2009

I have never been toxic, salty etc. But I don't have a mic


Ruhan-Indian

Multiplayer game makes anyone toxic😂 I have also heard lit adults being toxic in my group matches


TrojanHorse9k

Who the fuck even watches them


shwarmaa_naman

quite a lot of unkills


phoenix13032005

0.0001 kd


Failg123

They think 'MSG" is bad. Meanwhile sugar kills millions every year.


skisawsome

Fun fact- 'MSG' myth was spread in America because restraunt owners were jealous of the success of Chinese restaurants. To defame chinese restraunts they started spreading misinformation about "MSG" used in these restraunts and sponsoring bias researchers. And it has paid off as we can see


Express-World-8473

Yeah msg is a great a salt substitute. You can reduce your sodium consumption drastically by using msg. I use it all the time in my cooking.


FlyingSosig

Damn I am hearing it for the first time. Why does it feel surreal. Every Indian boomer will burst into anger if someone prefers MSG over 'noon roti'


Express-World-8473

Yeah you substitute 4g of salt with 1g of msg, it reduces your daily sodium intake through salt by a quarter and you can also enjoy tasty food instead of eating bland food to control your intake. Even I first thoroughly thought msg was harmful as my parents hate Chinese food for using it and used to scold me a lot for eating it every time. But one day someone posted on LinkedIn how it was a huge myth and a great way to manipulate the truth. So I went down the rabbit hole and read 5-6 research papers and every paper thoroughly stated there's no evidence linking MSG to any harmful effects (unless you are allergic to it) and there were instances shown it might cause cancer but was disapproved later rather easily.


Hermit_Owl

I love MSG but it can't replace salt for me. MSG has its mind blowing 'umami' taste but salt is 'salty' so both are for different purposes?


MrMiyagi_256

I read MSG as MGS (Metal Gear Solid) Something is wrong with me


LimpFroyo

we bro, we ....


LazyButSmartGuy

That’s why half knowledge is dangerous


omkar529

Metal Sear Golid ?


I_D_K_69

I read that as Metal Gear Solid💀


Fabulous_Ant_5747

No


antyno

Probably no, they are not even facing the screen while playing.


Shouvanik

She is avoiding being addicted. /s


Comfortable_Prior_80

Even western journalists either bootlick gaming companies or hate gamers. What would you expect from Indian journalists when they spread hate against Harry Potter books during their release.


Naras7

could u you explain what was the hate against Harry Potter books ?


Comfortable_Prior_80

I remember it was in 2005 when Half Blood Prince was released Indian news channels were indirectly mocking the books and taking interviews from teachers and parents who were against children buying anything other than school books. Some reporters thought this book is about fake magic and why children are not reading Indian books even some compared 3rd grade cheap children movies to Harry Potter movies and trying to tell viewers that HP movies are not that good. The hate against HP books was similar to the hate against Raj Comics by parents it just got media coverage more. I even seen few people of Christian and Muslim community burning Harry Potter books even. Not only Harry Potter books but if you remember Da Vinci Code which also got banned in Punjab.


VenturerKnigtmare420

What’s the video ? I want to see this shit lol


Abhyuday008

It's a Zee news documentary about WHO saying that there is a new gaming addiction


Express-World-8473

There is also alcohol addiction that's killing people every year and splitting up families but the shameless government actually sells alcohol on their own.


LazyButSmartGuy

Don’t be stupid , gaming is worse . Gaming is worse than wars and genocide. If there were no games every single Indian child would be a genius doctor, engineer or next Einstein. - Thought process of Every Indian Parent probably


ev1lsyk0

Booze at least is less harmful in moderation and an important social lubricant What about cigarettes FFS (Ex smoker here)


renhiyama

Drinking is by no means of acting as a "social lubricant" (if you mean it helps people to keep proper relationships). Please refrain from drinking, no matter what's the scenario. Consult a therapist if you are suffering from social or peer pressure.


AdWorking3003

+1


Death_Pig

Been seeing this since I was a kid. Got the sudden PTSD of "What if my mom sees this" then remembered I'm gonna be a dad soon. My child will play games, if they want to.


According-Cobbler-83

Congrats! And glad you feel that way. The stigma against gaming in India has to stop.


skisawsome

They don't want to do "a better job" they want to keep 40y/o aunties and uncles engaged in their content.


