Misplaced Pages

PC Master Race: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 18:10, 23 June 2015 edit172.90.140.0 (talk) ←Replaced content with 'a buncha pc fanboys whining. nuff said.'Tag: blanking← Previous edit Revision as of 18:10, 23 June 2015 edit undoClueBot NG (talk | contribs)Bots, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers6,438,434 editsm Reverting possible vandalism by 172.90.140.0 to version by Samwalton9. False positive? Report it. Thanks, ClueBot NG. (0) (Bot)Next edit →
Line 1: Line 1:
'''PC Master Race''', sometimes referred to as '''The Glorious PC Gaming Master Race''', is a ] term of superiority for ] gaming used among gamers, and used to compare ] to ] gaming.<ref name="twsExtremeTech"/> In current parlance, the term is used by gamers both to describe themselves as a group, as well as their belief in the superiority of the PC platform.<ref name="twsMaximumPC" /><ref name="twsGamesRadar" /><ref name="Oshry 2012"/><ref name="Mayoraz 2014"/><ref name="Connors 2014"/><ref name="Diederichs 2013"/><ref name="Usher 2014"/><ref name="Williams 2013"/><ref name="Plunkett 2014"/> Popular imagery and coverage related to the term often jokingly{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} describes console users as "dirty console peasants" and people who game on PC as the "Glorious PC Gaming Master Race".<ref name="twsMaximumPC" /><ref name="twsNYDailyNews" />
a buncha pc fanboys whining. nuff said.

==Origin and usage==
The term was first used in 2008 by writer ] in the online gaming magazine '']'' in which he video-reviewed the ] '']''.<ref name="twsCroshaw2008" /> Croshaw explained that his initial intent in referencing the ] was to poke fun at an elitist attitude among certain PC gamers as a sort of ironic joke.<ref name="twsEscapistMagazine"/> The term caught on explosively, but with a ] by Ben Croshaw, now as an expression of pride to be called a PC gamer and being part of a group where users viewed their platform as superior to ]s.

While ''The Escapist'' continued to popularize its usage in later installments,<ref name="twsEscapist2"/> writers in more mainstream computer-related and gaming-related publications tended to avoid using the term because of its negative associations. The growing adoption of the term led to websites with variations of 'Glorious PC Gaming Master Race' in their internet addresses, as well as promotion by ], which sells digitally-distributed game software and updates through their ] platform.<ref name="twsNYDailyNews" /> By several accounts, the term has become an ].<ref name="twsEscapistMagazine" /><ref name="twsLinusTechTips"/>

The term is a launching point for debates about the relative popularity of gaming platforms. A report by Julian Arenzon in the '']'' suggested that digital distribution of games to personal computers is becoming more prevalent within the gaming community, and that there has been a trend away from physical game systems as well as physical disks to be read by ]s.<ref name="twsNYDailyNews"/> Reviewer Paul Tassi in '']'' suggested that in the platform battle, PCs had an edge because they were a "necessity" for everyday life while consoles were a "luxury" costing hundreds of dollars and only offering a few additional games or features over that of what a PC already has.<ref name="twsForbes" />

== See also ==
* ]
* ]
* ]

== References ==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=

<ref name="twsExtremeTech">{{cite web | url=http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/184523-watch-dogs-restored-to-its-e3-2012-graphics-glory-the-pc-master-race-strikes-again | title=Watch Dogs restored to its E3 2012 graphics glory: The PC master race strikes again | publisher=Ziff Davis | work=ExtremeTech | date=June 17, 2014 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Hruska, Joel}}</ref>

<ref name="twsMaximumPC">{{cite web | url=http://www.maximumpc.com/geek_holiday_gift_guide_2013 | title=Geek Holiday Gift Guide 2013 | publisher=Future US | work=Maximum PC | date=December 11, 2013 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Maximum PC staff writers | author2=Lilly, Paul | quote=You know what you won't find in this guide? Console recommendations. Let the peasants debate over which is better, the Xbox One or PlayStation 4. We're part of the PC master race and we'll defend our platform of choice until the end of time.}}</ref>

<ref name="Oshry 2012">{{cite web | url=http://www.vg247.com/2012/06/13/todd-howard-wants-console-players-to-experience-the-glory-of-pc-mods/ | title=Todd Howard wants console players to experience the glory of PC mods | work=VG247 | date=June 13, 2012 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Oshry, Dave | quote=Bethesda’s head of everything Elder Scrolls wishes that the dirty console peasants could experience the glory of the PC modding community.}}</ref>

<ref name="Mayoraz 2014">{{cite web | url=http://tecnovortex.com/glorious-pc-master-race-y-el-orgullo-del-pc-gamer/ | title='The glorious PC master race' y el orgullo del PC Gamer | work=Techno Vortex | date=February 24, 2014 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Mayoraz, Guillermo | language=Spanish | quote=''The Escapist'' used the term 'Glorious PC master race' in referring to the complex structure of the game ]''], naming its console gamers counterparts 'dirty console peasants' ... as a race of inferior players.}}</ref>

<ref name="Connors 2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.insidegamingdaily.com/2014/01/28/join-the-master-race-our-pc-building-guide/ | title=Join the Master Race – Our PC Building Guide | publisher=Machinima | work=Inside Gaming Daily | date=January 28, 2014 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Connors, Devin}}</ref>

<ref name="Diederichs 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2013/12/12/xbox-one-versus-ps4-the-pc-master-race-won-long-ago | title=Xbox One versus PS4? The PC master race won long ago | publisher=Times Media Group | work=Times Live | date=December 12, 2013 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Diederichs, Wiehahn}}</ref>

<ref name="Usher 2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Tomb-Raider-Definitive-Edition-Skipping-Glorious-PC-Master-Race-61427.html | title=Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Skipping the Glorious PC Master Race | work=Cinema Blend | date=January 6, 2014 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Usher, William | quote=While some members of the Glorious PC Master Race are rocking setups that can hit 2K resolutions at 60 smooth-as-a-baby's-bottom frames per second ...}}</ref>

<ref name="Williams 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.usgamer.net/articles/mods-and-the-pc-gaming-master-race | title=Mods and The PC Gaming Master Race | publisher=Gamer Network | work=USgamer | date=September 6, 2013 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Williams, Mike | quote=Brought up when discussing that 'Glorious PC Gaming Master Race' meme started by Zero Punctuation ...}}</ref>

<ref name="Plunkett 2014">{{cite web | url=http://kotaku.com/5963127/the-rise-of-the-glorious-master-race-of-pc-gamers | title=The Rise of the Glorious Master Race of PC Gamers | publisher=Gawker Media | work=Kotaku | date=November 25, 2012 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Plunkett, Luke | quote=Sometimes used as with pride, sometimes used with derision, the term 'master race' has become a common one to describe those PC gamers who love to Lord it over the plebs, revelling in their glowing hardware and hi-res textures.}}</ref>

<ref name="twsLinusTechTips">{{cite web | url=http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/182767-gamecrates-senior-editor-nick-scibetta-disapproves-of-the-label-pc-master-race/ | title=GameCrate's Senior Editor Nick Scibetta Disapproves of the Label "PC Master Race" | publisher=Linus Tech Tips | date= 17 July 2014 | accessdate=Sep 8, 2014 | author=Scibetta, Nick | quote=... the “PC Master Race” thing is a meme ... really sick and tired of the “Glorious PC Gaming Master Race” garbage... single quick line in a single video could have exploded ... use of the phrase “Glorious PC Gaming Master Race” is ubiquitous...term “master race” offensive}}</ref>

<ref name="twsNYDailyNews">{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/steam-summer-game-sale-massive-article-1.1402912 | title=Steam Summer Sale 2013 one of the year's biggest events for PC gamers | work=New York Daily News | date=July 18, 2013 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Arenzon, Julian | quote=Steam has become one of the driving forces behind the growth of digital distribution... jokingly and somewhat offensively called 'the glorious PC master race' ...}}</ref>