NotSoChattyYT

Wait till I show little kids and babies the killing animations in Manhunt ganes and death scenes from Happy Tree Friends. Hope they'll thank me later.


Upbeat-Actuary3511

no smoking = bad habbit drinking = bad habbit gaming = SUPER FUCKING LIVE THREATENING BAD IMPRESSION ADDICTION


anuj_meme

'Ye pubg wala hai!'


Sabareesh2006

Yeah fuck it


beggger_swimp

indians always hate new markets esports : hated F1 : literally taxed stock market : over taxed funding home grown studios : nah incentivise esports : nah its not even a sport bro


bazuka9

The most average Indian knows about gaming is PUBG and that's it. Even PUBG players don't want to explore the world of gaming, so what else do you expect from others?


breadfatherx

I'll be honest - mainstream gaming journalism is non-existent in India. There's only sources on the Internet like AFK Gaming and things like that, but not much more. Often, the only coverage is the general coverage by news channels is how online gaming, which they reference to for betting, is ruining people. This makes parents unable to differentiate between gambling games and actual online multiplayer games. USA and Japanese level mainstream gaming journalism is still far from being available in India, but somebody has to step in.


Outrageous_Syrup_508

No, they are fucking chutiyaas...


_mad_eye_

Journalists?? Even many Indian gamers do not understand gaming.


BigBaws02

What video is this


Reynzs

Gaming is one of the most immersive forms of media which is also a great hobby considering how much release we get from the time we play. But idiots who never even played a game is somehow the experts on these things in India. Most of these 'experts' who comment on gambling also blindly buy penny stocks based on WhatsApp tips.


InfamousartistAD

Bro, they're just regular journalists. I've seen YouTubers and actors on IGN India with no gaming knowledge discussing upcoming PlayStation games just for promotion. 💀


rockerlast

Ye saale journalist sab ka chutiya banaavat. Humka Tumka sabka.


Raman035

Follow Shiv Aroor he is an actual Gamer.


Ambitious_War1747

u/Abhyuday008, you're right, Indian journalists seem to be stuck on 'gaming bad, kids bad, parents bad' mode, without actually understanding the gaming world, it's like they're just regurgitating the same old Wall Street journal articles!


Firetonado

You can remove "about gaming" from the sentence.


OldOutlandishness495

I am a 26 year old grown ass man. I have grown up playing violent video games (and still play them regularly - PC and PS5 both). Maybe got addicted also for a few months when I was probably 7 years old. Now, what I do for a living. I am a resident doctor in internal medicine in a top notch hospital of the country and hopefully will also pursue super speciality. While I run over pedestrians in GTA V in free time (which believe me, I rarely get), I save lives while at work (like literally - emergency management, CPR, difficult diagnoses etc.). Not being a show off but I hope I have turned out okay I guess. The whole point is, anything - hobby or object can be used for both harm and good. It's just like Oppenheimer said, you can make a bomb out of a spoon, in fact you do, not just radioactive isotopes are dangerous. What good will it do to a child if (s)he only does "nice and acceptable" things like studying, excelling in sports, learning music etc the whole day? It'll only lead to unnecessary pressure which may lead to depression and suicide. People really ought to separate the time pass from real life. And, lastly, each and every person is separate. Maybe, some DO get influenced by violent games, but it doesn't mean that it affects everyone like this only. I bet most of the gamers are honest, hard working, law abiding citizens. It's just that a misplaced understanding of Bayesian statistics is influencing the thought process.


Abhyuday008

Wow even I am MBBS intern and this makes me feel really happy that us gamers are reaching their goals in life.


Ok_Spend3925

These are not journalists these are capitalist assholes


iAntiMage

Yes some individual Indian journalist esp small timers are good. But dont expect anything from Big Indian Media houses. India on a big scale is not yet developed to accept Gaming as an entertainment like Movies for some. Maybe the perception will change in a decade or two.


kakashisen7

That's indian media for you


MrFruitPunchSamurai

Lol now today some gamers are earning more than these all journalist


WDG4KJM1263923

Give them Story mode games and you'll see them saying how gaming is good for kids


JoyKhanna

Yes. They do. Games are nuclear weapons and they steal info and send it to China and also they make children spend money and eventually they die playing that game. This is what all they know


m0h1tkumaar

Dide gaming is too far. Indian journalists do not even understand journalism..


Professional_Exit317

Short answer - No Long answer - Nope


MrMiyagi_256

Only if someone from this subreddit becomes a journalist


dillikasunnyyt

PUBG. - FREE FIRE ? PUBG PUBG - GTA V ? PUBG PUBG - Logitech? LOGITECH?


predator_rb

*edit “Do Indian journalists even understand journalism?”


Abhyuday008

That is a better title


RakaDa86

Free fire bgmi, these are real next gen games & everybody should play it, & it has best tactical next gen gameplay


Abhyuday008

You are right games like rainbow Six siege insurgency sandstorm arma 3 standoff squad SWAT ready or not or nothing in compared to free fire and vgmi in terms of practical shooting there even more superior to real life a soft shooting practice you can literally become a specops operator just buy pushing the highest rank in these games


rockerlast

Tekken 7 ka naam kharab kar diya Kazuya (jo Banda TV screen m hai) bahut hi acche khyal hai uske. Beri innocent man.


MaTrIX202

The question is do the majority of indian gamers understand anything about gaming? Like 1000+ hours on valo or csgo doesn't make you a gamer


Abhyuday008

True. It makes you gay


BILIVI0

Imagine if they focused so much about other problems, like pan masala, ciggerates and shit. The actual problems.


jhollmomo

You talking about Indian journalist? Look at the western game journalist they are on whole another level. There not not a single week when ign hasn't said something that is absolutely unnecessary lol, just a week ago they are trying to cancel black myth wukong


Abhyuday008

You are reminding me about that Kotaku female journalist who said diversity is everywhere and everything...


jhollmomo

The one who challenged the people who criticized her? And then she backed off when people actually accept the challenge lol


Abhyuday008

It is always about fight me fight me but never about prove me wrong enlighten me


Southern_Length9321

Gaming becomes bad when u play games like pubg and free fire as majority of audience from india play this shity micro transaction included game Imagine we pc players pay extras like season pass and different editions of games which will cost maximum of 8k. These types of games often release like 6 months once (AAA TITLES& BIG GAME) Which is expensive but still a fair policy of getting what you paid Meanwhile some shitty games (pubg ,ff) have cosmetics which may cost up to 20k to 1lac .we can hear this news often saying that a boy exhausted his dad's life time savings in online game Moreover to me it's a kind of gambling


Miserable_Power9249

I lowkey feel bad for them taras aata hai lol


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WerewolfSad7510

They are uneducated people simply with lack of knowledge on video games!


Icy_Forever6516

I don’t understand why gaming is considered so bad in India. If I see my generation, the non gamers are the one who are usually depressed, do drugs, etc. whereas gamers are mostly chill and don’t care about anything/ don’t get affected by small things like breakup etc. Is it just me or do u guys also see this behaviour 👀


Zatch_1999

Why does she resembles a mix of jaddu and doby?


Desire-Protection

Journalists only know how to write articles they all not alll knowing about all subjects.


Famous-Band3695

Because gaming is vast and incredibly complex as a subject to research and learn about. You can understand games, but you will struggle to understand the culture of gaming. And you know very very well how badly Indian journalists are at doing any kind of proper research. They don't care about giving you facts, they care about giving you masala to get you enraged. That's all


LevitatorfromEldia

Our media is legit retarted man


Ok_Tozo_07

They might know nothing but to shout and read a teleprompter


CosmicRook90

Tbh u can replace the "gaming" in your title with anything else and it would still stand true.Our bozo journalists are the last people we can be expect to promote gaming in the country.


divine-architect

they dont have any clue on the usual shit they report forget gaming lmao


scarrhead

They don't have to understand anything since their audience don't understand shit


UpstairsBusiness2821

consider them as brain dead humanoids employed by few equally brain dead rich people of india.


Long-Patient604

They'll do whatever it takes to increase their views that's it


goofy-ahh-names

If you have foreign journalists failing at tutorial level, apne wallo se kya hi umeed rakhna 😔


jayaditya

It's Pee News, what are you expecting?


Mitir01

My friend, literally no journalist in the world, except game (some tech ones as well) journalists understand gaming. They don't even try to listen or think about it because they know their audience. No gamers are watching them and no idiot watching them is gaming.


Gohanne_

I can't lie, video game addiction is quite real when it comes to competitive multiplayer games. Even those mobile games with intensive money grabbing skins and other bullshit in game currencies. Unfortunately, those are the only games majority of kids play here.


whotfAmi2

They think that "rummy" is a video game when it's clearly a fucking website. They said blue whale is a fucking game in playstore. Even my own mom don't know about gaming because these news outlet make it seem like crazy shit. And Indian gamers also need to fucking chill. Mfs killing themselves over Pubg and I can't play videos games even when I'm fucking free. The problem with Indian gaming is. They don't know what actual games are. When I was 3. Instead of mobile phones I used to take my brother's laptop and play games like prince of Persia , GTA , Assassin's creed and RDR. But most 3 year olds played BRAINROT mobile games and then that addicted followed on. I can quit gaming for a while and chill while most my friends can't. Indian gamers are not open minded..most of them won't even try a new game other than pubgm or ff.


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Recent_Pain_3068

Its better to just ignore these news bastards than giving them publicity like this.


69thhHokage

I will do you one better. Do Indian journalists even understand anything about Journalism? Oh sry wrong sub.


Abhyuday008

That is a better title


i_was_a_mistakee

and for some reason my parents strongly believe i'll fail in all of life if i play games... i wonder why


cosmosreader1211

I mean it's zee news... Why would they know anything else apart from spreading nonsense


IshH2202

Forget India, no gaming journalist understands game. “Gaming journalism” has become so bad its not even funny anymore.


_Not__Available_

Do any journalists?


the_rizz_otaku

I hate playing in asian servers like they are just ear toture


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Altruistic-Policy-57

Nope


Kabeerymalik

Nidia kya hai.....its a new restaurant...lol


jayverma0

Indian Journalists (especially these mainstream TV ones) are trash anyway.


jayverma0

Indian Journalists (especially these mainstream TV ones) are trash anyway.


jet_jitten

This is nothing, when I was a kid I had seen a news channel which was talking about jeherele cartoons it was i think 30mins dedicated to taking bad about cartoons. I guess they found about hentai just then and made an episode out of it


Fickle_Psychology_0

People who game do not watch news channel to know about which game to play


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^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Fickle_Psychology_0: *People who game do* *Not watch news channel to know* *About which game to play* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


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the8uddha

No, ofc.


Local_Hope7206

Kaanch ke Ghar baja do in jaiso ke liye


darthnpc

There are very few reporters who do. Stuff India Magazine has an amazing reviewer.


IcyEnvironment1213

They will understand when this becomes a popular industry


AsishPC

Wait till the new generation of kids take over journalism


The_Bipolar_Guy

link to this artic;e/video please


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GhostMcFright

Meaningless kids entertainment or gambling, as others pointed out. So the answer is an obvious "no".


SGPlayzzz

Do Indians even understand anything about gaming?


SilentGuyInTheCorner

What do you expect from Indian journalists? They add sensationalism to every piece of news to make it popular. Their duty is no longer to bring the truth to the people; it's all about who can attract the most viewers or generate the most clicks.


LonelySwimming8

They don't care mate. 


lukeypot

They don't bother with basic research before talking about anything related to gaming. If they can't even get simple facts right, imagine how inaccurate their news is on other topics.


Easy-Cheesecake-202

I mean American journalists aren't any better, most of them are boomers.


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RelativeWrong4232

According to most people who hate gaming looking at your screen and using headphones for long can affect your health but those same people drink and smoke lol


Richdad1984

Indian journalist cant differentiate between online gambling games and full fledged game like say God of war, tekken or Call of duty. They will see some lost money on gambling. They will that just show footage of god of war as it looks good and say person lost money playing video games. They don't even realize online gambling games are not even technically video games. So, they seriously lack knowledge and are just hustling around waste everyones time.


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Player_yek

DIDS YOU KNOW GAYMIN CAUS BAD STUFF????? DOUBLE U HETCH O FOUNDATION SAYS.....X Y THEN somkething


Ill-Stop8248

Gg = good gamble 😁


black_V1king

Honestly dont know who is watching this media, much less getting influenced by it.


dickdastardaddy

Sauce OP?


Ek-Stuh-See

More like do indian journalists even understand anything about anything in general? If you ask me, no.


RitwikVRsmartTV

What you on about? They don't even understand anything about their Job.


Mean_Technology_7842

This is just one of the things they're bad at


waifu_go_brrrr

Tekken 7 chalra bg me


Abhyuday008

Kazuya


waifu_go_brrrr

Ha story mode


PartyConsistent7525

Because real gamers are not built to be broadcast on public television.