<ref name="twsForbes">{{cite web | url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/04/26/mobas-drive-pc-gaming-to-surpass-consoles-globally/ | title=MOBAs Drive PC Gaming to Surpass Consoles Globally | work=Forbes | date=April 26, 2014 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Tassi, Paul | quote=There's an eternal war being waged between PC enthusiasts and console gamers as to which platform is better, and the so-called 'PC master race' might have just gotten a little bit more ammunition.}}</ref>

<ref name="twsCroshaw2008">{{cite web | url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/22-The-Witcher | title=''The Witcher'' | publisher=Defy Media | work=The Escapist | date=January 23, 2008 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Croshaw, Ben | authorlink=Ben Croshaw | time=0:58 | quote=... Those dirty console playing peasants don't ruin it for the glorious PC gaming master race ...}}</ref>

<ref name="twsEscapistMagazine">{{cite web | url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/columns/extra-punctuation/10350-The-Glorious-PC-Gaming-Master-Race | title=The Glorious PC Gaming Master Race | publisher=Defy Media | work=The Escapist | date=May 28, 2013 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Croshaw, Ben | authorlink=Ben Croshaw | time=0:58 | quote=It was intended to be ironic, to illustrate what I perceived at the time to be an elitist attitude among a certain kind of PC gamer.}}</ref>

<ref name="twsEscapist2">{{cite web | url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/129052-Alienware-Tempts-Gamers-To-Master-Race-With-200-Console-Trade-Ins | title=Alienware Tempts Gamers to Master Race with $200 Console Trade-Ins | publisher=Defy Media | work=The Escapist | date=October 25, 2013 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=Bogos, Steven}}</ref>

<ref name="twsGamesRadar">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamesradar.com/upcoming-pc-games/ | title=50 upcoming PC games for 2014 and beyond | publisher=Future US | work=GamesRadar | date=July 10, 2014 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | author=GamesRadar staff writers | quote=The glorious PC marches on in 2014 ...}}</ref>



}}

<!-- stats: http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/PC_Master_Race -->

]
]
]
]
]
]

Revision as of 18:10, 23 June 2015

PC Master Race, sometimes referred to as The Glorious PC Gaming Master Race, is a tongue-in-cheek term of superiority for PC gaming used among gamers, and used to compare PC gaming to console gaming. In current parlance, the term is used by gamers both to describe themselves as a group, as well as their belief in the superiority of the PC platform. Popular imagery and coverage related to the term often jokingly describes console users as "dirty console peasants" and people who game on PC as the "Glorious PC Gaming Master Race".

Origin and usage

The term was first used in 2008 by writer Ben Croshaw in the online gaming magazine The Escapist in which he video-reviewed the role-playing game The Witcher. Croshaw explained that his initial intent in referencing the master race ideology was to poke fun at an elitist attitude among certain PC gamers as a sort of ironic joke. The term caught on explosively, but with a different meaning than originally implied by Ben Croshaw, now as an expression of pride to be called a PC gamer and being part of a group where users viewed their platform as superior to video game consoles.

While The Escapist continued to popularize its usage in later installments, writers in more mainstream computer-related and gaming-related publications tended to avoid using the term because of its negative associations. The growing adoption of the term led to websites with variations of 'Glorious PC Gaming Master Race' in their internet addresses, as well as promotion by Valve Software, which sells digitally-distributed game software and updates through their Steam platform. By several accounts, the term has become an internet meme.

The term is a launching point for debates about the relative popularity of gaming platforms. A report by Julian Arenzon in the New York Daily News suggested that digital distribution of games to personal computers is becoming more prevalent within the gaming community, and that there has been a trend away from physical game systems as well as physical disks to be read by optical disk drives. Reviewer Paul Tassi in Forbes suggested that in the platform battle, PCs had an edge because they were a "necessity" for everyday life while consoles were a "luxury" costing hundreds of dollars and only offering a few additional games or features over that of what a PC already has.

See also

References

  1. Hruska, Joel (June 17, 2014). "Watch Dogs restored to its E3 2012 graphics glory: The PC master race strikes again". ExtremeTech. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  2. ^ Maximum PC staff writers; Lilly, Paul (December 11, 2013). "Geek Holiday Gift Guide 2013". Maximum PC. Future US. Retrieved September 6, 2014. You know what you won't find in this guide? Console recommendations. Let the peasants debate over which is better, the Xbox One or PlayStation 4. We're part of the PC master race and we'll defend our platform of choice until the end of time.
  3. GamesRadar staff writers (July 10, 2014). "50 upcoming PC games for 2014 and beyond". GamesRadar. Future US. Retrieved September 6, 2014. The glorious PC marches on in 2014 ...
  4. Oshry, Dave (June 13, 2012). "Todd Howard wants console players to experience the glory of PC mods". VG247. Retrieved September 6, 2014. Bethesda's head of everything Elder Scrolls wishes that the dirty console peasants could experience the glory of the PC modding community.
  5. Mayoraz, Guillermo (February 24, 2014). "'The glorious PC master race' y el orgullo del PC Gamer". Techno Vortex (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2014. The Escapist used the term 'Glorious PC master race' in referring to the complex structure of the game , naming its console gamers counterparts 'dirty console peasants' ... as a race of inferior players.
  6. Connors, Devin (January 28, 2014). "Join the Master Race – Our PC Building Guide". Inside Gaming Daily. Machinima. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  7. Diederichs, Wiehahn (December 12, 2013). "Xbox One versus PS4? The PC master race won long ago". Times Live. Times Media Group. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  8. Usher, William (January 6, 2014). "Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Skipping the Glorious PC Master Race". Cinema Blend. Retrieved September 6, 2014. While some members of the Glorious PC Master Race are rocking setups that can hit 2K resolutions at 60 smooth-as-a-baby's-bottom frames per second ...
  9. Williams, Mike (September 6, 2013). "Mods and The PC Gaming Master Race". USgamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved September 6, 2014. Brought up when discussing that 'Glorious PC Gaming Master Race' meme started by Zero Punctuation ...
  10. Plunkett, Luke (November 25, 2012). "The Rise of the Glorious Master Race of PC Gamers". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved September 6, 2014. Sometimes used as with pride, sometimes used with derision, the term 'master race' has become a common one to describe those PC gamers who love to Lord it over the plebs, revelling in their glowing hardware and hi-res textures.
  11. ^ Arenzon, Julian (July 18, 2013). "Steam Summer Sale 2013 one of the year's biggest events for PC gamers". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 6, 2014. Steam has become one of the driving forces behind the growth of digital distribution... jokingly and somewhat offensively called 'the glorious PC master race' ...
  12. Croshaw, Ben (January 23, 2008). "The Witcher". The Escapist. Defy Media. Event occurs at 0:58. Retrieved September 6, 2014. ... Those dirty console playing peasants don't ruin it for the glorious PC gaming master race ...
  13. ^ Croshaw, Ben (May 28, 2013). "The Glorious PC Gaming Master Race". The Escapist. Defy Media. Event occurs at 0:58. Retrieved September 6, 2014. It was intended to be ironic, to illustrate what I perceived at the time to be an elitist attitude among a certain kind of PC gamer.
  14. Bogos, Steven (October 25, 2013). "Alienware Tempts Gamers to Master Race with $200 Console Trade-Ins". The Escapist. Defy Media. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  15. Scibetta, Nick (17 July 2014). "GameCrate's Senior Editor Nick Scibetta Disapproves of the Label "PC Master Race"". Linus Tech Tips. Retrieved Sep 8, 2014. ... the "PC Master Race" thing is a meme ... really sick and tired of the "Glorious PC Gaming Master Race" garbage... single quick line in a single video could have exploded ... use of the phrase "Glorious PC Gaming Master Race" is ubiquitous...term "master race" offensive
  16. Tassi, Paul (April 26, 2014). "MOBAs Drive PC Gaming to Surpass Consoles Globally". Forbes. Retrieved September 6, 2014. There's an eternal war being waged between PC enthusiasts and console gamers as to which platform is better, and the so-called 'PC master race' might have just gotten a little bit more ammunition.
Categories: